Magnesium-magnesium bond stabilized by a doubly reduced α-diimine: Synthesis and structure of [K(THF)3]2[LMg-MgL] (L ) [(2,6-iPr2C6H3)NC(Me)] 22-

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4210-4211

  Liu, Yanyan ^a,c   Li, Shaoguang ^a,c   Yang, Xiao Juan ^a,b   Yang, Peiju ^a   Wu, Biao ^a,b  

^a LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIIMINE; DIIMINE LIGAND; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

BOND LENGTH; MAGNESIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

IMINE; LIGAND; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; SOLVENT; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; REDUCTION KINETICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 67849102051     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja900568c     Document Type: Article

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