1996 year
Main Index

Issue 1

Synthesis and crystal structures of the new ternary nitrides Sr3CrN3 and Ba3CrN3 Marten G. Barker, Michael J. Begley, Peter P. Edwards, Duncan H. Gregory and Susan E. Smith, pp 1 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000001

Structure and properties of SrCu(OH)4·H2O Maria J. Pack, Wyona Patalinghug and Mark T. Weller, pp 7 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000007

Study of a solid-state polymerisation reaction: thermal elimination of NaCl from sodium chloroacetate Matthias Epple and Larc Tröger, pp 11 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000011

Extent of hydration of octadentate lanthanide complexes incorporating phosphinate donors: solution relaxometry and luminescence studies Silvio Aime, Mauro Botta, David Parker and J. A. Gareth Williams, pp 17 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000017

Crystal structure and spin-doublet electron spin resonance of a magnetically coupled di(µ-phenoxo)-copper(II)nickel(II) complex Takanori Aono, Hisae Wada, Yu-Ichiro Aratake, Naohide Matsumoto, Hisashi kawa and Yoshihisa Matsuda, pp 25 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000025

Synthesis, structure and characterisation of amido derivatives of [9]aneN3(1,4,7-triazacyclononane) Alexander J. Blake, Ian A. Fallis, Axel Heppeler, Simon Parsons, Steven A. Ross and Martin Schröder, pp 31 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000031

Structure of the double salt [CoII(Cl)L3]Cl-[CoIII(CO3)L3]Cl [L3=(2R,5R,8R,11R)-1,7-dibenzyl-2,5,8,11-tetraethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane] and related species Sei Tsuboyama, Junichi Fujimoto, Shigeyuki Hanabira, Noriyuki Yasuda, Kimiko Kobayashi, (the late) Tosio Sakurai and Kaoru Tsuboyama, pp 45 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000045

Reaction of (Me3SiNSN)2S with palladium complexes; crystal structures of [PPh4]2[Pd2Br4(S3N2)] and [PPh4][PdBr2(S2N3)] Paul F Kelly, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and Antonio Soriano-Rama, pp 53 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000053

Preparation, crystal structure and mechanism of formation of a novel dinuclear carbopentazane complex, [Rh2(PPh3)4{(NH2NH)2CH2}][NO3]2 Brian T. Heaton, Chacko Jacob, Gary L. Monks, Michael B. Hursthouse, Indira Ghatak, Richard G. Somerville, William Heggie, Philip R. Page and Ivan Villax, pp 61 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000061

Chemical and biological reactions of diacetato[2-(dimethylaminomethyl)-phenyl]gold(III), [Au(O2CMe)2(dmamp)] R. V. Parish, Jürgen Mack, Louise Hargreaves, Jonathan P. Wright, Robert G. Buckley, Amanda M. Elsome, Simon P. Fricker and Brian R. C. Theobald, pp 69 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000069

Cadmium-113 nuclear magnetic resonance studies of cadmium(II)-carboxylate complexes in aqueous solution Kun H. Chung and Christopher H. Moon, pp 75 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000075

Preparation of bis(phosphine)bis(selenocarboxylato)-nickel(II), -palladium(II) and -platinum(II) complexes and their crystal structure analysis Yasuyuki Kawahara, Shinzi Kato, Takahiro Kanada, Toshiaki Murai and Kunio Miki, pp 79 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000079

Oxovanadium(IV) complexes of ligands containing phosphonic acid moieties Daniele Sanna, Giovanni Micera, Peter Buglyó and Tamas Kiss, pp 87 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000087

Structure, characterization and photoreactivity of monomeric dioxovanadium(V) Schiff-base complexes of trigonal-bipyramidal geometry Gebray Asgedom, Alavattam Sreedhara, Jussi Kivikoski, Erkki Kolehmainen and Chebrolu P. Rao, pp 93 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000093

Chemistry of oxovanadium(V) alkoxides: synthesis and structure of mononuclear complexes incorporating ethane-1,2-diol Sujit Mondal, Sankar Prasad Rath, Somnath Dutta and Animesh Chakravorty, pp 99 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000099

Redox considerations for a ruthenium complex catalysis of substrate oxidation by hydrogen peroxide in aqueous solution Michael H. Robbins and Russell S. Drago, pp 105 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000105

Synthesis, crystal structure and molecular orbital investigation of the first platinum complex of piroxicam Renzo Cini, pp 111 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000111

Reactions of the unsaturated alkyne cluster [Os3(CO)7{µ3-2()-PhC2Ph}(dppm)] with P-donors; crystal structures of [Os3(CO)6(PhC2Ph)(dppm){P(OMe)3}] and two isomers of [Os3(CO)7(PhC2Ph)(dppm)(PBu3)](dppm = Ph2PCH2PPh2) Rachel A. Harding and Anthony K. Smith, pp 117 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000117

Tripodal amido-titanium and -zirconium complexes containing a trisilylsilane-derived ligand framework Bernd Findeis, Martin Schubart, Lutz H. Gade, Frank Möller, Ian Scowen and Mary McPartlin, pp 125 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000125

A halide-free route to groups 12 and 13 organometallic and metalloorganic complexes Andrew J. Edwards, Andrew Fallaize, Paul R. Raithby, Moira-Ann Rennie, Alexander Steiner, Kerry L. Verhorevoort and Dominic S. Wright, pp 133 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000133

Phase transition in triiodide salts of binuclear ferrocene derivatives having long alkyl chains accompanied by a change in mixed-valence state Satoru Nakashima, Yutaka Ueki, Hiroshi Sakai and Yutaka Maeda, pp 139 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000139

Stereoselective assembly of a new pendant-arm macrocycle Paul V. Bernhardt, Karl A. Byriel, Colin H. L. Kennard and Philip C. Sharpe, pp 145 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000145

(Hg2P)2HgBr4: a phosphorus analogue of the Millon's base salts Andrei V. Shevelkov, Marat Yu. Mustyakimov, Evgeny V. Dikarev and Boris A. Popovkin, pp 147 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000147

Molecular recognition of 2,6-diaminopyridine by platinum orotate complexes Andrew D. Burrows, D. Michael P. Mingos, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 149 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000149

Issue 2

Nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectra of organomercury hydrides and deuterides Peter J. Craig, Michael I. Needham, Naaman Ostah, Grace H. Stojak, Martyn Symons and Paul Teesdale-Spittle, pp 153 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000153

Facile one-step synthesis of the cobalt(III) and nickel(III) tertiary arsine complexes [MI3(AsMe3)2](M = Co or Ni) directly from the powdered elemental metals Neil Bricklebank, Stephen M. Godfrey, Charles A. McAuliffe and Robin G. Pritchard, pp 157 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000157

Tin-carbon bond formation by simple addition of cyclic dienes to a bis(amino)stannylene: a mechanistic study Michael Veith, Michael Olbrich, Wang Shihua and Volker Huch, pp 161 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000161

Copper-(I) and -(II) complexes of a macrocycle derived from 2:2 condensation of pyridine-2,6-dicarbaldehyde and 4-azaheptane-1,7-diamine; oxygenation of the copper(I) complex David A. Rockcliffe, Arthur E. Martell and Joseph H. Reibenspies, pp 167 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000167

Phosphine-participated formation and crystal structures of nickel complexes with 2-sulfanylphenol and phosphine ligands Zhong Ning Chen, Bei Sheng Kang, Zhang Lin, Bo Mu Wu, Zhong Yuan Zhou, Thomas C. W. Mak, Chang Neng Chen and Qiu Tian Liu, pp 177 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000177

Molybdenum(VI) imidodisulfur complexes formed via double sulfur-carbon bond cleavage of dithiocarbamates Thérèse A. Coffey, Glyn D. Forster and Graeme Hogarth, pp 183 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000183

Selectivity design using interligand contact: solvent extraction and structures of first-series-transition metal-bis(pyrazol-1-yl)borate complexes Hisao Kokusen, Yoshiki Sohrin, Masakazu Matsui, Yasuo Hata and Hiroshi Hasegawa, pp 195 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000195

Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of molecular dynamics at below-ambient temperatures and crystal structures Andrew Gelling, Keith G. Orrell, Anthony G. Osborne, Vladimir ik, Michael B. Hursthouse and Simon J. Coles, pp 203 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000203

Preparation and structures of some new pyrrolidinido- and piperidinidoalanes and -aluminates Mbolatiana M. Andrianarison, Miles C. Ellerby, Ian B. Gorrell, Peter B. Hitchcock, J. David Smith and David R. Stanley, pp 211 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000211

Group 4 metal alkoxide complexes as catalysts for olefin polymerization Leena Matilainen, Martti Klinga and Markku Leskelä, pp 219 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000219

Low-temperature reactions of dihalogenosilylenes, SiX2, with I2 or ICl in toluene yielding dihalogenoiodo(methylphenyl)silanes Simon R. Church, Christopher G. Davies, Regine Lümen, Pierre A. Mounier, Gavin Saint and Peter L. Timms, pp 227 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000227

Synthesis and characterisation of pseudocloso iridium and ruthenium diphenyl carbaboranes. Molecular structures of 1,2-Ph2-3-(-C6H6)-3,1,2-pseudocloso-RuC2B9H9 and 1,2-Ph2-3-(cym)-3,1,2-pseudocloso-RuC2B9H9(cym =p-cymene) and individual gauge for localised orbitals calculations on carbametallaboranes Paul T. Brain, Michael Bühl, Jill Cowie, Zoë G. Lewis and Alan J. Welch, pp 231 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000231

A reinforced polyaza[n.n]paracyclophane containing piperazine rings Juan A. Aguilar, Enrique García-España, José A. Guerrero, José M. Llinares, José A. Ramírez, Conxa Soriano, Santiago V. Luis, Antonio Bianchi, Luca Ferrini and Vieri Fusi, pp 239 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000239

Moderately strong antiferromagnetic exchange coupling in a dinuclear complex containing a µ-hydroxo-µ-carboxylatodicopper(II) core Kai-Silke Bürger, Phalguni Chaudhuri and Karl Wieghardt, pp 247 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000247

Is nickel dibromide bent in a nitrogen matrix? A combined simultaneous Fourier-transform infrared and X-ray absorption fine structure matrix isolation study Nigel A. Young, pp 249 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000249

Letter Enrico Rotondo, Giuseppe Giordano, Domenico Minniti, Edward W. Abel, Keith G. Orrell, Anthony G. Osborne, Helen M. Pain, Vladimir ik, Michael B. Hursthouse and K. M. Abdul Malik, pp 253 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000253

Issue 3

Cationic Group 4 metallocene complexes and their role in polymerisation catalysis: the chemistry of well defined Ziegler catalysts Manfred Bochmann, pp 255 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000255

Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl imido compounds of chromium Andreas A. Danopoulos, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Tracy K. N. Sweet and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 271 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000271

Structural characterization of spherical octadecavanadates encapsulating Cl- and H2O Toshihiro Yamase, Kawori Ohtaka and Masamichi Suzuki, pp 283 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000283

Formation of N-imidoylimidatoruthenium(II) complexes via ruthenium-promoted hydration of nitriles Katsuma Hiraki, Yuji Kinoshita, Junko Kinoshita-Kawashima and Hiroyuki Kawano, pp 291 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000291

9-Methyladenine complexes of platinum(II) stabilized by trimethylphosphine: use of 15N nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to assign the co-ordination site Luisa Schenetti, Adele Mucci and Bruno Longato, pp 299 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000299

Synthesis and stereochemistry of cobalt(III) complexes containing purine-6-thione and related ligands Kazuaki Yamanari, Makiko Kida, Masahiro Yamamoto, Takashi Fujihara, Akira Fuyuhiro and Sumio Kaizaki, pp 305 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000305

Preparation and characterization of dialkylcarbamato derivatives of niobium and tantalum Paola Barbara Arimondo, Fausto Calderazzo, Ulli Englert, Cäcilia Maichle-Mössmer, Guido Pampaloni and Joachim Strähle, pp 311 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000311

Diiron(III) and polymeric iron(III)-sodium complexes with bridging and terminal pyridonate ligands: structures and magnetic properties Alexander J. Blake, Craig M. Grant, Simon Parsons, Gregory A. Solan and Richard E. P. Winpenny, pp 321 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000321

Electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical studies on platinum complexes containing 2,2-bipyridine David Collison, Frank E. Mabbs, Eric J. L. McInnes, Kenneth J. Taylor, Alan J. Welch and Lesley J. Yellowlees, pp 329 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000329

Synthesis, characterisation and molecular structures of the closo and pseudocloso heptamethylindenyl carbarhodaboranes 1-Ph-3-(-C9Me7)-3,1,2-closo-RhC2B9H10 and 1,2-Ph2-3-(-C9Me7)-3,1,2-pseudocloso-RhC2B9H9. Experimental assignment of the 11B NMR spectrum of a pseudocloso carbametallaborane Ulrich Grädler, Andrew S. Weller, Alan J. Welch and David Reed, pp 335 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000335

Tuning of the electrochemical recognition of substrates as a function of the proton concentration in solution using pH-responsive redox-active receptor molecules María José L. Tendero, Angel Benito, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Juan Soto, Jordi Payà, Andrew J. Edwards and Paul R. Raithby, pp 343 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000343

Improved syntheses, structures, spectral and electrochemical properties of [Mn2III(µ-O)(µ-O2CMe)2L2]2+ and [Mn2IV(µ-O)3L2]2+ complexes. Two homologous series derived from eight N-substituted 1,4,7-triazacyclononanes Jean H. Koek, Stephen W. Russell, Lodewijk van der Wolf, Ronald Hage, Johann B. Warnaar, Anthony L. Spek, Judy Kerschner and Lisa DelPizzo, pp 353 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000353

Spectroscopic, magnetic and structural studies on the mixed-valence cuboidal clusters [Mo4E4(edta)2]3-(E = S or Se; H4edta = ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) and [Mo4S4(H2O)12]5+ William McFarlane, Mohamed Nasreldin, David M. Saysell, Zhi-Shen Jia, William Clegg, Mark R. J. Elsegood, Keith S. Murray, Boujemaa Moubaraki and A. Geoffrey Sykes, pp 363 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000363

Structure, characterisation and dynamics of copper(I) complexes of 2,6-bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-ylmethyl)pyridine Palanichamy Manikandan, Babu Varghese and Periakaruppan T. Manoharan, pp 371 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000371

Synthesis of new half-sandwich ruthenium complexes containing 1,2-bis(diisopropylphosphino)ethane (dippe); crystal structures of [Ru(C5Me5)Cl(dippe)] and [Ru(C5Me5)(O2)(dippe)][BPh4] Isaac de los Ríos, Manuel Jiménez Tenorio, Jaime Padilla, M. Carmen Puerta and Pedro Valerga, pp 377 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000377

An improved synthesis of SF5(CN) and its cycloaddition reaction with SNSAsF6. Crystal structure of F5SCNSNSAsF6 and electron spin resonance spectrum of F5SCNSNS Jürgen Jacobs, Sonia E. Ulic, Helge Willner, Gabriele Schatte, Jack Passmore, Sergei V. Sereda and T. Stanley Cameron, pp 383 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000383

The first crystal structures of mixed chalcogen derivatives SnR2[(OPPh2)(SPPh2)N]2(R = Me or Ph) Roland Rösler, John E. Drake, Cristian Silvestru, Jincai Yang and Ionel Haiduc, pp 391 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000391

Preparations and structures of a series of novel, mono-substituted cis,cis-1,3,5-triaminocyclohexane-based complexes Bryan Greener, Leroy Cronin, Giles D. Wilson and Paul H. Walton, pp 401 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000401

Issue 4

Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FX001

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FP001

Preparation and reactivities of chiral manganese(III) and copper(II) complexes of binaphthyl Schiff bases Chun-Wah Ho, Wing-Chi Cheng, Ming-Chuan Cheng, Shie-Ming Peng, Kin-Fai Cheng and Chi-Ming Che, pp 405 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000405

Synthesis and reactivity of 2(4e)-alkyne and 2(3e)-vinyl complexes of rhenium Carla Carfagna, Nicholas Carr, Robert J. Deeth, Stephen J. Dossett, Michael Green, Mary F. Mahon and Corrine Vaughan, pp 415 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000415

Synthesis and properties of some gallium amidine complexes [GaXyL3-y][X = Me, Et or Cl; L = RNCRNR (R, R= H, alkyl or aryl); y= 0-2]. Crystal structures of [GaMe2(PhNCPhNPh)] and [GaMe(PhNCPhNPh)2] James Barker, Nicholas C. Blacker, Paul R. Phillips, Nathaniel W. Alcock, William Errington and Malcolm G. H. Wallbridge, pp 431 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000431

Reactions of tin tetrachloride with diethyl glutarate. Crystal structures of [Sn2Cl8{µ-C3H6(CO2Et)2}2]·2CH2Cl2 and cis-[SnCl4(H2O)2]·C3H6(CO2Et)2 Piotr Sobota, Slawomir Szafert and Tadeusz Glowiak, pp 439 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000439

Cationic, arylbismuth(III) complexes of the form [BiR2L2]+ and [BiRL4]2+ where L is a neutral two-electron donor ligand Claire J. Carmalt, Louis J. Farrugia and Nicholas C. Norman, pp 443 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000443

Cationic, four-co-ordinate, bis(organotransition metal)bismuth(III) complexes Claire J. Carmalt, Louis J. Farrugia and Nicholas C. Norman, pp 455 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000455

Syntheses, characterization and molecular structures of monomeric selenolato complexes of mercury with nitrogen-containing chelating ligands Rupinder Kaur, Harkesh B. Singh, Rajan P. Patel and Shailendra K. Kulshreshtha, pp 461 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000461

Complexes of rhodium with thiobis(ethylenenitrilo)tetraacetic acid; a potential bifunctional chelate for use in radiotherapy Nigel A. Powell, Angela M. Hill, William Levason and Michael Webster, pp 467 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000467

Kinetics and mechanism of the cobaloxime(II)-catalysed oxidation of 2-aminophenol by dioxygen. A phenoxazinone synthase model involving free-radical intermediates László I. Simándi, Teréz Barna and Sándor Németh, pp 473 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000473

The novel structure of the [Au11(PMePh2)10]3+ cation: crystal structures of [Au11(PMePh2)10][C2B9H12]3·4thf and [Au11(PMePh2)10][C2B9H12]3(thf = tetrahydrofuran) Royston C. B. Copley and D. Michael P. Mingos, pp 479 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000479

Synthesis and characterization of the centred icosahedral cluster series [Au9MIB4Cl4(PMePh2)8][C2B9H12], where MIB= Au, Ag or Cu Royston C. B. Copley and D. Michael P. Mingos, pp 491 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000491

Heteroleptic poly(pyrazolyl)borate derivatives of the lanthanides. Structural and electronic spectral studies of some salicylaldehyde complexes Royston G. Lawrence, Christopher J. Jones and Roman A. Kresinski, pp 501 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000501

Cyclopentadienyl metal teflate (OTeF5) complexes Martin C. Crossman, Eric G. Hope and Graham C. Saunders, pp 509 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000509

Transition-metal complexation by calix[4]arene-derived phosphinites Cyrille Loeber, Dominique Matt, Pierrette Briard and Daniel Grandjean, pp 513 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000513

Asymmetric functionalisation of aza macrocycles. Syntheses, crystal structures and electrochemistry of [Ni(Bz[9]aneN3)2][PF6]2 and [Pd(Bz[9]aneN3)2][PF6]2·2MeCN (Bz[9]aneN3= 1-benzyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane) Alexander J. Blake, Ian A. Fallis, Simon Parsons, Steven A. Ross and Martin Schröder, pp 525 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000525

Solid state and solution structures of two structurally related dicopper complexes with markedly different redox properties Peter Comba, Trevor W. Hambley, Peter Hilfenhaus and David T. Richens, pp 533 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000533

Preparations and crystal structures of Sn(CH2CH2CO2Me)2(C3S5) and [Q][Sn(CH2CH2CO2Me)(C3S5)2](Q = NEt4 or 1,4-dimethylpyridinium, C3S5= 4,5-disulfanyl-1,3-dithiole-2-thionate) Heather Buchanan, R. Alan Howie, Abdullah Khan, Gavin M. Spencer, James L. Wardell and John H. Aupers, pp 541 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000541

A proton nuclear magnetic resonance study of the interaction of zinc(II) with the antitumour drug streptonigrin Georgina V. Long and Margaret M. Harding, pp 549 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000549

Additions and corrections Shuangxi Wang, Ying Zhu, Yuxin Cui, Liufang Wang, Qinhui Luo, Silvia Licoccia, Roberto Paolesse, Emanuela Tassoni, Francesca Polizio and Tristano Boschi, pp 553 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000553

Conference diary J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT996000X003

Back cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600BX007

Issue 5

Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FX009

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FP007

Metal clusters: a personal perspective John Evans, pp 555 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000555

Gold - a flexible friend in cluster chemistry D. Michael P. Mingos, pp 561 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000561

Metal-containing carbon clusters Konstantin B. Shelimov, David E. Clemmer and Martin F. Jarrold, pp 567 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000567

Diverse solid-state clusters with strong metal-metal bonding. In praise of synthesis John D. Corbett, pp 575 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000575

Ligand-stabilized metal clusters and colloids: properties and applications Günter Schmid, Volker Maihack, Frank Lantermann and Stefanie Peschel, pp 589 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000589

Removing a second mercury atom from [Os18Hg3C2(CO)42]2-: synthesis of [Os18HgC2(CO)42]4- and crystal structure of [PPh3H]3[Os18HgHC2(CO)42] Lutz H. Gade, Brian F. G. Johnson, Jack Lewis, Mary McPartlin and Ian J. Scowen, pp 597 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000597

Cluster core geometrical variation in heterometallic boride clusters containing RhRu4 skeletons: crystal structures of [RhRu4H2(5-C5Me5)(µ-Cl)(CO)12B] and [RhRu4H(nbd)(CO)12B(AuPPh3)](nbd = norbornadiene) Andrew D. Hattersley, Catherine E. Housecroft and Arnold L. Rheingold, pp 603 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000603

What can calculations employing empirical potentials teach us about bare transition-metal clusters? David J. Wales, Lindsey J. Munro and Jonathan P. K. Doye, pp 611 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000611

Multinuclear solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance studies on transition-metal clusters containing hydrides Taro Eguchi, Brian T. Heaton, Rachel Harding, Kei Miyagi, Giuliano Longoni, Jens Nähring, Nobuo Nakamura, Hirokazu Nakayama, Tapani A. Pakkanen, Jouni Pursiainen and Anthony K. Smith, pp 625 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000625

