Achieving (quasi)-monocoordination in metal complexes with an exceptionally bulky carbene ligand.
Zapf, Ludwig; Rivard, Eric; Chemical science 17 (2026) 6500–6506; doi:10.1039/d5sc09514j

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_publ_section_title
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 Achieving (quasi)-monocoordination in metal complexes with an
 exceptionally bulky carbene ligand.
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_journal_issue                   13
_journal_name_full               'Chemical science'
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_journal_year                    2026
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2025-11-25 deposited with the CCDC.	2026-02-02 downloaded from the CCDC.
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 Sparks R.A., Computational Crystallography p1-18 (Clarendon Press, 1982)
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 Crystals were grown at 20 \%C from saturated solution in 
 Fluorobenzene/benzene. For data collection the crystal was immersed in a 
 film of perfluoropolyether oil, mounted on a polyimide loop and transferred 
 to stream of cold nitrogen (Oxford Cryostream 800).
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 w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.1851P)^2^+9.8536P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3
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 Incident beam scaling, empirical absorption correction using spherical 
 harmonics, and outlier rejection was employed as implemented in SADABS. 
 Additional spherical absorption correction with mu*r value set to 0.2 was 
 applied.
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