Decamethyldizincocene, a stable compound of Zn(I) with a Zn-Zn bond

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5687, 2004, Pages 1136-1138

  Resa, Irene ^a   Carmona, Ernesto ^a   Gutierrez Puebla, Enrique ^b   Monge, Angeles ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES QUÍMICAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; ETHERS; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANOMETALLICS; OXIDATION;

BONDING INTERACTIONS; DECAMETHYLDIZINCOCENE;

ZINC;

DECAMETHYLDIZINCOCENE; MERCURY; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC COMPLEX; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL BONDING; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OXIDATION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 4143062377     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1101356     Document Type: Article

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23. In memoriam of Professor Roberto Fernández de Caleya. We thank A. Justo (x-ray powder diffraction), M. A. Avilés (Raman spectra), and R. Fernández for their valuable help, and R. A. Andersen (University of California, Berkeley) for obtaining the mass spectrum of compound 1. Supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Spain (to E.C., Project BQU2001-1995; and to I.R. for a research studentship).