Synthesis and structure of base-stabilized germanium(II) diazide IPrGe(N3)2

Benjamin Lyhs1, Dieter Bläser, Christoph Wölper

  • 1Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 5-7, D-45117 Essen, Germany.

Inorganic Chemistry
|May 28, 2013
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