Main Group Multiple C-H/N-H Bond Activation of a Diamine and Isolation of A Molecular Dilithium Zincate Hydride: Experimental and DFT Evidence for Alkali Metal-Zinc Synergistic Effects
Ross Campbell; Daniel Cannon; Pablo García-Álvarez; Alan R. Kennedy; Robert E. Mulvey; Stuart D. Robertson; Jörg Saßmannshausen; Tell Tuttle; Journal of the American Chemical Society 133 (2011) 13706–13717; doi:10.1021/ja205547h

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 Main Group Multiple C-H/N-H Bond Activation of a Diamine and Isolation of
 A Molecular Dilithium Zincate Hydride: Experimental and DFT Evidence for
 Alkali Metal-Zinc Synergistic Effects
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