Table of Contents

Title Page	i
Approval Page	ii
Dedication	iii
Table of Contents	iv
List of Figures	vi
List of Tables	viii
Chapter 1: Chelating Imido-Amido Complexes of Tantalum. Mechanistic Studies on the Addition of Silanes to Ta = N Multiple Bonds	1
Introduction	2
Results and Discussion	3
Conclusions	30
Experimental Section	30
References	43
Chapter 2: Yttrium Complexes of the Chelating, C2-Symmetric, Bis(silylamido)-biphenyl Ligand [DADMB]2-, {[6,6'-Me2-(C6H3)2](2,2'-NSiMe2tBu)2}2-	49
Introduction	50
Results and Discussion	50
Conclusions	64
Experimental Section	65
References	73
Chapter 3: Hydrosilylation Catalysis by C2-Symmetric Bis(silylamido) Complexes of Yttrium	77
Introduction	78
Results and Discussion	78
Conclusions	95
Experimental Section	96
References	103
Chapter 4: Bis(silylamido) Complexes of Zirconium	106
Introduction	107
Results and Discussion	107
Conclusions	115
Experimental Section	116
References	123
Appendix A: Kinetic and Crystallographic Data for Chapter 1	126
Appendix B: Crystallographic Data for Chapter 2	157
Appendix C: Kinetic Data for Chapter 3	180
Appendix D: Crystallographic Data for Chapter 4	183