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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Organomet Chem. 2009 Aug;694(17):nihms111237. doi: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2009.04.005

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Interaction of dihydrogen orbitals with metal d orbitals. In the standard model, an empty d orbital lobe forms a σ interaction with the H-H bonding orbital, and two lobes of a filled d orbital donate into the empty σ* orbital of H2.