An unprecedented 1,4-diphospha-2,3-disila butadiene (-P[double bond, length as m-dash]Si-Si[double bond, length as m-dash]P-) derivative and a 1,3-diphospha-2-silaallyl anion, each stabilized by the amidinate ligand.
Kundu, Subrata; Mohapatra, Chandrajeet; Samuel, Prinson P.; Kretsch, Johannes; Walawalkar, M. G.; Herbst-Irmer, Regine; Stalke, Dietmar; De, Sriman; Koley, Debasis; Roesky, Herbert W.; Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 53 (2016) 192–195; doi:10.1039/c6cc09171g

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_publ_section_title
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 An unprecedented 1,4-diphospha-2,3-disila butadiene (-P[double bond,
 length as m-dash]Si-Si[double bond, length as m-dash]P-) derivative and a
 1,3-diphospha-2-silaallyl anion, each stabilized by the amidinate ligand.
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2016-10-01 deposited with the CCDC.
2016-12-05 downloaded from the CCDC.
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