Oxidation of a stable 1,3-diborata-2,4-diphosphonio-cyclobutane-1,3-diyl

Main Group Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 101-109

  Fuks, Gad ^a,b   Donnadieu, Bruno ^a   Sacquet, Alix ^c   Maron, Laurent ^d   Bourissou, Didier ^b   Bertrand, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c LCC LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE DE COORDINATION   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

1,3 diradicals; boron; DFT; electrochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954949337     PISSN: 10241221     EISSN: 17451167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/MGC-2010-0009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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