American Chemical Society, Organometallics, 18(28), p. 5590-5592
DOI: 10.1021/om900398h
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Reaction of a carbene precursor containing (in anthracene fluorophore and two N-picolyl moieties with Hg(OAc)(2) produces the title complex. X-ray studies and UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy confirm that a strong interaction exists between the mercury atom and anthracene.