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Experimental evidence for the molecular molybdenum fluorides MoF to MoF6: a matrix isolation and DFT investigation (2022)
Journal Article
Sakr, A., Snelling, H. V., & Young, N. A. (2022). Experimental evidence for the molecular molybdenum fluorides MoF to MoF6: a matrix isolation and DFT investigation. New journal of chemistry = Nouveau journal de chimie, 46(20), 9666-9684. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nj06062g

All of the molecular molybdenum fluorides, MoF to MoF6, have been synthesised from the reaction of thermally evaporated molybdenum atoms with fluorine molecules and atoms, trapped in argon matrices, and characterised by matrix isolation IR spectrosco... Read More about Experimental evidence for the molecular molybdenum fluorides MoF to MoF6: a matrix isolation and DFT investigation.

Searching for Monomeric Nickel Tetrafluoride: Unravelling Infrared Matrix Isolation Spectra of Higher Nickel Fluorides (2020)
Journal Article
Li, L., Sakr, A. K., Schlöder, T., Klein, S., Beckers, H., Kitsaras, M., Snelling, H. V., Young, N. A., Andrae, D., & Riedel, S. (2021). Searching for Monomeric Nickel Tetrafluoride: Unravelling Infrared Matrix Isolation Spectra of Higher Nickel Fluorides. Angewandte Chemie, 60(12), 6391-6394. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202015501

Binary transition metal fluorides are textbook examples combining complex electronic features with most fundamental molecular structures. High‐valent nickel fluorides are among the strongest known fluorinating and oxidizing agents, but there is a lac... Read More about Searching for Monomeric Nickel Tetrafluoride: Unravelling Infrared Matrix Isolation Spectra of Higher Nickel Fluorides.