ContentsI. Introduction 3463 II. Multiple Bonding Models 3466 III. Lone Pair Character versus Multiple Bonding 3468 IV. Doubly Bonded Compounds 3469 A. Compounds of Formula RE)ER (E ) Group 13 Element) 3469 B. Compounds of Formula RE)E′R 2 (E ) Group 13, E′ ) Group 14 Element) 3470 C. Dianions of Formula [R 2 E)ER 2 ] 2-(E ) Group 13 Element) 3470 D. Monoanions of Formula [R 2 E)E′R 2 ] -(E ) Group 13; E′ ) Group 14 Element) 3472 E. Compounds of Formula R 2 E−E ¨′R 2 (E ) Group 13; E′ ) Group 15 Element) 3472 F. Compounds of Formula R 2 E−E′R and [R 2 E−E′] -(E ) Group 13, E′ ) Group 16 Element) 3475 G. Compounds of Formula R 2 E)ER 2 and [RE ¨)E ¨R] 2-(E ) Group 14 Element) 3477 H. Compounds of Formula R 2 E)E ¨′R (E ) Group 14, E′ ) Group 15 Element) 3481 I. Compounds of Formula [R 2 E)E′R 2 ] + (E ) Group 14; E′ ) Group 15 Element) 3484 J. Compounds of Formula R 2 E)E′: (E ) Group 14; E′ ) Group 16 Element) 3485 K. Compounds of Formula RE ¨)E ¨R (E or E′ ) N, P, As, Sb, or Bi) 3486 L. Compounds of Formula RE)E′ (E ) Group 15, E′ ) Group 16 Element) 3489 V. Compounds with Formal Bond Order >2 and Triply Bonded Compounds 3490 A. Range of Compounds 3490 B. Compounds with Potential Triple Bonding to a Group 13 Element 3491 C. Compounds with Potential Triple Bonding to a Group 14 Element 3493 D. Compounds with Triple Bonding between Group 14 and 15 Elements 3494 E. Compounds with Triple Bonding between Group 15 Elements 3495 VI. Conclusions 3495 VII. Acknowledgments 3496 VIII. References 3496Philip Power received his B.A. degree from Trinity College Dublin in 1974 and his D.Phil. degree, under the supervision of M. F. Lappert, from the University of Sussex in 1977. After postdoctoral studies with R. H. Holm at Stanford, he joined the faculty at the University of California, Davis, where he is currently Professor of Chemistry. His main research interests involve the structural chemistry of organoalkali metal and organocopper compounds, low-coordinate transition metal chemistry, multiple bonding in main group chemistry, and the development of new ligands for the stabilization of low coordination numbers, unusual oxidation states, and multiple bonding in both transition metal and heavier main group compounds. He is a recipient of fellowships from the A. P. Sloan and Alexander von Humboldt foundations. In addition he has been Reilly Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame (1995), Faculty Research Lecturer at the University of Iowa (1993), and the