Molecules containing rare-earth atoms solely bonded by transition metals

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 741-744

  Butovskii, Mikhail V ^a   Döring, Christian ^a   Bezugly, Viktor ^b   Wagner, Frank R ^b   Grin, Yuri ^b   Kempe, Rhett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; LANTHANUM; LUTETIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; RHENIUM; SAMARIUM;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM THEORY; SYNTHESIS;

CYCLOPENTANES; LANTHANUM; LUTETIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; QUANTUM THEORY; RHENIUM; SAMARIUM;

EID: 77956030316     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.718     Document Type: Article

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