Metal Dihydrogen and σ-Bond Complexes, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Modern Inorganic Chemistry Series

According to R.H. Crabtree, Metal Dihydrogen and sigma-Bond Complexes is described as `the definitive account of twentieth-century work in the area of sigma complexation'. It covers not only Kubas' discovery of dihydrogen coordination and the study of its structure and general properties but also discusses both the theoretical beliefs and experimental results of bonding and activation of dihydrogen on metal centers and the coordination and activation of C-H, B-H, X-H, and X-Y bonds, giving an overview of `one of the hottest areas in chemistry'.

Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Background and Discovery of Dihydrogen Coordination. 3. Synthesis and General Properties of Dihydrogen Complexes. 4. Bonding and Activation of Dihydrogen on Metal Centers: Theory Versus Experiment. 5. Structural and NMR Studies of Dihydrogen Complexes. 6. Intramolecular Dynamics of H2/Hydride Ligand Systems. Hydrogen Rotation, Exchange, and Quantummechanical Effects. 8. Vibrational Studies of Coordinated H2. 9. Reactions and Acidity of H2 Complexes. 10. Activation of Hydrogen and Related Small Molecules by Metalloenzymes and Sulfur Ligand Systems. 11. Coordination and Activation of Si-H, Ge-H, and Sn-H Bonds. 12. C-H Bond Coordination and Activation. 13. Coordination and Activation of B-H and Other X-H and X-Y Bonds.