Progress in Inorganic Chemistry

EARLY OBSERVATIONS OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN C-H BONDS AND TRANSITION METAL CENTERS.

CLASSIFICATION OF COMPOUNDS WITH AGOSTIC BONDS.

GENERAL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES.

Structural Determinations Using X-Ray, Neutron, and Electron Diffraction Techniques.

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies.

Infrared Spectroscopy.

THE NATURE OF AGOSTIC BONDING.

General Considerations Concerning Three-Center, Two-Electron Bonds.

The Representation of Agostic Bonds: The Half-Arrow Convention.

Theoretical Discussions of Molecules Containing Distortions at the α-Carbon Atom: Distorted Methyl Groups and Distorted Alkylidene Ligands.

COMPOUNDS CONTAINING AGOSTIC M-H-C GROUPS.

Agostic Alkyls.

Agostic Alkylidene Compounds.

Agostic Compounds Involving Unsaturated Hydrocarbon Ligands.

COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METAL-HYDROGEN-M' BRIDGES WHERE M' = B, N, Si, Cl, F. Metal-Hydrogen-Boron-Bridges.

Three Center, Two-Electron Bonding in the M-H-Si System.

Metal-Hydrogen-Nitrogen Bridges.

MISCELLANEOUS AGOSTIC SYSTEMS.

IMPLICATIONS OF AGOSTIC INTERACTIONS IN TRANSITION METAL CATALYZED REACTIONS OF HYDROCARBONS.

General Observations.

CONCLUSIONS.

References.