Volume 550
Main Index

Issues 1-2, Pages 1-494 (15 January 1998)

Introduction: In Celebration of the Sixty-fifth Birthday of Professor Ken Wade Pages ix-xi Ron Snaith

Synthesis and structural characterization of sulfonates, phosphinates and carboxylates of organometallic Group 4 metal fluorides Pages 1-6 Syed A.A Shah, Hendrik Dorn, Judith Gindl, Mathias Noltemeyer, Hans-Georg Schmidt, Herbert W Roesky

Dinuclear copper(I) complexes of 24-membered bibracchial tetraimine Schiff base macrocycles derived from 2,5-diformylthiophene Pages 7-20 Harry Adams, Neil A. Bailey, Simon R. Collinson, David E. Fenton, Joanne C. Hawley, Simon J. Kitchen

A molecular orbital analysis of four chromaboranes: On the curious behavior of (η5-C5R5)Cr fragments in a borane cluster environment Pages 21-27 Thomas P Fehlner

Phospho-transfer catalysis: On the asymmetric hydrophosphonylation of aldehydes Pages 29-57 Stephen R Davies, Michael C. Mitchell, Christopher P Cain, Paul G Devitt, Roger J Taylor, Terence P Kee

η1- and η2-benzene coordination in [Ag(C6D6)3BF4] Pages 59-61 Andrei S. Batsanov, Simon P. Crabtree, Judith A.K. Howard, Christian W. Lehmann, Melvyn Kilner

Synthesis and reactions of [Mo(2,6-lutidine)(phosphine)] derivatives Pages 63-70 Christian P Mehnert, Jane Haggitt, Malcolm L.H Green

Reactions of Group 14 metallocenes with lithiated primary amines; alternative pathways in the formation of the primary tris(amido)stannate [(MANH)Sn(NHMA)2Li·2THF] 1 and the cubanes [E(NCy)]4 (E=Sn 2, Pb 3; MA=(2-MeO)C6H4, Cy=C6H11) Pages 71-76 Robert E. Allan, Michael A. Beswick, Maxwell K. Davies, Paul R. Raithby, Alexander Steiner, Dominic S. Wright

Synthesis and structural characterizations of new 12- and 13-vertex metallacarboranes based on supraicosahedral frameworks Pages 77-88 Kelley J. Donaghy, Patrick J. Carroll, Larry G. Sneddon

Vibrational spectroscopy and solid-state MAS NMR studies of mercury(II) acetate complexes [Hg(X)OAc]: Crystal structure of [Hg(CN)OAc] Pages 89-99 Graham A. Bowmaker, Andrei V. Churakov, Robin K. Harris, Se-Woung Oh

Stability and NMR correlations, experimental vs. calculational, among isoelectronic closo-hexaborane/carborane compounds Pages 101-109 Jojo Jaballas, Thomas Onak

Reactions of nickelocene with lithium and magnesium alkyls containing β-hydrogen atoms Pages 111-118 Stanisław Pasynkiewicz, Antoni Pietrzykowski, Lidia Trojanowska, Piotr Sobota, Lucjan Jerzykiewicz

Preparation, 29Si and 13C NMR and DFT/IGLO studies of silylcarboxonium ions Pages 119-123 G.K.Surya Prakash, Qunjie Wang, Golam Rasul, George A. Olah

A convenient route to carbon-substituted derivatives of nido-5,6-C2B8H12 Pages 125-130 Bohumil Štı́br, Francesc Teixidor, Clara Viñas, Jiřı́ Fusek

Metal core rearrangements in hetero-bimetallic nona-osmium carbonyl clusters; the crystal and molecular structures of [Os9(CO)24{Au(PCy3)}2] and [Os9(CO)23(Au2DPPE)] Pages 131-139 Zareen Akhter, Scott L. Ingham, Jack Lewis, Paul R. Raithby

The non-perpendicular and non-parallel alkyne bridge in W2(μ-C2H2)(μ-OCH2tBu)2(OCH2tBu)6 Pages 141-150 Malcolm H Chisholm, Matthew A Lynn

Metallaheteroborane chemistry: Part 14. Synthesis of the {MS2B7}-cluster compounds [9,9-(PX3)2-9,6,8-PtS2B7H7] (where X=Ph or OMe), [9,9-(PPh3)2-9,6,8-RhS2B7H8] and [5,5-(PPh3)2-5,6,10-RhS2B7H8], and the {M2S2B7}-cluster compound [(PPh3)2HRh(PPh3)ClRhS2B7H7] Pages 151-164 Michael P. Murphy, Trevor R. Spalding, Catherine Cowey, John D. Kennedy, Mark Thornton-Pett., Josef Holub

