The rediscovery of Alfred Werner's second hexol.
A compound originally prepared by Alfred Werner but structurally misassigned has been shown by three independent X-ray structural analyses to be a hexanuclear species which can now be regarded as Werner's second hexol, his first being that famous for being the first non-carbon containing species to be optically resolved.
School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, Chemistry, University College, The University of New South Wales, ADFA, Canberra ACT, Australia 2600. g.jackson@adfa.edu.au.
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