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Title: Three-Fold Intramolecular Ring Closing Alkene Metatheses of Square Planar Complexes with cis Phosphorus Donor Ligands P(X(CH 2 ) m CH═CH 2 ) 3 (X = −, m = 5–10; X = O, m = 3–5): Syntheses, Structures, and Thermal Properties of Macrocyclic Dibridgehead Diphosphorus Complexes
Award ID(s):
1153085 1566601
PAR ID:
10163032
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume:
140
Issue:
27
ISSN:
0002-7863
Page Range / eLocation ID:
8463 to 8478
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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