The co-ordination chemistry of aminotroponiminates

This article reviews recent progress of main group and transition metal com plexes of N,N'-disubstituted aminotroponiminates and mono-bridged bis(amino troponiminate)s. Recent developments have shown that aminotroponiminates ca n stabilise low valent main group metals and that they can be used in early transition metal chemistry as cyclopentadienyl alternatives. The structura l properties and the reactivity of these complexes as well as the catalytic and synthetic applications of aminotroponiminate complexes will be outline d in this article.