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The low-temperature magnetic susceptibility of the dimeric complex di-µ-hydroxybis(bipyridyl)dicopper(II) sulphate pentahydrate gives further support for the conclusion that the complex has a triplet ground state with a singlet excited state lying about 48 cm–1 above the ground state.
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Barnes et al. (1970) studied this question.