Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Science, 19(14), p. 5188-5195, 2023
DOI: 10.1039/d3sc01487h
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The reductive tetramerisation of CO by Lewis base activated dimagnesium(i) compounds, in the presence of Mo(CO)6, led to the competitive formation of magnesium squarate and metallo-ketene complexes (see picture).