Metal-metal distances at the limit: A coordination compound with an ultrashort chromium-chromium bond

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 38, 2008, Pages 7246-7249

  Noor, Awal ^b   Wagner, Frank R ^a   Kempe, Rhett ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical bonds; Chromium; Electronic structure; Multiple bonds; N ligands

Indexed keywords

BOND LENGTH; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHROMIUM; COORDINATION REACTIONS; METALS;

A-STABLE; BONDING ORDERS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CHROMIUM-CHROMIUM BOND; COOR DINATION COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; METAL-METAL BONDS; METAL-METAL DISTANCES; MULTIPLE BONDS; N LIGANDS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 53349172112     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200801160     Document Type: Article

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