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Issue 1

Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FX001

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FP001

Thermodynamics of extraction equilibria. Part 5. Correction of the method for the determination of equilibrium constants of extraction processes Djordje M. Petkovi, pp 1 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000001

Evidence for the formation of the triaquatricarbonylmanganese(I) cation and related derivatives from pentacarbonylchloromanganese Clement H. Bamford and Michael Coldbeck, pp 4 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000004

Multinuclear magnetic resonance studies. Part 3. Compounds with phosphorus-oxygen-phosphorus or phosphorus-sulphur-phosphorus bridges Robin K. Harris, Elizabeth M. McVicker and Gerhard Hägele, pp 9 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000009

Displacement of organic sulphides by amines in trans-dichlorobis(organic sulphide)palladium(II) complexes Lucio Cattalini, Matteo Cusumano and Sandro Degetto, pp 12 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000012

X-Ray crystallographic studies on ferrocene included in a thiourea host lattice Edward Hough and David G. Nicholson, pp 15 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000015

A molecular-orbital evaluation of skeletal electron-counting procedures John Evans, pp 18 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000018

Effects of extra hydrogens on the electronic structures of five- and six-vertexed polyhedral boranes John Evans, pp 25 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000025

Organometallic nitrosyl chemistry. Part 3. Some aspects of the chemistry of bis[(-cyclopentadienyl)dinitrosylchromium] Brian W. S. Kolthammer and Peter Legzdins, pp 31 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000031

Schiff-base complexes of the lanthanoids and actinoids. Part 1. Lanthanoid(III) halide complexes with the un-ionised form of NN-ethyl-enebis(salicylideneimine) and related bases Joseph I. Bullock and Heidar-Ali Tajmir-Riahi, pp 36 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000036

Preparation and structure of 1,4-dichloro-1,1,3,3-tetraphenyl-catena-di-(boraphosphane), BH2Cl·PPh2·BH2·PPh2Cl Norman N. Greenwood, John D. Kennedy and Walter S. McDonald, pp 40 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000040

Assignment of the proton-association constants for 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)alanine (L-dopa) Reginald F. Jameson, pp 43 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000043

Unsaturated -hydrocarbyl transition-metal complexes. Part 4. Crystal and molecular structure of trans-chlorobis(diethylphenylphosphine)-(phenylethynyl)platinum(II) and comments on the relative trans influence of various carbon ligands Christine J. Cardin, David J. Cardin, Michael F. Lappert and Kenneth W. Muir, pp 46 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000046

Cationic diaryltriazene, hydrido(diaryltriazenido)-, and diarylacetamidine complexes of rhodium and iridium Neil G. Connelly and Zenon Demidowicz, pp 50 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000050

Resonance-Raman spectra of copper(II) and nickel(II) diethyldithiocarbamates Lucia Tosi and Arlette Garnier, pp 53 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000053

Electron spin resonance studies of ziegler-type catalysts. Part 2. Identification and spectra of some dialkyldi(-cyclopentadienyl)vanadium(IV) complexes Alwyn G. Evans, Jeffrey C. Evans, David J. C. Espley, Peter H. Morgan and Jonathan Mortimer, pp 57 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000057

Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of ascorbic acid by manganese(III) in aqueous acidic perchlorate media Ezio Pelizzetti, Edoardo Mentasti and Edmondo Pramauro, pp 61 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000061

Crystal structure of abcde-pentacarbonyl-f-µ-fluoro-ghijk-pentafluoro-rhenium(I)rhenium(V) Donald M. Bruce, John H. Holloway and David R. Russell, pp 64 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000064

Complexes of 2,4,4-trimethyl-1,5,9-triazacyclododec-1-ene with cobalt(II), nickel(II), and copper(II); X-ray structure determination of di-isothiocyanato(2,4,4-trimethyl-1,5,9-triazacyclododec-1-ene)nickel(II) John W. L. Martin, James H. Johnston and Neil F. Curtis, pp 68 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000068

Ruthenium complexes containing Group 5B donor ligands. Part 5. Synthesis and crystal and molecular structure of acetone(carbonyl)-chloro(trichlorostannio)bis(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II)-acetone(1/1) Robert O. Gould, Wilma J. Sime and T. Anthony Stephenson, pp 76 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000076

Crystal and molecular structure and some properties of pyridinium µ-oxo-bis[trichioroferrate(III)]-pyridine Michael G. B. Drew, Vickie McKee and S. Martin Nelson, pp 80 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000080

Preparation and characterisation of dithiophosphinato-complexes of yttrium and the lanthanoids A. Alan Pinkerton, Yisay Meseri and Charly Rieder, pp 85 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000085

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Issue 2

Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FX005

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FP005

Reactions of co-ordinated molecules. Part 9. Calculation of carbonyl-stretching force constants of metallo-acetylacetonate molecules: evidence supporting intramolecular bonding Charles M. Lukehart and G. Paull Torrence, pp 93 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000093

