title: Magnesium, zinc, aluminium and gallium hydride complexes of the transition metals.
abstract: The preparation and applications of heterobimetallic complexes continue to occupy researchers in the fields of organometallic, main group, and coordination chemistry. This interest stems from the promise these complexes hold as precursors to materials, reagents in synthesis and as new catalysis. Here we survey and organise the state-of-the-art understanding of the TM-H-M linkage (M = Mg, Zn, Al, Ga). We discuss the structure and bonding in these complexes, their known reactivity, and their largely unrealised potential in catalysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK. m.crimmin@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK. m.crimmin@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9339-9182
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Crimmin