Mass-spectrometric study of phosphorous amides and their Co(O), Mo(O), Ni(II), and Cu(I) complexes

This article examines the performance of the mass-spectroscopic method in investigating allied comounds and original kigands. Apart from Cu(I) complexes, Co(O), Mo(O), and Ni(II) derivatives. The nature of the organophosphorus ligand is shown as having a substantial indluence on the structure of the cobalt complexes formed. The breakdown of the original ligands is accompanied by the initial breakage of the P-N bond. In the halide complexes first the metal is eliminated with the formation of the XhaL fragment, and the halogen is eliminated subsequently, but in the carbonyl derivatives the stagewise elimination of CO groups occurs with the subsequent elimination of the metal