Molecules with high bond orders and ultrashort bond lengths: CrU, MoU, and WU

Fernando Ruipérez1, Gabriel Merino, Jesus M Ugalde

  • 1Kimika Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) and Donostia International Physics Center, P. K. 20080 Donostia, Euskadi, Spain.

Inorganic Chemistry
|March 8, 2013
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