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Description: Ball-and-stick model of the D3d non-bridged isomer of dicobalt octacarbonyl, Co2(CO)8, as found in the crystal structure of a 1:1 co-crystal with C60.

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  Cobalt, Co: blue-grey

  Carbon, C: grey-black

  Oxygen, O: red

Structure determined by X-ray crystallography and reported in Chem. Commun. (2009) 7143–7145 (ICSD 166882).

Model manipulated in CrystalMaker 8.7.

Image generated in Accelrys DS Visualizer.
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