Synthesis and crystal structures of the <i>racemic</i> and <i>meso</i> forms of [1-{1'-4'-cyclopentadienyl-4'-cobalta-1',12'-dicarba-<i>closo</i>-dodecaboranyl(10)}-4-cyclopentadienyl-4-cobalta-1,12-dicarba-<i>closo</i>-dodecaborane(10)], the former as its tetrahydrofuran disolvate
Mandal, Dipendu; Man, Wing Y.; Rosair, Georgina M.; Welch, Alan J.; Acta Crystallographica Section C 71 (2015) –; doi:10.1107/S2053229615014539

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 Synthesis and crystal structures of the <i>racemic</i> and <i>meso</i>
 forms of
 [1-{1'-4'-cyclopentadienyl-4'-cobalta-1',12'-dicarba-<i>closo</i>-dodecaboranyl(10)}-4-cyclopentadienyl-4-cobalta-1,12-dicarba-<i>closo</i>-dodecaborane(10)],
 the former as its tetrahydrofuran disolvate
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