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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Department of Chemistry
University of Nevada
Reno, NV  89557
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_publ_contact_author_name        'Professor Vincent J. Catalano'
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_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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Tris{\h^3^-\m-1,3-bis[(3,4-dimethoxy-2-pyridyl)methyl]imidazol-
2-ylidene}trisilver(I) tetrafluoroborate (diethyl ether)
 acetonitrile tetrasolvate
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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}trisilver(I)
 3(Ag---Ag) tetrafluoroborate (diethyl ether) ethanenitrile
 tetrasolvate
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