Solid-gas Reactions Involving Metal Carbonyl Clusters

9 Solid-gas Reactions Involving Metal Carbonyl Clusters 

Silvio Aime, Walter Dastru, Roberto Gobetto, and Alessandra Viale 

As early as 1918, H.W. Kohlshutter noted that solid-state reactivity differs from traditional solution reactivity essentially in that the former occurs within the constraining influence of the three-dimensional (if bulk) or two-dimensional (if surface) periodic environment of the crystal which can control both the kinetics and the nature of the products. 

The advantages of a solid-state approach compared to routine solution studies are manifold  

This contribution is a report on progress in the authors laboratory in the field of solid-gas reactions involving trinuclear metal carbonyl clusters of osmium as solid substrates. 

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