Influence of Ring-Expanded N-Heterocyclic Carbenes on the Structures of Half-Sandwich Ni(I) Complexes: An X-ray, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR), and Electron Nuclear Double Resonance (ENDOR) Study.
Pelties, Stefan; Carter, Emma; Folli, Andrea; Mahon, Mary F.; Murphy, Damien M.; Whittlesey, Michael K.; Wolf, Robert; Inorganic chemistry 55 (2016) 11006–11017; doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01540

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 Influence of Ring-Expanded N-Heterocyclic Carbenes on the Structures of
 Half-Sandwich Ni(I) Complexes: An X-ray, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
 (EPR), and Electron Nuclear Double Resonance (ENDOR) Study.
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