A favorable case where an experimental electron density analysis offers a lead for understanding a specific fluxional process observed in solution.
A topological analysis of the electron density in the ketene complex (eta(5)-MeC(5)H(4))(CO)(2)Mn[eta(2)-O=C=C((mu-eta(2)-CCPh)Co(2)(CO)(6))Ph] indicates a predisposition for the carbene component of the ketene ligand to bind the neighboring C atom of the adjacent CO ligand.
Ortin
Yannick
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Laboratoire de Chimie de Cordination du CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France.
Lugan
Noël
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Pillet
Sébastien
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Souhassou
Mohammed
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Lecomte
Claude
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Costuas
Karine
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Saillard
Jean-Yves
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