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In the title compound, [W(C5H5N)2(CO)4], the W atom, on a crystallographic twofold rotation axis, is coordinated in a distorted octahedral geometry by four carbonyl ligands [W(1)-C(1) 1.956 (3) and W(1)-C(2) 2.027 (3) Å] and two pyridine ligands [W(1)-N(1) 2.272 (2) Å]. The molecules are packed in layers parallel to (001).
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![cif](https://journals.iucr.org//../logos/filetypeicons/bw/b1/ciflogo.png) | Crystallographic Information File (CIF) Contains datablocks walz2, global |
![sft](https://journals.iucr.org//../logos/filetypeicons/bw/b1/sftlogo.png) | Structure factor file (SHELXL table format) Supplementary material |
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