Stabilization of anti-aromatic and strained five-membered rings with a transition metal

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 698-703

  Zhu, Congqing ^a   Li, Shunhua ^a   Luo, Ming ^a   Zhou, Xiaoxi ^a   Niu, Yufen ^a   Lin, Minglian ^b   Zhu, Jun ^a,b   Cao, Zexing ^a,b   Lu, Xin ^a,b   Wen, Tingbin ^a   Xie, Zhaoxiong ^a   Schleyer, Paul V R ^c   Xia, Haiping ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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METAL; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ARTICLE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; TRANSITION ELEMENTS;

EID: 84881097669     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1690     Document Type: Article

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