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New Univalent Cobalt Complexes of the [CoI(CN)5 X] Type

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HUME et al. 1 found that the aquopentacyano-cobaltate(III) and cobaltate(II) complexes were irreversibly reduced in one step to the cobalt(I) state polarographically in the cyanide medium, and the cobalt (I) complex was neither reducible nor oxidizable at the dropping mercury electrode.

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MAKI, N. New Univalent Cobalt Complexes of the [CoI(CN)5 X] Type. Nature 185, 682–683 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185682a0

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