Probing mesitylborane and mesitylborate ligation within the coordination sphere of Cp*Ru(PiPr3)+: A combined synthetic, X-ray crystallographic, and computational study

Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2431-2444

  Hesp, Kevin D ^a,c   Kannemann, Felix O ^a   Rankin, Matthew A ^a,d   McDonald, Robert ^b   Ferguson, Michael J ^b   Stradiotto, Mark ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORANE DERIVATIVE; BORIC ACID; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BORANES; BORATES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; QUANTUM THEORY; RUTHENIUM;

EID: 79954435431     PISSN: 00201669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ic1022328     Document Type: Article

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