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(Acetonitrile-κN)chloridobis[2-(pyridin-2-yl)phenyl-κC,N]iridium(III)

Florian Blasberg, Jan W Bats, Matthias Wagner

    Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Structure Reports Online
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