Novel Fluorine-Bridged Polyfluorinated Iodine Structures. Presence of Fluorine as the Central Atom in a Five-Center, Six-Electron Bond

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 110, Issue 25, 1988, Pages 8453-8461

  Farnham, William B ^a   Dixon, David A ^a   Calabrese, Joseph C ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 0042951911     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00233a022     Document Type: Article

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