Chromium(II) acetylacetonate is the
coordination compound with the formula Cr(O
2C
5H
7)
2. It is the
homoleptic acetylacetonate complex of chromium(II). It is an air-sensitive, paramagnetic yellow brown solid. According to
X-ray crystallography
X-ray crystallography is the experimental science determining the atomic and molecular structure of a crystal, in which the crystalline structure causes a beam of incident X-rays to diffract into many specific directions. By measuring the angles ...
, the Cr center is
square planar
The square planar molecular geometry in chemistry describes the stereochemistry (spatial arrangement of atoms) that is adopted by certain chemical compounds. As the name suggests, molecules of this geometry have their atoms positioned at the corne ...
. In contrast to the triplet ground state for this complex, the bis(pyridine) adduct features
noninnocent acac
2- ligand attached to Cr(III).
See also
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Chromium(III) acetylacetonate
References
Acetylacetonate complexes
Chromium complexes
Chromium–oxygen compounds
Chromium(II) compounds
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