Chemists envy the ease with which some bacterial enzymes can break carbon–hydrogen bonds. They now imitate the enzyme active site in an oxo-bridged diiron compound that can cleave these strong bonds.

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A dynamic equilibrium is formed in a reversible reaction when the rates of the forward and reverse reaction are equal and the amounts of the reactants and the products remains constant. In this ...

Molten lead(II) bromide can be broken down into lead metal and bromine gas, and lithium chloride can be broken down into lithium metal and chlorine gas. Oxygen and hydrogen gases can be obtained from ...