Volume 614-615
Main Index

Pages 1-330 (8 December 2000)

Foreword Pages 1-3 Narayan S. Hosmane, Thomas P. Fehlner

Symmetric and asymmetric cleavage of the lighter boron hydrides and of metal salts – the role of the dielectric constant Pages 5-9 Robert W. Parry

Is there a future for the continued development of the chemistry of small cage C2B4-carborane? A historical perspective Pages 10-17 Narayan S. Hosmane, John A. Maguire

The chemistry of bridged borylene complexes Pages 18-26 Holger Braunschweig, Miriam Colling

Chemistry of nickel and iron bis(dicarbollides). A review Pages 27-36 Igor B. Sivaev, Vladimir I. Bregadze

The use of boron clusters in the rational design of boronated nucleosides for neutron capture therapy of cancer Pages 37-47 Werner Tjarks

Forced exo-nido rhoda and ruthenacarboranes as catalyst precursors: a review Pages 48-56 F. Teixidor, R. Núñez, M. A. Flores, A. Demonceau, C. Viñas

B-frame supported bimetallics. ‘Composite cluster’ compounds and the structures of [2,7-(η5-C5Me5)2-nido-2,7,8,6-Ir2CSB6H8] and its 9-chloro derivative. Synchrotron and conventional X-ray studies Pages 57-60 Paul A. Cooke, Caroline O'Dowd, Michael G. S. Londesborough, Josef Holub, Bohumil tíbr, Mark Thornton-Pett, William Clegg, Simon J. Teat, John D. Kennedy

Bond rotamers and calculated 11B-NMR chemical shifts in boron-containing cluster chemistry. Some effects in the {nido-7,8,10-PC2B8} system Pages 61-65 Daniel L. Ormsby, Robert Greatrex, Bohumil tíbr, John D. Kennedy

Molecular and crystal structure of an iodo-gold-silver-platinum cluster, [(Ph3P)6Au6Ag6Pt(AgI3)2](THF)2, with a trimetallic icosahedral core capped with two planar [AgI3] units Pages 66-69 Boon K. Teo, Hong Zhang

Homoleptic triisopropylsilylarsandiides of magnesium and divalent tin Pages 70-73 Matthias Westerhausen, Nikolaos Makropoulos, Holger Piotrowski, Marcus Warchhold, Heinrich Nöth

New alkyne bridged mixed-metal clusters and studies of their activity for catalytic hydrosilylation of alkynes Pages 75-82 Richard D. Adams, Uwe Bunz, Burjor Captain, Wei Fu, Winfred Steffen

New Group 9 metal complexes containing N,P-chelate ligand system.: Synthesis, characterization and application to catalytic hydrogenation Pages 83-91 Heung-Sae Lee, Jin-Young Bae, Jaejung Ko*, Yong Soo Kang, Hoon Sik Kim*, Sung-Joon Kim, Jang-Hoon Chung, Sang Ook Kang*

Comparison of the geometric and molecular orbital structures of (Cp*Cr)2B4H8 and (Cp*Re)2B4H8, Cp*=η5-C5Me5. Structural consequences of delocalized electronic unsaturation in a metallaborane cluster Pages 92-98 Sundargopal Ghosh, Maoyu Shang, Thomas P. Fehlner

Synthesis and coordination behavior of a zirconocene bis(borylphosphane) Pages 99-106 Tuqiang Chen, Eileen N. Duesler, Heinrich Nöth, Robert T. Paine

Synthesis and characterization of half- and full-sandwich lanthanacarboranes of the C2B9-carborane ligand. X-ray crystal structures of [LnCl2(THF)5][nido-C2B9H12] (Ln=Y, Yb) Pages 107-112 Ka-yue Chiu, Zeying Zhang, Thomas C. W. Mak, Zuowei Xie

Rhodium cyclooctadiene complexes of the weakly co-ordinating carborane anion [closo-CB11H12]−. Isolation and crystal structures of [(COD)Rh(η2-CB11H12)] and [(COD)Rh(THF)2][CB11H12] Pages 113-119 Andrew S. Weller, Mary F. Mahon, Jonathan W. Steed

Fluorination studies of the [commo-3,3′-Co(3,1,2-CoC2B9H11)2−1] ion Pages 120-124 Alexander N. Gashti, John C. Huffman, Aaron Edwards, Gabriella Szekeley, Allen R. Siedle, Jonathan A. Karty, James P. Reilly, Lee J. Todd

Hybrid diborolyl/carbaboranyl triple-decker compounds: [(η5-pentamethylcyclopentdienyl)ruthenium(μ,η5-1,3-diborolyl)rhodiumcarbaboranyl] complexes Pages 125-130 Thomas Müller, Daniel E. Kadlecek, Patrick J. Carroll, Larry G. Sneddon, Walter Siebert

Oligonuclear cyanide complexes from silver containing building blocks Pages 131-136 Virginie Comte, Zhong-Ning Chen, Marie-Louise Flay, Heinrich Vahrenkamp

Platinum complexes of stanna-closo-dodecaborate Pages 137-143 Thiemo Marx, Lars Wesemann

Kinetic studies of reactions of hexaborane(10) with other binary boranes in the gas phase Pages 144-152 Martin D. Attwood, Robert Greatrex*, Norman N. Greenwood*, Christopher D. Potter

Closo and semipseudocloso forms of the same carbametallaborane: synthesis and spectroscopic and crystallographic characterisation of 1-CCPh-2-Ph-3-(η-L)-3,1,2-RhC2B9H9 (L=C5H5 and C5Me5): Part 25. Steric effects in heteroboranes Pages 153-157 Rhona M. Garrioch, Georgina M. Rosair, Alan J. Welch

