1998 year
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Issue 1

A unique self-assembled tricyclic stannasiloxane containing a planar Sn3SiO5 fused 6.4.4 tricyclic ring system Francisco Cervantes-Lee, Hemant K. Sharma, Ionel Haiduc and Keith H. Pannell, pp 1 DOI:10.1039/a707121c

Synthesis and characterisation of tetramethylammonium selenosulfate(VI) tetrahydrate, (NMe4)2SeSO3·4H2O Alexander J. Blake, Victoria Consterdine, Michael F. A. Dove, Scott Lammas and Linda H. Thompson, pp 3 DOI:10.1039/a707328c

A novel two-dimensional rectangular network. Synthesis and structure of {[Cu(4,4-bpy)(pyz)(H2O)2][PF6]2}n (4,4-bpy = 4,4-bipyridine, pyz = pyrazine) Ming-Liang Tong, Xiao-Ming Chen, Xiao-Lan Yu and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 5 DOI:10.1039/a706363f

Organophosphoryl derivatives of trivacant tungstophosphates of general formula -A-[PW9O34(RPO)2]5-: synthesis and structure determination by multinuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P, 183W) Cédric R. Mayer and René Thouvenot, pp 7 DOI:10.1039/a705216b

Reactions of organometallic oxometal complexes with B(C6F5)3: synthesis, structure, bonding and reactivity of [Mo(5-C5H4Me)2{OB(C6F5)3}] Jane R. Galsworthy, Jennifer C. Green, Malcolm L. H. Green and Matthias Müller, pp 15 DOI:10.1039/a706260e

Anodic oxidation of molybdenum and tungsten in alcohols: isolation and X-ray single-crystal study of side products Vadim G. Kessler, Andrei N. Panov, Nataliya Ya. Turova, Zoya A. Starikova, Alexandr I. Yanovsky, Fedor M. Dolgushin, Alexandr P. Pisarevsky and Yuri T. Struchkov, pp 21 DOI:10.1039/a704198e

The first structurally characterized, quadruple-bonded complexes containing chiral amine ligands; syntheses, structures and optical activities of [Mo2Cl4(S-chea)4] and [Mo2Cl4(R-chea)4] (chea = 1-cyclohexylethylamine) Huey-Lin Chen, Chang-Tai Lee, Chun-Ting Chen, Jhy-Der Chen, Lin-Shu Liou and Ju-Chun Wang, pp 31 DOI:10.1039/a704751g

Solution behaviour, kinetics and mechanism of the acid-catalysed cyclopalladation of imines* Montserrat Gómez, Jaume Granell and Manuel Martinez, pp 37 DOI:10.1039/a705435a

Oxo-centred trinuclear acetate complexes containing mixed-metal clusters. Crystal structure of a chromium(III)iron(III)nickel(II) complex and magnetic properties of a dichromium(III)magnesium(II) complex Antony B. Blake, Ekk Sinn, Ahmad Yavari, Keith S. Murray and Boujemaa Moubaraki, pp 45 DOI:10.1039/a705778d

Dinuclear ruthenium(II) carbonyl complexes bridged by a C(O)CH2C5H3NCH2 group: synthesis, characterization and crystal structures Mayumi Shimizu, Hiroaki Saito, Makoto Tadokoro and Yukio Nakamura, pp 51 DOI:10.1039/a704501h

Synthesis and structural characterization of isocyanate, amido and imido niobocene derivatives: crystal structures of [Nb(5-C5H4SiMe3)2Cl(2N,C-OCNPh] and [{Nb(5-C5H4SiMe3)2Cl}2(µ-1,3-N2C6H4)] Antonio Antiñolo, Fernando Carrillo-Hermosilla, Antonio Otero, Mariano Fajardo, Andrés Garcés, Pilar Gómez-Sal, Carmen López-Mardomingo, Avelino Martín and Carlos Miranda, pp 59 DOI:10.1039/a705352e

Dinuclear, trinuclear and mixed-metal hexanuclear aggregates of vanadium: crystal structures and properties of [NEt4]3[V2Cl9], [PPh4]2[V3OCl4(O2CC6H4SH)5] and [NEt4]4[V2Li4O2Cl4(O2CC6H4S)4] Gail B. Karet, Stephanie L. Castro, Kirsten Folting, John C. Bollinger, Robert A. Heintz and George Christou, pp 67 DOI:10.1039/a705752k

Bis(thiophosphinoyl)amines and their neutral cobalt(II) complexes, containing stable tetrahedral CoS4 cores. Crystal structures of NH(SPMe2)(SPPh2) and [Co{(SPMe2)(SPPh2)N}2] Cristian Silvestru, Roland Rösler, John E. Drake, Jincai Yang, Georgina Espinosa-Pérez and Ionel Haiduc, pp 73 DOI:10.1039/a705086k

Three-phase transport studies of benzimidazole ligands bearing hydrophobic N-alkyl substituents: transport of metal(II) ions (Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd) in single- and multiple-ion experiments Craig J. Matthews, Troy A. Leese, Derek Thorp and Joyce C. Lockhart, pp 79 DOI:10.1039/a705387h

Synthesis and co-ordination chemistry of the compartmental tetradentate ligand bis[3-(2-pyridyl)pyrazol-1-yl]methane Karen L. V. Mann, John C. Jeffery, Jon A. McCleverty, Peter Thornton and Michael D. Ward, pp 89 DOI:10.1039/a706806i

Synthesis, crystal structure and intercalation behaviour of hafnium phosphate dihydrogenphosphate dihydrate Marta Suárez, Luisa M. Barcina, Ricardo Llavona, Julio Rodríguez, Miguel A. Salvadó, Pilar Pertierra and Santiago García-Granda, pp 99 DOI:10.1039/a704620k

Half-sandwich imido complexes of niobium bearing alkyne, benzyne and benzylidene ligands: relatives of the zirconocene family Michael C. W. Chan, Jacqueline M. Cole, Vernon C. Gibson, Judith A. K. Howard, Christian Lehmann, Andrew D. Poole and Ulrich Siemeling, pp 103 DOI:10.1039/a705197b

Synthesis, characterisation and dynamic behaviour of palladium complexes containing the novel terdentate nitrogen ligand 2,6-bis(pyrimidin-2-yl)pyridine Johannes H. Groen, Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen and Kees Vrieze, pp 113 DOI:10.1039/a706530b

Mechanistic studies on the iron-promoted deamination reactions of 7-azanorbornadiene derivatives Jiunn-Jye Hwang, Mei-Fang Ding, Yuh-Sheng Wen and Tahsin J. Chow, pp 119 DOI:10.1039/a706467e

Syntheses, characterization and facial-meridional isomerism of tungsten tricarbonyl diphosphine complexes Sodio C. N. Hsu and Wen-Yann Yeh, pp 125 DOI:10.1039/a704416j

Chromatographic separation of stereoisomers of ligand-bridged diruthenium polypyridyl species Nicholas C. Fletcher, Peter C. Junk, David A. Reitsma and F. Richard Keene, pp 133 DOI:10.1039/a705947g

Low-spin octahedral cobalt(II) complexes of CoN6 and CoN4P2 chromophores. Synthesis, spectroscopic characterisation and electron-transfer properties Bidyut Kumar Santra and Goutam Kumar Lahiri, pp 139 DOI:10.1039/a706587f

Regioselective synthesis and electrochemical properties of -conjugated cobaltacyclopentadiene oligomer and polymer complexes Isao Matsuoka, Kunitsugu Aramaki and Hiroshi Nishihara, pp 147 DOI:10.1039/a705546c

Co-ordination of copper(II) by amikacin. Complexation equilibria in solution and oxygen activation by the resulting complexes Magorzata Jeowska-Bojczuk and Wojciech Bal, pp 153 DOI:10.1039/a704834c

Zinc(II) complexes of phosphonic acid analogues of aspartic acid and asparagine Ewa Matczak-Jon, Barbara Kurzak, Wanda Sawka-Dobrowolska, Barbara Lejczak and Pawe Kafarski, pp 161 DOI:10.1039/a703734a

Crystal structures and magnetic properties of mercury(II) bromide complexes with pyridyl-substituted N-oxyl N-oxides (nitronyl nitroxides) Chin-Jhan Lee, Chian-Hong Huang, Ho-Hsiang Wei, Yi-Hung Liu, Gene-Hsiang Lee and Yu Wang, pp 171 DOI:10.1039/a704999d

Co-ordination chemistry and molecular mechanics study of the magnesium(II) and calcium(II) complexes of trisubstituted 1,4,7-triazacyclononane derivatives Jurriaan Huskens and A. Dean Sherry, pp 177 DOI:10.1039/a703640j

Spectroelectrochemical studies and excited-state resonance-Raman spectroscopy of some mononuclear rhenium(I) polypyridyl bridging ligand complexes. Crystal structure determination of tricarbonylchloro[2,3-di(2-pyridyl)quinoxaline]rhenium(I) Mark R. Waterland, Timothy J. Simpson, Keith C. Gordon and Anthony K. Burrell, pp 185 DOI:10.1039/a705194h

Issue 2

Oxidation of [Li4{(NBut)3S}2]: a new route to sulfur triimides Roland Fleischer, Stefanie Freitag and Dietmar Stalke, pp 193 DOI:10.1039/a707085c

Unsymmetrically substituted pyrazolates: nickel(II) complexes of a novel dinucleating ligand providing both N- and S-rich co-ordination spheres Matthias Konrad, Franc Meyer, Katja Heinze and Laszlo Zsolnai, pp 199 DOI:10.1039/a705543i

Tuning the metal-metal separation in pyrazolate-based dinuclear complexes by the length of chelating side arms Franc Meyer, Katja Heinze, Bernhard Nuber and Laszlo Zsolnai, pp 207 DOI:10.1039/a705545e

Electron distribution in the Cr(CO)4(bpy)>·>>->> (bpy = 2,2-bipyridine) radical anion as revealed by EPR spectroscopy and IR spectroelectrochemistry of 13CO-enriched species Antonín Vlek, Jr, Frank Baumann, Wolfgang Kaim, Friedrich-Wilhelm Grevels and Frantiek Hartl, pp 215 DOI:10.1039/a705819e

Syntheses and structures of novel cyclic and dinuclear organorhodoximes: a homologous series of di- to penta-methylene-bridged complexes Dirk Steinborn, Mario Rausch, Clemens Bruhn, Harry Schmidt and Dieter Ströhl, pp 221 DOI:10.1039/a706184f

[NBu4][ReNCl4]: Facile synthesis, structure, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and reactions Ulrich Abram, Martin Braun, Sonja Abram, Reinhard Kirmse and Andreas Voigt, pp 231 DOI:10.1039/a705881k

Pseudo-oxocarbons: the first complex of the 3,4-bis(dicyanomethylene)cyclobutane-1,2-dione dianion (cdcb2-); crystal structure of [{Cu2(cdcb)(MeCN)2}n] Christophe Pena, Anne Marie Galibert, Brigitte Soula, Paul-Louis Fabre, Gérald Bernardinelli and Paule Castan, pp 239 DOI:10.1039/a705200f

Equilibrium and kinetic studies on the formation of the lanthanide(III) complexes, [Ce(dota)]- and [Yb(dota)]- (H4dota = 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid) László Burai, István Fábián, Róbert Király, Erika Szilágyi and Ernö Brücher, pp 243 DOI:10.1039/a705158a

Complexes of lithium tetrahydroaluminate with N,N,N,N-tetramethylethane-1,2-diamine (tmen). Crystal structures of [{Li(tmen)(AlH4)}2] and [Li(tmen)2][AlH4] and the use of the 6Li-{1H} nuclear Overhauser effect to study LiAlH4 and LiBH4 in donor solvents Mbolatiana M. Andrianarison, Anthony G. Avent, Miles C. Ellerby, Ian B. Gorrell, Peter B. Hitchcock, J. David Smith and David R. Stanley, pp 249 DOI:10.1039/a706003c

Synthesis of new adducts and co-ordination complexes of zirconium and titanium containing -aminoketone ligands. Crystal structures of isostructural adducts MCl4·2PriHNCMeCHCMeO (M = Ti or Zr) and the complex [Zr(PhNCMeCHCMeO)2Cl2] David Jones, Andrew Roberts, Kingsley Cavell, Wilhelm Keim, Ulli Englert, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 255 DOI:10.1039/a707422k

New mono- and di-nuclear complexes of PdII, PtII and NiII of PNNP ligands with a 2,2-biaryl bridging unit Alette G. J. Ligtenbarg, Esther K. van den Beuken, Auke Meetsma, Nora Veldman, Wilberth J. J. Smeets, Anthony L. Spek and Ben L. Feringa, pp 263 DOI:10.1039/a704170e

Generation of (2-benzyne)bis(triphenylphosphine)platinum(>0>): orthometallation of the Pt(PPh3)2 complexes of benzyne (C6H4) and cyclohexyne (C6H8) Martin A. Bennett, Thomas Dirnberger, David C. R. Hockless, Eric Wenger and Anthony C. Willis, pp 271 DOI:10.1039/a707089f

Synthesis and characterisation of thioether crown hydrazones, and palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes of 6-(2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazono)-1,4,8,11-tetrathiacyclotetradecane Liam R. Sutton, Alexander J. Blake, Wan-Sheung Li and Martin Schröder, pp 279 DOI:10.1039/a705996e

Reactions of a diruthenium complex with sulfur, selenium and sulfur dioxide Joshi Kuncheria, Hameed A. Mirza, Hilary A. Jenkins, Jagadese J. Vittal and Richard J. Puddephatt, pp 285 DOI:10.1039/a706728c

A theoretical study of [M(PH3)4] (M = Ru or Fe), models for the highly reactive d8 intermediates [M(dmpe)2] (dmpe = Me2PCH2CH2PMe2). Zero activation energies for addition of CO and oxidative addition of H2 Stuart A. Macgregor, Odile Eisenstein, Michael K. Whittlesey and Robin N. Perutz, pp 291 DOI:10.1039/a706081e

Boron-boron bond oxidative addition to rhodium(I) and iridium(I) centres William Clegg, Fiona J. Lawlor, Todd B. Marder, Paul Nguyen, Nicholas C. Norman, A. Guy Orpen, Michael J. Quayle, Craig R. Rice, Edward G. Robins, Andrew J. Scott, Fabio E. S. Souza, Graham Stringer and George R. Whittell, pp 301 DOI:10.1039/a705374f

Synthesis and characterisation of hexa- and hepta-ruthenium carbido carbonyl clusters containing arenes derived from 1,1-diphenylethene Brian F. G. Johnson, Douglas S. Shephard, Dario Braga, Fabrizia Grepioni and Simon Parsons, pp 311 DOI:10.1039/a707179e

Synthesis and characterization of Group 11 and 12 complexes containing a new thioether-functionalized and pyridine-based bis(phosphine) ligand, 2,6-bis[2-(diphenylphosphino)ethyl-sulfanylmethyl]pyridine Shan-Ming Kuang, Zheng-Zhi Zhang and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 317 DOI:10.1039/a706543d

Issue 3

Cluster growth reactions with selenido-carbonyl clusters. Synthesis and structural characterization of [M2Ru2(µ4-Se)2(µ-CO)4(CO)6(PPh3)2] (M = Mo or W) Daniele Cauzzi, Claudia Graiff, Chiara Massera, Giovanni Mori, Giovanni Predieri and Antonio Tiripicchio, pp 321 DOI:10.1039/a708355f

Aurophilicity-impaired internal molecular motion of trinuclear gold(I) complexes Johann Zank, Annette Schier and Hubert Schmidbaur, pp 323 DOI:10.1039/a708704g

The first direct observation of N-O bond cleavage in the oxidative addition of an oxime to a metal centre. Synthesis and crystal structure of the methyleneamide complex trans-[Re(OH)(NCMe2)(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2][HSO4] Cristina M. P. Ferreira, M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva, Vadim Yu. Kukushkin, João J. R. Fraústo da Silva and Armando J. L. Pombeiro, pp 325 DOI:10.1039/a707213i

A stacking spin-crossover iron(II) compound with a large hysteresis Zhuang Jin Zhong, Jian-Qing Tao, Zhi Yu, Chun-Ying Dun, Yong-Jian Liu and Xiao-Zeng You, pp 327 DOI:10.1039/a706841g

Crystal supramolecularity: hexagonal arrays of sextuple phenyl embraces amongst chemically diverse compounds Marcia Scudder and Ian Dance, pp 329 DOI:10.1039/a706252d

Stereochemistry of nickel(II) complexes with N-glycosylamine ligands from 1,3-diaminopropane and aldopentoses. Correlation between configurational structures and circular dichroism spectra Tomoaki Tanase, Yukiko Yasuda, Tomoko Onaka and Shigenobu Yano, pp 345 DOI:10.1039/a706676g

Heterotrinuclear complexes containing a hexaselenolato-zinc(II), -cadmium(II), -nickel(II) or -iron(II) core: crystal structures of [(OC)3Fe(µ-SePh)3M(µ-SePh)3Fe(CO)3] (M = Zn, Cd, Ni or Fe) and [Fe(CO)2(phen)(SePh)2] (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) Wen-Feng Liaw, Chien-Hong Chen, Chien-Ming Lee, Ging-Yi Lin, Chao-Yi Ching, Gene-Hsiang Lee and Shie-Ming Peng, pp 353 DOI:10.1039/a705247b

Synthesis and characterisation of two new catechol-based iron(III) ion-sequestering agents Carla Bazzicalupi, Andrea Bencini, Antonio Bianchi, Vieri Fusi, Claudia Giorgi, Luigi Messori, Marzia Migliorini, Piero Paoletti and Barbara Valtancoli, pp 359 DOI:10.1039/a706883b

Comparison of the rates and mechanisms of formation and solvolysis of [Fe(bipy)3]2+ (bipy = 2,2-bipyridine) and [FeL]2+ [L = 1,4,7-tris(2,2-bipyridyl-5-ylmethyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane] and their stabilities in dimethylformamide solution Ana Maria Josceanu and Peter Moore, pp 369 DOI:10.1039/a705824a

Synthesis and characterization of rhodium(III)-chromium(III) heterotrinuclear aqua ions Stephen J. Crimp, Alex Drljaca, David Smythe and Leone Spiccia, pp 375 DOI:10.1039/a707088h

Copper diimine complexes: the synthesis and crystal structures of [Cu(C10H14N2)2(MeOH)][BF4], [Cu(C10H20N2)2]Br, [{(C10H14N2)CuBr(µ-OMe)}2(MeOH)] and [{(C10H20N2)CuBr(µ-OMe)}2] David M. Haddleton, Andrew J. Clark, David J. Duncalf, Alex M. Heming, Dax Kukulj and Andrew J. Shooter, pp 381 DOI:10.1039/a706722d

Synthesis and crystal structure of the tris(amide) cations [M{N(SiMe3)2}3]+ (M = Zr or Hf): evidence for M-Si-C interactions Jane R. Galsworthy, Malcolm L. H. Green, Neil Maxted and Matthias Müller, pp 387 DOI:10.1039/a706720h

New monocyclopentadienyl complexes of Group 4 and 5 metals with chelating nitrogen ligands. Crystal and molecular structures of [Zr(3-C3H5)(4-Ph2N2C2Me2-2,3)Cp] and [TaCl2{4-C6H4(NSiMe3-1,2)2}Cp] [Cp = C5H3(SiMe3)2-1,3] Gerardo Jiménez Pindado, Mark Thornton-Pett and Manfred Bochmann, pp 393 DOI:10.1039/a707331c

Transmission of electronic effects by icosahedral carboranes; skeletal carbon-13 chemical shifts and ultraviolet-visible spectra of substituted aryl-p-carboranes (1,12-dicarba-closo-dodecaboranes) Mark A. Fox, J. A. Hugh MacBride, Richard J. Peace and Kenneth Wade, pp 401 DOI:10.1039/a707154j

Synthesis, structure and magnetism of the oxalato-bridged chromium(III) complex [NBun4]4[Cr2(ox)5]·2CHCl3 Vanessa M. Masters, Clint A. Sharrad, Paul V. Bernhardt, Lawrence R. Gahan, Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith S. Murray, pp 413 DOI:10.1039/a705265k

Tunable bis(ferrocenyl) receptors for the solution-phase electrochemical sensing of transition-metal cations Paul D. Beer and David K. Smith, pp 417 DOI:10.1039/a707278c

Reaction of [Ni(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2] with DCl: controlling the formation of HD and D2* Sian C. Davies, Richard A. Henderson, David L. Hughes and Kay E. Oglieve, pp 425 DOI:10.1039/a707275i

New macrocyclic dioxotetraamines bearing 2-pyridylmethyl as functional donor pendant(s): synthesis, properties and crystal structure of their copper(II) complexes Xian He Bu, Xi Chuan Cao, Dao Li An, Ruo Hua Zhang, Clifford Thomas and Eiichi Kimura, pp 433 DOI:10.1039/a705210c

New organoarsino-bridged cobalt carbonyl complexes derived from reactions of [Co2(CO)8] or [Co2(µ-alkyne)(CO)6] with cyclo-(AsPh)6 Rohini M. De Silva, Martin J. Mays, John E. Davies, Paul R. Raithby, Moira A. Rennie and Gregory P. Shield, pp 439 DOI:10.1039/a706576k

Synthesis and characterisation of triosmium nitrite clusters containing phosphine ligands Bernard Kwok-Man Hui and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 447 DOI:10.1039/a707588j

Preparation and structural studies of neutral oxorhenium(V) complexes with D-penicillamine methyl ester Sylvia Kirsch, Bernhard Noll, Hartmut Spies, Peter Leibnitz, Dieter Scheller, Torsten Krueger and Bernd Johannsen, pp 455 DOI:10.1039/a706127g

Synthesis and structure of bis(azooximates) of dichlororhodium(III): the oxime-oximate O-H· · ·O bridge and the effect of its deprotonation Sanjib Ganguly, Vadivelu Manivannan and Animesh Chakravorty, pp 461 DOI:10.1039/a705690g

Ruthenium complexes containing butatrienylidene and related ligands: synthesis, characterisation and chemistry Michael I. Bruce, Peter Hinterding, Paul J. Low, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 467 DOI:10.1039/a705839j

4-Aminobenzylidyne: a versatile precursor for extended unsaturated alkylidyne ligands Marie Pui Yin Yu, Andreas Mayr and Kung-Kai Cheung, pp 475 DOI:10.1039/a707519g

Syntheses and electrochemical characterization of heteroleptic cyclopentadienyl-dithiolene d2 tungsten complexes. Structures and magnetic properties of charge-transfer salts Isabelle V. Jourdain, Marc Fourmigué, Fabrice Guyon and Jacques Amaudrut, pp 483 DOI:10.1039/a706495k

Reactivity of tungsten(V) mononuclear complexes towards Li(TCNQ) and TCNQ. Comparison of the crystal structures of [W(S2CNMe2)4][TCNQ] and [Mo(S2CNMe2)4][TCNQ]·MeCN (TCNQ = 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane) Sylvie Le Stang, Françoise Conan, Jean Sala Pala, Yves Le Mest, Maria-Teresa Garland, Ricardo Baggio, Eric Faulques, Annie Leblanc, Philippe Molinié and Loïc Toupet, pp 489 DOI:10.1039/a707555c

Structural and dynamic properties of calixarene bimetallic complexes: solution versus solid-state structure of dinuclear complexes of EuIII and LuIII with substituted calix[8]arenes Jean-Claude G. Bünzli, Frédéric Ihringer, Pascal Dumy, Cédric Sager and Robin D. Rogers, pp 497 DOI:10.1039/a706933b

Complexes of p-tert-butylcalix[5]arene with lanthanides: synthesis, structure and photophysical properties Loïc J. Charbonnière, Christian Balsiger, Kurt J. Schenk and Jean-Claude G. Bünzli, pp 505 DOI:10.1039/a706152h

Issue 4

Dioxygen activation by a novel manganese(II) thiolate complex with hydrotris(3,5-diisopropylpyrazol-1-yl)borate ligand Hidehito Komatsuzaki, Yuichi Nagasu, Kantaro Suzuki, Takao Shibasaki, Minoru Satoh, Fujio Ebina, Shiro Hikichi, Munetaka Akita and Yoshihiko Moro-oka, pp 511 DOI:10.1039/a708210j

Synthesis and structural characterisation of tetraruthenium µ4-nitrene clusters containing tolylacetylene (HC2Tol). Molecular structures of [Ru4(CO)9(µ-CO)2(µ4-NH)(µ4-2-HC2Tol)] and [Ru4(CO)9(µ-CO)2{µ4-NC(O)OMe}(µ4-2-HC2Tol)] Emmie Ngai-Man Ho and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 513 DOI:10.1039/a708168e

Saturated and unsaturated triruthenium clusters containing three sterically demanding phosphine ligands: synthesis and structure of [Ru3(CO)9(PCy3)3] and [Ru3H2(CO)6(PCy3)3] Georg Süss-Fink, Isabelle Godefroy, Vincent Ferrand, Antonia Neels and Helen Stoeckli-Evans, pp 515 DOI:10.1039/a708037i

