Gold(I)-mediated silicon-silicon bond metathesis at room temperature

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3219-3223

  Wilfling, Marion ^a   Klinkhammer, Karl W ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bond metathesis; Cluster compoundss; Gold; Silicon

Indexed keywords

BOND METATHESIS; CLUSTER COMPOUNDSS; GOLD COMPLEXES; REDOX PROCESS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SI-SI BONDS; SILICON-SILICON BOND;

GOLD; REDOX REACTIONS; SILICON;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

GOLD; ORGANOGOLD COMPOUND; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; TEMPERATURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GOLD; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOGOLD COMPOUNDS; SILICON; STEREOISOMERISM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77951576530     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200905950     Document Type: Article

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