title: A unifying bonding concept for metal hydrosilane complexes.
abstract: Experimental and theoretical charge density studies and molecular orbital analyses suggest that the complexes [Cp2Ti(PMe3)SiH2Ph2] (1) and [Cp2Ti(PMe3)SiHCl3] (2) display virtually the same electronic structures. No evidence for a significant interligand hypervalent interaction could be identified for 2. A bonding concept for transition-metal hydrosilane complexes aims to identify the true key parameters for a selective activation of the individual M-Si and Si-H bonds.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany. wolfgang.scherer@physik.uni-augsburg.de
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Scherer
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meixner
authors.forename: José Enrique
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Barquera-Lozada
authors.forename: Christoph
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authors.lastname: Hauf
authors.forename: Andreas
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authors.lastname: Obenhuber
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brück
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Wolstenholme
authors.forename: Klaus
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authors.lastname: Ruhland
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leusser
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stalke