1997 year
Main Index

Issue 1

Relativistic effects in inorganic and organometallic chemistry Nikolas Kaltsoyannis, pp 1 DOI:10.1039/a605473k

Synthesis and characterisation of the novel mixed-metal cluster [Ru5Rh(CO)12(-CO)(4- 2-CO)2(5-C5 Me5)] John E. Davies, Saifun Nahar, Paul R. Raithby and Gregory P. Shields, pp 13 DOI:10.1039/a607394h

Regioselective addition of an alkyne to both CO and CNPr functionalities in osmium clusters Jian-Yuan Huang, Kuan-Jiun Lin, Kai-Ming Chi and Kuang-Lieh Lu, pp 15 DOI:10.1039/a606815d

Discotic bimetallomesogens: highly disordered mesophases of columnar hexagonal arrangements in bis(tetraketonate) vanadyl and copper complexes Chung K. Lai and Fun-Jane Lin, pp 17 DOI:10.1039/a606770k

Intramolecular combination of vinyl, aryl and carbonyl ligands in ruthenium(II) complexes: a mechanistic study Martin P. Waugh and Roger J. Mawby, pp 21 DOI:10.1039/a604403d

A new one-dimensional system starting from a trinuclear copper(II) complex and selenocyanate as bridging ligand. Comparison with the thiocyanate analogue Joan Ribas, Carmen Diaz, Xavier Solans and Mercé Font-Bardía, pp 35 DOI:10.1039/a604430a

Synthesis, stereochemistry and crystal structures of cobalt(III) complexes containing 5,8-diphenyl-2,11-dithia-5,8-diphosphadodecane or 5,9-diphenyl-2,12-dithia-5,9-diphosphatridecane Kazuo Kashiwabara, Yasuhiro Ito, Masakazu Kita, Junnosuke Fujita and Kiyohiko Nakajima, pp 39 DOI:10.1039/a604759i

Effect of sterically inhibited axial azaferrocene ligands on the physical properties of iron(III) porphyrins. Crystal structures of bis(azaferrocene) complexes of iron(III) and cobalt(III) porphyrinates Michele Cesario, Charles Giannotti, Jean Guilhem, Jack Silver and Janusz Zakrzewski, pp 47 DOI:10.1039/a602366e

Metal complexes of a 12-membered tetraaza macrocycle containing pyridine and N-carboxymethyl groups Rita Delgado, Sandra Quintino, Miguel Teixeira and Anjiang Zhang, pp 55 DOI:10.1039/a602311h

Metal complexes of a tetraaza macrocycle with N-carboxymethyl groups as pendant arms Judite Costa, Rita Delgado, M. do Carmo Figueira, Rui T. Henriques and Miguel Teixeira, pp 65 DOI:10.1039/a602948e

Five-membered cyclopalladated rings: Cambridge structural database analysis of geometrical parameters and aromatic character Alessandra Crispini and Mauro Ghedini, pp 75 DOI:10.1039/a604494h

Crystal structure determination and ab initio molecular structure prediction for exo,exo--P4Se3(CN)2 , the first phosphorus selenide cyanide Bruce W. Tattershall, Emma L. Sandham and William Clegg, pp 81 DOI:10.1039/a604230i

Crystal structures of [(Me2AsO2)2{Me2AsO(OH) }{WO(O2)}2O]·H2O and [NMe4][(Ph2PO2)2{WO2 (O2)}2{WO(O2)(OH)(OH 2)}]·EtOH· H2O·0.5MeOH N. Melanie Gresley, William P. Griffith, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 89 DOI:10.1039/a605042e

Synthesis of [W(5-C5H5)2H(L)] and [W(5-C5H5)2L2] 2+ cations (L = NCMe, NCPh, C4H8O or CNBut). Crystal and molecular structures of [W(5-C5H5)2H(C4 H8O)][CF3SO3] and [W(5-C5H5)2(NCMe)2 ][CF3SO3]2 Adrian J. Carmichael and Andrew McCamley, pp 93 DOI:10.1039/a602941h

Synthetic, structural, electrochemical and electronic characterisation of heterobimetallic bis(acetylide) ferrocene complexes Michael C. B. Colbert, Jack Lewis, Nicholas J. Long, Paul R. Raithby, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 99 DOI:10.1039/a605177d

Structure of organoruthenium-derived Langmuir monolayers at the air-water interface: a molecular-modelling approach James F. Costello, Stephen G. Davies, Rona M. Highcock, Mario E. C. Polywka, Mark W. Poulter, Tim Richardson and Gareth G. Roberts, pp 105 DOI:10.1039/a605348c

Zinc(II) N2S2 Schiff-base complexes incorporating pyrazole: syntheses, characterization, tautomeric equilibria and racemization kinetics Oren P. Anderson, Agnete la Cour, Matthias Findeisen, Lothar Hennig, Ole Simonsen, Lucille F. Taylor and Hans Toftlund, pp 111 DOI:10.1039/a603158g

Metal(II) N2S2 Schiff-base complexes incorporating pyrazole or isoxazole (M = Ni, Cu or Zn). Spin states, racemization kinetics and electrochemistry Agnete la Cour, Matthias Findeisen, Alan Hazell, Rita Hazell and Grit Zdobinsky, pp 121 DOI:10.1039/a602281b

Ruthenium-mediated selective activation of a C-H bond. Direct aromatic thiolation in the complexes [RuII{o-SC6H3(R)NNC 5H4N}2] (R = H, Me or Cl) Bidyut Kumar Santra and Goutam Kumar Lahiri, pp 129 DOI:10.1039/a603955c

Issue 2

Grafting of versatile lanthanide silylamide precursors onto mesoporous MCM-41 Reiner Anwander and Rainer Roesky, pp 137 DOI:10.1039/a607391c

Co-ordinative activation of phosphaalkynes: methyl neopentylidene phosphorane complexes of ruthenium(II); crystal structure of [Ru(MePCHBut)Cl(I)(CO)(PPh3) 2] Robin B. Bedford, Anthony F. Hill, Cameron Jones, Andrew J. P. White and James D. E. T. Wilton-Ely, pp 139 DOI:10.1039/a607016g

Kinetic stabilization of trivalent nickel complexes with tertiary tetraaza macrocyclic ligands in aqueous solution Israel Zilbermann, Gilad Golub, Haim Cohen and Dan Meyerstein, pp 141 DOI:10.1039/a606260a

Synthesis and structural characterisation of two 1-bonded N-phenylthioformamidate complexes of rhodium Patricia A. McEneaney, Trevor R. Spalding and George Ferguson, pp 145 DOI:10.1039/a606276h

Effects of metal-centre orbital control on cluster character and electron distribution between borane and hydrocarbon ligands; significance of the structures of [-9,10-(SMe)-8,8-(PPh3)2-nido-8,7-IrSB 9H9] and [-9,10-(SMe)-8-(4-C5Me5H)- nido-8,7-RhSB9H9] Ramón Macías, Josef Holub, John D. Kennedy, Bohumil tíbr, Mark Thornton-Pett and William Clegg, pp 149 DOI:10.1039/a607342e

Synthesis and properties of mononuclear tris(heteroleptic) osmium(II) complexes containing bidentate polypyridyl ligands Erik Z. Jandrasics and F. Richard Keene, pp 153 DOI:10.1039/a605161h

Zinc(II) complexes derived from potentially hexadentate (N4O2) acyclic ligands containing pyridinyl and phenolic groups Cecilia O. Rodriguez de Barbarin, Neil A. Bailey, David E. Fenton and Qing-Yu He, pp 161 DOI:10.1039/a605706c

Structurally alternating copper(II) chains from oxalate and azide bridging ligands: syntheses and crystal structure of [Cu2(-ox)(deen)2(H2O)2 (ClO4)2] and [{Cu2(-N3)(-ox)(deen) 2}n][ClO4] n (deen = Et2NCH2CH2NH2 ) Ramon Vicente, Albert Escuer, Joan Ferretjans, Helen Stoeckli-Evans, Xavier Solans and Mercè Font-Bardía, pp 167 DOI:10.1039/a604692d

Lanthanoid complexes of a tripodal acetal ligand: synthesis, structural characterisation and reactivity with 3d metals Stephen J. Archibald, Alexander J. Blake, Simon Parsons, Martin Schröder and Richard E. P. Winpenny, pp 173 DOI:10.1039/a605154e

Synthesis and reactivity of [OsH{C6H4(CHCHH) }(CO)(PPri3)2] and the formato compounds [Os{(E)-CHCHPh}(2-O 2CH)(CO)(PPri3)2] and [OsH(2-O2CH)(CO)(PPri3) 2]* María J. Albéniz, Miguel A. Esteruelas, Agustí Lledós, Feliu Maseras, Enrique Oñate, Luis A. Oro, Eduardo Sola and Bernd Zeier, pp 181 DOI:10.1039/a604486g

Chromium and molybdenum complexes of tertiary alkyl and pendant donor triphosphamacrocycles Peter G. Edwards, James S. Fleming and Sudantha S. Liyanage, pp 193 DOI:10.1039/a605749g

Preparation and characterisation of dimolybdenum complexes containing fluorophenylimide ligands Pravat Bhattacharyya, John Fawcett, John H. Holloway, Eric G. Hope and Graham C. Saunders, pp 199 DOI:10.1039/a604900a

Reactions of [Mn(CO)3{5-C5H4[( 5-C6H6)Mn(CO)3]}] and [WMe(CO)3{5-C5H4[( 5-C6H6)Mn(CO)3]}] with aryllithium reagents Ronghua Li, Jiabi Chen, Yong Yu and Jie Sun, pp 205 DOI:10.1039/a604436k

Investigation of the bonding in methyl titanium trichloride by variable-energy photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional calculations Christian N. Field, Jennifer C. Green, Nikolas Kaltsoyannis, G. Sean McGrady, Aidan N. Moody, Michele Siggel and Monica De Simone, pp 213 DOI:10.1039/a605753e

Structures and luminescent properties of polynuclear gold(I) halides containing bridging phosphine ligands Hong Xiao, Yu-Xiang Weng, Wing-Tak Wong, Thomas C. W. Mak and Chi-Ming Che, pp 221 DOI:10.1039/a605911b

Molecular orbital studies of luminescent silver(I) chalcogenido clusters [Ag4(-dppm)4(4-E)]2+ (dppm = Ph2PCH2PPh2) Chun-Ru Wang, Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo and Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, pp 227 DOI:10.1039/a605063h

Convenient, room-temperature liquid ammonia routes to metal chalcogenides Geoff Henshaw, Ivan P. Parkin and Graham A. Shaw, pp 231 DOI:10.1039/a605665b

Arylimido complexes of ruthenium(IV) porphyrins Wa-Hung Leung, Tom S. M. Hun, Hong-wei Hou and Kwok-Yin Wong, pp 237 DOI:10.1039/a604212k

Synthesis, electrochemical and magnetic properties of Cu3 complexes of a series of new compartmental trinucleating ligands H4L Xiaoyuan Chen, Shuzhong Zhan, Chuanjiang Hu, Qingjin Meng and Yongjiang Liu, pp 245 DOI:10.1039/a603850f

Carbonyl dihalides: synthesis and spectroscopic characterization Michael J. Parkington, T. Anthony Ryan and Kenneth R. Seddon, pp 251 DOI:10.1039/a604090j

Carbonyl dibromide: a novel reagent for the synthesis of metal bromides and bromide oxides Michael J. Parkington, T. Anthony Ryan and Kenneth R. Seddon, pp 257 DOI:10.1039/a603977d

Metamagnetism in tetrachlorobis(N-phenylacetamidine)rhenium(IV) Philip A. Reynolds, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Joe W. Cable, Lutz M. Engelhardt and Brian N. Figgis, pp 263 DOI:10.1039/a603443h

Bis[hydrazido(2-)] and related complexes of molybdenum(VI): towards alkene-metathesis catalysts based on hydrazido(2-) ligation Jonathan R. Dilworth, Vernon C. Gibson, Canzhong Lu, John R. Miller, Carl Redshaw and Yifan Zheng, pp 269 DOI:10.1039/a606575i

Co-ordination ability of amino acid oximes. Potentiometric, spectroscopic and structural studies of complexes of 2-cyano-2-(hydroxyimino)acetamide Tatiana Yu. Sliva, Anna M. Duda, Tadeusz Gowiak, Igor O. Fritsky, Vladimir M. Amirkhanov, Andrei A. Mokhir and Henryk Kozowski, pp 273 DOI:10.1039/a605125a

Crystal structure of bis(tetraethylammonium) bis[4,5-disulfanyl-1,3-dithiol-2-onato(2-)]nickelate(II) and spectroscopic and electrical properties of related oxidized complexes Shuging Q. Sun, Bin Zhang, Peiji J. Wu and Daoben B. Zhu, pp 277 DOI:10.1039/a604434d

Issue 3

Syntheses, characterization and crystal structures of the boron-antimony adducts BX3·Sb(SiMe3)3 (X = Cl, Br or I) Michael S. Lube, Richard L. Wells and Peter S. White, pp 285 DOI:10.1039/a606479e

Insertion of COS into Group 2 metal-ethoxide bonds; crystal structures of [Mg(OCSOEt)2(EtOH)4] and [Sr3(OCSOEt)6(EtOH)8] Izoldi K. Bezougli, Alan Bashall, Mary McPartlin and D. Michael P. Mingos, pp 287 DOI:10.1039/a605678d

Cyclopentadienyl, indenyl and bis(cyclopentadienyl) titanium imido compounds Simon C. Dunn, Philip Mountford and David A. Robson, pp 293 DOI:10.1039/a605470f

Synthesis, structure and magnetism of iron-(III) and -(II) complexes of 1-thia-4,7-diazacyclononane and N,N-dimethyl-1-thia-4,7-diazacyclononane Vincent A. Grillo, Graeme R. Hanson, Trevor W. Hambley, Lawrence R. Gahan, Keith S. Murray and Boujemaa Moubaraki, pp 305 DOI:10.1039/a605058a

Kinetics and mechanism of the oxidation of sulfite by trans-[Ru(tmc)O2]2+ (tmc = 1,4,8,11-tetramethyl-1,4,8,11- tetraazacyclotetradecane) Tai-Chu Lau, Kwok-Ho Chow, Kent W. C. Lau and Wenny Y. K. Tsang, pp 313 DOI:10.1039/a603655d

Formation constants for complexes of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,7-diacetic acid and the crystal structure of its nickel(II) complex Jennifer M. Weeks, Max R. Taylor and Kevin P. Wainwright, pp 317 DOI:10.1039/a605208h

Gold(III) template synthesis of a pendant-arm macrocycle Monica Rossignoli, Paul V. Bernhardt, Geoffrey A. Lawrance and Marcel Maeder, pp 323 DOI:10.1039/a606678j

Complexation of Pr3+, Eu3+, Yb3+ and Th4+ ions by calixarene carboxylates Françoise Arnaud-Neu, Suzane Cremin, Steve Harris, M. Anthony McKervey, Marie-José Schwing-Weill, Pascale Schwinté and Andrew Walker, pp 329 DOI:10.1039/a602631a

Crystal structure, luminescence and other properties of some lanthanide complexes of the polypyridine ligand 6,6-bis[bis(2-pyridylmethyl)aminomethyl]-2,2-bipyridine Anders Døssing, Hans Toftlund, Alan Hazell, James Bourassa and Peter C. Ford, pp 335 DOI:10.1039/a603336i

Complexation of transition-metal ions, SnII, PbII and AlIII with nucleobase-substituted polyethers and dissociation of adduct ions studied by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry Mandapati Saraswathi and Jack M. Miller, pp 341 DOI:10.1039/a605354h

The design of a new type of very rigid tetradentate ligand Peter Comba, Bernhard Nuber and Anne Ramlow, pp 347 DOI:10.1039/a603635j

Molecular dynamics of (6-arene)tricarbonylchromium complexes in the solid state: carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance and crystal structure of [Cr(6-C6HMe5)(CO)3] Patrick J. Barrie, Christiana A. Mitsopoulou, Majid Motevalli and Edward W. Randall, pp 353 DOI:10.1039/a605537k

Synthesis and characterization of porous chromia-pillared layered titanoniobate Yashao Chen, Wenhua Hou, Canxiong Guo, Qijie Yan and Yi Chen, pp 359 DOI:10.1039/a603980d

Chromium luminescence as a probe of site effects in the alum lattice Robert S. Armstrong, Andrew J. Berry, Bradley D. Cole and Kerry W. Nugent, pp 363 DOI:10.1039/a605705e

Theoretical studies of the intramolecular mechanism for the alkoxyphosphazene to alkoxyphosphazane transformation Stephen W. Doughty, Brian W. Fitzsimmons and Christopher A. Reynolds, pp 367 DOI:10.1039/a603947b

Reaction of a dicarbon Ru5 cluster with CO: crystal structures of [Ru5(4-C2)(-SMe)2( -PPh2)2(CO)13] and [Ru4(4-C2)(-SMe)2( -PPh2)2(CO)10] Chris J. Adams, Michael I. Bruce, Brian W. Skelton, Allan H. White, Gilles Frapper and Jean-François Halet, pp 371 DOI:10.1039/a605529j

Synthesis and characterisation of three Group 10 metal dithiadiazolyl complexes Arthur J. Banister, Ian B. Gorrell, Judith A. K. Howard, Simon E. Lawrence, Iain May, Christian W. Lehman, Jeremy M. Rawson, Brian K. Tanner, Christopher I. Gregory, Alexander J. Blake and Simon P. Fricker, pp 377 DOI:10.1039/a606635f

pH-Dependent competition between N,S and N,N chelation in the reaction of [Pt(en)(H2O)2]2+ (en = H2NCH2CH2NH2 ) with methionine-containing di- and tri-peptides Andreas F. M. Siebert and William S. Sheldrick, pp 385 DOI:10.1039/a604689d

Tuning the nature of the exchange interaction in out-of-plane oximato-bridged dinuclear copper(II) complexes Beatriz Cervera, Rafael Ruiz, Francesc Lloret, Miguel Julve, Juan Cano, Juan Faus, Claudette Bois and Jerzy Mrozinski, pp 395 DOI:10.1039/a604420d

A novel tridentate co-ordination mode for the carbonatonickel system Albert Escuer, Ramon Vicente, Sujit B Kumar, Xavier Solans and Mercé Font-Bardía, pp 403 DOI:10.1039/a605466h

Metal template synthesis of lanthanide cryptates. Crystal structure of a dysprosium cryptate Fernando Avecilla, Rufina Bastida, Andrés de Blas, David E. Fenton, Alejandro Macías, Adolfo Rodríguez, Teresa Rodríguez-Blas, Santiago García-Granda and Raul Corzo-Suárez, pp 409 DOI:10.1039/a606626g

Synthesis, isomerism and supramolecular chemistry of diphenylmethanimine complexes of the coinage metals Wolfgang Schneider, Andreas Bauer and Hubert Schmidbaur, pp 415 DOI:10.1039/a604808k

Non-covalent lanthanide podates with predetermined physicochemical properties: iron(II) spin-state equilibria in self-assembled heterodinuclear d-f supramolecular complexes Claude Piguet, Elisabeth Rivara-Minten, Gérald Bernardinelli, Jean-Claude G. Bünzli and Gérard Hopfgartner, pp 421 DOI:10.1039/a605986d

Complexes of gold, silver and copper with Z,Z-PPh2CH2CBut N-NC(But)CH2PPh2 containing a nine-membered chelate ring: crystal structure of [AuCl{Z,Z-PPh2CH2CBut N-NC(But) CH2PPh2}] Paul A. Cooke, Sarath D. Perera, Bernard L. Shaw, Mark Thornton-Pett and Jonathan D. Vessey, pp 435 DOI:10.1039/a606000e

Unprecedented co-ordination mode of the tetrathio-molybdate or -tungstate anions in heterometallic gold complexes. Crystal structures of [MoS4(AuAsPh3)2] and [WS4(AuCH2PPh3)2]·CH 2Cl2 Fernando Canales, M. Concepción Gimeno, Peter G. Jones and Antonio Laguna, pp 439 DOI:10.1039/a603312a

Dynamic behaviour of SO2 and NO ligands in hexanuclear ruthenium clusters as probed by 1H NMR signals of a coexisting -allyl ligand Teiji Chihara, Aldo Jesorka, Hidenori Ikezawa and Yasuo Wakatsuki, pp 443 DOI:10.1039/a606432i

Cyclotriveratrylene models for [4Fe-4S] proteins: 31 subsite differentiation and modulation of the redox potential Gino P. F. van Strijdonck, John A. E. H. van Haare, Paulus J. M. Hönen, Roger C. G. M. van den Schoor, Martinus C. Feiters, Johannes G. M. van der Linden, Jan J. Steggerda and Roeland J. M. Nolte, pp 449 DOI:10.1039/a602587k

Issue 4

Crystal structure and synthesis of a novel tetranuclear iron(III) complex with a defective double-cubane core Hui Li, Zhuang Jin Zhong, Wei Chen and Xiao-Zeng You, pp 463 DOI:10.1039/a607790k

Synthesis, crystal structure and biological activity of bis(acetone thiosemicarbazone-S)dichlorodiphenyltin(IV) Siang-Guan Teoh, Show-Hing Ang, Soon-Beng Teo, Hoong-Kun Fun, Khing-Ling Khew and Chi-Wi Ong, pp 465 DOI:10.1039/a605679b

Chelate-ring-opened adducts of [Pt(en)(Me-Mal-O,O)] (en = ethane-1,2-diamine, Me-Mal = 2-methylmalonate) with methionine derivatives: relevance to the biological activity of platinum anticancer agents Zijian Guo, Trevor W. Hambley, Piedad del Socorro Murdoch, Peter J. Sadler and Urban Frey, pp 469 DOI:10.1039/a604210d

Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance of transition-metal carbonyl clusters through intermolecular cross-polarisation transfer in the solid state Taro Eguchi, Rachel A. Harding, Brian T. Heaton, Giuliano Longoni, Kei Miyagi, Jens Nähring, Nobuo Nakamura, Hirokazu Nakayama and Anthony K. Smith, pp 479 DOI:10.1039/a604078k

Reactions of copper pyridonate complexes with hydrated lanthanoid nitrates Alexander J. Blake, Robert O. Gould, Craig M. Grant, Paul E. Y. Milne, Simon Parsons and Richard E. P. Winpenny, pp 485 DOI:10.1039/a606126e

The gadolinium(III) chelate of 1-oxa-4,7,10-triazacyclododecane-4,7,10-triacetic acid. Formation of polymeric chains in the solid state and relaxivity properties Marie-Rose Spirlet, Jean Rebizant, Xiangyun Wang, Tianzhu Jin, Dominique Gilsoul, Vinciane Comblin, Frédérique Maton, Robert N. Muller and Jean F. Desreux, pp 497 DOI:10.1039/a605697k

Main-group and transition-metal complexes of 1-thia-4,7-diazacyclononane, [9]aneN2S. Crystal structures of [VOCl2([9]aneN2S)]· MeCN, [Fe([9]aneN2S)2][ClO4]2, [Zn([9]aneN2S)2][PF6]2, [Ru(cym)([9]aneN2S)][BPh4]Cl2·M eCN (cym = p-cymene), [RhCl3([9]aneN2S)]·H2O and [Tl([9]aneN2S)][ClO4] Ulrich Heinzel, Andreas Henke and Rainer Mattes, pp 501 DOI:10.1039/a605999f

Seven co-ordinate macrocyclic tetrathioether complexes of molybdenum(II) and tungsten(II) Paul K. Baker, Marcus C. Durrant, Sharman D. Harris, David L. Hughes and Raymond L. Richards, pp 509 DOI:10.1039/a606193a

Stabilization of cobalt(I) by the tripodal ligands tris(2-pyridyl)methane and tris(2-pyridyl)phosphine. Structural, spectroscopic and ab initio studies of the [CoL2]n+ species Kenneth R. Adam, Peter A. Anderson, Timothy Astley, Ian M. Atkinson, John M. Charnock, C. David Garner, Jacqueline M. Gulbis, Trevor W. Hambley, Michael A. Hitchman, F. Richard Keene and Edward R. T. Tiekink, pp 519 DOI:10.1039/a605967h

Syntheses of several kinds of one-dimensional nickel(II)-nitrito complexes: a new -nitrito nickel(II) alternating chain Albert Escuer, Ramon Vicente and Xavier Solans, pp 531 DOI:10.1039/a603070j

Molecular mechanics calculations on imine and mixed-ligand systems of CoIII, NiII and CuII Robert J. Deeth and Veronica J. Paget, pp 537 DOI:10.1039/a606381k

Synthesis, molecular and electronic structure of Ru3 isomeric clusters carrying C8 rings bonded in allenylic and acetylenic modes Dario Braga, Fabrizia Grepioni, David B. Brown, Brian F. G. Johnson, Maria J. Calhorda and Luis F. Veiros, pp 547 DOI:10.1039/a604816a

The [ICNI]+ cation: a combined experimental and theoretical study. Reaction of [ICNI]+[AsF6]- with CsN3 Thomas M. Klapötke, pp 553 DOI:10.1039/a605349a

Use of Se4N4 and Se(NSO)2 in the preparation of palladium adducts of diselenium dinitride, Se2N2; crystal structure of [PPh4]2[Pd2Br6(Se2 N2)] Paul F. Kelly, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and Antonio Soriano-Rama, pp 559 DOI:10.1039/a606311j

Ternary palladium(II)-glycylmethionine-nucleobase complexes: solution studies and crystal structure of the 9-methylguanine compound Markus Wienken, Attila Kiss, Imre Sóvágó, Edda C. Fusch and Bernhard Lippert, pp 563 DOI:10.1039/a605872h

Oxovanadium(IV) complexes of peptides with non-co-ordinating side chains and related ligands; a spectroscopic study João Costa Pessoa, Susana M. Luz and Robert D. Gillard, pp 569 DOI:10.1039/a607374c

Properties and crystal structure of square-planar R,S,R,S-(1,3,6,8,12,15-hexaazatricy clo[13.3.1.18,12]icosane)nickel(II) perchlorate and kinetics of its isomerization to the R,R,S,S configuration Dongwhan Lee, Myunghyun Paik Suh and Jae Woo Lee, pp 577 DOI:10.1039/a605255j

Azooximates of bi- and tri-valent nickel Soma Karmakar, Suranjan Bhanja Choudhury, Sanjib Ganguly and Animesh Chakravorty, pp 585 DOI:10.1039/a605212f

Synthesis and properties of ligand-bridged dinuclear complexes containing trans-bis[o -phenylenebis(dimethylarsine)]chlororuthenium(II) centres Benjamin J. Coe, Samar Hayat, Roy L. Beddoes, Madeleine Helliwell, John C. Jeffery, Stuart R. Batten and Peter S. White, pp 591 DOI:10.1039/a605834e

Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of the manganese(II) chains [Mn(bipym)(NO3)2] and [Mn(bipym)(NCO)2] (bipym = 2,2-bipyrimidine) Giovanni De Munno, Teresa Poerio, Miguel Julve, Francesc Lloret, Guillaume Viau and Andrea Caneschi, pp 601 DOI:10.1039/a607247j

Quasi-one-dimensional bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene charge- transfer salts with paramagnetic Group 6 anions Cameron J. Kepert, Mohamedally Kurmoo, Mary R. Truter and Peter Day, pp 607 DOI:10.1039/a606025k

