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Overcoming a Longstanding Challenge: X‐Ray Structure of a [Co 2 (CO) 6 ]‐Complexed Propargyl Cation
Author(s) -
Melikyan Gagik G.,
Bright Stephen,
Monroe Todd,
Hardcastle Kenneth I.,
Ciurash Joana
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19980202)37:1/2<161::aid-anie161>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - propargyl , x ray , salt (chemistry) , chemistry , metal , crystallography , physics , catalysis , organic chemistry , nuclear physics
After two decades of thwarted efforts , the first X‐ray structure analysis of a [Co 2 (CO) 6 ]‐complexed propagyl cation, the BF 4 salt of 1 , has been reported. The carbocationic center is almost ideally sp 2 ‐hydbridized, while the metal clusters exhibit substantial structural inequivalency.