ORGANOMETALLICSObservationofalkalineearthcomplexesM(CO)8(M=Ca,Sr,orBa)thatmimictransitionmetalsXuanWu1*,LiliZhao2*,JiayeJin1,SudipPan2,WeiLi1,XiaoyangJin1,GuanjunWang1,MingfeiZhou1†,GernotFrenking2,3†Thealkalineearthmetalscalcium(Ca),strontium(Sr),andbarium(Ba)typicallyengageinchemicalbondingasclassicalmain-groupelementsthroughtheirnsandnpvalenceorbitals,wherenistheprincipalquantumnumber.Here...