Three-dimensional delocalization in tris(1,2-dithiolenes) Dimitris Argyropoulos, Emmanuel Lyris, Christiana A. Mitsopoulou and Dimitris Katakis, pp 615 DOI:10.1039/a605287h

Technetium(V) and rhenium(V) nitrido complexes with bis(diphenyl-thiophosphoryl)amide, N(SPPh2)2- Ulrich Abram, Ernesto Schulz Lang, Sonja Abram, Jürgen Wegmann, Jonathan R. Dilworth, Reinhard Kirmse and J. Derek Woollins, pp 623 DOI:10.1039/a605182k

Synthesis and characterisation of a semipseudocloso carbaruthenaborane. Molecular structure of [1-(PhCC)-2-Ph-3-(cym)-3,1,2-semipseudocloso-RuC2 B9H9] (cym = p-cymene) Rhodri Ll. Thomas and Alan J. Welch, pp 631 DOI:10.1039/a606258j

Methyl-hydride metathesis between [Zr(cp)2Me2] and [HAl(3-NBut)]4: molecular structures of [Me1-xHxAl( 3-NBut)]4 (x = 0, 0.78 or 1) and [(cp)2ZrMe(-H)]2 (cp = 5-C5H5) C. Jeff Harlan, Simon G. Bott and Andrew R. Barron, pp 637 DOI:10.1039/a604292i

-Substituted -diketones: effect of the substituent on the complexation and selectivity for lanthanides Quyen T. H. Le, Shigeo Umetani, Mitsuko Suzuki and Masakazu Matsui, pp 643 DOI:10.1039/a607287i

Solvent extraction of metal ions from nitric acid solution using N,N-substituted malonamides. Experimental and crystallographic evidence for two mechanisms of extraction, metal complexation and ion-pair formation Gabriel Y. S. Chan, Michael G. B. Drew, Michael J. Hudson, Peter B. Iveson, Jan-Olov Liljenzin, Mats Skålberg, Lena Spjuth and Charles Madic, pp 649 DOI:10.1039/a605577j

Synthesis and co-ordination chemistry of 1,5,9-triazacyclododecane monosubstituted with imidazole and pyrazole Massimo Di Vaira, Fabrizio Mani, Marco Menicatti, Piero Stoppioni and Alberto Vacca, pp 661 DOI:10.1039/a606853g

Synthesis and characterisation of the hexanuclear ruthenium diphosphine clusters [Ru6C(CO)15{-Ph2P(CH2 )nPPh2}] (n = 1-4); crystal structures where n = 1-3 Trushar Adatia, Gráinne Conole, Simon R. Drake, Brian F. G. Johnson, th Kessler, Jack Lewis and Mary McPartin, pp 669 DOI:10.1039/a606040d

Platinum(0)-[60]fullerene complexes with chelating diphosphine ligands. Syntheses and characterisation of [Pt(2-C60)(L-L)] [L-L = Ph2P(CH2) nPPh2, n = 2 or 3] Maarten van Wijnkoop, Mohamed F. Meidine, Anthony G. Avent, Adam D. Darwish, Harold W. Kroto, Roger Taylor and David R. M. Walton, pp 675 DOI:10.1039/a605357b

New 2-tetrahydrofurfuryloxotitanium(IV) intermediates for the synthesis of olefin polymerization catalysts Piotr Sobota, Józef Utko, Sawomir Szafert and Krzysztof Szczegot, pp 679 DOI:10.1039/a605023i

Synthesis and structures of niobium(V) and tantalum(V) analogues of Amavadin: [M(hida)2]- (M = NbV or TaV, H3hida = hydroxyimino-diacetic acid) and [Nb(R,R-hidpa)2]- [H3hidpa = 2,2-(hydroxyimino)dipropioni c acid] Paul D. Smith, Spencer M. Harben, Roy L. Beddoes, Madeleine Helliwell, David Collison and C. David Garner, pp 685 DOI:10.1039/a605750k

Reactivity of [M(CO)4(nbd)] (M = Cr or Mo; nbd = norbornadiene) toward (Ph2PN)C(Ph)[N(SiMe3)2] and C6H4{C[N(SiMe3)2 ](NPPh2)}2-1,4 Wai-Kwok Wong, Chaode Sun, Tao Jiang, Wing-Tak Wong, Feng Xue and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 693 DOI:10.1039/a607373e

Issue 5

Co-ordination complexes as organic-inorganic layer magnets Peter Day, pp 701 DOI:10.1039/a607182a

Polyhedral azadirhodaborane chemistry. Reaction of [{RhCl2(5-C5Me5) }2] with [EtH2NB8H11NHEt] to give contiguous ten-vertex [1-Et-6,7-(5-C5Me5)2- closo-6,7,1-Rh2NB7H7 ] Udo Doerfler, John D. Kennedy, Lawrence Barton, Christina M. Collins and Nigam P. Rath, pp 707 DOI:10.1039/a700132k

Solvothermal synthesis and crystal structure of [NEt4]6[ {Mo3(3-Se)(-2-Se 2)3(2-Se2)(- 2-Se5)(1-Se5)} 2(-2-Se4)]. The first trinuclear molybdenum polyselenide dimer containing two [Mo3Se7]4+ cluster cores bridged by a Se42- chain Guo-Cong Guo and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 709 DOI:10.1039/a608185a

Isolation and characterisation of a well defined precatalyst for the ring-opening polymerisation of silicon-bridged [1]ferrocenophanes John B. Sheridan, Karen Temple, Alan J. Lough and Ian Manners, pp 711 DOI:10.1039/a608466d

Interconversion of tetrahedranes containing naked phosphorus ligands; synthesis of the trimetallic complexes [MonW(3-n) Cp3(CO)6(3-P)] (n = 0-3, Cp = 5-C5H5) and their air oxidation to the corresponding complexes of the 3-PO ligand John E. Davies, Marek C. Klunduk, Martin J. Mays, Paul R. Raithby, Gregory P. Shields and Peter K. Tompkin, pp 715 DOI:10.1039/a606262h

Syntheses, crystal structures, and electrochemical and spectroscopic properties of ruthenium complexes of the N,S-bidentate ligand 2-(2-pyridyl)benzenethiol Alexander M. W. Cargill Thompson, David A. Bardwell, John C. Jeffery, Leigh H. Rees and Michael D. Ward, pp 721 DOI:10.1039/a606650j

Derivatives of luminescent metal-polypyridyl complexes with pendant adenine or thymine groups: building blocks for supramolecular assemblies based on hydrogen bonding Claire M. White, Monica Fernandez Gonzalez, David A. Bardwell, Leigh H. Rees, John C. Jeffery, Michael D. Ward, Nicola Armaroli, Giuseppe Calogero and Francesco Barigelletti, pp 727 DOI:10.1039/a607013b

Ruthenium tris-(bipyridyl) complexes with pendant protonatable and deprotonatable moieties: pH sensitivity of electronic spectral and luminescence properties Alexander M. W. Cargill Thompson, Michael C. C. Smailes, John C. Jeffery and Michael D. Ward, pp 737 DOI:10.1039/a607181c

Stabilization of copper(III) complexes by disubstituted oxamides and related ligands Rafael Ruiz, Céline Surville-Barland, Ally Aukauloo, Elodie Anxolabehere-Mallart, Yves Journaux, Joan Cano and M. Carmen Muñoz, pp 745 DOI:10.1039/a607572j

Dissociation kinetics of europium(III) cryptate complexes in aqueous buffers Soon Jin Oh and Joon Won Park, pp 753 DOI:10.1039/a606949e

Thiobenzamidato and thiobenzoato complexes of ruthenium, osmium and iridium Stephen D. Robinson, Arvind Sahajpal and Derek A. Tocher, pp 757 DOI:10.1039/a607011f

Oxygen vs. carbon co-ordination of -keto-stabilized phosphorus ylides Ph3PC(H)COR (R = Me, Ph or OMe) to palladium(II) cationic complexes Larry R. Falvello, Susana Fernández, Rafael Navarro, Isabel Pascual and Esteban P. Urriolabeitia, pp 763 DOI:10.1039/a606823e

Synthesis, characterisation, and solution behaviour of two dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes of a bis(catecholamide) siderophore analogue Anne-Kathrin Duhme, pp 773 DOI:10.1039/a607163e

Synthesis and structural characterisation of mono- and bi-nuclear cobalt(II) alkyls Wing-Por Leung, Hung Kay Lee, Lin-Hong Weng, Zhong-Yuan Zhou and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 779 DOI:10.1039/a606541d

The complete thermodynamic cycle of CoCl2-pyridine complex formation Franzpeter Emmenegger, Michel Piccand, Henryk Piekarski and Jerzy Mokrzan, pp 785 DOI:10.1039/a606259h

Mechanism and selectivity control of methyl acetate and methyl formate formation from methanol alone with [Ru(SnCl3)5(PPh3)]3- as catalyst Takeshi Ohnishi, Tetsu Yamakawa and Sumio Shinoda, pp 789 DOI:10.1039/a606314d

Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of pyridine binding to cytochrome c Gaohua Liu, Yu Chen and Wenxia Tang, pp 795 DOI:10.1039/a606782d

Oxidative addition of a C-H bond to M(PH3)2 (M = Pd or Pt). An ab initio molecular orbital study on the chelate phosphine effect Shigeyoshi Sakaki, Bishajit Biswas and Manabu Sugimoto, pp 803 DOI:10.1039/a605720i

Syntheses, crystal structures and magnetic properties of [Ni2(C2O4)(tren)2][ClO 4]2 and [Ni2(C4O4)(tren)2(H2 O)2][ClO4]2 [tren = tris(2-aminoethyl)amine] Isabel Castro, M. Luisa Calatayud, Jorunn Sletten, Francesc Lloret and Miguel Julve, pp 811 DOI:10.1039/a606105b

Bonding ability of 1,1-bis(diphenylthiophosphoryl)ferrocene (dptpf) and its selenium analogue towards copper(I). Crystal structure of [Cu(dptpf)]BF4 Giuseppe Pilloni, Bruno Longato, Giuliano Bandoli and Benedetto Corain, pp 819 DOI:10.1039/a606877d

Binuclear copper complexes of bis(1,4,7-triazacyclonon-1-yl) ligands incorporating acetate pendant arms Fiona H. Fry, Bim Graham, Leone Spiccia, David C. R. Hockless and Edward R. T. Tiekink, pp 827 DOI:10.1039/a606021h

Synthesis of some N,N-bis(amide) derivatives of diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid and the stabilities of their complexes with Gd3+, Ca2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+ Yun-Ming Wang, Tsann-Hwang Cheng, Gin-Chung Liu and Reu-Sheng Sheu, pp 833 DOI:10.1039/a605483h

Lewis-base adducts of the diborane(4) compounds B2(1,2-E2C6H4)2 (E = O or S) William Clegg, Chaoyang Dai, Fiona J. Lawlor, Todd B. Marder, Paul Nguyen, Nicholas C. Norman, Nigel L. Pickett, William P. Power and Andrew J. Scott, pp 839 DOI:10.1039/a607440e

Synthesis, characterisation and crystal structure of 2-aminopyridinium (2-amino-5-bromopyridine)tribromocuprate(II) and bis(2-aminopyridinium) tetrabromocuprate(II) Antonio Luque, Jon Sertucha, Luis Lezama, Teófilo Rojo and Pascual Román, pp 847 DOI:10.1039/a606429i

Diphosphine bifunctional chelators for low-valent metal ions. Crystal structures of the copper(I) complexes [CuClL12] and [CuL12][PF6] [L1 = 2,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)maleic anhydride] Jason S. Lewis, Sarah L. Heath, Annie K. Powell, Jamal Zweit and Philip J. Blower, pp 855 DOI:10.1039/a607203h

Synthesis and reactivity of non-polymeric tetracarboxylatochloro-diruthenium(II,III) complexes. Crystal structure of [Ru2Cl(-O2CCHMe2)4 (OPPh3)] M. Carmen Barral, Reyes Jiménez-Aparicio, José L. Priego, Elia C. Royer, Francisco A. Urbanos and Ulises Amador, pp 863 DOI:10.1039/a605378e

New donor-acceptor system based on [Pt(NH3)4]2+ and [W(CN)8]3- ions Barbara Sieklucka, pp 869 DOI:10.1039/a605218e

Zeolite-supported metal carbonyls: sensitive probes for infrared spectroscopic characterization of the zeolite surface Carlos Otero Areán, Gemma Turnes Palomino, Estrella Escalona Platero and Margarita Peñarroya Mentruit, pp 873 DOI:10.1039/a604775k

Selective anion recognition by novel 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(o-ferrocenylcarbonylaminophenyl-substituted) zinc metalloporphyrin receptors Paul D. Beer, Michael G. B. Drew and Raymond Jagessar, pp 881 DOI:10.1039/a606082j

Syntheses and characterisation of mono- and di-nuclear iron(III) complexes of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane-N-acetate (L). Crystal structures of [FeCl2L] and [Fe2(-O)(-O2CMe)L2]ClO 4· NaClO4·2H2O Bim Graham, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Leone Spiccia, John D. Cashion and David C. R. Hockless, pp 887 DOI:10.1039/a606651h

Isomerization kinetics of lanthanide(III) complexes with the pendant-arm macrocyclic ligand 1,4,7,10-tetrakis(2-hydroxyethyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane Pierre-André Pittet, Dominique Früh, Véronique Tissières and Jean-Claude G. Bünzli, pp 895 DOI:10.1039/a606117f

Synthesis, stability and structure of the complex of bismuth(III) with the nitrogen-donor macrocycle 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane. The role of the lone pair on bismuth(III) and lead(II) in determining co-ordination geometry Robert Luckay, Ignacy Cukrowski, Jeremiah Mashishi, Joseph H. Reibenspies, Andrew H. Bond, Robin D. Rogers and Robert D. Hancock, pp 901 DOI:10.1039/a605068i

Issue 6

Metallacycles of the imidoylamidinato compounds HNC(R)NC(R)NH and Group 13 elements. Crystal structure of the complex [GaMe2{HNC(CF3)NC(CF3 )NH}] Damian R. Aris, James Barker, Paul R. Phillips, Nathaniel W. Alcock and Malcolm G. H. Wallbridge, pp 909 DOI:10.1039/a700016b

Synthesis of a series of novel binucleating ligands based on 1,4,7-triazacyclononane and o-, m- and p-xylene: crystal structure of the -hydroxy-bridged dicopper(II) complex [Cu2Lm(OH)2][BPh4 ]2 [Lm = ,-bis (N-1,4,7-triazacyclononane)-m-xylene] Louis J. Farrugia, Paul A. Lovatt and Robert D. Peacock, pp 911 DOI:10.1039/a608058h

Rectangular grid two-dimensional sheets of copper(II) bridged by both co-ordinated and hydrogen bonded 4,4-bipyridine (4,4-bipy) in [Cu(-4,4-bipy)(H2O)2(FBF3) 2]·4,4-bipy Alexander J. Blake, Stuart J. Hill, Peter Hubberstey and Wan-Sheung Li, pp 913 DOI:10.1039/a700036g

Syntheses and structural characterisation of triosmium carbonyl clusters containing bis(diphenylthiophosphinoyl)amine Emmie Ngai-Man Ho and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 915 DOI:10.1039/a608249a

Unusual formation and crystal structure of a new stable dinuclear vanadium(V) amino-imino-acetal Christine A. Duncan, Eddia P. Copeland, Ishenkumba A. Kahwa, Andrew Quick and David J. Williams, pp 917 DOI:10.1039/a608235a

Dinuclear copper-(I) and -(II) complexes derived from a diprotonated Schiff-base cryptand Harry Adams, Neil A. Bailey, David E. Fenton, Michael B. Hursthouse, Wakako Kanda, Masatoshi Kanesato, K. M. Abdul Malik and Emily J. Sadler, pp 921 DOI:10.1039/a607278j

Synthesis, structural and magnetic characterisation of tris(1-methyl-4,5-diphenylimidazol-2-yl)methanol (L) and [{CuL(NO3)}2][NO3]2 Timothy C. Higgs, Madeleine Helliwell, Eric J. L. McInnes, Frank E. Mabbs, Charles J. Harding and C. David Garner, pp 927 DOI:10.1039/a605180d

Complexation properties of a heteroditopic cryptand towards CuII and NiII, crystal structures of the cryptand and its nickel(II) cascade complex Pradyut Ghosh, Sayam Sen Gupta and Parimal K. Bharadwaj, pp 935 DOI:10.1039/a605948a

Structure and stability of complexes of macrocyclic ligands bearing 2-hydroxycyclohexyl groups. Structure of the copper(II) complex of 1-(2-hydroxycyclohexyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane and the strontium(II) complex of 7,16-bis(2-hydroxycyclohexyl)-1,4,10,13-tetraoxa-7,16-diazacyclooctadec ane Alvaro S. De Sousa, Robert D. Hancock and Joseph H. Reibenspies, pp 939 DOI:10.1039/a606967c

Monomeric Group 2 metal -diketonates stabilised by protonated amine ligands as tight cation-anion pairs; crystal structure of [Htmen]2[Sr(tfpd)4] (tfpd = 1,1,1-trifluoropentane-2,4-dionate, tmen = N,N, N,N -tetramethylethane-1,2-diamine) Jawwad A. Darr, Simon R. Drake, Michael B. Hursthouse, K. M. Abdul Malik, Stewart A. S. Miller and D. Michael P. Mingos, pp 945 DOI:10.1039/a606876f

Lithiated amidines: syntheses and structural characterisations James Barker, Donald Barr, Nicholas D. R. Barnett, William Clegg, Ian Cragg-Hine, Matthew G. Davidson, Robert P. Davies, Susan M. Hodgson, Judith A. K. Howard, Melvyn Kilner, Christian W. Lehmann, Isabel Lopez-Solera, Robert E. Mulvey, Paul R. Raithby and Ronald Snaith, pp 951 DOI:10.1039/a605849c

Synthesis, characterization and crystal structures of isothiocyanate and carbodiimide complexes derived from organomagnesium reagents: insertion into Mg-X (X = C or N) bonds Bhamidi Srinivas, Chung-Cheng Chang, Chau-Han Chen, Michael Y. Chiang, I.-Ting Chen, Yu Wang and Gene-Hsiang Lee, pp 957 DOI:10.1039/a606066h

Electronic structures and geometries of six-co-ordinate bis(tropolonate)tin hydrocarbyl and chloride complexes. A combined theoretical ab initio and gas-phase photoelectron spectroscopy study (the late) Giovanni Bruno, Giuseppe Lanza, Graziella Malandrino and Ignazio Fragalà, pp 965 DOI:10.1039/a606065j

Biologically active pyridine mono- and bis-phosphonates: efficient ligands for co-ordination of Cu2+ ions Bogdan Boduszek, Marcin Dyba, Magorzata Jeowska-Bojczuk, Tamas Kiss and Henryk Kozowski, pp 973 DOI:10.1039/a606086b

Structural model of rabbit liver copper metallothionein Anthony Presta, David A. Fowle and Martin J. Stillman, pp 977 DOI:10.1039/a605462e

Stereospecific templated synthesis of a triruthenium butadiyne-linked cyclic porphyrin trimer Valérie Marvaud, Anton Vidal-Ferran, Simon J. Webb and Jeremy K. M. Sanders, pp 985 DOI:10.1039/a605847g

Alkyne-based derivatives of [Ru6C(CO)17] and the stepwise synthesis of [Ru6C(CO)13(5-C5H 3Ph2)(3-CPh)] Alexander J. Blake, Jane L. Haggitt, Brian F. G. Johnson and Simon Parsons, pp 991 DOI:10.1039/a606324a

New heterosiloxanes of bivalent Group 14 elements and their reactions with [Mo(CO)6]: crystal structures of [{M(-OBut)(OSiPh3)}2] (M = Ge or Sn) and [{Sn(-OBut)(OSiPh3)}2 Mo(CO)5] Michael Veith, Charu Mathur and Volker Huch, pp 995 DOI:10.1039/a607153h

Preparation and structural characterization of a series of ternary palladium(II) binuclear complexes containing triazolopyrimidinate bridges Jorge A. R. Navarro, Angustias Romero and Juan M. Salas, pp 1001 DOI:10.1039/a606257a

Some tetrahydroborate derivatives of aluminium: crystal structures of dimethylaluminium tetrahydroborate and the and phases of aluminium tris(tetrahydroborate) at low temperature Simon Aldridge, Alexander J. Blake, Anthony J. Downs, Robert O. Gould, Simon Parsons and Colin R. Pulham, pp 1007 DOI:10.1039/a607843e

Molecular structures of the sixth period metal pentachlorides, MCl5 (M = Ta, W or Re), determined by gas electron diffraction; is Jahn-Teller distortion of WCl5 quenched by spin-orbit coupling? Knut Faegri Jr., Arne Haaland, Kjell-Gunnar Martinsen, Tor G. Strand, Hans Vidar Volden, Ole Swang, Carlaxel Anderson, Christina Persson, Sandra Bogdanovic and Wolfgang A. Herrmann, pp 1013 DOI:10.1039/a604314c

Photochemistry of [Re(bipy)(CO)3(PPh3)]+ (bipy = 2,2-bipyridine) in the presence of triethanolamine associated with photoreductive fixation of carbon dioxide: participation of a chain reaction mechanism Hisao Hori, Frank P. A. Johnson, Kazuhide Koike, Koji Takeuchi, Takashi Ibusuki and Osamu Ishitani, pp 1019 DOI:10.1039/a607058b

Structural diversity of four-co-ordinate metal(II) compounds with the bidentate bis(diphenylselenophosphoryl)amide ligand, [M{N(PPh2Se)2-Se, Se}2] (M = Sn, Pb, Zn, Cd or Hg) Verónica García-Montalvo, Josef Novosad, Petr Kilian, J. Derek Woollins, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Patricia García y García, Marcela López-Cardoso, Georgina Espinosa-Pérez and Raymundo Cea-Olivares, pp 1025 DOI:10.1039/a604961c

Crystallographic characterisation of dihalogenodimethylselenium compounds, Me2SeX2 (X = Cl, Br or I) and the dependence of their structures on the nature of the halogen Stephen M. Godfrey, Charles A. McAuliffe, Robin G. Pritchard and Shamsa Sarwar, pp 1031 DOI:10.1039/a606741g

Gas-phase vibrational spectrum and molecular geometry of TeCl4 Attila Kovács, Kjell-Gunnar Martinsen and Rudy J. M. Konings, pp 1037 DOI:10.1039/a605574e

Tetraselena crown ethers: synthesis and complexation with mercury salts. Crystal structure of a macrocycle and a mercury(II) complex Ahmed Mazouz, Philippe Meunier, Marek M. Kubicki, Bernard Hanquet, Régine Amardeil, Céline Bornet and Assou Zahidi, pp 1043 DOI:10.1039/a606674g

Studies on the reaction between silane and hydrogen peroxide vapour; surface formation of planarized silica layers Mark P. Taylor and Peter L. Timms, pp 1049 DOI:10.1039/a607098a

Synthesis, characterisation, crystal structure, reactivity and bonding in titanium complexes containing 2,3,4,5-tetramethylpyrrolyl Alberto R. Dias, Adelino M. Galvão, Ana Castro Galvão and Margarida S. Salema, pp 1055 DOI:10.1039/a607246a

Organoimido complexes of tungsten-(VI) and -(V): correlation between relative orientation of -donor ligands and electron configuration of the metal Lars Wesemann, Ludger Waldmann, Uwe Ruschewitz, Beate Ganter and Trixie Wagner, pp 1063 DOI:10.1039/a606644e

Kinetics of hydrolysis of PCl5 in situ as evaluated from the partial hydrolysis products formed in [18O]water Robert A. Mitchell, pp 1069 DOI:10.1039/a605808f

Oxidative additions of dichloromethane and cyclo-octasulfur to rhodium(I) complexes containing (2-aminoethyl)-dimethylphosphine or -diphenylphosphine Kazuo Kashiwabara, Akira Morikawa, Takayoshi Suzuki, Kiyoshi Isobe and Kazuyuki Tatsumi, pp 1075 DOI:10.1039/a606730a

Dynamic stereochemical rearrangements in chiral-at-ligand complexes. Tricarbonylhalogenorhenium(I) and halogenotrimethylplatinum(IV) complexes of 2,6-bis[4-(S)-methyloxazolin-2-yl]pyridine Peter J. Heard and Cameron Jones, pp 1083 DOI:10.1039/a606109e

Studies on Pt-S bonds. Competition of chelating methylsulfanyl- or methylsulfinyl-acetate, -benzoate and -phenolate for PtII(H2NCH2CH2NH2) Alessandro Pasini and Maurizio Moroni, pp 1093 DOI:10.1039/a605475g

Gold(III) complexes with 1,2-disulfanyl-1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane. Synthesis and partial degradation reactions of [Au(S2C2B10H10 )2]- salts Olga Crespo, M. Concepción Gimeno, Peter G. Jones and Antonio Laguna, pp 1099 DOI:10.1039/a607329h

Synthesis and applications of [Au(NCPh)2]+, a versatile labile gold(I) intermediate John Yau and D. Michael P. Mingos, pp 1103 DOI:10.1039/a606207e

Issue 7

Bis- and tris-(trichlorogermyl)gold(I) anions in their salts with cyclic dications [Au2(Ph2PCH2PPh2)2 ]2+ and [Au2(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2 )2]2+ Andreas Bauer and Hubert Schmidbaur, pp 1115 DOI:10.1039/a700891k

Preparation, magnetic properties and crystal structure of bis[3-(4-pyridyl)pentane-2,4-dionato]copper(II) Scott S. Turner, David Collison, Frank E. Mabbs and Madeleine Halliwell, pp 1117 DOI:10.1039/a700198c

Homoleptic tris(diacetoneglucose)phosphite as a novel entry into chiral phosphorus derivatives in organometallic chemistry Matthias Stolmàr, Carlo Floriani, Giuliana Gervasio and Davide Viterbo, pp 1119 DOI:10.1039/a608597k

Expanded-cap sepulchrates: a new series of mononuclear transition-metal ion cryptates Joanne Coyle, Michael G. B. Drew, Charles J. Harding, Jane Nelson and Raewyn M. Town, pp 1123 DOI:10.1039/a608359e

New compounds containing the triangulo-trichlorotrivanadium(II) moiety Peter B. Hitchcock, David L. Hughes, Leslie F. Larkworthy, G. Jeffery Leigh, Celine J. Marmion, J. Roger Sanders, Gallienus W. Smith and Jaisa S. de Souza, pp 1127 DOI:10.1039/a607225i

Structural and electronic impact of fluorine in the ortho positions of the phenoxy groups of phenyl-phosphonite and -phosphinite ligands in compounds of platinum-group metals Malcolm J. Atherton, John Fawcett, Adrian P. Hill, John H. Holloway, Eric G. Hope, David R. Russell, Graham C. Saunders and Russell M. J. Stead, pp 1137 DOI:10.1039/a606584h

The first crystal structure of a rhodium complex with the antileukaemic drug purine-6-thione; synthesis and molecular orbital investigation of new organorhodium(III) compounds Alessandro Cavaglioni and Renzo Cini, pp 1149 DOI:10.1039/a606590b

