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This work is part of the authors investigation into the coordination chemistry of complexes containg copper, cobalt and nickel.
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Direct synthesis and crystal structure of a new pentanuclear heterotrimetallic Cu/Co/Ni complex with 2-(dimethylamino)ethanol. Discussion of possible “butterfly-like” molecular structure types
Dmytro S. Nesterov, Claudia Graiff, Antonio Tiripicchio and Armando J. L. Pombeiro
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05049D, Paper
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