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Issue 1

Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FX001

Front matter J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FP001

Chemistry of the metal carbonyls. Part 74. Reactions of phenylmanganese pentacarbonyl with cycloheptatrienes, and related studies Jennifer C. Burt, Selby A. R. Knox, Ronald J. McKinney and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 1 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000001

Studies on potassium tri-µ-nitro-µ3-oxo-cyclo-tris[nitroplatinate(II)] trihydrate, Vèzes' red salt Allan E. Underhill and David M. Watkins, pp 5 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000005

Some piperidine derivatives of gold(I): crystal and molecular structure of chloro(piperidine)gold(I) John J. Guy, Peter G. Jones, Martin J. Mays and George M. Sheldrick, pp 8 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000008

Sulphur-nitrogen compounds: the preparation, oxidation, and decomposition of NN-bis(arylsulphonyl)hydroxylamines John D. Birchall and Christopher Glidewell, pp 10 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000010

Mixed-ligand complexes of palladium(II). Part 1. Diaqua(ethylenediamine) palladium(II) complexes of glycylglycine and glycinamide Meng Chay Lim, pp 15 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000015

Magnetic studies of copper(II) complexes of benzoic acid and substituted benzoic acids Jaharlal Bera and Debabrata Sen, pp 18 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000018

A topological Hückel model for organometallic complexes. Part I. Bond lengths in complexes of conjugated olefins D. Michael P. Mingos, pp 20 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000020

A topological Hückel model for organometallic complexes. Part II. Alternant bonding networks in 3- and 4-olefin complexes D. Michael P. Mingos, pp 26 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000026

A topological Hückel model for organometallic complexes. Part III. The perturbation molecular-orbital method D. Michael P. Mingos, pp 31 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000031

Crystal structure of (2-octahydropentaborano)bis(triphenylphosphine)-copper(I) Norman N. Greenwood, Jacqueline A. Howard and Walter S. McDonald, pp 37 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000037

Magnetization studies of hexakis(pyridine N-oxide)nickel(II) tetrafluoroborate and perchlorate down to 2 K Denis J. Mackey, pp 40 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000040

Nuclear magnetic resonance study of inversion at sulphur and selenium atoms in complexes of palladium(II) and platinum(II). Part 1. Complexes of bis(trimethylsilylmethyl) sulphide and selenide Edward W. Abel, Graham W. Farrow, Keith G. Orrell and Vladimir ik, pp 42 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000042

Nuclear magnetic resonance study of inversion at sulphur and selenium atoms in complexes of palladium(II) and platinum(II). Part 2. Complexes of methyl and phenyl trimethylsilylmethyl sulphide and selenide Edward W. Abel, A. K. Shamsuddin Ahmed, Graham W. Farrow, Keith G. Orrell and Vladimir ik, pp 47 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000047

Copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes of glycylglycyl-L-histidine and derivatives Raghunath P. Agarwal and Douglas D. Perrin, pp 53 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000053

Competition between different nucleophilic sites belonging to the same Lewis bases. Part 3. The basicity of arsenic and phosphorus sites relative to borane Marcel Durand, Claude Jouany, Gérard Jugie, Lucien Elegant and Jean-François Gal, pp 57 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000057

Solvent effects on the initial and transition states for the reaction of 2,2-bipyridyldichloroplatinum(II) with thiourea in aqueous dioxan and in aqueous tetrahydrofuran Michael J. Blandamer, John Burgess and John G. Chambers, pp 60 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000060

Kinetics of aquation of tris(5-nitro-1,10-phenanthroline)iron(II) in acetone-water and in t-butyl alcohol-water mixtures: endostatic analysis of activation parameters Michael J. Blandamer, John Burgess and Mary Dupree, pp 63 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000063

The role of electronic delocalization over the chelate ring in stabilizing complexes of 2,2-bipyridyl Robert D. Hancock and Gloria J. McDougall, pp 67 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000067

Synthesis and reactivity of the tetrakis(acetonitrile)nitrosylrhodium dication Neil G. Connelly, Peter T. Draggett, Michael Green and Thomas A. Kuc, pp 70 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000070

Aquation of formato-, NN-dimethylformamide-, and fluoro-penta-amminechromium(III) complexes. Identification of reaction paths and kinetic studies Najat Al-Shatti, T. Ramasami and A. Geoffrey Sykes, pp 74 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000074

The Cr2+and V2+reduction of µ-carboxylato dicobalt(III) ammine complexes. Part VIII. The mechanism of reduction of the di-µ-hydroxo-µ-oxalato-bis[triamminecobalt(III)] complex Ioan Baldea, Karl Wieghardt and A. Geoffrey Sykes, pp 78 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000078

Metal-ion oxidations in solution. Part 16. The oxidation of -hydroxycarboxylic acids by cerium(IV) in perchioric acid media Zahid Amjad, Alexander McAuley and Umaru D. Gomwalk, pp 82 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000082

Some reactions of tetracarbonyldihydrido-osmium, octacarbonyldihydridodiosmium, and dodecacarbonyldihydridotriosmium John R. Moss and William A. G. Graham, pp 89 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000089

The enneacarbonyls of ruthenium and osmium John R. Moss and William A. G. Graham, pp 95 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000095

Alkylaminocyclodiphosph(III)azanes Gordon Bulloch, Rodney Keat and David G. Thompson, pp 99 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000099

Spin-spin interactions in the paired binuclear cluster tetrakis[µ-chloro-diethyldithiocarbamatocopper(II)] Peter D. W. Boyd and Raymond L. Martin, pp 105 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000105

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Issue 2

Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FX005

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FP005

Electron spin resonance study of the autoxidation of hydrazine, hydroxylamine, and cysteine catalysed by the cobalt(II) chelate complex of 3,10,17,24-tetrasulphophthalocyanine David J. Cookson, Thomas D. Smith, John F. Boas, Peter R. Hicks and John R. Pilbrow, pp 109 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000109

Kinetics and mechanisms of the electron-transfer reactions between uranium(III) and some ruthenium(III) ammine complexes Ade Adegite, J. Femi Iyun and J. Folorunso Ojo, pp 115 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000115

Reactions of di-µ-chloro-bis[cyclo-octa-1,5-dienerhodium(I)] with carbon mono-oxide and mono-, di-, or tri-tertiary phosphines, or 1,2-bis(diphenylarsino) ethane Alan R. Sanger, pp 120 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000120

Synthesis, crystal and molecular structure of acetonitrilecarbonyldichloro(cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)ruthenium(II) Robert O. Gould, C. Lynn Jones, Donald R. Robertson and T. Anthony Stephenson, pp 129 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000129

Electron-transfer reactions of benzene-1,2-diols with hexachloroiridate(IV) in acidic perchlorate media Edoardo Mentasti, Ezio Pelizzetti and Claudio Baiocchi, pp 132 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000132

Crystal structure of 2,4,6,8,9,10-hexamethyl-2,4,6,8,9,10-hexabora-adamantane Ivan Rayment and Harrison M. M. Shearer, pp 136 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000136

Oxovanadium(IV) complexes containing bidentate Schiff-base ligands: synthesis and structural and spectroscopic data Marco Pasquali, Fabio Marchetti, Carlo Floriani and Stefano Merlino, pp 139 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000139

Fluxional behaviour of 1,1,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3-decacarbonyl-1-(-cyclohexa-1,3-diene)-triangulo-triosmium Eric G. Bryan, Brian F. G. Johnson and Jack Lewis, pp 144 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000144

Crystal structure of aluminium iodate-hydrogen iodate-water (1/1/6) and preparation of anhydrous aluminium iodate Peter D. Cradwick and (the late) Andrew S. de Endredy, pp 146 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000146

Structure of 1,cis-3,cis-5,trans-7-tetrachloro-1,3,5,7-tetrakis(dimethylamino) cyclotetraphosphazene Michael J. Begley, Trevor J. King and D. Bryan Sowerby, pp 149 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000149

Principal crystal and molecular paramagnetic susceptibilities of bis-(N-isopropylsalicylideneiminato)nickel(II) Denis A. Cruse and Malcolm Gerloch, pp 152 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000152

Photochemical reactions between tertiary phosphines and organic diselenides Douglas H. Brown, Ronald J. Cross and Douglas Millington, pp 159 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000159

Reactions of the pentachlorostannate(IV) anion with Lewis bases, and Mössbauer data for some adducts of the type pentachlorostannate(IV)-base (1/1) Desmond Cunningham, James Finnegan, John D. Donaldson and Malcolm J. Frazer, pp 162 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000162

Kinetics of reactions of tris(2,2-bipyridyl)iron(II) with cyanide and with hydroxide ion in binary aqueous solvent mixtures Michael J. Blandamer, John Burgess, John G. Chambers, Robert I. Haines and Howard E. Marshall, pp 165 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000165

Preparation of indium(I) perchlorate, tetrafluoroborate, and hexafluorophosphate Muhammad Ashraf, Abdullah M. Aziz-Altahman and James B. Headridge, pp 170 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000170

Crystal structure of mer-trichloro(dimethylformamide)(1,10-phenanthroline) chromium(III) John A. Broomhead, John Evans, William D. Grumley and Meta Sterns, pp 173 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000173

The reaction of metal-ion complexes with hydrocarbons. Part 4. Formation of complexes of the types di-µ-acetato-bis[(3-allyl)palladium] and tetra-µ-acetato-di(3-allyl)tripalladium by reaction of mono-olefins and 1,3-dienes with palladium acetate Robert G. Brown, Raghunath V. Chaudhari and John M. Davidson, pp 176 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000176

The reactions of metal-ion complexes with hydrocarbons. Part 5. Some catalytic reactions of palladium acetate and its derivatives: the oxidations of cyclohexene, cyclo-octene, 3,3-dimethylbut-1-ene, and n-hexenes and the isomerisation of linear alkene derivatives Robert G. Brown, Raghunath V. Chaudhari and John M. Davidson, pp 183 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000183

Crystal and molecular structure of tricarbonyldichlorobis(triethyl-phosphine) molybdenum(II) Michael G. B. Drew and John D. Wilkins, pp 194 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000194

Electronic spectra, resonance-Raman spectra, and excitation profiles of the mixed-valence compound Reihlen's green [PtII(C2H5NH2)4][PtIVBr2(C2H5NH2)4]Br4·4H2O Robin J. H. Clark and Malcolm L. Franks, pp 198 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000198

Reactions of co-ordinated ligands. Part 15. The cycloaddition of electronegatively substituted unsaturated systems to tricarbonyl(-N-methoxycarbonyl-1H-azepine)-iron and -ruthenium and tricarbonyl(-cyclohepta-2,4,6-trien-1-one)iron Michael Green, Susan M. Heathcock, Terence W. Turney and D. Michael P. Mingos, pp 204 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000204

Electron spin resonance study of the species formed by reduction of manganese(II) chelates of tetrasodium 3,10,17,24-tetrasulphonato-phthalocyanine in aqueous solution David J. Cookson, Thomas D. Smith, John F. Boas, Peter R. Hicks and John R. Pilbrow, pp 211 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000211

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Issue 3

Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FX009

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FP009

Secondary bonding. Part 1. Crystal and molecular structures of (C6H5)2 IX (X = Cl, Br, or I) Nathaniel W. Alcock and Rachel M. Countryman, pp 217 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000217

Charge distribution on the cyanide ion and cohesive energies of sodium and potassium cyanides M. F. C. Ladd, pp 220 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000220

Crystal and molecular structure of tetra-µ-benzoato-bisquinolinedi-cobalt(II), a binuclear cobalt(II) carboxylate Janet Catterick, Michael B. Hursthouse, Peter Thornton and Alan J. Welch, pp 223 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000223

Crystal structure and stereochemical non-rigidity of octacarbonyl-(-1,3-dimethyl-2-vinylcyclopentadienyl)-µ3-propylidyne-triangulo-tri-iron Silvio Aime, Luciano Milone, Enrico Sappa and Antonio Tiripicchio, pp 227 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000227

Reaction mechanisms of metal-metal-bonded carbonyls. Part 14. Reactions of 1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3-nonacarbonyl-1,2,3-tris(triphenylphos-phine)-triangulo-triruthenium David P. Keeton, Sher K. Malik and Anthony Poë, pp 233 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000233

Kinetics of the reduction of platinum(IV) by tin(II) and copper(I) in aqueous chloride solutions Kandasamy G. Moodley and Michael J. Nicol, pp 239 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000239

Raman spectra of aqueous solutions of hydrolysed aluminium(III) salts David N. Waters and Michael S. Henty, pp 243 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000243

Kinetics and mechanism of hydrolysis of cis-chlorobis(ethylenediamine)-(imidazole)cobalt(III) and cis-bromobis(ethylenediamine)(imidazole)cobalt(III) cations Anadi C. Dash and Suresh K. Mohapatra, pp 246 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000246

Vapour-phase Raman spectra of chromium, molybdenum, and tungsten hexacarbonyls M. Rafeek Afiz, Robin J. H. Clark and Norman R. D'Urso, pp 250 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000250

Reversible cyclobutane formation : the ring closure of ,-2-(penta-methylcyclopentadienyl)- 2-phenylethylpalladium compounds to (2-4--1,2,3,4,5- pentamethyl-6-endo- and -6-exo-phenylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2- enyl)palladium compounds Derek J. Mabbott and Peter M. Maitlis, pp 254 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000254

Measurement of the trans influence in 1-platinacyclopent-4-ene-2,3-dione complexes : a proton, carbon-l 3, and phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance study E. Roger Hamner, Raymond D. W. Kemmitt and Martin A. R. Smith, pp 261 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000261

Description of the magnetic properties of linear polymetallic chains of antiferromagnetically coupled atoms : an analysis of the equation and the models used to describe magnetic susceptibility Richard W. Jotham, pp 266 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000266

Synthesis of ethylene, cyclo-octa-1,5-diene, bicyclo[2.2.1]heptene, and trans-cyclo-octene complexes of palladium(0) and platinum(0); crystal and molecular structure of tris(bicyclo[2.2.1]heptene)platinum Michael Green, Judith A. K. Howard, John L. Spencer and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 271 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000271

Reaction of low-valent metal complexes with fluorocarbons. Part 30. Bis(cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)platinum with hexafluoroacetone, 1,1 -dicyano-2,2- bis(trifluoromethyl)ethylene and N-methylhexafluoroisopropylideneamine; crystal and molecular structures of [Pt2{(CF3)2CO}(1,5-C8H12)2] and [Pt·C(CF3)2·O·C(CF3)2O·(1,5-C8H12)] Michael Green, Judith A. K. Howard, Antonio Laguna, Lesley E. Smart, John L. Spencer, F. Gordon and A. Stone, pp 278 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000278

Syntheses involving co-ordinatively unsaturated cyclopentadienyl-molybdenum and -tungsten complexes. Molecular and crystal structure of [Mo·C(CF3):C(CF3)·C5H5(CF3C2CF3)(5-C5H5)] Jack L. Davidson, Michael Green, F. Gordon A. Stone and Alan J. Welch, pp 287 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000287

Cationic (3-allylic)(4-diene)-palladium and -platinum complexes Derek J. Mabbott, Brian E. Mann and Peter M. Maitlis, pp 294 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000294

