“…Phosphinecarboxamides R 2 PC(O)NR′ 2 and phosphinecarbothioamides R 2 PC(S)NR′ 2 are phosphorus-analogs of urea and thiourea, and these are interesting compounds in coordination chemistry because of the variety of coordination modes. These compounds are known to act as a P -coordinated monodentate ligand (type I) [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ], a P,S -coordinated bidentate ligand forming a four-membered chelate ring (type II for phosphinecarbothioamide) [ 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ], and a bridging ligand for two metal centers (type III and type IV for phosphinecarbothioamide) [ 7 , 14 ] ( Figure 1 ).…”