Novel phosphaalkene-based late transition metal complexes$bsynthesis and applications

The content of this thesis is presented into four parts. The first part mainly focuses on describing the electronic structure of phosphaalkenes and their synthesis. Phosphaalkenes prepared as a part of this thesis were synthesized using phospha-Wittig reagents in the reaction with suitable aldehydes. Phospha-Wittig reagents have been discussed in detail in the second chapter. The last two chapters comprises of the selected examples to illustrate the strong π accepting properties of phosphaalkene ligands in coordination chemistry and late transition metal catalysis.