Metal-Metal Bonded Carbonyl Dimers and Clusters

Metal-metal bonded dimers and clusters in which the metals are in low oxidation states and associated with pi-acceptor ligands represent a large group of inorganic compounds. Research interest in the area has been generaqted in part by potential uses of some compounds as catalysts and, in respect of the clusters, for their possible use as molecular models for surfaces. Bonding in many of the compounds is not readily rationalized in terms of localized bonding schemes. There is a gap in the market for a relatively basic text which is aimed specifically at undergraduates.