Neutron diffraction is the method of choice when locating chemically interesting hydrogen atoms, particularly in systems containing a heavy metal. In this article, two fascinating complexes containing hydrogen atoms that were unambiguously located with neutron diffraction will be highlighted. The first complex, OsH3Cl(PPh3)3, is a Kubas-type complex containing a rare elongated dihydrogen ligand...

Transition-metal hydrides represent a unique class of compounds, which are essential for catalysis, organic synthesis, and hydrogen storage. In this work we study IrH5(PPh3)2, (RuH5(P(i)Pr3)2)(-), (OsH5(P(i)Pr3)2)(-), and OsH4(PPhMe2)3 polyhydride complexes, inspired by the recent discovery of the σ-aromatic PtZnH5(-) cluster anion. The distinctive feature of these molecules is that, like in th...

Reactions of laser-ablated group 3 metal atoms with methyl halides have been carried out in excess of Ar during condensation and the matrix infrared spectra studied. The metals are as effective as other early transition metals in providing insertion products (CH3-MX) and higher oxidation state methylidene complexes (CH2-MHX) (X = F, Cl, Br) following alpha-hydrogen migration. Unlike the cases o...

Laser-ablated late lanthanide metal atoms were condensed with pure hydrogen at 4 K, and new infrared absorptions are assigned to binary metal hydrides on the basis of deuterium substitution and density functional theory frequency calculations. The dominant absorptions in the 1330-1400 cm-1 region are identified as LnH3 complexes with very weak ligand bands near 3900 cm-1. With ytterbium, YbH an...

In this paper, based on the study of hydrogen accumulation in electrodes nickel–cadmium batteries, a high-capacity storage system (HSS) is proposed. It has been experimentally proven that accumulates batteries large quantities over course their operation. shown metal–ceramic matrices sintered oxide–nickel form metal hydrides. The gravimetric capacity nickel matrix 20.3 wt% and volumetric 406 kg...

The formation of halogen bonds from iodopentafluorobenzene and 1-iodoperfluorohexane to a series of bis(η(5)-cyclopentadienyl)metal hydrides (Cp2TaH3, 1; Cp2MH2, M = Mo, 2, M = W, 3; Cp2ReH, 4; Cp2Ta(H)CO, 5; Cp = η(5)-cyclopentadienyl) is demonstrated by (1)H NMR spectroscopy. Interaction enthalpies and entropies for complex 1 with C6F5I and C6F13I are reported (ΔH° = -10.9 ± 0.4 and -11.8 ± 0...

Generalized valence bond plus configuration interaction calculations have been carried out on the monopositive diatomic metal hydride ions of the second transition-metal series (YH+-CdH+, including SrH'). We analyze the trends in bond energies, equilibrium geometries, vibrational frequencies, and metal orbital hybridizations. The trends in these quantities can be understood in terms of (1) the ...