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Metal–halide bond activation

A chloride shift in the spotlight

The photoinduced production of hydrogen from HCl is an attractive alternative to water splitting. Insights into this challenging reaction have now been gained using photocrystallography, which provides a snapshot of the structural changes occurring during the elimination of chlorine from a dinuclear rhodium catalyst.

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Figure 1: Photocycle for the splitting of HCl mediated by a dinuclear rhodium catalyst.

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Yang, H., Gabbaï, F. A chloride shift in the spotlight. Nature Chem 7, 12–13 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2144

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