Modulation of Metal-Metal Separations in a Series of Ag(I) and Intensely Blue Photoluminescent Cu(I) NHC-Bridged Triangular Clusters
Vincent J. Catalano; Lyndsay B. Munro; Christoph E. Strasser; Ahmad F. Samin; Inorganic Chemistry 50 (2011) 8465–8476; doi:10.1021/ic201053t

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_publ_contact_author_address
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Department of Chemistry
University of Nevada
Reno, NV  89557
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_publ_contact_author_email       vjc@unr.edu
_publ_contact_author_name        'Professor Vincent J. Catalano'
_publ_contact_author_phone       '775 784 1329'
_publ_section_title
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 Modulation of Metal-Metal Separations in a Series of Ag(I) and Intensely
 Blue Photoluminescent Cu(I) NHC-Bridged Triangular Clusters
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_journal_name_full               'Inorganic Chemistry'
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_chemical_name_common
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Tris{\h^3^-\m-1,3-bis[(3,4-dimethoxy-2-pyridyl)methyl]imidazol-2-
ylidene}tricopper(I) tetrafluoroborate 6.5 acetonitrile solvate
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_chemical_name_systematic
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Triangulo-tris{\h^3^-\m~2~-1,3-bis[(3,4-dimethoxy-2-pyridyl-\kN)methyl]-
2<i>H</i>-imidazol-2-ylidene-\kC}tricopper(I) 3(Cu---Cu) tetrafluoroborate
 6.5 acetonitrile solvate
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