How Many Hydrogen Atoms Can Be Bound to a Metal? Predicted MH12Species
Author(s) -
Laura Gagliardi,
Pekka Pyykkö
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of the american chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.115
H-Index - 612
eISSN - 1520-5126
pISSN - 0002-7863
DOI - 10.1021/ja045991l
Subject(s) - chemistry , metal , quantum chemical , atom (system on chip) , hydrogen , hydrogen atom , chemical physics , computational chemistry , chemical species , molecule , group (periodic table) , quantum , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , organic chemistry , physics , computer science , embedded system
Quantum chemical calculations predict the existence of new molecular species with general formula MH12, where M is a group 6 atom. The previous MHn species had n values up to 9. The new systems with n = 12 would be a new record for metal hydrides.
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