Elusive trimethyllanthanum: Snapshots of extensive methyl group degradation in La-Al heterobimetallic complexes

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 31, 2008, Pages 9555-9564

  Gerber, Laura C H ^a   Le Roux, Erwan ^a   Törnroos, Karl W ^a   Anwander, Reiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Bond activation; Cluster compounds; Lanthanum; Methine; Methylene

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; CARBIDES; DEGRADATION; FULLERENES; HYDROCARBONS; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; LIGANDS; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SEPARATION; TOLUENE;

BOND ACTIVATION; CLUSTER COMPOUNDS; ELUSIVE; HETEROBIMETALLIC; HETEROBIMETALLIC COMPLEXES; METHINE; METHYL GROUPS; METHYLENE; MULTINUCLEAR; UNIT CELLS; X-RAY STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

LANTHANUM;

EID: 55049130541     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200801174     Document Type: Article

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