Transformation of cyclohexadiene on an Fe3P frame: cluster complexes with hexadiene, cyclohexadiene and arene ligands Pages 158-167 Hubert Wadepohl, Stefan Gebert, Hans Pritzkow

Hydridoborates and hydridoborato metallates: Part 26. Preparation and structures of dihydridoborates of lithium and potassium Pages 168-187 Jörg Knizek, Heinrich Nöth

Convenient syntheses, spectroscopic and structural characterisation of bi-functional boranes Pages 188-194 S. Aldridge, R. J. Calder, M. H. Cunningham, K. M. A. Malik, J. W. Steed

Structures of carborane cations derived from the reaction of 2-propyl cation with diborane: DFT/IGLO/GIAO-MP2/NMR investigations of alkylborane and alkylcarborane patterns Pages 195-201 Golam Rasul, G. K. Surya Prakash, L. D. Field, George A. Olah, Robert E. Williams

Boride cluster fusion through copper and silver. Crystal structure of [(Ph3P)2N][(HRu4(CO)12BH)2Ag] Pages 202-207 Catherine E. Housecroft, Sylvia M. Draper, Andrew D. Hattersley, Arnold L. Rheingold

Monocarbollide complexes of osmium: X-ray crystal structure of [Os(CO)3{η5-5-(NMe3)-7-CB10H10}] Pages 208-214 Dianne D. Ellis, Andreas Franken, Thomas D. McGrath, F. Gordon A. Stone

Synthesis of N-substituted derivatives of the hypho-(amine)(amino)B8H11 system Pages 215-222 Udo Dörfler, Claudia Bauer, Detlef Gabel, Nigam P. Rath, Lawrence Barton, John D. Kennedy

Synthesis and characterization of μ,μ′-M(B5H8)2 (M=Cd, Hg and Zn): a reassignment of the NMR spectra for 2,3-μ-metalloderivatives of pentaborane(9) Pages 223-230 Hong Fang, Jonathan Bould, Janet Braddock-Wilking, Lawrence Barton

Reactivity of the mixed-metal cluster [Os6(CO)17(Au2dppm)] towards gold electrophiles (dppm=Ph2PCH2PPh2) Pages 231-237 Zareen Akhter, John F. Gallagher, Jack Lewis, Paul R. Raithby, Gregory P. Shields

Octakis(trimethylsilylmethyl)dioxotetramolybdenum. A novel tetranuclear compound with two localized metal---metal triple bonds Pages 238-242 Malcolm H. Chisholm, Damon R. Click, John C. Huffman

Synthesis, characterization, structural and theoretical analysis of a series of electron deficient, monomeric thallium iron carbonylate isostructural and isolobal to diiron nonacarbonyl Pages 243-254 Kenton H. Whitmire, Ilse Y. Guzman-Jimenez, Jean-Yves Saillard, Samia Kahlal

Synthesis of a water soluble boron neutron capture therapy agent: 1-amino-3-[2-(7-{3-[2-(2-hydroxymethyl-ethoxy)-1-(2-hydroxy-1-hydroxymethyl-ethoxymethyl)ethoxy]propyl}-1,7-di-carba-closo-dodecaboran-1-yl)ethyl]cyclobutanecarboxylic acid Pages 255-261 Bhaskar C. Das, George W. Kabalka, Rajiv R. Srivastava, Weiliang Bao, Sasmita Das, Guisheng Li

Gas-phase reactions of nido-1-methylpentaborane with propyne and 2-pentyne. Formation of B-alkyl nido and closo carbaboranes Pages 262-268 Mark A. Fox, Robert Greatrex, Matthias Hofmann, Paul von Ragué Schleyer

Eleven-vertex polyhedral metalladicarbaborane chemistry. Reactions of neutral nido-5,6-C2B8H12 and the [nido-6,9-C2B8H10]2− anion to give formally closo isomeric 1-(arene) and 1-(cyclopentadiene)-1,2,4- and 1,2,3-metalladicarbaundecaboranes, and some substituent chemistry. Chiral separations, and crystal and molecular structures of [5-Br-1-(η6-C6Me6)-1,2,4-RuC2B8H9] and [2-Me-1-(η5-C5Me5)-1,2,3-RhC2B8H9] Pages 269-282 Mark Bown, Bohumír Grüner, Bohumil tíbr, Xavier L. R. Fontaine, Mark Thornton-Pett, John D. Kennedy

New hexacyclic binuclear tin complexes derived from bis-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-2-phenol)oxamide Pages 283-293 Victor M. Jímenez-Pérez, Carlos Camacho-Camacho, Marisol Güizado-Rodríguez, Heinrich Nöth, Rosalinda Contreras

New Ni---Rh carbonyl clusters with unprecedented structural and electronic features: synthesis and X-ray structure of [NEt4]3[Ni10Rh(CO)19]·C2H5CN, [NMe3CH2Ph]3[Ni6Rh3(CO)17] and [NEt4]3[Ni9Rh3(CO)22] Pages 294-303 Cristina Femoni, Francesco Demartin, Maria Carmela Iapalucci, Alessandro Lombardi, Giuliano Longoni, Cristian Marin, Per H. Svensson

Synthesis and crystal structure of [H2B(3-Phpz)2]2Zn Pages 305-308 Donald J. Darensbourg, Jason C. Yarbrough

Polyhedral-based nonlinear optical materials.: Part 1. Theoretical investigation of some new high nonlinear optical response compounds involving carboranes and charged aromatic donors and acceptors Pages 309-313 Damian G. Allis, James T. Spencer

Asymmetric synthesis of the Japanese beetle pheromone via boronic esters Pages 314-317 William C. Hiscox, Donald S. Matteson

Polycarbon linked metal cluster compounds Pages 318-321 Daphne M. Norton, D. F. Shriver

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