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Title: Convenient Access to Gallium(I) Cations through Hydrogen Elimination from Cationic Gallium(III) Hydrides
Award ID(s):
1726630
NSF-PAR ID:
10196286
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Inorganic Chemistry
Volume:
58
Issue:
18
ISSN:
0020-1669
Page Range / eLocation ID:
12441 to 12445
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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