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Bis(acetato-κO,O')diphen-yl(pyridine-κN)tin(IV)

Hamid Khaledi, Hapipah Mohd Ali, Mahmood A Abdulla

    Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Structure Reports Online
    |May 18, 2011
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