title: [Bis(pyridin-2-ylmeth-yl) ether]trichlorido-rhodium(III) dichloro-methane monosolvate: unusual hydrolysis of the methyl-ene bridge in (pyrazolylmeth-yl)pyridine.
abstract: In the title compound, [RhCl(3)(C(12)H(12)N(2)O)]·CH(2)Cl(2), the Rh(III) atom shows a slightly distorted octa-hedral geometry being coordinated by two N atoms and one O atom from the 2,2'-(oxydimethanedi-yl)dipyridine ligand and three Cl atoms. Two Cl atoms adopt a trans arrangement to the two pyridyl N atoms, while the third Cl atom and the O atoms occupy the axial site. The Rh-Cl bonds that are trans to the pyridyl N atoms are slightly longer than the Rh-Cl bond distance trans to the O atom.
authors.forename: Stephen O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Ojwach
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Omondi
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Darkwa
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