Syntheses and crystal structures of three tri-phenyl-sulfonium halometallate salts of zinc, cadmium and mercury.
Artis, Rylan; Heyward, Elizabeth; Reyes, Naomi; Van Ostenbridge, Kaitlyn; Lynch, Will E.; Padgett, Clifford W.; Acta crystallographica. Section E, Crystallographic communications 81 (2025) 358–363; doi:10.1107/S2056989025002245

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 Syntheses and crystal structures of three tri-phenyl-sulfonium
 halometallate salts of zinc, cadmium and mercury.
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