Synthesis and structure of [{Sb(NCy)3}{Cd[N(SiMe3)2]}3]· [Li{N(SiMe3)2}·thf]2, containing a bimetallic [SbCd3] cage Allan Bashall, Michael A. Beswick, Christopher N. Harmer, Mary McPartlin, Michael A. Paver and Dominic S. Wright, pp 517 DOI:10.1039/a707816a

Electrospray mass spectrometry of metal carbonyl complexes William Henderson, J. Scott McIndoe, Brian K. Nicholson and Paul J. Dyson, pp 519 DOI:10.1039/a707868d

Hydrothermal synthesis, crystal structure and thermal transformation of a new zinc arsenate hydrate, Zn9(AsO4)6·4H2O Torben R. Jensen, Poul Norby, Jonathan C. Hanson, Eivind M. Skou and P. C. Stein, pp 527 DOI:10.1039/a706827a

Kinetics and thermodynamics of the reaction of peroxides with manganese-reconstituted horseradish peroxidase: a stopped-flow transient kinetic investigation Kishore Kumar Khan, Madhu Sudan Mondal and Samaresh Mitra, pp 533 DOI:10.1039/a707317h

Complexes of the potentially hexadentate ligand bis{3-[6-(2,2-bipyridyl)]pyrazol-1-yl}hydroborate with representative s-, p-, d- and f-block metal ions: factors promoting formation of mononuclear or double-helical dinuclear complexes James S. Fleming, Elefteria Psillakis, Samantha M. Couchman, John C. Jeffery, Jon A. McCleverty and Michael D. Ward, pp 537 DOI:10.1039/a707936b

Structures of Ga(hfac)3 and In(hfac)3 (hfac = 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoropentane-2,4-dionate) in the gas phase as studied by electron diffraction and ab initio calculations Paul T. Brain, Michael Bühl, Heather E. Robertson, Andrew D. Jackson, Paul D. Lickiss, Donald MacKerracher, David W. H. Rankin, Dipti Shah and Walter Thiel, pp 545 DOI:10.1039/a707986i

Titanium(IV)azido and imido complexes as potential precursors to titanium nitride Claire J. Carmalt, Sandra R. Whaley, Pindy S. Lall, Alan H. Cowley, Richard A. Jones, Brian G. McBurnett and John G. Ekerdt, pp 553 DOI:10.1039/a705246d

Structure, covalence and spin polarisation in tris(acetylacetonato)ruthenium(III) studied by X-ray and polarised neutron diffraction Philip A. Reynolds, Joe W. Cable, Alexander N. Sobolev and Brian N. Figgis, pp 559 DOI:10.1039/a706681c

Synthesis, spectroscopy and electrochemistry of tetrakis(µ-N,N-diarylformamidinato)di(phenylethynyl)diruthenium(III), Chun Lin, Tong Ren, Edward J. Valente and Jeffrey D. Zubkowski, pp 571 DOI:10.1039/a706190k

Insertion of carbon dioxide into a rhodium(III)-hydride bond: a theoretical study Yasuo Musashi and Shigeyoshi Sakaki, pp 577 DOI:10.1039/a708540k

Bis(chloromethylsilyl)amine and bis(chloromethylsilyl)methylamine; preparation, reactivity and spectroscopic studies of their stereoisomers and conformers Holger Fleischer, Donald C. McKean, Colin R. Pulham and Michael Bühl, pp 585 DOI:10.1039/a708220g

Gas-phase molecular structures of bis(chloromethylsilyl)amine and bis(chloromethylsilyl)methylamine by electron diffraction and ab initio calculations; experimental support for n(N)-*(Si-Cl) hyperconjugation Holger Fleischer, Paul T. Brain, David W. H. Rankin, Heather E. Robertson, Michael Bühl and Walter Thiel, pp 593 DOI:10.1039/a708219c

cis- and trans-nitrosyltetraammineruthenium(II). Spectral and electrochemical properties and reactivity Maria G. Gomes, Celso U. Davanzo, Sebastião C. Silva, Luiz G. F. Lopes, Paulo S. Santos and Douglas W. Franco, pp 601 DOI:10.1039/a708164b

Spectroscopic and electrochemical studies of a series of copper(I) and rhenium(I) complexes with substituted dipyrido[3,2-a:2,3-c]phenazine ligands Mark R. Waterland, Keith C. Gordon, John J. McGarvey and Pradeep M. Jayaweera, pp 609 DOI:10.1039/a706110b

A new unsymmetrical N,O-donor hexadentate ligand. Synthesis, structure and properties of its first vanadyl(IV) complex Ademir Neves, Stela Maris de Moraes Romanowski, Ivo Vencato and Antonio Salvio Mangrich, pp 617 DOI:10.1039/a707383f

Copper(I) complexes of dinucleating macrocyclic bis(dithiadiimine) ligands Gang Wei, Geoffrey A. Lawrance, David T. Richens, Trevor W. Hambley and Peter Turner, pp 623 DOI:10.1039/a705932i

Synthesis, spectroscopic and electrochemical study of nickel-(II) and -(I) complexes with Schiff-base ligands giving a NNOS co-ordination sphere Eulália Pereira, Lígia Gomes and Baltazar de Castro, pp 629 DOI:10.1039/a705685k

Synthetic and single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies of CH2I2 and aryl iodide complexes of silver carboxylates and -diketonates John Powell, Michael J. Horvath, Alan Lough, Andrew Phillips and Jason Brunet, pp 637 DOI:10.1039/a706028i

Intramolecular hydrogen bonding between 2-cyanoguanidine and 3-chloro-6-(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridazines in copper(II) complexes Alexander J. Blake, Peter Hubberstey, Wan-Sheung Li, Claire E. Russell, Beverley J. Smith and Louise D. Wraith, pp 647 DOI:10.1039/a706105f

Stepwise substitution of terminal and bridging phosphines in [Pd2(µ-PBut2)(µ-PBut2H)(PBut2H)2]BF4 and the reactivity of [Pd2(µ-PBut2)(PPh3)3]BF4 Piero Leoni, Giuseppe Pieri and Marco Pasquali, pp 657 DOI:10.1039/a706156k

New heterometallic di-µ-hydroxo chromium(III)-iridium(III) and rhodium(III)-iridium(III) dinuclear aqua ions Vanesaa A. Sánchez-Ortiz, L. Gerardo Martínez-Jardines, Silvia E. Castillo-Blum and A. Geoffrey Sykes, pp 663 DOI:10.1039/a706920k

Pinch-porphyrins, new spectroscopic and kinetic models of peroxidases Yasmi Reyes-Ortega, Cecilio Alvarez-Toledano, Daniel Ramírez-Rosales, Amparo Sánchez-Sandoval, Enrique González-Vergara and Rafael Zamorano-Ulloa, pp 667 DOI:10.1039/a704516f

X-Ray crystallographic and extended X-ray absorption fine structure studies of gold(I) complexes containing weak intermolecular interactions Peter Bishop, Patsy Marsh, Alan K. Brisdon, Brian J. Brisdon and Mary F. Mahon, pp 675 DOI:10.1039/a707650i

Two new cation radical bis(ethylenedithio)tetraselenafulvalene (BETS) salts, -(BETS)6Bi3Cl12·PhCl and (BETS)2Bi2Cl8: synthesis, structure and conducting properties. First characterisation of the new trinuclear anion [Bi3Cl12]3- Nataliya D. Kushch, Oleg A. Dyachenko, Victor V. Gritsenko, Patrick Cassoux, Christophe Faulmann, Akiko Kobayashi and Hayao Kobayashi, pp 683 DOI:10.1039/a705223e

Self-association of new mixed-ligand diimine-N-acyl-N,N-dialkyl thioureate complexes of platinum(II) in acetonitrile solution Klaus R. Koch, Cheryl Sacht and Claire Lawrence, pp 689 DOI:10.1039/a704577h

Co-ordination of hydrazine and substituted hydrazines on reaction with [Rh2(CO)4Cl2] and disproportionation of 1,2-N2H2Ph2 James V. Barkley, Brian T. Heaton, Chacko Jacob, Rajeswary Mageswaran and Jeyagowry T. Sampanthar, pp 697 DOI:10.1039/a707042j

Synthesis of triple cyclam (1,5,9,12,16,20,24,27-octaazatricyclo[18.10.2.25,16]tetratriacontane) and its 36-membered analogue 1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29-octaazatricyclo[19.11.2.25,17]hexatriacontane and studies of their co-ordinating properties in solution and the solid state Akhmad Damsyik, Philip J. Davies, Cindy I. Keeble, Max R. Taylor and Kevin P. Wainwright, pp 703 DOI:10.1039/a707236h

Tetranuclear iron(III) complexes with amino acids involving a planar (µ-oxo)(µ-hydroxo)bis(µ-alkoxo)bis(µ-carboxylato)tetrairon core Tomoaki Tanase, Tomoko Inagaki, Yasuko Yamada, Masako Kato, Emi Ota, Mikio Yamazaki, Mitsunobu Sato, Wasuke Mori, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Masahiro Mikuriya, Masashi Takahashi, Masuo Takeda, Isamu Kinoshita and Shigenobu Yano, pp 713 DOI:10.1039/a707008j

New tetranuclear metal carboxylate clusters with the [M4(µ3-O)2]8+ (M = MnIII or FeIII) cores: crystal structures and properties of [Mn4O2Cl2(O2CC6H3F2-3,5)6(py)4], [Fe4O2Cl2(O2CMe)6(bpy)2] and [NBun4][Fe4O2(O2CMe)7(pic)2] Michael W. Wemple, DeAnna K. Coggin, John B. Vincent, James K. McCusker, William E. Streib, John C. Huffman, David N. Hendrickson and George Christou, pp 719 DOI:10.1039/a706668f

Issue 5

2-D NMR Spectroscopy of chiral phosphine complexes. Applications to problems related to enantioselective homogeneous catalysis Paul S. Pregosin and Gerald Trabesinger, pp 727 DOI:10.1039/a708568k

An original heterodinuclear VO2+,Gd3+ complex with a nonet ground state Jean-Pierre Costes, Arnaud Dupuis and Jean-Pierre Laurent, pp 735 DOI:10.1039/a800346g

Synthesis and molecular structure of Bi4Ba4(µ4-O)2(µ3-OEt)8(µ-OEt)4(2-thd)4 (Hthd = 2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-3,5-dione). An example of the formulation of a mixed-metal alkoxide assisted by dioxygen Stéphane Parola, Renée Papiernik, Liliane G. Hubert-Pfalzgraf and Claudine Bois, pp 737 DOI:10.1039/a708052b

Anion-induced migration reaction of acetylide from iron to cyclopentadienyl in (cyclopentadienyl)irondicarbonyl(acetylide) complexes Ling-Kang Liu, Kuo-Yang Chang and Yuh-Sheng Wen, pp 741 DOI:10.1039/a709100a

Kinetics of formation of dihydrogen complexes: protonation of cis-[FeH2{P(CH2CH2PPh2)3} with acids in tetrahydrofuran Manuel G. Basallote, Joaquín Durán, M. Jesús Fernández-Trujillo, M. Angeles Máñez and Javier Rodríguez de la Torre, pp 745 DOI:10.1039/a707491c

>Crystal and molecular structures of >[>Ru>3(µ-H)(µ3-1:1:3-C12H17)(CO)9]: revision of a previous determination Michael I. Bruce, Hoong-Kun Fun, Brian K. Nicholson, Omar bin Shawkataly and Ralph A. Thomson, pp 751 DOI:10.1039/a706547g

New transition-metal derivatives of the fullerene C60 Alexander N. Chernega, Malcolm L. H. Green, Jane Haggitt and Adam H. H. Stephens, pp 755 DOI:10.1039/a707618e

Synthesis and structural characterization of dialkyldithiocarbamato complexes of niobium Juan Fernández-Baeza, Félix A. Jalón, Antonio Otero, Ma Esther Rodrigo-Blanco and Michel Etienne, pp 769 DOI:10.1039/a707412c

Nature of previously reported thermally unstable products derived from the reaction of [Co2(CO)8] with PhSSPh, EtSSEt or PhSeSePh and of the reactions of these products with alkynes or isocyanides John E. Davies, Martin J. Mays, Paul R. Raithby, Vallipuram Sarveswaran and Gregory P. Shields, pp 775 DOI:10.1039/a707709b

Stabilization of copper(III) complexes by substituted oxamate ligands Beatriz Cervera, José L. Sanz, María J. Ibáñez, Gema Vila, Francesc LLoret, Miguel Julve, Rafael Ruiz, Xavier Ottenwaelder, Ally Aukauloo, Sandrine Poussereau, Yves Journaux and M. Carmen Muñoz, pp 781 DOI:10.1039/a706964b

Synthesis, structure and reactivity of a new six-membered cycloaurated complex of 2-benzoylpyridine [AuCl2(pcp-C 1,N)] [pcp = 2-(2-pyridylcarbonyl)phenyl]. Comparison with the cycloaurated complex derived from 2-benzylpyridine Yoshio Fuchita, Hidenori Ieda, Yukiko Tsunemune, Junko Kinoshita-Nagaoka and Hiroyuki Kawano, pp 791 DOI:10.1039/a706354g

Hydrothermal synthesis and characterisation of alkaline-earth metal salts of benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid M. John Plater, Alexander J. Roberts, Jim Marr, Eric E. Lachowski and R. Alan Howie, pp 797 DOI:10.1039/a708189h

Co-ordination chemistry of the organometallic tridentate ligand trans-[Ru(2-Ph2PC5H4N-P)2(CO)3] and crystal structures of metal complex derivatives Wing-Han Chan, Zheng-Zhi Zhang, Thomas C. W. Mak and Chi-Ming Che, pp 803 DOI:10.1039/a706958h

Stereoselective addition of diphenylphosphine to substituted diphenylethynes: synthetic, NMR and X-ray crystallographic studies Jonathan L. Bookham, Darren M. Smithies, Anna Wright, Mark Thornton-Pett and William McFarlane, pp 811 DOI:10.1039/a707210d

Reaction of [Mo6S8(PEt3)6] and NOBF4: structure and molecular orbital calculation of an octahedral cluster complex [Mo6S8(NO)(PEt3)5] Jun Mizutani, Shingo Amari, Hideo Imoto and Taro Saito, pp 819 DOI:10.1039/a707191d

Chromium, molybdenum and tungsten carbonyl derivatives of distibinomethane ligands Angela M. Hill, Nicholas J. Holmes, Anthony R. J. Genge, William Levason, Michael Webster and Synke Rutschow, pp 825 DOI:10.1039/a707798j

Acetato and acetylacetonato ruthenium(II) complexes containing SbPri3, PPri3 and PCy3 as ligands Claus Grünwald, Matthias Laubender, Justin Wolf and Helmut Werner, pp 833 DOI:10.1039/a707870f

Cyclopentadienyl-diethylcarbamato derivatives of zirconium(IV) and hafnium(IV), [M(C5H5)(O2CNEt2)3]: synthesis and use as precursors for chemical implantation on a silica surface Luigi Abis, Fausto Calderazzo, Cäcilia Maichle-Mössmer, Guido Pampaloni, Joachim Strähle and Giovanna Tripepi, pp 841 DOI:10.1039/a707547b

Synthesis and structural characterisation of rare-earth bis(dimethylsilyl)amides and their surface organometallic chemistry on mesoporous MCM-41 Reiner Anwander, Oliver Runte, Jörg Eppinger, Gisela Gerstberger, Eberhardt Herdtweck and Michael Spiegler, pp 847 DOI:10.1039/a705608g

Crystal structure and absorption spectroscopy of a dimeric neodymium(III) complex with triethylenetetraaminehexaacetic acid (H6ttha), Na0.5H5.5[Nd2(ttha)2]·7.5NaClO4·16.83H2O Anna Mondry and Przemysaw Starynowicz, pp 859 DOI:10.1039/a707404b

Issue 6

Crystallography of molecular excited states. Transition-metal nitrosyl complexes and the study of transient species Philip Coppens, Dmitry V. Fomitchev, Michael D. Carducci and Kirby Culp, pp 865 DOI:10.1039/a708604k

Gold(I) complex of 7-diphenylphosphino-2,4-dimethyl-1,8-naphthyridine (dpnapy) as a metalloligand for encapsulation of metal ions. Crystal structures of [AuCu(dpnapy)3][ClO4]2 and [AuCd(dpnapy)3][ClO4]3 Wing-Han Chan, Kung-Kai Cheung, Thomas C. W. Mak and Chi-Ming Che, pp 873 DOI:10.1039/a800061a

A novel access to ionic superoxides and the first accurate determination of the bond distance in O2- Hady Seyeda and Martin Jansen, pp 875 DOI:10.1039/a800952j

An unexpected redistribution of trichlorosilane. Synthesis, structure and bonding of (N,N,N,N-tetraethylethylenediamine)dichlorosilane Philip Boudjouk, Steven D. Kloos, Beon-Kyu Kim, Michael Page and David Thweatt, pp 877 DOI:10.1039/a800240a

Synthesis, NMR, relaxometry and circularly polarised luminescence studies of macrocyclic monoamidetris(phosphinate) complexes bearing a remote chiral centre Silvio Aime, Mauro Botta, Rachel S. Dickins, Christine L. Maupin, David Parker, James P. Riehl and J. A. Gareth Williams, pp 881 DOI:10.1039/a708667i

Asymmetric syntheses, structures and reactions of palladium(II) complexes containing thiolato- and sulfinyl-substituted P chiral phosphines Pak-Hing Leung, Soh-Yun Siah, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 893 DOI:10.1039/a707990g

Influence of anions and crystallisation conditions on the solid-state structure of some binuclear silver(I) complexes supported by triazolopyrimidine bridges Jorge A. R. Navarro, Juan M. Salas, M. Angustias Romero and R. Faure, pp 901 DOI:10.1039/a707789k

Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of a novel mixed-valence copper phosphonate: Na2Cu15(hedp)6(OH)2(H2O) (hedp = 1-hydroxyethylidenediphosphonate) Li-Min Zheng, Chun-Ying Duan, Xiang-Rong Ye, Li-Yi Zhang, Cheng Wang and Xin-Quan Xin, pp 905 DOI:10.1039/a706601e

Copper(I) chelated by 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline and bridged by 4,4-bipyridine or trans-1,2-bis(pyridin-4-yl)ethene to give discrete dinuclear and polymeric cations Alexander J. Blake, Stuart J. Hill, Peter Hubberstey and Wan-Sheung Li, pp 909 DOI:10.1039/a708796i

A pyridine dialkoxide titanium dichloride complex. Synthesis and molecular structure of 2,6-bis(2,2-diphenyl-2-trimethylsilyloxy- ethyl)pyridine Helmut Mack and Moris S. Eisen, pp 917 DOI:10.1039/a708041g

Syntheses and structural characterizations of phenylimidorhenium(V) complexes containing bi- or tetra-dentate phosphinoamido ligands Fiorenzo Refosco, Cristina Bolzati, Francesco Tisato and Giuliano Bandoli, pp 923 DOI:10.1039/a707330e

Unusual reactions of cationic carbyne complexes of manganese and rhenium with [NMe4][HFe(CO)4] to form heteronuclear dimetal carbene-bridged complexes Yongjun Tang, Jie Sun and Jiabi Chen, pp 931 DOI:10.1039/a708910d

The energetics and mechanism of fluxionality of 2,26,2-terpyridine derivatives when acting as bidentate ligands in transition-metal complexes. A detailed dynamic NMR study Andrew Gelling, Keith G. Orrell, Anthony G. Osborne and Vladimir ik, pp 937 DOI:10.1039/a708293b

Synthesis and characterisation of bis- and tris-(pyrazol-1-yl)borate acetyl complexes of FeII and RuII and isolation of an intermediate of B-N bond hydrolysis Gianfranco Bellachioma, Giuseppe Cardaci, Volker Gramlich, Alceo Macchioni, Federica Pieroni and Luigi M. Venanzi, pp 947 DOI:10.1039/a708291f

Formation of a novel µ3-borate-capped triniobium cluster via hydrolysis of a hydridotris(pyrazol-1-yl)borate ligand Shehla Minhas, Alan Devlin, David T. Richens, Attila C. Benyei and Philip Lightfoot, pp 953 DOI:10.1039/a708876k

Heterotrinuclear complexes containing d- and f-block elements: synthesis and structural characterisation of novel lanthanide(III)- nickel(II)-lanthanide(III) compounds bridged by oxamidate Takayuki Sanada, Takayoshi Suzuki and Sumio Kaizaki, pp 959 DOI:10.1039/a706834d

Kinetic analysis of the complexation of aqueous lanthanide(III) ions by arsenazo III Yanlong Shi, Edward M. Eyring and Rudi van Eldik, pp 967 DOI:10.1039/a708480c

Lanthanide-sulfur gas-phase chemistry: reactions of Ln+ with S8 Keith Fisher, Ian Dance and Gary Willett, pp 975 DOI:10.1039/a706349k

Vibrational modes and structure of liquid and gaseous zirconium tetrachloride and of molten ZrCl4-CsCl mixtures G. M. Photiadis and G. N. Papatheodorou, pp 981 DOI:10.1039/a707126d

New intermediate-spin chloroiron(III) complex with a mixed nitrogen- sulfur co-ordination sphere Marie-Aude Kopf, Daniel Varech, Jean-Pierre Tuchagues, Daniel Mansuy and Isabelle Artaud, pp 991 DOI:10.1039/a706664c

Mechanistic insight from rapid-scan stopped-flow spectrophotometry into the autoxidation of ascorbate catalysed by an iron porphyrin complex Vasilios Lepentsiotis and Rudi van Eldik, pp 999 DOI:10.1039/a708171e

Supramolecular interactions between Co(CN)5(SO3)4- and polyammonium macrocyclic receptors A. Jorge Parola, Fernando Pina, M. Francesca Manfrin and Luca Moggi, pp 1005 DOI:10.1039/a708805a

Reactions of dichloro[2-(dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl-C1,N]gold(III), [Au(damp-C1,N)Cl2], with heterocyclic thiols. Evidence for Au-N bond cleavage and protonation of the dimethylamino group Ulrich Abram, Jürgen Mack, Kirstin Ortner and Martin Müller, pp 1011 DOI:10.1039/a708618k

Ion-pairing and charge-transfer interactions between octacyano-molybdates(IV) and -tungstates(IV) and diquaternary bipyridines Beata Nowicka and Alina Samotus, pp 1021 DOI:10.1039/a708402a

Ligand behaviour and reactivity of phenyl 2-pyridyl ketone azine. Structures of two polymorphic forms of the azine and a copper complex of the 3-phenyltriazolo[1,5-a]pyridine* Elena Amadei, Mauro Carcelli, Sandra Ianelli, Pietro Cozzini, Paolo Pelagatti and Corrado Pelizzi, pp 1025 DOI:10.1039/a706831j

Synthesis and structure of isocytosine ternary copper(II) complexes Angel García-Raso, Juan J. Fiol, Bartomeu Adrover, Virtudes Moreno, Elies Molins and Ignasi Mata, pp 1031 DOI:10.1039/a709272e

Copper(II) complexes of mono- and di-nucleating hexaamines Paul V. Bernhardt and Elizabeth J. Hayes, pp 1037 DOI:10.1039/a707209k

Chiral bipyridine-copper(II) complex. Crystal structure and catalytic activity in asymmetric cyclopropanation Hoi-Lun Kwong, Wing-Sze Lee, Hung-Foon Ng, Wing-Hong Chiu and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 1043 DOI:10.1039/a706754b

Nickel organometallic compounds containing optically active Schiff bases. A chiral carbon atom as a sensor of structural features Rosa M. Ceder, Jaume Granell and Guillermo Muller, pp 1047 DOI:10.1039/a708209f

Synthesis and skeletal isomerization of the phosphinidene acetylide cluster complexes [Ru4(CO)10(µ4-PPh)(CCPh){WL(CO)}] where L = C5Me5 or C5H5 Wen-Cheng Tseng, Yun Chi, Chi-Jung Su, Arthur J. Carty, Shie-Ming Peng and Gene-Hsiang Lee, pp 1053 DOI:10.1039/a708030a

Density functional study of hydrogen exchange and methane elimination from bis(cyclopentadienyl)tungsten methyl hydrides and their ansa-bridged analogues Jennifer C. Green and Christian N. Jardine, pp 1057 DOI:10.1039/a708411k

Design of selective macrocyclic ligands for the divalent first-row transition-metal ions Judite Costa, Rita Delgado, Michael G. B. Drew and Vitor Félix, pp 1063 DOI:10.1039/a706434i

Structure of the polymer-salt co-ordination complex [(CH2CH2O)n] KCF3SO3, obtained from powder diffraction data Graham S. MacGlashan, Yuri G. Andreev and Peter G. Bruce, pp 1073 DOI:10.1039/a708633d

Issue 7

The role of big metal clusters in nanoscience Günter Schmid, pp 1077 DOI:10.1039/a708447a

A silver(I) center solely bonded to four gold(I) atoms María Contel, Julián Garrido, M. Concepción Gimeno and Mariano Laguna, pp 1083 DOI:10.1039/a801183d

