trans-2,2,4,4-Tetrafluoro-1,3-diphenyl-1,3-diphosphetanediyl-1,3-bis[pentacarbonylchromium(0)]

The title compound, [Cr₂(CO)₁₀(C₁₄H₁₀F₄P₂)], displays inversion symmetry. The P-CF₂ bond is somewhat lengthened on complexation and the phenyl-diphosphetane interplanar angle reduced from 89.15 (6)° in the free ligand to 61.4 (1)° in the complex. The P-Cr bond is short [2.3149 (6) Å].

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