Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft

Hans-Jurgen Fuller

Hubert Schmidbaur

Double ylide complexes of metals are made by reacting trimethylphosphin-imino-dimethyl-methylene phosphorane of the formula ##STR1## with one or more compounds of the metals nickel, palladium, platinum, gold, zinc, cadmium, aluminum, gallium, indium, thallium, magnesium or lithium. The novel double ylide complexes comprise various metal-bis[nitrido-bis(dimethylphosphonium methylides)], dimethyl-metal[nitrido-bis(dimethylphosphonium methylides)], and lithium-[nitrido-bis(dimethylphosphonium methylide)].

Double ylide complexes of metals and process for making them

Trimethyl phosphinimino dimethyl methylene phosphorane of the formula: ##STR1## which is a novel chemical compound is produced. To this end, a tetramethyl phosphonium halide is reacted with 1.1 to 1.5 times the molar quantity of an alkali metal amide in an organic solvent, at 0.degree. to 35.degree. C, with the exclusion of air and moisture, and over a period of 24 to 72 hours. The reaction mixture is freed from residue and subjected to fractional distillation.

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Unterpfaffenhofen, Germany

Hans-Jurgen Fuller