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metal-organic compounds
The cation molecule of the title compound, [OsCl(C26H24P2)2]PF6.1.5CH2Cl2, has a distorted trigonalbipyramidal structure. Despite strong steric repulsion between the PPh2 groups, the Os-P bonds in the equatorial plane are short [2.2416 (12) and 2.2587 (13) Å] and the P-Os-P angle is only 94.24 (5)°.