Coordination chemistry beyond Werner: interplay between hydrogen bonding and coordination.
A tutorial review is presented dealing with the role of hydrogen bonding in coordination compounds. Examples are given for important intramolecular hydrogen bonding, and stabilising unusual coordination geometries, or reactive species. Also examples are discussed for intermolecular H-bonds between coordination entities and anions, and for stabilising crystal lattices, like in coordination polymers.
Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. reedijk@chem.leidenuniv.nl
Jan
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Reedijk