Chromium(II) acetylacetonate

Chromium(II) acetylacetonate is the coordination compound with the formula Cr(O2C5H7)2.

It is the homoleptic acetylacetonate complex of chromium(II).

It is an air-sensitive, paramagnetic yellow brown solid.

According to X-ray crystallography, the Cr center is square planar.

[1] In contrast to the triplet ground state for this complex, the bis(pyridine) adduct features noninnocent acac2- ligand attached to Cr(III).