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Trajectory of Approach of a Zinc–Hydrogen Bond to Transition Metals
Author(s) -
Ekkert Olga,
White Andrew J. P.,
Crimmin Mark R.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201608599
Subject(s) - zinc , transition metal , hydride , boron , hydrogen bond , chemistry , hydrogen , silicon , inorganic chemistry , materials science , crystallography , computational chemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , catalysis
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.