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Preparation and Use of Carbonyl-decorated Carbenes in the Activation of White Phosphorus
Published on: October 3, 2014
trans-Tetra-carbonyl-bis-[tris-(4-fluoro-phen-yl)phosphane-κP]chromium(0)
Abstract:
In the title compound, [Cr(C(18)H(12)F(3)P)(2)(CO)(4)], the Cr atom is octa-hedrally coordinated by four carbonyl ligands and the two tertiary phosphanes that are trans to each other. The Cr atom and two carbonyl groups are on a twofold axis. The benzene rings attached to the phospho-rus atom make dihedral angles of 80.32 (5), 52.91 (5) and 83.80 (5)° with each other. In the crystal, C-H⋯O and C-H⋯F inter-molecular inter-actions form an infinite three-dimensional network.
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