Kinetics and mechanism of reduction of gold(III) complexes by dimethyl sulfide Anna Ericson, Lars I. Elding and Sofi K. C. Elmroth, pp 1159 DOI:10.1039/a608001d

Mechanism of formation of heteroleptic nickel(II)-arsine complexes from homoleptic precursors David A. Buckingham, Charles R. Clark, Lyall R. Hanton and David A. McMorran, pp 1165 DOI:10.1039/a607837k

Nitrogen- and carbon-based isomerism in the copper(II) complexes of 6,13-dimethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-6,13-diamine Paul V. Bernhardt, Lathe A. Jones and Philip C. Sharpe, pp 1169 DOI:10.1039/a606476k

Synthesis and crystal structure of a caesium -cyanobenzothiazole--carbaldehyde oximate complex with a crown ether (L): new evidence for the stability of [Cs2L3]2+ club sandwiches Konstantin V. Domasevitch, Vera V. Ponomareva and Eduard B. Rusanov, pp 1177 DOI:10.1039/a606428k

Homoleptic anionic aryloxolanthanoid(III) complexes Glen B. Deacon, Tiecheng Feng, Peter C. Junk, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 1181 DOI:10.1039/a608062f

Synthesis, characterisation, reactivity and stereochemical studies of heterobimetallic complexes containing an orthometallated cyclopentadienylphosphine bridge Sandrine Rigny, Jean-Claude Leblanc, Bernd Nuber and Claude Moïse, pp 1187 DOI:10.1039/a607223b

Acid-catalysed dissociation of the copper(II) and lead(II) complexes of macrocyclic diazapolyoxa-N,N-diacetic acids John L. Laing, Richard W. Taylor and C. Allen Chang, pp 1195 DOI:10.1039/a605949j

Synthesis, characterization and crystal structure of [(Hdmpz){HB(dmpz)3}VO(-5-C 5H4CO2)Fe(5-C5 H5)] (Hdmpz = 3,5-dimethylpyrazole) David Collison, Frank E. Mabbs, Scott S. Turner, Anne K. Powell, Eric J. L. McInnes and Lesley J. Yellowlees, pp 1201 DOI:10.1039/a606707g

Synthesis and reactivity of 7,9-diphenyl-nido-carbaundecaboranes: rearrangement processes in carbaplatinaboranes revisited Alan J. Welch and Andrew S. Weller, pp 1205 DOI:10.1039/a607523a

Structural diversity in silver salts of hexahalogenocarborane anions, Ag(CB11H6X6) (X = Cl, Br or I) Zuowei Xie, Bo-Mu Wu, Thomas C. W. Mak, Janet Manning and Christopher A. Reed, pp 1213 DOI:10.1039/a608336f

Deprotonation of the carbaborane nido-7-NH2But-7-CB10 H12: crystal structures of nido-7-NH2But-7-CB10 H12 and [NEt3(CH2Ph)][ nido-7-NHBut-7-CB10H12 ] John C. Jeffery, Paul A. Jelliss, James Karban, Vyacheslav Lebedev and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 1219 DOI:10.1039/a607212g

Vibrational and electronic spectroscopy of the octacyanodimolybdate ion, [Mo2(CN)8]4- Ian M. Bell, Robin J. H. Clark and David G. Humphrey, pp 1225 DOI:10.1039/a606647j

Activation volumes for intramolecular oxidative C-X (X = H, F, Cl or Br) addition to platinum(II) imine complexes as a proof of the intimate mechanism Margarita Crespo, Manuel Martinez and Esther de Pablo, pp 1231 DOI:10.1039/a606872c

Reaction of [Os3(CO)10(NCMe)2] with 7-azaindole (L); molecular structures of [Os3(-H)(CO)10(-L)] and [Os3(-H)(CO)9(3-L)] Fung-Sze Kong and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 1237 DOI:10.1039/a607670j

Temperature-programmed decomposition of [Mo(CO)6]: indication of surface reactions and cluster formation How-Ghee Ang, Gaik-Khuan Chuah, Stephan Jaenicke and Wai-Leng Loh, pp 1243 DOI:10.1039/a607054j

Reaction of anionic oxygen donors with the antitumour copper(II)-pyridine-2-carbaldehyde thiosemicarbazone (HL) system and the crystal structure of [{Cu(HL)(H2PO4)}2][H2 PO4]2·2H3PO4 ·2H2O Eric W. Ainscough, Andrew M. Brodie, John D. Ranford and Joyce M. Waters, pp 1251 DOI:10.1039/a607476f

Energetics of metal-ligand binding in copper(II) and nickel(II) complexes of two Schiff bases Manuel A. V. Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva, Manuel J. S. Monte, Jorge M. Gonçalves and Élia M. R. Fernandes, pp 1257 DOI:10.1039/a607745e

Issue 8

Synthesis and crystal structure of [K{O(Ph2SiO)2SiPh2OH}] 2·C6H6; the first structurally characterised example of a monometallated derivative of an ,-siloxane diol. Solution chemistry in relation to KOH-promoted ring-opening polymerisation of (Ph2SiO)3 Barbara Laermann, Michael Lazell, Majid Motevalli and Alice C. Sullivan, pp 1263 DOI:10.1039/a608625j

Intermolecular alkynyl-ligand migration from aryl-palladium(II) to -platinum(II) complexes with and without a CuI catalyst. Reversible transfer of the alkynyl group between copper(I) and palladium(II) complexes Kohtaro Osakada, Reiko Sakata and Takakazu Yamamoto, pp 1265 DOI:10.1039/a700021i

The catalytic activity of xanthine oxidase: mechanistic insights through computer modelling Mark R. Bray and Robert J. Deeth, pp 1267 DOI:10.1039/a700601b

Structure and dynamics of the 2-hexafluorobenzene complexes [Re(5-C5H4R)(CO) 2(2-C6F6)] (R = H or Me) and [Rh(5-C5Me5)(PMe3)( 2-C6F6)] Catherine L. Higgitt, A. Hugo Klahn, Madeleine H. Moore, Beatriz Oelckers, Martin G. Partridge and Robin N. Perutz, pp 1269 DOI:10.1039/a608135e

Half-sandwich hydrazido(2-) complexes of niobium Malcolm L. H. Green, J. Thomas James, John F. Saunders and Joanne Souter, pp 1281 DOI:10.1039/a606705k

Co-ordination and catalytic chemistry of 1,1-bis(diphenylphosphino)ruthenocene (dppr). Synthesis of [MCl2(dppr)] (M = Ni, Pd or Pt) and molecular structures of dppr and [PtCl2(dppr)]·0.5CH2 Cl2 Sihai Li, Bing Wei, Pauline M. N. Low, Hian Kee Lee, T. S. Andy Hor, Feng Xue and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 1289 DOI:10.1039/a607580k

Platinum(II) phosphine complexes of dicarboxylates and ammonia: crystal structures of [{Pt(PPh3)2}2{ -1,3-(O2C)2C6H4} 2], [{Pt(PPh3)2(NH3)}2 {-1,4-(O2C)2C6H4 }][PF6]2 and cis-[Pt(PPh3)2(NH3) 2][NO3]2 Andrew D. Burrows, D. Michael, P. Mingos, Simon E. Lawrence, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 1295 DOI:10.1039/a607909a

New complexes of platinum(0) with cyclopropenes David L. Hughes, G. Jeffery Leigh and C. Niamh McMahon, pp 1301 DOI:10.1039/a607592d

Reactions of transition-metal oxo complexes with B(C6F5)3: crystal structures of [V{OB(C6F5)3} (acac)2], [Ti{OB(C6F5)3} (acac)2] and cis-[MoO{OB(C6F5 )3}(acac)2] (acac = acetylacetonate) Jane R. Galsworthy, Malcolm L. H. Green, Matthias Müller and Keith Prout, pp 1309 DOI:10.1039/a608140a

Selenide and selenolate compounds of indium: a comparative study of In-Se bond-forming reactions Sarah L. Stoll, Simon G. Bott and Andrew R. Barron, pp 1315 DOI:10.1039/a606755g

Structure and bonding of Group 13 monocarbonyls Adam J. Bridgeman, pp 1323 DOI:10.1039/a606474d

Facile synthesis of alkaline-earth-metal -diketonates and the structure of the loose dimer [{Ca(hfpd)2}2(heptaglyme)] [hfpd = F3CCOCHCOCF3 and heptaglyme = Me(OCH2CH2)7 OMe)] V.-Cumaran Arunasalam, Ian Baxter, Simon R. Drake, Michael B. Hursthouse, K. M. Abdul Malik, Stewart A. S. Miller, D. Michael P. Mingos and David J. Otway, pp 1331 DOI:10.1039/a606467a

Structural and solution studies of diiodine charge-transfer complexes of thioether crowns Alexander J. Blake, Franco Cristiani, Francesco A. Devillanova, Alessandra Garau, Liam M. Gilby, Robert O. Gould, Francesco Isaia, Vito Lippolis, Simon Parsons, Christian Radek and Martin Schröder, pp 1337 DOI:10.1039/a605476e

New organophosphorus-sulfur heterocycles Mark R. StJ. Foreman, Josef Novosad, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and J. Derek Woollins, pp 1347 DOI:10.1039/a608361g

Stability and reactivity of the cis-PtIIR(alkyne) fragment (R = alkyl): an unprecedented rearrangement to form the PtII(3-allyl) moiety Maria E. Cucciolito, Vincenzo De Felice, Ida Orabona and Francesco Ruffo, pp 1351 DOI:10.1039/a607345j

Synthesis of phosphido-bridged dinuclear complexes through sodium reduction of cis-[M{P(C6H11)2 H}2Cl2] (M = Ni or Pd) Roberto Giannandrea, Piero Mastrorilli, Cosimo Francesco Nobile and Ulli Englert, pp 1355 DOI:10.1039/a607334d

Synthesis and characterisation of 1-alkyl-2-imidazoline complexes of noble metals; crystal structure of trans-[PtCl2{N C(H)N(Et)CH2CH2}(PEt3)] Bekir Çetinkaya, Engin Çetinkaya, Peter B. Hitchcock, Michael F. Lappert and Ismail Özdemir, pp 1359 DOI:10.1039/a608360i

Chromium(0) tricarbonyl complexes of 1,3,5-triazacyclohexanes Nicole L. Armanasco, Murray V. Baker, Michael R. North, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 1363 DOI:10.1039/a607199f

Synthesis, crystal structure, conductivity and magnetic properties of trifluoromethylated dinuclear copper(II) complexes with tetracyanoquinodimethane Pascal G. Lacroix and Jean-Claude Daran, pp 1369 DOI:10.1039/a607166j

Synthesis and crystal structure of the iron(II)-iron(III) complex [FeL][FeCl4]Cl [L = 1,4,7-tris(pyrazol-3-ylmethyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane] Massimo Di Vaira, Fabrizio Mani and Piero Stoppioni, pp 1375 DOI:10.1039/a608138j

Carbon-fluorine activation by iron(I): organoiron ring transformation promoted by addition of tertiary phosphanes to a perfluorosulfanylvinyldiiron(I) complex René Rumin, Karine Guennou, François Y. Pétillon and Kenneth W. Muir, pp 1381 DOI:10.1039/a608592j

Synthesis, spectroscopic characterisation, electron-transfer properties and crystal structure of [RuII(bipy)2(2-SC5H4N)]ClO 4 (bipy = 2,2-bipyridine) Bidyut Kumar Santra, Mahua Menon, Chandan Kumar Pal and Goutam Kumar Lahiri, pp 1387 DOI:10.1039/a606871e

Bis(2,2-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) complexes with imidazo[4,5-f ][1,10]-phenanthroline or 2-phenylimidazo[4,5-f ][1,10]phenanthroline Jian-Zhong Wu, Bao-Hui Ye, Lei Wang, Liang-Nian Ji, Jian-Ying Zhou, Run-Hua Li and Zhong-Yuan Zhou, pp 1395 DOI:10.1039/a605269j

Technetium and rhenium oxo-complexes of new tetradentate ligands with N2S2 and NS3 donor sets Colin M. Archer, Jonathan R. Dilworth, D. Vaughan Griffiths, Mohammad J. Al-Jeboori, J. Duncan Kelly, Canzhong Lu, Mark J. Rosser and Yifan Zheng, pp 1403 DOI:10.1039/a606112e

Influence of anion on the solution and solid-state structures of some 12 adducts of silver(I) salts with 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane Dermawan Affandi, Susan J. Berners-Price, Effendy, Peta J. Harvey, Peter C. Healy, Beate E. Ruch and Allan H. White, pp 1411 DOI:10.1039/a607692k

Syntheses and characterisation of rhenium-(III) and -(V) complexes containing aminophosphine ligands. Crystal structures of [ReVOCl2(OMe)L] and [ReIIICl3L(PPh3)], L = o-(diphenylphosphino)-N ,N-dimethylaniline Francesco Tisato, Fiorenzo Refosco, Cristina Bolzati, Aldo Cagnolini, Stefano Gatto and Giuliano Bandoli, pp 1421 DOI:10.1039/a607584c

Six-co-ordinate 1,2-dithiolene complexes of tungsten(II) of the type [W(S-S)(CO)2L2] [S-S = C3S5, benzene-1,2-dithiolate or maleonitriledithiolate; L2 = (PPh3)2, (PEt3)2 or Ph2P(CH2)2PPh2] Paul K. Baker, Michael G. B. Drew, Emma E. Parker, Neil Robertson and Allan E. Underhill, pp 1429 DOI:10.1039/a608056a

Dihydroxotitanium(IV) phosphate: characterisation and studies of n-alkylamine intercalation, ion-exchange properties, and proton conduction Enrique Jaimez and Robert C. T. Slade, pp 1435 DOI:10.1039/a607591f

Molecular-orbital study of a quasi-linear Ru2Mo trinuclear compound with a diamidolene ligand across each metal-metal linkage Carlo Mealli, Andrea Ienco, Adela Anillo, Santiago Garcìa-Granda and Ricardo Obeso-Rosete, pp 1441 DOI:10.1039/a607191k

Covalence and spin polarisation in tetraphenylarsonium tetrachloronitridotechnetate(VI) studied by polarised neutron diffraction Philip A. Reynolds, Brian N. Figgis, J. Bruce Forsyth and Francis Tasset, pp 1447 DOI:10.1039/a607650e

Issue 9

Mechanism of the low-energy fluxional process in [Fe3(CO)12-nL n] (n = 0-2): a perspective Brian E. Mann, pp 1457 DOI:10.1039/a606981i

Mechanism of the low-energy fluxional process in [Fe3(CO)12 - nL n] [n = 0-2(3)]: a rebuttal Brian F. G. Johnson, pp 1473 DOI:10.1039/a700227k

The first metal complex of an acyclic hexaphenol: structure of the binuclear complex of uranyl ions with an analogue of p-tert-butylcalix[6]arene Pierre Thuéry and Martine Nierlich, pp 1481 DOI:10.1039/a700606c

Phosphorus speciation in sodium-calcium-phosphate ceramics Isaac Abrahams, Geoffrey E. Hawkes and Jonathan Knowles, pp 1483 DOI:10.1039/a701029j

Coupling of acetylide and C2 fragments during cluster condensation: pyrolysis of [{Ru3(-H)(3-C2But )(CO)8}2(-dppa)] [dppa = C2(PPh2)2] Michael I. Bruce, Paul A. Humphrey, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 1485 DOI:10.1039/a700479f

First- and second-sphere co-ordination of a lanthanum cation by a calix[4]arene tetraamide in the partial-cone conformation Paul D. Beer, Michael G. B. Drew and Mark I. Ogden, pp 1489 DOI:10.1039/a608029d

Thiamacrocyclic chemistry: synthesis of a novel oxadithiacrown and its copper iodide complex Peter R. Ashton, Andrew L. Burns, Christian G. Claessens, George K. H. Shimizu, Karen Small, J. Fraser Stoddart, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 1493 DOI:10.1039/a608218a

Direct determination of stability constants of lanthanide ion chelates by laser-excited europium(III) luminescence spectroscopy: application to cyclic and acyclic aminocarboxylate complexes Shu Ling Wu and William DeW. Horrocks, pp 1497 DOI:10.1039/a700519i

Crystal structure and magnetic behaviour of a two-dimensional step-shaped cyano-bridged complex [Cu(dien)]3[Fe(CN)6]2·6H2 O (dien = diethylenetriamin) Hui-Zhong Kou, Dai-Zheng Liao, Peng Cheng, Zong-Hui Jiang, Shi-Ping Yan, Geng-Lin Wang, Xin-Kan Yao and Hong-Gen Wang, pp 1503 DOI:10.1039/a606663a

Reactions of [S2M(-S)2FeCl2]2- (M = Mo or W) with arenethiolate ions: influence of neighbouring metal sites on the rates and mechanisms of substitution at iron Karin L. C. Grönberg, Richard A. Henderson and Kay E. Oglieve, pp 1507 DOI:10.1039/a607526f

Reaction of [Os3(-H)2(CO)10] with trans-[Pd(NH3)2I2]; molecular structures of [Os6Pd(-H)8(CO)18], [Os4Pd(-H)4(CO)12(-I)2 ], [Os4Pd(-H)3(CO)12(-I)3 ] and [{Os3Pd(-H)3(CO)9(-I) }2] Janesse Wing-Sze Hui and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 1515 DOI:10.1039/a608596b

Molecular mechanics and cluster analysis of nickel(II) six-membered rings Karen M. Norenberg, Christina M. Shoemaker and Marc Zimmer, pp 1521 DOI:10.1039/a606183d

Effect of ring size in macrocyclic dinuclear manganese(II) complexes upon their structure, properties and reactivity towards H2O2 Takanori Aono, Hisae Wada, Masami Yonemura, Masaaki Ohba, Hisashi kawa and David E. Fenton, pp 1527 DOI:10.1039/a607658k

Mononuclear zinc(II), homodinuclear zinc(II) and heterodinuclear zinc(II)-copper(II) complexes derived from tris[(2-pyridyl)methyl]amine Harry Adams, Neil A. Bailey, David E. Fenton and Qing-Yu He, pp 1533 DOI:10.1039/a608406k

Stereochemical and conformational features of ruthenium sulfoxide complexes: a molecular mechanics approach Silvano Geremia and Mario Calligaris, pp 1541 DOI:10.1039/a607647e

Synthesis and imido-group exchange reactions of tert-butylimidotitanium complexes Alexander J. Blake, Philip E. Collier, Simon C. Dunn, Wan-Sheung Li, Philip Mountford and Oleg V. Shishkin, pp 1549 DOI:10.1039/a607735h

Ligand structural factors in the establishment of intramolecular Pt · · · H hydrogen-bridging interactions in pentafluorophenyl complexes of platinum José María Casas, Juan Forniés and Antonio Martín, pp 1559 DOI:10.1039/a607676i

Molecular structure of tin(II) acetate as determined in the gas phase by electron diffraction and ab initio calculations Bruce A. Smart, Lucy E. Griffiths, Colin R. Pulham, Heather E. Robertson, Norbert W. Mitzel and David W. H. Rankin, pp 1565 DOI:10.1039/a608356k

Synthesis, characterization and electrochemical polymerization of eight transition-metal complexes of 5-amino-1,10-phenanthroline Leonidas G. Bachas, Lawrence Cullen, Richard S. Hutchins and Donna L. Scott, pp 1571 DOI:10.1039/a608468k

Heterocyclic organotellurium compounds as precursors for new organometallic derivatives of rhodium Karanbir Badyal, William R. McWhinnie, Hong Li Chen and Thomas A. Hamor, pp 1579 DOI:10.1039/a608237h

Tuning water-exchange rates on (carboxymethyl)iminobis(ethylenenitrilo)tetraacetate (dtpa)-type gadolinium(III) complexes Éva Tóth, László Burai, Ernö Brücher and André E. Merbach, pp 1587 DOI:10.1039/a608505i

Mixed-valence cyano-bridged complexes containing [MII(CN)6]4- (M = Fe, Ru or Os) and [RuIII(edta)]- (edta = ethylenedinitrilotetraacetate): synthesis, spectroscopic and kinetic characterization Paula Forlano, Fabio D. Cukiernik, Olivier Poizat and José A. Olabe, pp 1595 DOI:10.1039/a607911c

The reactivity of [2.2.2]paracyclophane towards Cr(CO)6: experimental and theoretical considerations Paul J. Dyson, David G. Humphrey, John E. McGrady, Priya Suman and Derek Tocher, pp 1601 DOI:10.1039/a700484b

Synthesis and crystal structure of the subvalent mercury cluster [triangulo-Hg3(-dmpm)4][O 3SCF3]4 (dmpm = Me2PCH2PMe2) Anna Mühlecker-Knoepfler, Ernst Ellmerer-Müller, Robert Konrat, Karl-Hans Ongania, Klaus Wurst and Paul Peringer, pp 1607 DOI:10.1039/a700483d

Synthesis, co-ordination chemistry and crystallographic studies of some bis(aminophosphines) Tuan Q. Ly, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and J. Derek Woollins, pp 1611 DOI:10.1039/a608141j

Studies of octameric vinylsilasesquioxane by carbon-13 and silicon-29 cross polarization magic angle spinning and inversion recovery cross polarization nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Christian Bonhomme, Paul Tolédano, Jocelyne Maquet, Jacques Livage and Laure Bonhomme-Coury, pp 1617 DOI:10.1039/a700700k

Electronic properties of hydroquinone-containing ruthenium complexes in different oxidation states Tia E. Keyes, Pradeep M. Jayaweera, John J. McGarvey and Johannes G. Vos, pp 1627 DOI:10.1039/a607941e

Intermediates and products of the reaction of MoCl5 with ethanol: crystal structures of [MoOCl3(EtOH)] and H[MoOCl4]·2EtOH Christian Limberg, Roland Boese and Berthold Schiemenz, pp 1633 DOI:10.1039/a700083i

Hard-soft interactions in early transition-metal thioether macrocyclic chemistry: spectroscopic and extended X-ray absorption fine structure studies on chromium(III) thioether complexes Simon J. A. Pope, Neil R. Champness and Gillian Reid, pp 1639 DOI:10.1039/a608332c

Complexes of silver(I), thallium(I), lead(II) and barium(II) with bis[3-(2-pyridyl)pyrazol-1-yl]phosphinate: one-dimensional helical chains and discrete mononuclear complexes Elefteria Psillakis, John C. Jeffery, Jon A. McCleverty and Michael D. Ward, pp 1645 DOI:10.1039/a700475c

Issue 10

Ab initio studies of transition-metal compounds: the nature of the chemical bond to a transition metal Gernot Frenking and Ulrich Pidun, pp 1653 DOI:10.1039/a700329c

Dicationic iron(II) complexes with dihydrogen trans to -acid ligands: trans-[Fe(2-H2)(L)(dppe) 2]2+ (L = CO or CNH). Is there Fe-H2 -back bonding? Cameron E. Forde, Shaun E. Landau and Robert H. Morris, pp 1663 DOI:10.1039/a700885f

Heterometallic complexes containing d- and f-block elements: synthesis and structural characterisation of novel Ni-Er and Co-Dy compounds Euan K. Brechin, Steven G. Harris, Simon Parsons and Richard E. P. Winpenny, pp 1665 DOI:10.1039/a701759f

A propene-substituted cyclotriphosphazene: synthesis, characterization and polymerization Gerard Bosscher, Auke Meetsma and Johan C. van de Grampel, pp 1667 DOI:10.1039/a608595d

Crystal structures of the nitrate salt of 24-pyrimidinium crown 6 {5,12,19,26,33,40-hexaamino-3,10,17,24,31,38-hexamethyl[1.6 ]- (1,5)pyrimidiniophane} and its degradation product in water-methanol mixtures Roger E. Cramer, Christopher A. Waddling, Cy H. Fujimoto, David W. Smith and K. Emilei Kim, pp 1675 DOI:10.1039/a607235f

Bis(didentate) open-chain and tetradentate pseudo-macrocyclic bridging co-ordination modes of N,N -bis(1,3-dimethyl-5-nitroso-2,4-dioxopyrimidin-6-yl)butane-1,4-diamine Enrique Colacio, José M. Domínguez-Vera, Albert Escuer, Raikko Kivekäs, Martti Klinga, José-María Moreno and Antonio Romerosa, pp 1685 DOI:10.1039/a607956c

Two different types of folding of isomeric macrocycles induced by metal ion co-ordination Peter Comba, Andreas Fath, Trevor W. Hambley and Annette Vielfort, pp 1691 DOI:10.1039/a607420k

Synthesis and molecular structure of di- and mono-nuclear Schiff-base phenolate complexes: facile formation of cyclometallated ruthenium complexes Halikhedkar Aneetha, Chepuri R. K. Rao, Kollipara Mohan Rao, Panthappally S. Zacharias, Xue Feng, Thomas C. W. Mak, Bhamidi Srinivas and Michael Y. Chiang, pp 1697 DOI:10.1039/a608194k

Molecular linear and quadratic non-linear optical properties of pentaammineruthenium complexes of coumarin dyes Benjamin J. Coe, Gareth Chadwick, Stephan Houbrechts and André Persoons, pp 1705 DOI:10.1039/a607799d

Synthesis and characterisation of ruthenium carbonyl fluorides Karl S. Coleman, John H. Holloway and Eric G. Hope, pp 1713 DOI:10.1039/a608357i

Hydrazido(2-) complexes of niobocene Malcolm L. H. Green, J. Thomas James and Alexander N. Chernega, pp 1719 DOI:10.1039/a608008a

C-H · · · O Hydrogen bonding in crystalline complexes carrying methylidyne (3-CH) and methylene (-CH2) ligands: a database study Dario Braga, Fabrizia Grepioni, Emilio Tedesco, Hubert Wadepohl and Stefan Gebert, pp 1727 DOI:10.1039/a607690d

Magnetic characteristics of bimetallic assemblies, [Ni(en)2]3[M(CN)6]2· 2H2O (en = H2NCH2CH2NH2 ; M = Fe, Mn, Cr or Co), with a one-dimensional rope-ladder chain structure Masaaki Ohba, Nobuo Fukita and Hisashi kawa, pp 1733 DOI:10.1039/a607795a

Electrochemistry of the copper-nickel series of heteropolymetallic complexes [(4-O){NC5H4[C(O)NEt2 ]-3}4Cu4-x {Ni(H2O)}xCl6 ] (x = 0-4) Bizuneh Workie, Christopher E. Dubé, Levent Aksu, Samuel P. Kounaves, Albert Robbat Jr and Geoffrey Davies, pp 1739 DOI:10.1039/a607234h

Preparation, structure and properties of trinuclear [M3Se4(CN)9]5- (M = Mo or W) complexes obtained from M3Se7 core compounds and related studies Vladimir P. Fedin, Gert J. Lamprecht, Takamitsu Kohzuma, William Clegg, Mark R. J. Elsegood and A. Geoffrey Sykes, pp 1747 DOI:10.1039/a607930j

Structural diversity of tetranuclear tungsten sulfide clusters: syntheses and crystal structures of clusters containing raft-type W4(3-S)2(-S)4 and tetrahedral W4(-S)6 cores Shigeki Kuwata, Yasushi Mizobe and Masanobu Hidai, pp 1753 DOI:10.1039/a701168g

