Synthesis and characterization of [Ar′GaC(Ph)CH]2 and K2[Ar′GaC(Ph)CH]2·OEt2: From digallene to digallacyclohexadiene to digallatabenzene

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2027-2030

  Zhu, Zhongliang ^a   Wang, Xinping ^a   Olmstead, Marilyn M ^a   Power, Philip P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromaticity; Delocalization; Gallium; Metallabenzenes; Structure elucidation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; GALLIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POTASSIUM; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

A PLANES; AROMATICITY; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; DELOCALIZATION; DFT CALCULATIONS; DIANION; H NMR SPECTROSCOPIES; METALLABENZENES; STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; STRUCTURE ELUCIDATION; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

ARGON;

EID: 61849122808     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200805718     Document Type: Article

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