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Phosphines are traditional Lewis bases or ligands in transition metal complexes. In spite of their electron-rich (lone pair bearing) nature, an extensive coordination chemistry is developing for Lewis acidic phosphines, which highlights a new synthetic methodology leading to new structure and bonding.
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