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Holding onto Lots of Hydrogen: A 12‐Hydride Rhodium Cluster That Reversibly Adds Two Molecules of H 2
Author(s) -
Brayshaw Simon K.,
Ingleson Michael J.,
Green Jennifer C.,
Raithby Paul R.,
KociokKöhn Gabriele,
McIndoe J. Scott,
Weller Andrew S.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200502221
Subject(s) - hydride , rhodium , cluster (spacecraft) , octahedron , molecule , chemistry , hydrogen , hydrogen storage , hydrogen molecule , scheme (mathematics) , crystallography , physics , computer science , crystal structure , mathematics , catalysis , organic chemistry , operating system , mathematical analysis
H Box : The clusters [Rh 6 (PR 3 ) 6 H 12 ][BAr F 4 ] 2 (R=cyclohexyl, i Pr; see scheme, pink Rh, orange P) reversibly take up two molecules of H 2 under ambient conditions (1 atm H 2 , 298 K) to give discrete octahedral clusters surrounded by 16 hydride ligands.