Studies of organotin(IV)-orthoquinone systems Pages 165-172 Martyn A. Brown, Bruce R. McGarvey, Andrzej Ozarowski, Dennis G. Tuck

Synthesis and structure of alkaline earth metal diazasulphinates and triazasulphites Pages 173-182 Roland Fleischer, Dietmar Stalke

Oxidative addition of boron–boron, boron–chlorine and boron–bromine bonds to platinum(0) Pages 183-192 William Clegg, Fiona J. Lawlor, Gerry Lesley, Todd B. Marder, Nicholas C. Norman, A.Guy Orpen, Michael J. Quayle, Craig R. Rice, Andrew J. Scott, Fabio E.S. Souza

Carbaborane-functionalised 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine ligands for metallosupramolecular chemistry: Syntheses, complex formation, and the crystal and molecular structures of 4′-(ortho-carboranyl)-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine and 4′-(ortho-carboranylpropoxy)-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine Pages 193-206 Dominique Armspach, Edwin C. Constable, Catherine E. Housecroft, Markus Neuburger, Margareta Zehnder

Studies on tetraborane(8) carbonyl, B4H8·CO: its isomeric composition in the gas phase and in solution, and its reactions with alkenes Pages 207-212 Simon J. Cranson, Mark A. Fox, Robert Greatrex, Norman N. Greenwood

Preparation and structures of {Li[C(NtBu)2(HNtBu)]}2·(THF) and {Li2[C(NtBu)3]}2, containing the novel anions [C(NtBu)2(HNtBu)]− and [C(NtBu)3]2−  Pages 213-220 Tristram Chivers, Masood Parvez, Gabriele Schatte

Multinuclear NMR studies on substituted derivatives of Rh6(CO)16 in solution Pages 221-231 Sergey P. Tunik, Ivan S. Podkorytov, Brian T. Heaton, Jonathan A. Iggo, Jeyagowry Sampanthar

A structural and theoretical study of the monolithiation of hydroxylamines Pages 233-240 David R. Armstrong, William Clegg, Susan M. Hodgson, Ronald Snaith, Andrew E.H. Wheatley

Dithiadiazolyls as heterocyclic chelators: a radical approach to coordination chemistry? Pages 241-253 Arthur J. Banister, Iain May, Jeremy M. Rawson, J.Nicholas B. Smith

Synthesis and properties of new tris(cyanoethyl)phosphine complexes of platinum (0,II), palladium (0,II), iridium (I) and rhodium (I).: Conformational analysis of tris(cyanoethyl)phosphine ligands Pages 255-266 A.Guy Orpen, Paul G. Pringle, Martin B. Smith, Kerry Worboys

The synthesis, structure and reactivity of aldehyde substituted η3-allylic complexes of molybdenum Pages 267-282 Claire J Beddows, Matthew R Box, Christopher Butters, Nicholas Carr, Michael Green, Monika Kursawe, Mary F Mahon

Polymer and metal oxide supported alkali metal naphthalenides: application in the generation of lithium and sodium reagents Pages 283-300 Tania R. van den Ancker, Colin L. Raston

Preparation and structures of some tetraazamacrocyclic complexes of In(III) Pages 301-308 P.R Phillips, M.G.H Wallbridge, J Barker

Formation of H2Ru6(CO)17 from H2Ru6(CO)18 an improved synthesis of HRu6(CO)17 B Pages 309-314 Deborah A. McCarthy, Jeanette Krause Bauer, Fung-E. Hong, Jung Ran Oh, Haibin Deng, Jianping Liu, Sheldon G. Shore

Rhodathiaboranes with `anomalous' electron counts: synthesis, structure and reactivity Pages 315-329 Kerry J. Adams, Thomas D. McGrath, Georgina M. Rosair, Andrew S. Weller, Alan J. Welch

Six-vertex nido-carborane structures with unusual CHB bridges or endo-CH hydrogens Pages 331-340 Matthias Hofmann, Mark A. Fox, Robert Greatrex, Robert E. Williams, Paul v.R. Schleyer

B-frame supported bimetallics. [(PMe2ph)2PtB9H11Ru(η6-isoPrC6H4Me)] and [(PMe2ph)2PtB9H9Ru(η6-isoPrC6H4Me)]; an interesting pair of electron-deficient nido and closo geometries Pages 341-345 Young-hee Kim, Paul A Cooke, Robert Greatrex, John D Kennedy, Mark Thornton-Pett

9,10-Dimetallatriptycenes of group 14: a structural study Pages 347-353 Matheus A Dam, Franciscus J.J de Kanter, Friedrich Bickelhaupt, Wilberth J.J Smeets, Anthony L Spek, Jorge Fornies-Camer, Christine Cardin

