Gallanes, gallenes, cyclogallenes, and gallynes: Organometallic chemistry about the gallium-gallium bond

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 773-782

  Robinson, Gregory H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; LIGAND; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032820393     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar980135y     Document Type: Article

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