Cover Picture: Heterolytic Activation of H2 Using a Mechanically Interlocked Molecule as a Frustrated Lewis Base (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 3/2013). Issue 3 (11th December 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Caputo, Christopher B.; Zhu, Kelong; Vukotic, V. Nicholas; Loeb, Stephen J.; Stephan, Douglas W.
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 52:Issue 3(2013)
• Page Start: 773
• Page End: 773
• Publication Date: 2012-12-11
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201209490
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

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