Crystal structure analysis of tetrafluoroethylene-1,1,1-tris(diphenylphosphinomethyl)ethanenickel has established that the phosphine ligand is tridentate through three phosphorus atom; the co-ordinated C2F4 group is highly distorted, each CF2 being bent away from the planar conformation by an average of 42°.
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Browning et al. (1973) studied this question.