A convenient route to silyl linked bis(amidinate) ligands and synthesis of group(I) metal derivatives.
Bai, Sheng-Di; Guo, Jian-Ping; Liu, Dian-Sheng; Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)  (2006) 2244–2250; doi:10.1039/b516283a

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 A convenient route to silyl linked bis(amidinate) ligands and
 synthesis of group(I) metal derivatives.
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The following automatic conversions were performed:
'_symmetry_cell_setting' value 'Monoclinic' changed to 'monoclinic'
according to '/home/saulius/struct/CIF-dictionaries/cif_core.dic'
dictionary named 'cif_core.dic' version 2.4.1 from
2010-06-29.

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'/home/saulius/struct/CIF-dictionaries/cif_core.dic' dictionary named
'cif_core.dic' version 2.4.1 from 2010-06-29.

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