Molecular compounds containing chlorine atoms alongside another element are vital materials in chemical synthesis.
Called “binary chlorides,” they can be used to help make other compounds with applications in fields including medicine, agriculture and materials research. But as University at Buffalo chemist David Lacy explains: “Some useful binary chlorides are unstable and essentially impossible to work with.”
A new study by Lacy’s team addresses this problem. More:
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