A bonding model for gold(I) carbene complexes

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 482-486

  Benitez, Diego ^a   Shapiro, Nathan D ^b   Tkatchouk, Ekaterina ^a   Wang, Yiming ^b   Goddard, William A ^a   Toste, F Dean ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBENE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GOLD; LIGAND; METHANE; ORGANOGOLD COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

CYCLOPROPANES; GOLD; LIGANDS; METHANE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOGOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 69249202400     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.331     Document Type: Article

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