Syntheses and crystal structures of divalent complexes with a new hexadentate ligand derived from 1,4,7-triazacyclononane Masayuki Koikawa, Kenneth B. Jensen, Hideaki Matsushima, Tadashi Tokii and Hans Toftlund, pp 1085 DOI:10.1039/a709219i

A novel tricopper(II) complex of a polyamine alcohol Paul V. Bernhardt and Philip C. Sharpe, pp 1087 DOI:10.1039/a800297e

Insertion of oximic and hydroxamic functions into one simple amino acid creates a new family of powerful chelating agents Agnieszka Dobosz, Igor O. Fritsky, Aldona Karaczyn, Henryk Kozowski, Tatiana Yu. Sliva and Jolanta witek-Kozowska, pp 1089 DOI:10.1039/a800784e

Use of the monocationic fragment [Ru(5-C5H5)(MeCN)3]+ as a capping reagent in the synthesis of mixed-metal clusters: synthesis and structural characterisation of [Os3RuH(CO)11(5-C5H5)] and [Os3Ru2(CO)9(µ3-CO)2(5-C5H5)2] Radchada Buntem, Jack Lewis, Catherine A. Morewood, Paul R. Raithby, M. Carmen Ramirez de Arellano and Gregory P. Shields, pp 1091 DOI:10.1039/a708714d

Synthesis, structure and reactivity of triosmium clusters derived from the reactions of [Os3(CO)10(µ-dppm)] (dppm = Ph2PCH2PPh2) and [Os3(µ-H)(CO)8{Ph2PCH2P(Ph)C6H4}] with PHPh2 Kazi A. Azam, Michael B. Hursthouse, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Shariff E. Kabir, K. M. Abdul Malik, Rashid Miah, Claas Sudbrake and Heinrich Vahrenkamp, pp 1097 DOI:10.1039/a708733k

Synthesis, crystal structures and dynamic behaviour of the pentanuclear mixed-metal cluster compounds [Au2Ru3(µ-H)(µ3-COMe){µ-Ph2P(CH2)nPPh2}(CO)9] (n =1 or 5) Catriona A. Collins, Ian D. Salter, Vladimir ik, Steven A. Williams and Trushar Adatia, pp 1107 DOI:10.1039/a707585e

Synthesis and reactivity of binuclear copper(I) complexes of 2-(diphenylphosphino)-6-(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine (L1). Crystal structures of [Cu2(µ-L1)2(MeCN)2][ClO4]2, [Cu2(µ-L1)2(µ-1-CCPh)][ClO4]· CHCl3·H2O and [Cu2(µ-L1)2(µ-Cl)][ClO4]·H2O Shan-Ming Kuang, Zheng-Zhi Zhang, Qi-Guang Wang and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 1115 DOI:10.1039/a708800k

Self-assembly of copper(I) and silver(I) complexes with square-grid and channel structures Yusaku Suenaga, Sheng Gang Yan, Liang Ping Wu, Ichiro Ino, Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa, Masahiko Maekawa and Megumu Munakata, pp 1121 DOI:10.1039/a707617g

Syntheses, properties, crystal and molecular structure of a novel neutral pentanuclear copper(I) iodide species. Copper(I) complexes with tetraethylthiuram monosulfide Luis I. Victoriano, María Teresa Garland, Andrés Vega and César Lopez, pp 1127 DOI:10.1039/a709210e

Extended network via hydrogen bond linkages of zig-zag co-ordination chains [{Cu2(trans-oxen)(µ-OH)(µ-H2O)}n]n+ or [Cu2(trans-oxen)(µ-OCN)2]n [H2oxen = N,N-bis(2-aminoethyl)oxamide] Zhong-Ning Chen, Hua-Xin Zhang, Kai-Bei Yu, Kang-Cheng Zheng, Hu Cai and Bei-Sheng Kang, pp 1133 DOI:10.1039/a708615f

Cationic methylpalladium(II) complexes containing bidentate N-O ligands as catalysts for the copolymerisation of CO and ethylene. Identification and isolation of intermediates from the stepwise insertion reactions, and subsequent detailed mechanistic interpretation Melinda J. Green, George J. P. Britovsek, Kingsley J. Cavell, Frank Gerhards, Brian F. Yates, Katrina Frankcombe, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 1137 DOI:10.1039/a707199j

Comparative investigation of the Group 6 (Cr, Mo or W) metal carbonyl complexes of 1,3,5-triazacyclohexanes Nicole L. Armanasco, Murray V. Baker, Michael R. North, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 1145 DOI:10.1039/a708888d

Low-spin iron(II) in a small unsymmetrical N6 macrocycle Sally Brooker and Timothy J. Simpson, pp 1151 DOI:10.1039/a708061a

Stereoisomers in heterometallic (Ru2Os) and heteroleptic homometallic (RuRuRu) trinuclear complexes incorporating the bridging ligand hat (1,4,5,8,9,12-hexaazatriphenylene) Todd J. Rutherford and F. Richard Keene, pp 1155 DOI:10.1039/a707122a

Co-ordination chemistry of 6-(2-hydroxyphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid: a terdentate ligand with a mixed phenolate/pyridyl/carboxylate donor set Samantha M. Couchman, John C. Jeffery, Peter Thornton and Michael D. Ward, pp 1163 DOI:10.1039/a709078a

Convenient synthesis of alkynyl aryl seleno- and telluro-ethers Darren J. Cook, Anthony F. Hill and D. James Wilson, pp 1171 DOI:10.1039/a708647d

New P-S-N containing ring systems. Reaction of 2,4-(naphthalene-1,8-diyl)-1,3,2,4-dithiadiphosphetane 2,4-disulfide and its 4-methoxynaphthalene derivative with hexamethyldisilazane Petr Kilián, Jaromír Marek, Radek Marek, Jiøí Tou·ín, Otakar Humpa, Josef Novosad and J. Derek Woollins, pp 1175 DOI:10.1039/a708348c

A novel one-dimensional nickel(II) alternating chain from discrete pyrazolate-based dinuclear complexes Franc Meyer, Uwe Ruschewitz, Peter Schober, Björn Antelmann and Laszlo Zsolnai, pp 1181 DOI:10.1039/a708565f

Magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies of a tetraaryl-distannene and -digermene [M2R4] (R = C6HBut-2-Me3-4,5,6 and M = Sn or Ge) M. Antonietta Della Bona, M. Cristina Cassani, Julian M. Keates, Gerard A. Lawless, Michael F. Lappert, Martin Stürmann and Manfred Weidenbruch, pp 1187 DOI:10.1039/a709141i

Effects of non-collinear fine and hyperfine structure on the zero-field electron magnetic resonance of [Cu2(pmdien)2(N3)2][BPh4]2 Christopher D. Delfs and Richard Bramley, pp 1191 DOI:10.1039/a708790j

Skutterudite vs. ReO3 structures for MX3 solids: electronic requirements Miquel Llunell, Santiago Alvarez and Pere Alemany, pp 1195 DOI:10.1039/a708200b

Synthesis, crystal structure and superoxide dismutase activity of a five-co-ordinated manganese(II) complex Dao Feng Xiang, Chun Ying Duan, Xiang Shi Tan, Qin Wei Hang and Wen Xia Tang, pp 1201 DOI:10.1039/a707433f

Metal complexes of imidazole ligands containing histamine-like donor sets: equilibrium, solution structure and hydrolytic activity Ibolya Török, Tamás Gajda, Béla Gyurcsik, Gábor K. Tóth and Antal Péter, pp 1205 DOI:10.1039/a707408e

Iron(II) complexes with novel pentadentate ligands via C-C bond formation between various nitriles and [2,4-bis(2-pyridylmethylimino)pentane]iron(II) perchlorate: synthesis and structures Masafumi Goto, Yoshinobu Ishikawa, Takao Ishihara, Chika Nakatake, Tomoe Higuchi, Hiromasa Kurosaki and Virgil L. Goedken, pp 1213 DOI:10.1039/a708589c

Some crown ether chemistry of Ti, Zr and Hf derived from liquid clathrate media Abbas Alvanipour, Jerry L. Atwood, Simon G. Bott, Peter C. Junk, Ulrich H. Kynast and Horst Prinz, pp 1223 DOI:10.1039/a707684c

Molecular orbital analysis of the metal-hydrazide(2-) bonding in co-ordination chemistry Samia Kahlal, Jean-Yves Saillard, Jean-René Hamon, Carolina Manzur and David Carrillo, pp 1229 DOI:10.1039/a706923e

Optically active cyclopalladated derivatives of arylimines. Crystal structures of (+)-[{Pd[p-MeOC6H3CHNCH2-(1S,2R,5S)CHCH2CH2CHC(Me)2CHCH2](µ-X)}2] (X = Cl or Br), (+)-[Pd{p-MeOC6H3CHNCH2-(1S,2R,5S)-CHCH2CH2CHC(Me)2CHCH2}Cl(PPh3)] and (+)-[{Pd[p-MeOC6H3CHNCH2-(1S,2R,5S)-CHCH2CH2CHC(Me)2CHCH2]Cl}2{Fe(5-C5H4PPh2 Gang Zhao, Qi-Guang Wang and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 1241 DOI:10.1039/a708407b

Solution decomposition of platinum(II) fluoride cations; single-crystal structure of [Pt(PPh3)2(C6H4PPh2)][SbF6]·CD2Cl2 Howard C. S. Clark, John Fawcett, John H. Holloway, Eric G. Hope, Lee A. Peck and David R. Russell, pp 1249 DOI:10.1039/a709075g

Issue 8

Cluster chemistry of ruthenium and osmium* Wing-Tak Wong, pp 1253 DOI:10.1039/a709057i

Chiral peptide nucleic acids: a new family of ligands for metal ions Justyna Szyrwiel, Piotr Mynarz, Henryk Kozowski and Maurizio Taddei, pp 1263 DOI:10.1039/a800954f

Yttrium -diketonate complexes with triglyme: ionic and neutral isomers and outer-sphere co-ordination of triglyme Kimberly D. Pollard, Jagadese J. Vittal, Glenn P. A. Yap and Richard J. Puddephatt, pp 1265 DOI:10.1039/a801344f

Influence of the ferrocene substituent on C-O bonds at the position. Results from low-temperature X-ray structural studies Brett R. Pool, Chee-Chung Sun and Jonathan M. White, pp 1269 DOI:10.1039/a801652f

Synthesis of ferrocenylphosphine-modified silicon surfaces Robert D. Eagling, James E. Bateman, Nicholas J. Goodwin, William Henderson and Benjamin R. Horrocks, pp 1273 DOI:10.1039/a801315b

Co-ordination chemistry of 1,1-bis(diphenylthiophosphoryl)ferrocene (dptpf) towards silver(I). Crystal structure of the polymeric complex [Ag2(µ-dptpf){(SPPh2)2CH2}2]n[ClO4]2n M. Concepción Gimeno, Peter G. Jones, Antonio Laguna and Cristina Sarroca, pp 1277 DOI:10.1039/a708959g

Alkyne complexes of molybdenum(II) and tungsten(II) containing acyclic and cyclic thioether ligands; crystal structures of [WI2(CO)- {MeS(CH2)2S(CH2)2SMe-S,S}(2-PhC2Ph)], [MoI(CO)([9]aneS3-S,S,S)(2-PhC2Ph)]I and [WI(ttoc-S,S,S)(2-PhC2Ph)2]I3 (ttoc = 2,5,8-trithia[9]orthocyclophane) Paul K. Baker, Alec I. Clark, Simon J. Coles, Michael G. B. Drew, Marcus C. Durrant, Michael B. Hursthouse and Raymond L. Richards, pp 1281 DOI:10.1039/a708648b

Crystal structure of triphenylphosphine sulfide diiodine; the first crystallographically characterised 11 molecular charge-transfer complex of a tertiary phosphine sulfide with diiodine David C. Apperley, Neil Bricklebank, Sally L. Burns, David E. Hibbs, Michael B. Hursthouse and K. M. Abdul Malik, pp 1289 DOI:10.1039/a709121d

Synthesis, characterization, and reactions of tetrakis(nitrile)chromium(II) tetrafluoroborate complexes Rui T. Henriques, Eberhardt Herdtweck, Fritz E. Kühn, André D. Lopes, Janos Mink and Carlos C. Romão, pp 1293 DOI:10.1039/a708988k

Synthesis and characterization of d2 imido complexes of molybdenum. Crystal structure of [MoCl2{N(mes)}(PhCCPh)(PMe3)2]·0.5PhCCPh (mes = 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl) Francisco Montilla, Agustín Galindo, Ernesto Carmona, Enrique Gutiérrez-Puebla and Angeles Monge, pp 1299 DOI:10.1039/a708173a

Bridging ability of a novel polydentate ligand (H2L) comprising an oxime function. Structures of a mononuclear precursor [NiL] and a dinuclear CuII2 complex. Magnetic properties of mononuclear (NiII and CuII), dinuclear (CuII2, NiII2, NiIICuII and CuIICrIII) and trinuclear (CuII3, CuIIMnIICuII and CuIIZnIICuII) complexes Jean-Pierre Costes, Françoise Dahan, Arnaud Dupuis and Jean-Pierre Laurent, pp 1307 DOI:10.1039/a708374b

A kinetic study of the reaction between noradrenaline and iron(III): an example of parallel inner- and outer-sphere electron transfer Usama El-Ayaan, Reginald F. Jameson and Wolfgang Linert, pp 1315 DOI:10.1039/a708639c

Cycloheptatriene: a new versatile co-ordination ligand. Synthesis and structural characterization of [Ru6C(CO)17] derivatives Dario Braga, Fabrizia Grepioni, Laura Scaccianoce and Brian F. G. Johnson, pp 1321 DOI:10.1039/a800010g

New metal-binding modes for 5-aminoorotic acid: preparation, characterization and crystal structures of zinc(II) complexes Nikolia Lalioti, Catherine P. Raptopoulou, Aris Terzis, Athanassios Panagiotopoulos, Spyros P. Perlepes and Evy Manessi-Zoupa, pp 1327 DOI:10.1039/a800014j

Orotate complexes of rhodium(I) and iridium(I): effect of coligand, counter ion, and solvent of crystallisation on association via complementary hydrogen bonding Stuart L. James, D. Michael P. Mingos, Xingling Xu, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 1335 DOI:10.1039/a708205c

Supramolecular motifs: sextuple aryl embraces in crystalline [M(2,2-bipy)3] and related complexes Ian Dance and Marcia Scudder, pp 1341 DOI:10.1039/a707237f

Transition-metal complexes of terpyridine ligands with hydroquinone or quinone substituents Gregory D. Storrier, Stephen B. Colbran and Donald C. Craig, pp 1351 DOI:10.1039/a709117f

Different co-ordination modes of the new, water-soluble, triphosphine PhP[CH2CH2P(CH2OH)2]2 with PtII, PdII, RhI and ReV C. Jeffrey Smith, V. Sreenivasa Reddy and Kattesh V. Katti, pp 1365 DOI:10.1039/a707916h

Structure of lithium-p-semiquinonates in non-aqueous solution* Martyn A. Brown, Bruce R. McGarvey and Dennis G. Tuck, pp 1371 DOI:10.1039/a800033f

Synthesis and crystal structural characterization of an unsymmetric neodymium(III) cryptate Chang-Jian Feng, Qin-Hui Luo, Chun-Ying Duan, Meng-Chang Shen and Yong-Jiang Liu, pp 1377 DOI:10.1039/a800570b

Lithium and lanthanoid(III) complexes of the chelating N,N-dimethyl-N-trimethylsilylethane-1,2-diaminate(1-) ligand Glen B. Deacon, Craig M. Forsyth, Peter C. Junk, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 1381 DOI:10.1039/a800022k

Co-ordination of heavier alkali metals by polyimido antimony(III) ligands; syntheses and structures of [{Sb2(NC6H11)4}2M4] (M = Li or Na), Li[{(Me2N)Sb(µ-NC6H11)2}2Sb] and M[{(C6H11NH)Sb(µ-NC6H11)2}2Sb]·2thf (M = K or Rb) Alan Bashall, Michael A. Beswick, Christopher N. Harmer, Alexander D. Hopkins, Mary McPartlin, Michael A. Paver, Paul R. Raithby and Dominic S. Wright, pp 1389 DOI:10.1039/a708496j

Solvated electrons: electron paramagnetic studies of solutions of lithium in ethylamine* Martyn C. R. Symons and Fatai A. Taiwo, pp 1395 DOI:10.1039/a800471d

Dynamic processes in platinum(II)-adenosine complexes. Preparation, NMR spectroscopic characterisation and crystal structure of isomeric PtII(dien)-adenosine complexes Jorma Arpalahti, Karel D. Klika, Reijo Sillanpää and Raikko Kivekäs, pp 1397 DOI:10.1039/a708955d

Rhodium carbonyl complexes containing pyridine; crystal structure of an unusual octahedral rhodium(I) complex [Rh2(µ-CO)3Cl2(py)4] Brian T. Heaton, Chacko Jacob and Jeyagowry T. Sampanthar, pp 1403 DOI:10.1039/a707435b

Issue 9

Highly active metallocene catalysts for olefin polymerization Walter Kaminsky, pp 1413 DOI:10.1039/a800056e

Mercuriophosphaalkene-P complexes: crystal structure of [Ru{P(CHBut)HgC5H4Fe(-C5H5)}Cl2(CO)(PPh3)2] Anthony F. Hill, Cameron Jones, Andrew J. P. White, David J. Williams and James D. E. T. Wilton-Ely, pp 1419 DOI:10.1039/a801513i

Perfect complementarity in the fitting of two homochiral heterodonor ligands around a nickel(II) centre: an intramolecular embrace Katharine L. Bray, Craig P. Butts, Guy C. Lloyd-Jones and Martin Murray, pp 1421 DOI:10.1039/a801170b

Deltahedra as underlying structural motifs in polynuclear metal chemistry: structure of an undecanuclear manganese-potassium cage Mark Murrie, Simon Parsons and Richard E. P. Winpenny, pp 1423 DOI:10.1039/a800829i

Metal iodides in polyiodide networks. The structural chemistry of CdI2 with an excess of iodine* Per H. Svensson, Lars Bengtsson-Kloo and Per Persson, pp 1425 DOI:10.1039/a708792f

Platinum-catalysed 1,4-diboration of 1,3-dienes William Clegg, Thorsten R. F. Johann, Todd B. Marder, Nicholas C. Norman, A. Guy Orpen, Torren M. Peakman, Michael J. Quayle, Craig R. Rice and Andrew J. Scott, pp 1431 DOI:10.1039/a800108a

Aluminium-27 and 71Ga NMR studies of the solution chemistry of Ga[AlCl4] and related compounds Zbynk erný, Jií Macháek, Jií Fusek, Bohuslav ásenský, Otomar Ki and Dennis G. Tuck, pp 1439 DOI:10.1039/a708842f

Synthesis and structural characterization of platinum(II)-acyclovir complexes Sabina Grabner, Janez Plavec, Natasa Bukovec, Daniela Di Leo, Renzo Cini and Giovanni Natile, pp 1447 DOI:10.1039/a708645h

Synthesis and structural characterization of technetium and rhenium complexes containing derivatized amino acids Michela Cattabriga, Andrea Marchi, Lorenza Marvelli, Roberto Rossi, Gianni Vertuani, Rita Pecoraro, Angelo Scatturin, Valerio Bertolasi and Valeria Ferretti, pp 1453 DOI:10.1039/a707842k

Synthesis, photophysical, photochemical and electrochemical properties of rhenium(I) diimine complexes with photoisomerizable pyridyl-azo, -ethenyl or -ethyl ligands Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Victor Chor-Yue Lau and Li-Xin Wu, pp 1461 DOI:10.1039/a801575i

Synthesis, reactivity and structural characterisation of bicyclic tetraphosphapentazanes Natesan Thirupathi, Setharampattu S. Krishnamurthy and Munirathinam Nethaji, pp 1469 DOI:10.1039/a801443d

Carbon-fluorine bond activation in the reactions between 1,2-bis[bis(2,6-difluorophenyl)phosphino]ethane and [{MCl(µ-Cl)(5-C5Me5)}2] (M = Rh or Ir) John Fawcett, Steffi Friedrichs, John H. Holloway, Eric G. Hope, Vickie McKee, Mark Nieuwenhuyzen, David R. Russell and Graham C. Saunders, pp 1477 DOI:10.1039/a800515j

Synthesis, crystal structure and polymorphism of a µ-oxo bridged binuclear iron(III) complex of 2,2 6,26,2-quaterpyridine Fausto Calderazzo, Luca Labella and Fabio Marchetti, pp 1485 DOI:10.1039/a707623a

Spectroscopic characterisation of electrogenerated nickel(III) species. Complexes with N2O2 Schiff-base ligands derived from salicylaldehyde Cristina Freire and Baltazar de Castro, pp 1491 DOI:10.1039/a708231b

Dicopper complexes derived from 4-amino-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole with versatile co-ordination number and geometry Megumu Munakata, Haiyang He, Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa, Masahiko Maekawa and Yuichi Suenaga, pp 1499 DOI:10.1039/a800549d

Interconversion between S- and N-bound L-methionine adducts of Pt(dien)2+ (dien = diethylenetriamine) via dien ring-opened intermediates Yu Chen, Zijian Guo, Piedad del Socorro Murdoch, Erle Zang and Peter J. Sadler, pp 1503 DOI:10.1039/a709282b

Synthesis, crystal structure and solid-state dynamics of the La(hfa)3·Me(OCH2CH2)4OMe (Hhfa = 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoropentane-2,4-dione) precursor for MOCVD applications Graziella Malandrino, Ignazio L. Fragalà, Silvio Aime, Walter Dastrù, Roberto Gobetto and Cristiano Benelli, pp 1509 DOI:10.1039/a708770e

Supramolecular organization in catena-poly{diethyl[3-(2-pyridyl)-2-sulfanylpropenoato]tin(IV)} and related diorganotin(IV) sulfanylcarboxylato compounds José S. Casas, Alfonso Castiñeiras, Maria D. Couce, Nuria Playá, Umberto Russo, Agustin Sánchez, José Sordo and José Ma Varela, pp 1513 DOI:10.1039/a708202i

Issue 10

Exploring the interactions of d-block elements with boron. A case for electronically unsaturated metallaborane clusters Thomas P. Fehlner, pp 1525 DOI:10.1039/a800924d

A new CuI(SCN) structural motif: synthesis of an uncharged three-dimensional co-ordination network Alexander J. Blake, Neil R. Champness, Marcello Crew, Lyall R. Hanton, Simon Parsons and Martin Schröder, pp 1533 DOI:10.1039/a801241e

A short intramolecular hydrogen bond is a key factor in the self-assembly of a dimeric complex with a 22-membered metallamacrocyclic cavity Igor O. Fritsky, Henryk Kozowski, Elena V. Prisyazhnaya, Aldona Karaczyn, Valentina A. Kalibabchuk and Tadeusz Gowiak, pp 1535 DOI:10.1039/a801781f

Synthesis and characterisation of the first E-unidentate [Ph2P(O)NP(E)Ph2]- metal complexes [Au{Ph2P(O)NP(E)Ph2-E}{Ph2P(O)NHPPh2}] and [Pd{Ph2P(O)NP(E)Ph2-E}2(H2NCH2CH2NH2)] (E = S or Se) Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Martin B. Smith and J. Derek Woollins, pp 1537 DOI:10.1039/a801856a

On the additivity of van der Waals radii Stepan S. Batsanov, pp 1541 DOI:10.1039/a801462k

Mesostructured gallium oxides templated by dodecyl sulfate assemblies Mitsunori Yada, Hiroyuki Takenaka, Masato Machida and Tsuyoshi Kijima, pp 1547 DOI:10.1039/a708890f

Magnetostructural behaviour of the complex [MnL(H2O)2]Cl2·4H2O at variable temperature studied by electron spin resonance (L = 2,13-dimethyl-3,6,9,12,18-pentaazabicyclo[12.3.1]octadeca-1(18),2,12,14,16-pentaene) Omar Jiménez-Sandoval, Daniel Ramírez-Rosales, María del Jesús Rosales-Hoz, Martha Elena Sosa-Torres and Rafael Zamorano-Ulloa, pp 1551 DOI:10.1039/a801292j

Comparative analysis of the electronic and EPR spectra of copper(II) and nickel(I) complexes; insights into nickel(I) electronic structure Mário Valente, Cristina Freire and Baltazar de Castro, pp 1557 DOI:10.1039/a800835c

Relative reactivity of N- and S-donor ligands in substitution reactions of aquaethylenedinitrilotetraacetatoruthenium(III) in aqueous solution* Hari C. Bajaj, Amitava Das and Rudi van Eldik, pp 1563 DOI:10.1039/a708984h

Biimidazole complexes of ML22+ [M = Ru or Os, L = 2-(phenylazo)pyridine]. Synthesis, structure and redox properties of mono- and di-nuclear complexes Partha Majumdar, Shie-Ming Peng and Sreebrata Goswami, pp 1569 DOI:10.1039/a801071d

