Chinese lantern structure
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The Chinese lantern structure adopted by copper(II) acetate dihydrate
In chemistry, the Chinese lantern structure is a coordination complex where two metal atoms are bridged by four bidentate ligands. An example is copper(II) acetate dihydrate. The name reflects a resemblance between ball-and-stick models of the structure and a Chinese paper lantern.
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Further reading
- Talismanova, M. O.; Sidorov, A. A.; Aleksandrov, G. G.; Oprunenko, Yu. F.; Eremenko, I. L.; Moiseev, I. I. (2004). "New dinuclear palladium complex with a Chinese-lantern structure". Russian Chemical Bulletin. 53 (7): 1507. doi:10.1023/B:RUCB.0000046248.72380.79.
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