Crystal and molecular structure of tetrakis[copper(I) benzoate] Michael G. B. Drew, Dennis A. Edwards and Roger Richards, pp 299 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000299

Metal-ion oxidations in solution. Part 17. The kinetics and mechanism of the oxidation of malonic acid by cerium(IV) in perchloric acid media Zahid Amjad and Alexander McAuley, pp 304 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000304

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Issue 4

Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FX013

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FP013

Study by X-ray crystallography and Mössbauer spectroscopy of the hexacyanoferrate(III) compounds Cs2M[Fe(CN)6](M = Li, Na, or K) Steven R. Fletcher and T. C. Gibb, pp 309 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000309

Ultraviolet photoelectron spectra of cyclohepta-1,3,5-triene and mesitylene tricarbonyl complexes of the Group 6A metals Marian Gower, Leon A. P. Kane-Maguire, John P. Maier and Dwight A. Sweigart, pp 316 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000316

Some reactions of pentacyanosulphitoferrate(II) with oxidising agents Alan D. James and Robin S. Murray, pp 319 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000319

An intermediate in the reaction between trans-aquabis(ethylenediamine) sulphitocobalt(III) and sulphite ion in aqueous solution Sean M. Farrell and Robin S. Murray, pp 322 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000322

Kinetics of formation and bridge cleavage of binuclear complexes derived from the pentacyanoferrate(II and III) ions in aqueous solution Alan D. James and Robin S. Murray, pp 326 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000326

Salts of the tris(isonitrosomalonamido)ferrate(II) ion : crystal structures and anomalous magnetism of the potassium and caesium salts of the tris(isonitrosomalonamido)ferrate(II) anion Colin L. Raston, Allen H. White and Raymund M. Golding, pp 329 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000329

Optically active complexes of Schiff bases. Part 3. Complexes of iron(III) with quadridentate Schiff bases derived from salicylaldehyde Michele Gullotti, Luigi Casella, Alessandro Pasini and Renato Ugo, pp 339 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000339

Optically active complexes of Schiff bases. Part 4. An analysis of the circular-dichroism spectra of some complexes of different co-ordination numbers with quadridentate Schiff bases of optically active diamines Alessandro Pasini, Michele Gullotti and Renato Ugo, pp 346 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000346

Crystal and molecular structure of di-µ-phenoxo-bis[dichlorodiphenoxomolybdenum(V)] Boris Kamenar and Maja Penavi, pp 356 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000356

Metal dithiocarbamates and related complexes. Part 2. Reactions of iron complexes with Lewis bases and with zinc iodide, and the structure of [Fe{CN(p-ClC6H4)}2(S2CNEt2)2ZnI2] Jon A. McCleverty, Sarah McLuckie, Norman J. Morrison, Neil A. Bailey and N. W. (Joe) Walker, pp 359 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000359

Crystal and molecular structure of µ-lodo-µ-3-phenylcycloheptatrienylbis(dicarbonylruthenium)(Ru-Ru) : a metal complex with a bridging cycloheptatrienyl ligand Judith A. K. Howard and Peter Woodward, pp 366 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000366

Crystal structure of tin(II) maleate monohydrate John C. Dewan, Jack Silver, Robert H. Andrews, John D. Donaldson and David R. Laughlin, pp 368 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000368

Crystal and molecular structure of dichloro[(-)-spartein]cobalt(II) Reiko Kuroda and Stephen F. Mason, pp 371 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000371

Aryldiazenato-complexes : synthesis and structure of complexes derived from the oxidative addition of diazonium ions to trans-carbonylchlorobis(triphenylphosphine)iridium(I) Roger E. Cobbledick, Frederick W. B. Einstein, Nicholas Farrell, Alan B. Gilchrist and Derek Sutton, pp 373 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000373

Structure and spectra of a series of eight-co-ordinate complexes of lanthanoids(III) with diethyldithiocarbamate of general formula Na[Ln(Et2NCS2)4](Ln = La to Yb, except Pm) Mario Ciampolini, Nicoletta Nardi, Paolo Colamarino and Pierluigi Orioli, pp 379 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000379

Crystal and molecular structure of a paramagnetic hydridotetrahydro-borato-complex of cobalt: hydridotetrahydroboratobis(tricyclohexylphosphine)cobalt Masayuki Nakajima, Taro Saito, Akiko Kobayashi and Yukiyoshi Sasaki, pp 385 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000385

Electron spin resonance studies on -irradiated tetraphosphorus decaoxide, decasulphide, and decaselenide Robert F. Picone and J. Barrie Raynor, pp 388 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000388

Electron spin resonance studies of -irradiated thiophosphates Robert F Picone, J Barrie Raynor and Timothy C. Ward, pp 392 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000392

Thermochemistry of polyhalides. Part 1. Caesium and rubidium di-chloroiodates(I) Arthur Finch, Peter N. Gates and Stuart J. Peake, pp 397 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000397

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Issue 5

Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FX017

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FP017

Photoelectron spectra of the nitrosomethane, trifluoronitrosomethane, nitrosyl fluoride, and nitrosyl chloride Helge Bergmann, Susanne Elbel and Reinhard Demuth, pp 401 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000401

Preparation and crystal structure of trans-carbonylhydridotris(triphenylphosphine)cobalt(I): a quantitative assessment of trigonal bipyramidal geometry Johnnie M. Whitfield, Steven F. Watkins, George B. Tupper and William H. Baddley, pp 407 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000407

Thermochemistry of beryllium -diketonates and Be-O bond energies Roger J. Irving and Manuel A. V. Ribeiro da Silva, pp 413 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000413

X-Ray and infrared structural studies on the methyl ester of dithiocarbazic acid and its N-substituted derivatives Anna Maria Manotti Lanfredi, Antonio Tiripicchio, Marisa Tiripicchio Camellini, Anna Monaci and Franco Tarli, pp 417 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000417

A molecular-orbital study of some di-µ-phosphido-bis(tricarbonyliron) complexes. The importance of metal-bridging ligand interactions in determining molecular geometry Jeremy K. Burdett, pp 423 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000423

Nitrosyl complexes of molybdenum and tungsten Fiona King and G. Jeffery Leigh, pp 429 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000429

Seven-co-ordination in metal complexes of quinquedentate macrocyclic ligands. Part 5. Synthesis and properties of pentagonal-bipyramidal and pentagonal-pyramidal manganese(II) complexes and crystal and molecular structure of {2,15-dimethyl-3,7,10,14,20-penta-azabicyclo[14.3.1]eicosa-1(20),2,14,16,18-pentaene}bis(isothiocyanato)manganese(II) Michael G. B. Drew, A. Hamid bin Othman, Stephen G. McFall, Paul D. A. Mcllroy and S. Martin Nelson, pp 438 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000438

Seven-co-ordination in metal complexes of quinquedentate macrocyclic ligands. Part 6. Magnesium complexes of macrocyclic ligands containing nitrogen and oxygen donor atoms Diana H. Cook, David E. Fenton, Michael G. B. Drew, Stephen G. McFall and S. Martin Nelson, pp 446 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000446

Fluorophosphoranes containing the perfluoropinacolyl ring system. Part 5. Estimates of two-step exchange barriers in some amino-derivatives James Andrew Gibson, Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler, Reinhard Schmutzler and Roswitha Starke, pp 450 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000450

Mixed arsenic-phosphorus-nitrogen heterocycles: preparation of derivatives of 1,3,5,25,65,45-triaza-arsatriphosphorine D. Bryan Sowerby and R. Jonathan Tillott, pp 455 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000455

Crystal and molecular structures of trans-dibromobis(1,4-oxathian)-platinum(II) and trans-dibromobis(1,4-oxaselenan)platinum(II) John C. Barnes, Geoffrey Hunter and Malcolm W. Lown, pp 458 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000458

Electron spin resonance study of manganese(II) doped into hexakis-(4-methylpyridine N-oxide)-zinc, -cadmium, and -mercury perchlorates Roshun B. Birdy and Margaret Goodgame, pp 461 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000461

Phase equilibria in aqueous sodium phosphate solutions at elevated temperatures Derek Broadbent, Geoffrey G. Lewis and Edwin A. M. Wetton, pp 464 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000464

Influence of solvent on the stability of silver(I)-olefin complexes Frank R. Hartley, George W. Searle, Roland M. Alcock and David E. Rogers, pp 469 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000469

The chemistry of polynuclear compounds. Part 28. The question of isomerism in tridecacarbonyldihydrido- and dodecacarbonyltetrahydrido-tetraruthenium Colin R. Eady, Brian F. G. Johnson and Jack Lewis, pp 477 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000477

Reactivity of main-group-transition-metal bonds. Part 7. Kinetics of the reaction of mercury(II) halides with compounds containing tin-chromium, -molybdenum, -tungsten, -manganese, -rhenium, and -iron bonds John R. Chipperfield, Andy C. Hayter and David E. Webster, pp 485 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000485

The crystal structure of dichloro(diethyl pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylato)-cobalt(II), a chlorine-bridged dimer Gurdev Singh and D. Bryan Sowerby, pp 490 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000490

Metal complexes of N-allylaniline. A palladium(II) complex with co-ordination number of greater than four Michele Aresta, C. Francesco Nobile, Domenico Petruzzelli and Martin L. Tobe, pp 493 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000493

Metal complexes of sulphur ligands. Part 11. Reactions of platinum(II) and palladium(II) dithiocarbonates with dithiocarbonate ions Margaret C. Cornock, Robert O. Gould, C. Lynn Jones, John D. Owen, David F. Steele and T. Anthony Stephenson, pp 496 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000496

Metal complexes of sulphur ligands. Part 12. Synthesis, characterisation, and reactions of palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes of type [MX(PR3)(S-S)](X = halide, S-S-=[S2PR2]-, [S2CNR2]-, or [S2COR]-) Margaret C. Cornock and T. Anthony Stephenson, pp 501 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000501

An investigation of the electronic structure of bis(-cyclo-octatetraene)-actinoids by helium-(I) and -(II) photoelectron spetroscopy John P. Clark and Jennifer C. Green, pp 505 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000505

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Issue 6

Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FX021

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FP021

Kinetics of hydrolysis of sulphamic acid in concentrated perchloric acid solutions Martin N. Hughes and James R. Lusty, pp 509 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000509

Protonation of -cyclo-octa-1,5-diene(-cyclopentadienyl)-cobalt(I), -rhodium(I), and -iridium(I) John Evans, Brian F. G. Johnson and Jack Lawis, pp 510 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000510

Studies on sulphur-nitrogen compounds. Part 3. Crystal and molecular structure of triphenylarsine-trisulphur tetranitride (1/1) Elizabeth M. Holt, Smith L. Holt and Kenneth J. Watson, pp 514 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000514

Preparative and structural studies of diazadiphosphetidines. Part 9. X-Ray and nuclear magnetic resonance investigations of (Ph2FPNMe)n Robin K. Harris, Mohamed I. M. Wazeer, Ottfried Schlak, Reinhard Schmutzler and William S. Sheldrick, pp 517 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000517

Structural and mechanistic studies of co-ordination compounds. Part 16. Preparation and acid hydrolysis of trans-bromo- and trans-chloro-nitrocobalt(III) complexes of 2,3-dimethyl-1,4,8,11-tetra-aza-cyclotetradeca-1,3-diene and 2,3,9,10-tetramethyl-1,4,8,11-tetra-aza-cyclotetradeca-1,3,8,10-tetraene Chung-Kwong Poon and Chung-Lai Wong, pp 523 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000523

Ambidentate nucleophiles. Part 3. Reactions of phosphoroselenoates with molecular halides: the use of 1J(PSe) as a structural diagnostic Christopher Glidewell and Elaine J. Leslie, pp 527 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000527

Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of low-spin complexes of cobalt(II) with Schiff bases. NN-1,1-dimethylethylenebis(salicylideneiminato)cobalt(II) in pyridine Kouto Migita, Masamoto Iwaizumi and Taro Isobe, pp 532 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000532

Photochemistry of tricarbonylnitrosylcobalt in frozen gas matrices at 20 K. Infrared spectroscopic evidence for dicarbonylnitrosylcobalt and dicarbonyl(dinitrogen)nitrosylcobalt Oliver Crichton and Antony J. Rest, pp 536 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000536

Configuration effects on electrode processes: optically active complexes of quadridentate Schiff bases. Part 1. Cobalt complexes J. Hanzlik, A. Puxeddu and G. Costa, pp 542 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000542

Behaviour of phosphorus-32 produced by the 35Cl(n,)32P reaction in crystals of aluminium trichloride Abu J. Mahmood and Alfred G. Maddock, pp 546 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000546

Photolytic homolysis of metal-metal bonds of some binuclear transition-metal carbonyls: an electron spin resonance investigation using spin trapping Andrew Hudson, Michael F. Lappert and Brian K. Nicholson, pp 551 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000551

Reactions of cadmium sulphate and oxide in the molten lithium nitrate-potassium nitrate eutectic David H. Kerridge and Juan Cancela Rey, pp 554 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000554

Geometrical isomers of the capped octahedron in the solid state. Crystal and molecular structure of dibromodicarbonyltris(dimethyl-phenylphosphine) molybdenum(II)-acetone (1/1) Michael G. B. Drew and John D. Wilkins, pp 557 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000557

Transition-metal nitrosyl compounds. Part 12. Bis- and tris-(tertiary phosphine)nitrosylnickel(II) hexafluorophosphate complexes Sumit Bhaduri, Brian F. G. Johnson and Trevor W. Matheson, pp 561 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000561

Sulphur-ligand-metal complexes. Part 7. The interaction of some diphosphine dichalcogenides and tetra-alkylthiuram disulphides with halogens and some first-row transition-metal salts Eric W. Ainscough and Andrew M. Brodie, pp 565 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000565

Determination of thermodynamic and kinetic parameters for equilibria between two diastereoisomers by a polarimetric temperature-jump method. The application to five- and six-co-ordinate phosphorus compounds Alain Klaébé, Max Koenig, Robert Wolf and Per Ahlberg, pp 570 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000570

Kinetics of nucleophilic attack on co-ordinated organic moieties. Part 5. Mechanisms of addition of heterocyclic aromatic species to tricarbonyl(1-5--cyclohexadienyl)-iron and -ruthenium cations Glyn R. John, Clive A. Mansfield and Leon A. P. Kane-Maguire, pp 574 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000574

New sulphinate and sulphonate complexes of Group 1 B metals Martin J. Mays and John Bailey, pp 578 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000578

Thermodynamic and spectroscopic properties of mixed complexes in aqueous solution. Copper(II) complexes of 2,2-bipyridyl and cyclo-alkane-1,1-dicarboxylic acids Giuseppe Arena, Rosario Calì, Enrico Rizzarelli, Silvio Sammartano, Roland Barbucci and Michel J. M. Campbell, pp 581 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000581

Electron-diffraction study and CNDO/2 calculations of the molecular structure of diaminodifluorophosphorane in the gas phase David E. J. Arnold, David W. H. Rankin and Germaine Robinet, pp 585 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000585

