(2017) 'Synthesis, diastereomer separation, and optoelectronic and structural properties of dinuclear cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes with bridging diarylhydrazide ligands. ', Organometallics., 36 (5). pp.
981-993.Further information on publisher's website:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00887Publisher's copyright statement:This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in nal form in Organometallics, copyright c 2017 American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the nal edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00887.
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