agostic interaction

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The manner of interaction (termed according to the Greek 'to hold or clasp to oneself as a shield') of a coordinatively unsaturated metal atom with a ligand, when the metal atom draws the ligand towards itself. An important type of @A00187@ interaction is the C–H–Metal @C01329@ providing for the @A00093@ of the C–H bond in transition metal complexes.
Source:
PAC, 1999, 71, 1919. (Glossary of terms used in theoretical organic chemistry) on page 1922 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'agostic interaction' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.AT06984 RIS BibTex EndNote
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