Computer simulation of metal-ion equilibria in biofluids: models for the low-molecular-weight complex distribution of calcium(II), magnesium(II), manganese(II), iron(III), copper(II), zinc(II), and lead(II) ions in human blood plasma Peter M. May, Peter W. Linder and David R. Williams, pp 588 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000588

Kinetics and equilibria of the interaction of titanium(III) with oxalic acid Phalguni Chaudhuri and Hartmut Diebler, pp 596 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000596

Molecular-orbital studies on carbametallaboranes. Part 1. Icosahedral carbaplatinaborane polyhedra D. Michael P. Mingos, pp 602 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000602

Molecular-orbital calculations on transition-metal cluster compounds containing six metal atoms D. Michael P. Mingos and Michael I. Forsyth, pp 610 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000610

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Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FX025

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FP025

Spin cross-over and the Mössbauer emission spectrum of cobalt-57-labelled di-isothiocyanatobis(1,10-phenanthroline)-iron(II) and -cobalt(II) Alfred G. Maddock and Jean J. Schleiffer, pp 617 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000617

Cyclopentadienylruthenium phosphine complexes. Part 3. Some complexes derived from 1-alkynes: molecular and crystal structure of the cumulene derivative [Ru{C(CF3):C(H)C(CF3):C:C:CH(CF3)}(PPh3)(-C5H5)] Michael I. Bruce, Richard C. F. Gardner, Judith A. K. Howard, F. Gordon A. Stone, Moira Welling and Peter Woodward, pp 621 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000621

Kinetics and mechanism of the reduction of thiocyanato-, azido-, and isothiocyanato-penta-amminecobalt(III) by hexa-ammineruthenium(II), tris(ethylenediamine)ruthenium(II), and tris(2,2-bipyridyl)chromium(II) in aqueous solutions A. Adegite, M. Dosumu and J. Folorunso Ojo, pp 630 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000630

Mechanism of peroxide reactions: the reduction of peroxomonophosphoric acid at a platinum electrode Fernando Secco and Marcella Venturini, pp 634 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000634

Hydrogen-1 nuclear magnetic resonance study of uranyl complexes of di-2-pyridyl sulphide and di-2-pyridyl ketone Alain Forchioni, Vito Librando and Giuseppe C. Pappalardo, pp 638 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000638

Reactions of triaryl derivatives of Group 5 with selenium dioxide Sheikh I. A. El Sheikh, Mahendra S. Patel, Barry C. Smith and Clifford B. Waller, pp 641 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000641

Studies on tellurium-carbon bonded compounds. Part 1. The crystal structure of 3,3-dimethylpentane-2,4-dionato(2-)-C1,C5-tellurium(II) John C. Dewan and Jack Silver, pp 644 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000644

Crystal structure of benzyltrimethylammonium µ2-peroxo-bis[trichlorodioxouranate(VI)], a binuclear uranium complex containing dioxygen in a µ2-peroxo-linkage Robert Haegele and Jan C. A. Boeyens, pp 648 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000648

Reaction of trans-dichloro(ethylene)pyridineplatinum(II) complexes with substituted pyridines and ethylene: mechanism of ligand exchange and attack of free base on the co-ordinated olefin. Preparation of two zwitterionic complexes containing platinum-carbon -bonds Giovanni Natile, Luciana Maresca and Locio Cattalini, pp 651 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000651

Photochemistry of dicarbonyldinitrosyliron in frozen gas matrices at 20 K. Infrared spectroscopic evidence for carbonyldinitrosyliron and carbonyl(dinitrogen)dinitrosyliron Oliver Crichton and Antony J. Rest, pp 656 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000656

Dipole-moment measurements on metal chelate complexes. Part 4. The effect of substitution in the phenyl ring on the dipole moments of metal chelates of fluorinated mercapto--diketones containing a phenyl group Manoranjan Das and Stanley E. Livingstone, pp 662 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000662

Three-co-ordinate mercury: crystal structure and spectroscopic properties of trimethylsulphonium trichloromercurate(II) Paolo Biscarini, Luciano Fusina, Giandomenico Nivellini and Giancarlo Pelizzi, pp 664 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000664

Ruthenium complexes containing Group 5B donor ligands. Part 4. Synthesis, crystal and molecular structure of def-tri-µ-chloro-h-diphenylphosphinito-bgi-tris(diphenylphosphinous acid)-ac-bis(methyl diphenylphosphinite) diruthenium(II) Robert O. Gould, C. Lynn Jones, Wilma J. Sime and T. Anthony Stephenson, pp 669 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000669

Valence-shell photoionization spectra of some methyl dihalogenophosphates Claudio Furlani and Marco V. Andreocci, pp 673 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000673

Aryldiazenato- and aryldiazene complexes. Some orthometallated compounds derived from reactions of diazonium ions with carbonylchloro-bis(triphenylphosphine)iridium Alan B. Gilchrist and Derek Sutton, pp 677 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000677

Metal complexes of sulphur ligands. Part 13. Reaction of dichloro-(-cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)-palladium and -platinum complexes with some sulphur-containing nucleophiles Margaret C. Cornock and T. Anthony Stephenson, pp 683 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000683

Reactions of ligating dinitrogen to form carbon-nitrogen bonds Joseph Chatt, Alex A. Diamantis, Graham A. Heath, Norman E. Hooper and G. Jeffery Leigh, pp 688 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000688

Complexes of meso- and (±)-butane-2,3-diamine with manganese-, cobalt-, nickel-, copper-, zinc-, and lead-(II): a potentiometric, calorimetric, and spectroscopic study Leslie D. Pettit and John L. M. Swash, pp 697 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000697

Optical resolution of tris(pentane-2,4-dionate) complexes of transition-metal ions Stephen F. Mason, Robert D. Peacock and Tomaso Prosperi, pp 702 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000702

Organometallic cyclisation reactions. Part 3. Synthesis of substituted arsetans and arsolans Murray Mickiewicz and Stanley Bruce Wild, pp 704 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000704

(Carbon dioxide)bis(trialkylphosphine)nickel complexes Michele Aresta and C. Francesco Nobile, pp 708 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000708

Co-ordination complexes containing multidentate ligands. Part 12. Nickel(II)-bismuth(III) co-ordination in nickel(II) complexes of tris(o-dimethylarsinophenyl)bismuthine and tris(3-dimethylarsinopropyl)bis-muthine William Levason, Charles A. McAuliffe and Stephen G. Murray, pp 711 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000711

7-Cycloheptatrienylmolybdenum complexes. Part 1. Formation and oxidation of mixed-valence dimolybdenum complexes Manfred Bochmann, Michael Green, Howard P. Kirsch and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 714 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000714

Some reactions of co-ordinated cycloheptatriene and cyclo-octa-1,5-diene in ruthenium (d6) complexes B. F. G. Johnson, Jack Lewis and Ian E. Ryder, pp 719 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000719

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Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FX029

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FP029

Crystal and molecular structures of the tris(dicyclohexyldithiophosphinato)-complexes of praseodymium and samarium Yisay Meseri, A. Alan Pinkerton and Gervais Chapuis, pp 725 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000725

Crystal and molecular structure of tricarbonyl(exo-7-phenylcyclohepta-1,3,5-triene)iron John A. D. Jeffreys and (Mrs) Champa Matters, pp 729 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000729

Chemistry of polydentate ligands. Part 1. Condensation reactions of aldehydes and ketones with 6,6-dihydrazino-2,2-bipyridylnickel(II) perchlorate Jack Lewis and Kevin P. Wainwright, pp 734 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000734

Chemistry of polydentate ligands. Part 2. The mode of co-ordination of 6,6-dihydrazino-2,2-bipyridyl ligands with nickel(II) and zinc(II) in octahedral complexes Jack Lewis and Kevin P. Wainwright, pp 739 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000739

Polynuclear complex formation and peroxodisulphate oxidation of copper(II)-dimethylglyoximate complexes Giorgio O. Morpurgo and Anthony A. G. Tomlinson, pp 744 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000744

Preparation, properties, and X-ray photoelectron spectra of palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes of amine lmides (aminimides) and sulphur ylides Manabu Sen and Shinji Tsuchiya, pp 751 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000751

Optically active complexes of Schiff bases. Part 5. An investigation of some solvent and conformational effects on the equilibria between cobalt(II) Schiff-base complexes and dioxygen Edoardo Cesarotti, Michele Gullotti, Alessandro Pasini and Renato Ugo, pp 757 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000757

The crystal and molecular structure of a paramagnetic, five-co-ordinate cobalt(III) compound : {NN-bis[-(2-amino-5-chlorophenyl)benzylidene]-ethane-1,2-diaminato(2-)-NNNN}chlorocobalt(III)-chloroform-dichloromethane (1/0.5/0.5) Neil A. Bailey, E. Donald McKenzie and James M. Worthington, pp 763 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000763

Unsaturated -hydrocarbyl transition-metal complexes. Part 2. Synthesis and reactions of vinylplatinum complexes and a comparison with analogous fluorovinyl and alkynyl complexes Christine J. Cardin, David J. Cardin and Michael F. Lappert, pp 767 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000767

A hydrogen-1 and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance study of the bonding in some monosubstituted cyclopentadienyl complexes of rhodium(I) and the crystal and molecular structure of cyclo-octa-1,5-diene(-methoxycarbonyl-cyclopentadienyl)rhodium(I) Michael Arthurs, S. Martin Nelson and Michael G. B. Drew, pp 779 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000779

Raman, resonance-Raman, and electronic spectra of tetraethylammonium hexabromoantimonate(V) and of tetra-n-butylammonium hexa-bromoantimonate(V) Robin J. H. Clark and Maria Lenor Duarte, pp 790 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000790

Some reactions of tricarbonyl(-hexa-1,3,5-triene)iron(0) Brian F. G. Johnson, Jack Lewis, David G. Parker and S. Roderick Postle, pp 794 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000794

ortho-Metallated triphenylphosphine(2-diphenylphosphinophenyl) and related complexes of ruthenium(II): interaction of chlorohydridotris(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II) with methyl and trimethylsilylmethyl alkylating agents (Li, Mg, Zn); hydrido methyl and trimethylsilylmethyl complexes David J. Cole-Hamilton and Geoffrey Wilkinson, pp 797 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000797

Interaction of diphenylacetylene and other acetylenes with hydridonitrosyltris(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium, carbonylhydridotris(triphenylphosphine)-rhodium and -iridium Roberto A. Sanchez-Delgado and Geoffrey Wilkinson, pp 804 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000804

Bis(neopentyl)-, bis(trimethylsilylmethyl)- and bis(2-methyl-2-phenylpropyl)- magnesium Richard A. Andersen and Geoffrey Wilkinson, pp 809 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000809

Lithium alkyl anions of uranium(IV) and uranium(V). Addition compounds of uranium(VI) hexaisopropoxide with lithium, magnesium, and aluminium alkyls Elin R. Sigurdson and Geoffrey Wilkinson, pp 812 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000812

Organosilyl- and silylorgano-pentaboranes: monocarbahexaboranes from 2-[(chlorodimethylsilyl)methyl]pentaborane(9) John B. Leach, Gerald Oates, Judith B. Handley, Alexander P. Fung and Thomas Onak, pp 819 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000819

Bonding in the PCP moiety. Crystal structures of [(triphenylphosphoranylidene)methyl]triphenylphosphonium bromide, and bis(diphenylphos-phinoselenoyl) methane Patrick J. Carroll and Donald D. Titus, pp 824 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000824

Complexes of palladium and platinum with tetraethyl diphosphite and related ligands Raymond J. Haines, Alan Pidcock and (the late) Mohammad Safari, pp 830 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000830

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Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FX033

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FP033

Kinetics and mechanism of the oxidation of uranium(III) by aqueous acidic solutions of iodine and bromine A. Adegite, H. Egboh, J. Folorunso Ojo and R. Olieh, pp 833 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000833

The chemistry of polynuclear compounds. Part 29. Products of the reaction of triruthenium and triosmium dodecacarbonyls with water Colin R. Eady, Brian F. G. Johnson and Jack Lewis, pp 838 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000838

Preparation and properties of trisodium pentacyano(isonicotinohydrazide)ferrate(II) hexahydrate and the kinetics of its substitution reactions Miguel A. Blesa, Irene A. Funai, Pedro J. Morando, José A. Olabe, Pedro J. Aymonino and Guillermo Ellenrieder, pp 845 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000845

Preparation and electron spin resonance spectra of some molybdenum(V) complexes of Schiff-base ligands and their oxidation to molybdenum(VI) Jonathon R. Dilworth, Charles A. McAuliffe and Barry J. Sayle, pp 849 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000849

Crystal and molecular structure, electron spin resonance, and electronic spectrum of tetraphenylarsonium tetrachloro-oxomolybdenum(V) C. David Garner, Lesley H. Hill, Frank E. Mabbs, Dennis L. McFadden and Andrew T. McPhail, pp 853 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000853

Tricarbonyldichloro(thiocarbonyl)ruthenium(II) and related complexes: synthesis and réactions to give aminomercaptocarbene and isocyanide complexes F. Faraone, P. Piraino, V. Marsala and S. Sergi, pp 859 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000859

Kinetics and mechanism of oxidations by peroxodiphosphate ions. Part 3. Oxidation of hypophosphite in aquous perchloric acid by the hydrolytic product peroxomonophosphate in a consecutive reaction Surinder Kapoor and Yugul K. Gupta, pp 862 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000862

The crystal structures of tritin(II) bromide pentafluoride and ditin(II) chloride trifluoride John D. Donaldson, David R. Laughlin and David C. Puxley, pp 865 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000865

Alkylcobalt(III) complex of a quinquedentate ligand. Preparation, characterisation, and crystal and molecular structure of 2,12-di-2-pyridyl-3,7,11-triazatrideca-2,11-diene-N2,N2,N3,N7,N11-(methyl)cobalt-(III) di-iodide dihydrate David A. Stotter and Jill Trotter, pp 868 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000868

Oxidation of ethanol by cobalt, iron, and rhodium complexes Christopher E. Bibby, Ronald Grigg and Raymond Price, pp 872 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000872

Copper co-ordination to thioether ligands: crystal and molecular structures of bis(2,5-dithiahexane)copper(II) bis(tetrafluoroborate) and bis(3,6-dithiaoctane)copper(I) tetrafluoroborates Edward N. Baker and Gillian E. Norris, pp 877 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000877

Oxygenation studies. Part 2. Rhodium(I)-catalysed autoxidation of oct-1-ene at ambient temperature and pressure Gordon Read and Peter J. C. Walker, pp 883 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000883

Rhodium phosphinoether complexes. Part 2. Crystal and molecular structures of trans-[1,8-bis(diphenylphosphino)-3,6-dioxaoctane-P,P]-carbonyl(ethanol)rhodium(I) hexafluorophosphate and trans-[1,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)-3-oxapentane-P,P]carbonylchlororhodium(I) dimer Nathaniel W. Alcock, John M. Brown and John C. Jeffery, pp 888 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000888

Crystal and molecular structure of uranyl diperchlorate heptahydrate Nathaniel W. Alcock and Steinar Esperås, pp 893 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000893

