Reductive elimination of methane from a cationic rhenium methyl hydride. Evidence for an intermediate methane complex

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 1989, Pages 5502-5504

  Gould, George L ^a   Heinekey, D Michael ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001455787     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00196a087     Document Type: Article

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