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THERE are several known transitional metal complex systems which are concerned with either the absorption or evolution of molecular hydrogen, and some of them, for example the copper acetate in quinoline system, can function as hydrogen-transfer systems1–3. It has been suggested by many workers in the past that complexes containing hydrogen bonded to a transitional metal are involved in these systems, but direct proof for the existence of such bonds has been lacking.
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GRIFFITH, W., PRATT, L. & WILKINSON, G. Formation of a Transition Metal–Hydrogen Bond in Aqueous Solution. Nature 182, 466 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182466b0
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