Kinetics and mechanism of the autoxidation of tris[biacetyl bis(methylimine)]iron(II) Ana Maria G. da Costa Ferreira, the late Pawel Krumholz and José M. Riveros, pp 896 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000896

Calcium binding capacity of carboxylic acids with an ethereal function. Crystal and molecular structure of calcium ethylenedioxydiacetate Francesco Ancillotti, Giuseppe Boschi, Giovanni Perego and Alessandro Zazzetta, pp 901 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000901

Mössbauer and electronic-reflectance spectroscopic studies and resistivity measurements on the systems CsPb1-xSnxBr3, CsPb1-xSnxBr2Cl, MxCs1-xSnBr3, and MxCs1-xSnBr2Cl (M = Na, K, Rb, and NH4) Jack Barrett, John D. Donaldson, Jack Silver and Nancy P. Y. Siew, pp 906 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000906

Mechanism of formation of chelated tricarbonyliron complexes of ,-unsaturated Schiff bases from the corresponding tetracarbonyliron complexes: factors affecting the stability of the trigonal-bipyramidal complexes Gianfranco Bellachioma and Giuseppe Cardaci, pp 909 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000909

Hydrolysis of magnesium(II) in 1.0 mol dm-3 aqueous (Na,H)NO3 solution Hisahiko Einaga, pp 912 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000912

Metal complexes of phosphorus-nitrogen ligands. Part 1. Synthesis and reactivity of some phosphinoaminopyridine complexes of Group 6 metal carbonyls and of bromopentacarbonylmanganese(I) Eric W. Ainscough, Andrew M. Brodie and Simon T. Wong, pp 915 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000915

Reactivity of main-group-transition-metal bonds. Part 8. The kinetics of mercuration of compounds containing Group 4B elements bonded to manganese, iron, and molybdenum: effects of structure on reactivity John R. Chipperfield, Andy C. Hayter and David E. Webster, pp 921 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000921

Transition-metal derivatives of arenediazonium ions. Part 8. The reactions of nitrosonium and arenediazonium ions with 2,2-bipyridyl and 1,10-phenanthroline derivatives of Group 6 metal carbonyls David Condon, Michael E. Deane, Fergus J. Lalor, Neil G. Connelly and Andrew C. Lewis, pp 925 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000925

Reduction-oxidation properties of organotransition-metal complexes. Part 5. The one-electron oxidation of tricarbonyl(-cyclopentadienyl)-manganese derivatives and the reactivity of the resulting radical cations Neil G. Connelly and Maureen D. Kitchen, pp 931 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000931

Crystal circular dichroism and spin-forbidden optical activity of tris-(diamine)cobalt(III) complexes Stephen F. Mason and Barry J. Peart, pp 937 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000937

Studies on transition-metal oxo- and nitrido-complexes. Part 3. Complexes of osmium tetraoxide with tertiary amines, and their reactions with alkenes Michael J. Cleare, Paul C. Hydes, William P. Griffith and Michael J. Wright, pp 941 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000941

Synthesis and crystal structure of caesium diaquatetrafluoromanganate(III) Peter Bukovec and Veneslav Kaui, pp 945 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000945

Far-infrared single-crystal study of potassium tetrabromoplatinate(II) David M. Adams and David J. Hills, pp 947 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000947

Role of alkali-metal cations on the kinetics of reaction between hexacyanoferrate(III) and sulphite ions Daram V. S. Jain and Fateh S. Nandel, pp 949 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000949

Bis-µ-[bis(diphenylphosphino)methane]-bis(halogenoplatinum)(Pt-Pt); dimeric complexes of platinum(I) containing a platinum-platinum bond Michael P. Brown, Richard J. Puddephatt, Mehdi Rashidi and Kenneth R. Seddon, pp 951 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000951

Kinetics and mechanism of the oxygen-transfer reaction between bis-(diethyldithiocarbamato)dioxomolybdenum(VI) and triphenylphosphine Ruth Durant, C. David Garner, Michael R. Hyde and Frank E. Mabbs, pp 955 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000955

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Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FX037

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FP037

Antimony-121 Mössbauer spectra of six-co-ordinate di- and tri-organoantimony(V) compounds Nuccio Bertazzi, Francesca Di Bianca, Terence C. Gibb, Norman N. Greenwood, Harry A. Meinema and Jan G. Noltes, pp 957 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000957

Crystal data and nuclear quadrupole resonance spectra of tetra-arsenic triselenide Timothy J. Bastow and Harold J. Whitfield, pp 959 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000959

Metallaborane chemistry. Part VII. The nido-carbaplatinanonaborane. Molecular and crystal structure of nido-3,8-dimethyl-2,2-bis(triethylphosphine)-3,8-dicarba-2-platinanonaborane(6) Alan J. Welch, pp 962 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000962

Trigonal-bipyramidal cobalt(II) complexes of difluorophenylphosphine: spectral, X-ray, and electron spin resonance studies Othmar Stelzer, William S. Sheldrick and Japyesan Subramanian, pp 966 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000966

The crystal structure of the 1 : 1 adduct of antimony trifluoride and antimony pentafluoride Ronald J. Gillespie, David R. Slim and John E. Vekris, pp 971 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000971

Crystal and molecular structures of dicarbonyldichlorobis(diphenylarsino)methanemolybdenum(II) and dicarbonyldichlorobis(diphenylphosphino)methanemolybdenum(II)-benzene (1/0.75) Michael G. B. Drew, Andrew P. Wolters and I. Barry Tomkins, pp 974 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000974

Fluoride crystal structures. Part 28. Bis(tetraethylammonium)µ-oxo-bis[pentafluorotantalate(V)] John C. Dewan, Anthony J. Edwards, Jean Y. Calves and Jacques E. Guerchais, pp 978 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000978

Fluoride crystal structures. Part 29. Tetraethylammonium tetrafluoro(2-methylpyridine N-oxide)peroxotantalate(V): an example of pentagonal bipyramidal seven-co-ordination John C. Dewan, Anthony J. Edwards, Jean Y. Calves and Jacques E. Guerchais, pp 981 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000981

Fluoride crystal structures. Part 30. 2,2-Bipyridylfluorodioxovanadium(V) Anthony J. Edwards, David R. Slim, Jacques E. Guerchais and Jean Sala-Pala, pp 984 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000984

Photochemistry of (-cyclopentadienyl)nitrosylnickel in frozen gas matrices at 20 K. Infrared spectroscopic evidence for mono- and di-carbonyl(-cyclopentadienyl)nickel in carbon monoxide matrices and for a species formed by photoionisation or photoelectron transfer in inert matrices Oliver Crichton and Antony J. Rest, pp 986 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000986

Kinetics of reduction of gold(III) by platinum(II) and iron(III) in aqueous chloride solutions Kandasamy G. Moodley and Michael J. Nicol, pp 993 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000993

The Mössbauer effect in tin(II) compounds. Part 14. Data for some chalcogenide halides John D. Donaldson, David R. Laughlin and Jack Silver, pp 996 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000996

Silylmethyl and related complexes. Part 4. Preparation, properties, and crystal and molecular structure of tetrakis[(trimethylsilylmethyl)-copper(I)], an alkyl-bridged, square-planar, tetranuclear copper(I) cluster John A. J. Jarvis, Ronald Pearce and Michael F. Lappert, pp 999 DOI:10.1039/DT9770000999

Crystal structure of µ-fluorosulphato-bis[fluoroxenon(II)] hexafluoroarsenate(V) Ronald J. Gillespie, Gary J. Schrobilgen and David R. Slim, pp 1003 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001003

Synthesis and some oxidative-addition reactions of bis(tricyclohexylphosphine)platinum Juan Fornies, Michael Green, John L. Spencer and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 1006 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001006

Reactions of low-valent metal complexes with fluorocarbons. Part 31. Bis(-cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)-platinum and -palladium, with fluoroolefins Michael Green, Antonio Laguna, John L. Spencer and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 1010 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001010

Crystal structure and absolute configuration of (+)-tris[(-)-1,2-diphenylethylenediamine]cobalt(III) nitrate monohydrate Reiko Kuroda and Stephen F. Mason, pp 1016 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001016

Hydrothermal chemistry of silicates. Part 21. Zeolites from reaction of lithium and caesium ions with tetramethylammonium aluminosilicate solutions Richard M. Barrer and Werner Sieber, pp 1020 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001020

Influence of N-alkyl substituents in a diamine chelate ring on the optical activity of the [CoIIIN6]chromophore John A. Hearson, Stephen F. Mason and Richard H. Seal, pp 1026 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001026

Non-empirical valence-electron calculations on ethylene complexes of silver(I) and palladium(0) John N. Murrel and Carole E. Scollary, pp 1034 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001034

Equilibria in complexes of N-heterocyclic molecules. Part 8. Reaction of tris(5-nitro-1,10-phenanthroline)ruthenium(II) cation with methoxide and ethoxide ions Robert D. Gillard, Leon A. P. Kane-Maguire and Peter A. Williams, pp 1039 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001039

Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of rotation about phosphorus-nitrogen bonds in dialkylaminocyclodiphosphazanes Gordon Bulloch, Rodney Keat and David G. Thompson, pp 1044 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001044

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Spectrophotometric studies of complex formation in solution between heptamolybdate(6-) and manganese(II), cobalt(II), or copper(II) ions Abdul Malik, Shabbir A. Zubairi and Anjum S. Khan, pp 1049 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001049

Crystal and molecular structure of di-µ-[4,6,6-trimethyl-3,7-diazanon-3-ene-1,9-diolato(1-)-ONN,µ-O]-dicopper(II) diperchlorate Neil F. Curtis, George R. Clark, Brian W. Skelton and T. Neil Waters, pp 1051 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001051

Aliphatic radicals as reducing agents of cobalt(III) and ruthenium(III) complexes: a pulse radiolytic study Haim Cohen and Dan Meyerstein, pp 1056 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001056

The chemistry of uranium. Part 18. Arsine oxide and phosphine oxide complexes of uranium tetrahalides Jan G. H. du Preez, Barry J. Gellatly and Marjorie L. Gibson, pp 1062 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001062

Ultraviolet photoelectron spectra of some transition-metal diethyldithiocarbamates Carla Cauletti and Claudio Furlani, pp 1068 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001068

Preparation and properties of the heptacyanomolybdate(II) anion and the crystal and molecular structures of its sodium and potassium salts Michael G. B. Drew, Philip C. H. Mitchell and Chirostopher F. Pygall, pp 1071 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001071

Reactions of metal carbonyl derivatives. Part 20. Synthesis, redox behaviour, and crystal and molecular structure of µ-ethylthio-bis-[dicarbonyl(-methylcyclopentadienyl)manganese](Mn-Mn) perchlorate: an unusual monothio-bridged derivative of manganese James C. T. R. Burckett-St. Laurent, Mino R. Caira, Robin B. English, Raymond J. Haines and Luigi R. Nassimbeni, pp 1077 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001077

Crystal and molecular structures of bisbenzoatobis(2-methylpyridine)nickel(II) and bisbenzoatobis(quinoline)nickel(II) Michael B. Hursthouse and Douglas B. New, pp 1082 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001082

Kinetics and mechanism of the osmium(VIII)-catalyzed oxidation of phosphite by hexacyanoferrate(III) ion in aqueous alkaline media Devendra Mohan and Yugul K. Gupta, pp 1085 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001085

Secondary bonding. Part 2. Crystal and molecular structures of diethyltin dichloride, dibromide, and di-iodide Nathaniel W. Alcock and Jeffery F. Sawyer, pp 1090 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001090

Single-crystal vibrational spectra of tetragonal and orthorhombic lead monoxide David M. Adams and David C. Stevens, pp 1096 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001096

Studies on transition-metal-peptide complexes. Part 1. Equilibrium and thermochemical study of the copper(II) complexes of glycylglycine, glycyl-DL--alanine, DL--alanylglycine, and DL--alanyl-DL--alanine Arthur Gergely and István Nagypál, pp 1104 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001104

Studies on transition-metal-peptide complexes. Part 2. Equilibrium study of the mixed complexes of copper(II) with aliphatic dipeptides and amino-acids István Nagypál and Arthur Gergely, pp 1109 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001109

Rhodium(III) complexes containing unidentate amines Steve P. Dagnall, Martin P. Hancock, Brian T. Heaton and D. Huw Vaughan, pp 1111 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001111

Photoinduced decomposition of sodium perchlorate and sodium chlorate when studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy Richard G. Copperthwaite and John Lloyd, pp 1117 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001117

Crystal structure of µ-pyrazine-bis(penta-ammineruthenium) penta-(bromide chloride)-water (1/4) James K. Beattie, Noel S. Hush, Peter R. Taylor, Colin L. Raston and Allan H. White, pp 1121 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001121

Electrophilic behaviour of co-ordinated nitrogen mono-oxide: preparation and reactions of halogenonitrosylbis[o-phenylenebis(dimethylarsine)]osmium complexes Frank Bottomley and Enos M. R. Kiremire, pp 1125 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001125

Bis(-cyclopentadienyl)-molybdenum and -tungsten chemistry: - and -allylic and metallacyclobutane derivatives Michael Ephritikhine, Brian R. Francis, Malcolm L. H. Green, Robert E. Mackenzie and Marin J. Smith, pp 1131 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001131

Distribution of fluorine in hydroxyapatite studied by infrared spectroscopy Friedemann Freund and Rolf M. Knobel, pp 1136 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001136

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Cationic and anionic bismuth(III) in chloro-thiourea complexes: crystal structure of [Bi(tu)6][Bi{(tu)1.5Cl1.5}Cl3]2(tu = thiourea) Luigi Pietro Battaglia, Anna Bonamartini Corradi, Giancarlo Pelizzi and Maria Eleonora Vidoni Tani, pp 1141 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001141

Vibrational spectroscopy of strontium uranate(VI) compounds G. C. Allen and A. J. Griffiths, pp 1144 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001144

Kinetics of the reaction of copper(II) with meso-5,7,7,12,14,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetra-azacyclotetradecane Robert W. Hay and Charles R. Clark, pp 1148 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001148

Tetrasulphur tetraimide complexes of silver(I) Syed Nurun Nabi, pp 1152 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001152

Crystal structure of (DL-methioninato)methylmercury(II) Yau-Shing Wong, Arthur J. Carty and P. Chung Chieh, pp 1157 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001157

Trigonal prismatic versus octahedral co-ordination. Part 2. X-Ray structure determinations of manganese(II), cobalt(II), and nickel(II) complexes of intermediate geometry derived from the ligand 1,1,1-tris-(pyridine-2-aldiminomethyl)ethane Peter B. Donaldson, Peter A. Tasker and Nathaniel W. Alcock, pp 1160 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001160

Low co-ordination numbers in lanthanoid and actinoid compounds. Part 2. Syntheses, properties, and crystal and molecular structures of triphenylphosphine oxide and peroxo-derivatives of [bis(trimethylsilyl)-amido]lanthanoids Donald C. Bradley, Joginder S. Ghotra, F. Alan Hart, Michael B. Hursthouse and Paul R. Raithby, pp 1166 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001166

