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Chromium(VI) oxide peroxide
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<p>Chromium(VI) oxide peroxide is the name given to a collection of chromium <a href="/facts/Coordination_complex/1tCyeQUm">coordination complexes</a>. They have the formula CrO(O2)2L where L is a ligand. These species are dark blue and often labile. They all feature <a href="/facts/Oxide/DXtoVe1C">oxo</a> <a href="/facts/Ligand/6etB3qeW">ligand</a> and two <a href="/facts/Peroxide/VMU8y4xB">peroxo</a> ligands, with the remaining coordination sites occupied by water, hydroxide, ether, or other <a href="/facts/Lewis_base/qlLqRvg2">Lewis bases</a>. </p>