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RIKEN

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Figure 2: Addition of hydrogen to a metal hydride cluster with retention of the single crystal morphology. Top: A schematic representation of the hydrogen addition reaction. Middle: Photographs of the crystal at different reaction times. The crystal color changed from black to red as the reaction proceeded. Bottom: Differential electron density maps showing the appearance and electron density increase of the two new hydride ligands (blue) as the hydrogenation reaction proceeded.

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