Dynamic disorder in crystalline [Fe2Os(CO)12] and direct evidence for rotation of the Fe2Os triangle in the solid state from variable temperature X-ray diffraction and 13C MAS NMR studies Louis J. Farrugia, Andrew M. Senior, Dario Braga, Fabrizia Grepioni, A. Guy Orpen and John G. Crossley, pp 631 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000631

Variable-temperature nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies of the dynamic behaviour of the mixed-metal cluster compounds [MMRu4H2(µ-dppf)(CO)12][M = M= Cu, Ag or Au; M = Cu, M= Au; dppf = Fe(5-C5H4PPh2)2] and the crystal structures of [MMRu4H2(µ-dppf)(CO)12](M = Cu or Au, M= Au) Ian D. Salter, Vladimir ik, Steven A. Williams and Trushar Adatia, pp 643 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000643

The chemistry and the geometric and electronic structures of small naked metal clusters prepared using a rotating cryostat and studied by electron paramagnetic resonance Brynmor Mile, Philip D. Sillman, Abdul R. Yacob and James A. Howard, pp 653 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000653

Deposition and growth of noble metal clusters on graphite Gareth M. Francis, Ian M. Goldby, Laurens Kuipers, Bernd von Issendorff and Richard E. Palmer, pp 665 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000665

Preparation, characterisation and properties of groups VIII and IB metal manoparticles Robert W. Devenish, Terence Goulding, Brian T. Heaton and Robin Whyman, pp 673 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000673

Alkoxide hydrolysis as a route to early transition-metal polyoxometalates: synthesis and crystal structures of heteronuclear hexametalate derivatives William Clegg, Mark R. J. Elsegood, R. John Errington and Joanne Havelock, pp 681 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000681

Polyoxotitanates join the Keggin family: synthesis, structure and reactivity of [Ti18O28H][OBut]17 Charles F. Campana, Yuewu Chen, Victor W. Day, Walter G. Klemperer and Robert A. Sparks, pp 691 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000691

Characterisation of a cationic triniobium aqua ion cluster and related studies Shehla Minhas and David T. Richens, pp 703 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000703

Gas-phase metal sulfide cluster anions Keith Fisher, Ian Dance, Gary Willett and MaNu Yi, pp 709 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000709

Dissolving alkali metals in zeolites: genesis of the perfect cluster crystal Lee J. Woodall, Paul A. Anderson, A. Robert Armstrong and Peter P. Edwards, pp 719 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000719

Synthesis and structural characterisation of new copper-tellurium clusters: TeBun(SiMe3) as a source of RTe- and Te2- ligands John F. Corrigan, Silke Balter and Dieter Fenske, pp 729 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000729

Syntheses and structural characterisation of [Ir4(CO)11(1-L)] and [Ir4(CO)10(1-L)2]{L =[Fe(5-P3C2But2)(5-P2C3But3)] and [Fe(5-C5H5)(5-P3C2But2)]} and [Ir4(CO)11{µ-1 : 1-[Fe(5-C5H5)(5-P3C2But2)]}Ir4(CO)11] and its facile conversion to [Ir4H(CO)10{Fe(5-C5H5)[5-P3C(CMe2CH2)CBut]}Ir4(CO)11], via an unusual C-H activation Maria Helena A. Benvenutti, Peter B. Hitchcock, John F. Nixon and Maria D. Vargas, pp 739 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000739

Characterization, redox properties and structures of the iron nitridocarbonyl clusters [Fe4N(CO)11{PPh(C5H4FeC5H5)2}]-, [Fe6N(CO)15]3- and [Fe6H(N)(CO)15]2- Roberto Della Pergola, Carlo Bandini, Francesco Demartin, Eliano Diana, Luigi Garlaschelli, Pier Luigi Stanghellini and Piero Zanello, pp 747 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000747

Systematic synthesis of substituted hexanuclear phosphide- and phosphinidene-bridged osmium clusters Brian F. G. Johnson, Jack Lewis, Ebbe Nordlander and Paul R. Raithby, pp 755 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000755

Intrazeolite large palladium clusters prepared by organometallic chemical vapour deposition Laura Sordelli, Gianmario Martra, Rinaldo Psaro, Carlo Dossi and Salvatore Coluccia, pp 765 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000765

Laser-desorption mass spectrometry of [Ru6C(CO)17] and its derivatives: cluster aggregation in the gas phase Michael J. Dale, Paul J. Dyson, Brian F. G. Johnson, Patrick R. R. Langridge-Smith and Hilary T. Yates, pp 771 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000771

A route to the dispersion of ultrafine cobalt particles on zeolite Na-X through salt occlusion and reduction Itasham Hussain, Ian Gameson, Paul A. Anderson, Marcin Slaski, Peter P. Edwards and Alan Dyer, pp 775 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000775

Stabilizing structure of tertiary amine-protected rhodium colloid dispersions in chloroform Tetsu Yonezawa, Toshihiro Tominaga and Dominique Richard, pp 783 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000783

Surface-enhanced resonance-Raman scattering: an informative probe of surfaces Caroline Rodger, W. Ewan Smith, Geoffrey Dent and Michael Edmondson, pp 791 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000791

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Issue 6

Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FX013

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FP017

Hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis of thiophenic molecules catalysed by soluble metal complexes Claudio Bianchini and Andrea Meli, pp 801 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000801

RbIn(OH)PO4: an indium(III) phosphate containing spirals of corner-sharing InO6 octahedra Kwang-Hwa Lii, pp 815 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000815

Na7Fe4(PO4)6: a mixed-valence iron phosphate containing a tetramer of edge-sharing FeO6 octahedra Kwang-Hwa Lii, pp 819 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000819

Metal complexes of a tetrathiafulvalene 4,5-dithiolate. Synthesis, characterisation and properties of dianionic and neutral mercury complexes Nathalie Le Narvor, Neil Robertson, Emma Wallace, Jeremy D. Kilburn, Allan E. Underhill, Philip N. Bartlett and Michael Webster, pp 823 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000823

Alane- and gallane-sulfur donor chemistry: synthesis of AlH3·NMe(CH2CH2)2S, {AlH2[µ-N(CH2CH2)2S]}2 and MH(SCH2CH2NEt2)2(M = Al or Ga) Cameron Jones, Fu Chin Lee, George A. Koutsantonis, Michael G. Gardiner and Colin L. Raston, pp 829 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000829

New supramolecular architectures based on polyfunctional organotin tetrazoles: synthesis and characterisation of phenylene-bridged bis(organotin tetrazoles) Michael Hill, Mary F. Mahon, John McGinley and Kieran C. Molloy, pp 835 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000835

Organotin-functionalised poly(tetrazoles), including the supramolecular structure of 1,6-(2-Bu3SnN4C)2(CH2)6 Anna Goodger, Michael Hill, Mary F. Mahon, John McGinley and Kieran C. Molloy, pp 847 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000847

Methylzinc tetrahydroborate: physical and chemical properties and crystal structure at low temperature Simon Aldridge, Alexander J. Blake, Anthony J. Downs, Simon Parsons and Colin R. Pulham, pp 853 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000853

Deprotonation and self-assembly of a symmetric oxamidate-bridged dinuclear copper(II) complex involving imidazole moieties Jose M. Dominguez-Vera, Natividad Galvez, Enrique Colacio, Rafael Cuesta, Jean-Pierre Costes and Jean-Pierre Laurent, pp 861 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000861

Kinetics of ternary complex formation with the (nitrilotriacetato)zinc(II) complex: the effect of buffers and pH Stephen P. Dagnall, David N. Hague, John S. Henshaw and Anthony D. Moreton, pp 867 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000867

New tricks for an old ligand: cyclometallated and didentate co-ordination of 2,2 : 6,2-terpyridine to ruthenium(II) David A. Bardwell, Alexander M. W. Cargill Thompson, John C. Jeffery, Jon A. McCleverty and Michael D. Ward, pp 873 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000873

Mono- and di-nuclear ruthenium(II) complexes of the ambidentate ligand 3,3-dihydroxy-2,2-bipyridine: spectroscopic, electrochemical and mixed-valence properties Alexander M. W. Cargill Thompson, John C. Jeffery, Davina J. Liard and Michael D. Ward, pp 879 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000879

Synthesis of the new binucleating compound pyrazin-2-yl 2-pyridyl sulfide for stepwise or direct approach to asymmetric binuclear ruthenium(II) complexes Giuseppe Tresoldi, Sandra Lo Schiavo, Pasquale Piraino and Piero Zanello, pp 885 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000885

Halogenogermenes: evidence for the formation of the chloro- or fluoro-germenes (Me5C5)(X)GeCR2(CR2= fluorenylidene) Marie-Anne Chaubon, Jean Escudié, Henri Ranaivonjatovo and Jacques Satgé, pp 893 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000893

Mercury-osmium carbonyl clusters resulting from facile Hg-C bond cleavage: reactions of [Os3H2(CO)10] with [Hg(CCPh)2] and [RHgCCHgR](R = Ph, Me or Et) Yat-Kun Au and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 899 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000899

Synthesis and characterisation of quinonide bridged dinuclear complexes of titanium and zirconium Antje Künzel, Maxim Sokolow, Feng-Quan Liu, Herbert W. Roesky, Mathias Noltemeyer, Hans-Georg Schmidt and Isabel Usón, pp 913 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000913

New mono- and bi-nuclear ansa-metallocenes of zirconium and hafnium as catalysts for the polymerisation of ethene and propene Gary M. Diamond, Alexander N. Chernega, Philip Mountford and Malcolm L. H. Green, pp 921 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000921

Unexpected reactions of pentafluorophenyl boron compounds with -cyclopentadienyl(benzamidinato)zirconium derivatives Rafael Gómez, Malcolm L. H. Green and Jane L. Haggitt, pp 939 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000939

Monocyclooctatetraene uranium amide compounds in the +4 and +5 oxidation states Christophe Boisson, Jean-Claude Berthet, Monique Lance, Julien Vigner, Martine Nierlich and Michel Ephritikhine, pp 947 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000947

Synthesis and crystal structures of tris(2-methoxyethylcyclopentadienyl)lanthanide complexes Changtao Qian, Bing Wang, Daoli Deng, Jie Sun, F. Ekkehardt Hahn, Jian Chen and Peiju Zheng, pp 955 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000955

The preparation and crystal and molecular structures of new luminescent Schiff-base complexes featuring coupled lanthanide(III) cations Robertha C. Howell, Kirk V. N. Spence, Ishenkumba A. Kahwa, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 961 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000961

Synthesis and characterization of rhodium complexes containing atropisomeric sulfur ligands. Structure of [{Rh2(µ-L)(CO)3[P(OC6H4But-o)3]}2](H2L = 1,1-binaphthalene-2,2-dithiol) Nuria Ruiz, Sergio Castillón, Aurora Ruiz, Carmen Claver, Abdellatif Aaliti, Angel Alvarez-Larena, Joan F. Piniella and Gabriel Germain, pp 969 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000969

Linking and fragmentation of alkynes at a triruthenium centre Kerry J. Adams, John J. Barker, Selby A. R. Knox and A. Guy Orpen, pp 975 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000975

Dinuclear thioether half-sandwich ruthenium(II) complexes of the types [{RuL([9]aneS3)}2(µ-L)n]2+(n= 1, L= PPh3; n= 2, L= MeCN), [{Ru([9]aneS3)}2(µ-L)2]2+ and [{Ru([9]aneS3)}2(µ-L)3]+ with heterocyclic thioamides L ([9]aneS3= 1,4,7-trithiacyclononane) Claudia Landgrafe and William S. Sheldrick, pp 989 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000989

Mechanisms of alkyne trimerisation at molybdenum and tungsten centres leading to novel metallacycles: crystal and molecular structures of two isomeric forms of [Mo{C(CF3)C(CF3)C(CF3)C(CF3)C(CO2Me)C(CO2Me)(SPri)}(5-C5H5)] Naz M. Agh-Atabay, Laurence Carlton, Jack L. Davidson, Graeme Douglas and Kenneth W. Muir, pp 999 DOI:10.1039/DT9960000999

Structure and magnetic behaviour of the first singly bridged nickel cyanate chain and a new dinuclear complex: an approximation to the superexchange mechanism for the nickel pseudohalide system Albert Escuer, Ramon Vicente, M. Salah El Fallah, Xavier Solans and Mercé Font-Bardía, pp 1013 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001013

New atropisomeric bidentate nitrogen-donor compounds as potential stereocontrollers in mild CO-styrene copolymerisation catalysed by palladium(II) salts Barbara Milani, Enzo Alessio, Giovanni Mestroni, Ennio Zangrando, Lucio Randaccio and Giambattista Consiglio, pp 1021 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001021

Oxidation behaviour of the unsaturated diruthenium species [Ru2(µsb-CO)2(CO)2{µ-(PriO)2PNEtP(OPri)2}2] John S. Field, Raymond J. Haines, Mark W. Stewart and Stephen F. Woollam, pp 1031 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001031

Unexpected substitution reactions of bis(phosphine)platinum ethene complexes Penny A. Chaloner and Gillian T. L. Broadwood-Strong, pp 1039 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001039

A unified mechanistic view obtained from the temperature and pressure dependence of the spontaneous, acid-, and base-assisted cyclometallation reactions of dirhodium(II) complexes Francisco Estevan, Gabriel González, Pascual Lahuerta, Manuel Martinez, Eduardo Peris and Rudi van Eldik, pp 1045 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001045

Kinetic and thermodynamic studies of intramolecular rearrangement and cleavage of the heterobinuclear aqua ion, [(H2O)4Rh(µ-OH)2Cr(OH2)4]4+ Stephen J. Crimp and Leone Spiccia, pp 1051 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001051

Kinetic studies of the reaction of hydrogen peroxide with manganese-reconstituted horseradish peroxidase Kishore Kumar Khan, Madhu Sudan Mondal and Samaresh Mitra, pp 1059 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001059

Phosphorus donor complexes of bismuth(III). Structural characterisation of [Bi2Cl6(Ph2PCH2PPh2)2], [Bi2Cl6(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2] and [Bi2Cl6(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)3] Gerald R. Willey, Leo T. Daly and Michael G. B. Drew, pp 1063 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001063

Tris(2-methoxyphenyl) phosphite complexes of platinum(II): the cis preference of triaryl phosphite ligands and the effect of oxidation state on metal-phosphite bonding Alessandra Crispini, Karl N. Harrison, A. Guy Orpen, Paul G. Pringle and James R. Wheatcroft, pp 1069 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001069

Linking metal centres with 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)-2,5-difluorobenzene (dpfb): syntheses and molecular structures of [{Mo(CO)4(µ-dpfb)}2] and [{Mo(CO)4}2(µ-dpfb)(µ-dppa)](dppa = Ph2PCCPPh2) Graeme Hogarth and Tim Norman, pp 1077 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001077

2-(Diphenylphosphinoyl)propanoate complexes: crystal structure of tris[2-(diphenylphosphinoyl)propanoato]vanadium(III) Ronald J. Cross, Louis J. Farrugia, Paul D. Newman, Robert D. Peacock and Diane Stirling, pp 1087 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001087

Complexes of potentially tri- and tetra-dentate phosphinothiol ligands with Mo, W, Re, Fe, Ru, Os, Rh, Ir and Ni Jonathan R. Dilworth, Anthony J. Hutson, Jason S. Lewis, John R. Miller, Yifan Zheng, Qin Chen and Jon Zubieta, pp 1093 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001093

Complexes of electropositive metals with a hemilabile ether phosphine. Crystal structures of [TiCl4L], [FeL2(O3SCF3)2] and [Mo(CO)3L2][L = PhCH2P(CH2CH2OEt)2] Steven J. Chadwell, Simon J. Coles, Peter G. Edwards and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 1105 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001105

Complexation properties of macrocyclic polyoxadiazadiphosphonates László Burai, Sándor Jakab, Róbert Király, István Lázár, Imre Tóth and Ern Brücher, pp 1113 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001113

1-Hydroxyalkane-1,1-diyldiphosphonates as potent chelating agents for metal ions. Potentiometric and spectroscopic studies of copper(II) co-ordination Marcin Dyba, Malgorzata Jezowska-Bojczuk, Erzsebet Kiss, Tamas Kiss, Henryk Kozlowski, Yves Leroux and Driss El Manouni, pp 1119 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001119

Syntheses, electrochemistry, photophysics and photochemistry of nitridorhenium(V) diphosphine complexes and related nitridorhenium(V) organometallics; crystal structure of [ReVN(CCBut)2(PPh3)2] Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Kwok-Kwong Tam and Kung-Kai Cheung, pp 1125 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001125

New ruthenium-tin clusters with bulky ligands. Crystal and molecular structures of [Ru2(CO)6(µ-SnR2)(µ-Ph2PCH2PPh2)], [Ru3(CO)9(µ-SnR2)3], [Ru3(CO)9(µ-SnR2)(µ-SnR2)2] and [Ru3(CO)9(µ-SnR2)2(µ-SnR2)][R = CH(SiMe3)2, R= C6H2Pri3-2,4,6] Christine J. Cardin, David J. Cardin, Maire A. Convery, Zbigniew Dauter, Dieter Fenske, Michael M. Devereux and Michael B. Power, pp 1133 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001133

Synthesis, characterisation, Mössbauer spectra, and structures of some trinuclear iron-tin clusters Christine J. Cardin, David J. Cardin, Maire A. Convery, Michael M. Devereux, Brendan Twamley and Jack Silver, pp 1145 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001145

Ruthenium(II) complexes with a new potentially trifunctional phosphinoester and its enolate as ligands Jürgen Bank, Paul Steinert, Bettina Windmüller, Werner Wolfsberger and Helmut Werner, pp 1153 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001153

Direct formation of alcohols by hydrocarbonylation of alkenes under mild conditions using rhodium trialkylphosphine catalysts Joanna K. MacDougall, Michael C. Simpson, Michael J. Green and David J. Cole-Hamilton, pp 1161 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001161

Unusual binding of exogenous anions in some lead(II) complexes with a functionalized macrocycle Massimo Di Vaira, Matteo Guerra, Fabrizio Mani and Piero Stoppioni, pp 1173 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001173

Unexpected ring contraction in the barium-assisted cyclocondensation of 2,6-diformylpyridine and N,N-bis(2-aminoethyl)-2-phenylethylamine Harry Adams, Neil A. Bailey, Philippe Bertrand, Simon R. Collinson, David E. Fenton and Simon J. Kitchen, pp 1181 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001181

Conference diary J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT996000X015

Back cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600BX019

Issue 7

Tellurium compounds of the main-group elements: progress and prospects Tristram Chivers, pp 1185 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001185

Crystal and molecular structure of dimethyl(L-tryptophyl-L-alaninato)tin(IV)-methanol (1/1) and Mössbauer spectroscopy studies of lattice dynamics of diorganotin(IV) dipeptide complexes Maria Assunta Girasolo, Lorenzo Pellerito, Gian Carlo Stocco and Giovanni Valle, pp 1195 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001195

Synthesis, structure and reactions of the first tellurium-containing macrocyclic Schiff base Saija C. Menon, Harkesh B. Singh, Rajan P. Patel and Shailendra K. Kulshreshtha, pp 1203 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001203

New silica-gel-bound polyazacycloalkanes and characterization of their copper(II) complexes using electron spin resonance spectroscopy Claude Gros, Frédéric Rabiet, Franck Denat, Stéphane Brandès, Hervé Chollet and Roger Guilard, pp 1209 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001209

Structural variations in nickel(II) and copper(II) MN4 Schiff-base complexes with deprotonated tetradentate N,N-bis(5-aminopyrazol-4-ylmethylene)polymethylenediamine ligands Alexander L. Nivorozhkin, Hans Toftlund, Per Lauge Jørgensen and Leonid E. Nivorozhkin, pp 1215 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001215

Synthesis, magnetism, electrochemistry and reactivity of dinuclear vanadium(III) complexes of a macrocyclic tetraimine Schiff base Paul E. Kruger, Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith S. Murray, pp 1223 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001223

Metal complexes of a chiral quadridentate Schiff base Wa-Hung Leung, Eddie Y. Y. Chan, Ernest K. F. Chow, Ian D. Williams and Shie-Ming Peng, pp 1229 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001229

Synthesis, structure and reactivity of the thioether half-sandwich rhodium(III) complex [RhCl(MeCN)2([9]aneS3)][CF3SO3]2([9]aneS3= 1,4,7-trithiacyclononane) Katja Brandt and William S. Sheldrick, pp 1237 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001237

Intercalation of 1,4,10,13-tetraoxa-7,16-diazacyclooctadecane by - and -zirconium phosphates Tsuyoshi Kijima, Katsuhiro Sakoh and Masato Machida, pp 1245 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001245

Intermediate-spin iron(III) octaethyltetraazaporphyrinates with weakly co-ordinating anions: synthesis, characterization and crystal structure Jeffrey P. Fitzgerald, Glenn P. A. Yap, Arnold L. Rheingold, Cynthia T. Brewer, Leopold May and Greg A. Brewer, pp 1249 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001249

Electronic structure of thiaporphyrins: an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic study Chinnakonda S. Gopinath, Ramasamy P. Pandian and Periakaruppan T. Manoharan, pp 1255 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001255

Synthesis, structures and redox properties of platinum metal phosphathia complexes: crystal structures of cis-[RuCl2(RSC2H4SR)]·0.75Et2O and cis-[RhCl2(RSC2H4RS)]PF6·CH2Cl2(R = Ph2PCH2CH2) Neil R. Champness, Robin J. Forder, Christopher S. Frampton and Gillian Reid, pp 1261 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001261

Synthesis and characterisation of mono- and di-nuclear mixed phosphathia complexes of gold(I): crystal structures of [Au(RSC2H4SR)]PF6, [Au(RSC3H6SR)]PF6 and [Au2(RSC2H4SR)2]Cl2·4CH2Cl2(R = Ph2PC2H4) Alexander M. Gibson and Gillian Reid, pp 1267 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001267

X-Ray absorption fine structure study of the structural changes accompanying spin cross-over in the acetone solvates of [Fe(dppen)2X2][dppen =cis-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethylene; X = Cl or Br] Nigel A. Young, pp 1275 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001275

Late transition-metal complexes with the heterofunctional phosphine Ph2PNHP(O)Ph2 Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Martin B. Smith and J. Derek Woollins, pp 1283 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001283

Synthesis and characterization of square-planar palladium(II), platinum(II) and rhodium(I) complexes with a chiral pyridylphosphine hybrid ligand Sergio Stoccoro, Giorgio Chelucci, Antonio Zucca, Maria Agostina Cinellu, Giovanni Minghetti and Mario Manassero, pp 1295 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001295

Hydroxymethyl bis(phosphines) and their palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes formed via biphasic reactions. Crystal structure of [Pd{(HOH2C)2PC6H4P(CH2OH)2}2]Cl2 V. Sreenivasa Reddy, Kattesh V. Katti and Charles L. Barnes, pp 1301 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001301

