“…Evaporation of the more slowly moving orange band gave air-stable, orange crystals of dicarbonyI[2-5-q-2,3:4,5-bis(hexamethylene)(tricarbonylcobalta)cyclopentadiene]cobalt (Co-Co), Co2(CO)5(C8H12)2: mp 101-103 °C (0.36 g, 66%); IR (cm"1) (C6H14) 2070 (m), 2014 (vs), 2006 (m), 1966 (vs); mass spectrum m/e (relative intensity) 474 (6), 446 (8), 418 (10), 390 (8), 388 (15), 362 (6), 360 (14), 332 (18), 244 (42), 216 (100), 201 (20), 173 (55), 159 (65), 145 (87), 131 (95), 117 (off scale), 105 (off scale), 91 (off scale), 79 (96), 77 (95); NMR (C6D6) The most slowly moving band eluted with n-pentane gave on evaporation and recrystallization from n-pentane colorless needles of Tris(hexamethylene)benzene, ,C24H36 (0.45 g, 59% or ca. 90% of available excess of cyclooctyne): mp 199-200 °C (lit.16 mp 197-198 °C); mass spectrum m/e (relative intensity) 324 (100), 281 (98), 253 (23) , 241 (15), 239 (18), 211 (34), 199 (21), 185 (37), 171 (28), 157 (24) , 155 (26), 143 (31), 141 (27), 129 (26), 128 (25), 91 (26), 79 (16), 77 (19). Anal.…”