Volume 663
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Issues 1-2, Pages 1-307 (2 December 2002)

Editorial Board Page iii

Contents Pages vii-xvi

Pascual Royo, a life devoted to the University Pages 1-3 Tomas Cuenca, José Vicente

Adaptable coordination modes of conjugated 1,3-diene: uniqueness of s-trans coordination Pages 5-12 Kazushi Mashima, Akira Nakamura

Zirconocene mediated cyclization and isomerization of 1,3,6-heptatriene Pages 13-20 Zhenfeng Xi, Guohua Gao, Martin Kotora, Tamotsu Takahashi

Lithiophenylalkyllithiums: new dilithium reagents having both sp2- and sp3-hybridised remote carbanionic centres Pages 21-31 Miguel Yus, Diego J. Ramón, Inmaculada Gómez

Neutral and cationic (η6-arene)-ruthenium(II) complexes containing the iminophosphorane–phosphine ligand Ph2PCH2P(=N-p-C5F4N)Ph2: influence of the arene ring in catalytic transfer hydrogenation of cyclohexanone Pages 32-39 Victorio Cadierno, Pascale Crochet, Joaquín García-Álvarez, Sergio E. García-Garrido, José Gimeno

The first anionic arenediethynylgold(I) complexes Pages 40-45 José Vicente, María Teresa Chicote, María Dolores Abrisqueta, Miguel M. Alvarez-Falcón

Cross-coupling reactions with boronic acids in water catalysed by oxime-derived palladacycles Pages 46-57 Luis Botella, Carmen Nájera

Mechanisms of Sn-to-Zr cyclopentadienyl transfer in the formation of Me2Si-bridged zirconocenes from sila-stanna-tetrahydro-s-indacenes Pages 58-62 Mario Hüttenhofer, Armin Weeber, Hans-Herbert Brintzinger

Synthesis, structure and catalytic activity of new iminophenolato complexes of scandium and yttrium Pages 63-69 Agustín Lara-Sanchez, Antonio Rodriguez, David L. Hughes, Mark Schormann, Manfred Bochmann

Synthesis and X-ray structures of (biphenoxide)Ti species: four and five coordinate complexes that crystallize as mixtures of diastereomers Pages 70-77 Timothy J. Davis, Patrick J. Carroll, Patrick J. Walsh

Mono-indenyl and cyclopentadienyl derivatives of molybdenum(IV) with a 16 valence-electron configuration Pages 78-82 Carlos C. Romão, Beatriz Royo

Theoretical analysis of bis(ethylene) complexes of molybdenum and tungsten Pages 83-90 Diego del Río, Gábor Schubert, Imre Pápai, Agustín Galindo

Why propene is not polymerized by (Cp*2YH)2: reactions of yttrium alkyl complexes with alkenes produce allyl and vinyl yttrium complexes Pages 91-97 Charles P. Casey, Jon A. Tunge, Maureen A. Fagan

Synthesis of Group 10 polyfluorothiolate mono- and bi-nuclear complexes. Crystal structures of [Ni(SC6HF4)2(dppe)], [(dppe)Ni(μ-SC6HF4)2Pd(C6F5)2] and [(dppe)Ni(μ-SC6F5)2Pd(C6F5)2] Pages 98-107 Miguel A. Usón, Jesús M. Llanos

Structural and dynamic studies in solution of anionic dinuclear azolato-bridged palladium(II) complexes Pages 108-117 Raquel de la Cruz, Pablo Espinet, Ana M. Gallego, Jose M. Martín-Alvarez, Jesús M. Martínez-Ilarduya

A study of the coordination ability of 2,5-di(2-pyridyl)phospholes on Ru centres Pages 118-126 Agustín Caballero, Félix A. Jalón, Blanca R. Manzano, Mathieu Sauthier, Loïc Toupet, Régis Réau

Reaction of Cp*RuCl(PPh3)2 with dioxygen and formation of a neutral complex Cp*RuCl(O2)(PPh3) Pages 127-133 J. Román Torres-Lubián, M. Esther Sánchez-Castro, Patricia Juárez-Saavedra, Javier Hernández-Martínez, Bárbara Gordillo-Román, M. Angeles Paz-Sandoval

Synthesis and crystal structures of thermally stable titanocenes Pages 134-144 Lenka Lukeová, Michal Horáek, Petr tpnika, Karla Fejfarová, Róbert Gyepes, Ivana Císaová, Jií Kubita, Karel Mach

Proton induced coupling reactions in dinuclear σ-alkynyl-μ-methylene-rhodium complexes Pages 145-150 Aurora Castro, Peter M. Maitlis, Michael L. Turner, Brian E. Mann, Harry Adams

Ruthenium hydrides bearing SbPh3 and AsPh3 ligands: characterization of the bis(dihydrogen) complexes [Cp*Ru(H2)2(EPh3)]+ (Cp*=C5Me5; E=Sb, As) Pages 151-157 Halikhedkar Aneetha, Manuel Jiménez Tenorio, M. Carmen Puerta, Pedro Valerga

Dialkyl titanium complexes that contain a sulfur-linked bis(phenolato) ligand:: The structure of an olefin polymerization catalyst precursor Pages 158-163 Stefan Fokken, Frank Reichwald, Thomas P. Spaniol, Jun Okuda