Kinetic and thermodynamic studies of carbon monoxide insertion in alkylosmium(II) complexes and comparison with iron(II) and ruthenium(II) isoelectronic complexes Marco Aubert, Gianfranco Bellachioma, Giuseppe Cardaci, Alceo Macchioni, Gustavo Reichenbach and Maria Cristina Burla, pp 1759 DOI:10.1039/a607370k

Rhenium complexes with phosphine-containing peptides. Synthesis and characterization of oxorhenium(V) complexes with N-{N -[3-(diphenylphosphino)propionyl]glycyl}-L-S -benzylcysteine and its methyl ester Monica Santimaria, Ulderico Mazzi, Stefano Gatto, Alessandro Dolmella, Giuliano Bandoli and Marino Nicolini, pp 1765 DOI:10.1039/a608212b

The hydrolysis of gold(I) in aqueous acetonitrile solutions Reinhard Kissner, Gregor Welti and Gerhard Geier, pp 1773 DOI:10.1039/a607711k

Intercalation and interlayer amidation properties of n-alkylmonoamines for -zirconium (2-carboxyethyl)phosphonate phosphate Tsuyoshi Kijima, Katsuhiro Sakoh, Masato Machida and Mitsunori Yada, pp 1779 DOI:10.1039/a607975j

Issue 11

Dynamics and fluxionality in metal carbonyl clusters: some old and new problems Louis J. Farrugia, pp 1783 DOI:10.1039/a608514h

Three-dimensional structure of the clathrate complex [{Ni(NCS)2(H2O)2(dabco)2 }·dabco]·2dmso obtained from zero valent metal (dabco = 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane and dmso = dimethyl sulfoxide) Svitlana R. Petrusenko, Volodymyr N. Kokozay, Olga Yu. Vassilyeva and Brian W. Skelton, pp 1793 DOI:10.1039/a702091k

Synthesis and structure of a helical polymer [Ag(R,R-DIOP)(NO3)]n {DIOP = (4R,5R)-trans- 4,5-bis[(diphenylphosphino)methyl]-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxalane} Biao Wu, Wen-Jian Zhang, Shu-Yan Yu and Xin-Tao Wu, pp 1795 DOI:10.1039/a700681k

A long-lived ascorbate radical in the platinum(II) catalysed reductions of platinum(IV) antitumor drugs Rathindra N. Bose and Evelyne L. Weaver, pp 1797 DOI:10.1039/a700196g

Extended networks via hydrogen bond cross-linkages of [M(bipy)] (M = Zn2+ or Fe2+; bipy = 4,4-bipyridyl) linear co-ordination polymers Lucia Carlucci, Gianfranco Ciani, Davide M. Proserpio and Angelo Sironi, pp 1801 DOI:10.1039/a702146a

Structurally diverse manganese(III) complexes of tetradentate N2O2 Schiff-base ligands with ancillary carboxylate donors Charlotte E. Hulme, Michael Watkinson, Michaela Haynes, Robin G. Pritchard, Charles A. McAuliffe, Nongnuj Jaiboon, Brian Beagley, Antonio Sousa, Manuel R. Bermejo and Matilde Fondo, pp 1805 DOI:10.1039/a701216k

Synthesis of a new chiral copper(I) complex and its application to stereoselective photoreduction of [Co(edta)]- (H4edta = ethylenedinitrilotetraacetic acid) Shigeyoshi Sakaki, Hiroyuki Ishikura, Ko-ichi Kuraki, Ko-jyoh Tanaka, Takashi Satoh, Toru Arai and Taisuke Hamada, pp 1815 DOI:10.1039/a607806k

Palladium complexes of bridgehead phosphines Simon J. Coles, Peter G. Edwards, Michael B. Hursthouse, K. M. Abdul Malik, Jacqui L. Thick and Robert P. Tooze, pp 1821 DOI:10.1039/a700505i

Novel rhodium complexes with N-pyrrolylphosphines: attractive precursors of hydroformylation catalysts Anna M. Trzeciak, Tadeusz Gowiak, Ryszard Grzybek and Józef J. Ziókowski, pp 1831 DOI:10.1039/a607961j

Palladium(0)-tetracyanoethylene complexes of diphosphines and a dipyridine with large bite angles, and their crystal structures Mirko Kranenburg, Johannes G. P. Delis, Paul C. J. Kamer, Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen, Kees Vrieze, Nora Veldman, Anthony L. Spek, Kees Goubitz and Jan Fraanje, pp 1839 DOI:10.1039/a607927j

Activation of methanol in the reaction of [Fe3(CO)12] with 1-phenylprop-2-yn-1-ol; crystal structures of and chemical relationships between [Fe3(CO)9(-CO){(CC C(H)Ph}] and [Fe2(CO)6{Ph(H)CCCHC(OMe)O}] Giuliana Gervasio, Domenica Marabello and Enrico Sappa, pp 1851 DOI:10.1039/a608302a

A new preorganized tridentate ligand bearing three indolethiolate groups. Preparation of 31 subsite-differentiated Fe4S4 clusters Christian Walsdorff, Wolfgang Saak and Siegfried Pohl, pp 1857 DOI:10.1039/a608284j

New procedures for the preparation of [Mo3S4(H2O)9]4+, [Mo4S4(H2O)12]5+ and [Mo7S8(H2O)18]8+ and their Se analogues: redox and substitution studies on the double cube [Mo7S8(H2O)18]8+ Maxim N. Sokolov, Nina Coichev, Horacio D. Moya, Rita Hernandez-Molina, Christopher D. Borman and A. Geoffrey Sykes, pp 1863 DOI:10.1039/a700319f

Kinetics and mechanism of reduction of tris(acetylacetonato)manganese(III) by HONH(SO3)- and HON(SO3)22- in aqueous solution Frans F. Prinsloo, Jacobus J. Pienaar and Rudi van Eldik, pp 1871 DOI:10.1039/a701207a

Reactions of [R2P(E)]2NH (R = Ph or Pri, E = S or Se) with [Ru3(CO)12]: crystal structures of [Ru4(4-Se)2( -CO)(CO)8{(Ph2P)2NH-P, P}], [Ru4(4-S)2(- CO)(CO)8{(Pri2P)2NH- P,P}] and [Ru3(3-S)2(CO)7 {(Ph2P)2NH-P,P }] Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Martin B. Smith and J. Derek Woollins, pp 1877 DOI:10.1039/a700383h

Cobalt-mediated direct and selective aromatic thiolation in the complex [CoIII(o-SC6H4NNC 5H4N)2]ClO4. Synthesis, spectroscopic characterisation and electron-transfer properties Bidyut Kumar Santra and Goutam Kumar Lahiri, pp 1883 DOI:10.1039/a700018i

Preorganization of tetrathiamacrocyclic ligands: implications from computed and experimentally determined structures Peter Comba, Andreas Fath, Andreas Kühner and Bernd Nuber, pp 1889 DOI:10.1039/a607859a

On the assistance of the heterolytic cleavage of H2 by an external base: a theoretical assessment François Hutschka and Alain Dedieu, pp 1899 DOI:10.1039/a608594f

Mechanism of oxidation of L-ascorbic acid by the pentaamminechromatocobalt(III) complex ion in aqueous solution Donovan A. Dixon, Tara P. Dasgupta and Novelette P. Sadler, pp 1903 DOI:10.1039/a700211d

Cluster-mediated ring contraction: synthesis and characterisation of [Ru6(3-H)(4- 2-CO)2(CO)13( 5-C5H4Me)] and [Ru6(3-H)(4- 2-CO)2(CO)13( 5-C5H3C3H6)] David B. Brown, Paul J. Dyson, Brian F. G. Johnson, Caroline M. Martin, David G. Parker and Simon Parsons, pp 1909 DOI:10.1039/a700990i

Ability of terephthalate (ta) to mediate exchange coupling in ta-bridged copper(II), nickel(II), cobalt(II) and manganese(II) dinuclear complexes Juan Cano, Giovanni De Munno, José Luis Sanz, Rafael Ruiz, Juan Faus, Francesc Lloret, Miguel Julve and Andrea Caneschi, pp 1915 DOI:10.1039/a700323d

Tungsten(VI) complex formation. Equilibria and thermodynamic quantities for the reactions with malate Johannes J. Cruywagen, Leon Krüger and Elisabeth A. Rohwer, pp 1925 DOI:10.1039/a700264e

Triadic coupling between hydride, acetylide and alkyne on the complex [WRe(-C5Me5)O(CO)4( -H)(CCPh)]. Crystal structures of complexes containing a substituted cyclopentadienylidene ligand or a folded metallacyclopentadienyl fragment Yun Chi, Hsiao-Ling Wu, Shie-Ming Peng and Gene-Hsiang Lee, pp 1931 DOI:10.1039/a607938e

Lanthanide complexes of polyoxometalates: characterization by tungsten-183 and phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Judit Bartis, Sean Sukal, Michaela Dankova, Eric Kraft, Rafael Kronzon, Michael Blumenstein and Lynn C. Francesconi, pp 1937 DOI:10.1039/a606250d

Synthesis, characterisation and alkylation reactions of lanthanide -diketiminates; crystal structures of [Nd(L-L)2Cl] and [Ce(L-L)(CHR2)2] [L-L = N(R)C(Ph)C(H)C(Ph)NR, R = SiMe3] Peter B. Hitchcock, Michael F. Lappert and Shun Tian, pp 1945 DOI:10.1039/a700113d

Reactions of -lithiated phosphinimines with PhCN; the crystal structure of [K{N(H)C(Ph)C(H)P(Ph)2NSiMe 3}(tmen)]2 (tmen = Me2NCH2CH2NMe2) Peter B. Hitchcock, Michael F. Lappert and Zhong-Xia Wang, pp 1953 DOI:10.1039/a608355b

Matrix-isolation studies on the vaporisation of alkali-metal tellurites: the characterisation of molecular M2TeO3 species (M = K, Rb or Cs) Trevor N. Day, Robin A. Gomme and J. Steven Ogden, pp 1957 DOI:10.1039/a700478h

Intercalation of carboxymethyl--cyclodextrin into magnesium-aluminum layered double hydroxide Hongting Zhao and George F. Vance, pp 1961 DOI:10.1039/a607604a

Complexation of aluminium(III) with several bi- and tri-dentate amino acids Tamás Kiss, Imre Sóvágó, Imre Tóth,, Andrea Lakatos, Roberta Bertani, Andrea Tapparo, Giorgio Bombi and R. Bruce Martin, pp 1967 DOI:10.1039/a608250e

Synthesis, structural and electronic characterisation of trans-[OsCl2(PEt2Ph)3{ (NC)2CC(CN)OH}], a complex featuring a redox-active, tetracyanoethylene-derived ligand Alexander J. Blake, Lockhart E. Horsburgh, Martin Schröder and Lesley J. Yellowlees, pp 1973 DOI:10.1039/a607655f

Mono-, di-, and tri-nuclear complexes of iron(II) with N,N,N,N- tetramethylethylenediamine Sian C. Davies, David L. Hughes, G. Jeffery Leigh, J. Roger Sanders and Jaisa S. de Souza, pp 1981 DOI:10.1039/a608285h

Issue 12

C2 Building blocks in the co-ordination sphere of electron-poor transition metals. Aspects of the chemistry of early-transition-metal carbenoide complexes Rüdiger Beckhaus, pp 1991 DOI:10.1039/a700920h

Intramolecular thioacyl hydroboration: synthesis of [W(2-S2CR)(CO)2{ 3-HB(pz)2(SCH2R)}] (pz = pyrazol-1-yl, R = C6H4Me-4) Anthony F. Hill and John M. Malget, pp 2003 DOI:10.1039/a701040k

Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. Assessment of the possibilities of thermolytic mixed-cluster fusion, and of the use of synchrotron X-radiation for the examination of small single crystals of metallaboranes. Isolation and structure of eighteen-vertex [7-(CO)-7,7-(PMe3)2-syn-7-IrB17 H20] Jonathan Bould, William Clegg, John D. Kennedy, Simon J. Teat and Mark Thornton-Pett, pp 2005 DOI:10.1039/a702544k

Organobismuth(V) complexes containing bifunctional ligands: hydrogen-bonded extended structures and stereoselectivity Abdi Hassan and Suning Wang, pp 2009 DOI:10.1039/a700477j

Dominant cation-cation supramolecular motifs in crystals. Hexagonal arrays of sextuple phenyl embraces in halometalate salts of MePh3P+ Catrin Hasselgren, Philip A. W. Dean, Marcia L. Scudder, Don C. Craig and Ian G. Dance, pp 2019 DOI:10.1039/a700004i

Nucleophilic substitution vs. acid-base reactions of [Mn{N(SiMe3)2}2]·2thf; syntheses and structures of 2[Li(thf)4]+[Mn(C12H 8N)4]2-·C6 H5Me and [Mn(C12H8N)2]·3thf (thf = tetrahydrofuran, C12H8N = carbazol-9-yl) Michael A. Beswick, Christopher N. Harmer, Paul R. Raithby, Alexander Steiner, Kerry L. Verhorevoort and Dominic S. Wright, pp 2029 DOI:10.1039/a700765e

Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of [{Cu(tzq)2(HCO2)}2( -HCO2)2]·4H2O (tzq = [1,2,3]triazolo[1,5-a]quinoline), a binuclear copper(II) complex with unusual monoatomic formate bridges Emilio Escrivà, Juan Server-Carrió, Luis Lezama, José-Vicente Folgado, José L. Pizarro, Rafael Ballesteros and Belen Abarca, pp 2033 DOI:10.1039/a700642j

Inelastic neutron scattering measurements on [Cu4OCl6L4] (L = pyridine or dimethyl sulfoxide). Observation of zero-field splitting of the cluster ground state Antony B. Blake, Christopher E. Anson, Sam K. arapKoske, Roderick D. Cannon, Upali A. Jayasooriya, Ahmed K. Saad, Ross P. White and Dean Summerfield, pp 2039 DOI:10.1039/a700156h

Racemization kinetics and spin states of four-co-ordinate nickel(II) N2X2 Schiff-base and aza complexes with bi- or tetra-dentate ligands incorporating pyrazole (X = NH or S) Agnete la Cour, Matthias Findeisen, Kim Hansen, Rita Hazell, Lothar Hennig, Carl E. Olsen, Lars Pedersen and Ole Simonsen, pp 2045 DOI:10.1039/a608598i

Preparation, structure and reactivity of the di--disulfido NbIV2 aqua ion [Nb2(-S2)2(H2 O)8]4+, the structure of [Nb2(-S2)2(NCS)8 ]4-, and properties of the related (-S)2 aqua ion Maxim N. Sokolov, Rita Hernandez-Molina, Mark R. J. Elsegood, Sarah L. Heath, William Clegg and A. Geoffrey Sykes, pp 2059 DOI:10.1039/a700063d

Deoxyribonucleic acid binding and photocleavage studies of rhenium(I) dipyridophenazine complexes Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo, Kung-Kai Cheung and Richard Yuen-Chong Kong, pp 2067 DOI:10.1039/a700828g

Reduction of trans-dichloro- and trans-dibromo-tetracyanoplatinate(IV) by L-methionine Tiesheng Shi, Johan Berglund and Lars I. Elding, pp 2073 DOI:10.1039/a608507e

Lanthanide complexes of the tetradentate N-donor ligand dihydrobis[3-(2-pyridyl)pyrazolyl]borate and the terdentate N-donor ligand 2,6-bis(1H-pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine: syntheses, crystal structures and solution structures based on luminescence lifetime studies David A. Bardwell, John C. Jeffery, Peter L. Jones, Jon A. McCleverty, Elefteria Psillakis, Zoe Reeves and Michael D. Ward, pp 2079 DOI:10.1039/a701297g

Synthesis and characterization of novel phthalocyanines containing four 15-membered oxadithiadiaza mixed-donor macrocycles Erbil Aar, Selami amaz, Nesuhi Akdemir and Ibrahim Keskin, pp 2087 DOI:10.1039/a607349b

Synthesis of new amido, alkoxo and -cyclopentadienyl derivatives of molybdenum Xuefeng Yan, Alexander N. Chernega, Nils Metzler and Malcolm L. H. Green, pp 2091 DOI:10.1039/a701096f

Synthesis, reactivity and structures of hafnium-containing homo- and hetero- (bi- and tri-) metallic alkoxides based on edge- and face-sharing bioctahedral alkoxometalate ligands Michael Veith, Sanjay Mathur, Charu Mathur and Volker Huch, pp 2101 DOI:10.1039/a700833c

Towards a model for the oxidized form of purple acid phosphatase: crystal structure and magnetic properties of a binuclear iron(III) complex containing phosphate ligands Lihua Yin, Peng Cheng, Xinkan Yao and Honggen Wang, pp 2109 DOI:10.1039/a608298j

Synthesis and reactivity of [Ru{HB(pz)3}{P(C6H11) 3}Cl(OCH2R)] (pz = pyrazolyl, R = H or Me) Christian Gemel, Guido Kickelbick, Roland Schmid and Karl Kirchner, pp 2113 DOI:10.1039/a700588a

Synthesis and structural characterisation of silver(I) compounds with nitrogen ligands Elizabeth C. Plappert, D. Michael, P. Mingos, Simon E. Lawrence and David J. Williams, pp 2119 DOI:10.1039/a701970j

Equilibrium and solution structural study of the proton, copper(II), nickel(II) and zinc(II) complexes of 1-(2-aminoethylamino)-1-deoxy-D-galactitol Béla Gyurcsik, Tamás Gajda, Attila Jancsó, René Lammers and László Nagy, pp 2125 DOI:10.1039/a700701i

Pentanuclear copper(II) complexes with the novel 6-(phenylethynyl)-2-pyridonate ligand: synthesis, structures and magnetic properties Allan A. Doyle, Simon Parsons, Gregory A. Solan and Richard E. P. Winpenny, pp 2131 DOI:10.1039/a700107j

Structural and bonding trends in osmium carbonyl cluster chemistry: metal-metal bond lengths and calculated strengths in the anions [Osx(CO)y]2- , hydrides [Osx(CO)yHz] and hydride anions [Osx(CO)yHz ]c- Andrew K. Hughes, Karen L. Peat and Ken Wade, pp 2139 DOI:10.1039/a701174a

Pyridine-2-carboxamide complexes of arylimidorhenium(VI) derived from 2-pyridylmethyleneamine complexes of arylimidorhenium(V) via oxygen-atom transfer Sangeeta Banerjee, Bimal Kumar Dirghangi, Mahua Menon, Amitava Pramanik and Animesh Chakravorty, pp 2149 DOI:10.1039/a700529f

New Schiff bases derived from trans-pyrazolylcyclohexanol: synthesis, co-ordination chemistry and structural features Michael Barz, Monika U. Rauch and Werner R. Thiel, pp 2155 DOI:10.1039/a608031f

Formation of an adduct between thiocyanate ion and nitrosyl thiocyanate Anne M. M. Doherty, Michael S. Garley, Neil Haine and Geoffrey Stedman, pp 2163 DOI:10.1039/a701059a

Formation of a diazadiphosphetidine from the reactions of a bis(aminosilyl) ether with PCl3: crystal structure of cis-[(ButNH)PNBut]2 N. Dastagiri, Anil J. Elias and Ashwani Vij, pp 2167 DOI:10.1039/a700604g

Self-assembly of a chiral phosphinegold(I) building block into a two-dimensional netsheet based on a hydrogen bond between one Cl- anion and three hydroxy groups, co-ordination and aurophilicity interactions Ji-Cheng Shi, Bei-Sheng Kang and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 2171 DOI:10.1039/a701434a

Synthesis and structure of bimetallic complexes with ,-bridged monocarbene ligands Yvette M. Terblans and Simon Lotz, pp 2177 DOI:10.1039/a700229g

Polyhetero-ferrocenes and -ruthenocenes derived from the 1,4,2-diphosphastibolyl ring anion [P2SbC2But2]- Steven J. Black, Matthew D. Francis and Cameron Jones, pp 2183 DOI:10.1039/a700869d

pH-Dependent competition between 2N7,O( P) macrochelation and -N1,N 7 oligomer formation for (6-arene)RuII complexes of adenosine and guanosine 5-mono-, -di- and -tri-phosphates Sandra Korn and William S. Sheldrick, pp 2191 DOI:10.1039/a700976c

Symmetry of the co-ordination sphere of di-n-butyltin(IV) in complexes with sulfanylcarboxylic acids Krisztina Gajda-Schrantz, László Nagy, Ern Kuzmann, Attila Vértes, Jan Holeek and Antonín Lyka, pp 2201 DOI:10.1039/a608136c

Synthesis, multinuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies and crystal structures of mono- and di-selenoether complexes of tin(IV) halides Sandra E. Dann, Anthony R. J. Genge, William Levason and Gillian Reid, pp 2207 DOI:10.1039/a701181d

Issue 13

Reactions of molecular CaF2 with [(C5Me5)TiF3] and [(C5Me4Et)TiF3]: symbiosis between ionic solids and organometallic compounds Andrej Pevec, Alojz Demsar, Volker Gramlich, Sasa Petricek and Herbert W. Roesky, pp 2215 DOI:10.1039/a702807e

Pentafluorophenylphosphine complexes of platinum(II); crystal structure of trans-[PtCl2(PEt3){PPh2 (C6F5)}] Malcolm J. Atherton, John Fawcett, John H. Holloway, Eric G. Hope, David R. Russell and Graham C. Saunders, pp 2217 DOI:10.1039/a608253j

[HN(CH2CH2)3NH]3[Fe8 (HPO4)12(PO4)2(H 2O)6]: an organically templated iron phosphate with a pillared layer structure Kwang-Hwa Lii and Yuh-Feng Huang, pp 2221 DOI:10.1039/a700472i

X-Ray-neutron diffraction study of the electron-density distribution in trans-tetraaminedinitronickel(II) at 9 K: transition-metal bonding and topological analysis Bo B. Iversen, Finn K. Larsen, Brian N. Figgis and Philip A. Reynolds, pp 2227 DOI:10.1039/a701978e

Eight-co-ordination in lanthanide pyrazolylborate chemistry: crystal structures of [LaTpMe,Me2(MeCN)(O3SCF3)] ·MeCN, [NdTpMe,Me2(MeCN)2][O3SCF 3] and [LaTpMe,Me2(NO3)]·MeCN [TpMe,Me = tris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl) hydroborate] Robin J. H. Clark, Sung Ying Liu, Graham H. Maunder, Andrea Sella and Mark R. J. Elsegood, pp 2241 DOI:10.1039/a608620i

Regioselective reactions of isothiocyanates with the titanocene vinylidene fragment [Ti(CCH2)(-C5Me 5)2]. Crystal and molecular structure of [Ti{SC(NC6H11)C CH2}(-C5Me5 )2] Rüdiger Beckhaus, Javier Sang, Trixie Wagner and Uwe Böhme, pp 2249 DOI:10.1039/a701499f

Hybrid ligands: synthesis, characterization and co-ordinative properties of a mixed phosphine--ketophosphorus ylide Daravong Soulivong, Catherine Wieser, Monique Marcellin, Dominique Matt, Anthony Harriman and Loïc Toupet, pp 2257 DOI:10.1039/a701057e

Synthesis of dinuclear gold-(I) and -(II) complexes by reaction of [AuI2{-(CH2)2 PPh2}2] with protonic acids Manuel Bardají, Elena Cerrada, Peter G. Jones, Antonio Laguna and Mariano Laguna, pp 2263 DOI:10.1039/a701486d

Generation of manganese-(III) versus -(IV) complexes with a conjugated ONS donor set: controlling effect of ligand substituents Rina Mukhopadhyay, Samiran Bhattacharjee, Chandan K. Pal, Soma Karmakar and Ramgopal Bhattacharyya, pp 2267 DOI:10.1039/a700855d

Predominance of electron-withdrawing effect over angular strain in the metal-promoted hydrolysis of 2,4,6-tris(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine Parimal Paul, Beena Tyagi, Mohan M. Bhadbhade and Eringathodi Suresh, pp 2273 DOI:10.1039/a608433h

Control of the reactivity of trans-[Mo2(cp)2(CO)(YZ)( -SR)2] (cp = -C5H5; YZ = CO or CN-) by the sulfur substituents (R = Me, Pri, But, Ph or CF3). Crystal structure of trans-[Mo2(cp)2(CO)(CNMe)(- SCF3)2] Marie-Laurence Abasq, David L. Hughes, François Y. Pétillon, Roger Pichon, Christopher J. Pickett and Jean Talarmin, pp 2279 DOI:10.1039/a700873b

Synthesis of fluorophenyl derivatives of iron, molybdenum and tungsten via B(C6F5)3 and unusual carbon-fluorine bond reactions Alexander N. Chernega, Andrew J. Graham, Malcolm L. H. Green, Jane Haggitt, Julian Lloyd, Christian P. Mehnert, Nils Metzler and Joanne Souter, pp 2293 DOI:10.1039/a700925i

Alkyne addition across imido and sulfido moieties: molecular structure of the 1-thio-2-iminoene complex [Mo{2-PhNC(R) C(R)S}{1,3- SC(R)C(R)C(NEt2)S}(S2CNEt2 )] (R = CO2Me) Glyn D. Forster and Graeme Hogarth, pp 2305 DOI:10.1039/a701398a

The promotion of air oxidation and carbonyl substitution reactions of [(5-C5H5)2Mo 2(CO)4(-RCCR)] by trimethylamine N-oxide or nitrosonium tetrafluoroborate: the synthesis of [(5-C5H5)2Mo 2(O)2(-O)(-RCCR)] (R = R = CO2Me or Ph; R = H, R = Ph; or R = H, R = CO2Me) and [(5-C5H5)2Mo 2(CO)3(NO)(-RCCR)][BF4 ] (R = R = CO2 Me, Me or H; or R = H, R = CO2Me) Joanne C. Stichbury, Martin J. Mays, John E. Davies, Paul R. Raithby and Gregory P. Shields, pp 2309 DOI:10.1039/a700761b

Two new tetranuclear 4-carbonato copper(II) complexes. Syntheses, crystal structure and magnetic behaviour of [(4-CO3)(-Br)2 {Cu4(bapa)4}]Br4 and [(4-CO3)(-Cl)2 {Cu4(bapma)4}]Cl4 ·12H2O [bapa = bis(aminopropyl)amine and bapma = bis(aminopropyl)methylamine] Albert Escuer, Evaristo Peñalba, Ramon Vicente, Xavier Solans and Mercé Font-Bardía, pp 2315 DOI:10.1039/a701138e

Polymeric silver(I) complexes of the multinucleating ligand 4,7-dihydro-5-methyl-7-oxo[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine. Analogous hydrogen-bonded structures in the crystal and vapour phases of the ligand Jorge A. R. Navarro, M. Angustias Romero, Juan M. Salas, René Faure and Xavier Solans, pp 2321 DOI:10.1039/a700888k

Electron transfer between Fe(CN)63- and iodide promoted by supercomplexation with a polyammonium macrocycle Fernando Pina, A. Jorge Parola, André Saint-Maurice, M. Francesca Manfrin, Luca Moggi, Teresa Indelli and Franco Scandola, pp 2327 DOI:10.1039/a701488k

Structural, spectroscopic and redox studies of mer-[RuX3L3] (L = PMe2Ph or AsMe2Ph, X = Cl or Br). Crystal structures of mer-[RuX3(AsMe2Ph)3] (X = Cl or Br) and [Ru2X5(EMe2Ph)4] (X = Br, E = P or As; X = I, E = As) Nicholas J. Holmes, Anthony R. J. Genge, William Levason and Michael Webster, pp 2331 DOI:10.1039/a701295k

