(2.2.2-Cryptand)potassium tetrakis(η2-ethylene)cobaltate(−I)

The title salt, [K(C18H36N2O6)][Co(C2H4)4], is one of only two known homoleptic ethylenemetalates. The cation and anion are well separated, which gives an unperturbed tetrahedral anion as is expected for a formally Co−I d10 metal center. The considerable elongation of the C=C bonds of...

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Main Authors: William W. Brennessel, John E. Ellis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2012-10-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536812038287