Progress in Inorganic Chemistry

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 -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.