Synthesis and characterisation of a novel nickel trihydride. Crystal structure of [{Ni(dippe)}2H3][BPh4](dippe = Pri2PCH2CH2PPri2) Manuel Jiménez Tenorio, M. Carmen Puerta and Pedro Valerga, pp 1305 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001305

2-Sulfenamido and -selenamido complexes of titanium, zirconium, molybdenum and tungsten Danielle M. Hankin, Andreas A. Danopoulos, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Tracy K. N. Sweet and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 1309 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001309

Synthesis, structure and properties of new iron-molybdenum and -tungsten fulvalene-bridged heterobimetallic complexes Michael J. Begley, Philip Mountford, Philip J. Stewart, Daniel Swallow and Susan Wan, pp 1323 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001323

Stabilisation of unusual simultaneous binding of four cytosine nucleobases to copper(II) by a novel network of bifurcated hydrogen bonding Mallayan Palaniandavar, Indira Somasundaram, M. Lakshminarayanan and Hattikudur Manohar, pp 1333 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001333

Fluxionality in polynuclear copper(II) complexes containing aminoalcoholate ligands: syntheses, crystal structures, and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance studies Steven R. Breeze, Suning Wang and Liqin Chen, pp 1341 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001341

Polynuclear pyrazolato complexes. Synthesis, chemical reactivity and crystal structures of [{Pd(dmpz)2(Hdmpz)2}2] and [{PdAg2(dmpz)4}2](Hdmpz = 3,5-dimethylpyrazole) G. Attilio Ardizzoia, Girolamo La Monica, Sergio Cenini, Massimo Moret and Norberto Masciocchi, pp 1351 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001351

Conformational change of the N,N-bis(3-aminopropyl)oxamidate ligand in nuclearity tailoring copper(II) complexes José Luis Sanz, Beatriz Cervera, Rafael Ruiz, Claudette Bois, Juan Faus, Francesc Lloret and Miguel Julve, pp 1359 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001359

Efficient and selective up-hill transport of anions by pH-induced affinity switching of a copper complex carrier Koji Araki, Sung-Kil Lee and Joe Otsuki, pp 1367 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001367

A potentiometric and spectroscopic study of copper(II) diaminodioxime complexes Graham E. Jackson and Bandile S. Nakani, pp 1373 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001373

Alkali-metal complexes of a pendant-arm tetraaza macrocycle. Equilibrium, inter- and intra-molecular exchange processes Sonya L. Whitbread, Steve Politis, Ashley K. W. Stephens, Jeremy B. Lucas, Ramesh Dhillon, Stephen F. Lincoln and Kevin P. Wainwright, pp 1379 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001379

Kinetics and mechanism of the oxidation of L-ascorbic acid by cis-diaqua cobalt(III) ammine complexes Kamaluddin Abdur-Rashid, Tara P. Dasgupta and John Burgess, pp 1385 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001385

Kinetics of oxidation of ascorbate by tetranuclear cobalt(III) complexes (hexols) in aqueous solution Kamaluddin Abdur-Rashid, Tara P. Dasgupta and John Burgess, pp 1393 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001393

Synthesis and reactivity of areneruthenium pyranone and pyridinone complexes Glen Capper, Lee C. Carter, David L. Davies, John Fawcett and David R. Russell, pp 1399 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001399

Control of the co-ordination mode of 1,8-naphthyridine ligated to ruthenium(II) bipyridine complexes Hiroshi Nakajima, Hirotaka Nagao and Koji Tanaka, pp 1405 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001405

Monohelical quinquepyridine complexes of rhenium-(I) and -(III) Paul Kwok-Keung Ho, Kung-Kai Cheung, Shie-Ming Peng and Chi-Ming Che, pp 1411 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001411

New mixed carbonyl-nitro and -nitrito complexes of manganese and rhenium Anke Sieker, Alexander J. Blake and Brian F. G. Johnson, pp 1419 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001419

Synthesis and structure of [Ru3(CO)9(µ-H)(µ3-2-PhCH2CH2CNPh)], a product of an intramolecular hydrogen-transfer reaction Wolfgang Imhof, pp 1429 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001429

Synthesis of tetranuclear cobalt-molybdenum butterfly clusters with alkyne ligands: crystal structure of [Co2Mo2(µ4-C2Me2)(µ-CO)4(CO)4(-C5H5)2] Harry Adams, Neil A. Bailey, Louise J. Gill, Michael J. Morris and Fiona A. Wildgoose, pp 1437 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001437

Unusual reactions of a cationic carbyne complex of manganese with carbonyliron dianions to form a novel dimetal carbene-bridged complex [MnFe{µ-C(COEt)Ph}(-C5H5)(CO)5] Yong Yu, Jiabi Chen, Jian Chen and Peiju Zheng, pp 1443 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001443

Formation of ring-expanded products from certain combinations of tetraphenyldisiloxanediolates [(Ph2SiOM)2O](M= Li or Na) and group 4 metal chlorides MCl4 Michael Lazell, Majid Motevalli, Syed A. A. Shah, Charlotte K. S. Simon and Alice C. Sullivan, pp 1449 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001449

On the nature of the interaction between potassium ions and bis(crown ether) derivatives as revealed by low-temperature carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy M. N. Stuart Hill, Joyce C. Lockhart and David P. Mousley, pp 1455 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001455

Synthesis, characterization and redox properties of mixed phosphine nitroruthenium(II) complexes. crystal structure of trans-[Ru(NO2)(terpy)-(PMe3)(PPh3)][ClO4]·H2O Lisa F. Szczepura, Stephen A. Kubow, Randolph A. Leising, Willie J. Perez, My Hang Vo Huynh, Charles H. Lake, David G. Churchill, Melvyn R. Churchill and Kenneth J. Takeuchi, pp 1463 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001463

Letter Lars I. Elding, Raffaello Romeo, Michael Schmülling, Alexander D. Ryabov and Rudi van Eldik, pp 1471 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001471

Issue 8

Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FX021

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FP029

Electronic structure of stable benzodiazasilylenes: photoelectron spectra and quantum-chemical investigations Philip Blakeman, Barbara Gehrhus, Jennifer C. Green, Joachim Heinicke, Michael F. Lappert, Markus Kindermann and Tamás Veszprémi, pp 1475 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001475

Alkali-metal vanadium sulfate alums, MV(SO4)2·12H2O (M = K, Rb or Cs): structural anomalies related to unsymmetrical occupancy of the t2g(Oh) orbitals James K. Beattie, Stephen P. Best, Patricia Del Favero, Brian W. Skelton, Alexander N. Sobolev and Allan H. White, pp 1481 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001481

Synthesis and reactivity of hydrogen-rich uranium-rhenium compounds; an unsuspected detrimental effect of alkali-metal halide on chemical metathesis Sophie M. Cendrowski-Guillaume and Michel Ephritikhine, pp 1487 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001487

Complexes of lanthanide(III) ions with macrocyclic ligands containing pyridine head units Rufina Bastida, Andrés de Blas, Pilar Castro, David E. Fenton, Alejandro Macías, Rita Rial, Adolfo Rodríguez and Teresa Rodríguez-Blas, pp 1493 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001493

Synthesis, properties, stereochemistry and crystal structures of diastereomeric benzene-ruthenium(II) complexes with a chiral salicylideneaminato ligand Henri Brunner, Ralf Oeschey and Bernd Nuber, pp 1499 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001499

Some Schiff base complexes of lead(II) Jonathan Parr, Andrew T. Ross and Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, pp 1509 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001509

Facile acid-promoted decarboxylation of a macrocyclic complex. Crystal structure of [6,14-diacetyl-7,13-dimethyl-1,4,8,12-tetraazacyclopentadeca-1(15),5,7,13-tetraen-2-olato]nickel(II) James H. Cameron, Catherine A. Clarke, Heather B. Harvey, Kevin J. McCullough and Peter A. Rudolf, pp 1513 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001513

Comparative study of Mössbauer spectra of iron(III) complexes of para-substituted tetraphenylporphyrins. Electronic effects of substituents and axial ligands Toshie Ohya and Mitsuo Sato, pp 1519 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001519

One-, two- and three-dimensional copper(I) and silver(I) complexes of 2,11-dithia[3.3]paracyclophane Megumu Munakata, Liang Ping Wu, Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa, Masahiko Maekawa, Yusaku Suenaga and Sohei Nakagawa, pp 1525 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001525

Synthesis and crystal structures of some bis-benzimidazoles, -benzothiazoles and -benzoxazoles by an alternative route: their complexation with copper(II) salts Craig J. Matthews, William Clegg, Mark R. J. Elsegood, Troy A. Leese, Derek Thorp, Peter Thornton and Joyce C. Lockhart, pp 1531 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001531

Isolation, structure and spectroscopic properties of [Re2(C3S5)5]2- complexes and electrical conductivities of their oxidized species Gen-etsu Matsubayashi, Takashi Maikawa, Hatsue Tamura, Motohiro Nakano and Ryuichi Arakawa, pp 1539 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001539

Reactions of heterocyclic organotellurium compounds with triiron dodecacarbonyl: reactions of thiophenes revisited Karanbir Singh, William R. McWhinnie, Hong Li Chen, Min Sun and Thomas A. Hamor, pp 1545 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001545

Some transition-metal complexes derived from silylated 1,3-diynes Michael I. Bruce, Paul J. Low, Anja Werth, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 1551 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001551

Systematic synthesis of hexanuclear phosphido-bridged osmium clusters; crystal and molecular structure of [Os6(µ-H)(CO)22(µ-PH2)] Brian F. G. Johnson, Jack Lewis, Ebbe Nordlander, Steven M. Owen and Paul R. Raithby, pp 1567 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001567

Synthesis of 1,3-diaryltriazenido triruthenium and triosmium clusters: crystal structures of [Ru3(µ-H)(CO)10(µ-C6F5NNNC6F5)] and [Os3(CO)11Cl(2-C6F5NNNC6F5)] How Ghee Ang, Lip Lin Koh and Guo Ying Yang, pp 1573 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001573

Covalency in metal complexes of 1,4-diazabutadiene (dab). A density functional investigation of the electronic structures of [M(dab)2](M = Li, Ga or Co) and [Th(NH3)(NH2)3(dab)] Nikolas Kaltsoyannis, pp 1583 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001583

Raman spectroelectrochemical studies and crystal structure of a binuclear copper(I) complex with a bridging diimine ligand Keith C. Gordon, Ala H. R. Al-Obaidi, Pradeep M. Jayaweera, John J. McGarvey, John F. Malone and Steven E. J. Bell, pp 1591 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001591

Silicon-29 and oxygen-17 relaxation in H8Si8O12 in solution Jozef Kowalewski, Tomas Nilsson and Karl W. Törnroos, pp 1597 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001597

Crystal structure and solution-state study of K[Al(mal)2(H2O)2]·2H2O (H2mal = malonic acid) Andrea Tapparo, Sarah L. Heath, Peter A. Jordan, Geoffrey R. Moore and Annie K. Powell, pp 1601 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001601

Comparative study of oxidation by chromium(V) and chromium(VI) Sandra Signorella, Marcela Rizzotto, Verónica Daier, María I. Frascaroli, Claudia Palopoli, Débora Martino, Azzedine Bousseksou and Luis F. Sala, pp 1607 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001607

Electrochemical carboxylation of arylmethyl chlorides catalysed by [Co(salen)][H2salen =N,N-bis(salicylidene)ethane-1,2-diamine] Abdirisak Ahmed Isse, Armando Gennaro and Elio Vianello, pp 1613 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001613

Structural characterization of the brown six-electron-reduced form of dodecatungstoborate, K5[BW12O37(H2O)3]·13.5H2O Toshihiro Yamase and Eri Ishikawa, pp 1619 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001619

Mechanism of chelation of phenanthroline derivatives to Mo(CO)5 deduced from pulsed photolysis studies in several solvents at high pressure Shibai Cao, Yanlong Shi, Jens Hollmann, Rudi van Eldik and Edward M. Eyring, pp 1629 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001629

Metal complexes of chiral phosphorylalkoxides: crystal structure of dichlorobis[(1S)-2-(diphenylphosphoryl)-1-methylethanolato]titanium(IV) Ronald J. Cross, Louis J. Farrugia, Paul D. Newman, Robert D. Peacock and Diane Stirling, pp 1637 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001637

Photoluminescent cyclometallated diplatinum(II,II) complexes: photophysical properties and crystal structures of [PtL(PPh3)]ClO4 and [Pt2L2(µ-dppm)][ClO4]2(HL = 6-phenyl-2,2-bipyridine, dppm = Ph2PCH2PPh2) Tsz-Chun Cheung, Kung-Kai Cheung, Shie-Ming Peng and Chi-Ming Che, pp 1645 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001645

Layers built from caesium cations and heptaphosphanortricyclane anions: synthesis and crystal structure of [NEt3Me][Cs2P7]·NH3 and [NEt4][Cs2P7]·4NH3 Nikolaus Korber and Jörg Daniels, pp 1653 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001653

Co-ordination chemistry of 1,4-bis(o-aminobenzyl)-1,4-diazacyclohexane (L) with nickel(II), copper(II) and palladium(II) Oliver Schlager, Karl Wieghardt, Anna Rufiska and Bernhard Nuber, pp 1659 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001659

Silver-iodocarbon complexes: crystal structures of eight compounds obtained from the reactions of AgPF6 or AgNO3 with CH2I2, I(CH2)3I and simple aryl iodides John Powell, Michael J. Horvath and Alan Lough, pp 1669 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001669

Synthesis and structural characterization of [PtCl2{meso-Ph(HO)PCH2CH2P(OH)Ph}] and structurally related derivatives John Powell, Michael J. Horvath and Alan Lough, pp 1679 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001679

Rare-earth-metal solvent extraction with calixarene phosphates Jack M. Harrowfield, Mauro Mocerino, Brendan J. Peachey, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 1687 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001687

Rhodium(I) complexes containing the enolate of N-acetyl-3-butanoyltetramic acid (Habta) and the crystal structure of [Rh(abta){P(OPh)3}2] Brian T. Heaton, Chacko Jacob, John Markopoulos, Olga Markopoulou, Jens Nähring, Chris-Kriton Skylaris and Anthony K. Smith, pp 1701 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001701

Synthesis, characterization and crystal structures of a series of ruthenium µ4-nitrene carbonyl clusters Kenneth Ka Hong Lee and Wing Tak Wong, pp 1707 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001707

Angle-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic experiments on the full series of molecular [Au55(PR3)12Cl6] clusters Daniel van der Putten, Roberto Zanoni, Carlo Coluzza and Günter Schmid, pp 1721 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001721

Structure and reactivity of [{Te(NMe2)2}]; application to the preparation of metalloorganic tellurium(II) compounds Robert E. Allan, Heinz Gornitzka, Jörg Kärcher, Michael A. Paver, Moira-Ann Rennie, Christopher A. Russell, Paul R. Raithby, Dietmar Stalke, Alexander Steiner and Dominic S. Wright, pp 1727 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001727

Triosmium and triruthenium clusters containing the 4-methylthiazolide ligand: crystal structures of [Os3(µ-H)(CO)10(µ-2,3-2-CNCMeCHS)], [Os3(µ-H)(CO)9(µ-2,3-2-CNCMeCHS)(PPh3)] and [Os3(µ-H)(CO)8(µ-2,3-2-CNCMeCHS)(PPh3)2] Kazi A. Azam, Rahima Dilshad, Shariff E. Kabir, Khodeja Khatoon, Lutfun Nessa, Md. Mukhlesur Rahman, Edward Rosenberg, Michael B. Hursthouse, K. M. Abdul Malik and Antony J. Deeming, pp 1731 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001731

Ten-vertex polyhedral monoheteroborane chemistry: syntheses, molecular structures, and nuclear magnetic resonance characterization of some 9-substituted 6-aza- and 6-thia-arachno-decaboranes Bohumil tíbr, Josef Holub, Tomá Jelínek, Xavier L. R. Fontaine, Jii Fusek, John D. Kennedy and Mark Thornton-Pett, pp 1741 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001741

Protonation and metal-ion complexation in aqueous solution by pyridine-containing hexaaza macrocycles Karin I. Dhont, Gerrit G. Herman, Antonio C. Fabretti, Werner Lippens and André M. Goeminne, pp 1753 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001753

Synthesis and characterization of alkoxo-oxygen-bridged copper(II) complexes having disc- and rod-like shapes Shingo Eguchia, Takeshi Nozaki, Hitoshi Miyasaka, Naohide Matsumoto, Hisashi Okawa, Susumu Kohata and Naomi Hoshino-Miyajima, pp 1761 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001761

Synthesis, crystal structure and luminescence properties of a europium(III) complex with a new planar aromatic tridentate N3 ligand Chi Yang, Xiao-Ming Chen, Wei-Hong Zhang, Jian Chen, Yan-Sheng Yang and Meng-Lian Gong, pp 1767 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001767

Photophysical properties, electronic and crystal structure of a luminescent pentanuclear gold(I) complex Biing-Chiau Tzeng, Chi-Ming Che and Shie-Ming Peng, pp 1769 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001769

Spectroscopic titration of [Re4(µ3-H)4(CO)12] with chloride ions. An electron-precise tetranuclear cluster as intermediate in the transformation of a tetranuclear unsaturated cluster into trinuclear unsaturated anions Tiziana Beringhelli, Giuseppe D'Alfonso and Maria Grazia Garavaglia, pp 1771 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001771

Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. syn- and anti-[(C5Me5)2Rh2S2B15H14(OH)]; an interesting nineteen-vertex isomeric pair Pervinder Kaur, John D. Kennedy, Mark Thornton-Pett, Tomá Jelínek and Bohumil tíbr, pp 1775 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001775

Additions and corrections Daniele Sanna, Giovanni Micera, Peter Buglyó and Tamas Kiss, pp 1779 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001779

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Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FP039

Ditungsten hexaalkoxides: templates for organometallic chemistry and catalysis Malcolm H. Chisholm, pp 1781 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001781

Hydrocarbonylation of prop-2-en-1-ol to butane-1,4-diol and 2-methylpropan-1-ol catalysed by rhodium triethylphosphine complexes Michael C. Simpson, Alan W. S. Currie, Jo-Ann M. Andersen, David J. Cole-Hamilton and Michael J. Green, pp 1793 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001793

Primary alkenyl phosphine complexes of chromium and molybdenum; synthesis and characterisation of tricarbonyl(1,5,9-triphosphacyclododecane)chromium(0) Peter G. Edwards, James S. Fleming, Sudantha S. Liyanage, Simon J. Coles and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 1801 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001801

Cationic platinum(II) complexes: platinum-alkyl bond cleavage by a powerful Lewis acid Geoffrey S. Hill, Louis M. Rendina and Richard J. Puddephatt, pp 1809 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001809

Reactions of di- and tri-nuclear palladium and platinum isocyanide complexes with highly basic and bulky aromatic phosphines containing methoxy groups at the 2 and 6 positions Yasuhiro Yamamoto and Fumiko Arima, pp 1815 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001815

Heteronuclear Pt-Pd, Pt2Cu and Pt2Ni complexes with bridging acetamidate: crystal structures and spectroscopic studies Andrea Erxleben, Alberto Albinati and Bernhard Lippert, pp 1823 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001823

Syntheses, structures and electrochemical properties of single and double helical inorganic complexes containing new polypyridine ligands Paul Kwok-Keung Ho, Shie-Ming Peng, Kwok-Yin Wong and Chi-Ming Che, pp 1829 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001829

Synthesis, magnetic behaviour and structural characterization of the alternating hexanuclear copper(II) compound [Cu6(tmen)6(µ-N3)2(µ-C2O4)3(H2O)2][ClO4]4·2H2O (tmen = Me2NCH2CH2NMe2) Ramon Vicente, Albert Escuer, Xavier Solans and Mercè Font-Bardía, pp 1835 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001835

Crystal structure and magnetic properties of the layer ferrimagnet N(n-C5H11)4MnIIFeIII(C2O4)3 Simon G. Carling, Corine Mathonière, Peter Day, K. M. Abdul Malik, Simon J. Coles and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 1839 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001839

Structural, spectroscopic and angular-overlap studies of tripodal pyridine ligands with nickel(II) and zinc(II) Timothy Astley, Michael A. Hitchman, F. Richard Keene and Edward R. T. Tiekink, pp 1845 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001845

Covalently linked anthracene-containing supramolecular complexes of triosmium carbonyl clusters: synthesis, crystal structures and solvatochromic behaviour Wai-Yeung Wong and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 1853 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001853

Tris(triorganostannyltetrazoles): synthesis and supramolecular structures Michael Hill, Mary F. Mahon and Kieran C. Molloy, pp 1857 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001857

Synthesis of lanthanide(III) complexes of a 20-membered hexaaza macrocycle Vincent Arul Joseph Aruna and Vedhamonickom Alexander, pp 1867 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001867

Face versus vertex co-ordination of tridentate crown thioethers to trinuclear cobalt clusters Corinne Renouard, Gerd Rheinwald, Helen Stoeckli-Evans, Georg Süss-Fink, Dario Braga and Fabrizia Grepioni, pp 1875 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001875

Synthesis and structure of half-sandwich palladium(II) complexes of 1,4,7-trithiacyclononane ([9]aneS3) incorporating halide, phosphine and heterocyclic ligands Alexander J. Blake, Yvonne V. Roberts and Martin Schröder, pp 1885 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001885

Synthesis and electrospray mass spectrometry of platinum(II) complexes of 5,5-diethylbarbituric acid (Hdebarb); crystal structure of cis-[PtCl(debarb)(PPh3)2]·CH2Cl2 John Fawcett, William Henderson, Raymond D. W. Kemmitt, David R. Russell and Amrapali Upreti, pp 1897 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001897

Crystal structure of a copper(II)-famotidine complex and solution studies of the Cu2+-famotidine-histidine ternary system Maria Kubiak, Anna M. Duda, Maria Luisa Ganadu and Henryk Kozlowski, pp 1905 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001905

Photoinduced electron transfer between [Cu(dmphen)L2]+[dmphen = 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline, L = PPhn(C6H4OMe-p)3 -n(n= 0-3)] and methyl viologen Shigeyoshi Sakaki, Hiroki Mizutani, Yu-ichi Kase, Ko-ji Inokuchi, Toru Arai and Taisuke Hamada, pp 1909 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001909

Kinetics and equilibria in the nitric acid-nitrous acid-sodium thiocyanate system Eleanor Jones, Carl G. Munkley, Evan D. Phillips and Geoffrey Stedman, pp 1915 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001915

