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Rhodium nanoparticles stabilized by ferrocenyl-phosphine ligands: synthesis and catalytic styrene hydrogenation
M. Ibrahim, M. M. Wei, E. Deydier, E. Manoury, R. Poli, P. Lecante and K. Philippot
Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 6777-6786
DOI: 10.1039/C9DT01006H, Paper
Studies of hysteresis and quantum tunnelling of the magnetisation in dysprosium(III) single molecule magnets
Fabrizio Ortu, Daniel Reta, You-Song Ding, Conrad A. P. Goodwin, Matthew P. Gregson, Eric J. L. McInnes, Richard E. P. Winpenny, Yan-Zhen Zheng, Stephen T. Liddle, David P. Mills and Nicholas F. Chilton
Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 8541-8545
DOI: 10.1039/C9DT01655D, Communication
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Emerging platinum(IV) prodrugs to combat cisplatin resistance: from isolated cancer cells to tumor microenvironment
Zhigang Wang, Zhiqin Dengac and Guangyu Zhu
Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 2536-2544
DOI: 10.1039/C8DT03923B, Perspective
Kinetics and mechanisms of catalytic water oxidation
Shunichi Fukuzumi, Yong-Min Lee and Wonwoo Nam
Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 779-798
DOI: 10.1039/C8DT04341H, Perspective
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Here are some of the most cited papers and communications published Dalton Transactions in 2016. The articles involve s-, p-, d-, and f-block chemistry and represent a broad range of subject areas, covering coordination and organometallic chemistry, solid state and materials research, and photochemistry. With authors in ten different countries and six papers arising from international collaborations, the work highlights what has been making an impact in the world of inorganic chemistry in the last year.
A chiral lanthanide metal-organic framework for selective sensing of Fe(III) ions
Xiao-Lin Zhao, Dan Tian, Qiang Gao, Hong-Wei Sun, Jian Xu, and Xian-He Bu
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 1040-1046
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03283K
Geographer Vaclav Smil described the Haber-Bosch process as the “detonator of the human population explosion” in the twentieth century, in his Nature Millennium Essay.1 Today, nearly 80% of nitrogen atoms in human tissue have been through the Haber-Bosch process;2 where nitrogen gas is converted to ammonia converted into industrial fertilizers.
The Haber-Bosch process has now entered its second century. High temperatures and pressures and a catalyst composed of magnetite (Fe3O4), wüstite (FeO) and iron(0) metal, push the equilibrium of a mixture of pure hydrogen, nitrogen and ammonia gas towards the formation of ammonia. Today, one of the greatest challenges of industrial chemistry is to find an alternative catalyst and process.
In 1991 Leigh et. al. reported the nitrogen of nitrogen by a homogeneous Fe complex with two chelating phosphine ligands.3 They were able to reduce N2 to ammonia (isolated as NH4+) under strongly acidic conditions. However, following this discovery, verification and mechanistic questions remained.
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In a recent article, ‘Teaching old compounds new tricks: efficient N2 fixation by simple Fe(N2)(diphosphine)2 complexes‘ published in Dalton Transactions, , Ashley and co-workers report their investigation of the Leigh compound. They have persued a peak that was previously unaccounted for in the 31P NMR spectrum which has led them to isolate a unique dimer of this complex, bridged by molecular N2. Comparing the reactivities of this dimer with the two monomers that feature different simple chelating phosphine ligands, they unambiguously report yields of NH3 and N2H4 after reaction with triflic acid, and discern dependences based on ligand, temperature, and solvent.
This hitherto unreported dimeric compound, and the impressive NH3/N2H4 yields achieved with the monomers tested, add a significant piece to the puzzle of how iron-mediated N2 activation occurs.
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Teaching old compounds new tricks: efficient N2 fixation by simple Fe(N2)(diphosphine)2 complexes
Laurence R. Doyle, Peter J. Hill, Gregory G. Wildgoose and Andrew E. Ashley
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT00884D
1V. Smil Nature 1999, 400, 415.
2R. W. Howarth Harmful Algae 2008, 8, 14.
3J. G. Leigh and M. Jimenez-Tenorio, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 5862.
