Single-Crystal X-ray and Neutron Diffraction Studies of an η2-Dihydrogen Transition-Metal Complex: trans-2-H2)(H)(PPh2CH2CH2PPh2)2>BPh4

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00206a009

The H-H distance in the η²-H2 ligand in 2-H2)H(dppe)2>BPh4, 1-BPh4, dppe=PPh2CH2CH2PPh2, is 0.816(16) Angstroem as determined by neutron diffraction on a crystal of volume 2.62 mm³ at 20 K: 1-BPh4 is monoclinic, space