Mono- and di-nuclear complexes of ortho-palladated and -platinated 4,4′-dimethylazobenzene with bis(diphenylphosphino)methane. More data on transphobia Pages 164-172 José Vicente, Aurelia Arcas, Delia Bautista, M. Carmen Ramírez de Arellano

Hydrazonide titanium derivatives: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity in olefin polymerization. Molecular structure of [Ti(η5-C5H4SiMe3)Cl(μ-N2CPh2)]2 Pages 173-182 Vanessa Tabernero, Tomás Cuenca, Eberhardt Herdtweck

New optically active ‘constrained-geometry’ cyclopentadienyl-phosphine ligands and their metal complexes Pages 183-191 Santiago Ciruelos, Angelino Doppiu, Ulli Englert, Albrecht Salzer

Structural characterization of Group 4 transition metal halide bis-Arduengo carbene complexes MCl4L2:: X-ray crystal structure analyses and DFT calculations Pages 192-203 Martin Niehues, Gerald Kehr, Gerhard Erker, Birgit Wibbeling, Roland Fröhlich, Olivier Blacque, Heinz Berke

New ruthenium(II) complexes containing the chiral ligand (4S)-2-[(Sp)-2-(diphenylphosphino)ferrocenyl]-4-(methylethyl)oxazoline (FcPN). X-ray structures of mer–trans-[RuCl2(dppm)(FcPN)] (dppm=bis(diphenylphosphino)methane) and cis-[RuCl2(CO)(py)(FcPN)] Pages 204-212 José Gimeno, Elena Lastra, César Madrigal, Claudia Graiff, Antonio Tiripicchio

Mass spectrometry of polystyrene and polypropene ruthenium complexes. A new tool for polymer characterization Pages 213-220 Eva Royo, Hans-Herbert Brintzinger

Synthesis and characterisation of the exo-nido molybdacarborane complex Mo(η-C3H5)(CO)2(7,8-μ-SCH2CH2S-7,8-nido-C2B9H10). Strong B---H---Mo 3-centre bonding Pages 221-226 Gemma Barberà, Clara Viñas, Francesc Teixidor, Georgina M. Rosair, Alan J. Welch

Carbonyl substitution chemistry of neutral and cationic triruthenium cluster complexes derived from 1,1-dimethylhydrazine.: Incorporation of two and three phosphane ligands Pages 227-234 Javier A. Cabeza, Ignacio del Río, Santiago García-Granda, Lorena Martínez-Méndez, Víctor Riera

Allenylidene-ruthenium-arene precatalyst for ring opening metathesis polymerisation (ROMP) Pages 235-238 Ricardo Castarlenas, David Sémeril, Alfred F. Noels, Albert Demonceau, Pierre H. Dixneuf

C---Br versus C---H bond activation in palladium(II) cyclopalladated compounds.: Crystal and molecular structure of [Pd{C6H4C(H)=NCy}(MeCOCHCOMe)] Pages 239-248 José M. Vila, Teresa Pereira, Juan M. Ortigueira, Adriana Amoedo, María Graña, Gemma Alberdi, Margarita López-Torres, Alberto Fernández

The activation of C---H bonds in internal alkenes and dienes by {NiCp} species formed in the reaction of nickelocene with alkali metals Pages 249-255 Antoni Pietrzykowski, Piotr Buchalski, Stanisaw Pasynkiewicz, Janusz Lipkowski

Preparation of Ti(IV), Zr(IV) and Sn(IV) metal alkyls containing the (PriO)3SiCH2 fragment Pages 256-262 Daniele Cauzzi, Claudia Graiff, Marianna Marazzi, Giovanni Predieri, Antonio Tiripicchio

Synthesis and structures of crystalline bis(trimethylsilyl)methanido complexes of potassium, calcium and ytterbium Pages 263-268 Peter B. Hitchcock, Alexei V. Khvostov, Michael F. Lappert

Half-sandwich molybdenum(III) compounds containing diazadiene ligands and their use in the controlled radical polymerization of styrene Pages 269-276 François Stoffelbach, Rinaldo Poli, Philippe Richard

Cyclopalladation of Schiff bases from phenylalanine and 2-phenylglicine Pages 277-283 Joan Albert, J. Magali Cadena, Asensio González, Jaume Granell, Xavier Solans, Mercè Font-Bardia

A luminescent Pt3Pb cluster with three Pt(II)→Pb(II) bonds Pages 284-288 Irene Ara, Larry R. Falvello, Juan Forniés, Julio Gomez-Cordón, Elena Lalinde, Rosa I. Merino, Isabel Usón

Four- five- and six-co-ordinated pentafluorophenylthallium(III) complexes.: Crystal structures of [Tl(C6F5)3(OPPh3)], [Tl(C6F5)2Cl(OPPh3)]2 and [Tl(C6F5)2(OdppmO)2][Tl(C6F5)2Cl2] Pages 289-296 Aranzazu Mendia, Elena Cerrada, Eduardo J. Fernandez, Antonio Laguna, Mariano Laguna

Author Index Pages 297-298

Subject Index Pages 299-303

Contents Index Pages 305-307