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metal-organic compounds
The title compound, [Co(C4H7N2O2)2(C4H7O2)(C9H12N3P)], has been analyzed by X-ray diffraction to correlate the structure with the reactivity of the photoracemization on exposure to visible light. Although the crystal decomposed during the racemization, the size of the reaction cavity for the 1-methoxycarbonylethyl group explains the high reactivity.