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Chem. Commun., 2005, 2615 - 2617, DOI: 10.1039/b417508e


Selenoaroyl complexes of molybdenum

Lorraine M. Caldwell, Anthony F. Hill and Anthony C. Willis


The reaction of mesityl isoselenocyanate with molybdenum alkylidynes provides the first structurally characterised examples of mononuclear selenoaroyl complexes, which may also be obtained directly from elemental selenium in the presence of a catalytic amount of mesityl isocyanide.

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