Caltech Cobalt Hydrid Catalyst Model. Click image for more info.

Gray’s group added a set of ligands to cobalt, slowing the reaction so that they could observe a key intermediate and then determine the chemical mechanism.

Image Credit: Caltech/Marinescu et al.


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  1. David Hinson on March 6, 2013 9:09 AM

    ok, so what is slowing down utilizing these instruments in real time?
    would it be, for instance, a powerful entity cornering the market on cobalt before any real progress is put underway? TBH, remarkable that those involved were allowed to live. but then, i don’t really know how long this idea, knowledge has actually been around.

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