Reaction of ruthenium and iron alkynyl complexes with [Mo2(CO)4(-C5H5)2] Lindsay T. Byrne, Christopher S. Griffith, George A. Koutsantonis, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 1575 DOI:10.1039/a708734i

Synthesis and characterisation of derivatives of monocyclopentadienylbis(arene-1,2-dithiolato)titanium(IV); crystal structures of M[Ti(5-C5Me5)(1,2-S2C6H4)2] [M = Tl or N(PPh3)2] Malcolm A. Spence, Georgina M. Rosair and W. Edward Lindsell, pp 1581 DOI:10.1039/a800890f

Synthesis and characterisation of the aminocarbene complexes [(5-C5H5)Fe(CO)(PPh3){C(NHR2)(CH2R1)}]+BF4- [R1 = H, Me or Pr; R2 = H, Me, Et, CHMe2, CH2Ph, CH(Me)Ph, CH2CHCH2 or CH2CH2OH] Stephen G. Davies, Alison J. Edwards, Simon Jones, Michael R. Metzler, Kazuo Yanada and Reiko Yanada, pp 1587 DOI:10.1039/a800927i

Reaction of di- and tri-valent chromium amides with O2 Kamalesh B. P. Ruppa, Khalil Feghali, Istvan Kovacs, Kasani Aparna, Sandro Gambarotta, Glenn P. A. Yap and Corinne Bensimon, pp 1595 DOI:10.1039/a708229k

Synthesis and crystal structure of 1,1-(3-oxapentamethylene)-bridged bis(indenyl) ansa-lanthanocene chlorides Changtao Qian, Gang Zou and Jie Sun, pp 1607 DOI:10.1039/a801577e

Ruthenium-, osmium- and cobalt-ion mediated selective activation of a C-Cl bond. Direct and spontaneous aromatic thiolation reaction via C-S bond cleavage Bidyut Kumar Santra and Goutam Kumar Lahiri, pp 1613 DOI:10.1039/a708641e

Synthesis and molecular structures of copper(I) 1-azaallyls Peter B. Hitchcock, Michael F. Lappert and Marcus Layh, pp 1619 DOI:10.1039/a801232f

Palladium(II) co-ordination by linear N-methylated polyamines: a solution and solid-state study Carla Bazzicalupi, Andrea Bencini, Haim Cohen, Claudia Giorgi, Gilad Golub, Dan Meyerstein, Nadav Navon, Piero Paoletti and Barbara Valtancoli, pp 1625 DOI:10.1039/a709284i

Carbon number-dependent intercalation and interlayer amidation properties of ,-alkanediamines for -titanium (2-carboxyethyl)phosphonate phosphate Tsuyoshi Kijima, Masa-aki Yamaguchi, Kiyohiko Imaizumi, Mitsunori Yada and Masato Machida, pp 1633 DOI:10.1039/a709089g

Optical resolution and the stereoelectronic properties of chelating (±)-[(methylsulfinyl)methyl]diphenylphosphine Pak-Hing Leung, G. H. Quek, Huifang Lang, A. M. Liu, K. F. Mok, Andrew J. P. White, David J. Williams, Nicholas H. Rees and William McFarlane, pp 1639 DOI:10.1039/a800510i

Synthesis and structures of new mono- and multi-nuclear benzyltin carboxylates and phosphinates: a novel dibenzyltin phosphinate stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen bonding K. C. Kumara Swamy, Musa A. Said, S. Nagabrahmanandachari, Damodara M. Poojary and Abraham Clearfield, pp 1645 DOI:10.1039/a708460i

Synthesis and X-ray characterization of helical polymer complexes [Ag(1,2,3-L)(PPh3)2]n and [Ag(1,2,4-L)(PPh3)2]n (HL = triazole) and their antimicrobial activities Kenji Nomiya, Kazuhiro Tsuda and Noriko Chikaraishi Kasuga, pp 1653 DOI:10.1039/a801348i

A new type of zinc sulfide cluster: [Zn10S7(py)9(SO4)3]·3H2O Basem Ali, Ian G. Dance, Don C. Craig and Marcia L. Scudder, pp 1661 DOI:10.1039/a707873k

Protonation reactions of the salts [Na][Pt(PR3)2(5-7-CB10H11)] (PR3 = PEt3 or PMe2Ph): synthesis and crystal structures of the platinacarborane complexes [PtCl(PMe2Ph)2(5-7-CB10H11)], [Pt2{µ-,5,5-8,9-(7-CB10H10)2}(PMe2Ph)4] and [Pt2(PEt3)4{55-9,9-I(H)(7-CB10H10)2}] Ian Blandford, John C. Jeffery, Helen Redfearn, Leigh H. Rees, Martin D. Rudd and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 1669 DOI:10.1039/a800918j

Regiochemical control of a Pt-promoted alkylation of the phenyl ring Maria E. Cucciolito, Augusto De Renzi, Ida Orabona, Francesco Ruffo and Diego Tesauro, pp 1675 DOI:10.1039/a800603b

Syntheses, crystal structures and magnetic properties of one-, two- and three-dimensional 2,2-bipyrimidine-containing copper(II) complexes Giovanni De Munno, Teresa Poerio, Miguel Julve, Francesc Lloret, Juan Faus and Andrea Caneschi, pp 1679 DOI:10.1039/a708477c

Kinetics of interaction of the thione unit in 4-thio-2-deoxyuridine and 4-thiouridine 5-monophosphate with rapidly reacting gold(III) complexes Anna Ericson, John C. Arthur, Robert S. Coleman, Lars I. Elding and Sofi K. C. Elmroth, pp 1687 DOI:10.1039/a708564h

Effect of surfactant and pH on the redox potential of microperoxidase 11 in aqueous micellar solutions Diganta K. Das and Okhil K. Medhi, pp 1693 DOI:10.1039/a708732b

Synthesis and characterization of palladium(II) complexes with the -stabilized phosphoylide ligand Ph3PC(H)CONMe2 Isabel C. Barco, Larry R. Falvello, Susana Fernández, Rafael Navarro and Esteban P. Urriolabeitia, pp 1699 DOI:10.1039/a708950c

Issue 11

Molecular architecture of cyclic nanostructures: use of co-ordination chemistry in the building of supermolecules with predefined geometric shapes Bogdan Olenyuk, Andreas Fechtenkötter and Peter J. Stang, pp 1707 DOI:10.1039/a801057i

Extraordinary bromide anion templated self-assembly of the [{Na(15-crown-5)}4Br]3+ trication Nicolette S. Fender, Ishenkumba A. Kahwa, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 1729 DOI:10.1039/a801947i

Single protonation labilises but double protonation inhibits substitution of [Fe4S4Cl4]2- Richard A. Henderson and Kay E. Oglieve, pp 1731 DOI:10.1039/a802303d

µ-Oxo and alkoxo complexes of gold(III) with 6-alkyl-2,2-bipyridines. Synthesis, characterization and X-ray structures Maria Agostina Cinellu, Giovanni Minghetti, Maria Vittoria Pinna, Sergio Stoccoro, Antonio Zucca, Mario Manassero and Mirella Sansoni, pp 1735 DOI:10.1039/a800757h

Silver(I) nitrate adducts with bidentate 2-, 3- and 4-pyridyl phosphines. Solution 31P and [31P-109Ag] NMR studies of 12 complexes and crystal structure of dimeric [{Ag(d2pype)(µ-d2pype)}2][NO3]2·2CH2Cl2 [d2pype = 1,2-bis(di-2-pyridylphosphino)ethane] Susan J. Berners-Price, Richard J. Bowen, Peta J. Harvey, Peter C. Healy and George A. Koutsantonis, pp 1743 DOI:10.1039/a709098f

Mono-, di- and poly-nuclear transition-metal complexes of a bis(tridentate) ligand: towards p-phenylenediamine-bridged co-ordination polymers Alan Hazell, Christine J. McKenzie and Lars Preuss Nielsen, pp 1751 DOI:10.1039/a800602d

N-Methylation of macrocyclic hexaaminecobalt(III) complexes Paul V. Bernhardt and Lathe A. Jones, pp 1757 DOI:10.1039/a800051d

Insertion reactions of platinum(II) ureylene complexes Maarten B. Dinger and William Henderson, pp 1763 DOI:10.1039/a708879f

Dipalladium complexes with a bridging arylene or diarylene ligand. Synthesis and CNR and CO insertion into the Pd-C bonds Yong-Joo Kim, Sang-Won Song, Sang-Chul Lee, Soon-W. Lee, Kohtaro Osakada and Takakazu Yamamoto, pp 1775 DOI:10.1039/a800925b

Hydrazo-keto and azo-enol tautomerism in organometallic palladacycles. New bidentate monoanionic and tridentate bianionic ligands Joan Albert, Asensio González, Jaume Granell, Rosa Moragas, Xavier Solans and Mercè Font-Bardía, pp 1781 DOI:10.1039/a801076e

Complexes of 2,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propene with PtII, PdII and RuII: synthesis, characterisation and rearrangements to complexes of cis-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)propene Jim Barkley, Simon J. Higgins and Mark K. McCart, pp 1787 DOI:10.1039/a801351i

Preparation and reactions of some neutral pentamethylcyclopentadienylruthenium vinylidene complexes Michael I. Bruce, Ben C. Hall, Natasha N. Zaitseva, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 1793 DOI:10.1039/a800871j

Saddle-shaped dioxo-ruthenium(VI) and -osmium(VI) 2,3,5,7,8,10,12,13,15,17,18,20-dodecaphenylporphyrin (H2dpp) complexes. Synthesis, spectral characterisation and alkene oxidation by [RuVI(dpp)O2] Chun-Jing Liu, Wing-Yiu Yu, Shie-Ming Peng, Thomas C. W. Mak and Chi-Ming Che, pp 1805 DOI:10.1039/a800535d

Reactions of [M2(CO)10] (M = Mn or Re) with xenon bis[pentafluorooxo-tellurate(VI) and -selenate(VI)] Martin C. Crossman, Eric G. Hope and Lee J. Wootton, pp 1813 DOI:10.1039/a801109e

Synthesis, emission and molecular orbital studies of luminescent zirconium thiolate complexes. Crystal structure of [Zr(5-C5Me5)2(SBun)2] Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Gui-Zhong Qi and Kung-Kai Cheung, pp 1819 DOI:10.1039/a800122g

Electronic communication between carbon chain bridged metals: a theoretical approach. Even Chains Paola Belanzoni, Nazzareno Re, Antonio Sgamellotti and Carlo Floriani, pp 1825 DOI:10.1039/a800770e

Response to steric constraint in azacryptate and related complexes of iron-(II) and -(III)* F. Anthony Deeney, Charles J. Harding, Grace G. Morgan, Vickie McKee, Jane Nelson, Simon J. Teat and William Clegg, pp 1837 DOI:10.1039/a801046c

Synthesis, characterisation and electrochemical reductions of oxo-centred, carboxylate-bridged triiron complexes, [Fe3(µ3-O)(µ-O2CR)6L3]X (R = Me, But, Ph, CH2Cl, CCl3, CH2CN or 4-NO2C6H4; L = py, 3-H2Npy, 4-H2Npy, 3-NCpy, 4-NCpy or 4-CH2CHpy; X = ClO4- or NO3-) Alan M. Bond, Robin J. H. Clark, David G. Humphrey, Paris Panayiotopoulos, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 1845 DOI:10.1039/a708880i

Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of a bis-sulfur-bridged copper(II) dimer containing N-ferrocenecarbonyl-N,N-dimethylthiourea (HL), [{CuL(HL)Cl}2] De Ji Che, Xiao Lan Yao, Gang Li and Yan Hong Li, pp 1853 DOI:10.1039/a709288a

Smectic bimetallomesogens in -enaminoketonate copper complexes: the steric effect of a methyl substituent on the core group and the crystal structure Chung K. Lai, Raymond Lin, Min-Yi Lu and Kwo-Cheng Kao, pp 1857 DOI:10.1039/a800035b

Copper(II) and nickel(II) complexes with oxime analogues of amino acids. Potentiometric, spectroscopic and X-ray studies of complexes with 2-cyano-2-(hydroxyimino)acetic acid and its ethane-1,2-diamine derivative Tatiana Yu. Sliva, Agnieszka Dobosz, Lucjan Jerzykiewicz, Aldona Karaczyn, Anna M. Moreeuw, Jolanta witek-Kozowska, Tadeusz Gowiak and Henryk Kozowski, pp 1863 DOI:10.1039/a800827b

Synthesis and characterisation of chelating polycarboxylate ligands capable of forming intermolecular, complementary triple hydrogen bonds Stefan Ulvenlund, Alexandra S. Georgopoulou, D. Michael P. Mingos, Ian Baxter, Simon E. Lawrence, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 1869 DOI:10.1039/a800682b

Synthesis and co-ordination chemistry of 1,7-bis(carboxymethyl)-4,10-bis(1-methylimidazol-2-ylmethyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane Massimo Di Vaira, Fabrizio Mani and Piero Stoppioni, pp 1879 DOI:10.1039/a800393i

Complexes of the (1R)-(+)-camphor azine diphosphines Z,Z-3,3-Ph2PnC10H15N-NC10H15PxPh2 and Z,Z-3,3-Ph2PxC10H15N-N C10H15PxPh2 (x = exo, n = endo) with Group 6 metal carbonyls: crystal structures of the ligands and fac-[W(CO)3(E,Z-Ph2PxC10H15 N-NC10H15PxPh2)] Bernard L. Shaw, Nasser Iranpoor, Sarath D. Perera, Mark Thornton-Pett and Jonathan D. Vessey, pp 1885 DOI:10.1039/a801585f

Polyterthiophene-bearing pendant organomolybdenum complexes: electropolymerization of erythro-[Mo2(µ-C5H5)2(CO)4{µ-22-C(R)C[C4HS(C4H3S-2)2-2,5]}] Dong Hyun Kim, Bong Soo Kang, Soo Min Lim, Ki-Min Bark, Bong Gon Kim, Motoo Shiro, Yoon-Bo Shim and Sung Chul Shin, pp 1893 DOI:10.1039/a800390d

Insertion of alkynes into molybdenum-phosphine and -carbon bonds. Crystal structures of the alkyne-ylide complex [MoO(SC6H2Pri3-2,4,6)2{2-CHC(tol)}{C(tol)CHPMePh2}] (tol = C6H4Me-4) and the phosphonium-alkylidene complex [MoO(SC6H2Pri3-2,4,6)3{C(Ph)CHC(Ph)CH2PMe2Ph}] Shirley A. Fairhurst, David L. Hughes, Katayoun Marjani and Raymond L. Richards, pp 1899 DOI:10.1039/a801729h

Zinc, cadmium and mercury complexes of redox-active cyanomanganese carbonyl ligands: intramolecular electron transfer through tetrahedral d10 metal centres Neil G. Connelly, Gareth R. Lewis, M. Teresa Moreno and A. Guy Orpen, pp 1905 DOI:10.1039/a800762d

Novel N-bound thallium(I) complexes of redox-active cyanomanganese carbonyl ligands: cyanide as a µ3-CNN triply bridging ligand Neil G. Connelly, Owen M. Hicks, Gareth R. Lewis, M. Teresa Moreno and A. Guy Orpen, pp 1913 DOI:10.1039/a800765i

The synthesis and characterisation of R3PXCN [R = 2,4,6-(CH3O)3C6H2, 2,6-(CH3O)2C6H3, NCCH2CH2, C6H11 or PhCH2; X = Br or I] in the solid state and in solution Stephen M. Godfrey, Charles A. McAuliffe, Robin G. Pritchard and Joanne M. Sheffield, pp 1919 DOI:10.1039/a800795k

Issue 12

Activation of silicon-silicon bonds by transition-metal complexes: synthesis and catalysis of new organosilyl transition-metal complexes Michinori Suginome and Yoshihiko Ito, pp 1925 DOI:10.1039/a802066c

The first two aqua-bridged dimagnesium(II) complexes: structural models for active sites in dimetallic hydrolases Bao-Hui Ye, Toby Mak, Ian D. Williams and Xiao-Yuan Li, pp 1935 DOI:10.1039/a802691b

Preparation of a monomeric aluminium-diazabutadiene complex via an oxidative addition reaction Alan H. Cowley, John D. Gorden, Colin D. Abernethy, Jason A. C. Clyburne and Brian G. McBurnett, pp 1937 DOI:10.1039/a803021i

Coupling reaction of alkyl cyanide (RCN, R = Me or Et) with 7-azaindole on a hexaosmium carbonyl cluster core; molecular structure of [Os6(CO)14(µ-CO)(µ-H)(µ-1:2-C9H8N3)] Kelvin Sze-Yin Leung and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 1939 DOI:10.1039/a802325e

Synthesis and structure of a co-ordination polymer based on silver(I) triangles linked by isonicotinate anions Andrew D. Burrows, Mary F. Mahon and Mark T. Palmer, pp 1941 DOI:10.1039/a801218k

Two-fold interpenetration of 3-D nets assembled via three-co-ordinate silver(I) ions and amide-amide hydrogen bonds Christer B. Aakeröy, Alicia M. Beatty and Brian A. Helfrich, pp 1943 DOI:10.1039/a802520g

Antimony(III) tellurium(IV) chloride trioxide SbTeO3Cl: synthesis and ab initio structure determination from X-ray and neutron powder diffraction data José Antonio Alonso, pp 1947 DOI:10.1039/a800799c

Halogen derivatives of monocarbon carboranes, nido-7-Me3N-7-CB10H12, closo-2-Me3N-2-CB10H10 and closo-1-Me3N-1-CB11H11 John H. Morris, Kenneth W. Henderson and Valentina A. Olshevskaya, pp 1951 DOI:10.1039/a800489g

Crystal engineering via negatively charged O-H· · ·O- and charge- assisted C-H+· · ·O- hydrogen bonds from the reaction of [Co(5-C5H5)2][OH] with polycarboxylic acids§ Dario Braga, Alessandro Angeloni, Emilio Tagliavini and Fabrizia Grepioni, pp 1961 DOI:10.1039/a800914g

Structure and magnetic and electrochemical properties of (µ-aryloxo)bis(µ-carboxylato)diruthenium(III) complexes Yuji Mikata, Nao Takeshita, Tomoko Miyazu, Yuki Miyata, Tomoaki Tanase, Isamu Kinoshita, Akio Ichimura, Wasuke Mori, Satoshi Takamizawa and Shigenobu Yano, pp 1969 DOI:10.1039/a800857d

Differential binding of a facultative tridentate ligand 4-(benzimidazol-2-yl)-3-thiabutanoic acid to CuII and NiII Craig J. Matthews, Sarah L. Heath, Mark R. J. Elsegood, William Clegg, Troy A. Leese and Joyce C. Lockhart, pp 1973 DOI:10.1039/a800543e

Spectral, magnetic and electrochemical properties of metal oxa- and oxathia-porphyrins Bashyam Sridevi, Seenichamy Jeyaprakash Narayanan, Alagar Srinivasan, Tavarekere K. Chandrashekar and Japyesan Subramanian, pp 1979 DOI:10.1039/a801934g

Formation, crystal structure and co-ordination chemistry of the [MnIII(oespz)(SH)] [oespz2- = 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octakis(ethylsulfanyl)-5,10,15,20-tetraazaporphyrinate dianion] complex Francesco Lelj, pp 1985 DOI:10.1039/a708033f

Synthesis of platinum(II)-piroxicam compounds. Crystal structure of trans-dichloro(2-ethene)(piroxicam)platinum(II) Daniela Di Leo, Francesco Berrettini and Renzo Cini, pp 1993 DOI:10.1039/a709280f

Mono-, di- and tri-dentate binding modes of a substituted isocytosine derivative in complexes of palladium and zinc Clayton Price, Nicholas H. Rees, Mark R. J. Elsegood, William Clegg and Andrew Houlton, pp 2001 DOI:10.1039/a800271a

Reactivity of electrophilic palladium alkyl cations stabilized by electron-rich chelating diphosphine ligands. Evidence for dinuclear intermediates and the formation of a dinuclear mixed-valence methyl cation Michael D. Fryzuk, Guy K. B. Clentsmith and Steven J. Rettig, pp 2007 DOI:10.1039/a800152i

Synthetic and electrochemical studies of some metal complexes of 1,3,5-triethynylbenzene Nicholas J. Long, Angela J. Martin, Fabrizia Fabrizi de Biani and Piero Zanello, pp 2017 DOI:10.1039/a800039e

Self-assembling iron and manganese metal-germanium-selenide frameworks: [NMe4]2MGe4Se10, where M = Fe or Mn Homayoun Ahari, Armando Garcia, Scott Kirkby, Geoffrey A. Ozin, David Young and Alan J. Lough, pp 2023 DOI:10.1039/a800449h

Dimetallagermanes of molybdenum and tungsten: synthesis, structure and reactions Alexander C. Filippou, Johannes G. Winter, Gabriele Kociok-Köhn and Isolde Hinz, pp 2029 DOI:10.1039/a801380b

Thioether-iodine charge-transfer complexes. Synthesis and low-temperature single-crystal structures of complexes of penta-, hexa- and octa-dentate homoleptic thioether macrocycles Alexander J. Blake, Francesco A. Devillanova, Alessandra Garau, Liam M. Gilby, Robert O. Gould, Francesco Isaia, Vito Lippolis, Simon Parsons, Christian Radek and Martin Schröder, pp 2037 DOI:10.1039/a801195h

Double-helical dinuclear copper(I) and mononuclear copper(II) complexes of a compartmental tetradentate bridging ligand: crystal structures and spectroscopic properties James S. Fleming, Karen L. V. Mann, Samantha M. Couchman, John C. Jeffery, Jon A. McCleverty and Michael D. Ward, pp 2047 DOI:10.1039/a802280a

A ditopic tetradentate pyridyl amine ligand containing an anthracene fragment: fluorescence intensity and closed vs. open species formation in the presence of Cu2+, as a function of pH Valeria Amendola, Luigi Fabbrizzi, Piersandro Pallavicini, Luisa Parodi and Angelo Perotti, pp 2053 DOI:10.1039/a800821c

Dimerization of metallated nucleobase pairs via hydrogen-bond formation: open metallated base quartets of mixed adenine-N 3, guanine-N 7 complexes of trans-(H3N)2PtII with two different guanine-guanine pairing schemes Cordula Meiser, Eva Freisinger and Bernhard Lippert, pp 2059 DOI:10.1039/a801507d

Syntheses and characterization of high-nuclearity osmium-palladium mixed-metal carbonyl clusters; molecular structures of [Os4Pd6(CO)8(µ-CO)5(µ3-CO)3(µ-dppm)2]·0.5C6H14 and [Os5Pd4(µ6-C)(CO)12(µ-CO)3(µ-dppm)2]·CH2Cl2 Janesse Wing-Sze Hui and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 2065 DOI:10.1039/a800817e

Preparation, characterisation and reactivity of a series of classical and non-classical rhenium hydride complexes Gabriele Albertin, Stefano Antoniutti, Soledad Garcia-Fontán, Rosa Carballo and Fabio Padoan, pp 2071 DOI:10.1039/a801230j

Electrochemical and binding properties of a novel ferrocene-containing redox-active basket-shaped host molecule Georg C. Dol, Paul C. J. Kamer, Frantisek Hartl, Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen and Roeland J. M. Nolte, pp 2083 DOI:10.1039/a800493e

Carbonyl ligand substitution of an aminerhenium benzyl complex. Interconversion of 1- and 3-benzyl complexes Tein-Fu Wang, Chong-Chen Hwu, Chia-Wen Tsai and Yuh-Sheng Wen, pp 2091 DOI:10.1039/a801151f

Synthesis and structure of vanadate esters of glycerol and propane-1,3-diol Sankar Prasad Rath, Kajal Krishna Rajak, Sujit Mondal and Animesh Chakravorty, pp 2097 DOI:10.1039/a801355a

Laser-induced photoacoustic calorimetric determination of enthalpy and volume changes in photolysis of 5-deoxyadenosylcobalamin and methylcobalamin Lai Bin Luo, Gang Li, Hui Lan Chen, Shao Wei Fu and Shu Yi Zhang, pp 2103 DOI:10.1039/a708644j

Issue 13

Metal-template synthesis and co-ordination properties of a palladium complex containing a novel and stable imidazole-substituted phosphine C-P bidentate chelate Huifang Lang, Jagadese J. Vittal and Pak-Hing Leung, pp 2109 DOI:10.1039/a803820a

Turning dihydrogen gas into a strong acid. Formation and reactions of the very acidic ruthenium dihydrogen complexes trans-[Ru(H2)(CNH){PPh2(CH2)nPPh2}2][O3SCF3]2 (n = 2 or 3) Tina P. Fong, Alan J. Lough, Robert H. Morris, Antonio Mezzetti, Eliana Rocchini and Pierluigi Rigo, pp 2111 DOI:10.1039/a803256d

Mobility of gold and silver ions around a macrocyclic polyphosphane. Supramolecular architecture of a digold-calix[4]arene complex Cedric B. Dieleman, Dominique Matt, Ion Neda, Reinhard Schmutzler, Holger Thönnessen, Peter G. Jones and Anthony Harriman, pp 2115 DOI:10.1039/a801586d

