(Cycloheptadienyl)diphenylphosphine: A Versatile Hybrid Ligand

(3,5-Cycloheptadienyl)­diphenylphosphine is easily synthesized from the reaction of diphenylphosphine with 1,3,5-cycloheptatriene. This new phosphine-diene has been coordinated as a monodentate P ligand with Pt, Pd, Au, Ni, and Ru; as a bidentate (P, olefin) ligand with Pt and Pd; and as a tridentate (P, diene) ligand with Rh. Fluxional properties of several complexes have been studied via NMR experiments and theoretical consideration