Cyclometallated platinum(II) complexes: oxidation to, and C-H activation by, platinum(IV)

Christopher P Newman1, Katherine Casey-Green, Guy J Clarkson

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Warwick University, Coventry, UK CV4 7AL.

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