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Monoanionic bis(carbene) pincer complexes featuring cobalt(I–III) oxidation states
Abdulrahman D. Ibrahim, Kenan Tokmic, Marshall R. Brennan, Dongyoung Kim, Ellen M. Matson, Mark J. Nilges, Jeffery A. Bertke and Alison R. Fout*
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04723D
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Developing nitrosocarborane chemistry
Samuel L. Powley, Louise Schaefer, Wing. Y. Man, David Ellis, Georgina M. Rosair and Alan J. Welch*
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 3635-3647
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04831A
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Room temperature carbon(CO)–carbon(α) bond activation of ketones by rhodium(II) porphyrins with water
Siu Yin Lee, Shiyu Feng and Kin Shing Chan*
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 3522-3527
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04149J
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Dinuclear ruthenium(II) complexes containing one inert metal centre and one coordinatively-labile metal centre: syntheses and biological activities
Xin Li, Kirsten Heimann, Fangfei Li, Jeffrey M. Warner, F. Richard Keene* and J. Grant Collins*
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 4017-4029
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04885K
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Defects and disorder in metal organic frameworks
Anthony K. Cheetham,* Thomas D. Bennett, François-Xavier Coudert and Andrew L. Goodwin*
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 4113-4126
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04392A
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Thermal degradation mechanism of triangular Ag@SiO2 nanoparticles
Mahesh K. Gangishetty, Robert W. J. Scott* and Timothy L. Kelly*
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT00169F
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A very peculiar family of N-heterocyclic phosphines: unusual structures and the unique reactivity of 1,3,2-diazaphospholenes
D. Gudat
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 5896-5907
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT00085A
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Triphos derivatives and diphosphines as ligands in the ruthenium-catalysed alcohol amination with NH3
N. Nakagawa, E. J. Derrah, M. Schelwies, F. Rominger, O. Trapp and T. Schaub*
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 6856-6865
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04870B
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Anionic and zwitterionic carboranyl N-heterocyclic carbene Au(I) complexes
Steven P. Fisher, Ahmad El-Hellani, Fook S. Tham and Vincent Lavallo*
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT00551A
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Increasing anti-cancer activity with longer tether lengths of group 9 Cp* complexes
Stephanie. J. Lucas, Rianne M. Lord, Aida M. Basri, Simon J. Allison, Roger M. Phillips, A. John Blacker and Patrick C. McGowan*
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 6812-6815
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT00186F
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Structurally versatile phosphine and amine donors constructed from N-heterocyclic olefin units
Nathan R. Paisley, Melanie W. Lui, Robert McDonald, Michael J. Ferguson and Eric Rivard*
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT00299D
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Homoleptic and heteroleptic bis-NHC Cu(I) complexes as carbene transfer reagents
Orlando Santoro, Faïma Lazreg, David B. Cordes, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and Catherine S. J. Cazin*
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 4970-4973
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT00595K
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Assessing the reactivity of sodium alkyl-magnesiates towards quinoxaline: single electron transfer (SET) vs. nucleophilic alkylation processes
Zoe Livingstone, Alberto Hernán-Gómez, Sharon E. Baillie, David R. Armstrong, Luca M. Carrella, William Clegg, Ross W. Harrington, Alan R. Kennedy, Eva Rentschler and Eva Hevia
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04044B
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Water based scale-up of CPO-27 synthesis for nitric oxide delivery
Damiano Cattaneo, Stewart J. Warrender, Morven J. Duncan, Richard Castledine, Nigel Parkinson, Ian Haley and Russell E. Morris
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 618-629
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03955J
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Binding small molecules and ions to [Fe4S4Cl4]2− modulates rate of protonation of the cluster
Thaer M. M. Al-Rammahia and Richard A. Henderson
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 1373-1381
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04523A
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A vacuum-annealing strategy for improving near-infrared super long persistent luminescence in Cr3+ doped zinc gallogermanate nanoparticles for bio-imaging
Jian Yang, Yuxue Liu, Duanting Yan, Hancheng Zhu, Chunguang Liu, Changshan Xu, Li Mab and Xiaojun Wang
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 1364-1372
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03875H
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Hydrophobic and antioxidant effects in In, Sn, and Sb based two dimensional materials
Keisuke Takahashi and Lauren Takahashi
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 3244-3246
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04542H
