Stable adducts of a dimeric magnesium(I) compound

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 47, 2008, Pages 9079-9083

  Green, Shaun P ^a,b   Jones, Cameron ^a   Stasch, Andreas ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low oxidation states; Magnesium; Metal hydrides; Metal metal bonding; Structure elucidation

Indexed keywords

HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN; LIGHT METALS; MAGNESIUM; STRUCTURAL METALS;

ENERGY PROCESSES; HYDRIDE COMPLEXES; LEWIS BASE; LOW OXIDATION STATES; METAL HYDRIDES; MODEL COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURE ELUCIDATION;

MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES;

EID: 56249147796     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200803960     Document Type: Article

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