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Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Structure Reports Online
|November 8, 2011
Abstract:
In the structure of the title compound [Fe(2)(C(5)H(5))(2)(CHO(2))(CO)(4)]BF(4), each Fe(II) atom is coordinated in a pseudo-octa-hedral three-legged piano-stool fashion. The cyclo-penta-dienyl ligand occupies three fac coordination sites while the two carbonyl ligands and formate O atom occupy the remaining three sites.
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