I have known Bruce Bursten for over 40 years. Our paths initially crossed over a paper on the UV-Vis spectroscopy and structures of quadruply metal-metal bonded dimers that was published in 1977. We have been friends ever since. In the first part of the talk, I will highlight some of the work we did together, as well as some of Bruce’s distinguished contributions to chemistry. In the second half of my talk, I will describe some interesting results on solvothermal reactions of the pertechnetate ion under reducing conditions with various ligands. These reactions have produced a variety of new low-valent technetium metal-metal bonded dimers and clusters with interesting physical and structural properties.<br/>

Inorganic chemistry and Bruce Bursten: Some personal observations and reflections

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