Synthesis, electrochemistry and photophysics of ruthenium(II) diimine complexes of 1,1-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (dppf). Crystal structure of [Ru(bipy)2(dppf)]2+ (bipy = 2,2-bipyridine) Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Vicky Wing-Man Lee and Kung-Kai Cheung, pp 2335 DOI:10.1039/a607923g

Synthesis of novel ruthenium complexes containing bidentate imidazole-based ligands Sarah Elgafi, Leslie D. Field, Barbara A. Messerle, Trevor W. Hambley and Peter Turner, pp 2341 DOI:10.1039/a700474e

Reversible proton-coupled ReVII-ReVI and ReVI-ReV couples and crystal structure of [ReVO2(OH2)(Me3tacn)]BPh 4 (Me3tacn = 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7- triazacyclononane) Chi-Ming Che, Jack Y. K. Cheng, Kung-Kai Cheung and Kwok-Yin Wong, pp 2347 DOI:10.1039/a701300k

Kinetics of oxidation of thiosulfate ion with [MnIV2(-O)2( -MeCO2)(H2O)2(bipy)2] 3+ (bipy = 2,2-bipyridine) and its hydrolytic derivatives Anup Kumar Bhattyacharya, Anath Bandhu Mondal and Rupendranath Banerjee, pp 2351 DOI:10.1039/a608193b

Crystal structures and non-linear optical properties of cluster compounds [MAu2S4(AsPh3)2] (M = Mo or W) He-gen Zheng, Wei Ji, Michael L. K. Low, Genta Sakane, Takashi Shibahara and Xin-quan Xin, pp 2357 DOI:10.1039/a608190h

S · · · S Contact-assembled silver(I) complexes of 4,5-ethylenedithio-1,3-dithiole-2-thione having unique supramolecular networks Jie Dai, Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa, Megumu Munakata, Masahiko Maekawa, Yusaku Suenaga and Yasuhiro Ohno, pp 2363 DOI:10.1039/a701176h

Potentiometric and spectroscopic study of ternary complexes of copper(II), substituted 1,10-phenanthrolines and oxidised glutathione Paola Piu, Gavino Sanna, Andreina Masia, Maria Antonietta Zoroddu and Renato Seeber, pp 2369 DOI:10.1039/a608272f

About the aromaticity of Al2N3H5 László Nyulászi, pp 2373 DOI:10.1039/a608189d

Metal complexes of the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, lisinopril. Solution studies and the crystal and molecular structure of a dimeric copper(II)-lisinopril complex Elena Bermejo Gonzalez, Etelka Farkas, Ali A. Soudi, Terence Tan, Alexander I. Yanovsky and Kevin B. Nolan, pp 2377 DOI:10.1039/a701500c

Issue 14

Gas phase inorganic synthesis: copper sulfide cluster anions react with phosphorus, P4, to generate copper compounds with PmSn ligands Keith Fisher and Ian Dance, pp 2381 DOI:10.1039/a703341i

Construction of a new open-framework solid from 1,3,5-cyclohexanetricarboxylate and zinc(II) building blocks Omar M. Yaghi, Ryan Jernigan, Hailian Li, Charles E. Davis and Thomas L. Groy, pp 2383 DOI:10.1039/a702287e

New directions in amido-transition metal chemistry: the preparation and reaction of mixed amino-amido macrocyclic ligands Andrew J. Rogers, Euro Solari, Carlo Floriani, Angiola Chiesi-Villa and Corrado Rizzoli, pp 2385 DOI:10.1039/a703263c

Metal ion and proton stabilisation of turn motif in the synthetic octapeptide histidyltris(glycylhistidyl)glycine Raffaele P. Bonomo, Luigi Casella, Luca De Gioia, Henriette Molinari, Giuseppe Impellizzeri, Trace Jordan, Giuseppe Pappalardo, Roberto Purrello and Enrico Rizzarelli, pp 2387 DOI:10.1039/a702676e

Capping calixarenes with metallodiphosphine fragments: towards intracavity reactions Catherine Wieser, Dominique Matt, Jean Fischer and Anthony Harriman, pp 2391 DOI:10.1039/a701954h

Synthesis, structural and magnetic characterisation of the electron-transfer salts [Fe2(-C5Me5)2 (-SEt)2(CO)2]2[tcnq] 2 and [Fe2(-C5Me5)2 (-SEt)2(CO)2][tcne] (tcnq = 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane; tcne = tetracyanoethylene) Riaan Büchner, John S. Field and Raymond J. Haines, pp 2403 DOI:10.1039/a701161j

Copper complexes of 1,3-bis(2-pyridyl)-1-thiapropane (bpt) and pyridine-2(1H)-thione. Crystal structure of [{Cu(-O2CMe)2(bpt)}2 ] and metal-promoted cleavage of bpt Sian C. Davies, Marcus C. Durrant, David L. Hughes, Kerstin Leidenberger, Christian Stapper and Raymond L. Richards, pp 2409 DOI:10.1039/a700711f

New square-pyramidal organoantimony(V) compounds; crystal structures of (biphenyl-2,2-diyl)phenylantimony(V) dibromide, dichloride and diisothiocyanate, Sb(2,2-C12H8)PhX2 (X = Br, Cl or NCS), and of octahedral SbPh(o-O2C6Cl4)Cl2 ·OEt2 Martin N. Gibbons, Michael J. Begley, Alexander J. Blake and D. Bryan Sowerby, pp 2419 DOI:10.1039/a701591g

The ditopic ligands 4-(diphenylphosphino)-2,2:6,2 -terpyridine L1 and 4-(oxodiphenylphosphanyl)-2,2:6,2 -terpyridine L2: co-ordination to iron(II), ruthenium(II), cobalt(II) and palladium(II); crystal structures of [RuL22][PF6]2·H 2O·MeCN and trans-[PdCl2L12]· 2.5CH2Cl2 Edwin C. Constable, Catherine E. Housecroft, Markus Neuburger, Alain G. Schneider and Margareta Zehnder, pp 2427 DOI:10.1039/a702023f

ansa--Cyclopentadienylimide derivatives of niobium David M. Antonelli, Pedro T. Gomes, Malcolm L. H. Green, Ana M. Martins and Philip Mountford, pp 2435 DOI:10.1039/a700713b

Synthesis, characterisation, electrochemistry and reactivity of osmium-palladium carbonyl complexes containing 1,1-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (dppf); molecular structures of [Os5PdC(CO)14(-dppf)], [OsPd(-I)2I2(CO)2( -dppf)]2 and [{Os5C(CO)14}2( -dppf)] Janesse Wing-Sze Hui and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 2445 DOI:10.1039/a701803g

Thermal and photochemical reactions of bis(diamine)(sulfito)cobalt(III) complexes: effect of chelate-ring size Anadi C. Dash, Kishore C. Jena, Ansuman Roy, Dipti Mukherjee and Sukumar Aditya, pp 2451 DOI:10.1039/a607872i

Structures of photochemically prepared mixed-valence polyoxovanadate clusters: oblong [V18O44(N3)]14- , superkeggin [V18O42(PO4)]11- and doughnut-shaped [V12B32O84Na4]15 - anions Toshihiro Yamase, Masamichi Suzuki and Kawori Ohtaka, pp 2463 DOI:10.1039/a700916j

The gas electron diffraction data recorded for UCl4 cannot be ascribed to the chloride oxide UOCl4 Arne Haaland, Kjell-Gunnar Martinsen and Rudy J. M. Konings, pp 2473 DOI:10.1039/a702549a

1,2-Di-tert-butyltetrafluorodisilane, ButSiF2SiF2But: vibrational spectra and molecular structure in the gas phase by electron diffraction and ab initio calculations Bruce A. Smart, Heather E. Robertson, Norbert W. Mitzel, David W. H. Rankin, Robert Zink and Karl Hassler, pp 2475 DOI:10.1039/a702185b

Carbon-fluorine bond activation in perfluorobenzonitrile by LiN(SiMe3)2. Synthesis of (Me3Si)2NC6F4CN-4 and crystal structure of LiN(C6F4CN-4)2·2C4H 8O Michal Shmulinson, Astrid Pilz and Moris S. Eisen, pp 2483 DOI:10.1039/a700682i

Synthesis and structure of zirconium(IV) alkyl complexes with bi-, tri-, tetra- and penta-dentate amido ligands Nigel A. H. Male, Mark Thornton-Pett and Manfred Bochmann, pp 2487 DOI:10.1039/a701501a

Synthesis of optically active cyclopalladated complexes of primary benzylamine derivatives, (R)-(-)-2-phenylglycine methyl ester and (±)-1-phenylethylamine Yoshio Fuchita, Kazuhiko Yoshinaga, Yoshinori Ikeda and Junko Kinoshita-Kawashima, pp 2495 DOI:10.1039/a608622e

Inverse cycloheptatrienyl sandwich complexes of uranium and neodymium Thérèse Arliguie, Monique Lance, Martine Nierlich and Michel Ephritikhine, pp 2501 DOI:10.1039/a701352c

Steric, electronic and solvation effects in the co-ordination of amines by the [Fe(CN)5(OH2)]3- ion Paul R. Norris, Pascal L. S. Harper and John M. Pratt, pp 2505 DOI:10.1039/a701098b

Photochemistry of [Ru3(CO)12] with nitrogen heterocycles Nicholas E. Leadbeater, Jack Lewis, Paul R. Raithby and Gregory N. Ward, pp 2511 DOI:10.1039/a702099f

Crystalline -titanium(IV) hydrogenphosphate and its sodium- and n-butylammonium-intercalated forms: ion exchange and thermochemistry Sirlei Roca and Claudio Airoldi, pp 2517 DOI:10.1039/a701590i

Issue 15

Main-group-based rings and polymers Derek P. Gates and Ian Manners, pp 2525 DOI:10.1039/a701432e

A novel symmetric silicate anion Robin K. Harris, John Parkinson and Abdolraouf Samadi-Maybodi, pp 2533 DOI:10.1039/a702831h

Oxidative and reductive activation of tetra-n-butylammonium trans-tetrabromobis(tert-butylisocyanide)ruthenium( III): a spectroelectrochemical study Joseph P. al Dulaimi, Robin J. H. Clark and David G. Humphrey, pp 2535 DOI:10.1039/a703245e

Mercury-carbon bond formation promoted by the co-ordinated ligand reaction of a -diiminate chelate Takashi Kajiwara, Reiko Murao and Tasuku Ito, pp 2537 DOI:10.1039/a703125d

Modification of molecular packing: crystal structures and magnetic properties of monomeric and dimeric difluorophenyl-1,2,3,5-dithiadiazolyl radicals Arthur J. Banister, Andrei S. Batsanov, Owen G. Dawe, Penelope L. Herbertson, Judith A. K. Howard, Sean Lynn, Iain May, J. Nicholas B. Smith, Jeremy M. Rawson, Toni E. Rogers, Brian K. Tanner, Guillermo Antorrena and Fernando Palacio, pp 2539 DOI:10.1039/a702881d

Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. Characterisation of rigid 77-atom [Pt(B18H20)2]2- dianion isomers and an unusual metallaborane homophilic interaction Thomas D. McGrath, Tomá Jelínek, Bohumil tíbr, Mark Thornton-Pett and John D. Kennedy, pp 2543 DOI:10.1039/a703132g

Polyhedral azaborane chemistry. The establishment of members of the hypho-type family [(RH2N)B8H11NHR], where groups R are now other than ethyl Udo Dörfler, John D. Kennedy and Mark Thornton-Pett, pp 2547 DOI:10.1039/a701930k

The structure of -Bi2Sn2O7 at 725 °C by high-resolution neutron diffraction: implications for bismuth(III)-containing pyrochlores Richard H. Jones and Kevin S. Knight, pp 2551 DOI:10.1039/a702079a

Molecular manganese sulfide clusters formed by laser ablation Ian G. Dance, Keith J. Fisher and Gary D. Willett, pp 2557 DOI:10.1039/a700820a

Density functional calculations of electronic structure, geometric structure and stability for molecular manganese sulfide clusters Ian G. Dance and Keith J. Fisher, pp 2563 DOI:10.1039/a700821j

Platinum(II), palladium(II), and nickel(II) thiosalicylate complexes Louise J. McCaffrey, William Henderson, Brian K. Nicholson, Jane E. Mackay and Maarten B. Dinger, pp 2577 DOI:10.1039/a701294b

Gold(III) and palladium(II) complexes of glycylglycyl-L-histidine: crystal structures of [AuIII(Gly-Gly-L-His-H-2)]Cl ·H2O and [PdII(Gly-Gly-L-His-H-2)] ·1.5H2O and His?NH deprotonation Sabine L. Best, Tapan K. Chattopadhyay, Milos I. Djuran, Rex A. Palmer, Peter J. Sadler, Imre Sóvágó and Katalin Varnagy, pp 2587 DOI:10.1039/a701395g

Oxo-bridged binuclear molybdenum nitrosyl halides: structural and redox studies, mixed-valence behaviour, and characterisation of mononuclear hydroxo precursors Andrzej Wlodarczyk, John P. Maher, Simon Coles, David E. Hibbs, Michael H. B. Hursthouse and K. M. Abdul Malik, pp 2597 DOI:10.1039/a703279j

Novel chemistry of rhodium induced by a new type of ligand, a phosphino-N-benzoylhydrazone: crystal structure of [Rh(CO){C(CO2Me)CHCO2 Me}{PPPh2CH[C(CO 2Me)C (CO2 Me)]C -(But)N -N C(Ph)O }] Mustaffa Ahmad, Sarath D. Perera, Bernard L. Shaw and Mark Thornton-Pett, pp 2607 DOI:10.1039/a702196h

Synthesis and reactions of novel dipalladium(II) complexes of the type [{Pd[PPh2CHC(R)-N-NC(R) CHPPh2]}2] (R = But or Ph). Crystal structure of the tert-butyl complex containing two Pd-C bonds and five fused chelate rings Uchenna U. Ike, Bernard L. Shaw and Mark Thornton-Pett, pp 2613 DOI:10.1039/a700153c

Complexes of platinum(II) and palladium(II) with aminomethylphosphonic acid and glycylaminomethylphosphonic acid Leo Bláha, Ivan Luke, Jan Rohovec and Petr Hermann, pp 2621 DOI:10.1039/a607736f

Complexing properties of diastereoisomers of 1-(L-methionylamino)ethylphosphonic acid Ivan Luke, Leo Bláha, Frantiek Kesner, Jan Rohovec and Petr Hermann, pp 2629 DOI:10.1039/a607316f

Synthesis and structure of a new layered aluminium phosphate: [BuNH3]3[Al3P4O16] Ann M. Chippindale, Andrew R. Cowley, Qisheng Huo, Richard H. Jones, Ashley D. Law, John M. Thomas and Ruren Xu, pp 2639 DOI:10.1039/a701397c

Crystal structures, electronic properties and structural pathways of four [Cu(phen)2Cl][Y] complexes (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline; Y = BF4-·0.5H2 O, PF6-, CF3SO3-·H2O or BPh4-) Gillian Murphy, Pat Nagle, Brian Murphy and Brian Hathaway, pp 2645 DOI:10.1039/a702291c

Crystal structures, electronic properties and structural pathways of two [Cu(phen)2(OH2)][Y]2 complexes (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, Y = CF3SO3- or ClO4-) Gillian Murphy, Clair Murphy, Brian Murphy and Brian Hathaway, pp 2653 DOI:10.1039/a702293j

Copper(I) and silver(I) complexes of a new tetrahedrally-enforcing ligand containing two bipyridyl binding sites linked by a diphenyl disulfide bridge Alexander M. W. Cargill Thompson, Ian Blandford, Helen Redfearn, John C. Jeffery and Michael D. Ward, pp 2661 DOI:10.1039/a702502e

2-Cyanoguanidine: a versatile hydrogen-bonding ligand in copper(II)-2,2-bipyridine-2-cyanoguanidine complexes Andrei S. Batsanov, Peter Hubberstey, Claire E. Russell and Paul H. Walton, pp 2667 DOI:10.1039/a700514h

Synthesis, characterization and complexation properties of a heteroditopic cryptand L towards CuII and ZnII: crystal structures of L·3H2O and [ZnL][ClO4]2·2H2O Pradyut Ghosh and Parimal K. Bharadwaj, pp 2673 DOI:10.1039/a701692a

Halide-abstraction reactions of tin(IV) and lanthanide(III) chlorides in tetrahydrofuran: crystal and molecular structures of [LnCl2(thf)5][SnCl5(thf )] where Ln = Ce, Gd or Yb Gerald R. Willey, Timothy J. Woodman, David J. Carpenter and William Errington, pp 2677 DOI:10.1039/a702963b

Pyramidality effect on metal-metal single bonds Gabriel Aullón and Santiago Alvarez, pp 2681 DOI:10.1039/a702022h

Synthesis of phosphinochalcogenoic amidato complexes of divalent transition metals and their thermolysis to metal selenide and telluride phases Xuejing Song and Manfred Bochmann, pp 2689 DOI:10.1039/a702460f

Complexes of a crown ether with gallium(III) iodide and indium(III) iodide Lars A. Kloo and Michael J. Taylor, pp 2693 DOI:10.1039/a701017f

Copper complexes of a p-phenylenediamine-based bis(tridentate) ligand Thomas Buchen, Alan Hazell, Lars Jessen, Christine J. McKenzie, Lars Preuss Nielsen, Jens Z. Pedersen and Dieter Schollmeyer, pp 2697 DOI:10.1039/a701588g

Reaction of [Ru5C(CO)15] and [Ru6C(CO)17] with 1,10-phenanthroline and 2,2-bipyridyl Gideon Freeman, Scott L. Ingham, Brian F. G. Johnson, Mary McPartlin and Ian J. Scowen, pp 2705 DOI:10.1039/a608623c

Stereoselective synthesis of chiral multidentate ligands with As2NP or As4P donor atoms* Roy J. Doyle, Geoffrey Salem and Anthony C. Willis, pp 2713 DOI:10.1039/a608473g

Effect of guest molecules, metal ions and linker length on the assembly of chiral [2 + 2] metallomacrocycles: solution studies and crystal structures Mark A. Houghton, Alexander Bilyk, Margaret M. Harding, Peter Turner and Trevor W. Hambley, pp 2725 DOI:10.1039/a702378b

Issue 16

Tertiary phosphine ligand-exchange reactions involving the M>M quadruply bonded complexes M2Cl4L4, where L = PMe3, PEt3, PBun3 or PMe2Ph Malcolm H. Chisholm and Jacqueline M. McInnes, pp 2735 DOI:10.1039/a701222e

Liquid-crystalline complexes of palladium(II) and platinum(II) with di- and tri-alkoxystilbazoles: ligand control of mesomorphism Bertrand Donnio and Duncan W. Bruce, pp 2745 DOI:10.1039/a702756g

Intercalation from the liquid phase of n-alkylamines (n = 1-6) and cyclic amines in -hafnium phosphate Marta Suárez, M. Luz Rodríguez, Ricardo Llavona, Luisa M. Barcina , Ana Vega and Julio Rodríguez, pp 2757 DOI:10.1039/a702071f

Synthesis and structure of an anionic aluminium-nitrogen compound containing a ladder-shaped core Sabine Horchler, Emilio Parisini, Herbert W. Roesky, Hans-Georg Schmidt and Mathias Noltemeyer, pp 2761 DOI:10.1039/a702231j

Mononuclear chromium(III), manganese(II) and iron(III) complexes of the pentadentate ligand 1,4-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane Gary D. Fallon, Grant A. McLachlan, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Lynda OBrien and Leone Spiccia, pp 2765 DOI:10.1039/a700756f

Dependence of hydrolytic cleavage of histidine-containing peptides by palladium(II) aqua complexes on the co-ordination modes of the peptides Sneana U. Milinkovi, Tatjana N. Parac, Milo I. Djuran and Nenad M. Kosti, pp 2771 DOI:10.1039/a701491k

Rhenium and molybdenum oxo-complexes containing ligands related to N-hydroxyiminodipropionic acid Spencer M. Harben, Paul D. Smith, Roy L. Beddoes, David Collison and C. David Garner, pp 2777 DOI:10.1039/a701015j

Multiply bridged organodiantimony(V) compounds; crystal structures of [(SbR2)2(-O)2( -O2AsMe2)2] (R = Ph or p-tolyl) and [(SbR3)2(-O)(-O2 MR2)2] (R = Ph, M = P, R = Me; R = Ph, M = As, R = Me or Ph; R = p-tolyl, M = P, R = Me) Martin N. Gibbons and D. Bryan Sowerby, pp 2785 DOI:10.1039/a702244a

The synthesis and crystal structures of pyridine-2,6-dicarboxamide oxime, C7H9N5O2, and its nickel(II) and copper(II) co-ordination compounds Brad A. Bovenzi, George A. Pearse and Jr., pp 2793 DOI:10.1039/a608599g

Six-co-ordinated vanadium-(IV) and -(V) complexes of benzimidazole and pyridyl containing ligands Debbie C. Crans, Anastasios D. Keramidas, Sean S. Amin, Oren P. Anderson and Susie M. Miller, pp 2799 DOI:10.1039/a700710h

Anaerobic oxidation of dopamine by iron(III) Usama El-Ayaan, Erwin Herlinger, Reginald F. Jameson and Wolfgang Linert, pp 2813 DOI:10.1039/a701054k

Reaction of deuteroferrihaem and m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid in surfactant micelles D. Martin Davies and Nicholas D. Gillitt, pp 2819 DOI:10.1039/a701798g

Magnetostructural correlations and catecholase-like activities of -alkoxo-bridged dinuclear copper(II) complexes with 1-diethylaminopropan-2-ol, N3-, NCO- and NO2- ligands Yun-Ho Chung, Ho-Hsiang Wei, Yi-Hung Liu, Gene-Hsiang Lee and Yu Wang, pp 2825 DOI:10.1039/a702321i

Structure of the copper(II) complex of the reinforced ligand N,N-bis(trans-2-hydroxycyclohexyl)- trans-cyclohexane-1,2-diamine and the metal-ion-size-based selectivity produced by cyclohexanediyl bridges* Alvaro S. De Sousa, Robert D. Hancock and Joseph H. Reibenspies, pp 2831 DOI:10.1039/a700759k

Di-, hexa- and poly-nuclear molybdenum(II) carboxylates containing quadruply bonded [Mo2]4+ units: crystal structures of [Mo2(O2CCHF2)2(bpy)2 (MeCN)(BF4)][BF4] and [Mo6(O2CCHF2)12(bpy)4 ] (bpy = 2,2-bipyridine) Elizabeth F. Day, John C. Huffman, Kirsten Folting and George Christou, pp 2837 DOI:10.1039/a702830j

The carboxylate-bridged polymer [{Ru2[-2-OC(R)O] 2(CO)4}n] (R = H, Me or Et) as a synthon in the synthesis of dinuclear phosphorus pyridyl-, quinolyl- and bipyridyl-bridged derivatives of ruthenium(I) John S. Field, Raymond J. Haines and Campbell J. Parry, pp 2843 DOI:10.1039/a701897e

Novel mixed-valence vanadium(IV/V) molecule exhibiting unusual electron delocalization over the [V2O3]3+ core Eddia P. Copeland, Ishenkumba A. Kahwa, Joel T. Mague and Gary L. McPherson, pp 2849 DOI:10.1039/a701356f

Issue 17

Preparation and crystal structures of two forms of trans-[CuCl2{N(H)SPh2}2 ]; an unusual example of square planar/pseudo-tetrahedral isomerism in a neutral copper(II) complex Paul F. Kelly, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and Kevin W. Waring, pp 2853 DOI:10.1039/a704276k

Use of amido Grignard reagents in inorganic chemistry. Synthesis and crystal structure of anti-[Pd(Cl)(py)(-2,6-Pri2 C6H3NH)]2 Fabio Ragaini, Sergio Cenini and Francesco Demartin, pp 2855 DOI:10.1039/a703853d

Ultrafast reductive elimination of hydrogen from a metal carbonyl dihydride complex; a study by time-resolved IR and visible spectroscopy Mirco Colombo, Michael W. George, John N. Moore, David I. Pattison, Robin N. Perutz, Ian G. Virrels and Tian-Qing Ye, pp 2857 DOI:10.1039/a704484d

Metal-ion-directed synthesis of sulfur-based macrocyclic helicates Ray W. Matthews, Mary McPartlin and Ian J. Scowen, pp 2861 DOI:10.1039/a704691j

Covalent radii of four-co-ordinate copper(I), silver(I) and gold(I): crystal structures of [Ag(AsPh3)4]BF4 and [Au(AsPh3)4]BF4 Upendra M. Tripathi, Andreas Bauer and Hubert Schmidbaur, pp 2865 DOI:10.1039/a702582c

Hexafluoropentanedionatosilver(I) complexes stabilised by multidentate N-donor ligands: crystal structure of a charge-separated salt species soluble in supercritical carbon dioxide Jawwad A. Darr, Martyn Poliakoff, Wan-Sheung Li and Alexander J. Blake, pp 2869 DOI:10.1039/a703668j

Triorganosiloxy and tetraphenyldisiloxydiolate complexes of the heavier alkaline-earth metals. Crystal structures of [Sr3(tmhd)3(OSiPh3)3] ·0.5C6H5Me (tmhd = 2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-3,5-dionate) and [Sr3{O(SiPh2O)2}3 (tetraglyme)2]·0.5C6H5Me [tetraglyme = CH3O(CH2CH2O)4CH3 ] Ian Baxter, Jawwad A. Darr, Simon R. Drake, Michael B. Hursthouse, K. M. Abdul Malik and D. Michael P. Mingos, pp 2875 DOI:10.1039/a702960h

The shapes of bis(cyclopentadienyl) complexes of the s-block metals Adam J. Bridgeman, pp 2887 DOI:10.1039/a703199h

C-Centred chiral metal alkyls, [MR*(Cl)(-C5H5)2], rac- and meso-[ZrR*2(-C5H5 )2] [R* = CH(SiMe3)C6H4 Me-o], and their one-electron reductions; reaction of Li[CH(SiMe3)2](Me2NCH2CH 2NMe2) with [MCl2(-C5H5)2] (M = Zr or Hf) Michael F. Lappert, Colin L. Raston, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 2895 DOI:10.1039/a701586k

Geometrical isomerism and redox behaviour in zirconium-Schiff base complexes: the formation of C-C bonds functioning as two-electron reservoirs Euro Solari, Cristiano Maltese, Federico Franceschi, Carlo Floriani, Angiola Chiesi-Villa and Corrado Rizzoli, pp 2903 DOI:10.1039/a703592f

Mono- and bi-nuclear titanium imido complexes supported by aryloxide ligands: fine control by ortho substituents Philip E. Collier, Alexander J. Blake and Philip Mountford, pp 2911 DOI:10.1039/a703309e

Symmetrically- and asymmetrically-substituted oxo-bridged binuclear molybdenum nitrosyls: synthetic, electrochemical, spectroscopic and structural studies Andrzej Wlodarczyk, Simon J. Coles, Michael B. Hursthouse, K. M. Abdul and Harvey F. Lieberman, pp 2921 DOI:10.1039/a704179i

