Ekkert, OOEkkertWhite, AJAJWhiteCrimmin, MRMRCrimmin2016-12-082017-11-232016-11-23Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2016, 55 (52), pp.16031-160341433-7851http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/43049Through 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.Science & TechnologyPhysical SciencesChemistry, MultidisciplinaryChemistryheterobimetallic complexeshydrideszincsigma-complexesRICH BINUCLEAR HYDRIDEPOLYHYDRIDE COMPLEXESH BONDSC-HMOLECULAR-STRUCTUREOXIDATIVE ADDITIONSIGMA-SILANEAL-HACTIVATIONCOORDINATIONσ-complexesOrganic Chemistry03 Chemical SciencesJournal Articlehttps://www.dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.2016085996773671521-3773