Seven-co-ordination in metal complexes of quinquedentate macrocyclic ligands. Part 7. Synthesis and properties of some manganese(II), iron(III), iron(II), zinc(II), and cadmium(II) complexes of an N3O2 macrocycle and the crystal and molecular structure of {2,13-dimethyl-6,9-dioxa-3,12,18-triazabicyclo[12.3.1]octadeca-1(18),2,12,14,16-pentaene}di-isothiocyanatomanganese(II) Michael G. B. Drew, A. Hamid bin Othman, Stephen G. McFall, Paul D. A. Mcllroy and S. Martin Nelson, pp 1173 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001173

Crystal structure of a hexafluoropropene adduct of tricarbonyl(cyclohexa-1,3-diene)iron: 1,1,1,1-tetracarbonyl-2,3,3-trifluoro-3a,4,5,7a-tetrahydro-5-(1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoropropyl)-2-trifluoromethyl-1-ferraindane Richard Goddard and Peter Woodward, pp 1181 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001181

Stereochemisty of rigid chelate-metal complexes. Part 4. Crystal structures of tetra-aquabis(1,10-phenanthroline)strontium(II) perchlorate- and tetra-aquabis(1,10-phenanthroline)barium(II) perchlorate-1,10-phenanthroline(1/2) Graham Smith, Eric J. O'Reilly, Colin H. L. Kennard and Allan H. White, pp 1184 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001184

Single-crystal and molecular structure, and polarised single-crystal electronic-absorption and electronic spin resonance spectrum of trichloro-oxobis[tris(dimethylamino)phosphine oxide]molybdenum(V) C. David Garner, Peter Lambert, Frank E. Mabbs and Trevor J. King, pp 1191 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001191

Kinetics and mechanism of substitution reactions of trichloro-oxobis-[tris(dimethylamino)phosphine oxide]molybdenum(V) in dichloromethane solution C. David Garner, Michael R. Hyde, Frank E. Mabbs and Vincent I. Routledge, pp 1198 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001198

Crystal and molecular structure, electron spin resonance, and electronic spectrum of tetraphenylarsonium aquatetrachloro-oxomolybdate(V) C. David Garner, Lesley H. Hill, Frank E. Mabbs, Dennis L. McFadden and Andrew T. McPhail, pp 1202 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001202

Kinetics and mechanism of hydrolysis of cis-benzimidazolechlorobis(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III) and cis-benzimidazolebromobis(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III) cations Anadi C. Dash and Suresh K. Mohapatra, pp 1207 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001207

Reaction of some aliphatic and aromatic nitriles with tungsten(VI) chloride leading to the formation of tungsten-nitrogen multiply bonded compounds Gerald W. A. Fowles, David A. Rice and Kenneth J. Shanton, pp 1212 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001212

Reactions of complex compounds of cobalt. Part 10. Mixed complexes of cobalt(III) containing 3-azapentane-1,5-diamine and an amino-acid L. F. Vilas Boas, R. D. Gillard and P. R. Mitchell, pp 1215 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001215

Alkyl-exchange reactions and their catalysis in platinum(II) complexes Richard J. Puddephatt and Peter J. Thompson, pp 1219 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001219

Structure and stability of carboxylate complexes. Part 16. Stability constants of some mercury (II) carboxylates Francis J. C. Rossotti and Richard J. Whewell, pp 1223 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001223

Structure and stability of carboxylate complexes. Part 17. Stability constants of some mercury(I) carboxylates Francis J. C. Rossotti and Richard J. Whewell, pp 1229 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001229

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A study of the vapour phase of iodine trifluoride dioxide by mass spectrometry and electric deflection Michael J. Vasile, Warren E. Falconer, Frederick A. Stevie and Ian R. Beattie, pp 1233 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001233

Evidence of mixed-valency character in the X-ray photoelectron spectra of -diantimony tetraoxide and barium bismuth trioxide Anthony F. Orchard and Geoffrey Thornton, pp 1238 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001238

Optically active co-ordination compounds. Part 39. Resolutions and configurations of compounds containing the cis-bis(ethylenediamine)rhodium(III) moiety R. D. Gillard and Leigh R. H. Tipping, pp 1241 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001241

Structural and mechanistic studies of co-ordination compounds. Part 17. Preparation and acid hydrolysis of some cobalt(III) complexes containing the quadridentate macrocycle 2,7,12-trimethyl-3,7,11,17-tetra-azabicyclo[11.3.1] heptadeca-1 (17),2,11,13,15-pentaene: an extra-ordinary hydrolysis reaction Chung-Kwong Poon, Wan-Kei Wan and Sarah S. T. Liao, pp 1247 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001247

Reactions of co-ordinated ligands. Part 16. The oxidative-addition of hexafluorobut-2-yne and 3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-yne to tricarbonyl(1,3- diene)-iron and -ruthenium and tricarbonyl(diphenyl-o-styrylphosphine)-iron complexes: crystal and molecular structure of [Ru(CO)2{P(OCH2)3CMe}(C6H8)(C4F6)2] Martin Bottrill, Robert Davies, Richard Goddard, Michael Green, Russell P. Hughes, Brian Lewis and Peter Woodward, pp 1252 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001252

Transition-metal complexes of the macrocyclic ligand 5,7,12,14-tetra-methyl- 1,4,8,11-tetra-azacyclotetradeca-4,11-diene Robert W. Hay and Bakir Jeragh, pp 1261 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001261

Anaerobic photodecomposition of alkylaquocobaloximes in aqueous solution Bernard T. Golding, Terence J. Kemp, Philip J. Sellers and Enrico Nocchi, pp 1266 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001266

Carbene complexes. Part 9. Electron-rich olefin-derived carbene-molybdenum(0) and amidinium molybdate(0) complexes, and the crystal and molecular structure of cis-tetracarbonylbis(1,3-dimethylimidazolidin-2-ylidene)molybdenum(0), cis-[Mo(CO)4{CN(Me)CH2CH2NMe}2] Michael F. Lappert, Peter L. Pye and George M. McLaughlin, pp 1272 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001272

Carbene complexes. Part 10. Electron-rich olefin-based mono-, bis-, and tris-carbene-tungsten(0) complexes and some derived six and seven-co-ordinate mono- and bis-carbene-dihalogenotungsten(II) and related molybdenum(II) species Michael F. Lappert and Peter L. Pye, pp 1283 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001283

Complexes of platinum, palladium, and rhodium with tertiary phosphine carboxylic esters and carboxylic acids H. David Empsall, Eileen M. Hyde, David Pawson and Bernard L. Shaw, pp 1292 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001292

Electron-diffraction investigation of the molecular structure of methyl chlorosulphate István Hargittai, György Schultz and Mária Kolonits, pp 1299 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001299

Reaction mechanisms of metal-metal-bonded carbonyls. Part 15. Reactions of nonacarbonyl(triphenylphosphine)dimanganese and octacarbonylbis( triphenyiphosphine)dimanganese J. Paul Fawcett and Anthony Poë, pp 1302 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001302

Metal complexes of sulphur ligands. Part 14. Reaction of palladium(II) and platinum(II) dithioacid complexes with tertiary phosphinites, and the crystal and molecular structure of dimethylphosphinodithioato(diphenylphosphinito)(diphenylphosphinous acid)palladium(II) Margaret C. Cornock, Robert O. Gould, C. Lynn Jones and T. Anthony Stephenson, pp 1307 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001307

Paramagnetic transition-metal carbonyls and cyanides. Part 5. Electron spin resonance spectra of cations and anions derived from decacarbonyl-dimanganese and -dirhenium Stephen W. Bratt and Martyn C. R. Symons, pp 1314 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001314

Studies of chelation. Part 6. Reactions of ditertiary alkylphosphine complexes of Group 6 metal carbonyls with nitrosonium hexafluorophosphate. Preparation and reactions of hydrido-complexes of chromiurn(II) molybdenum(II), and tungsten(II) Joseph A. Connor, Paul I. Riley and Colin J. Rix, pp 1317 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001317

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Visible and ultraviolet spectra of tetraethylammonium tetrakis(-diketonato) cerate(III) and tetrakis(-diketonato)cerium(IV) complexes Mario Ciampolini, Fabrizio Mani and Nicoletta Nardi, pp 1325 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001325

1,1,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3-Decacarbonyl-1-(-cyclohexa-1,3-diene)-triangulo-triosmium: a novel intermediate in synthetic osmium cluster chemistry Eric G. Bryan, Brian F. G. Johnson and Jack Lewis, pp 1328 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001328

Lattice summation of multipole interaction energies in crystals. Calculation of the outer-sphere contribution to the crystal-field splitting in nickel(II) oxide Antony B. Blake, pp 1331 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001331

Structural studies in metal-purpurate complexes. Part 1. Crystal structures of potassium purpurate trihydrate and ammonium purpurate monohydrate (murexide) Raymond L. Martin, Allan H. White and Anthony C. Willis, pp 1336 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001336

Structural studies in metal-purpurate complexes. Part 2. Crystal structures of diaquabis(purpurato)-calcium and -cadmium dihydrate. Stereochemistry of the [M(tridentate ligand)2(unidentate ligand)2] complexes David L. Kepert, Allan H. White and Anthony C. Willis, pp 1342 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001342

Structural studies in metal-purpurate complexes. Part 3. Crystal structures of triaquapurpuratoiron(II) purpurate hexahydrate and tetraaquapurpuratomanganese(II) purpurate hexahydrate. Stereochemistry of the [M(tridentate ligand)(unidentate ligand)3] complexes Mark C. Favas, David L. Kepert, Allan H. White and Anthony C. Willis, pp 1350 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001350

Structural studies in metal-purpurate complexes. Part 4. The crystal structures of aquabis(purpurato)lead(II) and aquabis(purpurato)lead(II) trihydrate Allan H. White and Anthony C. Willis, pp 1362 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001362

Structural studies in metal-purpurate complexes. Part 5. Crystal structure of di-µ-aqua-tetrakis(purpurato)distrontium tridecahydrate Colin L. Raston, Allan H. White and Anthony C. Willis, pp 1368 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001368

Structural studies in metal-purpurate complexes. Part 6. Crystal structures of bis(purpurato)-copper(II) and -zinc(II) hydrates Allan H. White and Anthony C. Willis, pp 1372 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001372

Structural studies in metal-purpurate complexes. Part 7. Crystal structures of diaquanitratopurpurato-cobalt(II) and -zinc(II) dihydrat Allan H. White and Anthony C. Willis, pp 1377 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001377

Structural studies in metal-purpurate complexes. Part 8. Crystal structure of triaquapurpuratocalcium nitrate dihydrate Colin L. Raston, Allan H. White and Anthony C. Willis, pp 1381 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001381

Reactions of methylgold complexes with unsaturated reagents Antony Johnson and Richard J. Puddephatt, pp 1384 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001384

Unstable intermediates. Part 174. Electron spin resonance spectrum of tetraoxodinitrate(1-) formed by radiolysis of dinitrogen tetraoxide D. Robert Brown and Martyn C. R. Symons, pp 1389 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001389

Reaction mechanisms of metal-metal-bonded carbonyls. Part 16. Reversible fragmentation of cyclo-tris[tricarbonyl(triphenylphosphine)-ruthenium](3 Ru-Ru) David P. Keeton, Sher K. Malik and Anthony Poë, pp 1392 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001392

Mixed-ligand complexes of palladium(II). Part 2. Diaqua(ethylenediamine) palladium(II) complexes of L-asparagine and L-glutamine Meng-Chay Lim, pp 1398 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001398

Effect of solvent medium on the photoreduction of cobalt(III) complexes Paramasivan Natarajan, pp 1400 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001400

Kinetics of the monosubstitution of chloride by thiocyanate, bromide, and iodide in tetrachloroaurate(III) ions in aqueous solution: the spectroscopic detection of reaction intermediates, and catalysis by chloride ions Alan J. Hall and Derek P. N. Satchel, pp 1403 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001403

Adducts of phosphorus(V) chloride with pyridine bases Keith B. Dillon, Roger N. Reeve and Thomas C. Waddington, pp 1410 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001410

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Structure and fluxional behaviour of µ-diphenylacetylene-closo-tetrakis(tricarbonylruthenium)(4 Ru-Ru) Brian F. G. Johnson, Jack Lewis, Bernhard E. Reichert, Karl T. Schorpp and George M. Sheldrick, pp 1417 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001417

Synthesis, magnetic properties, and Mössbauer spectra of polynuclear iron carboxylates Janet Catterick, Peter Thornton and Brian W. Fitzsimmons, pp 1420 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001420

Studies in Mössbauer spectroscopy. Part 9. Gold-197 spectra of gold(I) compounds Charles A. McAuliffe, R. V. (Dick) Parish and P. David Randall, pp 1426 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001426

Structure and bonding in gold(I) compounds. Part 1. The trans influence in linear complexes Peter G. Jones and Alan F. Williams, pp 1430 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001430

Structure and bonding in gold(I) compounds. Part 2. Mössbauer spectrum of linear gold(I) complexes Peter G. Jones, Alfred G. Maddock, Martin J. Mays, Mariel M. Muir and Alan F. Williams, pp 1434 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001434

Structure and bonding in gold(I) compounds. Part 3. Mössbauer spectra of three-co-ordinate complexes Geoffrey C. H. Jones, Peter G. Jones, Alfred G. Maddock, Martin J. Mays, Pauline A. Vergnano and Alan F. Williams, pp 1440 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001440

Preparation of hydroxo- and cyano-complexes of platinum(II) by the use of (crown ether)potassium hydroxide and cyanide Martin E. Fakley and Alan Pidcock, pp 1444 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001444

An investigation by nuclear magnetic resonance of the effects of the pentafluorophenyl group on the rotation of the triethylphosphine ligands in some platinum(IV) complexes Christopher Crocker, Robin J. Goodfellow, José Gimeno and Rafael Usón, pp 1448 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001448

Exchange interaction in polynuclear complexes. Part 3. Experimental study and theoretical interpretation of the antiferromagnetic coupling in di-µ-oxo-octaoxodichromate(III); comparison with tri-µ-chloro-hexachlorodichromate(III) Olivier Kahn, Bernard Briat and Jean Galy, pp 1453 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001453

Crystal and molecular structure of chloro(triphenyl phosphite)gold(I) Peter B. Hitchcock and Peter L. Pye, pp 1457 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001457

Volumes of activation for dissociative (D) mechanisms: the substitution of pentacyanoferrate(II) complexes by various nucleophiles Terry R. Sullivan, Donald R. Stranks, John Burgess and Robert I. Haines, pp 1460 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001460

Electronic and steric effects on the rate of oxidative addition of methyl iodide to diaryl(2,2-bipyridyl)platinum(II) complexes Jáafar K. Jawad and Richard J. Puddephatt, pp 1466 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001466

Preparation of antimony(V) trichloride difluoride and its characterization by means of X-ray crystallography, antimony-121 Mössbauer, and Raman spectroscopy Jack G. Ballard, Thomas Birchall and David R. Slim, pp 1469 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001469

