Volume 551
Main Index

Issues 1-2, Pages 1-389 (30 January 1998)

Synthesis of arylplatinum(II) complexes with chiral monoanionic aryldiamine ligands.: The X-ray crystal structure of (−)-[(1R,1′R)-2,6-bis{1-(dimethylamino)propyl}phenyl]chloroplatinum(II) Pages 1-7 Johannes G. Donkervoort, José L. Vicario, Johann T. B. H. Jastrzebski, Wilberth J. J. Smeets, Anthony L. Spek, Gerard van Koten

3,5-dichlorotrifluorophenyl complexes, aryl derivatives with simple 19F NMR structural probes. The synthesis of general precursors for Pd- and Pt complexes Pages 9-20 Pablo Espinet, Jesús M. Martínez-Ilarduya, Celeste Pérez-Briso, Arturo L. Casado, M. Aránzazu Alonso

The reaction between [(η5-C7H9)RuCl(H)(PPh3)2] and dihydrogen Pages 21-26 Brian E. Mann, Guo A. Sun

Carborane complexes of ruthenium: studies on the chemistry of the Ru(CO)2(η5-7,8-Me2-7,8-C2B9H9) fragment and the X-ray crystal structure of [NEt4][Ru2(μ-Tl)(CO)4(η5-7,8-Me2-7,8-C2B9H9)2], Pages 27-36 John C. Jeffery, Paul A. Jelliss, Yi-Hsien Liao, F. Gordon A. Stone

Stoichiometric alkyne cyclotrimerization at a ruthenium centre: A new synthetic route to Ru(η6-arene)(η4-cycloocta-1,5-diene) complexes Pages 37-47 Paolo Pertici, Alessandra Verrazzani, Giovanni Vitulli, Richard Baldwin, Martin A. Bennett

Kinetic studies on the selective hydrogenation of phenylacetylene catalyzed by [Rh(NBD)(PPh3)2]BF4 (NBD=2,5-norbornadiene) Pages 49-53 Miguel A. Esteruelas, Inmaculada González, Juana Herrero, Luis A. Oro

Binuclear pentamethylcyclopentadienyl rhodium(III) compounds with pyrazolate and thiolate bridging ligands Pages 55-65 Juventino J. García, Gerardo Barón, Alma Arévalo, Hugo Torrens, Daniel Carmona, Montserrat Esteban, Fernando J. Lahoz, José A. López, Luis A. Oro

Insertion reactions into palladium–carbon bonds of complexes containing new rigid bidentate nitrogen ligands Pages 67-79 J. H. Groen, M. J. M. Vlaar, P. W. N. M. van Leeuwen, K. Vrieze, H. Kooijman, A. L. Spek

Rh(I) and Rh(III) silyl PMe3 complexes. Syntheses, reactions and 103Rh NMR spectroscopy Pages 81-92 Michael Aizenberg, Juergen Ott, Cornelis J. Elsevier, David Milstein

Synthesis and reduction of trifluoromethyl-substituted arenecyclopentadienylruthenium sandwiches [Ru(η5-C5Me4CF3)(η6-C6R6)]+ (R=H, Me) and [Ru(η5-C5Me5)(η6-C6H5CF3)]+ Pages 93-100 Oleg V. Gusev, Mikhail A. Ievlev, Tat'yana A. Peganova, Mikhail G. Peterleitner, Pavel V. Petrovskii, Yuri F. Oprunenko, Nikolai A. Ustynyuk

Reaction path of methoxy species to isobutene and its dependence on oxide catalysts in CO hydrogenation Pages 101-105 Ken-ichi Maruya, Miyuki Kawamura, Makiko Aikawa, Michikazu Hara, Toru Arai

Preference for β-H elimination in the termination of the Ni-promoted carbonylative cycloaddition of 2-haloethylidene-cycloalkanes and alkynes Pages 107-115 Fabiola Vilaseca, Lluís Pagès, Juan Manuel Villar, Amadeu Llebaria, Antonio Delgado, Josep Maria Moretó

