title: An "off-axis" Mn-Mn bond in Mn2(CO)10 at high pressure.
abstract: At variance with what was previously reported, Mn2(CO)10 does not transform its conformation from staggered to eclipsed in the high pressure crystal form. X-ray powder diffraction, DFT calculations and Raman spectroscopy show that the staggered conformation is retained. Instead, a rotation and a translation of the Mn(CO)5 pyramidal units produce an "off-axis" and rather shorter Mn-Mn bond.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freie-strasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. piero.macchi@dcb.unibe.ch.
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Macchi
authors.forename: Nicola
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authors.lastname: Casati
authors.forename: Shaun R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Fabia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gozzo
authors.forename: Petra
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authors.lastname: Simoncic
authors.forename: Davide
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authors.lastname: Tiana