Synthesis and structure of 14- and 15-vertex ruthenacarboranes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 4309-4313

  Deng, Liang ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Chan, Hoi Shan ^a   Xie, Zuowei ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Boron; Cage compounds; Carboranes; Cluster compounds; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

BORON; REDOX REACTIONS; REDUCTION; RUTHENIUM;

CAGE COMPOUNDS; CARBORANES; CLUSTER COMPOUNDS; VERTICES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 33746284460     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200600890     Document Type: Article

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