β-Diketiminate-Stabilized Magnesium(I) Dimers and Magnesium(II) Hydride Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Adduct Formation, and Reactivity Studies

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 938-955

  Bonyhady, Simon J ^a   Jones, Cameron ^a   Nembenna, Sharanappa ^a   Stasch, Andreas ^a   Edwards, Alison J ^b   McIntyre, Garry J ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

Low oxidation state; Magnesium; Magnesium hydrides; Metal metal interactions; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ADDUCT FORMATION; ALL METAL; DENTICITY; DIKETIMINATES; HYDRIDE COMPLEXES; HYDRIDE LIGANDS; IODIDE COMPLEX; LEWIS BASIS; LOW OXIDATION STATE; LOW-YIELD; MAGNESIUM HYDRIDE; METAL-METAL INTERACTIONS; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; STERIC BULK; STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; X RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURES;

BERYLLIUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; DIMERS; DYES; HYDRIDES; LIGANDS; MAGNESIUM; METALS; OXIDATION; POTASSIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84878553170     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200902425     Document Type: Article

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