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A Mercurial Route to a Cobalt Dihydrogen Complex
Author(s) -
Bullock R. Morris
Publication year - 2011
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.201006731
Subject(s) - cobalt , mercury (programming language) , chemistry , dihydrogen complex , molecule , inorganic chemistry , photochemistry , hydrogen , organic chemistry , computer science , hydride , programming language
Mercury for protection? Mercury protects the highly reactive 14‐electron {Co(POCOP)} fragment in a Co–Hg–Co complex, but reaction with H 2 gives a rare dihydrogen complex of cobalt, and a second H 2 molecule is added at higher pressures and low temperature (see scheme).
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