5d Metal(IV) Imide Complexes. The Impact (or Lack Thereof) of d-Orbital Occupation on Methane Activation and

Catherine A Moulder1, Thomas R Cundari1

  • 1Department of Chemistry and ‡Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCaM), University of North Texas , 1155 Union Circle, #305070, Denton, Texas 76203-5017, United States.

Inorganic Chemistry
|February 2, 2017
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