title: Trajectory of Approach of a Zinc-Hydrogen Bond to Transition Metals.
abstract: Through a dramatic advance in the coordination chemistry of the zinc-hydride bond, we describe the trajectory for the approach of this bond to transition metals. The dynamic reaction coordinate was interrogated through analysis of a series of solid state structures and is one in which the TM-H-Zn angle becomes increasingly acute as the TM-Zn distance decreases. Parallels may be drawn with the oxidative addition of boron-hydrogen and silicon-hydrogen bonds to transition metal centers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ekkert
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew J P
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: White
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Crimmin
keywords: heterobimetallic complexes; hydrides; zinc; σ-complexes