Metal-promoted oxidative π-conjugation and coupling of substituted-fulvalene-type ligands: Synthesis and crystal structures of π-conjugated C24H12(SiMe3)2 and the dimer [C24H13(SiMe3)2]2

Organometallics

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 2918-2922

  Malaba, Dennis ^a   Tessier, Claire A ^a   Youngs, Wiley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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EID: 0002954546     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om950954b     Document Type: Article

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