d-Electron Attraction-Induced Reactivity Variants in Gas-Phase Reactions of ReM+ (M = Os, Ru, Fe) with Small

Shihan Li1,2, Jiancheng Ruan1,2, Chao Qian1,2

  • 1College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, Zhejiang University, 310058 Hangzhou, P. R. China.

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