Hexaosmium octadecacarbonyl

Osmium compounds: hexaosmium octadecacarbonyl

The osmium in hexaosmium octadecacarbonyl formally is in the oxidation state 0.

Hexaosmium octadecacarbonyl

• Formula as often written: Os₆(CO)₁₈
• Hill system formula: C₁₈O₁₈Os₆
• CAS registry number: [37216-50-5]
• Formula weight: 1645.562
• Class: carbonyl complex organometallic

Synonyms

• hexaosmium octadecacarbonyl
• osmium(O) carbonyl
• osmium carbonyl
• osmium octadecacarbonyl

Physical properties

• Colour: dark brown
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point:
• Boiling point:
• Density:

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Element analysis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Os₆(CO)₁₈ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Os₆C₁₈O₁₈

mass  %
1630   0.0 
1631   0.1 
1632   0.3 
1633   0.7 
1634   1.5 _
1635   3.0 __
1636   5.5 ___
1637   9.4 _____
1638  15.4 ________
1639  23.3 ____________
1640  34.0 _________________
1641  45.8 _______________________
1642  60.2 ______________________________
1643  72.5 ____________________________________
1644  86.4 ___________________________________________
1645  92.3 ______________________________________________
1646 100.0 __________________________________________________
1647  93.8 _______________________________________________
1648  93.5 _______________________________________________
1649  74.3 _____________________________________
1650  69.5 ___________________________________
1651  44.4 ______________________
1652  40.6 ____________________
1653  17.5 _________
1654  18.5 _________
1655   3.9 __
1656   4.8 __
1657   0.9 
1658   0.2 
1659   0.0 

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

• R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
• N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
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• A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
• R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
• A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
• J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
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