Dinuclear platinum(II) complex bridged by an acetylacetonate(3−) anion Pages 117-123 Seichi Okeya, Yoshiaki Kusuyama, Kiyoshi Isobe, Yukio Nakamura, Shinichi Kawaguchi

Reactions of thiol-functionalized silsesquioxanes with metal carbonyl clusters: syntheses and characterization of [Si8O12(Prn)7{(μ2-SC3H6)M3(μ-H)(CO)10}] (M=Ru, Os; Prn=C3H7), [Si8O12(Prn)6{(μ2-SC3H6)Ru3(μ-H)(CO)10}2] and [Si8O12(C3H6SH)x{(μ2-SC3H6)Ru3(μ-H)(CO)10}8−x] (x=6, 0) Pages 125-131 Pierre Braunstein, Jane R. Galsworthy, Benedict J. Hendan, Heinrich C. Marsmann

Ansa-bridged η-cyclopentadienyl imido and amido derivatives of titanium, zirconium and molybdenum Pages 133-138 Pedro T. Gomes, Malcolm L. H. Green, Ana M. Martins

The cleavage of coordinated heterocumulenes. The reactions of [Fe(CO)2(PPh3)2(η-SCY)] and their analogues with [Co(η-C5H5)(PPh3)2] to give heteronuclear [{Co(η-C5H5)}2{Fe(CO)2(PPh3)}(μ3-S)(μ3-CY)] (Y=S or SR+) and related clusters Pages 139-149 Anthony R. Manning, Liam O'Dwyer, Patrick A. McArdle, Desmond Cunningham

Powerful control by organoruthenium catalysts of the regioselective addition to C(1) or C(2) of the prop-2-ynyl ethers CC triple bond Pages 151-157 Henri Doucet, Nadine Derrien, Zahia Kabouche, Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf

Reaction of ether and thioether functionalised 1-Alkenes with the cationic permethylzirconocene olefin polymerisation catalyst [(η5-C5Me5)2ZrMe]+. Molecular structure of the insertion product [(η5-C5Me5)2ZrCH2CH(Me)CH2OEt]+ Pages 159-164 Erik A. Bijpost, Martin A. Zuideveld, Auke Meetsma, Jan H. Teuben

Highly regioselective hydroformylation of internal, functionalized olefins applying Pt/Sn complexes with large bite angle diphosphines Pages 165-170 Patric Meessen, Dieter Vogt, Wilhelm Keim

Imido/nitrene ligands in the complexes of platinum metals Pages 171-194 I. L. Eremenko, S. E. Nefedov, A. A. Sidorov, M. O. Ponina, P. V. Danilov, T. A. Stromnova, I. P. Stolarov, S. B. Katser, S. T. Orlova, M. N. Vargaftik, I. I. Moiseev, Yu. A. Ustynyuk

The coordination and rearrangement of some organic chalcogenides on a rhodium–rhodium bond; the reactions with dialkylsulfanes and alkanethiols Pages 195-206 Michael P. Devery, Ron S. Dickson, Gary D. Fallon, Brian W. Skelton, Allan H. White

Crystal structures of titanocene 2,2′-bipyridyl complexes. Singlet versus triplet state-dependence on methyl substituents at the cyclopentadienyl ligands Pages 207-213 Róbert Gyepes, Peter T. Witte, Michal Horáek, Ivana Císaová, Karel Mach

Organometallic derivatives of Ni(II) with poly(pyrazolyl)borate ligands Pages 215-227 Enrique Gutiérrez, Sarah A. Hudson, Angeles Monge, M. Carmen Nicasio, Margarita Paneque, Caridad Ruiz

The relative importance of heterogeneous and homogeneous methanol carbonylation using supported rhodium catalysts in the liquid phase Pages 229-234 Nicola De Blasio, Margaret R. Wright, Enzo Tempesti, Carlo Mazzocchia, David J. Cole-Hamilton

