Non-Innocent behavior of a tridentate NHC chelating ligand coordinated onto a Zirconium(IV) center

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2198-2201

  Romain, Charles ^a   Miqueu, Karinne ^b   Sotiropoulos, Jean Marc ^b   Bellemin Laponnaz, Stéphane ^a   Dagorne, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Carbene ligands; Density functional calculations; Transition metals; Zirconium

Indexed keywords

ARYLOXIDE; CARBENE LIGANDS; CARBENES; CHELATING LIGANDS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; ZIRCONIUM METAL;

CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CHELATION; ZIRCONIUM;

LIGANDS;

EID: 77949420096     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200906702     Document Type: Article

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