Pincer complexes are formed by the binding of a chemical structure to a metal atom with at least one carbon-metal bond. Usually the metal atom has three bonds to a chemical backbone, enclosing the atom like a pincer. The resulting structure protects the metal atom and gives it unique properties.

The last decade has witnessed the continuous growth in the development of pincer complexes. These species have passed from being curiosity compounds to chemical chameleons able to perform a wide variety of applications. Their unique metal bound structures provide some of the most active catalysts...

Pincer Compounds offers valuable and state-of-the-art coverage highlighting highly active areas of research from mechanistic work to synthesis and characterization, with particular focus on small molecule activation chemistry (particularly H2 and hydrogenation), earth abundant metals (such as Fe), actinides, carbene-pincers, chiral catalysis, and alternative solvent usage.

Over a decade since the publication of Morales-Morales and Jensen's The Chemistry of Pincer Compounds (Elsevier, 2007), research in this unique area has flourished, finding a plethora of applications...