Cadmium hydride

Cadmium hydride
Other names Cadmium monohydride Cadmium(I) hydride Hydrocadmium
Identifiers
CAS number	13966-61-5^Y
Jmol-3D images	Image 1 Image 2
SMILES [CdH] [H-].[Cd+]
InChI InChI=1S/Cd.H^N Key: WUCWCKDCEUHLEQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N^N
Properties
Molecular formula	CdH^•
Molar mass	113.419 g mol^-1
Exact mass	114.911183153 g mol^-1
N (verify) (what is: Y/N?) Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

Cadmium hydride is a binary compound of hydrogen and cadmium. It was first reported Glenn D. Barbaras in 1951 by reaction of lithium aluminum hydride and dimethylcadmium in diethyl ether at -78 °C.^[1] The compound decomposes at around 0 °C.

References

^ Glenn D. Barbaras, Clyde Dillard, A. E. Finholt, Thomas Wartik, K. E. Wilzbach, H. I. Schlesinger (1951). "The Preparation of the Hydrides of Zinc, Cadmium, Beryllium, Magnesium and Lithium by the Use of Lithium Aluminum Hydride". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 73 (10): 4585–4590. doi:10.1021/ja01154a025.

External links

Wang, Xuefeng; Andrews, Lester (2004). "Infrared Spectra of Zn and Cd Hydride Molecules and Solids". Journal of Physical Chemistry A 108 (50): 11006–11013. doi:10.1021/jp046414m.