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Reference Number	GR/T10169/01
Title	Novel High Hydride Content Octahedra - Uniting Early & Late Transition Metal Cluster Chemistry
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Hydrogen, Hydrogen storage) 100%;
Research Types	Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields	PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry) 100%
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator	Dr A Weller No email address given Oxford Chemistry University of Oxford
Award Type	Standard
Funding Source	EPSRC
Start Date	18 October 2004
End Date	17 October 2006
Duration	24 months
Total Grant Value	£151,196
Industrial Sectors	Chemicals
Region	South East
Programme	Physical Sciences
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Dr A Weller , Oxford Chemistry, University of Oxford (99.999%)
	Other Investigator	Professor PR Raithby , Chemistry, University of Bath (0.001%)
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Abstract	This proposal seeks to develop synthetic routes to, and the chemistry of, a novel class of transition metal cluster compound based high hydride content octahedra: ((PR3)6Rh6H12)2+. These compounds neatly span two disparate areas of duster chemistry, that of the late transition metals and that of the early transition metals. The development of the chemistry of these systems will thus have impact on the following areas: catalysis (homogeneous and heterogeneous), structure and bonding (new structural motifs in cluster chemistry) and hydrogen storage (reversible dihydrogen addition/removal). The structural aspects of these complexes will also be investigated by neutron diffraction techniques (location of hydride ligands) and EXAFS (solution-state structure)
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