A germanium isocyanide complex featuring (n → π*) back-bonding and its conversion to a hydride/cyanide product via C-H bond activation under mild conditions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4045-4048

  Brown, Zachary D ^a   Vasko, Petra ^b   Fettinger, James C ^a   Tuononen, Heikki M ^b   Power, Philip P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK-BONDING; BACK-BONDING INTERACTIONS; CH-BOND ACTIVATION; HETEROLYTIC CLEAVAGE; ISOCYANIDE LIGANDS; ISOCYANIDES; LONE PAIR; STRETCHING FREQUENCY; TERT-BUTYL ISOCYANIDE;

BUTENES; CHEMICAL BONDS; GERMANIUM; LIGANDS;

CYANIDES;

CARBON; CYANIDE; GERMANIUM DERIVATIVE; GERMANIUM ISOCYANIDE; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BACK BONDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; DENSITY; ELECTRON; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYANIDES; GERMANIUM; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84857842350     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja211874u     Document Type: Article

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