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
agostic interaction is the C–H–Metal
coordination providing for the
activation of the C–H bond in transition metal complexes.
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
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J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