Formation of the lithium alkylaluminium secondary amide [Me2Al{(PhCH2)2N}2Li·THF] by a methane elimination/amide insertion process Pages 355-358 David R. Armstrong, Fiona J. Craig, Alan R. Kennedy, Robert E. Mulvey

The effect of (poly)amine ligands on the solution structure of [6Li]-α-(phenylthio)benzyllithium in tetrahydrofuran: A 1H,6Li-HOESY NMR study Pages 359-379 Steffen Schade, Gernot Boche

The effect of polyether ligands on the solution structure of [6Li]-α-(phenylthio)benzyllithium in tetrahydrofuran: A 1H,6Li-HOESY NMR study Pages 381-395 Steffen Schade, Gernot Boche

Synthesis and characterization of trimethylsilylmethyl-, bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl-and silyl-substituted cyclopentadienes and their alkali metal complexes Pages 397-408 Michael A Edelman, Peter B Hitchcock, Michael F Lappert, Dian-Sheng Liu, Shun Tian

Experimental and theoretical studies on group 1 metallacarboranes: Synthesis, structure and ab initio calculations of the NMR chemical shifts of the 1-(THF)-1-(TMEDA)-1-Na-2,4-(SiMe3)2-2,4-C2B4H5 and related carboranes Pages 409-422 Maria B Ezhova, Hongming Zhang, John A Maguire, Narayan S Hosmane

Synthesis and structural characterization of a thioether-bridged commo-metallabis(dicarbollide) species: a model system for Venus flytrap cluster reagents Pages 423-429 Juliet M Nabakka, David E Harwell, Carolyn B Knobler, M.Frederick Hawthorne

The synthesis and characterisation of some closed polyhedral metallocarbon clusters Pages 431-440 John E Davies, Brian F.G Johnson, Caroline M Martin, Ruth H.H Pearson, Paul J Dyson

Polyhedral nonaborane chemistry: an unsuspected new isomeric type in the nine-vertex arachno-B9H13L system Pages 441-444 Karen L.F. Callaghan, Udo Dörfler, Thomas D. McGrath, Mark Thornton-Pett, John D. Kennedy

The metallation of imino(triphenyl)phosphorane by ethylmagnesium chloride: The synthesis, isolation and X-ray structure of [Ph3P=NMgCl·O=P(NMe2)3]2 Pages 445-448 Andrei S. Batsanov, Philip D. Bolton, Royston C.B. Copley, Matthew G. Davidson, Judith A.K. Howard, Christian Lustig, Richard D. Price

Low temperature neutron and X-ray diffraction study of imino(triphenyl)phosphorane Pages 449-452 Matthew G Davidson, Andrés E Goeta, Judith A.K Howard, Christian W Lehmann, Garry M McIntyre, Richard D Price

Synthesis and structural characterisation of aluminium imino-amide and pyridyl-amide complexes: bulky monoanionic N,N chelate ligands via methyl group transfer Pages 453-456 Vernon C. Gibson, Carl Redshaw, Andrew J.P. White, David J. Williams

The mechanism of lithiation and nitrile insertion reactions of β-methylazines: evidence from the structure of 3-C5H4NCH=C(Ph)N(H)C(Ph)=NLi·PMDETA Pages 457-461 Sarah C. Ball, Robert P. Davies, Paul R. Raithby, Gregory P. Shields, Ronald Snaith

Formation of mixed aryl–, alkyl–lithium aggregates in the heteroatom assisted lithiation of α,α′-dialkyl substituted 1,3-bis[(dimethylamino)methyl]benzene Pages 463-467 Johannes G. Donkervoort, José L. Vicario, Evelien Rijnberg, Johann T.B.H. Jastrzebski, Huub Kooijman, Anthony L. Spek, Gerard van Koten

A hydridotantalum(V)-carborane analogue of Schwartz's reagent: synthesis and reactivity Pages 469-472 Michael A Curtis, M.G Finn, Russell N Grimes

Organophosphonate derivatives of titanium and niobium alkoxoanions Pages 473-476 R.John Errington, John Ridland, Kathryn J Willett, William Clegg, Robert A Coxall, Sarah L Heath

Synthesis and structural characterisation of the carbene-containing metallaheteroborane compound [2-I-2-(ButNC)-3-(ButNHCH)-closo-2,1-PdTeB10H9] Pages 477-480 George Ferguson, John F. Gallagher, James P. Sheehan, Trevor R. Spalding

The first synthesis, isolation and X-ray structure of a phosphonium phosphide, (Ph3PMe)+{[C6H2(CF3)3-2,4,6]2P}− Pages 481-484 Matthew G. Davidson, Keith B. Dillon, Judith A.K. Howard, Sarah Lamb, Mark D. Roden

Author Index of Volume 550 Pages 485-486

Subject Index of Volume 550 Pages 487-493