Volume 635
Main Index

Issues 1-2, Pages 1-230 (15 October 2001)

A historical perspective on Dewar's landmark contribution to organometallic chemistry Pages 1-8 D. Michael P. Mingos

Understanding the nature of the bonding in transition metal complexes: from Dewar's molecular orbital model to an energy partitioning analysis of the metal–ligand bond Pages 9-23 Gernot Frenking

New types of non-classical interligand interactions involving silicon based ligands Pages 24-36 Georgii I. Nikonov

Metal–dihydrogen and σ-bond coordination: the consummate extension of the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model for metal–olefin π bonding Pages 37-68 Gregory J. Kubas

Back bonding without σ-bonding: a unique π-complex of dinitrogen with uranium Pages 69-74 Paul Roussel, William Errington, Nikolas Kaltsoyannis, Peter Scott

Analogies between the chemical bonding topologies in metal–olefin complexes and in metallaboranes: the role of three-center two-electron bonding Pages 75-83 R. B. King

Structural preference in complexes containing both double-face and single-face π-acceptor ligands Pages 84-91 Wai Han Lam, Zhenyang Lin

The relevance of the Dewar model to neighboring p-block element analogs of metal hydrocarbon π-complexes Pages 92-99 Thomas P. Fehlner

Methane inversion on transition metal ions: a possible mechanism for stereochemical scrambling in metal-catalyzed alkane hydroxylations Pages 100-109 Kazunari Yoshizawa

Reactions of the μ-alkyne-dicobalt complexes [Co2(CO)6(μ-CF3–CC–R)] (R=CF3, H) with [Co2Cp2(μ-SMe)2]: substitution and insertion leading to novel thiolato-alkyne tetra- and tricobalt clusters Pages 110-118 Kenneth W. Muir, René Rumin, François Y. Pétillon

Reactions of [Os3(CO)10(NCMe)2] with symmetric diynes and their reactivity towards [Co2(CO)8] Pages 119-131 Angelo J. Amoroso, Lionel P. Clarke, John E. Davies, Jack Lewis, Harold R. Powell, Paul R. Raithby, Gregory P. Shields

Hybrid QM/MM study of propene insertion into the Rh---H bond of HRh(PPh3)2(CO)(η2-CH2=CHCH3): the role of the olefin adduct in determining product selectivity Pages 132-141 Stephen A. Decker, Thomas R. Cundari

Olefin strain energies and platinum complexes of highly pyramidalised alkenes Pages 142-152 Brian F Yates

Bis-amide and amine bis-amide ligands in M(IV) (M=V, Cr, Mn) based olefin polymerization catalysts: a theoretical study Pages 153-164 Timothy K. Firman, Tom Ziegler

A density functional study of the structures, vibrations and bond energies of dinitrogen phosphine complexes of the first transition series Pages 165-172 Robert J. Deeth

M2E2 four-member ring structure, M2(μ-EH2)2(P2)2 (M=Pd or Pt; E=Si or Ge; P2=(PH3)2 or H2PCH2CH2PH2) versus μ-disilene and μ-digermene-bridged structures, M2(μ-E2H4)(P2)2. A theoretical study Pages 173-186 Shigeyoshi Sakaki, Saori Yamaguchi, Yasuo Musashi, Manabu Sugimoto

Electronic structure and spectra of ruthenium diimine complexes by density functional theory and INDO/S. Comparison of the two methods Pages 187-196 S. I. Gorelsky, A. B. P. Lever

Bis(indenyl) complexes of Fe, Co, and Ni: electronic structure and preferences Pages 197-203 Maria José Calhorda, Luís F. Veiros

Structure and bonding of metallacyclocumulenes, radialenes, butadiyne complexes and their possible interconversion: a theoretical study Pages 204-211 Eluvathingal D. Jemmis, Ashwini Kumar Phukan, Uwe Rosenthal

Metal vapour synthesis of phospha-organometallic compounds via reaction of cobalt atoms with the phospha-alkyne tBuCP: synthesis and structural characterisation of the sandwich compounds [Co(η5-P3C2 tBu2)(η4-P2C2 tBu2)], [Co(η5-P2C3 tBu3)(η4-P2C2 tBu2)] and the protonated tetraphospha-barrelene complex [Co(η4-P4C4 tBu4H)(η4-P2C2 tBu2)], the latter as its [W(CO)5] adduct Pages 212-221 F. Geoffrey N. Cloke, Peter B. Hitchcock, John F. Nixon, David M. Vickers

Author Index Page 223

Subject Index Pages 225-228

Contents of Volume Pages 229-230