摘要：

In this review what is known about the chemistry of hydrocarbon molecules on transition metal surfaces will be surveyed. Here the authors discuss the results reported to date on the structure and reactivity of the different types of hydrocarbon moieties that form on transition metal surfaces. One of the goals of this review is to provide an organometallic guide for the possible interactions of hydrocarbons with transition metals with the idea of examining their relation to the corresponding surface chemistry. The authors however limit the review of the organometallic literature to the information relevant to the surface systems, and also narrow the field to cover only molecules with carbon and hydrogen atoms; compounds containing other atoms (O, S, N) will be excluded. The present review is organized in the following manner. First, a brief discussion of the experimental techniques used to characterize both organometallic and surface systems is presented. A discussion of the coordination and structure of the different types of organic moieties, first in organometallic compounds and then on metal surfaces, follows. Here the systems are classified according to the type of bonding between the molecules and the metals. Next, the different elementary steps that such systems can undergo

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