A. Complexes with the Transition Group 6 1230 Metals, Cr and W B. Complexes with the Transition Group 7 1230 Metal, Mn C. Complexes with the Transition Group 8 1231 Metals, Fe and Ru D. Complexes with the Transition Group 10 1232 Metals, Ni, Pd, and Pt E. Complexes with the Transition Group 11 1234 Metal, Ag X. Conclusions 1235 XI. Abbreviations 1236 XII. References 1236 I. Introduction This review marks 10 years of research into the chemistry of low-coordinate hypervalent phosphorus compounds.1 The first tricoordinated hypervalent phosphorus compound, 10-P-323,7-di(tert-butyl)-5-aza-2,8dioxa-l-phosphabicyclo[3.3.0]octa-2I4,6-triene (AD-PO),3 was reported in 1983.4 Another type of 10-P-3 intermediate, 1, was discovered by Schmid peter and Lochschmidt in this same time frame.5 The work by Schmidpeter et al. and Arduengo et al. represent two different ligand designs to stabilize the 11n memory of Linus Amadeus and Schroeder. * Contribution no. 6745 from DuPont Science and Engineering Laboratory. * DuPont. I Himont. Anthony J. Arduengo, III (b 1952) was raised In Atlanta, GA. He received the Bachelor of Science degree (with honor) in chemistry from The Georgia Institute of Technology (1974) and Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the same Institution in 1976. After a year In Industry with DuPont's Central Research Department, he joined the organic chemistry faculty of The University of Illinois-Urbana. In 1984 he returned to DuPont where he has held various positions and Is currently a Research Leader in the Polymer Science Section of the Central Science and Engineering Laboratory. He has served on the editorial boards of Chemical Reviews and Heteroatom Chemistry as well as the IUPAC commission on Inorganic nomenclature. His research interests are broadly in the area of main group element chemistry with particular interest in compounds with unusual valence. Hobbies include trumpet playing, bicycling, antique cars, and classical music. Constantine A. Stewart was born in 1957 in San Angelo, TX. He received his Bachelor of Arts in chemistry (1980) from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX, and his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin (1984). He spent two years as a Visiting Research Scientist at Central Research and Development at DuPont. In 1986 he joined Himont U.S.A., Research and Development. He is currently working In the field of Ziegler-Natta catalysis. His hobbies include bicycling and photography.T-shaped 10-P-3 geometry. Both designs employ a bicyclic five-membered ring effect to stabilize an axialequatorial-axial chelation of the central pseudo-trigonal