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Nature 455, 1045-1047 (23 October 2008) | doi:10.1038/4551045a; Published online 22 October 2008

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Inorganic chemistry: Confirmation of the improbable

Craig L. Hill1

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Certain transition-metal complexes are thought to exist only fleetingly, perhaps as intermediates in reactions. So the discovery of one such complex that is stable at room temperature is provocative.

During the past 40 years, few inorganic compounds have been more discussed or sought after than a curious class of transition-metal complexes. Known as late transition metal oxo (LTMO) complexes, these compounds are thought to be intermediates in all sorts of oxygen-dependent processes.

  1. Craig L. Hill is in the Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
    Email: chill@emory.edu

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