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Metal–halide bond activation

A chloride shift in the spotlight

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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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