Equilibria and rates of olefin substitution in zerovalent palladium complexes containing a 2-pyridylmethanimine ligand Luciano Canovese, Fabiano Visentin, Paolo Uguagliati and Bruno Crociani, pp 1921 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001921

Reactions of [Ru(bipy)(CO)2Cl2] in aqueous HX and HX-HNO3 solutions (X = F, Br or I; bipy = 2,2-bipyridine) Matti Haukka, Markku Ahlgrén and Tapani A. Pakkanen, pp 1927 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001927

Nickel complexes of 1,2-bis(diisopropylphosphino)ethane with sulfur-containing ligands Manuel Jiménez Tenorio, M. Carmen Puerta and Pedro Valerga, pp 1935 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001935

Co-ordination chemistry of tridentate phosphinothiolates; syntheses and structures of [Li4{PhP(C6H3S-2-SiMe3-3)2}2(MeOCH2CH2OMe)2], [Sn2{PhP(C6H3S-2-SiMe3-3)2}2] and [NHEt3][Sm{PhP(C6H3S-2-R-3)2}2(py)2]·2py (R = H or SiMe3, py = C5H5N) Nikolaus Froelich, Peter B. Hitchcock, Jin Hu, Michael F. Lappert and Jonathan R. Dilworth, pp 1941 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001941

Discrete dinuclear and polymeric copper(I) cations bridged by 4,4-bipyridine, trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethene or bis(4-pyridyl) disulfide Andrei S. Batsanov, Michael J. Begley, Peter Hubberstey and Jo Stroud, pp 1947 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001947

Paramagnetic tetrahedral dinitrosyliron complexes containing redox-active cyanomanganese ligands Francis L. Atkinson, Nathan C. Brown, Neil G. Connelly, A. Guy Orpen, Anne L. Rieger, Philip H. Rieger and Georgina M. Rosair, pp 1959 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001959

Structural studies on an iron(III) complex containing (Z)-2-(2-aminothiazol-4-yl)-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-(hydroxyimino)acetamide, a model compound for a cephalosporin antibiotic Cefdinir Shuhei Deguchi, Mamoru Fujioka, Yoshihiko Okamoto, Tsutomu Yasuda, Nobuhumi Nakamura, Kazuya Yamaguchi and Shinnichiro Suzuki, pp 1967 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001967

Deprotonation reactions of 2-thiouracil with [2-(pyridin-2-yl)phenyl]mercury(II) acetate. Structural and spectroscopic effects José S. Casas, Eduardo E. Castellano, María S. García-Tasende, Agustín Sánchez, José Sordo, Ezequiel M. Vázquez-López and Julio Zukerman-Schpector, pp 1973 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001973

Synthesis and structural characterization of organometallic niobium(IV) amido complexes Simon G. Bott, David M. Hoffman and Sri Prakash Rangarajan, pp 1979 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001979

Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of a series of substituted cyclopentadienyl Group 4 fluorides; crystal structure of the acetylacetonato complex [(acac)2(-C5Me5)Zr(µ-F)SnMe3Cl] Eamonn F. Murphy, Peihua Yu, Stefan Dietrich, Herbert W. Roesky, Emilio Parisini and Mathias Noltemeyer, pp 1983 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001983

Crystal and molecular structure of [V2O3(sal-L-val)2(H2O)](sal-L-val =N-salicylidene-L-valinate) and spectroscopic properties of related complexes Isabel Cavaco, João Costa Pessoa, M. Teresa Duarte, Rui T. Henriques, Pedro M. Matias and Robert D. Gillard, pp 1989 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001989

Preparation and characterization of 1,3,2-dithiazolidine and 1,4-dithia-7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane cations, and a mechanistic study of the cycloaddition reactions of alkenes with SNS Wendell V. F. Brooks, Scott Brownridge, Jack Passmore, Melbourne J. Schriver and Xiaoping Sun, pp 1997 DOI:10.1039/DT9960001997

Bis(acetylide) complexes of ruthenium Leslie D. Field, Adrian V. George, David C. R. Hockless, Graham R. Purches and Allan H. White, pp 2011 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002011

Barbituric acid as a new locking fragment in macrocyclization: synthesis and structural characterization of [aqua(perchlorato)(2,4,6-trioxohexahydropyrimidine-5-spiro-6-1,4,8,11- tetraazacyclotetradecane)copper(II)] perchlorate hydrate Yaroslaw D. Lampeka, Alexander I. Prikhod'ko, Alexander Y. Nazarenko and Edward B. Rusanov, pp 2017 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002017

Synthesis, characterisation and superoxide dismutase activity of a manganese(II) complex Ramalingam Rajan, Rama Rajaram, Balachandran Unni Nair, Tirumalachari Ramasami and Sisir Kumar Mandal, pp 2019 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002019

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Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FP049

Synthesis, characterization and crystal structures of bismuth(III) complexes with triethylenetetraaminehexaacetic acid and trans-cyclohexane-1,2-diaminetetraacetic acid Hilda Wullens, Michel Devillers, Bernard Tinant and Jean-Paul Declercq, pp 2023 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002023

Self-assembly of copper(I) complexes into three-dimensional co-ordination polymers with channel networks by hydrogen bonding or by tridentate ligands Liang Ping Wu, Mikiko Yamamoto, Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa, Masahiko Maekawa, Yusaku Suenaga and Megumu Munakata, pp 2031 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002031

The crystal structures of [NMe4][(Me2AsO2){MoO(O2)2}2], [NMe4][(Ph2PO2){MoO(O2)2}2], [NBun4][(Ph2PO2){WO(O2)2}2] and [NH4][(Ph2PO2){MoO(O2)2(H2O)}] and their use as catalytic oxidants N. Melanie Gresley, William P. Griffith, Bernardeta C. Parkin, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 2039 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002039

Electrochemical synthesis and crystal structure of silver(I) complexes with some heterocyclic thiones Paulo A. Pérez-Lourido, José A. García-Vázquez, Jaime Romero, María S. Louro, Antonio Sousa, Qin Chen, Yuanda Chang and Jon Zubieta, pp 2047 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002047

Copper-(I) and -(II) complexes with tertiary linear polyamines of the type Me2NCH2(CH2NMeCH2)nCH2NMe2(n= 1-4) Gilad Golub, Haim Cohen, Piero Paoletti, Andrea Bencini and Dan Meyerstein, pp 2055 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002055

Synthesis, structure, spectra and redox interconversions in copper(II) complexes of 5,6-diphenyl-3-(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazine Rajendran Uma, Mallayan Palaniandavar and Ray J. Butcher, pp 2061 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002061

Stabilization of high oxidation states in transition metals. An electrochemical and computational study of structurally comparable molybdenum and tungsten complexes Klaus H. Moock, Stuart A. Macgregor, Graham A. Heath, Sean Derrick and René T. Boeré, pp 2067 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002067

Prediction of crystal structures Martin U. Schmidt and Ulli Englert, pp 2077 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002077

Crystal structure of bis(tetra-n-butylammonium)dodecamolybdosulfate(VI)-(2-), [NBun4]2[SMo12O40] Toshitaka Hori, Sadayuki Himeno and Osamu Tamada, pp 2083 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002083

Homoleptic hydroxylamides of titanium, zirconium and hafnium Norbert W. Mitzel, Simon Parsons, Alexander J. Blake and David W. H. Rankin, pp 2089 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002089

Two different co-ordination modes of hydrazide ligands in silicon and germanium compounds Norbert W. Mitzel, Bruce A. Smart, Alexander J. Blake, Simon Parsons and David W. H. Rankin, pp 2095 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002095

Synthesis of sterically hindered bis(imidazole) proligands and an exploration of their co-ordination chemistry with copper(II) Timothy C. Higgs, Madeleine Helliwell and C. David Garner, pp 2101 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002101

An unusual anionic oxo-(µ-oxo)-vanadium(V) network interlinked by cationic sodium chains Nathalie Julien-Cailhol, Eric Rose, Jaqueline Vaisserman and Dieter Rehder, pp 2111 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002111

Synthesis and structure of dilead(II) and dimanganese(II) complexes of macrocycles derived from 3,6-diformylpyridazine Sally Brooker and Robert J. Kelly, pp 2117 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002117

Structural chemistry of triorganotin fluorides. The crystal structure of tricyclohexyltin fluoride revisited David Tudela, Ramón Fernández, Vitaly K. Belsky and Valery E. Zavodnik, pp 2123 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002123

Mechanistic information on ligand-substitution reactions of europium(III) in aqueous solution from high-pressure stopped-flow experiments Yanlong Shi, Qin Ji, Edward M. Eyring and Rudi van Eldik, pp 2127 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002127

Influence of mixed sulfur-nitrogen oxides on the redox kinetics of iron ions in aqueous solution Vasilios Lepentsiotis, Frans F. Prinsloo, Rudi van Eldik and Heinz Gutberlet, pp 2135 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002135

Novel amphiphilic diphosphines: synthesis, rhodium complexes, use in hydroformylation and rhodium recycling Armin Buhling, Jaap W. Elgersma, Steve Nkrumah, Paul C. J. Kamer and Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen, pp 2143 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002143

Oxidative-addition reactions on planar chloranilate rhodium systems. Crystal structure of [Rh2(µ-C6Cl2O4)Me2I2(CO)2(PPh3)2] Anabel Elduque, Yolanda Garcés, Luis A. Oro, M. Teresa Pinillos, Antonio Tiripicchio and Franco Ugozzoli, pp 2155 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002155

Crystal structures of [Fe3(CO)9{P(OR)3}3](R = Me or Pri) Harry Adams, Xuetai Chen and Brian E. Mann, pp 2159 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002159

Isolation and structural characterisation of products from the reaction of [Os4(µ-H)4(CO)10(MeCN)2] with cyclohexa-1,3-diene Brian F. G. Johnson, Caroline M. Martin, Alexander J. Blake, David Reed, Dario Braga and Fabrizia Grepioni, pp 2165 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002165

Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of new mixed-metal, mixed-chalcogenide clusters [Fe2W(CO)10(µ3-Se)(µ3-E)](E = Te or S). Structures of [Fe2M(CO)10(µ3-Se)(µ3-E)](M = W, E = Se or Te; M = Mo, E = Se) Pradeep Mathur, Perumal Sekar, Chilukuri V. V. Satyanarayana and Mary F. Mahon, pp 2173 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002173

Synthesis and characterization of triosmium clusters containing a nitrite ligand; crystal and molecular structures of [N(PPh3)2][Os3(CO)10(µ-2-NO2)] and [Os3(µ-H)(CO)10(µ-2-NO2)] Bernard Kwok-Man Hui and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 2177 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002177

An unusual tetranuclear copper(II) acetate structure with an open cubane Cu4O4 framework Liang Ping Wu, Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa, Masahiko Maekawa, Yusaku Suenaga and Megumu Munakata, pp 2179 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002179

Synthesis and structure of a novel carboxylate-bridged heterometallic copper(II)-gadolinium(III) complex Xiao-Ming Chen, Ming-Liang Tong, Yu-Luan Wu and Yu-Ji Luo, pp 2181 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002181

Selenium insertion into a cadmium-carbon bond; synthesis and structural characterisation of the loosely linked dimer [{Cd(SeCCPh)2(tmen)}2](tmen = Me2NCH2CH2NMe2) Michael A. Beswick, Paul R. Raithby, Alexander Steiner, Joanna C. Vallat, Kerry L. Verhorevoort and Dominic S. Wright, pp 2183 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002183

Transition-metal complexes of 4(4-anilino)-2,2 : 6,2-terpyridine (and derivatives): versatile building blocks for construction of metallooligomers and macromolecules Gregory D. Storrier and Stephen B. Colbran, pp 2185 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002185

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Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FX045

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FP057

Methanol carbonylation revisited: thirty years on Peter M. Maitlis, Anthony Haynes, Glenn J. Sunley and Mark J. Howard, pp 2187 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002187

Carbonylation of hydrocarbylpalladium(II) complexes containing substituted pyridinecarboxylate chelating ligands. Steric and electronic manipulation of the CO-insertion mechanism Jason L. Hoare, Kingsley J. Cavell, Richard Hecker, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 2197 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002197

Bis(carboxylato) complexes of platinum(II). Structural and bonding analysis of [Pt(O2CR)2(L-L)][L-L = 2PPh3, Ph2PCH2PPh2 or Fe(C5H4PPh2)2; R = Me, CF3, Pri or Ph] Agnes L. Tan, Pauline M. N. Low, Zhong-Yuan Zhou, Weiming Zheng, Bo-Mu Wu, Thomas C. W. Mak and T. S. Andy Hor, pp 2207 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002207

Spectrophotometric study of the complexation of iodine with macrocycles in chloroform solution Abolfazl Semnani and Mojtaba Shamsipur, pp 2215 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002215

Kinetic studies on the redox reactions of Clostridium pasteurianum rubredoxin Sang-Choul Im and A. Geoffrey Sykes, pp 2219 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002219

The interaction between cytochrome c and trans-[PtCl2(NH3)2] Lijuan Jiang, Guozhi Tang and Wenxia Tang, pp 2223 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002223

Dinuclear palladium complexes incorporating amidato, carbamato and urea bridging groups Bernard F. Hoskins, Christine J. McKenzie, Ian A. S. MacDonald and Richard Robson, pp 2227 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002227

Formation of axial phenolate-metal bonds in square-pyramidal complexes Harry Adams, Neil A. Bailey, Ian K. Campbell, David E. Fenton and Qing-Yu He, pp 2233 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002233

Crystal structures and superoxide dismutase mimetic activity of [CuL2(Him)2]·MeOH and [CuL2(mim)2]·H2O [HL = 4-amino-N-(thiazol-2-yl)benzenesulfonamide, Him = imidazole, mim =N-methylimidazole] Javier Casanova, Gloria Alzuet, Joaquín Borrás and Oliviero Carugo, pp 2239 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002239

Local structures of the amorphous chromium sulfide, CrS3, and selenide, CrSe3, from X-ray absorption studies Simon J. Hibble, Richard I. Walton and David M. Pickup, pp 2245 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002245

Reactions of (diethyldithiocarbamato)halogenotellurium(II); crystal structures of R[Te{S2CNEt2}X2][R = NEt4, X = I; R = H(phen)2(phen = 1,10-phenanthroline), X = I or Br] Ramanathan Krishnakumar, Gopalaswamiengar Aravamudan, M. Ramakrishna Udupa, Maha Seshasayee and Thomas A. Hamor, pp 2253 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002253

Synthesis, structure and characterization of mixed cyclopentadienyl-dithiolene metal complexes, [Co(-C5H5)2][Ni(C3S5)2]3·2MeCN and [Ni(-C5H5)(C3S5)] Christophe Faulmann, Fabien Delpech, Isabelle Malfant and Patrick Cassoux, pp 2261 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002261

Synthesis and crystal structure of [Ni{Ph2PC(S)NPh}2] and [Ni{Ph2P(Y)C(S)NPh}2](Y = S or Se) George Siasios and Edward R. T. Tiekink, pp 2269 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002269

Synthesis and reactivity of cationic vinylidene and allenylidene ruthenium(II) complexes containing the phosphinoether Pri2PCH2CH2OMe as chelating ligand Marta Martín, Olaf Gevert and Helmut Werner, pp 2275 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002275

Synthesis of phosphate-phenylphosphonates of titanium(IV) and their n-butylamine intercalates Enrique Jaimez, Anatoly Bortun, Gary B. Hix, José R. García, Julio Rodríguez and Robert C. T. Slade, pp 2285 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002285

Novel triosmium cluster complexes with rod-like molecular geometry. Syntheses and crystal structures of [Os3(µ-H)2(CO)9(µ3-CNC5H4CHNC6H4OC16H33)] and [Os3(µ-H)(CO)10(µ-NC5H3CHNC6H4OC16H33)] Wai-Yeung Wong, Suzanna Chan and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 2293 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002293

Synthesis and reactivity of 3--lactonyl complexes of molybdenum; crystal structures of [Mo{3-OC(O)CHCHCH}(CO)2(-C5Me5)], [Mo{-2PhCH2NHCHCHCH(CO2H)}(CO)2(5-C9H7)] and [Mo{3-OC(O)CHCHCHCO}(NCMe)(CO)(-C5H5)] Christopher Butters, Nicholas Carr, Robert J. Deeth, Michael Green, Simon M. Green and Mary F. Mahon, pp 2299 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002299

Substituent-controlled assembly of helical complexes: synthesis, crystal and molecular structures of double helical silver(I) complexes with substituted quinquepyridines Youjun Fu, Jie Sun, Qi Li, Yu Chen, Wenning Dai, Defen Wang, Thomas C. W. Mak, Wenxia Tang and Hongwen Hu, pp 2309 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002309

Synthesis and characterization of cationic dinuclear complexes of platinum with bridging hydrides; crystal structures of [Pt2(µ-H)2{But2P(CH2)3PBut2}2][BF4]2 and [Pt2(µ-H)2{(C6H11)2P(CH2)3P(C6H11)2}2][BF4]2 Laura Mole, John L. Spencer, Stephen A. Litster, Alan D. Redhouse, Nicholas Carr and A. Guy Orpen, pp 2315 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002315

Oxidation of the pyrazine(pyz)-bridged polymeric copper(I) cation [Cu(cnge)(MeCN)(pyz)]+ by NOBF4 and formation of the corresponding copper(II) cation [Cu(MeCN)4(pyz)]2+(cnge = 2-cyanoguanidine) Michael J. Begley, Peter Hubberstey and Jo Stroud, pp 2323 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002323

First examples of polymeric mixed-metal (Pt-Ag) complexes containing single acetamidate bridges: cis-[(NH3)2Pt(NHCOMe)2Ag]NO3·4H2O and trans-[(NH3)2Pt(NHCOMe)2Ag]NO3·1.5H2O Andrea Erxleben and Bernhard Lippert, pp 2329 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002329

Synthesis and photophysics of tetranuclear copper(I) acetylides. Crystal structure of [Cu4{P(C6H4Me-p)3}4(µ3-1-CCPh)4] Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Wai-Kit Lee and Kung-Kai Cheung, pp 2335 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002335

Spectral and electrochemical recognition of halide anions by acyclic mononuclear ruthenium(II) bipyridyl receptor molecules Paul D. Beer, Simon W. Dent and Trevor J. Wear, pp 2341 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002341

Selectivity of macrocyclic aminocarboxylates for alkaline-earth metal ions and stability of their complexes C. Allen Chang, pp 2347 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002347

Synthesis, spectra and crystal structures of complexes of ambidentate C6H5C(O)C(NO)CN- Vera V. Ponomareva, N. Kent Dalley, Xiaolan Kou, Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk and Konstantin V. Domasevitch, pp 2351 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002351

Mössbauer and electron paramagnetic resonance studies on some new bis-(ligated) porphyrinatoiron(III) complexes with aliphatic amines. Models for cytochromes b Paul J. Marsh, Jack Silver, Martyn C. R. Symons and Fatai A. Taiwo, pp 2361 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002361

Homo- and hetero-dinuclear metal complexes of bridging ligands containing phenol and azole moieties. Structure, spectroscopy, electrochemistry and magnetochemistry Sujit K. Dutta, Kausik K. Nanda, Ulrich Flörke, Mohan Bhadbhade and Kamalaksha Nag, pp 2371 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002371

Crystallographic, vibrational and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic characterization of the [(PhS)2Hg(µ-SPh)2Hg(SPh)2]2- ion Graham A. Bowmaker, Ian G. Dance, Robin K. Harris, William Henderson, Ian Laban, Marcia L. Scudder and Se-Woung Oh, pp 2381 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002381

Hydrogen-bond recognition of nucleosides by oligopyridine ligands and their ruthenium complexes Edwin C. Constable and Reza-Ali Fallahpour, pp 2389 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002389

8-Hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine formation and DNA damage induced by a dinuclear manganese(IV) complex and hydrogen peroxide Teruyuki Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Tsuchiya and Yuzo Nishida, pp 2391 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002391

Additions and corrections Harry R. Allcock, Saman Al-Shali, Dennis C. Ngo, Karyn B. Visscher, Masood Parvez, Alexander J. Blake, Craig M. Grant, Simon Parsons, Gregory A. Solan and Richard E. P. Winpenny, pp 2393 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002393

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Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FX053

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FP069

Arene cluster compounds Brian F. G. Johnson, Paul J. Dyson and Caroline M. Martin, pp 2395 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002395

Dimolybdenum complexes with sulfide and thiolate ligands as precursors to mixed-metal clusters: crystal structure of [Mo2Ru2(µ3-S)2(µ-SPri)2(CO)4(-C5H5)2] Harry Adams, Neil A. Bailey, Sally R. Gay, Louise J. Gill, Trevor Hamilton and Michael J. Morris, pp 2403 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002403

Dinuclear nucleobase-anion-bridged complexes of PdII and PtII with 1-methylimidazol-2-yl pyridin-2-yl ketone: synthesis, crystal structure and solution behaviour Holger Engelking and Bernt Krebs, pp 2409 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002409

Solid-state carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance investigations of bismuth citrate complexes and crystal structure of Na2[Bi2(cit)2]·7H2O Patrick J. Barrie, Milos I. Djuran, Muhammed A. Mazid, Mary McPartlin, Peter J. Sadler, Ian J. Scowen and Hongzhe Sun, pp 2417 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002417

2,2 : 6,2 : 6,2-Quaterpyridine (qtpy): a versatile ligand in metallosupramolecular chemistry; crystal and molecular structures of [Ni(qtpy)(OH2)2][BF4]2, [Pd(qtpy)][PF6]2, [Cu2(qtpy)2][Pf6]2 and [Ag2(qtpy)2][BF4]2 Edwin C. Constable, Susan M. Elder, Michael J. Hannon, Avelino Martin, Paul R. Raithby and Derek A. Tocher, pp 2423 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002423

Synthesis, structure and characterisation of magnesium and calcium -diketonate complexes [Ca3(tmhd)6] and [Ca2(tmhd)4(EtOH)2](Htmhd = 2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-3,5-dione) V-Cumaran Arunasalam, Simon R. Drake, Michael B. Hursthouse, K. M. Abdul Malik, Stewart A. S. Miller and D. Michael P. Mingos, pp 2435 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002435

Novel octadecanuclear copper(II)-lanthanoid(III) clusters. Synthesis and structures of [Cu12Ln6(µ3-OH)24(O2CCH2CH2NC5H5)12(H2O)16(µ12-ClO4)][ClO4]17·16H2O (LnIII= GdIII or SmIII) Xiao-Ming Chen, Yu-Luan Wu, Ye-Xiang Tong and Xiao-Ying Huang, pp 2443 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002443

Spectroscopic and structural studies on 1 : 2 adducts of silver(I) salts with tricyclohexylphosphine J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT9960002449

Spectroscopic and structural studies on 1 : 1 adducts of silver(I) salts with tricyclohexylphosphine J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT9960002459

