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"Pulling-Out" N2 from Diazo Compounds by Iron Complex for Carbene Formation

Yun-Shu Cui1, Hong-Yu Cheng1, Xu-Zhou Li1

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.

Inorganic Chemistry
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