High-pressure hydride sees gold show its reactive side Researchers have synthesised the first solid gold hydride by subjecting gold and hydrocarbons to pressures above 40GPa and temperatures exceeding 2000K using ultrafast x-ray pulses.

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Synthesis and Reactivity of Terminal U(IV) Hydrides Including the Isolation of a κ1-Formate | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Walensky and co-workers @InorgChem #uranium_IV #hydrides #metathesis #insertion #formate