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THE versatility of acetylacetone (acac) as a ligand is well documented1. It forms metal complexes of the following structural types: (1) normal chelate compounds2,3, (2) polynuclear bridged species4–6, (3) γ-carbon bonded complexes7,8, and (4) condensation products formed from complexes of the third category9. We report here the structure of [Zn(acac)2]3 which is an example of the second type with a new kind of stereochemistry in which zinc exhibits both five and six co-ordination.
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BENNETT, M., COTTON, F., EISS, R. et al. A New Type of bis-(Acetylacetonato)metal(II) Polymer: the Trimer of bis-(Acetylacetonato) Zinc. Nature 213, 174 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213174a0
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