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Frontispiece: Z−H Bond Activation in (Di)hydrogen Bonding as a Way to Proton/Hydride Transfer and H 2 Evolution
Author(s) -
Belkova Natalia V.,
Filippov Oleg A.,
Shubina Elena S.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201880761
Subject(s) - heterolysis , hydride , chemistry , hydrogen bond , proton , lewis acids and bases , crystallography , computational chemistry , hydrogen , stereochemistry , photochemistry , molecule , catalysis , physics , organic chemistry , nuclear physics
The term “Y−Z bond activation” is traditionally understood as a reaction that cleaves the bond. In this work, the authors analyse recent works on the reactions of transition metal and boron hydrides with acids (XH) showing how the hydrogen bonding or Lewis acid–base interaction at the first stage changes the properties of both Z−H (M−H and X−H) bonds. Despite the rather low energy of these interactions, they activate both participating Z−H bonds and prepare them for a subsequent heterolytic bond splitting (hydride or proton transfer). For more details, see the Concept article by Belkova et al. on page 1464 ff.