Spectroscopic and structural studies on 1:2 adducts of silver(I) salts with tricyclohexylarsine Graham A. Bowmaker, Effendy , Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 2123 DOI:10.1039/a800790j

Spectroscopic and structural studies on 11 adducts of silver(I) salts with tricyclohexylarsine Graham A. BowmakerEffendy, Peter C. Junk and Allan H. White, pp 2131 DOI:10.1039/a800793d

Spectroscopic and structural studies on adducts of silver(I) cyanide with ER3 ligands (E = P, As or Sb) Graham A. BowmakerEffendy, Jason C. Reid, Clifton E. F. Rickard, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 2139 DOI:10.1039/a801085d

Molecular structures of tetraborane(10) derivatives: ab initio calculations for H2MB3H8 (M = B, Al, Ga or In) and gas-phase electron diffraction study of H2GaB3H8 Carole A. Morrison, Bruce A. Smart, Paul T. Brain, Colin R. Pulham, David W. H. Rankin and Anthony J. Downs, pp 2147 DOI:10.1039/a801553h

Molecular structures of tetraborane(10) derivatives: ab initio calculations for (CH3)2MB3H8 (M = B, Al, Ga or In) and gas-phase electron diffraction studies of (CH3)2AlB3H8 and (CH3)2GaB3H8 Carole A. Morrison, Bruce A. Smart, Paul T. Brain, David W. H. Rankin and Anthony J. Downs, pp 2155 DOI:10.1039/a801554f

Transition metal complexes containing the 1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane-1,2-dithiolate ligand: crystal structures of [4-MeC5H4NMe]2[Pd(S2C2B10H10)I2], [NEt3H][Mo(5-C5H5)(NO)(S2C2B10H10)I], [NBu4][Re(O)(S2C2B10H10)2] and [4-MeC5H4NMe]2[{Mo(O)(µ-O)(S2C2B10H10)}2] James D. McKinney, Hongli Chen, Thomas A. Hamor, Keith Paxton and Christopher J. Jones, pp 2163 DOI:10.1039/a802446d

Fluxional rearrangements in molybdenum(>0>), tungsten(>0>) and rhenium(I) carbonyl complexes of 2,6-bis[(4S)-isopropyloxazolin-2-yl]pyridine (L). Crystal structure of [Mo(CO)4L] Peter J. Heard and Derek A. Tocher, pp 2169 DOI:10.1039/a801264d

Aqueous co-ordination chemistry using electrospray mass spectrometry of anions: metal(VI)-monosaccharide complexes (M = W or Mo) Michael J. Deery, Tereza Fernandez, Oliver W. Howarth and Keith R. Jennings, pp 2177 DOI:10.1039/a801944d

Macrocyclic selenoether complexes of nickel(II). Synthesis and properties of [NiX2([16]aneSe4)] ([16]aneSe4 = 1,5,9,13-tetraselenacyclohexadecane, X = Cl, Br or I) and [NiX2(MeSeCH2CH2SeMe)2]* Maxwell K. Davies, William Levason and Gillian Reid, pp 2185 DOI:10.1039/a802300j

Synthesis, spectroscopic and EXAFS studies of vanadium complexes of trithioether ligands and crystal structures of [VCl3([9]aneS3)] and [VI2(thf)([9]aneS3)] ([9]aneS3 = 1,4,7-trithiacyclononane) Sian C. Davies, Marcus C. Durrant, David L. Hughes, Christine Le Floch, Simon J. A. Pope, Gillian Reid, Raymond L. Richards and J. Roger Sanders, pp 2191 DOI:10.1039/a802404i

X-Ray absorption fine structure study of the bound state electronic transitions at the vanadium K and L edges in low symmetry, molecular, vanadium-(IV) and -(V) complexes with oxyoxime and oxyoximate ligands David Collison, C. David Garner, Julian Grigg, Catherine M. McGrath, J. Frederick W. Mosselmans, Elna Pidcock, Mark D. Roper, Jon M. W. Seddon, Ekk Sinn, Peter A. Tasker, Geoff Thornton, John F. Walsh and Nigel A. Young, pp 2199 DOI:10.1039/a800568k

Kinetics of protonation of cis-[FeH2(dppe)2]: formation of the dihydrogen complex trans-[FeH(H2)(dppe)2]+ (dppe = Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2) Manuel G. Basallote, Joaquín Durán, M. Jesús Fernández-Trujillo and M. Angeles Máñez, pp 2205 DOI:10.1039/a800916c

Saturated and unsaturated tetraruthenium clusters containing sterically demanding dicyclohexylphosphido ligands: synthesis and structure of [H4Ru4(CO)8(PCy2)4] and [H5Ru4(CO)8(PCy2)3] Georg Süss-Fink, Isabelle Godefroy, Alain Béguin, Gerd Rheinwald, Antonia Neels, Helen and Stoeckli-Evans, pp 2211 DOI:10.1039/a801660g

Synthesis, structure and redox chemistry of 1,2-bis(ruthenocenyl)ethylene derivatives: a novel structural rearrangement to a (µ-66-pentafulvadiene)diruthenium complex upon two-electron oxidation Masaru Sato, Yasushi Kawata, Ayumi Kudo, Ayako Iwai, Hideki Saitoh and Shukichi Ochiai, pp 2215 DOI:10.1039/a801941j

Dithioether complexes of manganese carbonyl halides: synthesis, 55Mn NMR spectroscopic, X-ray crystallographic and electrochemical studies Julie Connolly, Geoffrey W. Goodban, Gillian Reid and Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, pp 2225 DOI:10.1039/a801779d

Dichloro(1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane)manganese(III) chloride: cis-trans isomerisation evidenced by infrared and electrochemical studies Fabien Létumier, Grégory Broeker, Jean-Michel Barbe, Roger Guilard, Dominique Lucas, Valérie Dahaoui-Gindrey, Claude Lecomte, Laurent Thouin and Christian Amatore, pp 2233 DOI:10.1039/a800824h

Mechanistic studies on the epoxidation of alkenes with molecular oxygen and aldehydes catalysed by transition metal--diketonate complexes Bastienne B. Wentzel, Patricia A. Gosling, Martin C. Feiters and Roeland J. M. Nolte, pp 2241 DOI:10.1039/a801175c

New dioxocyclam ligands appended with 2-pyridylmethyl pendant(s): synthesis, properties and crystal structure of their copper(II) complexes (dioxocyclam = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-12,14-dione) Xian He Bu, Dao Li An, Xi Chuan Cao, Ruo Hua Zhang, Thomas Clifford and Eiichi Kimura, pp 2247 DOI:10.1039/a802327a

Titanium imido complexes with tetraaza macrocyclic ligands Daniel Swallow, Jacqueline M. McInnes and Philip Mountford, pp 2253 DOI:10.1039/a802686f

A new polymorph of LiZnPO4·H2O; synthesis, crystal structure and thermal transformation Torben R. Jensen, pp 2261 DOI:10.1039/a802113i

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies of pyridine methyl derivatives binding to cytochrome c Jun Lu, Dejian Ma, Jun Hu, Wenxia Tang and Dexu Zhu, pp 2267 DOI:10.1039/a800731d

Issue 14

A two-co-ordinated gold(I) loop [Au(dpdo)]ClO4 [dpdo = 1,8-bis(diphenylphosphino)-3,6-dioxaoctane] as a luminescence light switch for substrate binding reactions Wing-Han Chan, Thomas C. W. Mak and Chi-Ming Che, pp 2275 DOI:10.1039/a802464b

Bis[dirhodium(II)] complexes with a Rh4(µ-Cl)4 core: preparation and characterization Zhiyong Yang, Hiroki Oki, Masahiro Ebihara and Takashi Kawamura, pp 2277 DOI:10.1039/a803623c

Synthesis and structural characterization of [TpBut2]GaS: a terminal gallium sulfido complex in a system for which the indium counterpart is a tetrasulfido derivative, [TpBut2]In(2-S4) Matthew C. Kuchta and Gerard Parkin, pp 2279 DOI:10.1039/a803566k

Mimicking the binding of glutamate to zinc in thermolysin and carboxypeptidase: the synthesis of [3-(HCO2)BpBut,Pri]ZnCl by insertion of CO2 into a B-H bond of the bis(pyrazolyl)hydroborato zinc complex [BpBut,Pri]ZnCl Prasenjit Ghosh and Gerard Parkin, pp 2281 DOI:10.1039/a804025g

Synthesis and characterization of new titanium hexanuclear oxo carboxylato alkoxides. Molecular structure of [Ti6(µ3-O)6(µ-O2CC6H4OPh)6(OEt)6] Renée Papiernik, Liliane G. Hubert-Pfalzgraf, Jacqueline Vaissermann and Maria C. Henriques Baptista Goncalves, pp 2285 DOI:10.1039/a803266a

Novel redox-active ruthenium cluster crown compounds capable of host-guest chemistry Douglas S. Shephard, Brian F. G. Johnson, Justin Matters and Simon Parsons, pp 2289 DOI:10.1039/a803084g

New synthetic route to monocarbonyl polypyridyl complexes of ruthenium: their stereochemistry and reactivity Nicholas C. Fletcher and F. Richard Keene, pp 2293 DOI:10.1039/a801780h

Spectroelectrochemical and computational studies of tetrachloro and tetrabromo oxo- and nitrido-technetium(V) and their TcVI counterparts John Baldas, Graham A. Heath, Stuart A. Macgregor, Klaus H. Moock, Sandra C. Nissen and Raphael G. Raptis, pp 2303 DOI:10.1039/a802559b

Topotactic synthesis of -zirconium phenylphosphonate from -zirconium phosphate Gary B. Hix, Simon J. Kitchin and Kenneth D. M. Harris, pp 2315 DOI:10.1039/a802673d

Structural and 31P CP MAS NMR spectroscopic studies of the P2CuN2 copper(I) complexes [Cu(PPh3)2(MeCN)2]X for X = PF6, BF4 and ClO4 John V. Hanna, Robert D. Hart, Peter C. Healy, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 2321 DOI:10.1039/a802383b

Thioalcohols as bridging ligands in polynuclear PrIII/CuII and BaII/CuII complexes. Syntheses, structures and magnetic properties of Pr2Cu4(tde)3(Htde)2(hfacac)4(µ6-O), Ba2Cu2(Htde)2(hfacac)4 and Cu4(tde)2(hfacac)4, (H2tde = HOCH2CH2SCH2CH2OH) Steven R. Breeze, Suning Wang, John E. Greedan and N. P. Raju, pp 2327 DOI:10.1039/a802333f

Synthesis and characterisation of pendant-arm alcohol derivatives of [9]aneN2S and complexation with CuII ([9]aneN2S = 1-thia-4,7-diazacyclononane) Alexander J. Blake, Jonathan P. Danks, Andrew Harrison, Simon Parsons, Paul Schooler, Gavin Whittaker and Martin Schröder, pp 2335 DOI:10.1039/a801552j

Iron(III) and iron(II) complexes of 1-thia-4,7-diazacyclononane ([9]aneN2S) and 1,4-dithia-7-azacyclononane ([9]aneNS2). X-Ray structural analyses, magnetic susceptibility, Mössbauer, EPR and electronic spectroscopy Vincent A. Grillo, Lawrence R. Gahan, Graeme R. Hanson, Robert Stranger, Trevor W. Hambley, Keith S. Murray, Boujemaa Moubaraki and John D. Cashion, pp 2341 DOI:10.1039/a801417e

Use of silver oxide in the synthesis of areneruthenium metallacyclic complexes David L. Davies, John Fawcett, Roland Krafczyk, David R. Russell and Kuldip Singh, pp 2349 DOI:10.1039/a802646g

Polyhedral azaborane chemistry. Nitrogen-vertex incorporation in metallaazaborane formation from 4-(NHEt2)B9H13. Two isomers of [(5-C5Me5)RhB9H12(NEt2)] Udo Dörfler, William Clegg, John D. Kennedy and Mark Thornton-Pett, pp 2353 DOI:10.1039/a801547c

Pyridine-2-selenolate complexes of palladium(II) and platinum(II): crystal structure of [(Prn3P)Cl2Pd(NC5H4Se)PdCl(PPrn3)] Sanjay Narayan, Vimal K. Jain and Babu Varghese, pp 2359 DOI:10.1039/a800758f

New dinuclear platinum(I) complex obtained from thermal degradation of platinum(>0>)-triphenylphosphine complexes Martin A. Bennett, David E. Berry, Thomas Dirnberger, David C. R. Hockless and Eric Wenger, pp 2367 DOI:10.1039/a802586j

4-Iodobenzylidyne as a precursor ligand for extended unsaturated alkylidyne ligands Marie Pui Yin Yu, Kung-Kai Cheung and Andreas Mayr, pp 2373 DOI:10.1039/a801556b

Structure of diiodine adducts of some di- and tri-tertiaryphosphines in the solid state and in solution Neil Bricklebank, Stephen M. Godfrey, Charles A. McAuliffe, Paula Deplano, Marie L. Mercuri and Joanne M. Sheffield, pp 2379 DOI:10.1039/a706277j

Syntheses, structure, reactivity and species recognition studies of oxo-vanadium(V) and -molybdenum(VI) complexes Chebrolu P. Rao, Alavattam Sreedhara, P. Venkateswara Rao, M. Bindu Verghese, Kari Rissanen, Erkki Kolehmainen, N. K. Lokanath, M. A. Sridhar and J. Sashidhara Prasad, pp 2383 DOI:10.1039/a801226a

Molybdenum-carbon functionalities supported by a quadridentate Schiff-base ligand: the reactivity of trans-dichloro[N,N-bis(salicylidene)-o-phenylenediaminato]molybdenum(IV) Euro Solari, Cristiano Maltese, Mario Latronico, Carlo Floriani, Angiola Chiesi-Villa and Corrado Rizzoli, pp 2395 DOI:10.1039/a802148a

Catalytic carbon-chlorine bond cleavage via electrochemical reduction of [ReCl6]2-* Alan R. Brown, Kenneth J. Taylor and Lesley J. Yellowlees, pp 2401 DOI:10.1039/a802888e

Syntheses and characterization of phenyldiazenido and mixed phenyldiazenido-isocyanide complexes of rhenium. Crystal structure of [ReBr2(NNPh)2(PPh3)2] M. Teresa A. R. S. da Costa, Jonathan R. Dilworth, M. Teresa Duarte, João J. R. Fraústo da Silva, Adelino M. Galvão and Armando J. L. Pombeiro, pp 2405 DOI:10.1039/a800898a

Reactions of the alkyltrihydroaluminate [Li(thf)2{AlH3[C(SiMe3)3]}]2. Crystal structures of [Li(tmen)2][AlH3{C(SiMe3)3}], [AlBr2{C(SiMe3)3}]·thf, [AlI2{C(SiMe3)3}]·thf, [Li(thf)2(µ-NHPh)2{AlH[C(SiMe3)3]}] and [Li(thf)4][Al(NHPh)3{C(SiMe3)3}] Salih S. Al-Juaid, Colin Eaborn, Ian B. Gorrell, Simon A. Hawkes, Peter B. Hitchcock and J. David Smith, pp 2411 DOI:10.1039/a802145g

Characterisation of edge-sharing decahalogenodiosmate complexes in multiple oxidation states; synthesis, magnetochemistry, voltammetry and associated spectroelectrochemistry of [PPh4]2[Os2(µ-X)2X8] (X = Br or Cl) Graham A. Heath, David G. Humphrey and Keith S. Murray, pp 2417 DOI:10.1039/a801561i

Homoleptic yttrium and lanthanide complexes of aminotroponiminates and aminotroponates: experimental and theoretical studies Stefanie Dehnen, Markus R. Bürgstein and Peter W. Roesky, pp 2425 DOI:10.1039/a709213j

Ferromagnetic exchange interaction of the Cu-Cu dimer [Cu2(picditn)(CH3CO2)(H2O)2Cl][ZnCl4]·0.5H2O [picditn = 1,11-bis(2-pyridyl)-2,6,10-triazaundecane] Salvador Tirado-Guerra, Norma A. Cuevas-Garibay, Martha E. Sosa-Torres and Rafael Zamorano-Ulloa, pp 2431 DOI:10.1039/a709197d

Issue 15

Structural direction by the dominant metal Michael A. Beswick, Marta E. G. Mosquera and Dominic S. Wright, pp 2437 DOI:10.1039/a800687c

Elemental silicon and solid SiO give the same products as SiO2 upon reaction with alkali-metal glycolates Wolfgang Donhärl, Ines Elhofer, Petra Wiede and Ulrich Schubert, pp 2445 DOI:10.1039/a803672a

The first example of a double bridged diruthenium(II) complex containing the rare bridging S,O bidentate dimethyl sulfoxide ligand which defines a stable Ru-Cl-Ru-S-O five-membered ring Silvano Geremia, Stefano Mestroni, Mario Calligaris and Enzo Alessio, pp 2447 DOI:10.1039/a804799e

Self-assembly preparation, structure and magnetic studies of a novel dinuclear copper(II) complex: [Cu2(µ-OH)(µ-OAc)(µ-L)][BF4]2 [L = bis-1,3-(cis,cis-1,3,5-triaminocyclohexane)xylylidiene] Clive J. Boxwell, Rajiv Bhalla, Leroy Cronin, Scott S. Turner and Paul H. Walton, pp 2449 DOI:10.1039/a803796e

Bridge to terminal migration and ring closure in a dimolybdenum metallacyclopentadiene complex Harry Adams, Louise J. Gill and Michael J. Morris, pp 2451 DOI:10.1039/a803941k

Spectroscopic (UV/VIS, resonance Raman) and spectroelectrochemical study of platinum(II) complexes with 2,2-bipyridine and aromatic thiolate ligands Julia A. Weinstein, Natalia N. Zheligovskaya, Michael Ya. Melnikov and Frantisek Hartl, pp 2459 DOI:10.1039/a803225d

Bridge cleavage reactions of late transition-metal dimers with [Ph2P(E)NP(E)Ph2]- (E = E = S or Se; E = O or S, E = S or Se) Pravat Bhattacharyya, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and Martin B. Smith, pp 2467 DOI:10.1039/a802676i

Complex chemistry of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-(2,26,2-terpyridin-4-yloxy)piperidin-1-oxyl, a spin-labelled terpyridine Malcolm A. Halcrow, Euan K. Brechin, Eric J. L. McInnes, Frank E. Mabbs and John E. Davies, pp 2477 DOI:10.1039/a803793k

Reactions of vanadium, molybdenum and rhenium tris(pyrazolyl)borate-stabilised oxometal complexes with B(C6F5)3: crystal structures of [Mo{OB(C6F5)3}{HB(dmpz)3}(S2CNMe2)] and [Mo{OB(C6F5)3}{HB(dmpz)3}(OCH2CH2O)] (dmpz = 3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl) Linda H. Doerrer, Jane R. Galsworthy, Malcolm L. H. Green and Michael A. Leech, pp 2483 DOI:10.1039/a802991a

Nucleophilic addition via metal-metal bond cleavage in an osmium-antimony cluster Guizhu Chen and Weng Kee Leong, pp 2489 DOI:10.1039/a803169j

Synthesis and structural characterisation of the dianion [Co9(C2)(CO)19]2- as its tetramethylammonium salt Secondo Martinengo, Luciana Noziglia, Alessandro Fumagalli, Vincenzo G. Albano, Dario Braga and Fabrizia Grepioni, pp 2493 DOI:10.1039/a803297a

Kinetics and mechanism of the reduction of pentacyanonitroferrate(III) by L-ascorbic acid in acidic aqueous solution Alicja Wanat, Rudi van Eldik and Grazyna Stochel, pp 2497 DOI:10.1039/a802821d

Resonance Raman studies of dioxygen binding to ortho-substituted tetraphenyl- and tetranaphthyl-porphyrinatoiron(II) derivatives with a covalently linked axial imidazole Jian Wu, Teruyuki Komatsu and Eishun Tsuchida, pp 2503 DOI:10.1039/a802925c

-Diketones containing a ferrocenyl group: synthesis, structural aspects, pKa1 values, group electronegativities and complexation with rhodium(I) W. C. (Ina) du Plessis, Theunis G. Vosloo and Jannie C. Swarts, pp 2507 DOI:10.1039/a802398k

Photochemical displacement of co-ordinated ethene from [Rh(5-C5H5)(PPh3)(C2H4)] Stephen N. Heaton, Martin G. Partridge, Robin N. Perutz, Simon J. Parsons and Frank Zimmermann, pp 2515 DOI:10.1039/a803048k

(LnM-Cm-)x: Hypothetical organometallic polymers with metallapolyyne and metallacumulene character* Nazzareno Re, Antonio Sgamellotti and Carlo Floriani, pp 2521 DOI:10.1039/a801107i

Theoretical studies of metal complexes of anhydrotetracycline: interaction with ZnII Wagner B. De Almeida, Hélio F. Dos Santos, William R. Rocha and Michael C. Zerner, pp 2531 DOI:10.1039/a801775a

O-Oximatosilanes: weak -donor interactions as secondary bonds Udo Losehand and Norbert W. Mitzel, pp 2537 DOI:10.1039/a802914h

Copper-chalcogenide clusters stabilised with linear bidentate phosphine ligands Marcus Semmelmann, Dieter Fenske and John F. Corrigan, pp 2541 DOI:10.1039/a802007h

Chalcogenides of aluminium(III) and gallium(III) derived from Lewis base adducts of alane and gallane Warren J. Grigsby, Colin L. Raston, Vicki-Anne Tolhurst, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 2547 DOI:10.1039/a802243g

Preparation, structure and properties of three [MoxW4-xS4(H2O)12]5+ (x = 1-3) and [MoW3Se4(H2O)12]5+ cuboidal complexes alongside [Mo4S4(H2O)12]5+ and [Mo4Se4(H2O)12]5+ Iain J. McLean, Rita Hernandez-Molina, Maxim N. Sokolov, Mi-Sook Seo, Alexander V. Virovets, Mark R. J. Elsegood, William Clegg and A. Geoffrey Sykes, pp 2557 DOI:10.1039/a803396j

Polynuclear metal hydrido alkoxides. Preparation and characterization of Mo4(µ-H)3(OBut)7(HNMe2) and [K(18-crown-6)][Mo4(µ4-H)(OR)12] (R = Pri or CH2But) Theodore A. Budzichowski, Malcolm H. Chisholm, John C. Huffman, Keith S. Kramer and Odile Eisenstein, pp 2563 DOI:10.1039/a803253j

Hole states in (Cd0.5Pb0.5)Sr2(CaxY1 - x)Cu2O7 studied by X-ray absorption spectroscopy Ru-Shi Liu, Tony Yu, Jin-Ming Chen and Huann-Jih Lo, pp 2569 DOI:10.1039/a803355b

Azamacrocyclic stabilisation of the halogenocations MX3+ where M = Ge or Sn and X = Cl or Br. Synthesis and molecular structures of [GeCl3(L1)]+2[H3O]+Cl-3·MeCN, [SnCl3(L1)]+2[SnCl6]2-·4MeCN, [GeBr3(L2)]+2[MeNH3]+Br-3·MeCN and [SnBr3(L2)]+2[SnBr6]2- where L1 = 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane and L2 = 1,3,5-trimethyl-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane Gerald R. Willey, Timothy J. Woodman, Usha Somasundaram, Damian R. Aris and William Errington, pp 2573 DOI:10.1039/a803175d

A simple method for identifying and distinguishing between the diastereoisomers that result from wrapping polydentate ligands around octahedral metal ions Richard M. Hartshorn and Donald A. House, pp 2577 DOI:10.1039/a802519c

Issue 16

Redox selective reactions of organo-silicon and -tin compounds Jun-ichi Yoshida and Keiji Nishiwaki, pp 2589 DOI:10.1039/a803343i

pH-Induced switching of metal ion co-ordination: the structure of [Pd([18]aneN2S4·2H+)][BF4]4·2H2O from a twinned crystal ([18]aneN2S4 = 1,4,10,13-tetrathia-7,16-diazacyclooctadecane) Alexander J. Blake, Robert O. Gould, Gillian Reid and Martin Schröder, pp 2597 DOI:10.1039/a804205e

Synthesis and characterization of the organocopper-copper halide complex [CuMes*{Cu2Br2(SMe2)3}] (Mes* = C6H2But3-2,4,6) Cheong-Soo Hwang, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Xiaoming He and Philip P. Power, pp 2599 DOI:10.1039/a805108i

Effects of non-molecular forces on molecular structure in tris(thiourea)copper(I) Karin Johnson and Jonathan W. Steed, pp 2601 DOI:10.1039/a803708f

A sandwich complex of lithium oxide: {Li[BunC(NBut)2]}4·Li2O Tristram Chivers, Andrew Downard and Glenn P. A. Yap, pp 2603 DOI:10.1039/a804955f

Desulfurisation of trithiocarbonates at a dimolybdenum centre: an unexpected insertion into a co-ordinated alkyne Harry Adams, Christopher Allott, Matthew N. Bancroft and Michael J. Morris, pp 2607 DOI:10.1039/a804138e

