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Hexol


 

Hexol is a cobalt compound that was first prepared by Alfred Werner in 1914 and represented the first non-carbon containing chiral compound. The salt with the molecular formula of Co((OH)2Co(NH3)4)3(SO4)3 was prepared starting from cobalt sulfate.

References

  • A. Werner, H. Kuh, P. Wust Ber. 1914, 47, 196
  • The rediscovery of Alfred Werner's second hexol W. Gregory Jackson, Josephine A. McKeon, Margareta Zehnder, Markus Neuberger and Silvio Fallab Chemical Communications, 2004, (20), 2322 - 2323 Abstract