Cadmium hydride
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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. The compound decomposes at around 0 °C.
Cadmium
Cadmium is a chemical element with the symbol Cd and atomic number 48. This soft, bluish-white metal is chemically similar to the two other stable metals in group 12, zinc and mercury. Similar to zinc, it prefers oxidation state +2 in most of its compounds and similar to mercury it shows a low...
. It was first reported Glenn D. Barbaras in 1951 by reaction of lithium aluminum hydride and dimethylcadmium in diethyl ether
Diethyl ether
Diethyl ether, also known as ethyl ether, simply ether, or ethoxyethane, is an organic compound in the ether class with the formula . It is a colorless, highly volatile flammable liquid with a characteristic odor...
at -78 °C. The compound decomposes at around 0 °C.