Synthesis of -arene derivatives of chromium and molybdenum containing Lewis-acid boron substituents Malcolm L. H. Green and Matthias Wagner, pp 2467 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002467

Trichloro-, mono-, di- and tri-organotin(IV) derivatives of hydridotris(4-methylpyrazol-1-yl)borates Giancarlo Gioia Lobbia, Giovanni Valle, Sandro Calogero, Patrizio Cecchi, Carlo Santini and Fabio Marchetti, pp 2475 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002475

Synthesis and characterisation of novel heterobimetallic halide isopropoxides based on M2(OPri)9-(M = Sn, Zr or Ti) anions: crystal and molecular structures of [CdI{Sn2(OPri)9}] and [{SnI[Zr2(OPri)9]}2] Michael Veith, Sanjay Mathur and Volker Huch, pp 2485 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002485

Novel dithio- and diseleno-carbamates of zinc and cadmium as single-molecule precursors for low-pressure metal-organic chemical vapour deposition Paul O'Brien, John R. Walsh, Ian M. Watson, Majid Motevalli and Lars Henriksen, pp 2491 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002491

Polymorphism, structures and phase transformation of K3[SO4]F Janet M. S. Skakle, James G. Fletcher and Anthony R. West, pp 2497 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002497

Electrosynthesis and co-ordination chemistry of polymer films coated on electrode surfaces from pyrrole polypyridyls Marie-Noelle Collomb Dunand-Sauthier, Alain Deronzier, Jean-Claude Moutet and Sophie Tingry, pp 2503 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002503

Triazenide-bridged dirhodium complexes containing redox-active cyanomanganese ligands Manuel Bardaji, Nathan C. Brown, Aristides Christofides and Neil G. Connelly, pp 2511 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002511

Synthesis, structure, spectra and redox chemistry of iron(III) complexes of tridentate pyridyl and benzimidazolyl ligands Rathinam Viswanathan, Mallayan Palaniandavar, Thailampillai Balasubramanian and P. Thomas Muthiah, pp 2519 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002519

Dinuclear alkoxide-bridged ruthenium(II) complexes with class III mixed-valence states: a structural and spectroelectrochemical study David A. Bardwell, Lockhart Horsburgh, John C. Jeffery, Laurent F. Joulié, Michael D. Ward, Ian Webster and Lesley J. Yellowlees, pp 2527 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002527

Mesomorphic (6-arene)tricarbonylchromium complexes Eduardo Campillos, Robert Deschenaux, Anne-Marie Levelut and Raymond Ziessel, pp 2533 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002533

Crystal structures of [NEt3H]5[XCoIIW11O39]·3H2O (X = P or As) Howard T. Evans Jun. , Timothy J. R. Weakley and Geoffrey B. Jameson, pp 2537 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002537

Uranium(IV) bis(amido), imido and bis(acetylide) complexes: synthesis, molecular structure, solution dynamics and interconversion reactions Thomas Straub, Walter Frank, Guido J. Reiss and Moris S. Eisen, pp 2541 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002541

Synthesis of alkynyl, cyclic carbene and vinylidene osmium(II) complexes: first indenyl half-sandwich osmium(II) complexes M. Pilar Gamasa, José Gimeno, Mercedes Gonzalez-Cueva and Elena Lastra, pp 2547 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002547

Preparation, structural and spectroscopic characterisation of the salts M3X3AF6(A = As or Sb, M = S or Se, X = Cl or Br) containing the novel sulfur- and selenium-halogen cations (X2MMMX)+ Scott Brownridge, T. Stanley Cameron, Jack Passmore, Gabriele Schatte and Todd C. Way, pp 2553 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002553

Unsaturated ether chelate complexes of ruthenium(II) Oleg V. Gusev, Larissa N. Morozova, Shane R. O'Leary, Harry Adams, Neil A. Bailey and Peter M. Maitlis, pp 2571 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002571

Formation and reactivity of a peroxide adduct of iron(III) complexes containing substituted phenol derivatives Sayo Ito, Miyuki Suzuki, Teruyuki Kobayashi, Hiroki Itoh, Akihiko Harada, Shigeru Ohba and Yuzo Nishida, pp 2579 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002579

Mode of formation of polymeric [{Ru(bipy)(CO)2}n](bipy = 2,2-bipyridine) films Sylvie Chardon-Noblat, Alain Deronzier, Daniela Zsoldos, Raymond Ziessel, Matti Haukka, Tapani Pakkanen and Tapani Venäläinen, pp 2581 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002581

Additions and corrections Jonathan R. Dilworth, Anthony J. Hutson, Jason S. Lewis, John R. Miller, Yifan Zheng, Qin Chen and Jon Zubieta, pp 2585 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002585

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Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FX061

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FP081

Synthesis, structure and reactivity of homo- and hetero-polynuclear complexes of platinum bearing CCR groups as unique bridging ligands Juan Forniés and Elena Lalinde, pp 2587 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002587

On the electronic structures and spectra of NiCl2 and CuCl2 Adam J. Bridgeman, pp 2601 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002601

Novel, selective and co-operative assembly of cyclodextrins around [1,8-bis(pyridin-2-yl)-3,6-dithiaoctane]copper(II) Sivagnanam Usha and Mallayan Palaniandavar, pp 2609 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002609

Synthesis, crystal structure and non-linear optical properties of two new cluster compounds, [MoCu3OS3(PPh3)3{S2P(OBu)2}] and [MoAg3S4(PPh3)3{S2P(OBui)2}] De-liang Long, Shu Shi, Xin-quan Xin, Bao-sheng Luo, Liao-rong Chen, Xiao-ying Huang and Bei-sheng Kang, pp 2617 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002617

Preparation and properties of the corner-shared double cube [Mo6PbS8(H2O)18]8+ as a derivative of [Mo3S4(H2O)9]4+ David M. Saysell, Z.-X. Huang and A. Geoffrey Sykes, pp 2623 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002623

Reaction kinetics and mechanism of formation of [H4Co2Mo10O38]6- by peroxomonosulfate oxidation of CoII in the presence of molybdate Annette L. Nolan, Robert C. Burns and Geoffrey A. Lawrance, pp 2629 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002629

Synthesis, acid hydrolysis and formation of the [(H3N)5CoOMoO3]+ ion in aqueous solution Alvin A. Holder and Tara P. Dasgupta, pp 2637 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002637

Electron transfer from thiosulfate to nickel(IV) oxime imine complexes in aqueous solution Santanu Bhattacharya, Mahammad Ali, Sumana Gangopadhyay and Pradyot Banerjee, pp 2645 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002645

Kinetic study of stereochemical and other factors governing hydrolytic cleavage of a peptide ligand in binuclear palladium(II) complexes Xiaohua Chen, Longgen Zhu, Hong Yan, Xiaozeng You and Nenad M. Kosti, pp 2653 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002653

Alcohol-alkoxide exchange between Sn(OBut)4 and HOBut in co-ordinating and non-co-ordinating solvents James Caruso, Todd M. Alam, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Arnold L. Rheingold and Glenn A. P. Yap, pp 2659 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002659

Outer-sphere redox reactions of [CoIII(NH3)5(HxPyOz)](m- 3)- complexes. A temperature- and pressure-dependence kinetic study on the influence of the phosphorus oxoanions Manuel Martinez, Mari-Angel Pitarque and Rudi van Eldik, pp 2665 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002665

Correlation between kinetic and thermodynamic complex-formation constants for the interaction of bis(amine)palladium(II) with inosine, inosine 5-monophosphate and guanosine 5-monophosphate Mohamed Shoukry and Rudi van Eldik, pp 2673 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002673

Synthesis and co-ordination of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecanes disubstituted with imidazole and pyrazole Massimo Di Vaira, Fabrizio Mani, Nicoletta Nardi, Piero Stoppioni and Alberto Vacca, pp 2679 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002679

Complexing properties of phosphinic analogues of glycine Jan Rohovec, Ivan Luke, Pavel Vojtíek, Ivana Císaová and Petr Hermann, pp 2685 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002685

Synthesis and solution complexation behaviour of tetradentate diamines with hard phosphinate donors George B. Bates, Eleanor Cole, David Parker and Ritu Kataky, pp 2693 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002693

Chelating behaviour of methyl 2-pyridyl ketone carbono- and thiocarbonohydrazones in copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes Alessia Bacchi, A. Bonini, Mauro Carcelli, Fabrizio Ferraro, Enrico Leporati, Corrado Pelizzi and Giancarlo Pelizzi, pp 2699 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002699

Aqueous tungstovanadate equilibria Ingegärd Andersson, Jeremy J. Hastings, Oliver W. Howarth and Lage Pettersson, pp 2705 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002705

Synthesis of aryl selenides using arylmercurials. Cyclopalladation of Se(R)Ph [R = C6H3(NNC6H4Me-4)-2,Me-5]. Crystal structures of Se2R2 and [Pd{C6H3[NNC6H3(SePh)-2,Me-4]-2,Me-5}Cl] Peter G. Jones and M. Carmen Ramírez de Arellano, pp 2713 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002713

Synthesis, characterisation and reactions of bis[2-(dimethylaminomethyl)-phenyl] diselenide: its structure and that of [2-(dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl]-selenium bromide Rupinder Kaur, Harkesh B. Singh and Rajan P. Patel, pp 2719 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002719

Gas-phase reactions of cobalt(III)-ketoenolates with Brønsted acid reagents Pietro Diversi, Giovanni Ingrosso, Giuseppe Innorta, Rossella Lorenzi, Antonio Lucherini and Sandro Torroni, pp 2727 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002727

Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of the first two-dimensional infinite sheet-like mixed-valence manganese(II,III) complex with bridging salicylate and pyridine-2-carboxylate ligands Xiang Shi Tan, Zhe Sheng Ma, Ni Cheng Shi, De Gang Fu, Jian Chen and Wen Xia Tang, pp 2735 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002735

Ab-initio X-ray powder diffraction structural characterization of co-ordination compounds: polymeric [{MX2(bipy)}n] complexes (M = Ni or Cu; X = Cl or Br; bipy = 4,4-bipyridyl) Norberto Masciocchi, Paolo Cairati, Lucia Carlucci, Gianni Mezza, Gianfranco Ciani and Angelo Sironi, pp 2739 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002739

Synthesis and characterization of zinc(II) oxydiacetate (oda) complexes. Crystal structures of [{Zn(oda)·0.3H2O}n], [Zn(oda)(bipy)(H2O)]·2.5H2O and [Zn(oda)(phen)(H2O)]·1.5H2O (bipy = 2,2-bipyridine, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) Ricardo Baggio, Maria Teresa Garland and Mireille Perec, pp 2747 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002747

Reactions of substituted hydrazines with vanadium(III) compounds: crystal structures of [NH2Me2]2[(VCl3)2(µ-NNMe2)3], [V(OC6H3Pri2-2,6)3(NH2NMe2)2] and [V(OC6H3Pri2-2,6)3(NH2NMePh)2] Christine Le Floc'h, Richard A. Henderson, Peter B. Hitchcock, David L. Hughes, Zofia Janas, Raymond L. Richards, Piotr Sobota and Slawomir Szafert, pp 2755 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002755

Deprotonation reactions of the aminocarbyne complex trans-[ReCl(CNH2)(dppe)2][BF4](dppe = Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2). Synthesis and properties of the cyano-complexes trans-[Re(CN)L(dppe)2](L = NCR, N2, CO or CCHPh) and crystal structure of trans-[Re(CN)(NCMe)(dppe)2]PriOH M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva, João J. R. Fraústo da Silva, Armando J. L. Pombeiro, Maria A. Pellinghelli and Antonio Tiripicchio, pp 2763 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002763

Structural and two-dimensional phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance studies of derivatives from (RP)5(R = Et or Ph) and activated triosmium clusters [Os3(CO)10X2](X =µ-H or NCMe) How-Ghee Ang, Siau-Gek Ang and Qi Zhang, pp 2773 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002773

New rhenium complexes with phosphinite PPh2OR or phosphonite PPh(OR)2(R = Me, Et or Pri) ligands: synthesis and protonation of various polyhydrides Soledad Garcia Fontán, Andrea Marchi, Lorenza Marvelli, Roberto Rossi, Stefano Antoniutti and Gabriele Albertin, pp 2779 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002779

Vanadium chloride and chloride oxide complexes in an ambient-temperature ionic liquid. The first use of bis(trichloromethyl) carbonate as a substitute for phosgene in an inorganic system Andrew J. Dent, Anthea Lees, Richard J. Lewis and Thomas Welton, pp 2787 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002787

Synthesis and electrochemistry of 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octachloro-5,10,15,20-tetrakis (3,5-dichloro-2,6-dimethoxyphenyl)porphyrin (H2tdcdmpp), [CoII(tdcdmpp)] and [M(tdcdmpp)Cl](M = FeIII or MnIII) Marie Autret, Zhongping Ou, Alessandra Antonini, Tristano Boschi, Pietro Tagliatesta and Karl M. Kadish, pp 2793 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002793

Synthesis, structure, magnetic, spectroscopic and electrochemical behaviour of chloro-iron(III) and -manganese(III) complexes of 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octakis(ethylsulfanyl)-5,10,15,20-tetraazaporphyrin Giampaolo Ricciardi, Alfonso Bavoso, Alessandro Bencini, Angela Rosa, Francesco Lelj and Francesca Bonosi, pp 2799 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002799

Oxidative dehydrogenation of a saturated tetraaza macrocyclic nickel(II) complex: selective formation of nickel(II) complexes containing one or two imino groups Shin-Geol Kang, Seong-Jin Kim, Chee-Hun Kwak and Jinkwon Kim, pp 2809 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002809

Neutral five-co-ordinate gallium(III) and indium(III) complexes derived from sulfur ligands Subrato Bhattacharya, Neena Seth, Dileep K. Srivastava, Vishnu D. Gupta, Heinrich Nöth and Martina Thomann-Albach, pp 2815 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002815

Reactivity of diphosphines towards methyl- and phenyl-mercury(II) ions. Crystal structure of [Hg(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2][O3SCF3]2 Franco Cecconi, Carlo A. Ghilardi, Paolo Innocenti, Stefano Midollini, Annabella Orlandini, Andrea Ienco and Alberto Vacca, pp 2821 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002821

Photoluminescence, photoredox properties and crystal structures of rhenium(V)-benzylidyne complexes with phosphine ligands Wen-Mei Xue, Yue Wang, Thomas C. W. Mak and Chi-Ming Che, pp 2827 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002827

Zinc(II) complexes of putative obligate tetrahedrally co-ordinating pro-ligands Joseph A. Connor, Michael Charlton, Domenico C. Cupertino, Achim Lienke, Mary McPartlin, Ian J. Scowen and Peter A. Tasker, pp 2835 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002835

Guanidine anions as chelating ligands; syntheses and crystal structures of [Rh(-C5Me5){2-(NPh)2CNHPh}Cl] and [Ru(-MeC6H4Pri-p)-{2-(NPh)2CNHPh}Cl] Philip J. Bailey, Lindsey A. Mitchell and Simon Parsons, pp 2839 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002839

Synthesis and characterisation of (5-cyclopentadienyl)(5-ring)titanium alkyl (ring = indenyl or C5H4But) complexes. Crystal and molecular structure of racemic [Ti(5-C5H5)(5-C9H7)(CH2SiMe3)Cl] Suzanne L. Hart, David J. Duncalf, Jeremy J. Hastings, Andrew McCamley and Paul C. Taylor, pp 2843 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002843

Important role of CH- interaction in linkage isomers of bis(2,2-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) complexes with pyrimidine-2-thione and related ligands Kazuaki Yamanari, Tsuyoshi Nozaki, Akira Fuyuhiro, Yoshihiko Kushi and Sumio Kaizaki, pp 2851 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002851

Zinc(II) complexes of tripodal ligands providing phenolate and pyridine donors: formation, structure and hydrolytic activity Harry Adams, Neil A. Bailey, David E. Fenton and Qing-Yu He, pp 2857 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002857

Stabilization of monofunctional platinum-nucleotide adducts: reactions of N-acetyl-L-methionine complexes with guanosine 5-monophosphate and guanylyl(3-5)guanosine Kevin J. Barnham, Zijian Guo and Peter J. Sadler, pp 2867 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002867

Syntheses and characterization of binuclear Rh2, Ir2 and RhIr complexes containing dimethyl phosphonate and pyrazolate bridging ligands Mauricio Valderrama, Jacqueline Cuevas, Daphne Boys, Daniel Carmona, M. Pilar Lamata, Fernando Viguri, Reinaldo Atencio, Fernando J. Lahoz and Luis A. Oro, pp 2877 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002877

Synthesis, characterisation, molecular and crystal structures of two novel osmium-palladium carbide carbonyl clusters Janesse Wing-Sze Hui and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 2887 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002887

Photophysics and photochemical reactivities of organocopper(I) complexes. Crystal structure of [Cu2(PPh2Me)4(µ,1-CCPh)2] Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Wai-Kit Lee, Kung Kai Cheung, Hung-Kay Lee and Wing-Por Leung, pp 2889 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002889

Journals bulletin J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT996000X063

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Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FX069

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FP095

P-N-S/Se-containing metallacycles J. Derek Woollins, pp 2893 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002893

Synthesis and reactivity of aryl- and alkyl-palladium(II) complexes with functional phosphines and phosphinoenolate ligands: first analogues of model nickel catalysts Jacques Andrieu, Pierre Braunstein and Frédéric Naud, pp 2903 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002903

Chelate-stabilized alkoxopalladium(II) complexes with chiral phosphine-substituted carbohydrate ligands Ji-Cheng Shi, Da-Xu Wu, Ting-Bin Weng, Mao-Chun Hong, Qiu-Tian Liu, Bei-Sheng Kang, Shi-Jie Lu and Han-Qing Wang, pp 2911 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002911

Reactions of [RhRu3H(5-C5Me5)(CO)9 BH2] with didentate phosphines and the synthesis and crystal structure of [RhRu3H2(5-C5Me5)(CO)8(µ-dppf-P,P)AuB][dppf = 1,1-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene] Jane R. Galsworthy, Catherine E. Housecroft and Arnold L. Rheingold, pp 2917 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002917

Highly branched ferrocene-functionalised polyazacycloalkanes as electroactive receptors for transition-metal ions María José L. Tendero, Angel Benito, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Juan Soto, Enrique García-España, Jose Antonio Ramirez, María I. Burguete and Santiago V. Luis, pp 2923 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002923

Synthesis, electrochemistry and photoconductivity of oligo- and poly-(1,1-dihexylferrocenylenes) Takashi Hirao, Mamoru Kurashina, Kunitsugu Aramaki and Hiroshi Nishihara, pp 2929 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002929

Electronic and steric effects in manganese Schiff-base complexes as models for the water oxidation complex in photosystem II. The isolation of manganese-(II) and -(III) complexes of 3- and 3,5-substituted N,N-bis(salicylidene)ethane-1,2-diamine (H2salen) ligands Manuel R. Bermejo, Alfonso Castiñeiras, Juan C. Garcia-Monteagudo, Manuel Rey, Antonio Sousa, Michael Watkinson, Charles A. McAuliffe, Robin G. Pritchard and Roy L. Beddoes, pp 2935 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002935

Fourier-transform infrared study of short-lived highly reduced dithiolene complexes by potential-modulation spectroelectrochemical techniques Stephen P. Best, Slava A. Ciniawsky and David G. Humphrey, pp 2945 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002945

Applications of extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy to the study of polyoxometalates John Evans, Martyn Pillinger and Jacqueline M. Rummey, pp 2951 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002951

Structural studies of polyoxometalate-anion-pillared layered double hydroxides John Evans, Martyn Pillinger and Jingjing Zhang, pp 2963 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002963

New synthetic route to WSF4 and its solution-phase structure as determined by tungsten L(III)-edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure studies Kulbinder K. Banger, Christopher S. Blackman and Alan K. Brisdon, pp 2975 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002975

Synthesis, platinum-195 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic and extended X-ray absorption fine structure studies on platinum-(II) and -(IV) thioether macrocyclic complexes Alexander J. Blake, Melanie J. Bywater, Rhona D. Crofts, Alexander M. Gibson, Gillian Reid and Martin Schröder, pp 2979 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002979

Preparation, characterization and ab initio computation of the first binary antimony azide, Sb(N3)3 Thomas M. Klapötke, Axel Schulz and John McNamara, pp 2985 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002985

Molecular dynamics in solid bis(-arene)molybdenum complexes studied by solid-state deuterium nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Dermot O'Hare, Stephen J. Heyes, Stephen Barlow and Susan Mason, pp 2989 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002989

Reactions of electrophiles with [ButN)2ReVI(µ-NBut)]2 Andreas A. Danopoulos, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Tracy K. N. Sweet and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 2995 DOI:10.1039/DT9960002995

Asymmetric copper complexes of stable mono-tert-butyl monobenzyl dithioether N2S2 ligands David A. Nation, Max R. Taylor and Kevin P. Wainwright, pp 3001 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003001

Copper(II) and cobalt(II) complexes of methyl 2-pyridyl ketone thiosemicarbazone (HL); single-crystal structure of [Cu(HL)L]NCS Pilar Souza, Ana I. Matesanz and Vicente Fernández, pp 3011 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003011

Magnetic and optical characterization of one-dimensional isostructural -bonded tetracyanoquinodimethanido complexes of nickel(II) and copper(II) M. Teresa Azcondo, Loreto Ballester, Angel Gutiérrez, M. Felisa Perpiñán, Ulises Amador, Caridad Ruiz-Valero and Carlo Bellitto, pp 3015 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003015

Thiophene-linked azacryptand sites for dicopper and disilver; thiophene sulfur as an inert spacer? Michael G. B. Drew, Charles J. Harding, Oliver W. Howarth, Qin Lu, Debbie J. Marrs, Grace G. Morgan, Vickie McKee and Jane Nelson, pp 3021 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003021

Controlled synthesis and reversible oxidation of a thiolate-bridged macrocyclic dinickel(II) complex Sally Brooker, Paul D. Croucher and Fiona M. Roxburgh, pp 3031 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003031

Complexation of lop-sided 16- and 17-membered tetraaza macrocycles containing fused dibenzo substituents with zinc(II) and cadmium(II) Philip J. Baillie, Nick Choi, Leonard F. Lindoy, Mary McPartlin, Harold R. Powell and Peter A. Tasker, pp 3039 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003039

Comparative study of the interaction of lop-sided 14- to 17-membered tetraaza macrocycles containing fused dibenzo substituents with nickel(II) Ian M. Atkinson, Philip J. Baillie, Nick Choi, Luigi Fabbrizzi, Leonard F. Lindoy, Mary McPartlin and Peter A. Tasker, pp 3045 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003045

