Thermolysis of(
tBu
2PC
2H
4P
tBu
2)NiMe
2in benzene or reduction of(
tBu
2PC
2H
4P
tBu
2)NiCl
2with Mg* in THF/benzene affords a solution of mononuclear(
tBu
2PC
2H
4P
tBu
2)Ni(
2-C
6H
6)(
1)
and dinuclear{(
tBu
2PC
2H
4P
tBu
2)Ni}
2(
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-
2:
2-C
6H
6)(
2) in equilibrium. Complex
2hasbeen isolated; the X-ray structure analysis reveals an antifacialcoordination of the[(
tBu
2PC
2H
4P
tBu
2)Ni
0]moieties to adjacent C=C bonds of a formal cyclohexatrienelig
and.According to solid-state
and solution NMR the structure of
2 is static in the solid
and fluxionalin solution. Displacement of the benzene lig
and in
1 or
2 by C
6F
6 affords mononuclear(
tBu
2PC
2H
4P
tBu
2)Ni(
2-C
6F
6)(
5) for which the molecular structure is also reported.