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A pH-responsive folate conjugated magnetic nanoparticle for targeted chemo-thermal therapy and MRI diagnosis
Jagriti Gupta, Jeotikanta Mohapatra, Parag Bhargava and D. Bahadur
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 2454-2461
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04135J
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Cobalt complexes of tetradentate, bipyridine-based macrocycles: their structures, properties and photocatalytic proton reduction
E. Joliat, S. Schnidrig, B. Probst, C. Bachmann, B. Spingler, K. K. Baldridge, F. von Rohr, A. Schilling and R. Alberto
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 1737-1745
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04426J
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Synthetic, structural, and computational investigations of N-alkyl benzo-2,1,3-selenadiazolium iodides and their supramolecular aggregates
Lucia M. Lee, Victoria B. Corless, Michael Tran, Hilary Jenkins, James F. Britten and Ignacio Vargas-Baca
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 3285-3293
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04314J
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Local structure of the metal–organic perovskite dimethylammonium manganese(II) formate
Helen D. Duncan, Martin T. Dove, David A. Keen and Anthony E. Phillips
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03687A
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Cyclometalated Ir(III) complexes of deprotonated N-methylbipyridinium ligands: effects of quaternised N centre position on luminescence
Benjamin J. Coe, Madeleine Helliwell, James Raftery, Sergio Sánchez, Martyn K. Peers and Nigel S. Scrutton
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 20392-20405
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03753K
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Formation constants of copper(I) complexes with cysteine, penicillamine and glutathione: implications for copper speciation in the human eye
Lan-Chi Königsberger, Erich Königsberger, Glenn Hefter and Peter M. May
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 20413-20425
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT02129D
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Assembly and stabilization of {E(cyclo-P3)2} (E = Sn, Pb) as a bridging ligand spanning two triaryloxyniobium units
Alexandra Velian, Brandi M. Cossairt and Christopher C. Cummins
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03383G
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Neutral N-donor ligand based flexible metal–organic frameworks
Biplab Manna, Aamod V. Desai and Sujit K. Ghosh
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03443D
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Encapsulation of dyes in metal–organic frameworks and their tunable nonlinear optical properties
Tao Song, Jiancan Yu, Yuanjing Cui, Yu Yang and Guodong Qian
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03466C
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Mixed-linker solid solutions of functionalized pillared-layer MOFs – adjusting structural flexibility, gas sorption, and thermal responsiveness
Inke Schwedler, Sebastian Henke, Michael T. Wharmby, Sneha R. Bajpe, Anthony K. Cheetham and Roland A. Fischer
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03825A
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NBu4SH provides a convenient source of HS− soluble in organic solution for H2S and anion-binding research
Matthew D. Hartle, Daniel J. Meininger, Lev N. Zakharov, Zachary J. Tonzetich and Michael D. Pluth
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 19782-19785
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03355A
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An effect of the substituent position and metal type on the electropolymerization properties of chalcone substituted metallophthalocyanines
Dilek Çakır, Tayfun Arslan and Zekeriya Biyiklioglu
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 20859-20866
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03789A
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User-friendly aerobic reductive alkylation of iridium(III) porphyrin chloride with potassium hydroxide: scope and mechanism
Huiping Zuo, Zhipeng Liu, Wu Yang, Zhikuan Zhou and Kin Shing Chan
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 20618-20625
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03845F
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Centrosymmetric and chiral porous thorium organic frameworks exhibiting uncommon thorium coordination environments
Yuxiang Li, Zhehui Weng, Yanlong Wang, Lanhua Chen, Daopeng Sheng, Yunhai Liu, Juan Diwu, Zhifang Chai, Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt and Shuao Wang
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 20867-20873
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03363B
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Unsolvated Al(C6F5)3: structural features and electronic interaction with ferrocene
Jiawei Chen and Eugene Y.-X. Chen
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03895B
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An element through the looking glass: exploring the Au–C, Au–H and Au–O energy landscape
Dragoş-Adrian Roşca, Joseph A. Wright and Manfred Bochmann
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 20785-20807
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03930D
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Novel triazolium based 11th group NHCs: synthesis, characterization and cellular response mechanisms
M. Pellei, V. Gandin, M. Marinelli, A. Orsetti, F. Del Bello, C. Santini and C. Marzano
