Mixed lithium amide-lithium halide compounds: unusual halide-deficient amido metal anionic crowns.
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SUBMITTER: Kennedy AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3625747 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
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Mixed lithium amide-lithium halide compounds: unusual halide-deficient amido metal anionic crowns.
Kennedy Alan R AR Mulvey Robert E RE O'Hara Charles T CT Robertson Gemma M GM Robertson Stuart D SD
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20110719 36
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