Metal first prepared

Zirconium (Zr, [Kr]4<725s2), name and symbol from the gemstone zircon (from the Persian zargun, gold like). The element was discovered (1789) by Martin H. Klaproth, the metal first prepared (1824) by Jons Jacob Berzelius. Greyish-white metal. 

The zinc alkyls, of which this is an example, are vile-smelling inflammable liquids. They were the first organo-metallic compounds prepared by Frankland in 1849. With water, they decompose giving an alkane ... 

It was originally separated from zirconium by repeated recrystallization of the double ammonium or potassium fluorides by von Hevesey and Jantzen. Metallic hafnium was first prepared by van Arkel and deBoer by passing the vapor of the tetraiodide over a heated tungsten filament. Almost all hafnium metal now produced is made by reducing the tetrachloride with magnesium or with sodium (Kroll Process). 

The element was first prepared by Klemm and bonner in 1937 by reducing ytterbium trichloride with potassium. Their metal was mixed, however, with KCl. Daane, Dennison, and Spedding prepared a much purer from in 1953 from which the chemical and physical properties of the element could be determined. 

Stannous fluoride probably was first prepared by Scheele in 1771 and was described by Gay-Lussac and Thenard in 1809. Commercial production of stannous fluoride is by the reaction of stannous oxide and aqueous hydrofluoric acid, or metallic tin and anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (5,6). Snp2 is also produced by the reaction of tin metal, HP, and a halogen in the presence of a nitrile (7). 

Zirconium trifluoride [13814-22-7], ZrP, was first prepared by the fluorination of ZrH2 using a mixture of H2 and anhydrous HP at 750°C (2). It can also be prepared by the electrolysis of Zr metal in KF—NaF melts (3). Zirconium trifluoride is stable at ambient temperatures but decomposes at 300°C. It is slightly soluble in hot water and readily soluble in inorganic acids. This compound is of academic interest rather than of any industrial importance. 

Platinum—Iridium. There are two distinct forms of 70/30 wt % platinum—iridium coatings. The first, prepared as prescribed in British patents (3—5), consists of platinum and iridium metal. X-ray diffraction shows shifted Pt peaks and no oxide species. The iridium [7439-88-5] is thus present in its metallic form, either as a separate phase or as a platinum—iridium intermetallic. The surface morphology of a platinum—iridium metal coating shown in Figure 2 is cracked, but not in the regular networked pattern typical of the DSA oxide materials. 

Tetrachloroethylene was first prepared ia 1821 by Faraday by thermal decomposition of hexachloroethane. Tetrachloroethylene is typically produced as a coproduct with either trichloroethylene or carbon tetrachloride from hydrocarbons, partially chloriaated hydrocarbons, and chlorine. Although production of tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene from acetylene was once the dominant process, it is now obsolete because of the high cost of acetylene. Demand for tetrachloroethylene peaked ia the 1980s. The decline ia demand can be attributed to use of tighter equipment and solvent recovery ia the dry-cleaning and metal cleaning iadustries and the phaseout of CFG 113 (trichlorotrifluoroethane) under the Montreal Protocol. 

The magnesium methyl iodide is first prepared and is formed by the action of methyl iodide on the metal. T hc magnesium ribbon or powder is placed in a diy, round flaslc... 

NF3 was first prepared by Otto Ruffs group in Germany by the electrolysis of molten NH4F/HF and this process is still used commercially. An alternative is the controlled fluorination of NH3 over a Cu metal catalyst. 

In 1789 M. H. Klaproth examined pitchblende, thought at the time to be a mixed oxide ore of zinc, iron and tungsten, and showed that it contained a new element which he named uranium after the recendy discovered planet, Uranus. Then in 1828 J. J. Berzelius obtained an oxide, from a Norwegian ore now known as thorite he named this thoria after the Scandinavian god of war and, by reduction of its tetrachloride with potassium, isolated the metal thorium. The same method was subsequendy used in 1841 by B. Peligot to effect the first preparation of metallic uranium. 

Other RhX(CO)(PPh3)2 compounds can be made as shown in Figure 2.23 metathesis with an alkali metal halide or pseudohalide is often convenient, but the most versatile route, as with the iridium analogues, is a two-stage process in which the fluoro complex is first prepared, the fluorine then being readily displaced. 

It has been a long way from early synthetic polymers created as artificial substitutes (Kunststoffe) for scarcening metal resources, to modem materials tailormade to fill specific functions through particular properties and processing characteristics in many areas of application. Ever since they were first prepared, surprising new or improved properties have been discovered or engineered. 

Of course, commercially available transition metal complexes are stable at room temperature because they have achieved an 18-electron noble gas-like electronic configuration. Thus, molecules like iron pentacarbonyl [Fe(CO)s], ferrocene [Fe(C5H5)2], as well as piano-stool complexes such as C5H5Co(CO)2 are chemically quite inert. In order to study bimolecular reactions, it is necessary to first prepare unsaturated complexes. For studies using molecular beams, one approach is through photolysis of a stable volatile precursor in a supersonic nozzle. 

A given ligand system was first prepared on the solid support, and a small collection of catalysts (library 1) generated by adding 11 different metals and in one case no metal (Scheme 23).119 It turned out that the best ee-value (19%) was in fact obtained in the metal-free system. Based on this... 

Since then, several different alkali metal silanide systems have been reported. One of them, the hypersilyl [Si(SiMe3)3] ligand, was first prepared by Gilman and Smith.172, 173 Another ligand includes supersilyl [SPBuJ-prepared in 1975.174-176 Several other variations of the ligand systems are known with the recent addition of [SkB Ph]-, for which several alkali metal derivatives have been prepared and characterized.177,178... 

The first metal carbonyl prepared was Ni(CO)4, which was obtained by Mond in 1890. This extremely toxic compound was prepared by first reducing nickel oxide with hydrogen,... 

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