Kinetic and equilibrium studies on copper(II) complexes of a 9-membered macrocyclic triamine, 1,4,7-triazacyclononane, and a 14-membered macrocyclic tetra-amine, 1,4,8,11-tetra-azacyclotetradecane Mutsuo Kodama and Eiichi Kimura, pp 1473 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001473

An electron spin resonance study of the oxygenation of a quadridentate thiosalicylideneimine cobalt(II) chelate Michael F. Corrigan, Keith S. Murray, Bruce O. West, Peter R. Hicks and John R. Pilbrow, pp 1478 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001478

Vibrational spectra of matrix-isolated rhenium trifluoride dioxide and rhenium fluoride trioxide: the molecular shape of ReF3O2 Ian R. Beattie, Richard A. Crocombe and J. Steven Ogden, pp 1481 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001481

Spectroscopic properties of compounds with Group 4B-transition-metal bonds. Part 2. Pentacarbonylrhenium and tetracarbonylcobalt complexes Richard A. Burnham and Stephen R. Stobart, pp 1489 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001489

Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of 4,4-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,2- oxaphosphetans; through-space coupling as a guide to ground-state structures of cyclic phosphoranes James Andrew Gibson, Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler and Victor Wray, pp 1492 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001492

Kinetics of the oxidation of hydrogen peroxide by the tris(2,2-bipyridine)nickel(III) ion in aqueous perchlorate media: comparison with oxidation by aqua-cations Cecil F. Wells and David Fox, pp 1498 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001498

Kinetics of the oxidation of bromide ions by tris(2,2-bipyridine)nickel(III) ions in aqueous perchlorate media: comparison with oxidation by aqua-cations Cecil F. Wells and David Fox, pp 1502 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001502

Chlorine-35 nuclear quadrupole resonance studies of some chlorine-containing phosphorus-nitrogen compounds William H. Dalgleish, Rodney Keat, Andrew L. Porte and Robert A. Shaw, pp 1505 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001505

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Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FX061

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Synthesis and crystal and molecular structure of tris-µ-(t-butyl isocyanide)-tris(t-butyl isocyanide)-triangulo-triplatinum Michael Green, Judith A. K. Howard, Martin Murray, John L. Spencer and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 1509 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001509

Reactions of low-valent metal complexes with fluorocarbons. Part 32. Tris-µ-(t-butyl isocyanide)-tris(t-butyl isocyanide)-triangulo-triplatinum Juan Forniés, Michael Green, Antonio Laguna, Martin Murray, John L. Spencer and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 1515 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001515

Hydrosilylation of olefins catalysed by trans-di-µ-hydrido-bis(tricyclohexylphosphine)bis(silyl)diplatinum complexes Michael Green, John L. Spencer, F. Gordon A. Stone and Constantinos A. Tsipis, pp 1519 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001519

Hydrosilylation of alkynes catalysed by trans- di-µ-hydrido-bis(tertiary phosphine)bis(silyl)diplatinum complexes Michael Green, John L. Spencer, F. Gordon A. Stone and Constantinos A. Tsipis, pp 1525 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001525

Vibrational spectroscopy at very high pressures. Part 15. Raman and infrared study of mercury(II) chloride David M. Adams and Roger Appleby, pp 1530 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001530

Vibrational spectroscopy at very high pressures. Part 16. A Raman and infrared study of mercury(II) bromide David M. Adams and Roger Appleby, pp 1535 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001535

Bromyl fluoride and bromosyl trifluoride: preparation and chemical and spectroscopic properties Ronald J. Gillespie and Paul H. Spekkens, pp 1539 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001539

The reactions of chlorohydrido- and dichloro-tris(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II) with alkali hydroxides and alkoxides. Hydridohydroxobis(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II) monosolvates, their reactions and related compounds Bruno N. Chaudret, David J. Cole-Hamilton, Ronald S. Nohr and Geoffrey Wilkinson, pp 1546 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001546

Enamine chemistry. Part 23. Synthesis, spectral properties, and relative stabilities of cyclic dienamine complexes of tricarbonyliron Md. Giasuddin Ahmed, Peter W. Hickmott and Michael Cais, pp 1557 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001557

Single-crystal vibrational spectrum of topaz and some comments on spodumene David M. Adams and David J. Hills, pp 1562 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001562

On the anomalous magnetic properties of tris(diselenocarbamato)iron(III) compounds Domenico De Filippo, Paola Depalano, Angelo Diaz, Sergio Steffé and Emanuele F. Trogu, pp 1566 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001566

Magnetic double-resonance measurements of rhodium, phosphorus, fluorine, and proton nuclear magnetic resonance parameters in some rhodium(I) and rhodium(III) compounds Eileen M. Hyde, John D. Kennedy, Bernard L. Shaw and William McFarlane, pp 1571 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001571

Structures of square-pyramidal acyl and octahedral alkyl intermediates in the decarbonylation of acid halides by chlorotris(triphenylphosphine)rhodium(I) Deborah L. Egglestone, Michael C. Baird, Colin J. L. Lock and Graham Turner, pp 1576 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001576

Molecular structure of tris(trifluoromethylthio)amine by gas-phase electron diffraction and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Colin J. Marsden and Lawrence S. Bartell, pp 1582 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001582

Binding of cis-dichlorobis(1-methylimidazole-2-thiol)-palladium(II) and -platinum(II) to nucleosides: synthesis and hydrogen-1 and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance studies Jean Dehand and Jeanne Jordanov, pp 1588 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001588

Unsaturated -hydrocarbyl transition-metal complexes. Part 3. Crystal and molecular structure of trans-chlorobis(diethylphenylphosphine)(vinyl)platinum(II) Christine J. Cardin and Kenneth W. Muir, pp 1593 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001593

Complexes of nickel(II) with 2,2-bis(dimethylarsino)biphenyl. Four-, five-, and six-co-ordinate systems David W. Allen, Donald F. Ashford, David Hogarth and Frederick G. Mann, pp 1597 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001597

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Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FX065

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FP065

Infrared investigation on aromatic and aliphatic dithio-acids as ligands. Part 2. The infrared spectra of bis(trithioperoxybenzoato)-zinc(II)(polarised) and -nickel(II) Maurizio Maltese and Giancarlo Zennaro, pp 1601 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001601

Synthesis and structural characterization of L-histidinato-D-penicillaminatochromium(III) monohydrate Patrice de Meester and Derek J. Hodgson, pp 1604 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001604

Dehydration of potassium tetrachlorocuprate(II) dihydrate Thomas J. Nolan, Harold Haralson, James L. McAdams and Norman Fogel, pp 1608 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001608

Principal crystal and molecular paramagnetic susceptibilities of bis(5-chloro-N--diethylaminoethylsalicylideneiminato)nickel(II) Denis A. Cruse and Malcolm Gerloch, pp 1613 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001613

Angular-overlap parameters for tetrahalogeno-complexes of copper(II)and cobalt(II) Denis A. Cruse and Malcolm Gerloch, pp 1617 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001617

Single-crystal paramagnetic susceptibilities of dichlorobis(semicarbazide)copper(II) and bis(3-azapentane-1,5-diamine)copper(II) Malcolm Gerloch and Irène Morgenstern-Badarau, pp 1619 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001619

Crystal and molecular structure of tricarbonyl(2-methylindolyl)manganese John A. D. Jeffreys and (Mrs.) Champa Metters, pp 1624 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001624

Polymorphism in uranyl chelate complexes. Part 1. Differential scanning calorimetry, infrared spectra, and X-ray patterns of bis(1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoropentane-2,4-dionato)dioxo(trimethyl phosphate)uranium(VI) John H. Levy and A. Bruce Waugh, pp 1628 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001628

Polymorphism in uranyl chelate complexes. Part 2. The crystal and molecular structure of the alpha form of bis(1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoropentane-2,4-dionato)dioxo(trimethyl phosphate)uranium(VI) John C. Taylor and A. Bruce Waugh, pp 1630 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001630

Polymorphism in uranyl chelates. Part 3. The crystal and molecular structure of the form of bis(1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoropentane-2,4-dionato)dioxo(trimethyl phosphate)uranium(VI) John C. Taylor and A. Bruce Waugh, pp 1636 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001636

Crown ether size effects, effective matrix isolation of metal halide, ligand conformation, and halogen bridging in cadmium halide-polyether adducts. A nuclear quadrupole resonance, infrared, and Raman study Gary Wulfsberg and Alarich Weiss, pp 1640 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001640

The chemistry of trioxodinitrates. Part 2. The effect of added nitrite on the stability of sodium trioxodinitrate in aqueous solution Martin N. Hughes and Peter E. Wimbledon, pp 1650 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001650

Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl-rhodium and -iridium complexes. Part XII. Tris(solvent) complexes and complexes of 6-benzene, -naphthalene, -phenanthrene, -indene, -indole, and -fluorene and 5-lndenyl and -indolyl Colin White, Stephen J. Thompson and Peter M. Maitlis, pp 1654 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001654

Structural and magnetic properties of di-µ-hydroxo-bis[bis(ethylenediamine)chromium(III)] dithionate Susan J. Cline, Raymond P. Scaringe, William E. Hatfield and Derek J. Hodgson, pp 1662 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001662

Crystal and molecular structure of bis(tetraethylammonium) 1,2;2,3;3,1-tri-µ-hydrido-µ3,-oxo-1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3-enneacarbonyl-triangulo-trirhenate(2-) Gianfranco Ciani, Angelo Sironi and Vincenzo G. Albano, pp 1667 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001667

Studies in Mössbauer spectroscopy. Part 10. Tin-119 spectra of compounds containing tin-cobalt bonds, and comments on the choice of partial-quadrupole-splitting values Charles A. McAuliffe, Ian E. Niven and R. V. (Dick) Parish, pp 1670 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001670

Studies of phosphorus-phosphorus nuclear-spin coupling in species with phosphorus-nitrogen bonds Ian J. Colquhoun and William McFarlane, pp 1674 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001674

Metal complexes of uracil and thymine Margaret Goodgame and Keith W. Johns, pp 1680 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001680

Effects of some neutral ligands on the co-ordination of the thiocyanate ion in some anionic platinum(II) complexes Stephen J. Anderson and Robin J. Goodfellow, pp 1683 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001683

Heteronuclear INDOR spectra of some tetrakis(fluorophosphine)-nickel(0) and -platinum(0) complexes having the [AX]4(Td) spin system Christopher Crocker and Robin J. Goodfellow, pp 1687 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001687

A Mössbauer study of rare-earth metal pyrochlores A2FeSbO7(A = Lu, Er, Tb, or Sm) using the 37.2-keV -ray of antimony-121 Timothy J. Snee, Roy E. Meads and Frank W. D. Woodhams, pp 1689 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001689

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Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FX069

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FP069

Some studies of -cycloheptatrienylmolybdenum compounds Edward F. Ashworth, Jennifer C. Green, Malcolm L. H. Green, John Knight, Richard B. A. Pardy and Nicholas J. Wainwright, pp 1693 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001693

Characterization of inner- and outer-sphere complexes by thermodynamics and absorption spectra. Part 1. Sulphato-complexes of the first-row transition elements Kenneth G. Ashurst and Robert D. Hancock, pp 1701 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001701

Enthalpies of formation of alkali-metal hexabromo-zirconate, -hafnate, and -stannate Ramesh Makhija and Alan D. Wastland, pp 1707 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001707

Diazobutanol complexes of molybdenum and tungsten from the reaction of bis[1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane]bis(dinitrogen)molybdenum or -tungsten with tetrahydrofuran in the presence of alkyl bromides Peter C. Bevan, Joseph Chatt, Alex A. Diamantis, Robert A. Head, Graham A. Heath and G. Jeffery Leigh, pp 1711 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001711

The reactions of tetrahydridotetrakis(methyldiphenylphosphine)-molybdenum(IV) and -tungsten(IV) with acids Ernesto Carmona-Guzman and Geoffrey Wilkinson, pp 1716 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001716

An investigation of some potential uses of the gadolinium(III) ion as a structural probe Elizabeth C.N.F. Geraldes and Robert J. P. Williams, pp 1721 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001721

Crystal structure of, and solution adduct equilibria involving, tetraphenylarsonium tetrachloro-oxochromate(V) Brendan Gahan, David C. Garner, Lesley H. Hill, Frank E. Mabbs, Karl D. Hargrave and Andrew T. McPhail, pp 1726 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001726

Steric factors in nitrite co-ordination. Part 1. Crystal structure of bis(NN-diethylethylenediamine)(nitrito-OO)nickel(II) tetrafluoroborate Roshun Birdy, David M. L. Goodgame, James C. McConway and Donald Rogers, pp 1730 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001730

Ionisation of aluminium halides in alkyl halides David W. Grattan and Peter H. Plesch, pp 1734 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001734

Crystal structure of dodecacarbonyldi-iodotriosmium Neil Cook, Lesley Smart and Peter Woodward, pp 1744 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001744

Hindered rotation about the metal-nitrogen bond in trans-dichlorodihydrazonepalladium(II) complexes and X-ray crystal structure of trans-bis(acetone methylphenylhydrazone)dichloropalladium(II) Giovanni Natile, Francesco Gasparrini, Domenico Misiti and Giovanni Perego, pp 1747 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001747

A determination by electron diffraction of the molecular structure of difluoro(phenyl)phosphine in the gas phase Andrew W. Burt, David W. H. Rankin and Othmar Stelzer, pp 1752 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001752

Cycloheptatrienylmolybdenum complexes. Part 2. Synthesis of cationic acetylacetonate derivatives [ Mo(acac)L(7-C7H7)]+(L = H2O, PEt3, PMe2Ph, PMePh2, P(OMe)3, AsMe2Ph, or py); molecular and crystal structure of [Mo(acac)(H2O)(7-C7H7)][BF4] Michael Green, Howard P. Kirsch, F. Gordon A. Stone and Alan J. Welch, pp 1755 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001755

The chemistry of molybdenum and tungsten. Part 7. Oxomolybdenum(V) and oxotungsten(V) complexes of neutral aromatic Schiff-base ligands Charles A. McAuliffe, Francis P. McCullough, Maxwell J. Parrott, C. Arlyn Rice, Barry J. Sayle and William Levason, pp 1762 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001762

The influence of co-ordination number on copper(I)-(II) redox interconversions. Part 1. Reduction of five-co-ordinate (±)-5,5,7,12,12,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetra-azacyclotetradecanecopper(II) complexes, [CuII(tet-b)X]+(X-= Cl-, Br-, or thiourea), with Cr2+, V2+, and [Ru(NH3)6]2+ Najat Al-Shatti, Michael G. Segal and A. Geoffrey Sykes, pp 1766 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001766

Alkali-metal salt adducts of nickel(II) complexes of quadridentate Schiff-base ligands. The X-ray structure of NN-ethylenebis(acetylacetoneiminato) nickei(II) Lyndon G. Armstrong, Hyacinth C. Lip, Leonard F. Lindoy, Mary McPartlin and Peter A. Tasker, pp 1771 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001771

Solubilities of caesium hexachlororhenate(IV), hexabromorhenate(IV), and tetraoxorhenate(VII) in alcohol-water mixtures, and their relation to cosolvent characteristic volume John Burgess, Neíl Morton and John C. McGowan, pp 1775 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001775

