Isolation of an imino-N-heterocyclic carbene/germanium(0) adduct: A mesoionic germylene equivalent

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 53, Issue 48, 2014, Pages 13106-13109

  Su, Bochao ^a   Ganguly, Rakesh ^b   Li, Yongxin ^b   Kinjo, Rei ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbenes; Germanium; Main group elements; Reduction

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; LIGANDS; REDUCTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

AUTOIONIZATION; CARBENES; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; FIVE-MEMBERED RINGS; MAIN-GROUP ELEMENTS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE LIGANDS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; NUCLEOPHILIC BEHAVIORS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84915752187     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201406930     Document Type: Article

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