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Tetracarbonyls of Palladium and Platinum in Low Temperature Matrices

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ONE of the most noticeable distinctions between nickel and its second and third row congeners has been the absence of simple carbonyl species for palladium and platinum comparable with the well-known tetracarbonyl of nickel Ni(CO)4; there has, however, been some speculation about an unstable liquid, thought to be Pt(CO)4, formed by the reaction of Pt(PF3)4 with CO under pressure1. Photolysis of Ni(CO)4 in low-temperature matrices by Rest and Turner2 indicated the existence of Ni(CO)3 which together with Ni(CO)2 had been postulated as an intermediate in flash photolysis production of Ni(CO)4 (ref. 3). More recently, evidence for intermediate carbonyls of nickel has been reported by DeKock4.

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    H. HUBER, P. KÜNDIG, M. MOSKOVITS & G. A. OZIN

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HUBER, H., KÜNDIG, P., MOSKOVITS, M. et al. Tetracarbonyls of Palladium and Platinum in Low Temperature Matrices. Nature Physical Science 235, 98–100 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci235098a0

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