Monomeric, N-functionalised amido complexes of aluminium: synthesis of [ AlCl{NR(8-C9H6N)}2](R = H or SiMe3) and [ Al{N(2-C5H4N)-(2-C5H4N)}3] Lutz M. Engelhardt, Michael G. Gardiner, Cameron Jones, Peter C. Junk, Colin L. Raston and Allan H. White, pp 3053 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003053

Dinuclear palladium(I) complexes with isocyanide and N-donor bidentate ligands Tomoaki Tanase, Hirokazu Ukaji and Yasuhiro Yamamoto, pp 3059 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003059

Synthesis and solution fluxionality of rhenium(I) carbonyl complexes of 2,4,6-tris(pyrazolyl)pyrimidines (L), [ReX(CO)3L](X = Cl, Br or I). Isolation and identification of the dinuclear complex [{ReBr(CO)3}2L] Andrew Gelling, Darren R. Noble, Keith G. Orrell, Anthony G. Osborne and Vladimir ik, pp 3065 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003065

Hydrolysis of magnesium(II) at elevated temperatures Paul L. Brown, Segal E. Drummond jun.  and Donald A. Palmer, pp 3071 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003071

Eight-membered chelate-ring complexes of cobalt(III)-polyamine complexes of aminopolyphosphonates in aqueous solution Kiyoshi Sawada, Tomohide Ichikawa and Katsuhiro Uehara, pp 3077 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003077

Carboxy ester hydrolysis catalysed by a dinuclear, hexaazamacrocyclic zinc(II) complex. A model for zinc(II) aminopeptidases Carsten Wendelstorf, Sabine Warzeska, Endre Kövári and Roland Krämer, pp 3087 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003087

Copper(II) complexes with cyclo(L-aspartyl-L-aspartyl) and cyclo(L-glutamyl-L-glutamyl) derivatives and their antioxidant properties Raffaele P. Bonomo, Enrico Conte, Giuseppe Impellizzeri, Giuseppe Pappalardo, Roberto Purrello and Enrico Rizzarelli, pp 3093 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003093

Kinetics and mechanism of complexation of trans-[PtCl(NH3)2(H2O)]+ with inosine and 1-methylinosine in aqueous solution at different pH values Marjaana Mikola, Pentti Oksman and Jorma Arpalahti, pp 3101 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003101

Co-ordination chemistry of S-methyl 2-methyldithiocarbazate and formation of [MN]2+(M = Tc or Re) species Andrea Marchi, Licia Uccelli, Lorenza Marvelli, Roberto Rossi, Melchiore Giganti, Valerio Bertolasi and Valeria Ferretti, pp 3105 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003105

A new method of creating co-ordinative unsaturation: synthesis and reactions of a reactive iridium(I) complex [Ir(CO){PPh2CH2C(But)N-NC(But)CH2PPh2}]PF6: crystal structures of [Ir(CO)(2-L){PPh2CH2C(But)N-NC(But)CH2PPh2}]PF6(L = MeO2CCCCO2Me or COCHCHCONMe) Sarath D. Perera, Bernard L. Shaw and Mark Thornton-Pett, pp 3111 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003111

Vibrational and solid-state phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies of 1 : 1 complexes of PPh3 with gold(I) halides; crystal structure of [AuBr(PMe3)] Klaus Angermair, Graham A. Bowmaker, Eban N. de Silva, Peter C. Healy, Brian E. Jones and Hubert Schmidbaur, pp 3121 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003121

Reaction of (F3CP)4 and (F3CP)5 with ruthenium and osmium carbonyl clusters: characterisation and crystal structures of the products How-Ghee Ang, Kiam-Wee Ang, Siau-Gek Ang and Arnold L. Rheingold, pp 3131 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003131

Bis(chelated) palladium(II) complexes with a diphosphine and a dinitrogen ligand: very efficient catalyst precursors in the co- and ter-polymerisation of CO and olefins Barbara Milani, Lidia Vicentini, Anna Sommazzi, Fabio Garbassi, Elisabetta Chiarparin, Ennio Zangrando and Giovanni Mestroni, pp 3139 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003139

Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. Isolation and characterisation of the eighteen-vertex nido-5-iridaoctaborano[3,8 : 1,2]-closo-4-iridadodecaborane, [(CO)(PMe3)2IrB16H14Ir(CO)(PMe3)2] Lawrence Barton, Jonathan Bould, John D. Kennedy and Nigam P. Rath, pp 3145 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003145

Codimerisation of CO and a 1,3-diynyl-metal complex on an Ru3 cluster Michael I. Bruce, Brian W. Skelton, Allan H. White and Natasha N. Zaitseva, pp 3151 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003151

Dimetallic gold(I) and platinum(II) complexes containing a trioxoosmium(VIII) moiety. Crystal structures of [Au(PPh3)(NOsO3)] and cis-[Pt(PMe3)2(NOsO3)2] Wa-Hung Leung, Joyce L. C. Chim and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 3153 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003153

Luminescent complexes containing a gold(I) chromophore with covalently-linked anthracene or pyridinium acceptors Hong Xiao, Yu-Xiang Weng, Shie-Ming Peng and Chi-Ming Che, pp 3155 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003155

Ab initio structure solution of a novel aluminium methylphosphonate from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data Leslie-James Sawers, Vinton J. Carter, A. Robert Armstrong, Peter G. Bruce, Paul A. Wright and Barbara E. Gore, pp 3159 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003159

Additions and corrections Steven J. Chadwell, Simon J. Coles, Peter G. Edwards, Michael B. Hursthouse, Karin I. Dhont, Gerrit G. Herman, Antonio C. Fabretti, Werner Lippens and André M. Goeminne, pp 3163 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003163

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Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FX076

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FP107

Stacking and the co-ordinate bond: sometimes conflicting factors in molecular recognition, as revealed in the structures of metal picrates Jack Harrowfield, pp 3165 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003165

Synthesis and structures of copper(II) anion-bridged aggregates and chains: control over molecular shape Anne C. Deveson, Sarah L. Heath, Charles J. Harding and Annie K. Powell, pp 3173 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003173

Synthesis, structure and spectroscopic studies on hydroxo-bridged heterotrinuclear complexes of cobalt(III) with ethane-1,2-diamine and ammonia as terminal ligands Kurikka V. P. M. Shafi, Munirathinam Nethaji and Dixit N. Sathyanarayana, pp 3179 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003179

Synthesis, characterisation and substitution reactions of gold(III) C,N-chelates Pierre A. Bonnardel, R. V. Parish and Robin G. Pritchard, pp 3185 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003185

A bis(cyclopalladated) tetranuclear derivative of methyl ferrocenyl ketone azine: [{Pd[(5-C5H5)Fe(5-C5H3)CMeN]Cl(PPh3)}2] Ramón Bosque, Concepción López, Joaquim Sales, Xavier Solans and Jack Silver, pp 3195 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003195

Synthesis of heteronuclear compounds by use of [Ti(5-C5H4PPh2)2(SR)2](R = Et or Ph) as metalloligands. Crystal structures of [{Mo(CO)4}2{µ-(Ph2PC5H4)2Ti(SPh)2}] and [(OC)4Mo(µ-Ph2PC5H4)2Ti(µ-SPh)2Pt(C6 F5)2] Irene Ara, Esther Delgado, Juan Forniés, Elisa Hernández, Elena Lalinde, Noelia Mansilla and M. Teresa Moreno, pp 3201 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003201

Synthesis, redox behaviour and molecular structures of new metal cluster species containing orthometallated [M3(µ-H)(CO)10(µ-NC5H4)](M = Ru or Os) and ferrocene chromophores bridged by an aromatic unit Wai-Yeung Wong and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 3209 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003209

Carbon-fluorine and -hydrogen bond activation and carbon-carbon bond formation in 5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl-rhodium and -iridium phosphine complexes; crystal structures of [M(5-C5Me5)Cl{(C6F5)2PCH2CH2P(C6F5)2}]+BF4-(M = Rh or Ir) Malcolm J. Atherton, John Fawcett, John H. Holloway, Eric G. Hope, Atilla Karaçar, David R. Russell and Graham C. Saunders, pp 3215 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003215

Activation of the N-H bond of ethyl carbamate and urea by ruthenium hydride complexes. Unexpected loss of alcohol or ammonia to yield isocyanato complexes Fabio Ragaini, Tatiana Longo, Sergio Cenini and Francesco Demartin, pp 3221 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003221

Cascade complexation of pseudo-halide by dicopper cryptates: a linear Cu-NNN-Cu unit Charles J. Harding, Frank E. Mabbs, Eric J. L. MacInnes, Vickie McKee and Jane Nelson, pp 3227 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003227

Reactions of cyano-iron and -ruthenium compounds with gem-dicyano-epoxides. A new pathway to vinyl isocyanide complexes of iron and ruthenium Rainer Kunz, Philippe Le Grel and Wolf Peter Fehlhammer, pp 3231 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003231

Nitration of hydrogen cyanide with nitryl tetrafluoroborate Thomas M. Klapötke, Garry McIntyre and Axel Schulz, pp 3237 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003237

Crystal structure of high-spin (S= 5/2) manganese(II) 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octakis(ethylsulfanyl)-5,10,15,20-tetraazaporphyrinate Giampaolo Ricciardi, Alessandro Bencini, Alfonso Bavoso, Angela Rosa and Francesco Lelj, pp 3243 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003243

Syntheses of new copper(II) mixed-ligand complexes and their chromotropic properties in solution and in the solid state Farideh Jalilehvand, Youichi Ishii, Masanobu Hidai and Yutaka Fukuda, pp 3251 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003251

Synthesis, characterization and crystal structure of cyclic vanadate complexes with monosaccharide derivatives having a free adjacent diol system Boyan Zhang, Shiwei Zhang and Kui Wang, pp 3257 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003257

Co-ordination of copper(II) ions by prolyl-,-dehydroamino acids: comparative studies and general considerations Magorata Jezowska-Bojczuk, Kataline Várnagy, Imre Sóvágó, Grzegorz Pietrzyski, Marcin Dyba, Zbigniew Kubica, Barbara Rzeszotarska, Leszek Smeka and Henryk Kozowski, pp 3265 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003265

Ultraviolet-circular dichroism spectra for structural analysis of copper(II) complexes with aliphatic and aromatic ligands in aqueous solution Pier G. Daniele, Enrico Prenesti and Giorgio Ostacoli, pp 3269 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003269

Low-co-ordination arsenic and antimony compounds: synthesis and characterisation of 2-arsa- and 2-stiba-1,3-dionatolithium(I) complexes, [Li{OC(R)EC(R)O}L](E = As or Sb; R = But, C6H2Pri3-2,4,6 or C6H2But3-2,4,6; L = Et2O or MeOCH2CH2OMe) Julie Durkin, David E. Hibbs, Peter B. Hitchcock, Michael B. Hursthouse, Cameron Jones, Joanne Jones, K. M. Abdul Malik, John F. Nixon and Glenn Parry, pp 3277 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003277

Synthesis, structure, photophysics, time-resolved emission spectroscopy and electrochemistry of luminescent copper(I) acetylide complexes Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Wai-Kit Lee, Kung-Kai Cheung, Ben Crystall and David Phillips, pp 3283 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003283

Synthesis, crystal structure and redox properties of µ-oxo-bis(µ-acetato)-diruthenium(III) complexes having 2,2-bipyridine and imidazole bases as terminal ligands Chellamma Sudha and Akhil R. Chakravarty, pp 3289 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003289

A FeIIIO4N2 co-ordination sphere assembled via an enolate-imine-amide ligand. Effect of amide protonation on the redox behaviour and stereochemistry of the iron(III) centre Nimma Rajaiah Sangeetha, Chandan Kumar Pal, Prasanta Ghosh and Samudranil Pal, pp 3293 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003293

Unidentate nitrogen base adducts of aluminium trichloride Lutz M. Engelhardt, Peter C. Junk, Colin L. Raston, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 3297 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003297

Synthesis and characterization of an unusual lamellar aluminophosphate synthesized from an alcohol system Qiuming Gao, Ruren Xu, Jiesheng Chen, Rongsheng Li, Shougui Li, Shilun Qiu and Yong Yue, pp 3303 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003303

Reaction of R3AsI2(R = Me or Et) with zinc metal powder to produce ZnI2(AsMe3)2 and [ZnI2(AsEt3)]2, the first tertiary arsine complexes of zinc(II) Stephen M. Godfrey, Charles A. McAuliffe, Robin G. Pritchard and Joanne M. Sheffield, pp 3309 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003309

The monophenylhydrosilasesquioxanes PhHn-1SinO1.5n where n= 8 or 10 Gion Calzaferri, Claudia Marcolli, Roman Imhof and Karl W. Törnroos, pp 3313 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003313

Conformational polymorphism and fluxional behaviour of M(PR3)2 units in closo-twelve-atom metallaheteroboranes with MX2B9(X = C or As) and MZB10 cages (Z = S, Se or Te) Donnacha O'Connell, Jennifer C. Patterson, Trevor R. Spalding, George Ferguson, John F. Gallagher, Yiwei Li, John D. Kennedy, Ramón Macías, Mark Thornton-Pett and Josef Holub, pp 3323 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003323

Pentanuclear cluster of palladium(II) bridged by telluride ions: synthesis and crystal structure of [Pd5(µ3-Te)4(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)4]2+ Keiji Matsumoto, Chiaki Nishitani, Makoto Tadokoro and Seichi Okeya, pp 3335 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003335

Preparations and structures of two cis,cis-1,3,5-triaminocyclohexane-based complexes containing hydrogen-bonded solvent molecules Leroy Cronin, Bryan Greener, Madeleine H. Moore and Paul H. Walton, pp 3337 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003337

Additions and corrections Harry Adams, Neil A. Bailey, Sally R. Gay, Louise J. Gill, Trevor Hamilton and Michael J. Morris, pp 3341 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003341

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Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FX083

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FP117

New materials by sol-gel processing: design at the molecular level Ulrich Schubert, pp 3343 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003343

X-Ray diffraction and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance study of a silicate containing two different nitrogenous cations Robin K. Harris, Dmitry Yu. Naumov and Abdolraouf Samadi-Maybodi, pp 3349 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003349

Oxygen and vanadium exchange processes in linear vanadate oligomers Ingegärd Andersson, Lage Pettersson, Jeremy J. Hastings and Oliver W. Howarth, pp 3357 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003357

Layered, network and chain structures of cadmium(II) malonate: crystal structure and cadmium-113 nuclear magnetic resonance studies Kun H. Chung, Eunkee Hong, Youngkyu Do and Christopher H. Moon, pp 3363 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003363

Synthesis and solution fluxionality of rhenium(I) carbonyl complexes of 2,4,6-tris(pyrazol-1-yl)-1,3,5-triazines (L), [ReX(CO)3L](X = Cl, Br or I). Characterization of [{ReX(CO)3}2L](X = Cl or Br) Andrew Gelling, Keith G. Orrell, Anthony G. Osborne and Vladimir ik, pp 3371 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003371

Molybdenum-mediated cocyclisation reactions involving prop-2-ynyl, alkyne and carbon monoxide ligands Carla Carfagna, Michael Green, Mary F. Mahon, Jacqueline M. McInnes, Simon J. Rumble and Christopher M. Woolhouse, pp 3379 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003379

Reaction of the 2(4e)-donor alkyne complexes [Mo{2(4e)-R1C2R2}{P(OMe)3}2(-C5H5)](R1= R2= Ph or Me; R1= Me, R2= Ph) with the Grignard reagents MgR3(X)(R3= Me, Et, CH2Ph, CH2CHCH2 or CHCH2) and CH2(MgI)2 Georg Brauers, Frank J. Feher, Michael Green, John K. Hogg and A. Guy Orpen, pp 3387 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003387

The reaction of HCl with [MoH3(CCBut)(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2]: enforced protonation at the metal gives an alkyne Richard A. Henderson and Kay E. Oglieve, pp 3397 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003397

Gas-phase, liquid and solid complexes in the POCl3-FeCl3 system Soghomon Boghosian, George A. Voyiatzis and George N. Papatheodorou, pp 3405 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003405

Synthesis, photophysics and electrochemistry of [Au2(dppf)R2][dppf = Fe(-C5H4PPh2)2; R = alkyl, aryl or alkynyl]. Crystal structure of [Au2(dppf)(C16H9)2](C16H9= pyren-1-yl) Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Sam Wing-Kin Choi and Kung-Kai Cheung, pp 3411 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003411

Iron catalysis of the reduction of oxime-bound nickel(IV) by hydroxylamine Subrata Mandal, Rathindra N. Bose, John W. Reed and Edwin S. Gould, pp 3417 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003417

Template synthesis of helicates of a [2 + 2] tetraimine macrocycle: crystal structure of the lead(II) perchlorate complex David E. Fenton, Ray W. Matthews, Mary McPartlin, Brian P. Murphy, Ian J. Scowen and Peter A. Tasker, pp 3421 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003421

meso-Substituted octabromoporphyrins: synthesis, spectroscopy, electrochemistry and electronic structure Gali Hariprasad, Sanjay Dahal and Bhaskar G. Maiya, pp 3429 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003429

Nickel(II) N2O2 Schiff-base complexes incorporating pyrazole: syntheses, characterization and acidity of the metal centre towards co-ordinating solvents Agnete la Cour, Matthias Findeisen, Rita Hazell, Lothar Hennig, Carl Erik Olsen and Ole Simonsen, pp 3437 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003437

Structure of copper(II) complexes with L-leucyl-D- or L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine and molecular orbital calculations on their stabilization Giuseppe Maccarrone, Giorgio Nardin, Lucio Randaccio, Giovanni Tabbi, Marzio Rosi, Antonio Sgamellotti, Enrico Rizzarelli and Ennio Zangrando, pp 3449 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003449

Zinc(II) complexes of phosphonic acid analogues of glutamic acid Ewa Matczak-Jon, Barbara Kurzak, Wanda Sawka-Dobrowolska, Pawe Kafarski and Barbara Lejczak, pp 3455 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003455

Model complexes for the carboxylate-histidine-metal triad systems in metalloenzymes. Synthesis, crystal structures and spectroscopic properties of [M(Him)2(O2CMe)2](M = ZnII or CoII, Him = imidazole) Xiao-Ming Chen, Bao-Hui Ye, Xiao-Chun Huang and Zhi-Tao Xu, pp 3465 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003465

Polynuclear aggregation of cobalt and manganese dichlorides. Synthesis, properties and structures of monomeric [CoCl2(tmen)], ionic [Co3(µ3-Cl)2(µ-Cl)3(tmen)3][BPh4], polymeric MnCl2·tmen and tetranuclear [Mn4-(µ-Cl)6Cl2(tmen)4](tmen = Me2NCH2CH2NMe2) Piotr Sobota, Józef Utko, Sawomir Szafert, Zofia Janas and Tadeusz Gowiak, pp 3469 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003469

Synthesis and crystal structures of heterobimetallic 2-(diphenylphosphino)-pyridine complexes containing an FeM (M = CuI, AgI or HgII) donor-acceptor bond and a mononuclear iron(II) complex bearing a pair of planar strained four-membered chelate rings Song-Lin Li, Thomas C. W. Mak and Zheng-Zhi Zhang, pp 3475 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003475

Synthesis and structural characterization of the new quadridentate N3S-compound di-2-pyridyl ketone thiosemicarbazone and its binuclear copper(II) complexes Chun-Ying Duan, Bo-Mu Wu and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 3485 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003485

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Synthesis of the 17-electron cations [FeL(L)(NO)2]+(L, L= PPh3, OPPh3): structure and bonding in four-co-ordinate metal dinitrosyls, and implications for the identity of paramagnetic iron dinitrosyl complex catalysts Francis L. Atkinson, Helen E. Blackwell, Nathan C. Brown, Neil G. Connelly, John G. Crossley, A. Guy Orpen, Anne L. Rieger and Philip H. Rieger, pp 3491 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003491

Electron spin resonance study of the frozen-solution equilibrium [Co{S2C2(CF3)2}2L]+ L [Co{S2C2(CF3)2}2L2][L = P(OR)3 or PPh(OMe)2; R = alkyl] Yigal D. Nochomovitz, Anne L. Rieger, Philip H. Rieger and Brian J. Roper, pp 3503 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003503

Synthesis and characterization of nickel-group bis(dithiocroconate) complexes and dicyanomethylene-substituted analogues William B. Heuer and Wayne H. Pearson, pp 3507 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003507

Syntheses, structures and chemistry of the high-nuclearity ruthenium hydrido cluster anions [Ru10H2(CO)25]2- and [Ru11H(CO)27]3- Philip J. Bailey, Michael A. Beswick, Brian F. G. Johnson, Jack Lewis, Mary McPartlin, Paul R. Raithby and M. Carmen Ramirez de Arellano, pp 3515 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003515

Synthesis, characterisation and electrochemical analysis of a bis(ferrocenyl) vinyl allyl ether-substituted triosmium cluster Scott L. Ingham, Brian F. G. Johnson, Paul R. Raithby, Kenneth J. Taylor and Lesley J. Yellowlees, pp 3521 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003521

Reactivity of cyclopentadienyl and indenyl alkylcarbonyliron(II) complexes. 5 Species as key intermediates in the migratory insertion of carbon monoxide Moira Allevi, Mauro Bassetti, Claudio Lo Sterzo and Donato Monti, pp 3527 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003527

Electron-transfer salts derived from N,N-dicyano-p-benzoquinone diimines and the novel dinuclear organometallic donor [Fe2(-C5Me5)2(µ-SEt)2(CO)2] Riaan Büchner, John S. Field and Raymond J. Haines, pp 3533 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003533

Reduction of dinitrogen bound at an iron(0) centre David A. Hall and G. Jeffery Leigh, pp 3539 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003539

Synthesis and nuclear magnetic resonance investigation of 1-phenylpropane-1,2-dione 2-oxime complexes of trimethylplatinum(IV) Peter J. Heard and Kenneth Kite, pp 3543 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003543

Small-molecule model phosphazenes with para-substituted phenoxy side groups: synthesis, crystal structures and comparisons with corresponding high polymers Harry R. Allcock, Saman Al-Shali, Dennis C. Ngo, Karyn B. Visscher and Masood Parvez, pp 3549 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003549

Synthesis and crystal structure of a dinuclear rhodium complex. Catalytic activity of mono- and di-nuclear rhodium phosphite complexes in hydroformylation Esther K. van den Beuken, Wim G. J. de Lange, Piet W. N. M. Van Leeuwen, Nora Veldman, Anthony L. Spek and Ben L. Feringa, pp 3561 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003561

