The structure of tetrakis(trifluorophosphine)nickel and tetrakis(trifluorophosphine)platinum determined by gas-phase electron diffraction

Abstract
The principal structural parameters of Ni(PF3)4 and Pt(PF3)4 have been determined by gas-phase electron diffraction, assuming a molecular point group T; the geometry of the PF3 ligands in the nickel compound differs very little from that of the free molecule.