We thank the EPSRC, under grant GR/T10169, and the Royal Society for support. Professor Paul Dyson and Dr Gabor Laurenczy (EPFL) are thanked for acquiring the high pressure NMR data.
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Holding onto Lots of Hydrogen: A 12-Hydride Rhodium Cluster That Reversibly Adds Two Molecules of H2†
Article first published online: 5 OCT 2005
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200502221
Copyright © 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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How to Cite
Brayshaw, S. K., Ingleson, M. J., Green, J. C., Raithby, P. R., Kociok-Köhn, G., McIndoe, J. S. and Weller, A. S. (2005), Holding onto Lots of Hydrogen: A 12-Hydride Rhodium Cluster That Reversibly Adds Two Molecules of H2. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 44: 6875–6878. doi: 10.1002/anie.200502221
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 25 OCT 2005
- Article first published online: 5 OCT 2005
- Manuscript Received: 24 JUN 2005
Keywords:
- cluster compounds;
- hydride ligands;
- hydrogen storage;
- NMR spectroscopy;
- structure elucidation
H Box: The clusters [Rh6(PR3)6H12][BArF4]2 (R=cyclohexyl, iPr; see scheme, pink Rh, orange P) reversibly take up two molecules of H2 under ambient conditions (1 atm H2, 298 K) to give discrete octahedral clusters surrounded by 16 hydride ligands.