Metal Dihydrogen and s-Bond Complexes

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 H2/Hydride Ligand Systems. Hydrogen Rotation, Exchange, and Quantummechanical Effects. 8. Vibrational Studies of Coordinated H2. 9. Reactions and Acidity of H2 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.