The dihydrogen bond an interaction between a transition-metal or main-group hydride (M
H) and a protic hydrogen moiety (H X) is arguably the most intriguing type of hydrogen …

The preparation, structure, dynamic behavior in solution, and reactivity of polyhydride
complexes of platinum group metals, described during the last three decades, are …

Eight‐membered cyclic functional bisphosphines, namely 1, 5‐di‐aryl‐3, 7‐di (2‐pyridyl)‐1,
5‐diaza‐3, 7‐diphosphacyclooctanes (aryl= 2‐pyridyl, m‐tolyl, p‐tolyl, diphenylmethyl …

Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl ruthenium (II) complexes with picolyl-functionalized N-
heterocyclic carbenes [(η5-C5Me5) Ru (L)(CH3CN)][PF6](L= 3-methyl-1-(2-picolyl) imidazol …

The first examples of reactivity at the backbone of a bidentate PN-ligand L1H relevant to N–
H activation are described, leading to novel PdII and CuI amido complexes. Activation of the …

We describe the synthesis and characterization of compound L1H, 2-di (tert-butyl)
phosphinomethyl-6-methylpyridine, and the first dimeric CuI complex 3 with this novel …

Coordinatively unsaturated transition-metal compounds stabilized by supplemental electron
donation from π-basic ligands are described as “operationally unsaturated”. Such …

The hexahydride complex OsH6 (P i Pr3) 2 (1) reacts with the BF4-salts of 1-phenyl-3-methyl-
1-H-benzimidazolium, 1-phenyl-3-methyl-1-H-5, 6-dimethyl-benzimidazolium, and 1-phenyl …

The activation of internal alkynes by Cp* Ru and TpRu complexes gives respectively π-
alkyne and disubstituted vinylidene as stable species, even though both systems bear …

A novel ionic complex with insensitivity to moisture and air, bis-[1-butyl-2-
diphenylphosphanyl-3-methylimidazolium] tetrachloridorhodium (III) hexafluorophosphate …