Synthesis and structural characterisation of an yttrium-alkyl-alkylidene.
The first structurally authenticated yttrium-alkyl-alkylidene is reported; structural, spectroscopic, and theoretical analyses show that whilst the yttrium-alkylidene bond is short, it possesses a bond order less than one and is comparable to the Y-C(alkyl) single bond within the same molecule.
Liddle
Stephen T
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School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK NG7 2RD. stephen.liddle@nottingham.ac.uk
McMaster
Jonathan
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Green
Jennifer C
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Arnold
Polly L
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