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Title: An N-Heterocyclic Carbene as a Bidentate Hemilabile Ligand: A Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction and Density Functional Theory Study

Journal Article · · Chemical Communications, 2003(14):1670-1671
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/b303762b· OSTI ID:993677

The N?heterocyclic carbene ligand IMes was shown by synchrotron crystallography and DFT computations to adopt a hemilabile bidentate coordination mode in CpM(CO)2(IMes)+B(C6F5)4- (M = Mo, W), with a C=C bond of one mesityl weakly coordinated to the metal

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
993677
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-38943; KC0302010; TRN: US1008107
Journal Information:
Chemical Communications, 2003(14):1670-1671, Vol. 2003, Issue 14
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English