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Topic: Which is more stable as a ligand for late metals: t-butyl or trimethylsilyl?  (Read 1345 times)

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Offline kinghumanity

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Basically in a late transition metal - ligand situation. My first thought is t-butyl because metal-C bond is stronger than metal-Si bond, but I suspect it's more complicated than that. Thanks!

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