Zeise's salt is obtained as well-formed, yellow, needle-shaped crystals. The compound is stable in the solid state at room temperature and decomposes with loss of ethylene at about 1 8OoC. The chemical, physical, and structural properties have been characterized thoroughly and are described in the l i t e r a t~r e .~'~
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