1,2,4-Tri(<sup><i>t</i></sup>Bu)cyclopentadienyl gallium (Cp'''Ga) as a versatile reagent for the synthesis of Lewis adducts and ionic compounds.
Ding, Yi; Tang, Yongheng; Nazish, Mohd; Ruth, Paul Niklas; Wachendorf, Sophia Luisa; Herbst-Irmer, Regine; Stalke, Dietmar; Roesky, Herbert W.; Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 61 (2025) 13441–13444; doi:10.1039/d5cc03933a

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 1,2,4-Tri(<sup><i>t</i></sup>Bu)cyclopentadienyl gallium (Cp'''Ga) as a
 versatile reagent for the synthesis of Lewis adducts and ionic compounds.
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