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Mitsushiro Nomura1, Thomas Cauchy, Michel Geoffroy

  • 1Laboratoire Chimie, Ingénierie Moléculaire et Matériaux d'Angers (CIMMA), UMR 6200 CNRS, Université d'Angers, UFR Sciences, Bât. K, 2 Bd. Lavoisier, 49045 Angers, France.

Inorganic Chemistry
|September 27, 2006
PubMed
Summary

This study synthesized five neutral radical organometallic complexes, including [CpNi(dddt)], achieving an 86% yield. These complexes exhibit reversible redox behavior and strong near-infrared absorption, with structural analysis revealing unique magnetic interactions.

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