Synthesis and characterisation of rhenium dithiocarbamate complexes. Crystal structures of [ReO{O(OH)C6H4}(S2CNEt 2)2], [Re{PPh2(C6H4S-2)}2 (S2CNEt2)]·Me2CO and [ReO{PPh(C6H4S-2)2}(S2 CNEt2)] Jonathan R. Dilworth, D. Vaughan Griffiths, Suzanne J. Parrott and Yifan Zheng, pp 2931 DOI:10.1039/a702935g

Reactions of [Ru5(5-C2PPh2) (-PPh2)(CO)13] with dimethyl disulfide. Synthesis of an open Ru5 cluster containing the dicarbon (C2) ligand and related chemistry Chris J. Adams, Michael I. Bruce, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 2937 DOI:10.1039/a701396e

Mixed Fe/Mo mixed-chalcogenide hour-glass clusters, [Fe4Mo(CO)14(3-E)2 (3-E)2] and [Fe3Mo(CO)11(3-E)( 3-E)(-E-E)] (E, E = S, Se or Te) Pradeep Mathur, Perumal Sekar, Arnold L. Rheingold and Louise M. Liable-Sands, pp 2949 DOI:10.1039/a702408h

Synthesis and structure of bimetallic complexes with ,-bridging thienyl and benzothienyl ligands Angelique du Toit, Marilé Landman and Simon Lotz, pp 2955 DOI:10.1039/a702252b

Synthesis and characterisation of gold-(I) and -(III) complexes with 1-methyl-2-sulfanyl-1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborate Olga Crespo, M. Concepción Gimeno, Peter G. Jones, Antonio Laguna and M. Dolores Villacampa, pp 2963 DOI:10.1039/a702760e

Synthesis and crystal structure of dimeric dialkylaluminium -dialkylamido compounds Donald C. Bradley, Ian S. Harding, Izaque A. Maia and Majid Motevalli, pp 2969 DOI:10.1039/a703771f

Preparation, structure and thermal properties of a zinc copper maleate precursor Cu0.06Zn0.94C4O4H2 ·2H2O Juraj ernák, Joseph Chomi, Charles Kappenstein and Francis Robert, pp 2981 DOI:10.1039/a607839g

Syntheses and molecular structures of ruthenium carbonyl complexes containing 1,2-naphthoquinone-1-oximate ligands Kenneth Ka-Hong Lee and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 2987 DOI:10.1039/a703307i

Photochemistry of [Ru(CO)5] with nitrogen heterocycles Geoffrey R. Haire, Nicholas E. Leadbeater, Jack Lewis, Paul R. Raithby, Andrew J. Edwards and Edwin C. Constable, pp 2997 DOI:10.1039/a701651d

Synthesis, emission, electrochemistry and cation-binding studies of ruthenium(II)-diimine-crown and -terpyridine-crown complexes Vivian Wing-Wah Yam and Vicky Wing-Man Lee, pp 3005 DOI:10.1039/a702366i

Bis[4-(4-anilino)-2,26,2- terpyridine]transition-metal complexes: electrochemically active monomers with a range of magnetic and optical properties for assembly of metallo oligomers and macromolecules Gregory D. Storrier, Stephen B. Colbran and Donald C. Craig, pp 3011 DOI:10.1039/a702778h

Diphenoxo-bridged NiCo and CuCo complexes of macrocyclic ligands: synthesis, structure and electrochemical behaviour Takanori Aono, Hisae Wada, Masami Yonemura, Hideki Furutachi, Masaaki Ohba and Hisashi kawa, pp 3029 DOI:10.1039/a702210g

Substituent effects in the formation of aryloxide-bridged europium complexes William J. Evans, Michael A. Greci and Joseph W. Ziller, pp 3035 DOI:10.1039/a702639k

Site-selective substitution and vinylidene-alkylidyne-vinylidene interconversion in dimolybdenum-ruthenium clusters Harry Adams, Neil A. Bailey, Louise J. Gill, Michael J. Morris and Nicholas D. Sadler, pp 3041 DOI:10.1039/a703552g

Issue 18

The contributions to original research in chemistry by Professor Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson FRS 1921-1996 Martin A. Bennett, Andreas A. Danopoulos, William P. Griffith and Malcolm L. H. Green, pp 3049 DOI:10.1039/a706420i

Neutron diffraction study of the elongated molecular dihydrogen complex [(C5Me5)Os(H2)H2(PPh3 )]+ Christopher L. Gross, Dianna M. Young, Arthur J. Schultz and Gregory S. Girolami, pp 3081 DOI:10.1039/a704997h

Novel multidentate ferrocene ligands and their tungsten complexes Nicholas J. Long, Jeff Martin, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 3083 DOI:10.1039/a703030d

Preparation of new zirconium benzamidinates: alkyl derivatives and low-valent chemistry yielding metallacycles via coupling of alkynes and ethylene John R. Hagadorn and John Arnold, pp 3087 DOI:10.1039/a703109b

Synthesis of a series of new, highly electrophilic, monocyclopentadienyltitanium olefin polymerization initiators Mark J. Sarsfield, Sean W. Ewart, Tracey L. Tremblay, Aleksander W. Roszak and Michael C. Baird, pp 3097 DOI:10.1039/a703112b

Successive insertion of tetrafluoroethylene and CO and of tetrafluoroethylene and acetylenes into aryne-nickel(0) bonds Martin A. Bennett, Margaret Glewis, David C. R. Hockless and Eric Wenger, pp 3105 DOI:10.1039/a702375h

Zirconium and hafnium diene and dienyl half-sandwich complexes: synthesis, polymerization catalysis and deactivation pathways. The molecular structures of [M(3-C3H5)(2,3-Me2 C4H4){-C5H 3(SiMe3)2-1,3}] (M = Zr or Hf) and [Hf(3-C3H5){ 3-CH2CMeCMeCH2B(C6 F5)3}{-C5 H3(SiMe2)-1,3}] Gerardo Jiménez Pindado, Mark Thornton-Pett and Manfred Bochmann, pp 3115 DOI:10.1039/a703192k

Alcohol and secondary amine complexes of tri-tert-butylaluminium: enhanced stability through intramolecular hydrogen bonding C. Niamh McMahon, Simon G. Bott and Andrew R. Barron, pp 3129 DOI:10.1039/a703222f

The synthesis, and molecular and electronic structure of dodecacarbonyl(4-2- prop-1-ene-1,1-diyl)tetrairon, Fe4(CO)12(4- 2-CCHCH3) John S. Bradley, Suzanne Harris and Ernestine W. Hill, pp 3139 DOI:10.1039/a703418k

Indenylmethyl-molybdenum and -tungsten compounds containing isocyanide ligands. Formation and study of isomeric 2-iminoacyls and 3-1-azaallyls Ulises Amador, P. James Daff, Manuel L. Poveda, Caridad Ruiz and Ernesto Carmona, pp 3145 DOI:10.1039/a702581e

Exchange couplings and hydrogen dynamics in ruthenium trihydride adducts with coinage-metal cations Blanca Manzano, Felix Jalon, Jochen Matthes, Sylviane Sabo-Etienne, Bruno Chaudret and Stefan Ulrich and Hans-Heinrich Limbach, pp 3153 DOI:10.1039/a701171g

Further studies of the reactivity of cyclopentadienyl, substituted cyclopentadienyl and indenyl ligands with M2Cl2(NMe2)4 (M = Mo or W). Crystal and molecular structures of Mo2(C9H7)2(NMe2) 4 and W2(C5H4Me)2(NMe2 )4 Roger H. Cayton, Malcolm H. Chisholm, Kirsten Folting, Jodi L. Wesemann and Kandasamy G. Moodley, pp 3161 DOI:10.1039/a701727h

The carbonylation of allylic halides and prop-2-en-1-ol catalysed by triethylphosphine complexes of rhodium Marc J. Payne and David J. Cole-Hamilton, pp 3167 DOI:10.1039/a702942j

Reactions of iridium and ruthenium complexes with organic azides Andreas A. Danopoulos, Robyn S. Hay-Motherwell, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Sean M. Cafferkey, Tracy K. N. Sweet and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 3177 DOI:10.1039/a703028b

The synthesis and characterization of technetium and rhenium hydrazinopyrimidine chelate complexes Melissa Hirsch-Kuchma, Terrence Nicholson, Alan Davison, William M. Davis and Alun G. Jones, pp 3185 DOI:10.1039/a702846f

Group 7 organohydrazide chemistry: classification of ligand type based on crystal structural data Melissa Hirsch-Kuchma, Terrence Nicholson, Alan Davison and Alun G. Jones, pp 3189 DOI:10.1039/a703282j

Isolation and characterization of hydroformylation intermediates from stoichiometric reactions between phosphinoalkenes and some heterobinuclear complexes Kevin J. Coutinho, Ron S. Dickson, Gary D. Fallon, W. Roy Jackson, Tania De Simone, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 3193 DOI:10.1039/a702922e

Triphosphamacrocycle complexes of rhodium(III), iron(II) and ruthenium(II); crystal structure of trichloro[1,5,9-tris(2-propyl)-1,5,9-triphosphacyclododecane]rhodium( III) Peter G. Edwards, James S. Fleming, Simon J. Coles and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 3201 DOI:10.1039/a703339g

Synthesis and characterisation of molybdenum complexes bearing highly functionalised imido substituents Vernon C. Gibson, Carl Redshaw, William Clegg and Mark R. J. Elsegood, pp 3207 DOI:10.1039/a701502j

Complex array structures formed by metal complexes of N,N-p- phenylenedimethylenebis(4-methylpyridin-2-one) David M. L. Goodgame, Stephan Menzer, Amanda M. Smith and David J. Williams, pp 3213 DOI:10.1039/a702634j

Cyclopentadienyltris(dimethylamido)molybdenum: photoelectron spectroscopy, electron diffraction and theoretical calculations Jennifer C. Green, Richard P. G. Parkin, Xuefeng Yan, Arne Haaland, Wolfgang Scherer and Maxim A. Tafipolsky, pp 3219 DOI:10.1039/a703220j

New ansa-2,2-bis(-cyclopentadienyl)propane molybdenum and tungsten compounds and intramolecular hydrogen-deuterium exchange in methyl-hydride and ethyl-hydride derivatives Alexander Chernega, Jessica Cook, Malcolm L. H. Green, Luca Labella, Stephen J. Simpson, Joanne Souter and Adam H. H. Stephens, pp 3225 DOI:10.1039/a703725b

Oxo osmium(VIII) complexes in oxidation: crystal structures of OsO4·nmo (nmo = N-methylmorpholine N-oxide) and OsO4·nmm (nmm = N-methylmorpholine), and use of cis-[OsO4(OH)2]2- as an oxidation catalyst Alan J. Bailey, Minu G. Bhowon, William P. Griffith, Abdel G. F. Shoair, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 3245 DOI:10.1039/a702965i

The synthesis and characterisation of Ru3, Ru4 and Ru6 clusters with styrene, 4-methylstyrene and 4-trifluoromethylstyrene Brian F. G. Johnson, Justin M. Matters, Petra Escarpa Gaede, Scott L. Ingham, Nicholas Choi, Mary McPartlin and Mary-Ann Pearsall, pp 3251 DOI:10.1039/a703991c

Ultrasound-promoted selective formation of optically active cyclopentadienyl ligands Richard Laï, Albert Archavlis, Robert Faure and Martial Sanz, pp 3259 DOI:10.1039/a702975f

Thiomalate complexes of gold(I): preparation, characterization and crystal structures of 12 gold to thiomalate complexes Daren J. LeBlanc, Richard W. Smith, Zhixian Wang, Helen E. Howard-Lock and (the late) Colin J. L. Lock, pp 3263 DOI:10.1039/a700827i

Cyclopentadienyl nitrosyl compounds of chromium: aqueous solution chemistry, bonding and nitric oxide loss Peter Legzdins, Steven J. Rettig, Kevin M. Smith, Vicki Tong and Victor G. Young Jr, pp 3269 DOI:10.1039/a703595k

Syntheses and crystal structures of bi- and tri-metallic complexes containing a trioxoosmium(VIII) moiety Wa-Hung Leung, Joyce L. C. Chim and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 3277 DOI:10.1039/a702404e

Metallation of the -phosphido bridging ligand in the reaction of the anion [M2Cp2(CO)4(-PH2 )]- (M = Mo or W; Cp = 5-C5H 5) with organometallic monohalides; synthesis and characterisation of [M2Cp2(CO)4(-H){ -PH(MLn)}] [MLn = Mn(CO)5 , FeCp(CO)2, MoCp(CO)3 or WCp(CO)3] John E. Davies, Martin J. Mays, Elizabeth J. Pook, Paul R. Raithby and Peter K. Tompkin, pp 3283 DOI:10.1039/a702877f

Mixed-valence dinuclear molybdenum complexes with benzenediamido and dianilido bridges: comparison with related phenolato and dipyridyl species, and with their pentammineruthenium analogues Andrzej Wodarczyk, John P. Maher, Jon A. McCleverty and Michael D. Ward, pp 3287 DOI:10.1039/a700867h

Redox chemistry of the [Re3(-Cl)3X9]3 - halides (X = Cl or Br); isolation and structural characterization of the [{Re3(-Cl)3Br6(H 2O)(-O)}2]2- cluster anion Nikos Psaroudakis, Aris Terzis, Catherine P. Raptopoulou and Constantinos Mertis, pp 3299 DOI:10.1039/a702938a

Synthesis and structural characterisation of tetranuclear palladium-cobalt clusters Ramón Vilar, Simon E. Lawrence, Stephan Menzer, D. Michael P. Mingos and David J. Williams, pp 3305 DOI:10.1039/a703427j

d2 Complexes of tungsten containing p-toluonitrile as a four- or two-electron donor and oxidative addition giving the two-electron donor acylimido ligand NCOC6H4Me-4 Alastair J. Nielson, Patricia A. Hunt, Clifton E. F. Rickard and Peter Schwerdtfeger, pp 3311 DOI:10.1039/a702839c

Synthesis of protonated carboxylato and trifluoromethanesulfonato derivatives of vanadium(II) by redox reactions on bis(mesitylene)vanadium(0) Fausto Calderazzo, Giuseppe E. De Benedetto, Serena Detti and Guido Pampaloni, pp 3319 DOI:10.1039/a702462b

Experimental and theoretical comparison between M(cp)Cl3Ln systems of NbIV and MoIV (cp = -C5H5) D. Webster Keogh and Rinaldo Poli, pp 3325 DOI:10.1039/a703070c

Cluster build-up using the [Ru(5-C5H5)(MeCN)3 ]+ cation; synthesis and structural characterisation of some cyclopentadienyl-substituted hexa- and hepta-nuclear ruthenium carbido clusters Jack Lewis, Catherine A. Morewood, Paul R. Raithby and M. Carmen Ramirez de Arellano, pp 3335 DOI:10.1039/a702837g

Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl tungsten complexes containing imido, hydrazido and amino acid derived N-O chelate ligands Carl Redshaw, Vernon C. Gibson, William Clegg, Andrew J. Edwards and Benedict Miles, pp 3343 DOI:10.1039/a703550k

N,N-Diphenylguanidinato complexes of ruthenium, osmium and iridium* Stephen D. Robinson and Arvind Sahajpal, pp 3349 DOI:10.1039/a702940c

Intramolecular activation of aromatic C-H bonds at tantalum(V) metal centers: evaluating cyclometallation resistant and immune aryloxide ligation Jonathan S. Vilardo, Mark A. Lockwood, Linda G. Hanson, Janet R. Clark, Bernardeta C. Parkin, Phillip E. Fanwick and Ian P. Rothwell, pp 3353 DOI:10.1039/a702325a

Lithium bridged cyclosiloxy-niobium(V) and -tantalum(V) complexes: thermal decomposition, solid-state and solution structural studies Michael Lazell, Majid Motevalli, Syed A. A. Shah and Alice C. Sullivan, pp 3363 DOI:10.1039/a703194g

Synthesis and characterisation of ruthenium(II) arene complexes containing 3- and 2-poly(pyrazolyl)borates and methanes Sameer Bhambri and Derek A. Tocher, pp 3367 DOI:10.1039/a702674i

Syntheses and structural characteristics of [2-thiaalkyl]platinum complexes with phosphorus- and nitrogen-donor ligands David C. Griffiths, D. Iain MacTavish, Nigel A. H. Male, Derek A. Tocher and G. Brent Young, pp 3373 DOI:10.1039/a703870d

Reactivity of Group 10 halides toward (Ph2PN)C(Ph)[N(SiMe3)2], (NC5H4){(Ph2PN)C[N(SiMe 3)2]}-4 and C6H4{C(NPPh2)[N(SiMe 3)2]}2-1,4 Wai-Kwok Wong, Chaode Sun and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 3387 DOI:10.1039/a703005c

Co-ordination chemistry of the mixed phosphorus(III)-phosphorus(V) phosphazene ligand Ph2PNP(Ph)2P(Ph)2NPPh2: crystal structures of cis-[Pt(CH3)X{Ph2PNP(Ph)2 P(Ph)2NPPh2-P,P }] (X = CH3 or I) Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Martin B. Smith and J. Derek Woollins, pp 3397 DOI:10.1039/a702500i

Issue 19

High nuclearity cobalt-copper and nickel-copper co-ordination complexes Euan K. Brechin, Steven G. Harris, Simon Parsons and Richard E. P. Winpenny, pp 3403 DOI:10.1039/a704273f

Overcrowding leads to prism reform: new polyhedra for polymetallic cages Euan K. Brechin, Alasdair Graham, Steven G. Harris, Simon Parsons and Richard E. P. Winpenny, pp 3405 DOI:10.1039/a704822j

The first co-ordination complex of a bis(triazacyclododecane) ligand; structure of a binuclear nickel complex Michael D. Snodin, Paul D. Beer and Michael G. B. Drew, pp 3407 DOI:10.1039/a704692h

A novel luminescent iridium(I)-cadmium(II) binuclear complex displaying a long-lived metal-to-ligand charge-transfer excited state. Synthesis and structural characterisation of I(CO)2Ir(µ-Ph2Ppy)2CdI2 [Ph2Ppy = 2-(diphenylphosphino)pyridine] Shan-Ming Kuang, Feng Xue, Zheng-Zhi Zhang, Wen-Mei Xue, Chi-Ming Che and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 3409 DOI:10.1039/a705431i

Convenient direct syntheses of novel fused-ring CB4N5 systems by nitrile hydroboration Robert Coult, Mark A. Fox, Brian Rand, Kenneth Wade and Aidan V. K. Westwood, pp 3411 DOI:10.1039/a705523d

Co-ordination behaviour of N-carboxymethylpseudoephedrine: crystal structures of seven-co-ordinated cadmium(II) and fac-RS-octahedral copper(II) complexes Horacio C. López-Sandoval, Noráh Barba-Behrens, Sylvain Bernès, Norberto Farfán-García and Herbert Höpfl, pp 3415 DOI:10.1039/a704485b

Structural studies of lithiated enaminones: the 1-oxa-5-azapentadienyllithium fluxional heterocubane [(PriNCMeCHCMeOLi)4] and its dimeric hexamethylphosphoric triamide complex [{PriNCMeCHCMeOLi·OP(NMe2)3}2] Margaret Brehon, Elaine K. Cope, Francis S. Mair, Philip Nolan, John E. OBrien, Robin G. Pritchard and Deborah J. Wilcock, pp 3421 DOI:10.1039/a704091a

Phosphorus-oxygen bond formation on organo-capped tricobalt centres via phosphorus-hydrogen or phosphorus-phosphorus bond scission Gillian A. Acum, Martin J. Mays, Paul R. Raithby, Harold R. Powell and Gregory A. Solan, pp 3427 DOI:10.1039/a702669b

Synthesis of gold(I), silver(I) and copper(I) complexes containing substituted (2-aminophenyl)phosphines. Molecular structures of [AuI(2-H2NC6H4PPh2)], [AuI{(±)-2-H2NC6H4PMePh}] and (±)-[Cu(2-H2NC6H4PPh2)2];PF6 Peter Papathanasiou, Geoffrey Salem, Paul Waring and Anthony C. Willis, pp 3435 DOI:10.1039/a702757e

Five-co-ordinate cobalt(II) and nickel(II) complexes of 1,4,8,11-tetrakis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane (tpta), [MCl(tpta)]X [X = ClO4, BF4, PF6 and B(C6H5)4]. Crystal structures of [CoCl(tpta)]ClO4·C6H6 and [NiCl(tpta)]ClO4·C6H6 Pavica Planini, Dubravka Matkovi-alogovi and Henrika Meider, pp 3445 DOI:10.1039/a701913k

Synthesis, structure and reactions of a dinitrogen complex of iron(0), [Fe(N2)(depe)2] (depe = Et2PCH2CH2PEt2) Masafumi Hirano, Masatoshi Akita, Takashi Morikita, Hiroaki Kubo, Atsushi Fukuoka and Sanshiro Komiya, pp 3453 DOI:10.1039/a702019h

One-pot synthesis, physicochemical characterization and crystal structures of cis- and trans-(1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane)-dichloroiron(III) complexes Roger Guilard, Olivier Siri, Alain Tabard, Gregory Broeker, Philippe Richard, Daniel J. Nurco and Kevin M. Smith, pp 3459 DOI:10.1039/a702775c

Organometallic synthesis in ambient temperature chloroaluminate(III) ionic liquids. Ligand exchange reactions of ferrocene Paul J. Dyson, Martin C. Grossel, Narmatha Srinivasan, Tracey Vine, Thomas Welton, David J. Williams, Andrew J. P. White and Theodore Zigras, pp 3465 DOI:10.1039/a702978k

Alkali-metal binding properties of simple ferrocenyl- and ruthenocenyl-substituted aza-crown ethers Martin C. Grossel, Darren G. Hamilton, Jason I. Fuller and Enrique Millan-Barios, pp 3471 DOI:10.1039/a703597g

Chiral manganese and iron complexes of binaphthyl Schiff bases: syntheses, crystal structures and asymmetric epoxidation of alkenes Ming-Chuan Cheng, Michael Chi-Wang Chan, Shie-Ming Peng, Kung-Kai Cheung and Chi-Mung Che, pp 3479 DOI:10.1039/a700712d

Iron-substituted arsine, [Fe(AsPh2)(dppe)(-C5H5)]·2thf (dppe = Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2, thf = tetrahydrofuran) Michael C. Adams, George A. Koutsantonis, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 3483 DOI:10.1039/a704414c

Spectroscopic and crystallographic characterisation of cadmium complexes incorporating a bidentate phosphine ligand Paul R. Meehan, George Ferguson, Ram P. Shakya and Elmer C. Alyea, pp 3487 DOI:10.1039/a703378h

Synthesis and characterisation of transition-metal complexes involving cyclic diselenoether ligands Douglas G. Booth, William Levason, Jeffrey J. Quirk, Gillian Reid and Stephen M. Smith, pp 3493 DOI:10.1039/a703636a

Structural characterisation of the diorganoselenium interhalogen compounds R2SeIBr (R = Ph or Me) and the ionic compound [Me3Se][IBr2] Stephen M. Godfrey, Charles A. McAuliffe, Robin G. Pritchard and Shamsa Sarwar, pp 3501 DOI:10.1039/a701336a

Convenient, room-temperature, amine-assisted routes to metal sulfides, selenides and tellurides Vincent Dusastre, Bashe Omar, Ivan P. Parkin and Graham A. Shaw, pp 3505 DOI:10.1039/a702833d

Crystallographic analysis of an intramolecularly stabilised organosilver tetramer, [Ag(C6H4CH2NMe2-2)]4, and the first structurally characterised silver siloxide, {[Ag(PPh3)]2(µ4-OMe2SiOSiMe2O)}2 Dennis A. Edwards, Robert M. Harker, Mary F. Mahon and Kieran C. Molloy, pp 3509 DOI:10.1039/a704205a

Synthesis of highly stable intermediates in Michael-type additions to the double bond in (SPPh2)2CCH2 Eduardo J. Fernández, M. Concepción Gimeno, Peter G. Jones, Antonio Laguna, José M. López-de-Luzuriaga and Elena Olmos, pp 3515 DOI:10.1039/a703357e

Photoinduced isomerisation of the iridium(III) complex trans,mer-[IrCl2(CN)(PEt2Ph)3] to the fac and the cis,mer isomers Antony J. Deeming and Alexander E. Vassos, pp 3519 DOI:10.1039/a703703a

Epoxide ring opening catalysed by imidochromium complexes Wa-Hung Leung, Man-Ching Wu, Joyce L. C. Chim, Man-Tat Yu, Hong-wei Hou, Lam-Lung Yeung, Wing-Tak Wong and Yu Wang, pp 3525 DOI:10.1039/a700380c

Quantitative transfer of a methyl group from a methyl(hydrido)iridium complex to SiRH3 (R = n-butyl, pentyl or hexyl) to give SiR(Me)H2 and a dihydridoiridium complex Masaaki Okazaki, Hiromi Tobita and Hiroshi Ogino, pp 3531 DOI:10.1039/a702439h

Mono- and bi-nuclear copper(II) complexes with polyazacyclophane receptors containing two different binding sites Carla Bazzicalupi, Andrea Bencini, Antonio Bianchi, Vieri Fusi, Claudia Giorgi, Piero Paoletti and Barbara Valtancoli, pp 3535 DOI:10.1039/a701173c

Directed syntheses and structural studies of mononuclear copper(II) and heterodinuclear copper(II)-iron(III) complexes from the same unsymmetrical dinucleating ligand Catherine Belle, Isabelle Gautier-Luneau, Gisèle Gellon, Jean-Louis Pierre, Irène Morgenstern-Badarau and Eric Saint-Aman, pp 3543 DOI:10.1039/a703366d

µ-Oxo bridged diiron(III) complexes and hydrogen peroxide: oxygenation and catalase-like activities Takashi Okuno, Sayo Ito, Shigeru Ohba and Yuzo Nishida, pp 3547 DOI:10.1039/a700030h

Synthesis and structure of osmium(II) organometallics incorporating a four-membered salicylideneiminium metallacycle and Os-1-NO2 binding Kausikisankar Pramanik, Prasanta Ghosh and Animesh Chakravorty, pp 3553 DOI:10.1039/a702070h

Air-stable ruthenium(II) and osmium(II) fluoride complexes. Crystal structures of [OC-6-13][MF2(CO)2(PR3)2] [M = Ru, PR3 = PEtPh2; M = Os, PR3 = PPh3 or P(C6H11)3] Karl S. Coleman, John Fawcett, John H. Holloway, Eric G. Hope and David R. Russell, pp 3557 DOI:10.1039/a702142i

Synthesis and characterisation of hexaruthenium carbido carbonyl clusters containing arenes derived from biphenyl Brian F. G. Johnson, Douglas S. Shephard, Dario Braga, Fabrizia Grepioni and Simon Parsons, pp 3563 DOI:10.1039/a700679i

Rhenium(I) di- and tri-carbonyl compounds of polypyridyl-like ligands: electrochemical reactions of fac-[Re(CO)3(dpk)Cl] (dpk = di-2-pyridyl ketone) with electrophiles and Group I and II metal ions Mohammed Bakir and Jacinth A. M. McKenzie, pp 3571 DOI:10.1039/a608470b

