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With platinum and rhodium, palladium is one of the most important members of the platinum metal group. The last Gmelin treatment of it was in 1942, and knowledge of its properties and chemistry has made enormous strides since then. This volume is primarily concerned with binary compounds and with the coordination complexes derived from them. Although it is a member of the nickel - palladium - platinum triad, it more closely resembles platinum in its binary and coordination chemistry; though being a second-row transition element it displays less tendency than does platinum to assume higher oxidation states. In heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis, referred to at appropriate points, palladium and its complexes are of great importance in bulk and fine chemicals production, effecting a wide variety of organic transformations.
