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THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF RUTHENOCENE

Journal Article · · Acta Cryst.

>Dicyclopentadienylruthenium, or ruthenocene, crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma with a = 7.13, b = 8.99, c = 12.81 A. There are four Ru(C/sub 5/H/sub 5/)/sub 2/ molecules per unit cell. The ruthenium atoms form approximately a face-centered lattice, and the cyclopentadienyl rings lie in an eclipsed configuration with respect to each other about each ruthenium atom. The structure was refined by Fourier and least-squares methods with 791 independent refiections. The ruthenium-carbon distance is 2.21 A, and the carboncarbon bond distance in the rings averages 1.43 A. (auth)

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Berkeley
NSA Number:
NSA-13-007887
OSTI ID:
4251589
Journal Information:
Acta Cryst., Journal Name: Acta Cryst. Vol. Vol: 12
Country of Publication:
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Language:
English