Mono(cyclopentadienyl) and ansa-bis(cyclopentadienyl)imido derivatives of Group 5 and 6 transition metals; crystal structures of [M{(-C5H4)CMe2(-C5H4)}(NR)X] (M = Nb, R = SiMe3, X = Cl; R = But, X = Cl, Br or I; M = Ta, R = But, X = Cl) Nigel J. Bailey, Jonathan A. Cooper, Hartmut Gailus, Malcolm L. H. Green, J. Thomas James and Michael A. Leech, pp 3579 DOI:10.1039/a702758c

Syntheses and structural characterizations of novel tungsten and molybdenum complexes of fullerene [M(2-C60)(CO)2(phen)(dbm)]· 2C6H6·C5H12 (M = W or Mo, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, dbm = dibutyl maleate) Kaluo Tang, Shijun Zheng, Xianglin Jin, Hui Zeng, Zhennan Gu, Xihuang Zhou and Youqi Tang, pp 3585 DOI:10.1039/a704145d

Synthesis of acylphosphine complexes by controllable migration of acyl groups from molybdenum to phosphido ligands Harry Adams, Neil A. Bailey, Peter Blenkiron and Michael J. Morris, pp 3589 DOI:10.1039/a703948d

Structure, bonding, and reactivity of molybdenum 3-cyclohexenone complexes in comparison with their cyclopentenone analogues: 3-allyl/4-diene conversion Valentin N. Sapunov, Christian Slugovc, Kurt Mereiter, Roland Schmid and Karl Kirchner, pp 3599 DOI:10.1039/a703633g

Bonding in the trihalides (X3-), mixed trihalides (X2Y-) and hydrogen bihalides (X2H-). The connection between hypervalent, electron-rich three-center, donor-acceptor and strong hydrogen bonding Gregory A. Landrum, Norman Goldberg and Roald Hoffmann, pp 3605 DOI:10.1039/a703736h

Platinum(II) complexes catalyze reactions between platinum(IV) complexes and 9-methylxanthine Rosette M. Roat, Maria J. Jerardi, Catherine B. Kopay, Danica C. Heath, Jessica A. Clark, Jessa A. DeMars, John M. Weaver, Ernst Bezemer and Jan Reedijk, pp 3615 DOI:10.1039/a703749j

Nuclear magnetic resonance, luminescence and structural studies of lanthanide complexes with octadentate macrocyclic ligands bearing benzylphosphinate groups Silvio Aime, Andrei S. Batsanov, Mauro Botta, Rachel S. Dickins, Stephen Faulkner, Clive E. Foster, Alice Harrison, Judith A. K. Howard, Janet M. Moloney, Timothy J. Norman, David Parker, Louise Royle and J. A. Gareth Williams, pp 3623 DOI:10.1039/a703065g

Potentiometric and spectroscopic study of copper(II) and nickel(II) complexes of trans-dioxopentaaza macrocycles in aqueous solution Mathieu W. A. Steenland, Ilse Dierck, Gerrit G. Herman, Bart Devreese, Werner Lippens, Jozef Van Beeumen and André M. Goeminne, pp 3637 DOI:10.1039/a703762g

Issue 20

Cyanide-bridged oligonuclear complexes: features and attractions Heinrich Vahrenkamp, Andreas Gei and Guy N. Richardson, pp 3643 DOI:10.1039/a703504g

Formation of a metallocyclophane via self-assembly of 2,3-bis(2,2-bipyrid-6-yl)pyrazine and cobalt(II) Fenton Heirtzler and Thomas Weyhermüller, pp 3653 DOI:10.1039/a705598f

Formation of oligomeric lanthanide complexes with new tripodal poly(imino carboxylate) ligands Alexander J. Blake, Dan M. J. Doble, Wan-Sheung Li and Martin Schröder, pp 3655 DOI:10.1039/a706000i

Defect fluorite-type structures: modelling triclinic lanthanoid oxides* Raymond L. Martin, pp 3659 DOI:10.1039/a704836j

Structure and reactivity of 4-cyclobutadiene and cisoid-4(5e)-butadienyl-substituted rhenium complexes formed by reaction of [ReBr2{2(4e)-alkyne}(-C5H5)] with alkynes or o-diphenylphosphinostyrene* Stephen J. Dossett, Michael Green, Mary F. Mahon, Jacqueline M. McInnes and Corinne Vaughan, pp 3671 DOI:10.1039/a704076h

Magnetic properties of dinuclear copper(II) complexes with a N6 pyridazine-derived ligand* Evgenia Spodine, Ana María Atria, Jorge Manzur, Ana María García, María Teresa Garland, Alexandre Hocquet, Eduardo Sanhueza, Ricardo Baggio, Octavio Peña and Jean-Yves Saillard, pp 3683 DOI:10.1039/a703716c

Interligand CH · · ·  interaction in binary cobalt(III) complexes of N-pyridoxy-L-amino acids. Biological significance of the pyridoxal 2-methyl group Koichiro Jitsukawa, Kouji Iwai, Hideki Masuda, Hisanobu Ogoshi and Hisahiko Einaga, pp 3691 DOI:10.1039/a702900d

Aggregation and axial ligand exchange behavior of water-soluble pyrrole- brominated porphyrins Francis DSouza, Gollapalli R. Deviprasad and Melvin E. Zandler, pp 3699 DOI:10.1039/a702456h

Synthesis and characterisation of tin(II) and tin(IV) citrates Paul R. Deacon, Mary F. Mahon, Kieran C. Molloy and Phillip C. Waterfield, pp 3705 DOI:10.1039/a704511e

Synthesis and structural characterization of tris[3-trifluoromethyl-5-(2-thienyl)pyrazolyl]hydroborato thallium, Tl[TpCF3,Tn]: a monovalent thallium complex with a highly solvent dependent JTl-F coupling constant, ranging from 0 to 850 Hz Runyu Han, Prasenjit Ghosh, Peter J. Desrosiers, Swiatoslaw Trofimenko and Gerard Parkin, pp 3713 DOI:10.1039/a703496b

Synthesis, spectroscopic and redox properties of ruthenium complexes with selenoether macrocycles: crystal structures of cis-[RuCl2([16]aneSe4)] and trans-[RuCl(PPh3)([16]aneSe4)]PF6 ([16]aneSe4 = 1,5,9,13-tetraselenacyclohexadecane) William Levason, Jeffrey J. Quirk, Gillian Reid and Stephen M. Smith, pp 3719 DOI:10.1039/a703667a

Thiolateisocyanide complexes of molybdenum(II) and tungsten(II): crystal structures of cis-[Mo(SC6H2Pri3-2,4,6)2(CNMe)4], cis-[Mo(SC6H2Pri3-2,4,6)2(CNBut)4] and cis-[W(SC6H2Pri3-2,4,6)2(CNMe)4], and anodically induced isomerisation studies M. Fatima C. Guedes da Silva, Peter B. Hitchcock, David L. Hughes, Katayoun Marjani, Armando J. L. Pombeiro and Raymond L. Richards, pp 3725 DOI:10.1039/a703860g

Catalytic decomposition of dialkyl pyrocarbonates to dialkyl carbonates and carbon dioxide in dichloromethane by a discrete cobalt(II) alkoxide species generated in situ Bryan Greener and Paul H. Walton, pp 3733 DOI:10.1039/a705144a

Solid-state tellurium-125 nuclear magnetic resonance studies of transition-metal ditellurides Isabelle Orion, João Rocha, Stéphane Jobic, Virginie Abadie, Raymond Brec, Christian Fernandez and Jean-Paul Amoureux, pp 3741 DOI:10.1039/a704757f

Bis(ethylene) complexes of molybdenum- and tungsten-(0) containing the CH3C(CH2PMe2)3 ligand: synthesis, solution conformation and reactivity Antonio Pastor and Agustín Galindo, pp 3749 DOI:10.1039/a704748g

Chiral oxazoline ligands. Synthesis and characterization of palladium, nickel and manganese complexes containing bidentate N,O and N,P moieties Montserrat Gómez-Simón, Susanna Jansat, Guillermo Muller, David Panyella, Mercè Font-Bardía and Xavier Solans, pp 3755 DOI:10.1039/a703951d

Synthesis and metallation of ferrocenylimines derived from ligating diaminoheteroarenes Catherine M. Asselin, Greig C. Fraser, H. K. Hall Jr., W. Edward Lindsell, Anne B. Padias and Peter N. Preston, pp 3765 DOI:10.1039/a703768f

Two complete stereochemical sets of dinuclear ruthenium complexes Oma Morgan, Sihe Wang, Sung-A Bae, Robert J. Morgan, A. David Baker, Thomas C. Strekas and Robert Engel, pp 3773 DOI:10.1039/a702829f

Co-ordinative properties of a hybrid phosphine-bipyridine ligand Raymond Ziessel, Loïc Toupet, Sylvie Chardon-Noblat, Alain Deronzier and Dominique Matt, pp 3777 DOI:10.1039/a702463k

Synthesis, structure, and redox properties of the molybdenum(VI) complexes [Mo(5-C5Ph4R)O2X] (R = 2,5-dimethoxyphenyl; X = Br or alkoxide) Wendy M. Harrison, Charles Saadeh, Stephen B. Colbran and Donald C. Craig, pp 3785 DOI:10.1039/a702216f

Synthesis, structure and catecholase activity study of dinuclear copper(II) complexes Jörg Reim and Bernt Krebs, pp 3793 DOI:10.1039/a704245k

Kinetic investigations into the mechanism of peroxosulfate oxidation of Calmagite dye catalysed by manganese(II) ions John Oakes, Peter Gratton and Ira Weil, pp 3805 DOI:10.1039/a700480j

Kinetic investigations into the copper(II)-catalysed peroxosulfate oxidation of Calmagite dye in alkaline media John Oakes, Gordon Welch and Peter Gratton, pp 3811 DOI:10.1039/a700481h

Chlorophosphate solvolyses. Evaluation of third-order rate laws and rate-product correlations for diphenyl phosphorochloridate in aqueous alcohols T. William Bentley, David Ebdon, Gareth Llewellyn, Mohamad H. Abduljaber, Bronwyn Miller and Dennis N. Kevill, pp 3819 DOI:10.1039/a703409a

Factors affecting the rate of ligand substitution reactions of aquacobalamin (vitamin B12a) Helder M. Marques and Leanne Knapton, pp 3827 DOI:10.1039/a703139d

Ion-size recognition of Group 13 metals (Al3+, In3+) with modified -diketones Quyen T. H. Le, Shigeo Umetani and Masakazu Matsui, pp 3835 DOI:10.1039/a702377d

Theoretical study of acetylide complexes of early transition metals Filippo De Angelis, Nazzareno Re, Marzio Rosi, Antonio Sgamellotti and Carlo Floriani, pp 3841 DOI:10.1039/a702369c

Theoretical study of the metathesis-like reaction between ditungsten hexaalkoxides and alkynes Simona Fantacci, Nazzareno Re, Marzio Rosi, Antonio Sgamellotti, Martyn F. Guest, Paul Sherwood and Carlo Floriani, pp 3845 DOI:10.1039/a702381b

Co-ordination of copper(II) and nickel(II) ions by a novel open chain oxime ligand Anna M. Duda, Aldona Karaczyn, Henryk Kozowski, Igor O. Fritsky, Tadeusz Gowiak, Elena V. Prisyazhnaya, Tatiana Yu. Sliva and Jolanta witek-Kozowska, pp 3853 DOI:10.1039/a703202a

The mixed-metal carbonyl cluster anion [Ru3Ir(CO)13]-: synthesis, molecular structure, fluxionality, reactivity Georg Süss-Fink, Susanne Haak, Vincent Ferrand and Helen Stoeckli-Evans, pp 3861 DOI:10.1039/a704657j

Synthesis and structures of organometallic derivatives of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octamethyl-1,5-dihydro-s-indacene Stephen Barlow, Douglas R. Cary, Mark J. Drewitt and Dermot OHare, pp 3867 DOI:10.1039/a703598e

Complexation of zinc(II) and other divalent metal ions by the fluorophore 2-methyl-8-(toluene-p-sulfonamido)-6-quinolyloxyacetic acid in 50% aqueous ethanol Kym M. Hendrickson, Theo Rodopoulos, Pierre-André Pittet, Indumathy Mahadevan, Stephen F. Lincoln, A. David Ward, Tomas Kurucsev, Paul A. Duckworth, Ian J. Forbes, Peter D. Zalewski and W. Henry Betts, pp 3879 DOI:10.1039/a703433d

Kinetic study of the oxidation of ascorbic acid by aqueous copper(II) catalysed by chloride ion* Margaret J. Sisley and Robert B. Jordan, pp 3883 DOI:10.1039/a701574g

Synthesis of platinum(II) and palladium(II) complexes containing substituted (2-aminophenyl)phosphines. Molecular structure of cis-[PtMe(2-HNC6H4PPh2)(2-H2NC6H4PPh2)] Swarup Chatterjee, David C. R. Hockless, Geoffrey Salem and Paul Waring, pp 3889 DOI:10.1039/a704083k

2-Tetrahydrofurfuroxo-vanadium-(III) and -(IV) complexes. Synthesis, structures and reactivities of [V2Mg2(µ3,2-thffo)2(µ,2-thffo)4Cl4]· 2CH2Cl2 and [V2(µ,2-thffo)2Cl2O2] Zofia Janas, Piotr Sobota, Maria Klimowicz, Sawomir Szafert, Krzysztof Szczegot and Lucjan B. Jerzykiewicz, pp 3897 DOI:10.1039/a703828c

Issue 21

Bioinorganic Chemistry: a personal perspective C. David Garner, pp 3903 DOI:10.1039/dt973903

A crystallographic view of the molybdenum cofactor Douglas C. Rees, Yonglin Hu, Caroline Kisker and Hermann Schindelin, pp 3909 DOI:10.1039/a704048b

Chemical keys to molybdenum enzymes* Edward I. Stiefel, pp 3915 DOI:10.1039/a704936f

Principles of small molecule activation by metalloenzymes as exemplified by the soluble methane monooxygenase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath)* Ann M. Valentine and Stephen J. Lippard, pp 3925 DOI:10.1039/a705116f

Oxygen activation at non-heme diiron active sites in biology: lessons from model complexes* Lawrence QueJr, pp 3933 DOI:10.1039/a703345a

Blueprints for inorganic materials with natural form: inorganic liquid crystals and a language of inorganic shape Neil Coombs, Deepa Khushalani, Scott Oliver, Geoffrey A. Ozin, Guo Cheng Shen, Igor Sokolov and Hong Yang, pp 3941 DOI:10.1039/a704741j

Biomineralization: the form(id)able part of bioinorganic chemistry!* Stephen Mann, pp 3953 DOI:10.1039/a704004k

Manganese clusters: a common ground for photosynthesis, quantum tunnelling of the magnetization and colossal magnetoresistance* Andrea Caneschi, Dante Gatteschi and Roberta Sessoli, pp 3963 DOI:10.1039/a704819j

Effects of metal-ion binding on nucleobase pairing: stabilization, prevention and mismatch formation Bernhard Lippert, pp 3971 DOI:10.1039/a702916k

Catalytic iron(II) oxidation in the non-haem ferritin of Escherichia coli: the early intermediate is not an iron tyrosinate* Zhongwei Zhao, Amyra Treffry, Michael A. Quail, John R. Guest and Pauline M. Harrison, pp 3977 DOI:10.1039/a703675b

Intramolecular migration of co-ordinated platinum from a sulfur to N7 in the nucleopeptide Met-d(TpG) (5-O-methioninate-N-ylcarbonylthymidine 2-deoxyguanosine monophosphate) Jan-Maarten Teuben, Stella S. G. E. van Boom and Jan Reedijk, pp 3979 DOI:10.1039/a703600k

Protein ligands for molybdate. Specificity and charge stabilisation at the anion-binding sites of periplasmic and intracellular molybdate-binding proteins of Azotobacter vinelandii David M. Lawson, Clare E. Williams, Daniel J. White, Achille P. Choay, Lesley A. Mitchenall and Richard N. Pau, pp 3981 DOI:10.1039/a704006g

Synthesis of oxomolybdenum bis(dithiolene) complexes related to the cofactor of the oxomolybdoenzymes E. Stephen Davies, Roy L. Beddoes, David Collison, Andrew Dinsmore, Arefa Docrat, John A. Joule, Clare R. Wilson and C. David Garner, pp 3985 DOI:10.1039/a703682e

Kinetics of oxygen-atom transfer reactions involving molybdenum dithiolene complexes Christian Lorber, Maria Rosaria Plutino, Lars I. Elding and Ebbe Nordlander, pp 3997 DOI:10.1039/a704332e

Computer modelling of electron paramagnetic resonance-active molybdenum(V) species in xanthine oxidase Mark R. Bray and Robert J. Deeth, pp 4005 DOI:10.1039/a704458e

Dinuclear iron(III)-metal(II) complexes as structural core models for purple acid phosphatases Morten Ghiladi, Christine J. McKenzie, Anke Meier, Annie K. Powell, Jens Ulstrup and Sigrid Wocadlo, pp 4011 DOI:10.1039/a704388k

Electrochemical oxidation and protonation of a bridging amide ligand at a dinuclear metal-sulfur site François Y. Pétillon, Philippe Schollhammer and Jean Talarmin, pp 4019 DOI:10.1039/a703959j

Syntheses, structures and electrochemistry of [CuL1(LR)]BF4 [L1 = 3-{2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-1-(2-pyridyl)pyrazole; LR = tris(3-arylpyrazolyl)hydroborate] and [CuL12][BF4]2. Effects of graphitic interactions on the stability of an aryl radical cation Malcolm A. Halcrow, Eric J. L. McInnes, Frank E. Mabbs, Ian J. Scowen, Mary McPartlin, Harold R. Powell and John E. Davies, pp 4025 DOI:10.1039/a700317j

Effect of different amphiphiles and their monolayers on the crystallization of CuSO4·5H2O Ruikang Tang, Chaoyang Jiang and Zihou Tai, pp 4037 DOI:10.1039/a703150e

Effect of copper(II) on the aerobic oxidative uptake of iron(II) by horse spleen apoferritin John McKnight, Natasha White and Geoffrey R. Moore, pp 4043 DOI:10.1039/a704456i

Tight metal binding by humic acids and its role in biomineralization Geoffrey Davies, Amjad Fataftah, Aleksandr Cherkasskiy, Elham A. Ghabbour, Amal Radwan, Susan A. Jansen, Santha Kolla, Mark D. Paciolla, Lawrence T. Sein, Jr., Wolfgang Buermann, Mahalingam Balasubramanian, Joseph Budnick and Baoshan Xing, pp 4047 DOI:10.1039/a703145i

Biomimetic control of iron oxide and hydroxide phases in the iron oxalate system* Michel Molinier, Daniel J. Price, Paul T. Wood and Annie K. Powell, pp 4061 DOI:10.1039/a704400c

Electron paramagnetic resonance study of the S = ½ ground state of a radiolysis-generated manganese(III)-trimanganese(IV) form of [MnIV4O6(bipy)6]4+ (bipy = 2,2-bipyridine). Comparison with the photosynthetic Oxygen Evolving Complex Geneviève Blondin, Roman Davydov, Christian Philouze, Marie-France Charlot, tenbjörn Styring, Björn Åkermark, Jean-Jacques Girerd and Alain Boussac, pp 4069 DOI:10.1039/a703381h

An extended X-ray absorption fine structure study of bis(µ-oxo) bridged dinuclear manganese co-ordination compounds containing alkali- and alkaline-earth-metal cations in a crown ether moiety Sandra Turconi, Colin P. Horwitz, Yangzhen Ciringh, Susan T. Weintraub, Joseph T. Warden, Jonathan H. A. Nugent and Michael C. W. Evans, pp 4075 DOI:10.1039/a700044h

The electronic structure of the mixed-valence copper dimer [Cu2{N(CH2CH2NCHCHNCH2CH2)3N}]3+ Jacqueline A. Farrar, Roger Grinter, Frank Neese, Jane Nelson and Andrew J. Thomson, pp 4083 DOI:10.1039/a704392i

Towards synthetic models for trinuclear copper active sites of ascorbate oxidase and laccase: self-assembly, crystal structure and magnetic properties of the copper(II) complexes of 1,3,5-tris(1,4,7-triazacyclonon-1-ylmethyl)benzene Leone Spiccia, Bim Graham, Milton T. W. Hearn, George Lazarev, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray and Edward R. T. Tiekink, pp 4089 DOI:10.1039/a704397j

Interaction of tin(IV) with doxorubicin Elisabetta Balestrieri, Linalda Bellugi, Andrea Boicelli, Marcello Giomini, Anna Maria Giuliani, Mauro Giustini, Luca Marciani and Peter J. Sadler, pp 4099 DOI:10.1039/a702588b

[1H,15N] Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of [Pt(dien)Cl]+ (dien = diethylenetriamine): hydrolysis and reactions with nucleotides Zijian Guo, Yu Chen, Erle Zang and Peter J. Sadler, pp 4107 DOI:10.1039/a704585i

Oxidative damage on RNA mediated by cationic metalloporphyrin-antisense oligonucleotides conjugates Victor Duarte, Sophie Sixou, Gilles Favre, Geneviève Pratviel and Bernard Meunier, pp 4113 DOI:10.1039/a704743f

A novel hexaaza macrocycle with methylenephosphonate pendant arms: a potential useful chelate for biomedical applications S. W. Annie Bligh, Nick Choi, Carlos F. G. C. Geraldes, Stefan Knoke, Mary McPartlin, Mahesh J. Sanganee and Thomas M. Woodroffe, pp 4119 DOI:10.1039/a703678g

Issue 22

Mineralomimetic chemistry as a modern aspect of co-ordination chemistry Toschitake Iwamoto, Shin-ichi Nishikiori, Takafumi Kitazawa and Hidetaka Yuge, pp 4127 DOI:10.1039/a702539d

3-, 4- and 6-Co-ordination complexes of the weakly co-ordinating anion tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate John Powell, Alan Lough and Tahir Saeed, pp 4137 DOI:10.1039/a706044k

Novel syntheses of linked cyclopentadienyl-amide complexes Andrew K. Hughes and Andrew J. Kingsley, pp 4139 DOI:10.1039/a705120d

Co-existing pseudo-planar and saddle conformers of tetramethyl tetraaza[14]annulene platinum complexes: X-ray crystallographic studies on [PtII(tmtaa)] and trans-[PtIVCl2(tmtaa)] Rowena L. Paul, Stephen F. Gheller, Graham A. Heath, David C. R. Hockless, Louis M. Rendina and Meta Sterns, pp 4143 DOI:10.1039/a706271k

Trends within a triad: comparison between -alkyl complexes of nickel, palladium and platinum with respect to association of ethylene, migratory insertion and -hydride elimination. A theoretical study§ Staffan Strömberg, Krister Zetterberg and Per E. M. Siegbahn, pp 4147 DOI:10.1039/a704584k

Halide-bridged arsine- and phosphine-capped diruthenium complexes, [(R3As)3Ru(µ-X)3Ru(AsR3)3]+ and [(R3P)3Ru(µ-X)3Ru(PR3)3]+ (X = Cl or Br), as precursors to confacial mixed-valence ruthenium blues: spectroelectrochemical studies spanning the binuclear oxidation states II,II, II,III and III,III Brett D. Yeomans, David G. Humphrey and Graham A. Heath, pp 4153 DOI:10.1039/a705675c

Syntheses and quadratic hyperpolarizabilities of some (pyridylalkynyl)metal complexes: crystal structures of [Ni{2-(CC)C5H3NNO2-5}(PPh3)(-C5H5)], [Au{2-(CC)C5H3NNO2-5}(PPh3)] and [Au{2-(CC)C5H4N}(PPh3)] Raina H. Naulty, Marie P. Cifuentes, Mark G. Humphrey, Stephan Houbrechts, Carlo Boutton, André Persoons, Graham A. Heath, David C. R. Hockless, Barry Luther-Davies and Marek Samoc, pp 4167 DOI:10.1039/a702249b

Oxidations of hydrogen peroxide by bis(1,4,7-triazacyclononane)nickel(III), bis(1,4,7-trithiacyclononane)iron(III) and tris(2,2-bipyridine)ruthenium(III) ions in acidic aqueous solutions Nobuyoshi Koshino, Shigenobu Funahashi and Hideo D. Takagi, pp 4175 DOI:10.1039/a703670a

Tris(carboxymethyl)oxatriazamacrocycles and their metal complexes Sílvia Chaves, Ana Cerva and Rita Delgado, pp 4181 DOI:10.1039/a704109h

Crown ether conformations in 1,3-calix[4]arene bis(crown ethers): crystal structures of a caesium complex and solvent adducts and molecular dynamics simulations* Pierre Thuéry,, Martine Nierlich, Jeffrey C. Bryan, Véronique Lamare, Jean-François Dozol, Zouhair Asfari and Jacques Vicens, pp 4191 DOI:10.1039/a705453j

Soft cobalt(III) centres: electronic levelling in [CoX3(AH3)2] (X = Cl, Br or I; A = P, As or Sb)* Robert J. Deeth, pp 4203 DOI:10.1039/a705370c

Ruthenium(II) tris(pyrazolyl)borate complexes. Reversible vinylidene complex formation Christian Slugovc, Valentin N. Sapunov, Petra Wiede, Kurt Mereiter, Roland Schmid and Karl Kirchner, pp 4209 DOI:10.1039/a702194a

Structure investigation of dimethyl-aluminium, -gallium and -indium O,O-chelate complexes in solution and the solid state. Molecular structure of five-co-ordinated [Me2M(µ-OC6H4CO2Me-2)]2 adducts Janusz Lewiski, Janusz Zachara and Kazimierz B. Starowieyski, pp 4217 DOI:10.1039/a703766j

Structural, spectroscopic and redox studies of trans-[RuX2L4]0/+ (L = PR3, AsR3 or SbR3; X = Cl, Br or I). Crystal structures of trans-[RuX2(EMe2Ph)4] (X = Br, E = Sb; X = I, E = As), [Ru2Br5(SbMe2Ph)4] and [Ru2I3(PMe2Ph)6][CF3SO3] Nicholas J. Holmes, William Levason and Michael Webster, pp 4223 DOI:10.1039/a703897f

Ten-vertex monocarbaborane chemistry. Synthesis of carbon-substituted ligand derivatives 1-L-closo-1-CB9H9 and crystal and molecular structure of 1-(Me3N)-closo-1-CB9H9 Tomá Jelínek, Bohumil tíbr, Jaromír Pleek, Mark Thornton-Pett and John D. Kennedy, pp 4231 DOI:10.1039/a703469e

The influence of the chelate effect on supramolecular structure formation: synthesis and crystal structures of zinc thiourea and thiosemicarbazide complexes with terephthalate Andrew D. Burrows, Stephan Menzer, D. Michael P. Mingos, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 4237 DOI:10.1039/a703830e

A polymeric cationic copper(I) complex involving a quadruply bridging, zwitterionic thiolate ligand: {[Cu8Cl6(SCH2CH2NH3)6]Cl2}n Zahra Salehi, R. V. Parish and Robin G. Pritchard, pp 4241 DOI:10.1039/a705217k

Molybdenum carbonyl complexes of pendant-arm polyazamacrocycles Monica Rossignoli, Paul V. Bernhardt and Geoffrey A. Lawrance, pp 4247 DOI:10.1039/a704343k

