Syntheses, reactivity and DFT studies of group 2 and group 12 metal complexes of tris(pyrazolyl)methanides featuring "free" pyramidal carbanions

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 5918-5934

  Bigmore, Helen R ^b   Meyer, Jens ^a   Krummenacher, Ivo ^a,d   Rüegger, Heinz ^d   Clot, Eric ^c   Mountford, Philip ^b   Breher, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d LABORATORY OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Density functional calculations; Magnesium; Tripodal ligands; Zinc; Zwitterions

Indexed keywords

METAL COMPLEXES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; MAGNESIUM; TRIPODAL LIGANDS; ZINC; ZWITTERIONS;

METALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 53949091629     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200800181     Document Type: Article

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