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Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 May 21;(10):1164-5. doi: 10.1039/b301943h.

A stable alkyl hydride of a first row transition metal.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

Leonard A MacAdams, Gerald P Buffone, Christopher D Incarvito, James A Golen, Arnold L Rheingold, Klaus H Theopold

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  1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Catalytic Science and Technology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.

PMID: 12778716 DOI: 10.1039/b301943h

Abstract

Hydrogenolysis of a Cr(III) dialkyl precursor produced a binuclear chromium complex with a bridging hydride and a bridging alkyl; this structurally characterized organometallic compound is thermally very stable and does not undergo the expected reductive elimination of alkane.

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