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Oxygen-Induced Dimerization of Alkyl-Manganese(II) 2,6Bisiminopyridine Complexes: Selective Synthesis of a New Ditopic NNN-Pincer Ligand John J. Sandoval, Cristóbal Melero, Pilar Palma, Eleuterio Á lvarez, Antonio Rodríguez-Delgado,* and Juan Cámpora* Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, CSIC − Universidad de Sevilla, c/Américo Vespucio, 49, 41092 Sevilla, SPAIN S Supporting Information *
ABSTRACT: The outcome of the reaction of manganese(II) dialkyls with 2,6-bisiminopyridine (BIP) ligands is dramatically altered by the presence of very small amounts of oxygen (