Reactions of low-valent metal complexes with fluorocarbons. Part 33. Bis(cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)platinum with hexafluorobut-2-yne; crystal and molecular structures of bis(cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)tetrakis(hexafluorobut-2-yne)triplatinum and bis(cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)bis(hexafluorobut-2-yne)diplatinum Lesley E. Smart, Jane Browning, Michael Green, Antonio Laguna, John L. Spencer, F. Gordon and A. Stone, pp 1777 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001777

nido-Pentaboranyl complexes of cadmium Norman N. Greenwood and John Staves, pp 1786 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001786

Complexes of (diphosphine)halogenonickel(II) with the anions of pentaborane(9) and 1-bromopentaborane(9) Norman N. Greenwood and John Staves, pp 1788 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001788

Equilibria in complexes of N-heterocyclic molecules. Part 13. The racemization and dissociation of some tris(1,10-phenanthroline) and tris(2,2-bipyridyl) complexes of iron-(II) and -(III) Robert D. Gillard, Leon A. P. Kane-Maguire and Pater A. Williams, pp 1792 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001792

Electrochemical behaviour of organonitrile dinitrogen complexes of molybdenum(0) and tungsten(0) and the anchoring of a dinitrogen complex to an electrode surface G. Jeffery Leigh and Christopher J. Pickett, pp 1797 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001797

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X-Ray crystallographic and spectroscopic studies of the binding of methylmercury by the sulphur amino-acid DL-penicillamine: models for methylmercury poisoning of proteins Yau Shing Wong, Arthur J. Carty and Chung Chieh, pp 1801 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001801

Cationic ruthenium(II) systems. Part 1. The preparation and reactivity of diene(hydrazine)ruthenium(II) cations, and the formation of aminobonded hydrazone complexes Terence V. Ashworth, Eric Singleton and Johannes J. Hough, pp 1809 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001809

Cationic ruthenium systems. Part 2. Synthesis, characterization, and X-ray structure of hydridopentakis(dimethylphenylphosphine)-ruthenium(II) hexafluorophosphate: a discussion of the effects of steric strains on the reactivity of the complex Terence V. Ashworth, Magriet J. Nolte, Eric Singleton and Michael Laing, pp 1816 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001816

Potentiometric and spectroscopic study of the equilibria in the aqueous copper(II)-3,6-diazaoctane-1,8-diamine system and an equilibrium-di-alysis examination of the ternary system of human serum albumin-copper(II)-3,6-diazaoctane-1,8-diamine Stuart H. Laurie and Bibudhendra Sarkar, pp 1822 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001822

Side-on bonded dinitrogen and dioxygen complexes of rhodium(I). Synthesis and crystal structures of trans-chloro(dinitrogen)-, chloro-(dioxygen)-, and chloro(ethylene)-bis(tri-isopropylphosphine)rhodium(I) Carlo Busetto, Alfonso D'Alfonso, Frederico Maspero, Giovanni Perego and Alessandro Zazzetta, pp 1828 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001828

Linear and planar defects in wollastonite J. Morales Palomino, David A. Jefferson, John L. Hutchison and John M. Thomas, pp 1834 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001834

Preparation and molecular structure of trans-chlorobis(pentane-2,4-dionato)(triphenylphosphine)technetium(III) Giuliano Bandoli, Dore A. Clemente and Ulderico Mazzi, pp 1837 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001837

Structural studies of steric effects in phosphine complexes. The crystal and molecular structure of dithiocyanato(tricyclohexylphosphine)mercury(II) Elmer C. Alyea, George Ferguson and Roderic J. Restivo, pp 1845 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001845

Peroxidase activities of ferrihaems: kinetics of the oxidation of iodide by peroxidatically active compounds formed by reaction of deuteroferrihaem with hydrogen peroxide, t-butyl hydroperoxide, and peroxybenzoic acids Peter Jones and David Mantle, pp 1849 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001849

Conversion of dinitrogen in its molybdenum and tungsten complexes into ammonia and possible relevance to the nitrogenase reaction Joseph Chatt, Alan J. Pearman and Raymond L. Richards, pp 1852 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001852

Preparation and properties of alkali-metal hexafluoromolybdates(IV) Anthony J. Edwards and Brian R. Steventon, pp 1860 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001860

Pyrolysis of trimethylborane. Part 2. Formation of carbaboranes and other boron-containing compounds Michael P. Brown, A. Kenneth Holliday, G. Martin Way, R. Brian Whittle and Colin M. Woodard, pp 1862 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001862

Metal-ion-promoted hydrolysis of methyl 8-hydroxyquinoline-2-carboxylate Robert W. Hay and Charles R. Clark, pp 1866 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001866

Electronic and circular dichroism spectra of gold(I) complexes having sulphur- and phosphorus-containing ligands Donald H. Brown, Gordon McKinlay and W. Ewen Smith, pp 1874 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001874

Ion-exchange mechanism of some bivalent transition-metal ions on half-converted sodium and lithium forms of crystalline zirconium phosphate Sergio Allulli, Carla Ferragina, Aldo La Ginestra, Maria A. Massucci and Norberto Tomassini, pp 1879 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001879

A Raman spectroscopic study of the mono- and di-protonated ethylenediaminetetra-acetate ions Robert H. Nuttall and David M. Stalker, pp 1884 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001884

Electrochemical reduction of dicyanobis(tertiary phosphine)nickel(II) complexes Gino Bontempelli, Benedetto Corain and Luciano De Nardo, pp 1887 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001887

Reductive elimination of biaryl from diarylbis(phosphine)platinum(II) complexes in solution: kinetics and mechanism Paul S. Braterman, Ronald J. Cross and G. Brent Young, pp 1892 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001892

Reactions of bis(-cyclopentadienyl)nickel with some pyrazoles. Unusual temperature dependence of the hydrogen-1 nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of the cyclopentadienyl group Antony B. Blake, David F. Ewing, John E. Hamlin and Joy M. Lockyer, pp 1897 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001897

Studies in Mössbauer spectroscopy. Part 11. Antimony-121 spectra of some complexes of palladium(II) and platinum(II) with tertiary stibines Charles A. McAuliffe, Ian E. Niven and R. V. (Dick) Parish, pp 1901 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001901

-Bonded ketone complexes of platinum(0). The preparation of complexes of chloropentafluoropropan-2-one and 1,3-dichlorotetrafluoropropan-2-one and the kinetics of isomerisation of [Pt(-Cf3COCF2Cl)(PPh3)2] to cis-[PtCl(CF2COCF3)(PPh3)2] John Burgess, John G. Chambers, David A. Clarke and Raymond D. W. Kemmitt, pp 1906 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001906

Evidence for an orbitally degenerate ground state in hexa-ammine-cobalt(III) hexacyanoferrate(III) from Mössbauer spectroscopy Terence C. Gibb, pp 1910 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001910

Infrared and Raman spectra of di-µ-halogeno-bis[dihalogenocadmate(II)] anions Peter L. Goggin, Robin J. Goodfellow and Katerina Kessler, pp 1914 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001914

Complex formation and stereoselectivity in the ternary systems copper(II)-D/L-histidine-L-amino-acids Glen Brookes and Leslie D. Pettit, pp 1918 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001918

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Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FX073

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97700FP073

Preparation and properties of difluoro(isoselenocyanato)phosphine: low-frequency vibrations of difluorophosphine pseudohalides Stephen Cradock, E. A. V. Ebsworth, Mary L. McConhell, David W. H. Rankin and Michael R. Todd, pp 1925 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001925

Preparation and infrared spectra of hexamethylenetetramine-di-iodine (1/1, 1/2, and 1/3) Graham A. Bowmaker and R. James Knappstein, pp 1928 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001928

Structural and mechanistic studies of co-ordination compounds. Part 18. Preparation and hydrolysis of trans-bromo- and chloro-cyano-(5,5,7,12,12,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetra-azacyclotetradeca-7,14-diene)cobalt(III) cations Chung-Kwong Poon, Chung-Lai Wong and Pak-Wing Mak, pp 1931 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001931

Co-ordinative interactions between tin(II) and tin(IV) and tin(II) and arsenic(III) in di-µ-nitrato-bis[(triphenylarsine)(triphenylstannio)tin(II)] Corrado Pelizzi, Giancarlo Pelizzi and Pieralberto Tarasconi, pp 1935 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001935

Kinetics of dissolution of -uranium trioxide in acid and carbonate solutions Peter D. Scott, David Glasser and Michael J. Nicol, pp 1939 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001939

Carbon monoxide insertion into zirconium- and hafnium-carbon -bonds: synthesis, and structural and thermodynamic data for alkyl- and aryl--acylbis(-cyclopentadienyl)derivatives of zirconium(IV) and hafnium(IV) Giuseppe Fachinetti, Giovanni Fochi and Carlo Floriani, pp 1946 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001946

Transition-metal complexes of the macrocyclic ligand 5,6,12,13-tetramethyl-1,4,8,11-tetra-azacyclotetradeca-4,11-diene Robert W. Hay, Dharam P. Piplani and Bakir Jeragh, pp 1951 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001951

Transition-metal complexes of the macrocyclic ligand C-meso-5,12-dimethyl-1,4,8,11-tetra-azacyclotetradecane Robert W. Hay and Dharam P. Piplani, pp 1956 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001956

Carbon-13 longitudinal relaxation times of acetate ion in the presence of metal-substituted bovine carbonic anhydrases Ivano Bertini, Claudio Luchinat and Andrea Scozzafava, pp 1962 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001962

Fluoride crystal structures. Part 31. Ammonium fluoro-oxoperoxo-(pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylato)molybdate(VI) Anthony J. Edwards, David R. Slim, Jacques E. Guerchais and René Kergoat, pp 1966 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001966

Fluoride crystal structures. Part 32. Triantimony nonachloride tetrafluoride oxide Anthony J. Edwards and Gordon R. Jones, pp 1968 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001968

Diphosphine complexes of iridium(I), palladium(II), and platinum(II) Alan R. Sanger, pp 1971 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001971

Sulphur-nitrogen compounds. Part 2. Reactions of (arylsulphonyl)hydroxylamines with nitrosyl chloride, nitrogen monoxide, and chlorine, and some related reactions John D. Birchall and Christopher Glidewell, pp 1976 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001976

Studies of phosphazenes. Part 4. Reactions of octachlorocyclotetraphosphazatetraene with t-butylamine S. S. Krishnamurthy, Arjun C. Sau, A. R. Vasudeva Murthy, Rodney Keat, Robert A. Shaw and Michael Woods, pp 1980 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001980

Synthesis of alkoxotellurium(VI) fluorides George W. Fraser and Gordon D. Meikle, pp 1985 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001985

Novel mechanisms in the activation of L-alanine by copper(II) R. D. Gillard, P. O'Brien, P. R. Norman and D. A. Phipps, pp 1988 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001988

The very rapid zinc(II)- and copper(II)-promoted hydrolysis of 8-acetoxyquinoline-2-carboxylic acid. A model for the rate of catalysis by carboxypeptidase A Robert W. Hay and Charles R. Clark, pp 1993 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001993

Preparation and chemical and spectroscopic properties of bis(difluorophosphino) selenide David E. J. Arnold, Ernest R. Cromie and David W. H. Rankin, pp 1999 DOI:10.1039/DT9770001999

Subvalent Group 4B metal alkyls and amides. Part 5. The synthesis and physical properties of thermally stable amides of germanium(II), tin(II), and lead(II) Michael J. S. Gynane, David H. Harris, Michael F. Lappert, Philip P. Power, Pierre Rivière and Monique Rivière-Baudet, pp 2004 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002004

Subvalent Group 4B metal alkyls and amides. Part 6. Oxidative addition of an alkyl or aryl halide to bis[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]tin(II); hydrogen-1 nuclear magnetic resonance data on the tin(IV) adducts and a single-crystal X-ray study of tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]chlorotin(IV) Michael J. S. Gynane, Michael F. Lappert, Stuart J. Miles, Arthur J. Carty and Nicholas J. Taylor, pp 2009 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002009

Insertion of lsocyanides into niobium- and tantalum-halogen bonds Mahbobeh Behnam-Dahkordy, Bruno Crociani and Raymond L. Richards, pp 2015 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002015

Redox extractions from molten alkali-metal cyanides. Part 1. Mechanism for extractions with liquid zinc alloys Johannes G. V. Lessing, Karel F. Fouché and Thomas T. Retief, pp 2020 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002020

Redox extractions from molten alkali-metal cyanides. Part 2. Mechanism for extractions with liquid tin alloys Johannes G. V. Lessing, Karel F. Fouché and Thomas T. Retief, pp 2024 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002024

Hydrogenation by cyanocobaltate. Part 5. Pseudo-contact shift by ion association between organocyanocobaltates(III) and tris(ethylenediamine)cobalt(II) ion in the catalytic system of tricyano(ethylenediamine)cobaltate(II) Takuzo Funabiki, Nobuji Kishimoto, Satohiro Yoshida and Kimio Tarama, pp 2030 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002030

Complexes of 4,4-bipyridine with some iron(III) salts Pazhayirayyathu G. David, pp 2035 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002035

Platinum-phosphorus bond lengths and nuclear magnetic resonance coupling constants in complexes of tri(n-alkyl)- and tricyclohexylphosphines. Crystal and molecular structure of trans-di-iodobis(trimethylphosphine)platinum(II) Peter B. Hitchcock, Barbara Jacobson and Alan Pidcock, pp 2038 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002038

cis- and trans-Influences in platinum(II) complexes. X-Ray crystal-structure analysis of cis-dichloro(triethylphosphine)(trifluorophosphine)platinum(II) Peter B. Hitchcock, Barbara Jacobson and Alan Pidcock, pp 2043 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002043

Reactions of tin(II) halides with tellurium(IV) halides: a new route to subhalides of tellurium Rüdiger Kniep and Detlef Katryniok, pp 2048 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002048

Electron spin resonance spectroscopy of some dianiono(1,4,8,11-tetra-azacyclotetradecane)-iron(III) and -nickel(III) salts Alessandro Desideri and J. Barrie Raynor, pp 2051 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002051

The co-ordination chemistry of molybdenum and tungsten. Part 9. Oxomolybdenum-(IV) and -(V) complexes of methyl-substituted bidentate Group 5B ligands Charles A. McAuliffe, Barry J. Sayle and William Levason, pp 2055 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002055

Chemical vapour deposition of transition-metal silicides by pyrolysis of silyl transition-metal carbonyl compounds Bernard J. Aylett and Howard M. Colquhoun, pp 2058 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002058

Vibrational and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies on some carbonyl complexes of gold, palladium, platinum, rhodium, and iridium Jane Browning, Peter L. Goggin, Robin J. Goodfellow, Michael G. Norton, Alasdair J. M. Rattray, Brian F. Taylor and Janos Mink, pp 2061 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002061

Metal complexes of Group 1B. Part 1. Triphenylphosphinesilver(I) carboxylates Colin Oldham and William F. Sandford, pp 2068 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002068

Organosilyl esters of some phosphorus acids: identification of kinetic and thermodynamic isomers Iain G. T. Ferguson and Christopher Glidewell, pp 2071 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002071

