The first molecular structure from our KOALA Laue Diffractometer has been accepted for publication in the prestigious chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie.
The work on a palladium dimer species, which may have some relevance to catalysis, was performed by researchers from University of Tasmania, Institut Laue Langevin, University of Durham and the Bragg Institute.
The full reference is: "Reduction of a Chelating Bis(NHC)Pd(II) Complex to [{μ-bis(NHC)}2Pd2H]+: A terminal Hydride in a Binuclear Pd(I) Species Formed Under Catalytically Relevant Conditions", P. D. W. Boyd, A. J. Edwards, M. G. Gardiner, C. C. Ho, M-H. Lemée-Cailleau, D. S. McGuinness, A. Riapanitra, J. W. Steed, Damien N. Stringer and B. F. Yates, accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie (2010).
Published: 16/06/2010