Solid-state metal hydrides provide a safe and efficient way of storing hydrogen (Schlapbach 2002). They are commercialized for use in rechargeable batteries and developed for energy conversion devices such as fuel cells (see Hydrogen Metal Systems: Electrochemical Reactions). A great majority of metal hydrides derives from intermetallic compounds and alloys (see Hydrogen Metal Systems: Hydride ...

A classification of kinetics of metalloporphyrin formation is presented according to the composition of the activated complex involved in the reaction. In the reaction of large metal ions, such as mercury(II) and cadmium(II) with porphyrins, these metal ions can not fit into the porphyrin nucleus and they are out—of-plane in the metalloporphyrin. In this case the reaction is relatively fast and...

Three metal-organic complex arrays (MOCAs) with a specific sequence of metal centers as well as that of amino acid units were synthesized. These MOCAs are also isomers exhibiting a gelation capability dependent on the location of the metal complexes in the arrays.

The origins, scope and utility of compilations of metal-ligand and intraligand bond lengths based on the Cambridge Structural Database are discussed. The limitations on the apparent uncertainty of metal-ligand bond lengths derived from crystallographic data and recent evidence of metal-assisted hydrogen bonding involving ligands are reviewed in the light of the transferability of bond-length va...