Complexes of the Transition Elements

C. A. McAuliffe and W. Levason, Studies in Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 1, Phosphine, Arsine and Stibine Complexes of the Transition Elements, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1979. 

Dithiolato Complexes of the Transition Elements R. P. Burns, F. P. McCullough, and C. A. McAuliffe... 

The photochemical studies of transition metal hydride complexes that have appeared in the chemical literature are reviewed, with primary emphasis on studies of iridium and ruthenium that were conducted by our research group. The photochemistry of the molybdenum hydride complexes Mo(tj5-C5H5)2M2] and [MoH4(dppe)2] (dppe = Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2), which eliminate H2 upon photolysis, is discussed in detail. The photoinduced elimination of molecular hydrogen from di-and polyhydride complexes of the transition elements is proposed to be a general reaction pathway. 

Molybdenum and tungsten are similar chemically, although there are differences which it is difficult to explain. There is much less similarity in comparisons with chromium. In addition to the variety of oxidation states there is a wide range of stereochemistries, and the chemistry is amongst the most complex of the transition elements. 

These complexes and others of similar character are discussed further in Chapter 5, in which a magnetic criterion for bond type applicable to complexes of the transition elements is described. 

For other anionic cyanide complexes of the transition elements, such... 

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