Base-free molybdenum and tungsten bicyclic silylene complexes stabilized by a homoaromatic contribution

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 916-917

  Takanashi, Kazunori ^a   Lee, Vladimir Ya ^a   Yokoyama, Taka ^a   Sekiguchi, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SALTS; DOUBLE BONDS; MOLYBDENUM AND TUNGSTEN; SILICON CENTERS; SILYLENE; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TETRAKIS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; ZWITTERIONIC RESONANCE;

BUTANE; CALCIUM; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; SILANES; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

SILICON;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; METAL COMPLEX; MOLYBDENUM BICYCLIC SILYLENE COMPLEX; MOLYBDENUM COMPLEX; SILICON; TUNGSTEN BICYCLIC SILYLENE COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 67749102073     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8088313     Document Type: Article

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