“…This is consistent with the synthesis of the lowest energy [C 6 (CF 3 ) 6 ]Co 2 (CO) 4 structure, namely the chain structure CF 3 -ch4-S (Fig. 6), as a stable molecule [9][10][11]. Table 2 reports the dissociation energies for loss of the C 6 R 6 benzene ring from the lowest-lying C 6 R 6 Co 2 (CO) n structures (n = 6, 5, 4, 3; R = H, F, CF 3 ) according to the following equation: C 6 R 6 Co 2 ðCOÞ n !…”