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 21041-21052
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT02934A
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Regioselectivity in C–H activation: reagent control in cyclometallation of 2-(1-naphthyl)-pyridine
Mikhail Kondrashov, David Provost and Ola F. Wendt
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 525-531
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04068J
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A single molecule magnet to single molecule magnet transformation via a solvothermal process: Fe4Dy2 → Fe6Dy3
Sihuai Chen, Valeriu Mereacre, Christopher E. Anson and Annie K. Powell
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 98-106
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03909F
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Smallest molecular chalcogenidometalate anions of the heaviest metals: syntheses, structures, and their interconversion
G. Thiele, C. Donsbach, R. Riedel, M. Marsch, K. Harms and S. Dehnen
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03996G
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Switching the orientation of Jahn–Teller axes in oxime-based MnIII dimers and its effect upon magnetic exchange: a combined experimental and theoretical study
Priyanka Comar, Thayalan Rajeshkumar, Gary S. Nichol, Mateusz B. Pitak, Simon J. Coles, Gopalan Rajaraman and Euan K. Brechin
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 19805-19811
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03615A
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Coordination chemistry of 2,2′-biphenylenedithiophosphinate and diphenyldithiophosphinate with U, Np, and Pu
Joseph A. Macor, Jessie L. Brown, Justin N. Cross, Scott R. Daly, Andrew J. Gaunt, Gregory S. Girolami, Michael T. Janicke, Stosh A. Kozimor, Mary P. Neu, Angela C. Olson, Sean D. Reilly and Brian L. Scott
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 18923-18936
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT02976G
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Mechanistic features of the copper-free Sonogashira reaction from ESI-MS
Zohrab Ahmadi, Lars P. E. Yunker, Allen G. Oliver and J. Scott McIndoe
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 20367-20375
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT02889B
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First structural characterization of Pa(IV) in aqueous solution and quantum chemical investigations of the tetravalent actinides up to Bk(IV): the evidence of a curium break
Nidhu lal Banik, Valérie Vallet, Florent Réal, Réda Mohamed Belmecheri, Bernd Schimmelpfennig, Jörg Rothe, Rémi Marsac, Patric Lindqvist-Reis, Clemens Walther, Melissa A. Denecke and Christian M. Marquardt
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03560K
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Compositional dependence of anomalous thermal expansion in perovskite-like ABX3 formates
Ines E. Collings, Joshua A. Hill, Andrew B. Cairns, Richard I. Cooper, Amber L. Thompson, Julia E. Parker, Chiu C. Tang and Andrew L. Goodwin
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03263F
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Modular solid-phase synthesis, catalytic application and efficient recycling of supported phosphine–phosphite ligand libraries
Frank J. L. Heutz and Paul C. J. Kamer
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03226A
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Synthesis and controlled growth of osmium nanoparticles by electron irradiation
Anaïs Pitto-Barry, Luis M. A. Perdigao, Marc Walker, James Lawrence, Giovanni Costantini, Peter J. Sadler and Nicolas P. E. Barry
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 20308-20311
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03205A
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Palladium(II) complexes featuring a mixed phosphine–pyridine–iminophosphorane pincer ligand: synthesis and reactivity
Thibault Cheisson and Audrey Auffrant
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT02789F
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Explaining the mechanical mechanisms of zeolitic metal–organic frameworks: revealing auxeticity and anomalous elasticity
Matthew. R. Ryder and Jin-Chong Tan
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03514G
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The structures of CyMe4-BTBP complexes of americium(III) and europium(III) in solvents used in solvent extraction, explaining their separation properties
Christian Ekberg, Elin Löfström-Engdahl, Emma Aneheim, Mark R. StJ. Foreman, Andreas Geist, Daniel Lundberg, Melissa Denecke and Ingmar Persson
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 18395-18402
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT02859K
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Stepwise assembly of mixed-metal coordination cages containing both kinetically inert and kinetically labile metal ions: introduction of metal-centred redox and photophysical activity at specific sites
Ashley B. Wragg, Alexander J. Metherell, William Cullen and Michael D. Ward
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 17939-17949
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT02957K
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Tin sulfide and selenide clusters soluble in organic solvents with the core structures of Sn4S6 and Sn4Se6
Mingdong Zhong, Zhi Yang, Yafei Yi, Dongxiang Zhang, Kening Sun, Herbert W. Roesky and Ying Yang
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 19800-19804
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03244J
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