Construction of unusual cluster geometries about a dicarbon ligand: reactions of Ru5(μ5-C2)(μ-SMe)2(μ-PPh2)2(CO)11 with iron or ruthenium carbonyls Pages 235-246 Chris J. Adams, Michael I. Bruce, Brian W. Skelton, Allan H. White

Syntheses and reactions of the carbyne complexes, M(CR)Cl(CO)(PPh3)2 (M=Ru, Os; R=1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl). The crystal structures of [Os(C-1-naphthyl)(CO)2(PPh3)2]ClO4, Os(=CH-2-naphthyl)Cl2(CO)(PPh3)2, and Os(2-naphthyl)Cl(CO)2(PPh3)2 Pages 247-259 Lisa-Jane Baker, George R. Clark, Clifton E. F. Rickard, Warren R. Roper, Scott D. Woodgate, L. James Wright

Organometallic chemistry of the actinides: Part 4 The chemistry of some tris(cyclopentadienyl)actinide complexes Pages 261-270 Paul C. Blake, Michael A. Edelman, Peter B. Hitchcock, Jin Hu, Michael F. Lappert, Shun Tian, Gerhard Müller, Jerry L. Atwood, Hongming Zhang

Synthesis and characterisation of rod-like metallomesogens of Mn(I) based on Schiff base ligands Pages 271-280 Xiao-Hua Liu, M. Nurul Abser, Duncan W. Bruce

Some insertion reactions of the Mn–C bond of cyclomanganated triphenylphosphine chalcogenides Pages 281-291 Gary J. Depree, Lyndsay Main, Brian K. Nicholson

Dichloro(methyl)silyl-substituted cyclopentadienyl titanium complexes Pages 293-297 Beatriz Royo, Pascual Royo, Luis M. Cadenas

The effect of low molecular weight organosiloxane substituents on mesophase formation and structure in non-symmetric nickel(II) complexes Pages 299-311 Isabel M. Saez, Georg H. Mehl, Ekkehard Sinn, Peter Styring

Complexes of gold(I) and platinum(II) with polyaromatic phosphine ligands Pages 313-330 Thomas E. Müller, Jennifer C. Green, D. Michael P. Mingos, C. Mary McPartlin, Conrad Whittingham, David J. Williams, Thomas M. Woodroffe

Metal ion complexation in organometallic crown ethers: Structural and rate effects on the migratory insertion of carbon monoxide in indenyl and cyclopentadienyl iron (II) complexes Pages 331-338 Valerio Berdini, Mauro Bassetti, Giovanna Mancini, Luigi Mandolini, Donato Monti

Cis–trans isomerism in [M(CO)2I4]− (M=Rh, Ir): Kinetic, mechanistic and spectroscopic studies Pages 339-347 Anthony Haynes, James McNish, Jean M. Pearson

Ruthenium clay catalyzed chemoselective hydrogenation of unsaturated esters, epoxides, sulfones and phosphonates Pages 349-354 Raluca Aldea, Howard Alper

Chiral annulated cyclopentadienyl ligands: Synthesis and crystal structure of both exo and endo Rh{η5-Cp′}(cod)} [Cp′=(4S,7R)-1,2,3-triphenyl-4,8,8-trimethyl-1H,4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-4,7-methanoindenyl] Pages 355-366 James A. Ramsden, David J. Milner, Harry Adams, Neil A. Bailey, P. D. Hempstead, Colin White

Carbodiimide metal complexes and four-membered metallacycles from isocyanide metal precursors and aryl azides Pages 367-373 H. Werner, G. Hörlin, N. Mahr

Reactivity of tetracarbonyl dithiolate-bridged rhodium(I) complexes with diphosphines Pages 375-381 Aida Castellanos-Páez, Jeyakauri Thayaparan, Sergio Castillón, Carmen Claver

Coordination, fluxionality and fragmentation in reactions of platinum cluster complexes with alkynes Pages 383-386 Greg J. Spivak, Richard J. Puddephatt

Palladium–copper–DMF complexes involved in the oxidation of alkenes Pages 387-389 Takahiro Hosokawa, Toshihiro Nomura, Shun-Ichi Murahashi