Metal Dihydrogen and s-Bond Complexes: Structure, Theory, and Reactivity

Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Background and Discovery of Dihydrogen Coordination. 3. Synthesis and General Properties of Dihydrogen Complexes. 4. Bonding and Activation of Dihydrogen on Metal Centers: Theory Versus Experiment. 5. Structural and NMR Studies of Dihydrogen Complexes. 6. Intramolecular Dynamics of H 2 /Hydride Ligand Systems. Hydrogen Rotation, Exchange, and Quantummechanical Effects. 8. Vibrational Studies of Coordinated H 2 . 9. Reactions and Acidity of H 2 Complexes. 10. Activation of Hydrogen and Related Small Molecules by Metalloenzymes and Sulfur Ligand Systems. 11. Coordination and Activation of Si-H, Ge-H, and Sn-H Bonds. 12. C-H Bond Coordination and Activation. 13. Coordination and Activation of B-H and Other X-H and X-Y Bonds.