Progress in Inorganic Chemistry V36

Partial table of contents: 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 alpha 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.