Dimanganese decacarbonyl

<p>Dimanganese decacarbonyl, which has the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">chemical formula</a> Mn2(CO)10, is a binary bimetallic <a href="/facts/Metal_carbonyl/KzJBcMzU">carbonyl complex</a> centered around the first row <a href="/facts/Transition_metal/0slGWoLQ">transition metal</a> <a href="/facts/Manganese/j9ELd1TL">manganese</a>. The first reported synthesis of Mn2(CO)10 was in 1954 at <a href="/facts/Linde_plc/W0rvKuq4">Linde Air Products Company</a> and was performed by Brimm, Lynch, and Sesny. Their hypothesis about, and synthesis of, dimanganese decacarbonyl was fundamentally guided by the previously known <a href="/facts/Dirhenium_decacarbonyl/65J7DvAv">dirhenium decacarbonyl</a> (Re2(CO)10), the heavy atom <a href="/facts/Structural_analog/3aysWSVG">analogue</a> of Mn2(CO)10. Since its first synthesis, Mn2(CO)10 has been use sparingly as a <a href="/facts/Reagent/c3GLInCu">reagent</a> in the synthesis of other chemical species, but has found the most use as a simple system on which to study fundamental chemical and physical phenomena, most notably, the <a href="/facts/Metal%25E2%2580%2593metal_bond/4EEyVclb">metal-metal bond</a>. Dimanganese decacarbonyl is also used as a classic example to reinforce fundamental topics in <a href="/facts/Organometallic_chemistry/bhqFz2P0">organometallic chemistry</a> like <a href="/facts/D_electron_count/DdXMds5z">d-electron count</a>, the <a href="/facts/18-electron_rule/KNfG6tpM">18-electron rule</a>, <a href="/facts/Oxidation_state/W53W6s6V">oxidation state</a>, <a href="/facts/Valence_(chemistry)/ck7cHByj">valency</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Isolobal_principle/Vv6bh93V">isolobal analogy</a>.
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Dimanganese decacarbonyl