title: Mechanisms of C-H bond activation: rich synergy between computation and experiment.
abstract: Recent computational studies of C-H bond activation at late transition metal systems are discussed and processes where lone pair assistance via heteroatom co-ligands or carboxylates are highlighted as a particularly promising means of cleaving C-H bonds. The term 'ambiphilic metal ligand activation' (AMLA) is introduced to describe such reactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK LE1 7RH.
authors.forename: Youcef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Boutadla
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Stuart A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Macgregor
authors.forename: Amalia I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Poblador-Bahamonde