Platinum Metal Complexes in Homogeneous Catalysis

A General Discussion of the Faraday Society was held at the University of Liverpool last September on the subject of “Homogeneous Catalysis with Special Reference to Hydrogenation and Oxidation”. Of the eighteen papers presented for discussion, six related particularly to platinum metal salts and complexes, five being concerned with hydrogenation or hydrogen transfer and one with oxidation. These papers are reviewed here.