A chain of five chromium(II) atoms: A desired compound with an undesired, unsurprising, but important structure

  • F. Albert Cotton
  • , Lee M. Daniels
  • , Tongbu Lu
  • , Carlos A. Murillo
  • , Xiaoping Wang

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Abstract

Reaction of the dilithium salt of tripyridyldiamine, Li2tpda, and CrCl2 in THF gave the pentachromium compound Cr5(tpda)4Cl2·CH2Cl 2 in which the metal atoms were arranged in a linear fashion with localized quadruple bonds Cr Cr⋯Cr Cr⋯Cr.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)517-518
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions
Issue number4
StatePublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes

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