Chinese lantern structure

{{Short description|Coordination complex where two metal atoms are bridged by four bidentate ligands}}

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In chemistry, the Chinese lantern structure is a coordination complex where two metal atoms are bridged by four bidentate ligands. This structure type is also known as a paddlewheel complex. Examples include chromium(II) acetate, molybdenum(II) acetate, and rhodium(II) acetate, copper(II) acetate dihydrate. The name is derived from the resemblance between the structure and a Chinese paper lantern. Often additional ligands are bound to the metal centers along the M---M vector. The degree of metal-metal bonding varies according to the d-electron configuration.{{cite book|last1=Cotton|first1=F. A.|last2=Walton|first2=R. A.|title=Multiple Bonds Between Metal Atoms|url=https://archive.org/details/multiplebondsbet0000cott|url-access=registration|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|date=1993|isbn=0-19-855649-7}}

Complexes with Chinese lantern structure

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal|doi=10.1023/B:RUCB.0000046248.72380.79|title=New dinuclear palladium complex with a Chinese-lantern structure|year=2004|last1=Talismanova|first1=M. O.|last2=Sidorov|first2=A. A.|last3=Aleksandrov|first3=G. G.|last4=Oprunenko|first4=Yu. F.|last5=Eremenko|first5=I. L.|last6=Moiseev|first6=I. I.|journal=Russian Chemical Bulletin|volume=53|issue=7|pages=1507}}

Category:Coordination chemistry

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