31P and 13C NMR of Transition Metal Phosphine Complexes

For almost a quarter of a century the words "nuclear magnetic reso­ nance" were synonymous with proton I,leasurements. During this period the literature abounded with a seemingly infinite variety of 1H NHR studies concerned primarily with carbon chemistry. Occasionally a "novel" nucleus was studied and, even in those early days, the poten- 13 14 31 19 tial offered by C, N, P and F was clearly reco...