Structural parameters for the incomplete cuboidal cluster cation: [Nb3(µ3-Cl)(µ-O)3(OH2)9]4+ in solutions of acid hydrolysed trivalent niobium from Nb K edge EXAFS David T. Richens and Ian J. Shannon, pp 2611 DOI:10.1039/a804247k

Luminescent and redox-active ruthenium(II) and osmium(II) complexes with a rigid allene-bridged polyphosphine Bo Hong, Steven R. Woodcock, Sylvia K. Saito and Jeffrey V. Ortega, pp 2615 DOI:10.1039/a802809e

Syntheses, crystal structures and (spectro)electrochemical studies of novel clusters [Ru4(µ-H)4(CO)10(L)] [L = 2,2-bipyrimidine, 2,3-bis(pyridin-2-yl)pyrazine, 2,2-bipyridine] Jos Nijhoff, Maarten J. Bakker, Frantiek Hartl, Gideon Freeman, Scott L. Ingham and Brian F. G. Johnson, pp 2625 DOI:10.1039/a802849d

Binding, electrochemical and metal extraction properties of the new redox-active polyazacycloalkane 1,4,7,10,13,16-hexa(ferrocenylmethyl)-1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaazacyclooctadecane José Manuel Lloris, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Teresa Pardo, Juan Soto and Miguel E. Padilla-Tosta, pp 2635 DOI:10.1039/a802394h

Cobalt-mediated selective C-H bond activation. Direct aromatic hydroxylation in the complexes [CoIII{o-OC6H3(R)NNC5H4N}2]ClO4· H2O (R = H, o-Me/Cl, m-Me/Cl or p-Me/Cl). Synthesis, spectroscopic and redox properties Ananthanarayanan Bharath, Bidyut Kumar Santra, Pradip Munshi and Goutam Kumar Lahiri, pp 2643 DOI:10.1039/a802995d

Synthesis of -conjugated cobaltadithiolene cyclotrimers and significant effects of electrolyte cation and solvent on their electrochemical, optical and magnetic properties Hiroshi Nishihara, Mika Okuno, Noriko Akimoto, Naho Kogawa and Kunitsugu Aramaki, pp 2651 DOI:10.1039/a803028f

Heterobimetallic nickel-sodium and cobalt-sodium complexes of pyridonate ligands Euan K. Brechin, Liam M. Gilby, Robert O. Gould, Steven G. Harris, Simon Parsons and Richard E. P. Winpenny, pp 2657 DOI:10.1039/a803442g

Carbonyl sulfide insertion into Group 2 metal-isopropoxide bonds; synthesis and crystal structures of [Mg(OCSOPri)2(PriOH)4]· 2PriOH and [{Sr(OCSOPri)2(PriOH)2}n] Izoldi K. Bezougli, Alan Bashall, Mary McPartlin and D. Michael P. Mingos, pp 2665 DOI:10.1039/a802595i

Insertion of CS2 into the Group 2 metal-alkoxide bonds of [{M(OR)2}n] (M = Mg, Ca, Sr or Ba; R = Et or Pri); crystal structures of [Ca(S2COPri)2(PriOH)3]·2PriOH and [{Ba(S2COEt)2}] Izoldi K. Bezougli, Alan Bashall, Mary McPartlin and D. Michael P. Mingos, pp 2671 DOI:10.1039/a802681e

Synthesis and solution studies of ruthenium(II) complexes with thiazole and antileukaemic drug thiopurines. Crystal structure of trans-dichlorotris(1,3-thiazole)(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II) Claudia Pifferi and Renzo Cini, pp 2679 DOI:10.1039/a802175i

Studies of ansa-bis(cyclopentadienyl)tungsten derivatives Stephen L. J. Conway, Tessa Dijkstra, Linda H. Doerrer, Jennifer C. Green, Malcolm L. H. Green and Adam H. H. Stephens, pp 2689 DOI:10.1039/a803076f

Structural study of the cyclic chlorosiloxanes and chlorosilathianes Robert G. A. R. Maclagan, Mark NieuwenhuyzenCuthbert J.Wilkins and Bryce E. Williamson, pp 2697 DOI:10.1039/a802753f

Glycine coupled to a bis(imidazole): a tetradentate ligand rendering dinuclear copper(II) compounds through ligand sharing Colm J. Campbell, Willem L. Driessen, Jan Reedijk, Wilberth Smeets and Anthony L. Spek, pp 2703 DOI:10.1039/a802831a

Formation kinetics of an aluminium(III)-ethylenedinitrilotetraacetate-fluoride mixed ligand complex Judit Nemes, Imre Tóth and László Zékány, pp 2707 DOI:10.1039/a802603c

Chemoselective homogeneous hydrogenation of phenylacetylene using thiosemicarbazone and thiobenzoylhydrazone palladium(II) complexes as catalysts Paolo Pelagatti, Andrea Venturini, Andrea Leporati, Mauro Carcelli, Mirco Costa, Alessia Bacchi, Giancarlo Pelizzi and Corrado Pelizzi, pp 2715 DOI:10.1039/a804052d

Potentiometric studies on the formation and dissociation of the L-cysteine complexes of di-µ-sulfido and di-µ-oxo molybdenum(V) [Mo2O2(µ-S)2(cys)2]2- and [Mo2O2(µ-O)2(cys)2]2- Alfredo Mederos, David M. Saysell, Joaquín Sanchiz and A. Geoffrey Sykes, pp 2723 DOI:10.1039/a802002g

Structure and luminescence of the neutral dinuclear lanthanide(III) complexes [{Ln(api)}2] {H3api = 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-1,3-bis[4-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-3-azabut-3-enyl]-1,3-imidazolidine} Robertha C. Howell, Kirk V. N. Spence, Ishenkumba A. Kahwa and David J. Williams, pp 2727 DOI:10.1039/a804056g

A thiocyanato-bridged layer structure composed of symmetrical, dithiocyanato(N,S)-bridged dimers of heterotrinuclear alkoxo-bridged Cu2Pb units; synthesis from zerovalent copper, structural, spectroscopic and magnetic studies Larisa A. Kovbasyuk, Olga Yu. Vassilyeva, Volodymyr N. Kokozay,, Wolfgang Linert, Jan Reedijk, Brian W. Skelton and Allen G. Oliver, pp 2735 DOI:10.1039/a802076k

Variable co-ordination numbers in 11 adducts of silver(I) tetrakis(pyrazolyl)borates with tertiary phosphines Effendy, Giancarlo Gioia Lobbia, Claudio Pettinari, Carlo Santini, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 2739 DOI:10.1039/a802811g

Syntheses and crystal structures of [Sn{2-[(Me3Si)2C]C5H4N}R] [R = C6H2Pri3-2,4,6 1 or CH(PPh2)2 2], two novel heteroleptic tin(II) compounds derived from [Sn-{2-[(Me3Si)2C]C5H4N}Cl], and for [{Sn(C6H2Pri3-2,4,6)2}3] 3, a structural redetermination Christine J. Cardin, David J. Cardin, Steven P. Constantine, Michael G. B. Drew, Haroon Rashid, Maire A. Convery and Dieter Fenske, pp 2749 DOI:10.1039/a802172d

Crystal structure of the one-dimensional dihalide-bridged polymer dibromobis(thiazole)nickel(II) by powder neutron diffraction Michael James, pp 2757 DOI:10.1039/a804338h

Synthesis, characterisation and properties of platinum(II) acetylide complexes of ferrocenylfluorene: novel soluble donor-acceptor heterometallic materials Wai-Yeung Wong, Wai-Kwok Wong and Paul R. Raithby, pp 2761 DOI:10.1039/a803168a

Synthesis of highly functionalised dendrimers based on polyhedral silsesquioxane cores Paul-Alain Jaffrès and Russell E. Morris, pp 2767 DOI:10.1039/a801510d

Issue 17

Molecular modeling of d- and f-block metal complexes Thomas R. Cundari, pp 2771 DOI:10.1039/a802144i

Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. Mixed and multiple cluster fusion in platinaborane chemistry and the structure of [(PMe2Ph)2PtB16H17PtB10H11(PMe2Ph)] as determined by synchrotron X-ray diffraction analysis Jonathan Bould, William Clegg, John D. Kennedy and Simon J. Teat, pp 2777 DOI:10.1039/a803817a

Synthesis and structure of [BpBut,Pri]2Co: a bis(pyrazolyl)hydroborato cobalt(II) complex with trans [Co···H-B] interactions Prasenjit Ghosh, Jeffrey B. Bonanno and Gerard Parkin, pp 2779 DOI:10.1039/a803862g

A neutral uranyl dimeric complex and remarkable extraction properties of a 1-acid 3-diethyl amide substituted calix[4]arene ligand Paul D. Beer, Michael G. B. Drew, Dusan Hesek, Mark Kan, Graeme Nicholson, Philippe Schmitt, Paul D. Sheen and Gareth Williams, pp 2783 DOI:10.1039/a804816i

Molecular structure of monomeric scandium trichloride by gas electron diffraction and density functional theory calculations on ScCl3 and Sc2Cl6 Arne Haaland, Kjell-Gunnar Martinsen, Dmitry J. Shorokhov, Georgiy V. Girichev and Vasili I. Sokolov, pp 2787 DOI:10.1039/a803339k

NMR Studies of metal complexes and DNA binding of the quinone-containing antibiotic streptonigrin Xiangdong Wei and Li-June Ming, pp 2793 DOI:10.1039/a801841c

Insertion of a platinum(>0>) fragment into the strained silicon-carbon bond of a silicon-bridged [1]ferrocenophane: synthesis, alkyne insertion chemistry, and catalytic reactivity of the [2]platinasilaferrocenophane Fe(5-C5H4)2Pt(PEt3)2SiMe2 Karen Temple, Alan J. Lough, John B. Sheridan and Ian Manners, pp 2799 DOI:10.1039/a801935e

Synthesis, characterization and structure of rhodium(I) carbonyl complexes with O,P-chelating 1-(diphenylphosphino)ferrocenecarboxylate or P-monodentate 1-(diphenylphosphino)ferrocenecarboxylic acid Petr tpnika and Ivana Císaová, pp 2807 DOI:10.1039/a803743d

Synthesis of dirhenium species with benzamidate ligands via hydrolysis of benzonitrile Cary B. Bauer, Thomas E. Concolino, Judith L. Eglin, Robin D. Rogers and Richard J. Staples, pp 2813 DOI:10.1039/a801746h

Ruthenate(VI)-catalysed dehydrogenation of primary amines to nitriles, and crystal structures of cis-[Ru(bipy)2(NH2CH2Ph)2][PF6]2·0.5MeOH and cis-[Ru(bipy)2(NCPh)2][PF6]2·CH2Cl2 William P. Griffith, Bharti Reddy, Abdel G. F. Shoair, Maria Suriaatmaja, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 2819 DOI:10.1039/a804071k

Mononuclear nickel complexes assembled into two-dimensional networks via hydrogen bonds and - stacking interactions Bao-Hui Ye, Xiao-Ming Chen, Gen-Qiang Xue and Liang-Nian Ji, pp 2827 DOI:10.1039/a802695e

Structural studies of [Pt(CNMe)4][M(mnt)2]n {M = Pd or Pt, mnt = [S2C2(CN)2]2-, n = 1 or 2}: structure-dependent paramagnetism of three crystal forms of [Pt(CNMe)4][Pt(mnt)2]2 Hugues Bois, Neil G. Connelly, John G. Crossley, Jean-Christophe Guillorit, Gareth R. Lewis, A. Guy Orpen and Peter Thornton, pp 2833 DOI:10.1039/a803456g

Selenium and tellurium derivatives of a monocarbon platinacarbaborane complex Stewart A. Batten, John C. Jeffery, Leigh H. Rees, Martin D. Rudd and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 2839 DOI:10.1039/a803702g

Aromatic substituted metallacarboranes as extractants of 137Cs and 90Sr from nuclear wastes Clara Viñas, Josep Bertran, Sílvia Gomez, Francesc Teixidor, Jean-François Dozol, Hélène Rouquette, Raikko Kivekäs and Reijo Sillanpää, pp 2849 DOI:10.1039/a803495h

Infrared spectroelectrochemistry of [Co3(CPh)(CO)9] in methanol at a platinum electrode Paula A. Brooksby, Noel W. Duffy, A. James McQuillan, Brian H. Robinson and Jim Simpson, pp 2855 DOI:10.1039/a803596b

Synthesis, crystal structures and dynamic NMR studies of novel trinuclear copper(I) halide complexes with 2,5-bis[(diphenylphosphino)methyl]thiophene Bang-Lin Chen, Kum-Fun Mok and Siu-Choon Ng, pp 2861 DOI:10.1039/a803440k

Synthesis, structure and spectroscopic properties of [Cu3(µ-dpnapy)3(CH3CN)][ClO4]3·CH3CN (dpnapy = 7-diphenylphosphino-2,4-dimethyl-1,8-naphthyridine) with a linear copper atom array Wing-Han Chan, Shie-Ming Peng and Chi-Ming Che, pp 2867 DOI:10.1039/a802279h

Evidence for the localisation of electronic charge in electrochemically reduced copper(I) complexes with electron deficient ligands: a structural and spectroelectrochemical study Sonya M. Scott, Keith C. Gordon and Anthony K. Burrell, pp 2873 DOI:10.1039/a804389b

Reaction of aquachromium(II) ions with 2,2-bipyrimidine. A pulse radiolysis study Marija Bonifai, Jasna Lovri and Mato Orhanovi, pp 2879 DOI:10.1039/a803697g

Synthesis and reactions of ene-hydrazone diphosphine iridium complexes and related species Sarath D. Perera and Bernard L. Shaw, pp 2887 DOI:10.1039/a802073f

Influence of electron donor and acceptor substituents on the excited state properties of rhenium(I) tetracarbonyl chelate complexes Frederik W. M. Vanhelmont, Melath V. Rajasekharan, Hans U. Güdel, Silvia C. Capelli, Jürg Hauser and Hans-Beat Bürgi, pp 2893 DOI:10.1039/a803465f

Chemistry of ruthenium(II) complexes of N-substituted 1,2-benzoquinone diimines. Synthesis, structure and redox properties Kedar Nath Mitra, Subrata Choudhury, Alfonso Castiñeiras and Sreebrata Goswami, pp 2901 DOI:10.1039/a802411a

Novel Group 4 metal-ruthenium complexes. Synthesis, structure and reactivity of the first thiolato-bridged titanium-ruthenium and zirconium-ruthenium complexes Ken-ichi Fujita, Masakazu Ikeda, Yachiho Nakano, Teruyuki Kondo and Take-aki Mitsudo, pp 2907 DOI:10.1039/a803055c

Investigation of the redox interaction between iron(III) 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(p-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrinate and aminoiminomethanesulfinic acid in aqueous solution Vasilios Lepentsiotis, Rudi van Eldik, Dimitri M. Stulov and Sergei V. Makarov, pp 2915 DOI:10.1039/a804684k

Molybdenum complexes with tridentate NS2 ligands. Synthesis, crystal structures and spectroscopic properties Lutz Stelzig, Stephan Kötte and Bernt Krebs, pp 2921 DOI:10.1039/a802334d

Binuclear silver(I) complexes with polydentate phosphine ligands 2-(diphenylphosphino)-6-[3-(2-pyridyl)pyrazol-1-yl]pyridine and 2-(diphenylphosphino)-6-(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine Shan-Ming Kuang, Zheng-Zhi Zhang, Qi-Guang Wang and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 2927 DOI:10.1039/a803704c

Mercury(II), silver(I) and gold(I) thioether crown chemistry: synthesis, electrochemistry and structures of [(HgBr2)2([24]aneS8)], [{Ag2([24]aneS8)(CF3SO3)2(MeCN)2}], [Ag2([28]aneS8)][NO3]2 and [Au2([28]aneS8)][PF6]2 ([24]aneS8 = 1,4,7,10,13,16,19,22-octathiacyclotetracosane; [28]aneS8 = 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-octathiacyclooctacosane) Alexander J. Blake, Wan-Sheung Li, Vito Lippolis, Anne Taylor and Martin Schröder, pp 2931 DOI:10.1039/a803358g

Issue 18

Homonuclear multiple bonding in heavier main group elements Philip P. Power, pp 2939 DOI:10.1039/a802281j

1,3-Bis(silyl)cyclodisilazane: synthesis and crystal structure Bettina Jaschke, Regine Herbst-Irmer, Uwe Klingebiel, Peter Neugebauer and Thomas Pape, pp 2953 DOI:10.1039/a806267f

Preparation, structure and preliminary magnetic studies of tri- and tetra-nuclear cobalt-lanthanide carboxylate complexes Yong Cui, Jiu-Tong Chen, De-Liang Long, Fa-Kun Zheng, Wen-Dan Cheng and Jin-Shun Huang, pp 2955 DOI:10.1039/a804132f

Kinetics of phosphodiester hydrolysis by lanthanide ions in weakly basic solutions Paola Gómez-Tagle and Anatoly K. Yatsimirsky, pp 2957 DOI:10.1039/a806198j

Dinuclear copper(II) complexes that promote hydrolysis of GpppG, a model for the 5-cap of mRNA Kevin P. McCue, David A. Voss, Jr., Christian Marks and Janet R. Morrow, pp 2961 DOI:10.1039/a805916k

Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. The [S2B18H19]- anion, and the reversible dismantling and regeneration of an apical boron cluster site with cluster connectivity six Tomá Jelínek, Ivana Cisaová, Bohumil tíbr, John D. Kennedy and Mark Thornton-Pett, pp 2965 DOI:10.1039/a805791e

Syntheses and structures of new copper(I) selenide clusters [Cu32Se16(PPh3)12], [Cu52Se26(PPh3)16] and [Cu72Se36(PPh3)20] Andreas Eichhöfer and Dieter Fenske, pp 2969 DOI:10.1039/a803675f

Theoretical and experimental studies of the protonated terpyridine cation. Ab initio quantum mechanics calculations, and crystal structures of two different ion pairs formed between protonated terpyridine cations and nitratolanthanate(III) anions Michael G. B. Drew, Michael J. Hudson, Peter B. Iveson, Mark L. Russell, Jan-Olov Liljenzin, Mats Sklberg, Lena Spjuth and Charles Madic, pp 2973 DOI:10.1039/a802458h

Electronic effects in the nickel-catalysed hydrocyanation of styrene applying chelating phosphorus ligands with large bite angles Wolfgang Goertz, Wilhelm Keim, Dieter Vogt, Ulli Englert, Maarten D. K. Boele, Lars A. van der Veen, Paul C. J. Kamer and Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen, pp 2981 DOI:10.1039/a802269k

Synthesis, crystal structure and electrochemical properties of [NBu4][Ni(mdt)2]: a potential precursor for new materials (mdt = 1,3-dithiole-4,5-dithiolate) Yvonne S. J. Veldhuizen, Nora Veldman, Anthony L. Spek, Patrick Cassoux, Roger Carlier, Martijn J. J. Mulder, Jaap G. Haasnoot and Jan Reedijk, pp 2989 DOI:10.1039/a804034f

Synthesis and characterization of new mixed-ligand lanthanide-phthalocyanine cation radical complexes Victor N. Nemykin, Victor Y. Chernii and Sergey V. Volkov, pp 2995 DOI:10.1039/a800542g

Structural study of amorphous platinum 5-fluorouridine green sulfate Veli Eteläniemi, Ritva Serimaa, Tarja Laitalainen and Timo Paakkari, pp 3001 DOI:10.1039/a802282h

Spectroscopic studies of the chemical speciation in concentrated alkaline aluminate solutions Pál Sipos, Stephen G. Capewell, Peter M. May, Glenn Hefter, Gábor Laurenczy, Ferenc Lukács and Raymond Roulet, pp 3007 DOI:10.1039/a805271i

Synthesis and characterization of new vanadates of antimony, ASbV2O8 (A = K, Rb, Tl or Cs) R. Nandini Devi and K. Vidyasagar, pp 3013 DOI:10.1039/a802816h

A mechanistic study of the reductive coupling of acetone with uranium compounds Michel Ephritikhine, Olivier Maury, Claude Villiers, Monique Lance and Martine Nierlich, pp 3021 DOI:10.1039/a802672f

Synthesis and co-ordination chemistry of the tetradentate chelating ligand 1,3-bis[3-(2-pyridyl)pyrazol-1-yl]propane: crystal structures of complexes with FeII, CuII, ZnII, AgI and PbII Karen L. V. Mann, John C. Jeffery, Jon A. McCleverty and Michael D. Ward, pp 3029 DOI:10.1039/a804501a

A novel titanium-oxygen ladder structure supported by calix[4]arene ligands, characterised by synchrotron crystallography William Clegg, Mark R. J. Elsegood, Simon J. Teat, Carl Redshaw and Vernon C. Gibson, pp 3037 DOI:10.1039/a803864c

Oxidation of [CoIIW12O40]6- to [CoIIIW12O40]5- by peroxomonosulfate in strong and weak acid solutions, an example of zero-order kinetics Annette L. Nolan, Robert C. Burns and Geoffrey A. Lawrance, pp 3041 DOI:10.1039/a804598d

Complexation of Ni2+ and Cu2+ by tripodal amine phenol ligands in aqueous solution Ashley K. W. Stephens and Chris Orvig, pp 3049 DOI:10.1039/a803113d

cis-Dioxo-tungsten(VI) and -molybdenum(VI) complexes with N2O2 tetradentate ligands: synthesis, structure, electrochemistry and oxo-transfer properties Yee-Lok Wong, Yan Yan, Edith S. H. Chan, Qingchuan Yang, Thomas C. W. Mak and Dennis K. P. Ng, pp 3057 DOI:10.1039/a804425b

Chemistry of bulky tetrakis(pyrazolyl)borate ligands [B(pzR)4]- (R = p-CH3OC6H4 or C6H11) José A. Campo, Mercedes Cano, José V. Heras, Elena Pinilla, Angeles Monge and Jon A. McCleverty, pp 3065 DOI:10.1039/a803680b

Thiocyanato complexes of the coinage metals: synthesis and crystal structures of the polymeric pyridine complexes [AgxCuy(SCN)x + y(py)z] Harald Krautscheid, Norbert Emig, Nicole Klaassen and Petra Seringer, pp 3071 DOI:10.1039/a803468k

Synthesis and reactions of the rhenium fulvene complexes [Re(6-C5Me4CH2)(CO)2(C6F4R)] (R = F or CF3): products derived from initial C-F activation A. Hugo Klahn, Beatriz Oelckers, Fernando Godoy, Maria T. Garland, Andres Vega, Robin N. Perutz and Catherine L. Higgitt, pp 3079 DOI:10.1039/a802899k

Structural characterisation and bioconjugation of an active ester containing oxorhenium(V) complex incorporating a thioether donor Matthias Glaser, Mark J. Howard, Kevin Howland, Annie K. Powell, Michael T. Rae, Sigrid Wocadlo, Richard A. Williamson and Philip J. Blower, pp 3087 DOI:10.1039/a804717k

A unified mechanism for the stoichiometric reduction of H+ and C2H2 by [Fe4S4(SPh)4]3- in MeCN Karin L. C. Grönberg, Richard A. Henderson and Kay E. Oglieve, pp 3093 DOI:10.1039/a803223h

Kinetics and mechanisms of the ligand substitution reactions of bis(amine)(cyclobutane-1,1-dicarboxylato)palladium(II) Azza Shoukry, Tobias Rau, Mohamed Shoukry and Rudi van Eldik, pp 3105 DOI:10.1039/a804141e

Metal (Li, K, SnII and HgII) complexes of the 1,3-diazaallyl [N(R)C(Ph)NC(Ph)CR2]- (R = SiMe3) Peter B. Hitchcock, Michael F. Lappert and Marcus Layh, pp 3113 DOI:10.1039/a804134b

An ab initio study of diarsacyclobutadienes Siân T. Howard and Cameron Jones, pp 3119 DOI:10.1039/a804290j

Influence of the counterion on the coordinating properties of (2,2-bipyridyl)bis(oxalato)chromate(III) anion: crystal structures and magnetic properties of AsPh4[Cr(bipy)(ox)2]·H2O and [NaCr(bipy)(ox)2(H2O)]·2H2O M. Carmen Muñoz, Miguel Julve, Francesc Lloret, Juan Faus and Marius Andruh, pp 3125 DOI:10.1039/a804990d

Issue 19

The kinetics and mechanisms of the crystallisation of microporous materials Robin J. Francis and Dermot OHare, pp 3133 DOI:10.1039/a802330a

First synthesis of a unique dilead Schiff base complex Pravat Bhattacharyya, Jonathan Parr, Andrew T. Ross and Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, pp 3149 DOI:10.1039/a806058d

Coupling Mo2n+ units via dicarboxylate bridges F. Albert Cotton, Chun Lin and Carlos A. Murillo, pp 3151 DOI:10.1039/a806161k

Crystal supramolecular motifs. Ladders, layers and labyrinths of Ph4P+ cations engaged in fourfold phenyl embraces Marcia Scudder and Ian Dance, pp 3155 DOI:10.1039/a803463j

