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Potassium osmate is the inorganic compound with the formula K2[OsO2(OH)4]. It is a diamagnetic purple salt that gained attention as a catalyst for the asymmetric dihydroxylation of olefins.Like related d2 complexes the oxo ligands are trans. The Os=O and Os-OH distances are 1.75(2) and 1.99(2) Å respectively. It is a relatively rare example of a metal oxo complex that obeys the 18e rule. The compound was first reported by Edmond Frémy in 1844.

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