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Jones, C., Stasch, A. (2013). Stable Molecular Magnesium(I) Dimers: A Fundamentally Appealing Yet Synthetically Versatile Compound Class. In: Harder, S. (eds) Alkaline-Earth Metal Compounds. Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, vol 45. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36270-5_3

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