Slow atmospheric oxidation of diphenylzinc: di-mu-phenoxido-bis[(diethyl ether)phenylzinc(II)].
The title compound, [Zn2(C6H5)2(C6H5O)2(C4H10O)2], was isolated from a solution of diphenylzinc in diethyl ether that had been exposed to air. The molecules are dinuclear, with a distorted tetrahedral coordination geometry around the Zn atoms and with molecules situated about a crystallographic inversion centre. Molecules associate via three sets of C-H...pi(arene) interactions, leading to a network structure.
Lennartson
Anders
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Department of Chemistry, Göteborg University, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden. anle@chem.gu.se
Håkansson
Mikael
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