C7 and C9 carbon-rich bridges in diruthenium systems: Synthesis, spectroscopic, and theoretical investigations of different oxidation states

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 5859-5876

  Rigaut, Stéphane ^a   Olivier, Céline ^a   Costuas, Karine ^a   Choua, Sylvie ^b   Fadhel, Omrane ^a   Massue, Julien ^a   Turek, Philippe ^b   Saillard, Jean Yves ^a   Dixneuf, Pierre H ^a   Touchard, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT CHARLES SADRON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPLEXATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

CUMULENIC INTERMEDIATES; MOLECULAR WIRE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPLEXES; OXIDATION STATES;

ORGANOMETALLICS;

CARBON; METAL COMPLEX; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGAND BINDING; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTON TRANSPORT; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

CARBON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RUTHENIUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646707269     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0603453     Document Type: Article

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