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Science 17 May 1968:
Vol. 160. no. 3829, pp. 723 - 729
DOI: 10.1126/science.160.3829.723
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Hydride Complexes

The chemistry and current significance of covalent hydrogen compounds of transition metals are discussed

Joseph Chatt 1

1 The Unit of Nitrogen Fixation, The Agricultural Research Council of Great Britain, The Chemical Laboratory at the University of Sussex, Brighton, England

Hydride complexes of transition metals were virtually unknown 12 years ago, but they have now been found to lie at the root of many interesting catalytic chemical reactions, some of which were used in industry even before the unique properties of hydride complexes, which formed their basis, had been realized.

This article surveys the history, preparations, important properties, and reactions of hydride complexes, surveys their part in important catalytic industrial processes, and speculates about their possible role in the biological fixation of nitrogen.

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