Partially reduced calix[4]arenes: structures and co-ordination chemistry Alexander Bilyk, Jack M. Harrowfield, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 4251 DOI:10.1039/a703406g

Solid and solution structures of ternary gold(I) complexes with triphenylphosphine and nitrogen-containing ligands Megumu Munakata, Sheng-Gang Yan, Masahiko Maekawa, Mamoru Akiyama and Susumu Kitagawa, pp 4257 DOI:10.1039/a705177h

Guanidines as neutral monodentate ligands; syntheses and crystal structures of [Co{PhNC(NHPh)2}2Cl2] and [Ag{PhNC(NHPh)2}][SO3CF3] Philip J. Bailey, Keith J. Grant, Stuart Pace, Simon Parsons and Lisa J. Stewart, pp 4263 DOI:10.1039/a704570k

Proton nuclear magnetic resonance and potentiometric studies on the palladium(II)-prolylglycylalanylhistidine binary system Panayotis Tsiveriotis, Nick Hadjiliadis and Imre Sovago, pp 4267 DOI:10.1039/a705299e

Synthesis and reactivity of [Pd2L2R2(µ-OH)2]-type complexes (L = PEt3 or PPh3; R = Me, PhCH2 or Ph). Crystal structure of [Pd2(PPh3)2Ph2(µ-OH)(µ-NHC6H4OMe-p)] José Ruiz, Venancio Rodríguez, Gregorio López, Penny A. Chaloner and P. B. Hitchcock, pp 4271 DOI:10.1039/a704203e

Self-replication of tris(cyanoethyl)phosphine catalysed by platinum group metal complexes Emiliana Costa, Paul G. Pringle, Martin B. Smith and Kerry Worboys, pp 4277 DOI:10.1039/a704655c

Synthesis and characterisation of new acetylide-functionalised oligothiophenes and their dinuclear platinum complexes Jack Lewis, Nicholas J. Long, Paul R. Raithby, Gregory P. Shields, Wai-Yeung Wong and Muhammad Younus, pp 4283 DOI:10.1039/a704708h

Symmetrisation, isomerism and structural studies on novel phenylmercury(II) thiosemicarbazonates: correlation of the energy barrier to rotation of the amino group with the bonding parameters of the thioamide group Tarlok S. Lobana, Agustín Sánchez, José S. Casas, Alfonso Castiñeiras, José Sordo, María S. García-Tasende and Ezequiel M. Vázquez-López, pp 4289 DOI:10.1039/a703726k

Synthesis and structural characterisation of monomeric Group 14 metal dialkyls MR2 [R = CPh(SiMe3)(C5H4N-2) or CH(SiMe3)(C9H6N-8); M = Ge, Sn or Pb] Wing-Por Leung, Wai-Him Kwok, Lin-Hong Weng, Lawrence T. C. Law, Zhong Yuan Zhou and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 4301 DOI:10.1039/a705206e

Synthesis and crystal structures of alkali-metal (+)-neomenthylcyclopentadienyl complexes Wing-Por Leung, Fu-Quan Song, Feng Xue and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 4307 DOI:10.1039/a706073d

Synthesis and characterisation of stable carbene-indium(III) halide complexes Steven J. Black, David E. Hibbs, Michael B. Hursthouse, Cameron Jones, K. M. Abdul Malik and Neil A. Smithies, pp 4313 DOI:10.1039/a705358d

Metal-mediated couplings of a diphosphastibolyl ring anion, [1,4,2-P2SbC2But2]-: synthesis and characterisation of novel antimony-containing cage compounds Steven J. Black, David E. Hibbs, Michael B. Hursthouse, Cameron Jones, K. M. Abdul Malik and Ryan C. Thomas, pp 4321 DOI:10.1039/a704809b

Dimer species in dimethyl sulfoxide-water (8020 w/w) solution of N,N-bis(salicylideneimine)-m-phenylenediamine (H2sal-m-phen) and similar Schiff bases with CuII, NiII, CoII and ZnII. Crystal structure of [Co2(sal-m-phen)2]·CHCl3 Rita Hernández-Molina, Alfredo Mederos, Pedro Gili, Sixto Domínguez, Francesc Lloret, Joan Cano, Miguel Julve, Catalina Ruiz-Pérez and Xavier Solans, pp 4327 DOI:10.1039/a702151h

Synthesis, structure and polarized optical spectroscopy of two new fluoromanganese(III) complexes Pedro Núñez, Carlos Elías, Jesús Fuentes, Xavier Solans, Alain Tressaud, M. Carmen Marco de Lucas and Fernando Rodríguez, pp 4335 DOI:10.1039/a704368f

Kinetics of oxidation of hydrogen peroxide by dioxo-bridged manganese(III,IV) complexes Rupendranath Banerjee, Biswapriya Mondal and Shibnath Kundu, pp 4341 DOI:10.1039/a702437a

Mono-, di- and tetra-nuclear p-cymeneruthenium complexes containing oxalato ligands Hong Yan, Georg Süss-Fink, Antonia Neels and Helen Stoeckli-Evans, pp 4345 DOI:10.1039/a704658h

Calamitic liquid crystals containing metal-metal bonds: design of mesomorphic materials based on the Ru2(CO)4(µ-2-O2CR)2L2 sawhorse unit Robert Deschenaux, Bertrand Donnio, Gerd Rheinwald, Frédéric Stauffer, Georg Süss-Fink and Jörg Velker, pp 4351 DOI:10.1039/a704712f

Synthesis and characterization of hexaosmium carbonyl clusters containing pyridine ligands: crystal and molecular structures of [Os6(CO)15(µ4-2-CO)(C5H5N)3], [Os6(CO)15(µ-H)(µ-CO)(µ3-O)(C5H5N)(µ-2-NC5H4)] and [Os6(CO)14(µ-H)(µ-CO)(MeCN)(C5H5N)(µ-2-NC5H4)] Kelvin Sze-Yin Leung and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 4357 DOI:10.1039/a703211k

First optical non-linearity study on Group 6-Group 10 sulfido mixed-metal complexes, synthesis and crystal structure of [NEt4][PdWS4(S2CNC4H8)] and [NEt4]2[PdW2S8] De-Liang Long, Wing-Tak Wong, Shu Shi, Xin-Quan Xin and Jin-Shun Huang, pp 4361 DOI:10.1039/a704038e

Reaction of tellurium tetrachloride with cyclohexene and the crystal structure of racemic bis(trans-2-chlorocyclohexyl)tellurium dichloride Ama Achampong and Adrian W. Parkins, pp 4367 DOI:10.1039/a704139j

Soft X-ray induced excited spin state trapping and soft X-ray photochemistry at the iron L2,3 edge in [Fe(phen)2(NCS)2] and [Fe(phen)2(NCSe)2] (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) David Collison, C. David Garner, Catherine M. McGrath, J. Frederick W. Mosselmans, Mark D. Roper, Jon M. W. Seddon, Ekk Sinn and Nigel A. Young, pp 4371 DOI:10.1039/a703728g

Synthesis and reactivity of the ferrocene-derived phosphine [Fe(-C5H5){-C5H4CH2P(CH2OH)2}] Nicholas J. Goodwin, William Henderson, Brian K. Nicholson, J. Kwabena Sarfo, John Fawcett and David R. Russell, pp 4377 DOI:10.1039/a703666c

Cycloplatination of aryl and ferrocenyl oximes by cis-[PtCl2(OSMe2)2] affording expected platinum(II) and unexpected platinum(IV) products Alexander D. Ryabov, Gregory M. Kazankov, Irina M. Panyashkina, Oleg V. Grozovsky, Oleg G. Dyachenko, Vladimir A. Polyakov and Lyudmila G. Kuzmina, pp 4385 DOI:10.1039/a702281f

Synthesis and crystal structures of oxonium ion complexes of 21-crown-7 and dibenzo-30-crown-10 Peter C. Junk and Jerry L. Atwood, pp 4393 DOI:10.1039/a705351g

Conformationally locked mixed aza-thioether macrocycles: synthesis and structures of complexes of PdII, PtII and RhIII of 2,5,8-trithia[9](2,9)-1,10-phenanthrolinophane Francesco Contu, Francesco Demartin, Francesco A. Devillanova, Alessandra Garau, Francesco Isaia, Vito Lippolis, Andrea Salis and Gaetano Verani, pp 4401 DOI:10.1039/a703752j

Cytosine nucleobase as a tridentate ligand: Metal binding to N3, N4 and O2 in the trinuclear complex cis-[Pt(NH3)2(mcyt)2{Pd(en)}2][NO3]4·H2O (mcyt = 1-methylcytosinate, en = ethane-1,2-diamine) Dagmar Holthenrich, Ennio Zangrando, Elisabetta Chiarparin, Bernhard Lippert and Lucio Randaccio, pp 4407 DOI:10.1039/a704460g

Intramolecular competition between histidine and methionine side chains in reactions of dipeptides with [Pt(en)(H2O)2]2+ (en = H2NCH2CH2NH2) Christian D. W. Fröhling and William S. Sheldrick, pp 4411 DOI:10.1039/a704002d

Synthesis of complexes of dimethyltin(IV) with mono- and di-deprotonated pyridoxine (PN) in media with various anions. Crystal structures of [SnMe2(PN - H)]NO3·2H2O, [SnMe2(H2O)(PN - H)]Cl·H2O and [SnMe2(H2O)(PN - 2H)]·0.5H2O José S. Casas, Eduardo E. Castellano, Félix Condori, María D. Couce, Agustín Sánchez, José Sordo, José Ma Varela and Julio Zuckerman-Schpector, pp 4421 DOI:10.1039/a703167j

A new two-dimensional manganese(II)-azide polymer. Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of [{Mn(minc)2(N3)2}n] (minc = methyl isonicotinate) Albert Escuer, Ramon Vicente, Mohamed A. S. Goher and Franz A. Mautner, pp 4431 DOI:10.1039/a702214j

Preparation of mono- and bis-(hydrazine) complexes of ruthenium(II) Gabriele Albertin, Stefano Antoniutti, Alessia Bacchi, Emilio Bordignon, Piero Matteo Dolcetti, Giancarlo and Pelizzi, pp 4435 DOI:10.1039/a702712e

Synthesis, characterisation and reactivity of hydrazine complexes of iron(II) Gabriele Albertin, Stefano Antoniutti, Emilio Bordignon and Silvia Pattaro, pp 4445 DOI:10.1039/a703924g

Tetranuclear osmium complexes of tetracyanoquinodimethane [TCNQ, 2,2-(cyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-diylidene)bis(propane-1,3-dinitrile)] and 1,2,4,5-tetracyanobenzene (TCNB). Synthesis, spectroelectrochemistry and magnetism Frank Baumann, Wolfgang Kaim, Jose A. Olabe, Alejandro R. Parise and Jeanne Jordanov, pp 4455 DOI:10.1039/a703824k

Issue 23

Jahn-Teller effects in solid-state co-ordination chemistry Larry R. Falvello, pp 4463 DOI:10.1039/a703548i

Novel binuclear copper(I) complexes with unusual azide and thiocyanate bridges. Crystal structures of [Cu2(µ-Ph2Ppypz)2(µ-1,1-N3)][ClO4]·Et2O and [Cu2(µ-Ph2Ppypz)2(µ-1,1-SCN)][ClO4] [Ph2Ppypz = 2-(diphenylphosphino)-6-(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine] Shan-Ming Kuang, Zheng-Zhi Zhang, Qi-Guang Wang and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 4477 DOI:10.1039/a706986c

Preparation and crystal structures of [SnCl4(MeSCH2SMe)] and [SnCl4(MeSeCH2SeMe)]: dithio- and diseleno-ether complexes incorporating highly strained four-membered chelate rings Anthony R. J. Genge, William Levason and Gillian Reid, pp 4479 DOI:10.1039/a706876j

Unprecedented N,S,O co-ordination of the doubly deprotonated anion of N-benzoyl-N-phenylthiourea (H2L2) bridging two rhodium(I) centres: crystal structure of the acetone solvate of [(PPh3)2(CO)Rh(µ-L2-NO,S)Rh(PPh3)(CO)] Gerdus Kemp, Andreas Roodt, Walter Purcell and Klaus R. Koch, pp 4481 DOI:10.1039/a705887j

The templated synthesis and structure determination by synchrotron microcrystal diffraction of the novel small pore magnesium aluminophosphate STA-2 Graham W. Noble, Paul A. Wright and Åke Kvick, pp 4485 DOI:10.1039/a705091g

Syntheses and structures of four new copper(I)-selenium clusters: size dependence of the cluster on the reaction conditions Anne Deveson, Stefanie Dehnen and Dieter Fenske, pp 4491 DOI:10.1039/a705750d

Reaction of R3PSe with I2; crystal structures of Ph3PSeI2, (Me2N)3PSeI2 and (Et2N)3PSeI2, the first crystallographically characterised charge-transfer complexes of tertiary phosphine selenides with diiodine Stephen M. Godfrey, Sheena L. Jackson, Charles A. McAuliffe and Robin G. Pritchard, pp 4499 DOI:10.1039/a706180c

Di-zirconium-nona-isopropoxide as a cyclopentadienyl replacement: synthesis and crystal structure of the di-zirconium-nona-isopropoxide lanthanide halides {[Zr2(OPri)9]Eu(µ-I)}2, {[Zr2(OPri)9]NdCl(µ-Cl)}2 and {[Zr2(OPri)9]Nd(µ-O2CBut)(µ-Cl)}2 William J. Evans, Michael A. Greci, Mohammad A. Ansari and Joseph W. Ziller, pp 4503 DOI:10.1039/a704237j

New vanadium-(IV) and -(V) analogues of Amavadin Paul D. Smith, Robert E. Berry, Spencer M. Harben, Roy L. Beddoes, Madeleine Helliwell, David Collison and C. David Garner, pp 4509 DOI:10.1039/a703683c

The synthesis, structure and nuclear magnetic resonance properties of some titanium relatives of Amavadin: [-Ti(R,R-hidpa)2]2-, [,-Ti(R,R-hidpa)2]2- and [,-Ti(hida)2]2- [H3hidpa = 2,2-(hydroxyimino)dipropionic acid, H3hida = N-hydroxyiminodiacetic acid] Spencer M. Harben, Paul D. Smith, Madeleine Helliwell, David Collison and C. David Garner, pp 4517 DOI:10.1039/a704908k

Synthesis, properties and characterization of Dawson-type tungstophosphate heteropoly complexes substituted by titanium and peroxotitanium Lun-Yu Qu, Qiu-Jie Shan, Jian Gong, Ren-Qing Lu and Dong-Ren Wang, pp 4525 DOI:10.1039/a700876g

Linear trinuclear oximato-bridged complexes MnIII,IVMIIMnIII,IV (M = Zn, Cu or Mn): synthesis, structure, redox behaviour and magnetism Frank Birkelbach, Thomas Weyhermüller, Marek Lengen, Michael Gerdan, Alfred X. Trautwein, Karl Wieghardt and Phalguni Chaudhuri, pp 4529 DOI:10.1039/a704771a

Nickel(II) N2X2 Schiff-base complexes incorporating pyrazole (X = NH, O or S): syntheses and characterization Bibhutosh Adhikhari, Oren P. Anderson, Agnete la Cour, Rita Hazell, Susie M. Miller, Carl E. Olsen and Hans Toftlund, pp 4539 DOI:10.1039/a703258g

Telluroether adducts of tin(IV) halides: synthesis, spectroscopy and structures Anthony R. J. Genge, William Levason and Gillian Reid, pp 4549 DOI:10.1039/a705829b

Reaction of ruthenium(II) and osmium(II) hydrides with anhydrous HF Karl S. Coleman, John H. Holloway, Eric G. Hope and John Langer, pp 4555 DOI:10.1039/a705582j

Ruthenium complexes with naphthyridine ligands. Synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity in oxidation reactions Alexandra E. M. Boelrijk, Thomas X. Neenan and Jan Reedijk, pp 4561 DOI:10.1039/a702983g

Redox regulation in ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes and their application in solar energy conversion Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin, Edgar Müller, Robin Humphry-Baker, Nick Vlachopoulos and Michael Grätzel, pp 4571 DOI:10.1039/a704242f

The photochemical generation of heterobimetallic complexes containing carbon disulfide Peter V. Broadhurst, Nicholas E. Leadbeater, Jack Lewis and Paul R. Raithby, pp 4579 DOI:10.1039/a704141a

Platinum(II) and palladium(II) complexes derived from the monoanion of isatin (2,3-dihydroindole-2,3-dione, Hisat); crystal structure of cis-[Pt(isat)2(PPh3)2] Justin M. Law, William Henderson and Brian K. Nicholson, pp 4587 DOI:10.1039/a704803c

Dinuclear complexes of MnII, CoII and ZnII triply bridged by carboxylate groups: structures, properties and catalase-like function Masako Yamami, Megumi Tanaka, Hiroshi Sakiyama, Takeichiro Koga, Kensuke Kobayashi, Hitoshi Miyasaka, Masaaki Ohba and Hisashi kawa, pp 4595 DOI:10.1039/a703842i

Hydrolytic polymerization of rhodium(III). Characterization of various forms of a trinuclear aqua ion Leone Spiccia, James M. Aramini, Stephen J. Crimp, Alex Drljaca, Eric T. Lawrenz, Vanda Tedesco and Hans J. Vogel, pp 4603 DOI:10.1039/a704694d

Synthesis and reactivity of cationic iridium(I) complexes of cycloocta-1,5-diene and chiral dithioether ligands. Application as catalyst precursors in asymmetric hydrogenation Montserrat Diéguez, Aránzazu Orejón, Anna M. Masdeu-Bultó, Raouf Echarri, Sergio Castillón, Carmen Claver and Aurora Ruiz, pp 4611 DOI:10.1039/a704611a

Synthesis and properties of five-co-ordinate complexes of ruthenium and osmium containing the bulky phosphine 1,2-bis(diisopropylphosphino)ethane (dippe). Crystal structure of [Ru(SPh)(dippe)2][BPh4] Isaac de los Ríos, Manuel Jiménez-Tenorio, M. Carmen Puerta, Isabel Salcedo and Pedro Valerga, pp 4619 DOI:10.1039/a704618i

Amidine and guanidine complexes of manganese and molybdenum. Crystal structures of (-cyclopentadienyl)(N,N-diphenylguanidino)- and (-cyclopentadienyl)(N,N,N-triphenylguanidino)-dicarbonylmolybdenum(II) José R. da S. Maia, Pauline A. Gazard, Melvyn Kilner, Andrei S. Batsanov and Judith A. K. Howard, pp 4625 DOI:10.1039/a704269h

The quest for mixed-metal oxide precursors based on bismuth: synthesis and molecular structure of BiTi2(µ3-O)(µ-OPri)4(OPri)5 and [Bi2(µ-OPri)2(OPri)2(acac)2] (acac = acetylacetonate) Stéphane Parola, Renée Papiernik, Liliane G. Hubert-Pfalzgraf, Susan Jagner and Mikael Hkansson, pp 4631 DOI:10.1039/a705365g

Thermodynamics of trimethylindium adducts of N,N,N-trialkyl-1,3,5-triazacyclohexanes Donald C. Bradley and Ian S. Harding, pp 4637 DOI:10.1039/a705756c

Issue 24

The contribution of powder diffraction methods to structural co-ordination chemistry Norberto Masciocchi and Angelo Sironi, pp 4643 DOI:10.1039/a704671e

Synthesis and X-ray powder diffraction characterization of (OC)2RhCl2Rh(cod) (cod = cycloocta-1,4-diene) Eleonora Corradi, Norberto Masciocchi, Gyula Pályi, Renato Ugo, Anna Vizi-Orosz, Claudia Zucchi and Angelo Sironi, pp 4651 DOI:10.1039/a704668e

A water-stable and strongly luminescent self-assembled non-covalent lanthanide podate Carine Edder, Claude Piguet, Jean-Claude G. Bünzli and Gérard Hopfgartner, pp 4657 DOI:10.1039/a706256g

Carbon-carbon bond formation in the reactions of diiron µ-carbyne complexes with 2-thienyllithium, synthesis and structural characterization Vincenzo G. Albano, Silvia Bordoni, Luigi Busetto, Chiara Camiletti, Magda Monari, Antonio Palazzi, Fabio Prestopino and Valerio Zanotti, pp 4665 DOI:10.1039/a705245f

Selective C-C bond formation at diiron µ-aminocarbyne complexes Vincenzo G. Albano, Luigi Busetto, Chiara Camiletti, Carlo Castellari, Magda Monari and Valerio Zanotti, pp 4671 DOI:10.1039/a705621d

Synthesis, characterisation and reactivity of siloxyl-substituted derivatives of [Ru3(CO)12]. Crystal structure of trans-[Ru2(CO)8{Si(OSiMe3)3}2] Pierre Braunstein, Jane R. Galsworthy and Werner Massa, pp 4677 DOI:10.1039/a706394f

Formation of disordered hexagonal arrangements in bis(,-triketonato)copper(II) complexes Chung K. Lai, Fuh-Gue Chen, Yu-Ju Ku, Chun-Hsien Tsai and Raymond Lin, pp 4683 DOI:10.1039/a706169b

Lithium trialkoxo[tris(trimethylsilyl)methyl]aluminates, analogues of intermediates in reductions of carbonyl compounds. Crystal structures of [Li(thf)2][AlR(OEt)3] and {Li[AlR(OPri)2(OH)]}2, R = C(SiMe3)3 and thf = tetrahydrofuran Wu-Yong Chen, Colin Eaborn, Ian B. Gorrell, Peter B. Hitchcock, Martijn Hopman and J. David Smith, pp 4689 DOI:10.1039/a705930b

Spectromagnetic investigation of the active species in the oxidation of propenoidic phenols catalysed by [N,N-bis(salicylidene)ethane-1,2-diaminato]cobalt(II)* Ezio Bolzacchini, Carmen Canevali, Franca Morazzoni, Marco Orlandi, Bruno Rindone and Roberto Scotti, pp 4695 DOI:10.1039/a705188c

Crystal and molecular structure of [{Cu(pmdien)F(H2O)}2][BF4]2 (pmdien = N,N,N,N,N-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine): a novel dimeric cation with extremely short O-H· · ·F interactions Stephen J. Barlow, Stuart J. Hill, Julia E. Hocking, Peter Hubberstey and Wan-Sheung Li, pp 4701 DOI:10.1039/a706103j

Co-ordination chemistry of octamethyl-5,5-di(2-pyridyl)ferrocene Beate Neumann, Ulrich Siemeling, Hans-Georg Stammler, Udo Vorfeld, Johannes G. P. Delis, Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen, Kees Vrieze, Jan Fraanje, Kees Goubitz, Fabrizia Fabrizi de Biani and Piero Zanello, pp 4705 DOI:10.1039/a704785a

Electrochemical behaviour of (protoporphyrinato IX)iron(III) encapsulated in aqueous surfactant micelles Diganta K. Das, Churamani Bhattaray and Okhil K. Medhi, pp 4713 DOI:10.1039/a703701e

Neighbouring group participation of platinum(II) in the substitution of the -halogen in complexes [PtI(CHXSiMe3)(R,R-chiraphos)] [X = Cl or Br; chiraphos = 2,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane] by iodide. An example of an SN1 substitution at sp3 carbon with inversion of configuration Roberto Argazzi, Paola Bergamini, Emiliana Costa and Paul G. Pringle, pp 4719 DOI:10.1039/a705058e

trans Effect and trans influence of triphenyl-stibine and -phosphine in platinum(II) complexes. A comparative mechanistic and structural study Ola F. Wendt and Lars I. Elding, pp 4725 DOI:10.1039/a706617a

Acetonitrile and propionitrile exchange at palladium(II) and platinum(II) Ola F. Wendt, Nils-Fredrik K. Kaiser and Lars I. Elding, pp 4733 DOI:10.1039/a705048h

exo,endo and exo,exo isomers of 6,9-(PMe2Ph)2-arachno-B10H12 and its halogenated derivatives. Molecular structures of exo,endo- and exo,exo-6,9-(PMe2Ph)2-arachno-B10H12 and exo-6,endo-9-(PMe2Ph)2-2-Br-arachno-B10H11 Udo Dörfler, Thomas D. McGrath, Paul A. Cooke, John D. Kennedy and Mark Thornton-Pett, pp 4739 DOI:10.1039/a705696f

Disproportionation and reduction of hydrazine at a molybdenum-thiolate centre: crystal structures of [MoH(SC6H2Pri3-2,4,6)3(NH3)(PMePh2)] and [MoH(SC6H2Pri3-2,4,6)3(NH2NHPh)(PMePh2)] Peter B. Hitchcock, David L. Hughes, Michael J. Maguire, Katayoun Marjani and Raymond L. Richards, pp 4747 DOI:10.1039/a705886a

Gold(I) dimethyl- and diphenyl-dithiophosphinate complexes Max Preisenberger, Andreas Bauer, Annette Schier and Hubert Schmidbaur, pp 4753 DOI:10.1039/a706033e

Computational study of the electronic and geometric structures of the dihalogenodimethylselenium compounds, Me2SeX2 (X = F, Cl, Br, I or At) Nikolas Kaltsoyannis, pp 4759 DOI:10.1039/a706523j

Bonding in the monochlorides and dichlorides of iron and cobalt Adam J. Bridgeman, pp 4765 DOI:10.1039/a704478j

Interaction mode of bridging C2 units in dinuclear complexes of late transition metals in low oxidation states: a theoretical approach Paola Belanzoni, Nazzareno Re, Antonio Sgamellotti and Carlo Floriani, pp 4773 DOI:10.1039/a704480a

Application of electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry to the study of dilute aqueous oligomeric anions and their reactions Michael J. Deery, Oliver W. Howarth and Keith R. Jennings, pp 4783 DOI:10.1039/a706560d

Copper monooxygenase models. Aromatic hydroxylation by a dinuclear copper(I) complex containing methionine sulfur ligands Gloria Alzuet, Luigi Casella, Maria Laura Villa, Oliviero Carugo and Michele Gullotti, pp 4789 DOI:10.1039/a705225a

Synthesis of N(SiMe3)2 supported vanadium(III) complexes, including hydrocarbyl, tetrahydroborate and azaalkenylidene derivatives Christopher P. Gerlach and John Arnold, pp 4795 DOI:10.1039/a705238c

Electrochemistry of molybdenum imides: cleavage of molybdenum-nitrogen triple bonds to release ammonia or amines Yatimah Alias, Saad K. Ibrahim, M. Arlete Queiros, Antonio Fonseca, Jean Talarmin, Florence Volant and Christopher J. Pickett, pp 4807 DOI:10.1039/a705441f

Interaction of N-hydroxyacetamide with vanadate in aqueous solution Regina T. Yamaki, Eucler B. Paniago, Sandra Carvalho, Oliver W. Howarth and Wynne Kam, pp 4817 DOI:10.1039/a705997c

Structure of R3PCl2 compounds in the solid state and in solution: dependency of structure on R. Crystal structures of trigonal bipyramidal (C6F5)3PCl2, Ph2(C6F5)PCl2 and of ionic Prn3PCl2 Stephen M. Godfrey, Charles A. McAuliffeRobin G.Pritchard, Robin G. Pritchard, Joanne M. Sheffield and Graeme M. Thompson, pp 4823 DOI:10.1039/a705201d