Crystal supramolecular motifs. Two- and three-dimensional networks of Ph4P+ cations engaged in sixfold phenyl embraces Marcia Scudder and Ian Dance, pp 3167 DOI:10.1039/a803464h

Lantern type heterobimetallic complexes. Tetra-µ-4-methylpyridine-2-thiolato bridged platinum(II)cobalt(II) and oxidation complexes Kenichi Kitano, Kazuyuki Tanaka, Takanori Nishioka, Akio Ichimura, Isamu Kinoshita, Kiyoshi Isobe and Shunichiro Ooi, pp 3177 DOI:10.1039/a803489c

Nitrido-ruthenium(VI) and -osmium(VI) complexes containing chelating multianionic (N, O) ligands. Synthesis, crystal structures and reactions with triphenylphosphine Pui-Ming Chan, Wing-Yiu Yu, Chi-Ming Che and Kung-Kai Cheung, pp 3183 DOI:10.1039/a804204g

Reactions of oxo- and peroxo-molybdenum complexes with B(C6F5)3: crystal structures of cis-[MoO{OB(C6F5)3}(2-ONEt2)2] and cis-[MoO{OB(C6F5)3}{2-PhN(O)C(O)Ph}2] Linda H. Doerrer, Jane R. Galsworthy, Malcolm L. H. Green, Michael A. Leech and Matthias Müller, pp 3191 DOI:10.1039/a803126f

Vibrational and crystallographic studies of dioxohalogenomolybdenum(VI) complexes with crown ethers Michael J. Taylor, Clifton E. F. Rickard and Lars A. Kloo, pp 3195 DOI:10.1039/a803295e

The first alkynethiolate derivatives of bis(substituted cyclopentadienyl)titanium(IV) and their role in the synthesis of heterobimetallic compounds. Crystal structures of [Ti(5-C5H4SiMe3)2(SCCBut)2] and [(5-C5H4SiMe3)(SCCBut)Ti(µ-5-P-C5H4PPh2)(µ-SCCBut)Pt(C6F5)2] Irene Ara, Esther Delgado, Juan Forniés, Elisa Hernández, Elena Lalinde, Noelia Mansilla and M. Teresa Moreno, pp 3199 DOI:10.1039/a803806f

Tetraphenylborate adducts of lead(II) co-ordinated by imidazole-functionalized 1,4,7-triazacyclononanes: crystal and molecular structures Massimo Di Vaira, Fabrizio Mani and Piero Stoppioni, pp 3209 DOI:10.1039/a803840f

Sulfur-carbon bond cleavage in reactions of rhenium(V) complexes of NS3 ligands with tertiary phosphines: crystal and molecular structures of [ReO(SCH2CH2NCOCH2S)(PMe2Ph)] and [ReO(SCMe2CH2NCOCH2SCH2CH2S)(PMePh2)] Mohamad Jaber Al-Jeboori, Jonathan R. Dilworth and Yifan Zheng, pp 3215 DOI:10.1039/a803906b

Ligand dynamics in tetracoordinate copper(I) complexes of bis(pyrazolyl)pyridine ligands Palanichamy Manikandan, Mahadevan Subramoni, Babu Varghese and Periakaruppan ThangiahManoharan, pp 3219 DOI:10.1039/a801622d

Kinetics and mechanism of substitution reactions in cis-[RuCl(L)(dppe)2]+ complexes (L = RCN, dppe = Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2) Manuel G. Basallote, Joaquín Durán, M. Jesús Fernández-Trujillo and M. Angeles Máñez, pp 3227 DOI:10.1039/a804420a

An NMR study of the solution conformations of di(tertiary phosphine) complexes of orthopalladated 1-phenyl-1-(N,N-dimethylamino)ethane William McFarlane, James D. Swarbrick and Jonathan L. Bookham, pp 3233 DOI:10.1039/a806313c

The molecular structure of dichloro(dimethylamino)phosphine Norbert W. Mitzel, pp 3239 DOI:10.1039/a804630a

Capillary electrophoresis, potentiometric and laser excited luminescence studies of lanthanide(III) complexes of 1,7-dicarboxymethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane (DO2A) C. Allen Chang, Yuh-Herng Chen, Huan-Yuan Chen and Fa-Kun Shieh, pp 3243 DOI:10.1039/a803565b

Carbene complexes of Group 13 trihydrides: synthesis and characterisation of [MH3{CN(Pri)C2Me2N(Pri)}], M = Al, Ga or In Matthew D. Francis, David E. Hibbs, Michael B. Hursthouse, Cameron Jones and Neil A. Smithies, pp 3249 DOI:10.1039/a805766d

S· · ·S Contact-assembled tetrathiafulvalene derivatives of copper(I) and silver(I) co-ordination polymers and organic radical cation salt Liang Ping Wu, Jie Dai, Megumu Munakata, -Masahiko Maekawa, Yusaku Suenaga and Yasuhito Ohno, pp 3255 DOI:10.1039/a804945i

Metal mediated degradation of tripodal imine-phenol ligands: designer ligands with metal ion designers Pravat Bhattacharyya, Jonathan Parr and Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, pp 3263 DOI:10.1039/a805558k

Template synthesis of square-planar nickel(II) and copper(III) complexes based on hydrazide ligands Igor O. Fritsky, Henryk Kozowski, Peter J. Sadler, Oksana P. Yefetova, Jolanta wtek-Kozowska, Valentina A. Kalibabchuk and Tadeusz Gowiak, pp 3269 DOI:10.1039/a802451k

Kinetics and mechanism of the cobaloxime(II)-catalysed oxidative dehydrogenation of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol by O2. A functional oxidase model László I. Simándi and Tatiana L. Simándi, pp 3275 DOI:10.1039/a803597k

Synthesis and characterisation of monocyclopentadienyl dithiolato complexes of niobium and tantalum; crystal structures of [Nb2(µ-O)(µ-22-S2C2H4)(5-C5H4Me)2Cl4] and [Nb2(µ-12-S2C2H4)2(5-C5H4Me)2O(S2C2H4)] W. Edward Lindsell, Georgina M. Rosair and Malcolm A. Spence, pp 3281 DOI:10.1039/a804808h

Preparation and reactions of rhenium(VII) trioxo hydrogendiolato complexes and rhenium(VI) oxo bis(diolato) complexes Peter G. Edwards, Jukka Jokela, Ari Lehtonen and Reijo Sillanpää, pp 3287 DOI:10.1039/a803301c

Synthesis and characterisation of tungsten siloxides including the crystal structure of [WO{O(Ph2SiO)3}2(thf)] Brian J. Brisdon, Mary F. Mahon and Christopher C. Rainford, pp 3295 DOI:10.1039/a803830i

Reaction of Al(tBu)3 with [R2Al{µ-O(CH2)nNMe2}]2: dependence on the extent of intra-molecular Al· · ·N coordination C. Niamh McMahon, Simon G. Bott and Andrew R. Barron, pp 3301 DOI:10.1039/a803414a

Aluminium compounds containing bidentate ligands: chelate ring size and rigid conformation effects Julie A. Francis, Simon G. Bott and Andrew R. Barron, pp 3305 DOI:10.1039/a803667e

Syntheses, properties and Mössbauer studies of mono- and di-nitrile phosphine complexes of iron(II). Crystal structures of trans-[Fe(NCR)2(Et2PCH2CH2PEt2)2][BF4]2 (R = Me or CH2C6H4OMe-4) Luísa M. D. R. S. Martins, M. Teresa Duarte, Adelino M. Galvão, Catarina Resende, Armando J. L. Pombeiro, Richard A. Henderson and David J. Evans, pp 3311 DOI:10.1039/a804193h

Stepwise reduction of a phosphaalkyne PC bond to a phosphaalkene and a phosphine at the FeH(dppe)2 centre. Crystal and molecular structure of the 1-co-ordinated phosphaalkyne complex trans-[FeH(1-PCBut)(dppe)2][BPh4] Mohamed F. Meidine, Maria Amélia N. D. A.Lemos, Armando J. L. Pombeiro, John F. Nixon and Peter B. Hitchcock, pp 3319 DOI:10.1039/a804803g

Copper and calcium complexes with the anionic O2-donor 4-tert-butylacetyl-3-methyl-1-phenylpyrazol-5-onato (Q-). Influence of hydrogen-bond interactions on lattice architecture in the crystal structures of [CuQ2(H2O)] and [CaQ2(EtOH)2] Fabio Marchetti, Claudio Pettinari, Augusto Cingolani, Dante Leonesi, Andrei Drozdov and Sergei I. Troyanov, pp 3325 DOI:10.1039/a804768e

Heteropolymetallic compounds containing 1,1-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (DPPF) and pyrazolate ligands: synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and reactivity. Crystal and molecular structure of [(DPPF)Pt(az)2] [azH = pyrazole (pzH) or 3,5-dimethylpyrazole] and [(DPPF)Pt(µ-pz)2CdI2] Claudio Pettinari, Fabio Marchetti, Augusto Cingolani, Sergei I. Troyanov and Andrei Drozdov, pp 3335 DOI:10.1039/a805432k

Issue 20

Sterically protected organophosphorus compounds in low co-ordination states Masaaki Yoshifuji, pp 3343 DOI:10.1039/a803041c

Complexed bridging ligand, [M(bpca)2] (M = Mn(II) or Fe(II); Hbpca = bis(2-pyridylcarbonyl)amine), as a building block for linear trinuclear complexes Takashi Kajiwara and Tasuku Ito, pp 3351 DOI:10.1039/a806618c

An unprecedented trinucleating bridging mode (µ3-111) of a tris(pyrazolyl)borate ligand in a trinuclear silver(I) complex Elizabeth R. Humphrey, Nicholas C. Harden, Leigh H. Rees, John C. Jeffery, Jon A. McCleverty and Michael D. Ward, pp 3353 DOI:10.1039/a806333h

Asymmetric bis(pyrazolyl)hydroborato ligands via direct synthesis: structural characterization of thallium and zinc complexes Prasenjit Ghosh, Tony Hascall, Conor Dowling and Gerard Parkin, pp 3355 DOI:10.1039/a806298f

Synthesis and characterisation of Al(O3PCH2CO2)·3H2O, a layered aluminium carboxymethylphosphonate Gary B. Hix, David S. Wragg, Paul A. Wright and Russell E. Morris, pp 3359 DOI:10.1039/a806373g

Reaction of iodocarbonylbis(trimethylphosphine)rhodium(I) with parahydrogen leads to the observation of five characterisable H2 addition products Paul D. Morran, Simon A. Colebrooke, Simon B. Duckett, Joost A. B. Lohman and Richard Eisenberg, pp 3363 DOI:10.1039/a806652c

Synthesis and reactivity of cationic lanthanide metallocene complexes. Hexabromocarborane and tetraphenylborate as counter ions Zuowei Xie, Zhixian Liu, Zhong-Yuan Zhou and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 3367 DOI:10.1039/a804311f

Oxidation of the zwitterionic tungsten amide (OC)5WNPhNPhC(OMe)Ph with Br2 and PCl5. Formation of [(PhN)W(CO)2X2]2 and (PhN)W(CO)2X2L (X = Br or Cl; L = MeCN, Me3C6H2NH2 and i-BuNH2) Yingxia He, Patrick C. McGowan, Khalil A. Abboud and Lisa McElwee-White, pp 3373 DOI:10.1039/a803989e

Synthesis, NMR studies, and molecular orbital calculations on cyclohexadienyl derivatives of (6-arene)tris(pyrazolyl)ruthenium(II) compounds Sameer Bhambri, Andrea Bishop, Nikolas Kaltsoyannis and Derek A. Tocher, pp 3379 DOI:10.1039/a804254c

Synthesis and structural characterisation of ruthenium carbonyl clusters containing hydrocarbyl ligands derived from (hydroxy)alkynes HCCC(H)(OH)CH3 Cindy Sze-Wai Lau and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 3391 DOI:10.1039/a805368e

Stepwise synthetic strategy for the preparation of trinuclear complexes of bis(terpyridyl) bridging ligands containing aza-crown macrocyclic spacer groups Karen L. Bushell, Samantha M. Couchman, John C. Jeffery, Leigh H. Rees and Michael D. Ward, pp 3397 DOI:10.1039/a805059g

Synthesis, spectral and electrochemical properties of a new series of unsymmetrical bis(phenoxo) bridged macrocyclic binuclear manganese(III) complexes Munasamy Marappan, Verigidusamy Narayanan and Muthusamy Kandaswamy, pp 3405 DOI:10.1039/a805712e

Transition metal complexes of 1,3-dihydrobenzo[c]tellurophene: synthesis, spectroscopy and crystal structures William Levason, Gillian Reid and Vicki-Anne Tolhurst, pp 3411 DOI:10.1039/a805183f

Hydrogen bonded polymers and oligomers from metal salts and 18-crown-6 Jonathan W. Steed, Brian J. McCool and Peter C. Junk, pp 3417 DOI:10.1039/a805492d

Synthesis, characterisation and reaction chemistry of organotin-substituted bis(thiotetrazoles): supramolecular metallotetrazole structures containing hard and soft donors Sonali Bhandari, Mary F. Mahon, John G. McGinley, Kieran C. Molloy and Charlotte E. E. Roper, pp 3425 DOI:10.1039/a804928i

Alkali metal-1-azaallyl complexes: X-ray crystallographic, NMR spectroscopic and ab initio calculational studies David R. Armstrong, William Clegg, Lorraine Dunbar, Stephen T. Liddle, Murray MacGregor, Robert E. Mulvey, David Reed and Susan A. Quinn, pp 3431 DOI:10.1039/a805523h

Synthesis and characterization of volatile cerium(IV) hexafluoroisopropoxide complexes. Structure of [Hpmdien]2[Ce{OCH(CF3)2}6] Liliane G. Hubert-Pfalzgraf, Valérie Abada and Jacqueline Vaissermann, pp 3437 DOI:10.1039/a805338c

A new route to mixed oxo/arylimido complexes of molybdenum(VI) with a tris(pyrazolyl)borate co-ligand: syntheses, spectroscopic properties and ligand-centred redox activity Siu-Ming Lee, Ralph Kowallick, Massimo Marcaccio, Jon A. McCleverty and Michael D. Ward, pp 3443 DOI:10.1039/a804496a

Oxidation of the thiosulfate ion with a (µ-oxo)diiron(III) complex: kinetic evidence for self reaction of the thiosulfate radical ion Beauty Chaudhuri and Rupendranath Banerjee, pp 3451 DOI:10.1039/a803030h

Ruthenium-(II) and -(III) complexes of a ditertiary stibine ligand. The effect of co-ordination on stibine ligand geometry Nicholas J. Holmes, William Levason and Michael Webster, pp 3457 DOI:10.1039/a805245j

Periodates and periodato-complexes of aluminium, gallium and indium Andrew L. Hector, William Levason and Michael Webster, pp 3463 DOI:10.1039/a805469j

Spin frustration in the butterfly-like tetrameric [Ni4(µ-CO3)2(aetpy)8][ClO4]4 [aetpy = (2-aminoethyl)pyridine] complex. Structure and magnetic properties Albert Escuer, Ramon Vicente, Sujit B. Kumar and Franz A. Mautner, pp 3473 DOI:10.1039/a803780i

Synthesis and dynamic NMR studies of fluxionality in rhenium(I), platinum(II) and platinum(IV) complexes of back-to-back 2,26,2-terpyridine ligands Andrew Gelling, Matthew D. Olsen, Keith G. Orrell, Anthony G. Osborne and Vladimir ik, pp 3479 DOI:10.1039/a805300f

Halide titanium(IV) Schiff base complexes; fluoride and bromide derivatives and evidence for a new seven-coordinate chloride intermediate Simon J. Coles, Michael B. Hursthouse, David G. Kelly, Andrew J. Toner and Neil M. Walker, pp 3489 DOI:10.1039/a805764h

Anion dependent deprotection of a thioether group in Schiff base NS2 ligands results in new mononuclear and dinuclear thiolato nickel complexes Elisabeth Bouwman, Richard K. Henderson, Annie K. Powell, Jan Reedijk, Wilberth J. J. Smeets, Anthony L. Spek, Nora Veldman and Sigrid Wocadlo, pp 3495 DOI:10.1039/a805428b

Alkenyl and alkynyl complexes of osmium(II) derived from [OsH(Cl)(CO)(BTD)(PPh3)2] (BTD = 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole) Anthony F. Hill and James D. E. T. Wilton-Ely, pp 3501 DOI:10.1039/a805303k

Formation of thiolene versus dithiolene species from TTBEO. Crystal structures of [Au(ddtCO2Et)(PPh3)] and [Sn(ddtCO2Et)2Me2] {TTBEO = 2,5,7,9-tetrathiabicyclo[4.3.0]non-1(6)-en-8-one; ddtCO2Et = 3-(ethoxycarbonylsulfanyl)-5,6-dihydro-1,4-dithiine-2-thiolate} Elena Cerrada, J. Felipe García, Mariano Laguna, Raquel Terroba and M. Dolores Villacampa, pp 3511 DOI:10.1039/a805064c

Iridium complexes with new 1,2-dithioether chiral ligands containing a rigid cyclic backbone. Application in homogeneous catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation Montserrat Diéguez, Aurora Ruiz, Carmen Claver, Maria M. Pereira and António M. dA. Rocha Gonsalves, pp 3517 DOI:10.1039/a803626h

Heterobimetallic carbene and allenylidene complexes; syntheses and crystal structures of iron(II)-chromium(>0>) cycloheptatrienylidene and (cycloheptatrienylidene)ethenylidene complexes Matthias Tamm, Alexander Grzegorzewski, Irene Brüdgam and Hans Hartl, pp 3523 DOI:10.1039/a806368k

Issue 21

Transition metal catalysed reactions using glass bead technology Michael S. Anson, Mathew P. Leese, Louise Tonks and Jonathan M. J. Williams, pp 3529 DOI:10.1039/a802593b

The metal directed assembly of a trinuclear macrocyclic copper(II) complex Paul V. Bernhardt and Elizabeth J. Hayes, pp 3539 DOI:10.1039/a806586a

The interaction of indium(III) iodide species with substituted ortho- and para-quinones Martyn A. Brown, Bruce R. McGarvey and Dennis G. Tuck, pp 3543 DOI:10.1039/a804124e

Preparation, molecular structure and reactivity of mono- and di-nuclear sulfonato rhodium(I) complexes Helmut Werner, Marco Bosch, Michael E. Schneider, Christine Hahn, Frank Kukla, Matthias Manger, Bettina Windmüller, Birgit Weberndörfer and Matthias Laubender, pp 3549 DOI:10.1039/a805900d

Stoichiometric enantioselective alkene epoxidation with a chiral dioxoruthenium(VI) D4-porphyrinato complex Tat-Shing Lai, Hoi-Lun Kwong, Rui Zhang and Chi-Ming Che, pp 3559 DOI:10.1039/a802587h

Kinetics and mechanisms of the complexation of aqueous lanthanide ions by 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol Yanlong Shi, Edward M. Eyring and Rudi van Eldik, pp 3565 DOI:10.1039/a805808c

Kinetic control of reactions of a sterically hindered platinum picoline anticancer complex with guanosine 5-monophosphate and glutathione Yu Chen, Zijian Guo, John A. Parkinson and Peter J. Sadler, pp 3577 DOI:10.1039/a806544f

Oxovanadium(IV) complexes of the dipeptides glycyl-L-aspartic acid, L-aspartylglycine and related ligands; a spectroscopic and potentiometric study João Costa Pessoa, Tamás Gajda, Robert D. Gillard, Tamás Kiss, Susana M. Luz, José J. G. Moura, Isabel Tomaz, João P. Telo and Ibolya Török, pp 3587 DOI:10.1039/a801888j

Neutral and cationic ruthenium hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate derivatives containing bulky monodentate phosphines. Crystal structures of [RuTp(H2O)(PPri2Me)2][CF3SO3]·EtOH and [RuTp(N2)(PEt3)2][BPh4] Miguel A. Jiménez Tenorio, Manuel Jiménez Tenorio, M. Carmen Puerta and Pedro Valerga, pp 3601 DOI:10.1039/a804866e

Synthesis of new heterotridentate ligands comprising mixed hard-soft donor sets, and their complexation with Group 10 metals Pravat Bhattacharyya, Jonathan Parr and Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, pp 3609 DOI:10.1039/a805847d

Synthesis, photophysics and electrochemistry of copper(I) diimine complexes containing thia-, selena- and tellura-crowns. A spectrochemical and luminescence ion probe for soft metal ions Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Yung-Lin Pui, Wei-Ping Li, Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo and Kung-Kai Cheung, pp 3615 DOI:10.1039/a806243i

Reactions of titanium imido complexes with -diimines: complexation versus TiN/CN bond metathesis Jacqueline M. McInnes, Alexander J. Blake and Philip Mountford, pp 3623 DOI:10.1039/a806393a

Co-ordination ability of novel tetradentate amide-and-oxime ligands: differential binding to CuII and NiII Igor O. Fritsky, Henryk Kozowski, Elena V. Prisyazhnaya, Zofia Rzczyska, Aldona Karaczyn, Tatiana Yu. Sliva and Tadeusz Gowiak, pp 3629 DOI:10.1039/a804763d

Substituted diazacrown ethers. Synthesis, spectral characterization and single-crystal structures of C20H42N2O8(NaI)2·H2O and C20H42N2O8(KI)2·H2O Zeynel Klç, Mustafa Yldz, Tuncer Hökelek and Baki Erdoan, pp 3635 DOI:10.1039/a804119i

Studies of V(III) complexes with selected -N-heterocyclic carboxylato NO donor ligands: structure of a new seven-coordinated pentagonal bipyramidal complex containing picolinato ligands Madhumita Chatterjee, Milan Maji, Saktiprosad Ghosh and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 3641 DOI:10.1039/a804160a

Oxo-tungsten bis-dithiolene complexes relevant to tungsten centres in enzymes E. Stephen Davies, Georgina M. Aston, Roy L. Beddoes, David Collison, Andrew Dinsmore, Arefa Docrat, John A. Joule, Clare R. Wilson and C. David Garner, pp 3647 DOI:10.1039/a805688i

Open-chain polyazaalkane ferrocene-functionalised receptors for the electrochemical recognition of anionic guests and metal ions in aqueous solution José Manuel Lloris, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Miguel Padilla-Tosta, Teresa Pardo, Juan Soto Soto and María José L. Tendero, pp 3657 DOI:10.1039/a807058j

Effect of fumarate on the kinetics and reaction mechanism of Cu+aq with dioxygen Nadav Navon, Haim Cohen, Rudi van Eldik and Dan Meyerstein, pp 3663 DOI:10.1039/a805610b

Multistep photocatalytic reduction of dioxygen by immobilized [Ru(bpy)3]2+ in Nafion and cellulose matrices and macrocyclic cobalt(III) complexes J. Premkumar and R. Ramaraj, pp 3667 DOI:10.1039/a803222j

Ozonolysis for the preparation of high oxidation-state transition-metal complexes and the crystal structure of [PPh4]2[Ru2O(µ-OCOEt)2Cl6] Alan J. Bailey, William P. Griffith, Stephen P. Marsden, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 3673 DOI:10.1039/a806086j

Resonance Raman spectroelectrochemical and structural study of reduced ruthenium(II) complexes with binaphthyridine-based ligands Sonya M. Scott, Anthony K. Burrell, Paul A. Cocks and Keith C. Gordon, pp 3679 DOI:10.1039/a806443a

Molecular structure of trimethylamine-gallane, Me3N·GaH3: ab initio calculations, gas-phase electron diffraction and single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies Paul T. Brain, Helen E. Brown, Anthony J. Downs, Tim M. Greene, Emma Johnsen, Simon Parsons, David W. H. Rankin, Bruce A. Smart and Christina Y. Tang, pp 3685 DOI:10.1039/a806289g

Issue 22

Silole-containing - and -conjugated compounds Shigehiro Yamaguchi and Kohei Tamao, pp 3693 DOI:10.1039/a804491k

Synthesis of a base-stabilized alumoxane: preferential hydrolysis of an aluminium-amido over an aluminium-alkyl C. Niamh McMahon and Andrew R. Barron, pp 3703 DOI:10.1039/a806502k

Structure and magnetic properties of MnII[N(CN)2]2(pyrazine). An antiferromagnet with an interpenetrating 3-D network structure Jamie L. Manson, Christopher D. Incarvito, Arnold L. Rheingold and Joel S. Miller, pp 3705 DOI:10.1039/a807788f

Solid state coordination chemistry: two-dimensional oxides constructed from polyoxomolybdate clusters and copper-organoamine subunits Douglas Hagrman, Claudio Sangregorio, Charles J. OConnor and Jon Zubieta, pp 3707 DOI:10.1039/a806234j

A gadolinium cryptate with two coordinated water molecules S. W. Annie Bligh, Michael G. B. Drew, Noreen Martin, Beatrice Maubert and Jane Nelson, pp 3711 DOI:10.1039/a805859h