Phenyl nickel complexes with a chelating P,N ligand. Structures of Ph3PCHC(NPh)Ph and [NiPh{Ph2PCHC)NPh)Ph}-{Ph3PCHC(NPh)Ph-N}] Pierre Braunstein, Jörg Pietsch, Yves Chauvin, Sophie Mercier, Lucien Saussine, André DeCian and Jean Fischer, pp 3571 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003571

Synthesis, structural characterisation and nuclear magetic resonance studies of cobalt complexes of pyridonate ligands Alexander J. Blake, Liam M. Gilby, Simon Parsons, Jeremy M. Rawson, David Reed, Gregory A. Solan and Richard E. P. Winpenny, pp 3575 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003575

Evaluation of thermodynamic parameters for highly correlated chemical systems: a spectrophotometric study of the 1 : 1 and 2 : 1 equilibria between I2 and 1,1-methylenebis(3-methyl-4-imidazoline-2-thione)(mbit) and 1,1-ethylenebis(3-methyl-4-imidazoline-2-thione)(ebit). Crystal and molecular structures of mbit·2I2 and ebit·2I2 Francesco Bigoli, Paola Deplano, Maria Laura Mercuri, Maria Angela Pellinghelli, Antonio Sabatini, Emanuele F. Trogu and Alberto Vacca, pp 3583 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003583

Metal-ion recognition. The interaction of copper(II), silver(I) and lead(II) with 22-membered macrocycles incorporating O4N2-,O2S2N2- and S4N2-donor sets Mary-Anne Ahearn, Jeong Kim, Anthony J. Leong, Leonard F. Lindoy, Owen A. Mathews and George V. Meehan, pp 3591 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003591

Dilithium diamides [{Li(OC4H8)}2{C20H12(NR)2}](R = SiMe3 or CH2But) derived from R-, S- or R,S-2,2-diamino-1,1-binaphthyl derivatives Christian Drost, Peter B. Hitchcock and Michael F. Lappert, pp 3595 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003595

Synthesis of heteropolynuclear complexes with 1,1,1-tris(diphenylphosphinomethyl)ethane. Crystal structure of [(OC)4Mo{(Ph2PCH2)2CMe(CH2PPh2)}AuCl] Eduardo J. Fernández, M. Concepciön Gimeno, Peter G. Jones, Antonio Laguna, Mariano Laguna and Elena Olmos, pp 3603 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003603

Synthesis and structure of an organic-soluble cage aluminophosphonate Yu Yang, Hans-Georg Schmidt, Mathias Noltemeyer, Jiri Pinkas and Herbert W. Roesky, pp 3609 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003609

Rapid and mild synthesis of [Re2(CO)10] by reduction of [NH4][ReO4] at atmospheric CO pressure Siden Top, Pierre Morel, Marek Pankowski and Gérard Jaouen, pp 3611 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003611

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Getting excited about lanthanide complexation chemistry David Parker and J. A. Gareth Williams, pp 3613 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003613

73 Hapticity interconversion in cycloheptatrienyl complexes of molybdenum and tungsten. Crystal structures of [Mo(NCS)(CO)2(C10H8N2)(3-C7H7)] and [MoCl(CO)2(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)(3-C7H6C6H4F-4)] Roy L. Beddoes, Zafar I. Hussain, Andrew Roberts, Craig R. Barraclough and Mark W. Whiteley, pp 3629 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003629

Studies on the thermal decomposition of basic lead(II) carbonate by Fourier-transform Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and thermal analysis Dan A. Ciomartan, Robin J. H. Clark, Lachlan J. McDonald and Marianne Odlyha, pp 3639 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003639

Diphosphine derivatives of urea and thiourea Pravat Bhattacharyya, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Martin B. Smith, David J. Williams and J. Derek Woollins, pp 3647 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003647

2,4-Diferrocenyl-1,3-dithiadiphosphetane 2,4-disulfide; structure and reactions with catechols and [PtCl2(PR3)2](R = Et or Bun) Mark R. St. J. Foreman, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and J. Derek Woollins, pp 3653 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003653

Complexes of [Ph2P(O)NP(E)Ph2]-(E = S or Se): disparate ring conformations within a new palladacycle Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Martin B. Smith and J. Derek Woollins, pp 3659 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003659

Characteristics of acid-catalysed substitution mechanisms and sites of protonation in iron-sulfur-based clusters, as revealed by studies on [Cl2FeS2VS2FeCl2]3- Karin L. C. Grönberg and Richard A. Henderson, pp 3667 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003667

Nitrile hydration catalysed by palladium(II) complexes Natalia V. Kaminskaia and Nenad M. Kosti, pp 3677 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003677

Reactivity studies of 2-acyl complexes of molybdenum. kinetics of 2-acyl to 2-iminoacyl isomerization in their reactions with isocyanides Maria Del Mar Conejo, Antonio Pizzano, Luis J. Sánchez and Ernesto Carmona, pp 3687 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003687

A new route to diiron bis(µ-thiocarbene) complexes: molecular structure of [{Fe{µ-C(CN)SMe](cp)}2](cp =-C5H5) containing the unusually folded six-membered metallacycle Fe2C2S2 Vincenzo G. Albano, Silvia Bordoni, Luigi Busetto, Chiara Camiletti, Magda Monari, Fabio Prestopino and Valerio Zanotti, pp 3693 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003693

Photophysical properties and crystal structures of luminescent phenylethynylgold(I) complexes of alkyl and aryl isocyanides Hong Xiao, Kung-Kai Cheung and Chi-Ming Che, pp 3699 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003699

A new class of mixed aza-thioether crown containing a 1,10-phenanthroline sub-unit Alexander J. Blake, Francesco Demartin, Francesco A. Devillanova, Alessandra Garau, Francesco Isaia, Vito Lippolis, Martin Schröder and Gaetano Verani, pp 3705 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003705

Synthesis and characterisation of selenoether macrocyclic complexes of CoIII, RhIII and IrIII: crystal structures of trans-[CoBr2([16]aneSe4)]BPh4 and trans-[IrBr2([16]aneSe4)]BPh4([16]aneSe4= 1,5,9,13-tetraselenacyclohexadecane) William Levason, Jeffrey J. Quirk and Gillian Reid, pp 3713 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003713

Influence of solvent polarity from water to toluene on the co-ordination of pyridines by the cobalt(III) corrinoid sulfitocobyrinic acid heptamethyl ester Mohamed S. A. Hamza and John M. Pratt, pp 3721 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003721

An equilibrium study on bivalent metal complexes with 1,5,9,13,17,21-hexaazacyclotetracosane ([24]aneN6) in aqueous solution Tsutomu Kurisaki, Toshio Yamaguchi, Manabu Fujiwara, Róbert Kiráy and Hisanobu Wakita, pp 3727 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003727

Syntheses and characterization of novel tri- and hexa-nuclear zinc complexes with biomimetic chelate ligands Stefan Uhlenbrock, Rainer Wegner and Bernt Krebs, pp 3731 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003731

Structurally diverse copper(II) herbicide complexes: mono- and bi-nuclear neutral or cationic complexes Catherine Dendrinou-Samara, George Psomas, Konstantinos Christophorou, Vasilis Tangoulis, Catherine P. Raptopoulou, Aris Terzis and Dimitris P. Kessissoglou, pp 3737 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003737

Uncapped and polar capped prisms of cobalt and nickel Euan K. Brechin, Simon Parsons and Richard E. P. Winpenny, pp 3745 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003745

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Synthesis and reactions of polymer-supported dicarbonyl(dienyl)(triphenylphosphine)iron(0) complexes Anna F. H. Siu, Leon A. P. Kane-Maguire, Stephen G. Pyne and Richard H. Lambrecht, pp 3747 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003747

Concerted supramolecular motifs: linear columns and zigzag chains of multiple phenyl embraces involving Ph4P+ cations in crystals Ian Dance and Marcia Scudder, pp 3755 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003755

Reactions of imido complexes of iridium, rhodium and ruthenium Andreas A. Danopoulos, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Tracy K. N. Sweet and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 3771 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003771

Preparation and characterization of rhodium(III) complexes containing 1,1,1-tris(dimethylphosphinomethyl)ethane (tdmme). Structures of [RhX3(tdmme)](X = Cl, Br or I), [Rh(NH3)3(tdmme)]3+ and [{Rh(tdmme)}2(µ-X)3]3+(X = Cl or OH) in the solid state and in solution Takayoshi Suzuki, Kiyoshi Isobe, Kazuo Kashiwabara, Junnosuke Fujita and Sumio Kaizaki, pp 3779 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003779

Molecular structure of [Tl(tpp)(O2CCF3)] and 19F dynamic nuclear magnetic resonance of it and [Tl(tmpp)(O2CCF3)][tpp = 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrinate, tmpp = 5,10,15,20-tetra(4-methoxyphenyl)porphyrinate] Lung-Fang Chou and Jyh-Horung Chen, pp 3787 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003787

Role of bifunctional N/S bridging in the association of metals; syntheses and structures of heterobimetallic [Ph3P)2CuL2Li(thf)2]·thf and tetrameric [{CuL(PPh3)}4](L = 1,3-benzoxazoline-2-thionate, thf = tetrahydrofuran) Michael A. Beswick, Claudia Brasse, Malcolm A. Halcrow, Paul R. Raithby, Christopher A. Russell, Alexander Steiner, Ronald Snaith and Dominic S. Wright, pp 3793 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003793

A pyrazolate-bridged cyclic tetranuclear copper(II) complex: synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties Hua Zhang, Degang Fu, Feng Ji, Guoxiong Wang, Kaibe Yu and Tianyang Yao, pp 3799 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003799

5-Aminoorotic acid, a versatile ligand with the ability to exhibit differing co-ordination and hydrogen-bonding modes: synthesis and crystal structures of platinum(II) complexes Andrew D. Burrows, D. Michael P. Mingos, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 3805 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003805

Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. An X-ray diffraction and nuclear magnetic resonance study of the double cluster 11-vertex: 11-vertex tetracarbaborane C4B18H22 Zbynk Janouek, Bohumil tíbr, Xavier L. R. Fontaine, John D. Kennedy and Mark Thornton-Pett, pp 3813 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003813

Reactions of carbon disulfide with open nido-6-iridadecaboranes. The formation of closed ten-vertex cluster compounds with boron-to-metal dithioformate bridges and a novel isoclosocloso cluster conversion Richard S. Coldicott, John D. Kennedy and Mark Thornton-Pett, pp 3819 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003819

Synthesis and characterisation of diphenylvinylphosphine-substituted osmium and ruthenium carbonyl clusters; crystal and molecular structures of [Os3(CO)11(Ph2PCHCH2)] and [Os3(µ-H)(CO)9(µ-Ph2PCHCH)] Brian F. G. Johnson, Jack Lewis, Ebbe Nordlander and Paul R. Raithby, pp 3825 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003825

Synthesis and crystal structures of two isomers of [Ru4(CO)9(µ3-C15H20)] Petra Escarpa Gaede, Simon Parsons and Brian F. G. Johnson, pp 3833 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003833

Difunctionalised arene Ru6C cluster compounds with electron-withdrawing groups Andrew J. Edwards, Brian F. G. Johnson, Simon Parsons and Douglas S. Shephard, pp 3837 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003837

Structural and nuclear magnetic resonance studies of triosmium and triruthenium carbonyl cluster derivatives containing pentaphenylcyclopentaphosphane How-Ghee Ang, Siau-Gek Ang and Qi Zhang, pp 3843 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003843

Substitution reactions of [Ge2Co4Fe2(CO)21] with methylgermanes, and its decarbonylation. Structures of [Fe2{µ4-GeCo2(CO)6(µ-GeMe2)}2(CO)7] and [Fe3{µ3-GeCo(CO)4}2(CO)9] Skelte G. Anema, Kenneth M. Mackay and Brian K. Nicholson, pp 3853 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003853

Redox behaviour of 4Fe-4S ferredoxin model arenethiolate complexes involving specific NH S hydrogen bonds assisted by a neighbouring phenyl group Takafumi Ueno, Norikazu Ueyama and Akira Nakamura, pp 3859 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003859

Structural characterization of possible intermediates in vanadium-catalysed sulfide oxidation Hauke Schmidt, Mandana Bashirpoor and Dieter Rehder, pp 3865 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003865

Molecular structure of novel polymer-like complexes of armed-azacrown ethers with alkali-metal cations Yoichi Habata and Sadatoshi Akabori, pp 3871 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003871

Synthesis and spectroscopy of unsymmetric mononuclear lanthanide cryptates. Structure of two europium(III) cryptates co-existing in the same crystal [EuL(OH2)]·[Eu(HL)(NCS)]·9H2O·2MeCN·EtCN·EtOH (H3L = a phenol-bridged N8O3 Schiff-base cryptand) Shu-Yan Yu, Qun Huang, Biao Wu, Wen-Jian Zhang and Xin-Tao Wu, pp 3883 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003883

Thermodynamic -CH acidities of amino acid fragments in five-co-ordinate bicycloazastannoxides in Me2SO Jitao Wang, Xiaoping Yang, Jinpei Cheng, Yuming Xu, Bo Liu, Honggeng Wang and Diankun Zhang, pp 3889 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003889

Cyclic oxacarbene complexes of the cycloheptatrienylmolybdenum auxiliary MoL2(-C7H7), L = CO or P-donor ligand: isolation and subsequent cyclisation of a hydroxyvinylidene intermediate Roy L. Beddoes, Richard W. Grime, Zafar I. Hussain and Mark W. Whiteley, pp 3893 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003893

Additions and corrections Klaus Angermair, Graham A. Bowmaker, Eban N. De Silva, Peter C. Healy, Brian E. Jones and Hubert Schmidbaur, pp 3897 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003897

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Evolution of the Modern Periodic Table Glenn T. Seaborg, pp 3899 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003899

Dismantling a dinuclear metallacyclopentadiene: alkyne scission in cobalt-molybdenum clusters Harry Adams, Louise J. Gill and Michael J. Morris, pp 3909 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003909

Synthesis, characterization and molecular structure of a triruthenium carbonyl cluster containing both phenylimido and nitrosobenzene ligands Kenneth Ka Hong Lee and Wing Talk Wong, pp 3911 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003911

On the design of high co-ordination number metal-based liquid crystals: mesomorphic bipyridine complexes of rhenium(I) Kathryn E. Rowe and Duncan W. Bruce, pp 3913 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003913

Axial ligand substitutions in trans-bis[1,2-phenylenebis(dimethylarsine)] complexes of ruthenium(II) Benjamin J. Coe, Madeline Chery, Roy L. Beddoes, Håkon Hope and Peter S. White, pp 3917 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003917

Agostic interactions in organometallic compounds. A Cambridge Structural Database study Dario Braga, Fabrizia Grepioni, Kumar Biradha and Gautam R. Desiraju, pp 3925 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003925

Reversible adduct formation between phosphines and triarylboron compounds Donald C. Bradley, Ian S. Harding, Anthony D. Keefe, Majid Motevalli and Dao Hong Zheng, pp 3931 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003931

Syntheses, characterization, and structural chemistry of biladien-ac-10-one and -bc-5-one metal complexes with 4N or (3N + O) co-ordination Richard G. Khoury, Mathias O. Senge, John E. Colchester and Kevin M. Smith, pp 3937 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003937

Kinetics of oxidation of nitrogen(III) by an oxo-bridged dinuclear manganese(III,IV) complex in weakly acidic media Shibnath Kundu, Anup Kumar Bhattacharya and Rupendranath Banerjee, pp 3951 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003951

Kinetics and mechanism of ligand substitution in [Cr(-ligand)(CO)3] complexes (ligand = naphthalene, pyrene, thiophene, 2,6-dimethylpyridine, or cycloheptatriene) and of fac/mer isomerization in [M(CO)3L3](M = Cr, Mo or W; L = phosphite, phosphine or isocyanide) James A. S. Howell, Paul C. Yates, Neil F. Ashford, Denis T. Dixon and Richard Warren, pp 3959 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003959

Electrochemical deprotection of a substrate binding site in [Mo2(cp)2(µ-SMe)3(µ-Cl)](cp =5-C5H5)via chloride-bridge opening. Kinetics of MeCN and ButNC binding at this site Frédéric Barrière, Yves Le Mest, François Y. Pétillon, Sylvie Poder-Guillou, Philippe Schollhammer and Jean Talarmin, pp 3967 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003967

Intramolecular electron transfer in linear trinuclear complexes of copper(I), silver(I) and gold(I) bound to redox-active cyanomanganese ligands Nathan C. Brown, Gene B. Carpenter, Neil G. Connelly, John G. Crossley, Antonio Martín, A. Guy Orpen, Anne L. Rieger, Philip H. Rieger and Gillian H. Worth, pp 3977 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003977

Synthesis, structure and characterisation of [Ni(bipy)3][NaAl(ox)3]: (bipy = 2,2-bipyridine, ox = oxalate) Pascual Román, Carmen Guzmán-Miralles and Antonio Luque, pp 3985 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003985

Synthesis of the cobalt-tellurium stellated octahedral clusters [Co6(µ3-Te)8(PEt3)6]n+(n= 1 or 2). Molecular structure of [Co6(µ3-Te)8(PEt3)6][PF6]2 Franco Cecconi, Carlo A. Ghilardi, Stefano Midollini, Annabella Orlandini and Alessandro Bencini, pp 3991 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003991

Multimetallic complexes of molybdenum(II) and tungsten(II) derived from [WI2(CO){PhP(CH2CH2PPh2)2-P,P}(2-RC2R)](R = Me or Ph). Crystal structures of [WI2(CO){PhP(CH2CH2PPh2)2-P,P}(2-MeC2R)](R = Me or Ph) Paul K. Baker, Simon J. Coles, David E. Hibbs, Margaret M. Meehan and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 3995 DOI:10.1039/DT9960003995

1,4,7-Trithiacyclononane ([9]aneS3) and 2,5,8-trithia[9]orthocyclophane complexes of molybdenum(II) and tungsten(II): crystal structures of [WI(CO)3([9]aneS3)][BPh4] and [WI2(CO)3(NCMe)(PPh3)] Paul K. Baker, Simon J. Coles, Marcus C. Durrant, Sharman D. Harris, David L. Hughes, Michael B. Hursthouse and Raymond L. Richards, pp 4003 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004003

Synthesis and nuclear magnetic resonance studies of molybdenum and tungsten thiolate complexes Jack L. Davidson, Birgit Holz, W. Edward Lindsell and Nigel J. Simpson, pp 4011 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004011

Synthesis and photophysics of dinuclear gold(I) thiolates of bis(diphenylphosphino)-alkyl- and -aryl-amines. Crystal structure of [Au2{Ph2PN(C6H11)PPh2}(SC6H4F-p)2] Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Chui-Ling Chan and Kung-Kai Cheung, pp 4019 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004019

Formation of [CoPt2Cl2(PPh3)4(µ3-S)2] from facile heterometallation of [Pt2(PPh3)4(µ-S)2] and its facile deheterometallation via carbonylative desulfurization to give Pt-Pt bonded [Pt2(CO)2(PPh3)2(µ-S)] Huang Liu, Agnes L. Tan, Kum F. Mok and T. S. Andy Hor, pp 4023 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004023

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Preparation and crystal structure of [(AlBr3)2(Se2N2)], the first example of a main-group element adduct of diselenium dinitride Paul F. Kelly and Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, pp 4029 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004029

A chiral tetranuclear platinum(II) cluster complex, [Pt4(O2CMe)4(pro)4](Hpro =L-proline) Tadashi Yamaguchi, Akira Shibata and Tasuku Ito, pp 4031 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004031

Synthesis and characterisation of the chloride-bridged copper-ruthenium cluster dianion [{Ru6Cu2C(CO)16}2Cl2]2- Michael A. Beswick, Jack Lewis, Paul R. Raithby and M. Carmen Ramirez de Arellano, pp 4033 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004033

New class of mixed sandwich cycloheptatrienylchromium complex: crystal structures of the redox pair [Cr(-C6H5Me)(-C7H6C6H4Me-4)][PF6]n(n= 1 or 2) Roy L. Beddoes, Andrew Roberts, Mark W. Whiteley and Eric J. L. McInnes, pp 4035 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004035

Isolation of two geometrical isomers of bis(µ-acetato)(µ-oxo)diiron(III) complexes with tridentate ligands and their activities for functionalization of cyclohexane in the presence of hydrogen peroxide Sayo Ito, Takashi Okuno, Hideaki Matsushima, Tadashi Tokii and Yuzo Nishida, pp 4037 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004037

Entrapment of a Pt-H bond by a cavity-shaped receptor Catherine Wieser, Dominique Matt, Loic Toupet, Hervé Bourgeois and Jean-Pierre Kintzinger, pp 4041 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004041

Controlled hydrolysis reactions of the Group 15 element-azamacrocyclic complexes MCl3L (M = As, Sb or Bi; L = 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane). Formation and crystal structures of [AsCl2L][As2OCl5], [H2L]2[Sb2OCl6]Cl2, [HL]I and [H2L]2[Sb2Cl9]Cl·MeCN·H2O Gerald R. Willey, Leo T. Daly, Paul R. Meehan and Michael G. B. Drew, pp 4045 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004045

Synthesis, molecular structure and palladium(II) and platinum(II) complex chemistry of 3-(ferrocen-1-yl)-1-(pyridin-2-yl)pyrazole Robert J. Less, Joseph L. M. Wicks, Nicholas P. Chatterton, Michael J. Dewey, Natalie L. Cromhout, Malcolm A. Halcrow and John E. Davies, pp 4055 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004055

Synthesis and crystal structures of 2-sulfenamido complexes of ruthenium and nickel, and of chromium imido and cobalt iminophosphorane complexes via sulfenamido rearrangement Danielle M. Hankin, Andreas A. Danopoulos, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Tracy K. N. Sweet and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 4063 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004063

Ruthenium tris(pyrazolyl)borate complexes. Formation and characterization of acetone, dimethylformamide and vinylidene complexes containing N,N-donor co-ligands Christian Gemel, Petra Wiede, Kurt Mereiter, Valentin N. Sapunov, Roland Schmid and Karl Kirchner, pp 4071 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004071

Synthesis, structural characterisation, electron paramagnetic resonance and magnetic studies of homoleptic copper complexes of pyridonate ligands Alexander J. Blake, Craig M. Grant, Eric J. L. McInnes, Frank E. Mabbs, Paul E. Y. Milne, Simon Parsons, Jeremy M. Rawson and Richard E. P. Winpenny, pp 4077 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004077

Reactions of the linear triosmium cluster [Os3H(CO)11(2-C6F5NNNC6F5)] with [Os3(CO)12-n(NCMe)n](n= 1 or 2): crystal structures of [Os4(µ-H)(CO)14(2-C6F5NNNC6F5)] and [Os5(µ-H)(CO)17(2-C6F5NNNC6F5)] How Ghee Ang, Lip Lin Koh, Siau Gek Ang, Sek Yeo Ng and Guo Ying Yang, pp 4083 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004083

