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Peter C Healy1, Bradley T Loughrey, Michael L Williams
1Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies, Griffith University, Brisbane 4111, Australia.
Abstract:
In the title compound [Cu(C(26)H(22)P(2))(2)]BF(4)·C(2)H(5)OH, a disordered ethanol solvate molecule and the anions are located in well defined channels along the c axis. The four-coordinate Cu(P-P)(2) core of the cation adopts approximately D(2) point group symmetry with the Cu-P bond lengths spanning a narrow range from 2.272 (1) to 2.285 (1) Å.
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