Volume 18, Issue 2 pp. 158-159
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Stepwise Addition of a Lewis Acid and a Lewis Base to a Metal-Metal Bond

Prof. Dr. Helmut Werner

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Prof. Dr. Helmut Werner

Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität, Am Hubland, D-8700 Würzburg (Germany)

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Dipl.-Chem. Werner Hofmann

Dipl.-Chem. Werner Hofmann

Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität, Am Hubland, D-8700 Würzburg (Germany)

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First published: February 1979
Citations: 23

Basic Metals, Part 17, This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie and by donations of chemicals from BASF, Ludwigshafen, and Bayer AG, Leverkusen. We wish to thank J. Wolf for experimental assistance.—part 16: A. Spencer, H. Werner, J. Organomet. Chem., in press.

Graphical Abstract

Cleavage of the CoCo bond in the complex is feasible without disrupting the binuclear structure. Thus a Lewis acid, e.g. CF3COOH, and a Lewis base. e.g. PMe3, can be added successively to (1).

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