Toward Unidirectional Rotary Motion in Nickelacarboranes: Characterization of Diastereomeric Nickel Bis(Dicarbollide) Complexes Derived from the [Nido-7-CH3-7,8-C2B9H11]- Anion
Robert D. Kennedy; Carolyn B. Knobler; M. Frederick Hawthorne; Inorganic Chemistry 48 (2009) 9377–9384; doi:10.1021/ic901175e

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  Hawthorne, M. F.,
  Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
  University of California,
  Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569.  USA
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_publ_contact_author_email       hawthornem@missouri.edu
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_publ_section_title
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Toward Unidirectional Rotary Motion in Nickelacarboranes: Characterization
of Diastereomeric Nickel Bis(Dicarbollide) Complexes Derived from the
[Nido-7-CH3-7,8-C2B9H11]- Anion
;
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