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Preparation, Purification, and Characterization of Lanthanide Complexes for Use as Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Synthesis, structure, and 15N NMR studies of paramagnetic lanthanide complexes obtained by reduction of dinitrogen

William J Evans1, Daniel B Rego, Joseph W Ziller

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2025, USA.

Inorganic Chemistry
|December 19, 2006
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