Effects of anions on the solid state structures of linear gold(I) complexes of the type (o-xylyl isocyanide)gold(I) (monoanion) Holger Ecken, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Bruce C. Noll, Saeed Attar, Bruce Schlyer and Alan L. Balch, pp 3715 DOI:10.1039/a805086d

Nucleophilic behaviour of the neutral complexes [M(CP)(S2CNMe2)] [M = Pd, Pt; CP = CH2C6H4P(C6H4Me-o)2--C,P] towards Ag(I) and Au(I) compounds. Synthesis (M = Pd, Pt) and molecular structures (M = Pt) of polynuclear complexes containing M-Ag and M-S bonds J. Forniés,, A. Martín, R. Navarro, V. Sicilia, P. Villarroya and A. G. Orpen, pp 3721 DOI:10.1039/a805099f

Resolution of a cyclopalladated ferrocenylketimine Yang Jie Wu, Xiu Ling Cui, Chen Xia Du, Wen Ling Wang, Rui Yun Guo and Rong Feng Chen, pp 3727 DOI:10.1039/a803739f

Synthesis, X-ray crystal structure and spectroscopic characterization of the new dithiolene [Pd(Et2timdt)2] and of its adduct with molecular diiodine [Pd(Et2timdt)2]·I2·CHCl3 (Et2timdt = monoanion of 1,3-diethylimidazolidine-2,4,5-trithione) Massimiliano Arca, Francesco Demartin, Francesco A. Devillanova, Alessandra Garau, Francesco Isaia, Francesco Lelj, Vito Lippolis, Samuele Pedraglio and Gaetano Verani, pp 3731 DOI:10.1039/a805494k

New functionalized bis(pyrazol-1-yl)methane ligands. Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization of early and late transition metal complexes containing a functionalized N,N or P,P-chelate bis(5-diphenylphosphinopyrazol-1-yl)methane ligand Antonio Antiñolo, Fernando Carrillo-Hermosilla, Enrique Díez-Barra, Juan Fernández-Baeza, Maria Fernández-López, Agustin Lara-Sánchez, Andrés Moreno, Antonio Otero, Ana Maria Rodriguez and Juan Tejeda, pp 3737 DOI:10.1039/a805683h

Synthesis and characterization of complexes of PdII and PtII containing the iminophosphorane ligand Ph3PNCN Larry R. Falvello, Susana Fernández, María M. García, Rafael Navarro and Esteban P. Urriolabeitia, pp 3745 DOI:10.1039/a805147j

Platinum group metal complexes of arylphosphine ligands containing perfluoroalkyl ponytails; crystal structures of [RhCl2(5-C5Me5){P(C6H4C6F13-4)3}] and cis- and trans-[PtCl2{P(C6H4C6F13-4)3}2] John Fawcett, Eric G. Hope, Raymond D. W. Kemmitt, Danny R. Paige, David R. Russell, Alison M. Stuart and M. Stuart, pp 3751 DOI:10.1039/a805141k

Platinum group metal complexes of a bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane ligand containing perfluoroalkyl ponytails Eric G. Hope, Raymond D. W. Kemmitt and Alison M. Stuart, pp 3765 DOI:10.1039/a805560b

Palladium diphenyl-2-pyridylphosphine complexes Athanasia Dervisi, Peter G. Edwards, Paul D. Newman, Robert P. Tooze, Simon J. Coles and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 3771 DOI:10.1039/a805102j

Synthesis and electrospray mass spectrometry of palladium(II) diphosphine complexes from oxidative addition of 2-bromopyridine to Pd0 Clavius C. H. Chin, Jeremy S. L. Yeo, Z. H. Loh, J. J. Vittal, W. Henderson and T. S. Andy Hor, pp 3777 DOI:10.1039/a803779e

Enantiopure planar chiral monomers and di-µ-bromo-bridged dimers of ferrocenylhydrazones from asymmetric cyclopalladation Gang Zhao, Qi-Guang Wang and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 3785 DOI:10.1039/a806052e

Co-ordination chemistry of bis(ferrocenylcarbaldimine) Schiff bases Peiyi Li, Ian J. Scowen, John E. Davies and Malcolm A. Halcrow, pp 3791 DOI:10.1039/a806657d

A µ-hydroxy-µ-nitritodicopper(II) core embedded in a AgNO2 matrix: synthesis, structure and magnetism Ulrich Flörke, Hans-Jürgen Haupt and Phalguni Chaudhuri, pp 3801 DOI:10.1039/a805104f

Nitrogen versus oxygen co-ordination of carboxamide-functionalized triazacyclononane ligands in transition metal ion complexes Thomas Weyhermüller, Karl Weighardt and Phalguni Chaudhuri, pp 3805 DOI:10.1039/a806466k

The structure of R3PBr2 compounds in the solid state and in solution; geometrical dependence on R, the crystal structures of tetrahedral ionic Et3PBr2 and molecular trigonal bipyramidal (C6F5)3PBr2 Stephen M. Godfrey, Charles A. McAuliffe, Imran Mushtaq, Robin G. Pritchard and Joanne M. Sheffield, pp 3815 DOI:10.1039/a807241h

Trinuclear clusters of osmium containing monodentate, chelating and orthometallated forms of 2,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1-binaphthyl (BINAP) Antony J. Deeming and Marc Stchedroff, pp 3819 DOI:10.1039/a806430j

Triruthenium-iridium clusters containing alkyne ligands: synthesis, structure, and catalytic implications of [(µ-H)IrRu3(CO)11(µ3-2-PhCCPh)] and [IrRu3(CO)10(µ4-2-PhCCPh)(µ-2-PhCCHPh)] Vincent Ferrand, Georg Süss-Fink, Antonia Neels and Helen Stoeckli-Evans, pp 3825 DOI:10.1039/a805852k

Manganese(I) selenoether chemistry: synthesis, multinuclear NMR studies and the structures of [MnCl(CO)3(MeSeCH2CH2SeMe)], [MnCl(CO)3(MeSeCH2CH2CH2SeMe)] and [MnBr(CO)3{C6H4(SeMe)2-o}] Julie Connolly, Maxwell K. Davies and Gillian Reid, pp 3833 DOI:10.1039/a806881j

The preparation and structural characterisation of bis(N,N-diethylmonothiocarbamato)complexes of cadmium and of the novel tetrameric complex [Et4Zn4(OSCNEt2)2(NEt2)2]: two new bonding modes for the monothiocarbamato ligand Mohammed Chunggaze, M. Azad Malik, Paul OBrien, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 3839 DOI:10.1039/a805986a

Hydrogen-bonding interactions in the series of complexes [M(C4O4)(OH2)2(dmf)2] and [M(C4O4)(OH2)4] (M = Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) Bert D. Alleyne, Lincoln A. Hall, Hazel-Ann Hosein, Hema Jaggernauth, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 3845 DOI:10.1039/a806891g

Co-ordinating properties of cyclopeptides. Thermodynamic and spectroscopic study on the formation of copper(II) complexes with cyclo(Gly-His)4 and cyclo(Gly-His-Gly)2 and their superoxide dismutase-like activity Raffaele P. Bonomo, Giuseppe Impellizzeri, Giuseppe Pappalardo, Roberto Purrello, Enrico Rizzarelli and Giovanni Tabbì, pp 3851 DOI:10.1039/a804481c

New hexadentate ligands composed of 1-hydroxy-2(1H)-pyrimidinone, ,-diamine and 1,1,1-tris(carboxyethoxymethyl)ethane or tri(carboxybutyl)isocyanurate. Synthesis and characterization of their iron(III) complexes Akira Katoh, Yoko Hida, Jun Kamitani and Junko Ohkanda, pp 3859 DOI:10.1039/a807159d

Synthesis, electrical properties and crystal structure of a new radical-ion salt based on -extended bis(TTF) and a Keggin heteropolymolybdate Jun Peng, Enbo Wang, Yunshan Zhou, Yan Xing, Hengqing Jia, Yonghua Lin and Yongjia Shen, pp 3865 DOI:10.1039/a804934c

Isocarbonyl complexes of divalent samarium and ytterbium. The molecular structures of [{Ln(TptBu,Me)(THF)(µ-CO)2Mo(-C5H4Me)(CO)}2] (Ln = Sm, Yb) Anna C. Hillier, Andrea Sella and Mark R. J. Elsegood, pp 3871 DOI:10.1039/a806011h

New charge transfer complexes from dicyanodihydrofullerene and metallocene Zhiyong Suo, Xianwen Wei, Keyu Zhou, Yong Zhang, Chongde Li and Zheng Xu, pp 3875 DOI:10.1039/a803911i

Interplay between the palladium(II) ion, unidentate ligands and hydroxyl groups from a bidentate ligand in a new complex that catalyses hydration and alcoholysis of nitrile and urea Natalia V. Kaminskaia, Ilia A. Guzei and Nenad M. Kosti, pp 3879 DOI:10.1039/a805139i

Syntheses and structures of some homoleptic acetonitrile lanthanoid(III) complexes Glen B. Deacon, Bernd Görtler, Peter C. Junk, Enno Lork, Rüdiger Mews, Jan Petersen and Boris Zemva, pp 3887 DOI:10.1039/a805793a

Issue 23

Francis Aston and the mass spectrograph Gordon Squires, pp 3893 DOI:10.1039/a804629h

Preparation and structures of the mixed-metal clusters Pt2M2Se2Cl2(PPh3)4 (M = Cu, Ag) and Pd2Au2Se2(SeH)2(PPh3)4. An entry to ternary clusters Pierre D. Harvey, Andreas Eichhöfer and Dieter Fenske, pp 3901 DOI:10.1039/a807414c

Structure and magnetic behaviour of the one-dimensional [{Ni2(Medien)2(µ1,1-N3)2(µ1,3-N3)}n][ClO4]n compound with unusually strong ferro-antiferromagnetic alternating interactions Albert Escuer, Ramon Vicente, M. Salah El Fallah, Sujit B. Kumar, Franz A. Mautner and Dante Gatteschi, pp 3905 DOI:10.1039/a805247f

Ionic structure in caustic aluminate solutions and the precipitation of gibbsite Helen R. Watling, Sean D. Fleming, Wilhelm van Bronswijk and Andrew L. Rohl, pp 3911 DOI:10.1039/a807420h

Structural, spectroscopic and electrochemical studies of binuclear nickel(II) complexes of bis(pentadentate) ligands derived from bis(1,4,7-triazacyclononane) macrocycles Suzanne J. Brudenell, Leone Spiccia, Alan M. Bond, Peter C. Mahon and David C. R. Hockless, pp 3919 DOI:10.1039/a806084c

Synthesis and crystal structures of silver(I) and palladium(II) complexes of new bis(2-pyridyloxy)benzenes and methylene extended analogues Chris M. Hartshorn and Peter J. Steel, pp 3927 DOI:10.1039/a807397j

Metallosupramolecular silver complexes of bis- and tetrakis-(2-pyridylsulfanylmethyl)benzenes Chris M. Hartshorn and Peter J. Steel, pp 3935 DOI:10.1039/a807398h

Reactions of transition-metal nitrido compounds with B(C6F5)3 crystal structure of [Re{NB(C6F5)3}(PMe2Ph)(S2CNMe2)2] Linda H. Doerrer, Andrew J. Graham and Malcolm L. H. Green, pp 3941 DOI:10.1039/a805425h

The reactions of heterocyclic organotellurium and selenium compounds with triiron dodecacarbonyl Zulfiqar Majeed, William R. McWhinnie, Keith Paxton and Thomas A. Hamor, pp 3947 DOI:10.1039/a805881d

Synthesis, structures and magnetochemistry of binuclear cobalt(II), nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes of 2,6-diformyl-4-methylphenol dioxime Daniel Black, Alexander J. Blake, Keith P. Dancey, Andrew Harrison, Mary McPartlin, Simon Parsons, Peter A. Tasker, Gavin Whittaker and Martin Schröder, pp 3953 DOI:10.1039/a807031h

Cadmium(II), bismuth(III), lead(II) and thallium(I) crown thioether chemistry: synthesis and crystal structures of [(CdI2)2([24]aneS8)], [(BiCl3)2([24]aneS8)], [Pb2([28]aneS8)][ClO4]4 and [Tl([24]aneS8)]PF6 ([24]aneS8 = 1,4,7,10,13,16,19,22-octathiacyclotetracosane; [28]aneS8 = 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-octathiacyclooctacosane) Alexander J. Blake, Dieter Fenske, Wan-Sheung Li, Vito Lippolis and Martin Schröder, pp 3961 DOI:10.1039/a805137b

Synthesis and complexation of nickel(II) and copper(II) by pendant-arm alcohol derivatives of [9]aneNS2 (7-aza-1,4-dithiacyclononane) Alexander J. Blake, Jonathan P. Danks, Ian A. Fallis, Andrew Harrison, Wan-Sheung Li, Simon Parsons, Steven A. Ross, Gavin Whittaker and Martin Schröder, pp 3969 DOI:10.1039/a804303e

Synthesis and reactivity of triosmium nitrite clusters containing some functionalised amine ligands Bernard Kwok-Man Hui and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 3977 DOI:10.1039/a805241g

First structural characterisation of nitro-nitrito linkage isomers of nickel(II): synthesis and single crystal structures of [NiL2(NO2)2] and [NiL2(ONO)2] [L = 1-(2-aminoethyl)piperidine] Debasis Das, Inamur Rahaman Laskar, Ashutosh Ghosh, Arunendu Mondal, Ken-ichi Okamoto and Nirmalendu Ray Chaudhuri, pp 3987 DOI:10.1039/a806858e

An assembly compound [K(18-crown-6)(MeOH)2][Mn(5-Clsalen)(H2O)(MeOH)]2[Fe(CN)6]·4MeOH of isolated metal centers and conversion into a ferrimagnetic compound by desolvation [18-crown-6 = 1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaoxacyclooctadecane, 5-Clsalen = N,N-ethylenebis(5-chlorosalicylideneiminate)] Hitoshi Miyasaka, Hisashi Okawa, Akira Miyazaki and Toshiaki Enoki, pp 3991 DOI:10.1039/a805388j

Synthesis and characterisation of manganese(II) compounds with tetradentate ligands based on the bispidine backbone Peter Comba, Basil Kanellakopulos, Charis Katsichtis, Achim Lienke, Hans Pritzkow and Frank Rominger, pp 3997 DOI:10.1039/a805944f

Reactions of cationic carbyne complexes of manganese and rhenium with metal carbonyl anions Yongjun Tang, Jie Sun and Jiabi Chen, pp 4003 DOI:10.1039/a805298k

Oxocyano complexes of molybdenum(IV) and tungsten(IV) with Schiff base ligands derived from salicylaldehyde and aliphatic amines. Crystal structure of [PPh4]2[Mo(CN)3O(ensal)]·5.5H2O (Hensal = N-salicylideneethylenediamine) Beata Nowicka, Alina Samotus, Janusz Szklarzewicz, Frank W. Heinemann and Horst Kisch, pp 4009 DOI:10.1039/a805242e

Preparation of [VO(sal-L-Trp)(H2O)] (sal-L-Trp = N-salicylidene-L-tryptophanate) and characterisation of an unusual product obtained from its solutions in water-pyridine João Costa Pessoa, Maria Teresa Duarte, Robert D. Gillard, Catarina Madeira, Pedro M. Matias and Isabel Tomaz, pp 4015 DOI:10.1039/a805768k

Bulk liquid membrane transport of ferrioxamine B by neutral and ionizable carriers Ivan Spasojevi and Alvin L. Crumbliss, pp 4021 DOI:10.1039/a804391d

Electronic structure of chalcogenols: photoelectron spectroscopic and theoretical studies of tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl chalcogenols Jessima M. Timberlake, Jennifer Green, Victor Christou and John Arnold, pp 4029 DOI:10.1039/a807070i

Structural diversity in silver(I) and gold(I) complexes with 2,5-bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)thiophene Bang-Lin Chen, Kum-Fun Mok and Siu-Choon Ng, pp 4035 DOI:10.1039/a806503i

Calcium fluoride incorporated in soluble organometallics: adduct formation and solution dynamics Alojz Demsar, Andrej Pevec, Saa Petriek, Ljubo Goli, Andrej Petri, Már Björgvinsson and Herbert W. Roesky, pp 4043 DOI:10.1039/a806209i

Neutral and anionic aryloxy halides of bismuth(III) Philip Hodge, Siân C. James, Nicholas C. Norman and A. Guy Orpen, pp 4049 DOI:10.1039/a806647g

Metal-nitrone complexes: spin trapping and solution characterization Frederick A. Villamena and DeLanson R. Crist, pp 4055 DOI:10.1039/a806162i

Ethynyl porphyrins bridging bis(phosphine)platinum(II) centers: molecular models for conjugated organometallic porphyrin polymers Angelica Ferri, Giovanni Polzonetti, Silvia Licoccia, Roberto Paolesse, Donata Favretto, Piero Traldi and Maria V. Russo, pp 4063 DOI:10.1039/a805728a

Issue 24

Solving crystal structures of molecular solids without single crystals: a simulated annealing approach Yuri G. Andreev and Peter G. Bruce, pp 4071 DOI:10.1039/a805437a

Solid state coordination chemistry of the copper cyanide-organoamine system: hydrothermal synthesis and structural characterization of [{Cu2(bpy)2(CN)}2Cu5(CN)7]·0.17H2O Douglas J. Chesnut, Anakarin Kusnetzow and Jon Zubieta, pp 4081 DOI:10.1039/a806500d

Organically templated inorganic/organic hybrid materials: hydrothermal synthesis and structural characterization of [C4H12N2][In2(C2O4)(HPO4)3]·H2O Yuh-Feng Huang and Kwang-Hwa Lii, pp 4085 DOI:10.1039/a807345g

A rare uranium(III) complex of a tripodal aromatic amine and its lanthanum analogue Raphaël Wietzke, Marinella Mazzanti, Jean-Marc Latour and Jacques Pécaut, pp 4087 DOI:10.1039/a807921h

Bis(isonicotinato)iron(II): a rare, neutral three-dimensional iron coordination polymer Ren-Gen Xiong, Scott R. Wilson and Wenbin Lin, pp 4089 DOI:10.1039/a806499g

Chalcogen abstraction from dithiadiazolyl and diselenadiazolyl platinum complexes: crystal structure of a novel metalla-heterocycle Neil Feeder, Robert J. Less, Jeremy M. Rawson and J. Nicholas B. Smith, pp 4091 DOI:10.1039/a808758j

Cycloauration of 2-substituted pyridine derivatives. Synthesis, structure and reactivity of six-membered cycloaurated complexes of 2-anilino-, 2-phenoxy- and 2-(phenylsulfanyl)-pyridine Yoshio Fuchita, Hidenori Ieda, Arata Kayama, Junko Kinoshita-Nagaoka, Hiroyuki Kawano, Shingo Kameda and Masahiro Mikuriya, pp 4095 DOI:10.1039/a807108j

Synthesis and crystal structure of gold(I) complexes with triazole and triphenylphosphine ligands: monomeric complex [Au(1,2,3-L)(PPh3)] and dimeric complex [Au(1,2,4-L)(PPh3)]2 (HL = triazole) through an Au-Au bond in the solid state Kenji Nomiya, Ryusuke Noguchi, Katsunori Ohsawa and Kazuhiro Tsuda, pp 4101 DOI:10.1039/a806283h

Synthesis and characterization of a novel one-dimensional iron phosphate: [C4H12N2]1.5[Fe2(OH)(H2PO4)(HPO4)2(PO4)]·0.5H2O Vítìzslav Zima and Kwang-Hwa Lii, pp 4109 DOI:10.1039/a804143a

Synthesis and complexation of Gd3+, Ca2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+ by 3,6,10-tri(carboxymethyl)-3,6,10-triazadodecanedioic acid Yun-Ming Wang, Chien-Hsun Lee, Gin-Chung Liu and Reu-Sheng Sheu, pp 4113 DOI:10.1039/a805837g

Palladium(II) and platinum(II) derivatives with N,O ligands Giovanni Minghetti, Sergio Stoccoro, Maria Agostina Cinellu, Antonio Zucca, Mario Manassero and Mirella Sansoni, pp 4119 DOI:10.1039/a805842c

Simple synthesis of organogallium azides: structural characterization of [Mes2GaN3]2 Stephan Schulz and Martin Nieger, pp 4127 DOI:10.1039/a806776g

Synthesis and characterization of cobalt(II) complexes of croconate and dicyanomethylene-substituted derivatives Frédéric Dumestre, Brigitte Soula, Anne-Marie Galibert, Paul-Louis Fabre, Gérald Bernardinelli, Bruno Donnadieu and Paule Castan, pp 4131 DOI:10.1039/a807687a

Electron-transfer chain catalysis for the cis-to-trans isomeric conversion of cis-[ReCl(CO)(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2] M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva, Cristina M. P. Ferreira, João J. R. Fraústo da Silva and Armando J. L. Pombeiro, pp 4139 DOI:10.1039/a805343j

Synthesis of some very bulky N,N-disubstituted amidines and initial studies of their coordination chemistry René T. Boeré, Vicki Klassen and Gotthelf Wolmershäuser, pp 4147 DOI:10.1039/a805548c

The crystallization behavior of (±)-cis--[Co(dmtrien)(NO2)2]Cl· 0.5H2O 1 and (±)-cis--[Co(dmtrien)(NO2)2]I 2 (dmtrien = 3,6-dimethyl-3,6-diazaoctane-1,8-diamine) Jiwen Cai, Jozef Myrczek, Hyungphil Chun and Ivan Bernal, pp 4155 DOI:10.1039/a806094k

Magnetic characteristics of two two-dimensional bimetallic assemblies, [Ni(diamine)2]2[Fe(CN)6]NO3·nH2O (diamine = 1,3-diaminopropane, n = 2; ethylenediamine, n = 3), with a square molecular structure Hui-Zhong Kou, Wei-Ming Bu, Dai-Zheng Liao, Zong-Hui Jiang, Shi-Ping Yan, Yu-Guo Fan and Geng-Lin Wang, pp 4161 DOI:10.1039/a805470c

Chiral recognition of amino esters by ruthenium porphyrin complexes and crystal structure of {5,10,15,20-tetrakis[o-(3,3,3-trifluoro-2-methoxy-2-phenylpropanoylamino)phenyl]porphyrin}bis(L-valine methyl ester)ruthenium(II) (,,, isomer) Christophe Morice, Paul Le Maux, Gérard Simonneaux and Loic Toupet, pp 4165 DOI:10.1039/a804704i

Reaction of milk xanthine oxidase with o-phenanthroline and 1,7-dimethylxanthine: a mechanistic study Apurba Kumar Sau, Madhu Sudan Mondal and Samaresh Mitra, pp 4173 DOI:10.1039/a807011c

A study of the soft X-ray photoreduction of [NiIV(S2CNEt2)3][BF4] and soft X-ray photoisomerisation of [PPh4][NiII(S2COEt)3] at the Ni L-edge David Collison, C. David Garner, Catherine M. McGrath, J. Frederick W. Mosselmans, Elna Pidcock, Mark D. Roper, Barry G. Searle, Jon M. W. Seddon, Ekk Sinn and Nigel A. Young, pp 4179 DOI:10.1039/a805722b

Non-planar porphyrins with mixed substituent pattern: bromination and formylation of ethyl-substituted tetraphenylporphyrins and tetraalkylporphyrins Mathias O. Senge, Vanessa Gerstung, Karin Ruhlandt-Senge, Steffen Runge and Ingo Lehmann, pp 4187 DOI:10.1039/a806460a

Reaction of tertiary phosphine selenides, R3PSe (R = Me2N, Et2N or C6H11), with dibromine. The first reported examples of 11 addition Stephen M. Godfrey, Sheena L. Jackson, Charles A. McAuliffe and Robin G. Pritchard, pp 4201 DOI:10.1039/a807892k

The synthesis and characterisation of tris(N,N-diethylmonothiocarbamato)indium(III) [In(SOCNEt2)3] and diethyl(N,N-diethylmonothiocarbamato)indium(III) [Et2In(SOCNEt2)]n: potential precursors for the growth of indium sulfide by low pressure metal organic chemical vapour deposition Graeme A. Horley, Mohammed Chunggaze, Paul OBrien, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 4205 DOI:10.1039/a806622a

Synthesis of the homoleptic rhodium(III) complex [Rh(C6Cl5)3]. Molecular structures of [Rh(C6Cl5)3] and [Rh(C6Cl4-C6Cl4)(C6Cl5)(SC4H8)2] María P. García, M. Victoria Jiménez, Fernando J. Lahoz, José A. López and Luis A. Oro, pp 4211 DOI:10.1039/a806538a

Synthesis, characterization, crystal structures and reactivity of a series of ruthenium nitrene and nitrido carbonyl clusters containing bridging alkyne ligands Emmie Ngai-Man Ho and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 4215 DOI:10.1039/a806091f

Chiral bis(oxazoline) ligands. Synthesis of mono- and bi-metallic complexes of nickel and palladium Abdeslam El Hatimi, Montserrat Gómez, Susanna Jansat, Guillermo Muller, Mercè Font-Bardía and Xavier Solans, pp 4229 DOI:10.1039/a807946c