Oxidatively induced abstraction reactions. A synthetic approach to low-coordinate and reactive early transition metal complexes containing metal-ligand multiple bonds

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 813-821

  Mindiola, Daniel J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845562125     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar0500113     Document Type: Article

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