Dihydrogen Formation in a Trihydride Metallocene and Its Elimination, Both Assisted by Lewis Acids: The [Cp2NbH3] + BH3 System

Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English)

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-266

  Camanyes, Santiago ^a   Maseras, Feliu ^b   Moreno, Miquel ^a   Lledós, Agustí ^a   Lluch, José M ^a   Bertrán, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Dihydrogen complexes; Hydrido complexes; Lewis acids; Niobium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030902126     PISSN: 05700833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.199702651     Document Type: Article

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