Figure 4-1. Description of complex bonding between silver ions and double bonds (DBs) by the Deware-Chatte-Duncanson model: (A) s-donation and (B) pi-back-bonding interactions between the metal and DB. Ag, silver ion.

Redrawn with permission from Dewar, J.S., 1951. A review of the pi-complex theory. Bulletin De La Societe Chimique De France

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