Preparation of heterometallic single cubes [W3MS4(H2O)12]n+(M = In, Ge or Sn) and the first corner-shared double cubes [W6SnS8(H2O)18]8+ and [W3Mo3SnS8(H2O)18]8+ as derivatives of [W3S4(H2O)9]4+ Vladimir P. Fedin, Maxim N. Sokolov and A. Geoffrey Sykes, pp 4089 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004089

Magnetic properties and fluxional behaviour of heteroleptic cyclopentadienyl-dithiolene d1 and d0 niobium complexes Fabrice Guyon, Marc Fourmigué, Rodolphe Clérac and Jacques Amaudrut, pp 4093 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004093

Structural and spectroscopic studies on copper, silver and gold complexes of mixed phosphathia ligands and their chalcogenide derivatives Anthony R. J. Genge, Alexander M. Gibson, Naomi K. Guymer and Gillian Reid, pp 4099 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004099

Investigation of the properties of tris(2-cyanoethyl)phosphine by electrospray and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometries Keith J. Fisher, William Henderson, Ian G. Dance and Gary D. Willett, pp 4109 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004109

Metallocene-nucleobase conjugates. Synthesis, structure and nucleic acid binding Clayton Price, Mehmet Aslanoglu, Christian J. Isaac, Mark R. J. Elsegood, William Clegg, Benjamin R. Horrocks and Andrew Houlton, pp 4115 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004115

Molecules bearing a redox-active spacer. Synthesis and co-ordination behaviour of 1,1-bis(5-methyl-2,5-diazahexyl)ferrocene María José L. Tendero, Angel Benito, Ramón Martínez-Máñez and Juan Soto, pp 4121 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004121

Chloride- and dihydrogenphosphate-selective anion recognition by new acyclic mono-, bis- and tris-cobaltocenium receptors Paul D. Beer, Michael G. B. Drew and Andrew R. Graydon, pp 4129 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004129

Conformational trends in arsocane dithiophosphinates X(CH2CH2S)2AsS2PR2(X = O or S; R = Me, Et or Ph) Miguel-Angel Muñoz-Hernández, Raymundo Cea-Olivares, Georgina Espinosa-Pérez and Simón Hernández-Ortega, pp 4135 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004135

Derivatives of Group 4 metal amide chlorides and fluorides: synthesis, structure and characterization of novel dimethyl and fluoro-chloro complexes Syed A. A. Shah, Hendrik Dorn, Herbert W. Roesky, Emilio Parisini, Hans-Georg Schmidt and Mathias Noltemeyer, pp 4143 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004143

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Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FP165

Synthesis, characterisation and electrochemistry of the novel ferrocenyl-dienediyltriosmium cluster [Os3(CO)9{µ3-4-Fe[C5H4(C2SiMe3)]2}] Lionel P. Clarke, John E. Davies, Paul R. Raithby and Gregory P. Shields, pp 4147 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004147

Camphor-based -hydroxyphosphoryl ligands and their complexes of the type [MoO(O2)2L(H2O)] Ronald J. Cross, Louis J. Farrugia, Paul D. Newman, Robert D. Peacock and Diane Stirling, pp 4149 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004149

Alkaline-earth-metal arenesulfonates as precursors to organic derivatives of Group 2 metals Andrew D. Frankland and Michael F. Lappert, pp 4151 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004151

Build-up of an Al4P6Li4 cage from an Al4N4 cubane: synthesis and structure of [Li(OC4H8)]4[{(AlMe)[µ-P(C6H11)]}2{µ-P(C6H11)}]2·C6H5Me Robert E. Allan, Michael A. Beswick, Paul R. Raithby, Alexander Steiner and Dominic S. Wright, pp 4153 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004153

Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry: nineteen-vertex [(PPh3)NiS2B16H12(PPh3)] and eighteen-vertex S2B16H14(PPh3) Pervinder Kaur, Mark Thornton-Pett, William Clegg and John D. Kennedy, pp 4155 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004155

Novel structural forms for imidoamides and oxoalkoxides of bismuth Siân C. James, Nicholas C. Norman, A. Guy Orpen, Michael J. Quayle and Ulrike Weckenmann, pp 4159 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004159

Aluminium amides derived from metallation of N,N-di-tert-butylethylenediamine Michael G. Gardiner, Stacey M. Lawrence and Colin L. Raston, pp 4163 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004163

Synthesis and reactivity of the formally co-ordinatively unsaturated diruthenium hydride [Ru2(µ-H)(µ-CO)(CO)3{µ-(PriO)2PNEtP(OPri)2}2]+ and its co-ordinatively saturated parent [Ru2H(CO)5{µ-(PriO)2PNEtP(OPri)2}2]+ Karen J. Edwards, John S. Field, Raymond J. Haines, Beverley D. Homann, Mark W. Stewart, Jorg Sundermeyer and Stephen F. Woollam, pp 4171 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004171

Reactions of gallium(III) chloride with Li[E(SiMe3)3](E = Si or Ge): crystal structure of (R3Ge)ClGa(µ-OEt)2GaCl(GeR3)(R = SiMe3) Frank Schwan, Siva P. Mallela and Russell A. Geanangel, pp 4183 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004183

Aqueous vanadosilicates Oliver W. Howarth and Jeremy J. Hastings, pp 4189 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004189

Cyclic and open-chain derivatives of bis(trihydrosilyl)benzenes Robert Schröck, Karl-Heinz Dreihäupl, Alexander Sladek and Hubert Schmidbaur, pp 4193 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004193

Bent versus linear imido ligands in five-co-ordinate molybdenum complexes Vernon C. Gibson, Edward L. Marshall, Carl Redshaw, William Clegg and Mark R. J. Elsegood, pp 4197 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004197

Amide nitrogen co-ordination of CoII and NiII in ternary 2,2-bipyridine-containing systems. A solution and solid-state study Marco Borsari, Ledi Menabue and Monica Saladini, pp 4201 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004201

A convenient high yield synthesis of 2,2:6,2:6,2:6,2 :6,2-sexipyridine and helical transition-metal complexes of substituted sexipyridines Rohit Chotalia, Edwin C. Constable, Markus Neuburger, Diane R. Smith and Margareta Zehnder, pp 4207 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004207

Synthesis and characterization of gold(III) adducts and cyclometallated derivatives with 6-benzyl- and 6-alkyl-2,2-bipyridines Maria Agostina Cinellu, Antonio Zucca, Sergio Stoccoro, Giovanni Minghetti, Mario Manassero and Mirella Sansoni, pp 4217 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004217

Synthesis, photophysics and photochemistry of alkynylgold(I) phosphine complexes Vivian Wing-Wah Yam and Sam Wing-Kin Choi, pp 4227 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004227

Macrocyclic dimeric vanadium(IV) and heterodinuclear vanadium(IV)-nickel(II) complexes. Structure, magnetic, electronic and redox properties Sasankasekhar Mohanta, Kausik K. Nanda, Soma Ghosh, Monika Mukherjee, Madeleine Helliwell and Kamalaksha Nag, pp 4233 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004233

Verstile ligand behaviour of phenyl 2-pyridyl ketone benzoylhydrazone in palladium(II) complexes Alessia Bacchi, Mauro Carcelli, Mirco Costa, Paolo Pelagatti, Corrado Pelizzi and Giancarlo Pelizzi, pp 4239 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004239

Structural and spectroscopic studies on 36-membered ring arrays formed by copper(II) halides with 1-(4-picolyl)pyrrolidin-2-one Patrick C. M. Duncan, David M. L. Goodgame, Michael A. Hitchman, Stephan Menzer, Horst Stratemeier and David J. Williams, pp 4245 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004245

Ruthenium(II) complexes of some new polynucleating ligands incorporating terpyridyl and macrocyclic aza-crown binding sites Brenda Whittle, Stuart R. Batten, John C. Jeffery, Leigh H. Rees and Michael D. Ward, pp 4249 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004249

Some new dipyridyl and diphenol bridging ligands containing oligothienyl spacers, and their dinuclear molybdenum complexes: electrochemical, spectroscopic and luminescence properties Joachim Hock, Alexander M. W. Cargill Thompson, Jon A. McCleverty and Michael D. Ward, pp 4257 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004257

Preparation and crystal structure of an oxoimido complex of molybdenum containing the 2,4,6-triphenylphenylimide ligand George R. Clark, Alastair J. Nielson and Clifton E. F. Rickard, pp 4265 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004265

Synthesis, structure and reactivity of cobalt(III) complexes with tridentate imino- and amino-oxime ligands Laura Catalano, Renata Dreos, Giorgio Nardin, Lucio Randaccio, Giovanni Tauzher and Sara Vuano, pp 4269 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004269

Crystal structure, magnetic properties and spectroscopic studies of bis[1,3-bis(pyrazol-3-yl)triazenido]dicopper(II) trihydrate: a dinuclear complex with an asymmetric double pyrazolate bridge Vincent P. Hanot, Toussaint D. Robert, Jeroen Kolnaar, Jaap G. Haasnoot, Jan Reedijk, Huub Kooijman and Anthony L. Spek, pp 4275 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004275

Models of the active sites of zinc-containing enzymes: the structure of acetato[hydrotris(3-tert-butyl-5-methylpyrazol-1-yl)borato]zinc(II) Trevor W. Hambley, Mark J. Lynch and Evan S. Zvargulis, pp 4283 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004283

Electron self-exchange and cross-reaction studies on wild-type Clostridium pasteurianum rubredoxin and its val-8Glu variant Sang-Choul Im, Hua-Yun Zhuang-Jackson, Takamitsu Kohzuma, Panayotis Kyritsis, William McFarlane and A. Geoffrey Sykes, pp 4287 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004287

Nitrate- and nitrite-ligated 3,6-bis(imidazolyl)pyridazine-bridged dinuclear copper(II) cations with copper-copper separations similar to that in Achromobacter cycloclastes nitrite reductase Michael J. Begley, Peter Hubberstey and Jo Stroud, pp 4295 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004295

Crystal structures of nickel, copper and zinc naphthalocyaninates Kunimitsu Morishige and Kimie Araki, pp 4303 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004303

Oxidative addition of diferrocenyl dichalcogenides to [{Ru(5-C5Me5)(µ3-Cl)}4]. Syntheses, crystal structures and some reactivities of [{Ru(5-C5Me5)Cl(µ-ER)}2](E = S, Se or Te; R = ferrocenyl) Hiroyuki Matsuzaka, Jing-Ping Qö, Tetsuhiro Ogino, Masayuki Nishio, Yoshiaki Nishibayashi, Youichi Ishii, Sakae Uemura and Masanobu Hidai, pp 4307 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004307

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Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT99600FP175

Synthesis and structural characterisation of [Pd2(µ-Br)2(PBut3)2], an example of a palladium(I)-palladium(I) dimer Ramon Vilar, D. Michael P. Mingos and Christine J. Cardin, pp 4313 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004313

Heteropolymetallic aggregates from [Pd2(dppf)2(µ-S)2]. Bonding and structural analysis of [Ag2Pd2Cl2(dppf)2(µ3-S)2]·4CH2Cl2[dppf = Fe(C5H4PPh2)2]-a flat {Pd2S2} core with two AgCl tails Guangming Li, Sihai Li, Agnes L. Tan, Wai-Hing Yip, Thomas C. W. Mak and T. S. Andy Hor, pp 4315 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004315

New preparative access to and the crystal and molecular structures of cis-[PtCl2(CO)2] Franco Bagnoli, Daniela Belli Dell' Amico, Fausto Calderazzo, Ulli Englert, Fabio Marchetti, Gerhard E. Herberich, Nicola Pasqualetti and Stefano Ramello, pp 4317 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004317

N-methylation of diamino-substituted macrocyclic complexes: intermolecular reactions Paul V. Bernhardt, pp 4319 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004319

N-methylation of diamino-substituted macrocyclic complexes: intramolecular cyclisation Paul V. Bernhardt, Josephine C. Hetherington and Lathe A. Jones, pp 4325 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004325

Solution studies of copper(II) complexes as models for the active site in galactose oxidase Dacil Zurita, Corinne Scheer, Jean-Louis Pierre and Eric Saint-Aman, pp 4331 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004331

Synthesis, properties and characterization of the trinuclear clusters [Co3(µ-SR)6(PEt3)3]X (R = Me or Et, X = BPh4- or PF6-) Pierluigi Barbaro, Franco Cecconi, Carlo A. Ghilardi, Stefano Midollini, Annabella Orlandini, Fabrizia Fabrizi de Biani, Franco Laschi and Piero Zanello, pp 4337 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004337

Syntheses and crystal structures of phenyl(2-pyridyl)amido complexes of zirconium(IV), niobium(V) and tantalum(V) Mika Polamo and Markku Leskelä, pp 4345 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004345

Characterization and superoxide dismutase activity of copper(II) complexes of 6A,6X-difunctionalized -cyclodextrins Raffaele P. Bonomo, Enrico Conte, Guido De Guidi, Giuseppe Maccarrone, Enrico Rizzarelli and Graziella Vecchio, pp 4351 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004351

Mixed phosphito-phosphonato rhodium(I) complexes Carmela G. Arena, Francesco Nicolò, Dario Drommi, Giuseppe Bruno and Felice Faraone, pp 4357 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004357

Mixed iron-silicon-tin complexes stabilized by a phosphinoenolate bridging ligand. Crystal structure of [(OC)3{(MeO)3Si}-Fe{µ-Ph2PCHC(O)Ph}SnBun2] Pierre Braunstein, Chantal Charles, Antonio Tiripicchio and Franco Ugozzoli, pp 4365 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004365

Mono- and di-nuclear complexes of molybdenum carbonyl derivatives with pyridine-2-carbaldehyde azine and phosphines: syntheses, structure, spectroscopic and electrochemical characterisation and solvatochromic effects Juan Granifo, Moisés E. Vargas, Elaine S. Dodsworth, David H. Farrar, Scott S. Fielder and A. B. P. Lever, pp 4369 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004369

Selective derivatisation of aza macrocycles Alexander J. Blake, Ian A. Fallis, Robert O. Gould, Simon Parsons, Steven A. Ross and Martin Schröder, pp 4379 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004379

Electron-transfer reactions in [Ru(edta)(pyz)]-(edta = ethylenedinitrilotetraacetate, pyz = pyrazine) Debabrata Chatterjee, pp 4389 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004389

Kinetics and mechanism of reduction of (trans-cyclohexane-1,2-diyldinitrilotetraacetato)manganese(III) by HONH(SO3)- and HON(SO3)22- Frans F. Prinsloo, Jacobus J. Pienaar and Rudi van Eldik, pp 4393 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004393

Syntheses and electrochemistry of bimetallic complexes containing cyclohexanediolate or cyclopentanediolate bridges Sean L. W. McWhinnie, Christopher J. Jones, Jon A. McCleverty and Lesley J. Yellowlees, pp 4401 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004401

First-row transition-metal complexes of mixed pendant-arm derivatives of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane containing phenolate and carboxylate functional groups Claudia Stockheim, Ludger Hoster, Thomas Weyhermüller, Karl Wieghardt and Bernhard Nuber, pp 4409 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004409

An electrospray mass spectrometry study of some metal-ion cage complexes Stephen F. Ralph, Margaret M. Sheil, Larry A. Hick, Rodney J. Geue and Alan M. Sargeson, pp 4417 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004417

Formation and structure of inclusion complexes involving -cyclodextrin and alkyl(aqua)cobaloxime Lai Bin Luo, Hui Lan Chen, Wen Xia Tang, Ze Ying Zhang and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 4425 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004425

Preparation and characterization of carbene complexes of iron from azolyl and thienyl precursors Helgard G. Raubenheimer, Mieke Desmet, Pierre Olivier and Gert J. Kruger, pp 4431 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004431

Selective crystallization between CuSO4·5H2O and Na2SO4·7H2O under a monolayer Ruikang Tang, Zihou Tai and Yiqun Chao, pp 4439 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004439

Asymmetric syntheses, structures and co-ordination chemistry of palladium(II) complexes containing a chiral P,S hybrid bidentate ligand Pak-Hing Leung, Soh-Kheang Loh, K. F. Mok, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 4443 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004443

(R)- and (S)-2-diphenylphosphinoyl-2-hydroxy-1,1-binaphthalene: versatile chiral bidentate ligands Ronald J. Cross, Louis J. Farrugia, Paul D. Newman, Robert D. Peacock and Diane Stirling, pp 4449 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004449

Synthesis and characterization of dioxorhenium complexes derived from water-soluble diphosphine tetraphosphonates V. Sreenivasa Reddy, Kattesh V. Katti and Wynn A. Volkert, pp 4459 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004459

Trifluorotelluroacetyl fluoride, its cyclic dimer and precursors: preparation, characterisation and reactivity Johannes Beck, Alois Haas, Wolfgang Herrendorf and Harald Heuduk, pp 4463 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004463

Synthesis, solution and magic angle spinning tin-119 nuclear magnetic resonance studies and crystal structures of dithioether complexes of tin(IV) halides Sandra E. Dann, Anthony R. J. Genge, William Levason and Gillian Reid, pp 4471 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004471

Chemical origin of high activity in oxygenation of cyclohexane by H2O2 catalysed by dinuclear iron(III) complexes with amide-containing ligands Sayo Ito, Takashi Okuno, Hideaki Matsushima, Tadashi Tokii and Yuzo Nishida, pp 4479 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004479

Density-functional study of the ground- and excited-spin states of [M2Cl9]3-(M = Mo or W) face-shared dimers: consequences for structural variation in A3M2Cl9 complexes Robert Stranger, Stuart A. Macgregor, Timothy Lovell, John E. McGrady and Graham A. Heath, pp 4485 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004485

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The versatile chemistry of arenemanganese carbonyl complexes Shouheng Sun, Conor A. Dullaghan and Dwight A. Sweigart, pp 4493 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004493

Use of [Ru(5-C5H5)(MeCN)3]+ as a capping reagent in cluster build-up: synthesis and structural characterisation of [Os5Ru2(CO)15(5-C5H5)2] Jack Lewis, Catherine A. Morewood, Paul R. Raithby and M. Carmen Ramirez de Arellano, pp 4509 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004509

Mixed co-ordination numbers and geometries of gold(I) in a dinuclear complex of thioglycerol José M. López-de-Luzuriaga, Alexander Sladek and Hubert Schmidbaur, pp 4511 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004511

Bridged bis(imido)molybdenum complexes: isolobal analogues of ansa-zirconocenes and bizirconocenes Vernon C. Gibson, Carl Redshaw, William Clegg, Mark R. J. Elsegood, Ulrich Siemeling and Thomas Türk, pp 4513 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004513

Synthesis, structure and reactivity of 4(5e)-butadienyl substituted molybdenum complexes Arno Fries, Michael Green, Mary F. Mahon, Thomas D. McGrath, Caroline B. M. Nation, Alan P. Walker and Christopher M. Woolhouse, pp 4517 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004517

Molybdenum(III) chloride-tetrahydrothiophene (tht) complexes in the catalytic polymerization and cyclotrimerization of alkynes: structures and reactivities of the possible intermediates [MoCl3(tht)2(PhCCR)](R = Me or Et) P. Michael Boorman, Meiping Wang and Masood Parvez, pp 4533 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004533

Tetraaza macrocycles containing pyridine and their copper(II) and nickel(II) complexes: X-ray, spectroscopic, molecular mechanics and molecular orbital studies Vitor Félix, Maria José Calhorda, Judite Costa, Rita Delgado, Cláudia Brito, Maria Teresa Duarte, Teresa Arcos and Michael G. B. Drew, pp 4543 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004543

The electronic structure of linear nickel oxides Adam J. Bridgeman, pp 4555 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004555

Second-order paramagnetic rhenium(III) complexes: solid-state structure and assignment of the carbon-13 magnetic resonance spectra in solution Christiana A. Mitsopoulou, Nathalie Mahieu, Majid Motevalli and Edward W. Randall, pp 4563 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004563

New platinum(II) complexes of Ph2PNHP(O)Ph2 and [Ph2PNP(O)Ph2]- Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Martin B. Smith and J. Derek Woollins, pp 4567 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004567

Co-ordination chemistry of a P,O-donor ligand: synthesis of new complexes of Ru, Rh and Ir containing Ph2PNHP(O)Ph2 or [Ph2PNP(O)Ph2]- Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Martin B. Smith and J. Derek Woollins, pp 4575 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004575

Silver complexes with the nido-diphosphine [7,8-(PPh2)2-7,8-C2B9H10]- Olga Crespo, M. Concepción Gimeno, Peter G. Jones and Antonio Laguna, pp 4583 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004583

Tetraborane(10), B4H10: structures in gaseous and crystalline phases Paul T. Brain, Carole A. Morrison, Simon Parsons and David W. H. Rankin, pp 4589 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004589

Hydrolytic equilibria of lead(II) at 100 °C in 3.6 mol kg-1 LiClO4 Michele Fiore, Santino Orecchio, Vincenzo Romano, Giuseppe Ruggirello and Roberto Zingales, pp 4597 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004597

A potentiometric and spectroscopic study of copper(II) diamidodiamino complexes Graham E. Jackson, Peter W. Linder and Alexander Voyé, pp 4605 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004605

Synthesis and isolation of two high-nuclearity managanese(II) imido compounds: structural characterization of a compound containing a [Mn6(µ3-NPh)4]4+ core Warren J. Grigsby and Philip P. Power, pp 4613 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004613

An expedient, mild, reductive method for the preparation of alkylferrocenes Sukanta Bhattacharyya, pp 4617 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004617

Thermolytic reaction of 1,4-diisopropenylbenzene with [Ru3(CO)12]: an arene ligand as a template for cluster formation Petra Escarpa Gaede, Brian F. G. Johnson, Mary McPartlin and Mary-Ann Pearsall, pp 4621 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004621

Synthesis, characterization and molecular structure of two Ru4 clusters with -alkylstyrene ligands Petra Escarpa Gaede, Simon Parsons and Brian F. G. Johnson, pp 4629 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004629

Group 9 metal 1,1-bis(phosphino)ferrocene complexes: synthesis, structures, solution conformation and unusual reactivity Anthony G. Avent, Robin B. Bedford, Penny A. Chaloner, Shaliza Z. Dewa and Peter B. Hitchcock, pp 4633 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004633

Structural and bonding trends in osmium carbonyl cluster chemistry: metal-metal and metal-ligand bond lengths and calculated strengths, relative stabilities and enthalpies of formation of some binary osmium carbonyls, [Osx(CO)y] Andrew K. Hughes, Karen L. Peat and Kenneth Wade, pp 4639 DOI:10.1039/DT9960004639

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