Free or Not, That Is the Question: Silyl and Germyl Cations in Condensed Phases

Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English)

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1277-1280

  Belzner, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cations; Germanium; Nucleophilic substitution; Silicon; Structure elucidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030745926     PISSN: 05700833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.199712771     Document Type: Review

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