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Five-Co-ordinate Compounds of Cobalt

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MOST complex compounds of cobalt are of oxidation state + 3 and six-co-ordinate, or of oxidation state + 2 and four- or six-co-ordinate. Until recently, only a few apparently five-co-ordinate complexes had been reported1. These were the anions [Co(CN)5]3− and [Co(CN)5]2−, and the oxygen-carry ing Schiff's base compounds (A) and (B).

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EARNSHAW, A., HEWLETT, P. & LARKWORTHY, L. Five-Co-ordinate Compounds of Cobalt. Nature 199, 483–484 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199483b0

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