Synthesis spectroscopic and structural properties of transition metal complexes of the o-xylyl diphosphine o-C6H4(CH2PPh2)2

A series of coordination complexes involving the sterically demanding xylyl diphosphine, o-C6H4(CH2PPh2)2 (L1), and metal ions from Groups 9-11 are described together with their spectroscopic and structural properties.