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What is Agostic interaction?

Definition 20.19 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 20 — Organometallic Chemistry: Bonding and Ligands

An agostic interaction is a three-centre, two-electron bond between a metal and a C–H bond of one of its own ligands, in which the C–H bonding pair donates into an empty metal orbital.

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