Mössbauer study of the dynamic behaviour of gold in molecular crystals Thys P. A. Viegars, Jan M. Trooster, Piet Bouten and Toon Peters Rit, pp 2074 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002074

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Reactivity of cyanogen with monocarbonylnickel(0) complexes. Examples of combined oxidative substitution and internal ligand substitution Benedetto Corain, Marino Basato and Giancarlo Favero, pp 2081 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002081

Transition-metal nitrosyl compounds. Part 13. Some reactions of dinitrosylbis(triphenylphosphine)-cobalt, -rhodium, and -iridium cations Sumit Bhaduri, Kevin Grundy and Brian F. G. Johnson, pp 2085 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002085

Solute-water interactions in the aquation of isonicotinohydrazide and nicotinic acid complexes of pentacyanoferrate(II) at various pH Miguel A. Blesa, Irene A. Funai, Pedro J. Morando and José A. Olabe, pp 2092 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002092

Compartmental ligands. Part I. Mononuclear macrocyclic Schiff-base transition-metal complexes derived from 1,3,5-triketones David E. Fenton and Stephen E. Gayda, pp 2095 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002095

Compartmental ligands. Part 2. Mononuclear transition-metal complexes of acyclic Schiff bases derived from 1,3,5-triketones David E. Fenton and Stephen E. Gayda, pp 2101 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002101

Compartmental ligands. Part 3. Homo- and hetero-binuclear transition-metal complexes of acyclic Schiff bases derived from 1,3,5-triketones David E. Fenton and Stephen E. Gayda, pp 2109 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002109

Structural and mechanistic studies of co-ordination compounds. Part 19. Acid hydrolysis of some trans-tetra-aminedichlororuthenium(III) cations Chung-Kwong Poon and David A. Isabirye, pp 2115 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002115

Electronic spectra of eight-co-ordinate complexes of some lanthanoids-(III) with OO-diethyl dithiophosphate Mario Ciampolini and Nicoletta Nardi, pp 2121 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002121

Aryldiazenido- and aryldiazene complexes: reaction of ethanol with aryldiazenido-complexes of iridium(III) to form orthometallated derivatives Nicholas Farrell and Derek Sutton, pp 2124 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002124

Co-ordination chemistry of tetrachloro(pentachloroethylimido)tungsten(VI) and a related imidotungsten(VI) species Gerald W. A. Fowles, David A. Rice and Kenneth J. Shanton, pp 2128 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002128

Reactions of bis[tricarbonyl(triphenylphosphine)iridium] with triphenyl phosphite, triphenylphosphine, and sulphur dioxide Maria Angoletta, Lamberto Malatesta and Giorgio Caglio, pp 2131 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002131

The crystal structures of di-µ-chloro-bis{[N-(2-aminoethyl)thiophen-2-aldimine]chlorocopper(II)} and bis[N-(2-aminoethyl)thiophen-2-aldimine]diperchloratocopper(II) P. Gerard Beckingsale, Anthony T. Morcom, Clifton E. F. Rickard and T. Neil Waters, pp 2135 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002135

The preparation and oxidation, substitution, and protonation reactions of trans-bis(dinitrogen)tetrakis(methyldiphenylphosphine)tungsten Joseph Chatt, Alan J. Pearman and Raymond L. Richards, pp 2139 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002139

Electronic-absorption, Raman, and resonance-Raman spectroscopy of square-planar bis(tetraethylammonium) bis(maleonitriledithiolato)-nickelate(II), -palladate(II), and -platinate(II) Robin J. H. Clark and Philip C. Turtle, pp 2142 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002142

The enthalpy of formation of rhenium pentafluoride oxide John Burgess, John Fawcett, Neil Morton and Raymond D. Peacock, pp 2149 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002149

Synthesis and crystal structure of hexakis(ammonia-cyanoborane)- sodium iodide Karl D. Hargrave, Andrew T. McPhail, Bernard F. Spielvogel and Patty Wisian-Neilson, pp 2150 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002150

Isoprene platinum(II) complexes from cis-dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine) platinum(II) and isopropenylacetylene. Crystal and molecular structures of trans-chloro(1-isopropenylvinyl)bis(triphenylphosphine)-platinum(II)-benzene (1/1) and trans-(isopropenylethynyl)(1-isopropenylvinyl)bis(triphenylphosphine)platinum(II) Anita Furlani, Maria Vittoria Russo, Angiola Chiesi Villa, Amelia Gaetani Manfredotti and Carlo Guastini, pp 2154 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002154

Carbene complexes. Part 11. Steric and conformational effects upon the transition-metal reactivity of electron-rich olefins and derived species; heteroatom-donor-olefin-metal (Cr0, Mo0, W0, or RhI) and 2-imidazoline-N-donor-metal complexes, and the crystal and molecular structure of tetracarbonyl[NNNN-tetramethylbi(imidazolidin-2-ylidene)-NN]-chromium(0) Peter B. Hitchcock, Michael F. Lappert and Peter L. Pye, pp 2160 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002160

Carbene complexes. Part 12. Electron-rich olefin-derived neutral mono- and bis-(carbene) complexes of low-oxidation-state manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, and ruthenium Michael F. Lappert and Peter L. Pye, pp 2172 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002172

Mechanism of the reaction of chelated tricarbonyliron complexes of ,-unsaturated Schiff bases with Group 5 ligands Gianfranco Bellachioma and Giuseppe Cardaci, pp 2181 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002181

A comparison of the angular-overlap and crystal-field models in interpreting the magnetic properties of hexakis(pyridine N-oxide)nickel(II) tetrafluoroborate Denis J. Mackey and Robert F. McMeeking, pp 2186 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002186

Mono(-cyclopentadienyl)molybdenum chemistry: acetylene, tertiary phosphine, and related derivatives Malcolm L. H. Green, John Knight and John A. Segal, pp 2189 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002189

The chemistry of chromium(V): the preparation and properties of tetra-chlorobis(ethanoic acid)chromates(III) and related complexes Kenneth R. Seddon and Valerie H. Thomas, pp 2195 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002195

Spectrochemistry of solutions. Part 7. Raman studies of the effects of cationic complexing agents on ion association in liquid-ammonia solutions of alkali-metal salts Peter Gans, J. Bernard Gill and J. Neil Towning, pp 2202 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002202

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Mechanism of the fluxional behaviour in (1-5--cycloheptadienyl)-(1-5--cycloheptatrienyl)iron J. Richard Blackborow, Robert H. Grubbs, Knut Hildenbrand, the late E. A. Koerner von Gustorf, Akira Miyashita and Alberto Scrivanti, pp 2205 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002205

Chromium(II) chemistry. Part 11. Further investigations of complexes of 2,2-bipyridyl and 1,10-phenanthroline Alan Earnshaw, Leslie F. Larkworthy, Kantilal C. Patel and B. Joly Tucker, pp 2209 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002209

Mixed-metal fluoride hydrates and their thermal-decomposition products: an investigation by X-ray, Mössbauer, and thermal analysis Kevin J. Gallagher and Martyn R. Ottaway, pp 2212 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002212

Mechanism of complex formation: a kinetic study of the gallium(III)-salicylate ion system Berta Perlmutter-Hayman, Fernando Secco, Eliana Tapuhi and Marcella Venturini, pp 2220 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002220

Thermodynamic and electronic and electron spin resonance spectroscopic investigation of the co-ordinating properties of 4-azaoctane-1,8-diamine (spermidine) in aqueous solution Andrea Anichini, Luigi Fabbrizzi, Rolando Barbucci and Antonio Mastroianni, pp 2224 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002224

Chemistry of bis(cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)platinum: reactions with electrophiles Michael Green, David M. Grove, John L. Spencer and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 2228 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002228

The crystal structure of trifluoroxenon(IV) hexafluorobismuthate(V): the fluoride-acceptor strength of bismuth pentafluoride Ronald J. Gillespie, Dominique Martin, Gary J. Schrobilgen and David R. Slim, pp 2234 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002234

Molecular and crystal structure of tris(acetonitrile)nitrosylbis(triphenylphosphine)rhodium(III) dication as its hexafluorophosphate salt Barbara A. Kelly, Alan J. Welch and Peter Woodward, pp 2237 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002237

Substituted phenols as ligands. Part 7. X-Ray crystal-structure analysis of bis(2-methoxy-4-nitrophenolato)bis(pyridine)nickel(II) and the electronic and magnetic properties of the isomorphous bis(2-methoxy-4-nitrophenolato)bis(pyridine)cobalt(II) Joseph I. Bullock, Mark F. C. Ladd and David C. Povey, pp 2242 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002242

Reactions of sixteen-electron bis(alkyne)-molybdenum and -tungsten complexes with phosphines and isocyanides; molecular and crystal structure of the insertion product [MoCF3(ButNC){(CF3)4C5NBut}(-C5H5)] Jack L. Davidson, Michael Green, (the late) Jeffrey Z. Nyathi, F. Gordon A. Stone and Alan J. Welch, pp 2246 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002246

Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of lanthanoid complexes. Part 2. Adducts of tris(6,6,7,7,8,8,8-heptafluoro-2,2-dimethyloctane-3,5-dion-ato)-praseodymium and -europium with unidentate secondary and tertiary amines Dennis F. Evans and George C. de Villardi, pp 2256 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002256

Neutron-diffraction study of a symmetrical ruthenium-hydrogen-ruthenium bond in nonacarbonylhydrido(t-butylethynyl)-triangulo-triruthenium Michele Catti, Giuliana Gervasio and Sax A. Mason, pp 2260 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002260

Effects of phosphine and phosphite substituents on metal-ligand bonding. The crystal and molecular structure of cis-dichloro(triethylphosphine)(triphenyl phosphite)platinum(II) Alison N. Caldwell, Ljubica Manojlovi-Muir and Kenneth W. Muir, pp 2265 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002265

Equilibria and kinetics of complex formation between zinc(II), lead(II), and cadmium(II), and 12-, 13-, 14-, and 15-membered macrocyclic tetra-amines Mutsuo Kodama and Eiichi Kimura, pp 2269 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002269

Influence of copper(II) salts on the solubility of caffeine in water: complex formation and the salting-out effect Marina Biagini Cingi, Renato Borromei and Luigi Oleari, pp 2276 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002276

Rates and mechanisms of substitution reactions of square-planar dithiocarbamate and dithiophosphate complexes of the nickel triad in methanol Michael J. Hynes and Patricia F. Brannick, pp 2281 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002281

Some complexes of platinum, palladium, rhodium, and iridium formed from the bulky ligand (phenylethynyl)di-t-butylphosphine H. David Empsall, Eileen M. Hyde, Eric Mentzer and Bernard L. Shaw, pp 2285 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002285

Preparation and some chemical properties of protactinium metal David Brown, Tze Chung Tso and Brian Whittaker, pp 2291 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002291

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Dicarbonylbis(-cyclopentadienyl)titanium(II) chemistry: reactions with organic molecules containing C-Cl, P-Cl, O-H, and S-Cl bonds; synthesis, properties, and structures of -acyl derivatives of titanium(IV) Giuseppe Fachinetti, Carlo Floriani and Helen Stoeckli-Evans, pp 2297 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002297

Kinetics and mechanism of reaction of platinum(II) complexes. Part 1. Ethene and tetrachloroplatinate(II) Michael Green and Christopher J. Wilson, pp 2302 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002302

Novel ruthenium nitrosyl complexes formed by nitrosating the tris(violurato)- and tris(1,3-dimethylviolurato)-ruthenate(II) anions Claude Bremard, Maurice Muller, Guy Nowogrocki and Stéphane Sueur, pp 2307 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002307

Structural studies of metal complexes with sulphur-containing bidentate ligands. Part 2. Evidence for a metal-metal bond from the molecular structures of bis(phenyldithioacetato)-nickel(II) and -palladium(II) Mario Bonamico, Giulia Dessy and Vincenzo Fares, pp 2315 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002315

The crystal structure of calcium bis[triacetatostannate(II)]: evidence for an unusual regular trigonal-pyramidal environment for tin John C. Dewan, Jack Silver, John D. Donaldson and Michael J. K. Thomas, pp 2319 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002319

X-Ray crystal structure of the industrial bleaching agent sodium percarbonate[sodium carbonate-hydrogen peroxide (2/3)] Maria A. A. F. de C. T. Carrondo, William P. Griffith, D. Philip Jones and Andrzej C. Skapski, pp 2323 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002323

Configuration effects on electrode processes: optically active complexes of quadridentate Schiff bases. Part 2. Iron complexes A. Puxeddu and G. Costa, pp 2327 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002327

Lead-207 shielding in organolead compounds John D. Kennedy, William McFarlane and Geoffrey S. Pyne, pp 2332 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002332

Nitrogen nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Part 9. Cyclophosphazenes and related phosphorus-nitrogen compounds Joan Mason, William van Bronswijk and Jeremy G. Vinter, pp 2337 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002337

Reaction of tricarbonyliron complexes of some cycloheptatrienes with tetracyanoethylene, sulphur dioxide, and protons Desmond Cunningham, Patrick McArdle, Hal Sherlock, Brian F. G. Johnson and Jack Lewis, pp 2340 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002340

Electron spin resonance study of the formation of two dimeric species in bis(1-phenylbutane-1,3-dionato)- and bis(ethylacetoacetato)-copper(II) Makoto Chikira and Hiroshi Yokoi, pp 2344 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002344

Preparation and spectroscopic properties of amines containing germyl and difluorophosphino-groups E. A. V. Ebsworth, David W. H. Rankin and John G. Wright, pp 2348 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002348

Reaction mechanisms of metal-metal-bonded carbonyls. Part 17. Reactions of octacarbonylbis(triphenyl phosphite)dimanganese(Mn-Mn) D. Mohan Chowdhury, Anthony Poë and Kumud R. Sharma, pp 2352 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002352

Thiourea and pyridine derivatives as entering and leaving groups in reversible chelate ring-opening and ring-closure substitution reactions of trans-dichlorobis(O-dimethylaminophenyldimethylarsine-NAs)-rhodium(III) complexes Arnaldo Peloso and Luciano Volponi, pp 2356 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002356

Origin of the electron spin resonance signal in diamagnetic phthalocyanins J. Barrie Raynor, Mark Robson and Andrew S. M. Torrens-Burton, pp 2360 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002360

Reactions of co-ordinated ligands. Part 17. The synthesis and reactions of cationic 5-indenyl- and -cyclopentadienyl-molybdenum complexes containing 1,3-diene and acetylene ligands Martin Bottrill and Michael Green, pp 2365 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002365

Reactions of co-ordinated ligands. Part 18. Ring-expansion reactions of tricarbonyl(4-tetramethylcyclobutadiene)iron; molecular and crystal structures of [Fe{4-C6Me4(CF3)2}(CO)3] and [Fe{C8Me4(CF3)2O2}(CO)3] Alan Bond, Martin Bottrill, Michael Green and Alan J. Welch, pp 2372 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002372

Pyridine-base complexes of the tetrachlorophosphonium ion Keith B. Dillon, Roger N. Reeve and Thomas C. Waddington, pp 2382 DOI:10.1039/DT9770002382

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