Preparation and characterization of dimeric molybdenum(III)-ethylenediaminetetra-acetate complexes Takashi Shibahara and A. Geoffrey Sykes, pp 95 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000095

Preparation and properties of new molybdenum-ethylenediaminetetra-acetato-complexes formed by the oxidation of the molybdenum(III,III) dimer [Mo2(O2CMe)(OH)2(edta)]- Takashi Shibahara and A. Geoffrey Sykes, pp 100 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000100

Effects of cyclization and ring size on complex formation between penta-amine ligands and copper(II) Mutsuo Kodama and Eiichi Kimura, pp 104 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000104

Schiff-base complexes of ruthenium(II) John R. Thornback and Geoffrey Wilkinson, pp 110 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000110

A damped non-linear least-squares computer program (DALSFEK) for the evaluation of equilibrium constants from spectrophotometric and potentiometric data Roland M. Alcock, Frank R. Hartley and David E. Rogers, pp 115 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000115

A damped non-linear least-squares computer program (DALSFRK) for the evaluation of reaction rate constants Roland M. Alcock, Frank R. Hartley and David E. Rogers, pp 123 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000123

Co-ordinative tin-oxygen interactions in dinitratodiphenyl(triphenylphosphine oxide)tin(IV) Mario Nardelli, Corrado Pelizzi and Giancarlo Pelizzi, pp 131 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000131

Transient intermediates in the polymerisation of tungstate David L. Kepert and James H. Kyle, pp 133 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000133

Stepwise base decomposition of 12-tungstosilicate(4-) David L. Kepert and James H. Kyle, pp 137 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000137

Electrolysis of borane anions at reactive metal anodes: a convenient route to metallaboranes Brian G. Cooksey, John D. Gorham, John H. Morris and Lorna Kane, pp 141 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000141

Crystal and molecular structures of (-methylcyclopentadienyl)(-7-exo-phenylcyclohepta-1,3,5-triene)manganese John A. D. Jeffreys and John MacFie, pp 144 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000144

Kinetics and mechanism of the reduction of thiocyanato-, isothiocyanato-, and azido-penta-amminecobalt(III) by penta-ammineaquaruthenium(II) in aqueous solutions Jide Ige, Robert Nnadi, Jonathan Folorunso Ojo and Olusegun Olubuyide, pp 148 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000148

Optically active co-ordination compounds. Part 40. Mixed complexes of platinum(II) with L-proline and other -amino-acids R. D. Gillard and O. P. Slyudkin, pp 152 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000152

Reactions of platinum(II) complexes. Part 2. Catalysis of the aquation of tetrachloroplatinate(II) ion by trichloro(-ethylene)platinate(II)(Zeise's anion) Michael Green and Michael G. Swanwick, pp 158 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000158

Magnetic properties of hexakis(pyridine N-oxide)cobalt(II) perchlorate Denis J. Mackey, Sandra V. Evans and Robert F. McMeeking, pp 160 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000160

Preparation, structure, and redox properties of isocyanide complexes of molybdenum(0) and tungsten(0) Joseph Chatt, Clive M. Elson, Armando J. L. Pombeiro, Raymond L. Richards and Geoffrey H. D. Royston, pp 165 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000165

Vapour-phase intensity studies of the Raman-active bands of Group 6 hexafluorides R. J. H. Clark and N. R. D'Urso, pp 170 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000170

Organosubstituted phosphazenes. Part 9. Mass spectra of phenyl-substituted chlorocyclophosphazenes Christopher W. Allen, Ronald L. Dieck, Peter Brown, Therald Moeller, C. David Schmulbach and Alfred G. Cook, pp 173 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000173

Nickel, palladium, and platinum complexes of the ditertiary stibine 1,3-bis(dimethylstibino)propane Roger J. Dickinson, William Levason, Charles A. McAuliffe and R. V. (Dick) Parish, pp 177 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000177

Complexes of lanthanoid salts with the crown ether cis,syn,cis-2,5,8,15,18,21-hexaoxatricyclo[20.4.0.0]hexacosane and their paramagnetically shifted nuclear magnetic resonance spectra Graham A. Catton, Mary E. Harman, F. Alan Hart, Geoffrey E. Hawkes and Gerard P. Moss, pp 181 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000181

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Issue 3

Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FX009

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FP009

Crystal and molecular structures of {NN-[2-(2-pyridyl)ethyl]ethylenebis(salicylideneiminato)}-iron(II) and -cobalt(II)-ethanol (1/1) Geoffrey B. Jameson, Frank C. March, Ward T. Robinson and Seah Sen Koon, pp 185 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000185

Crystal and molecular structure of (dioxygen){NN-[2-(2-pyridyl)ethyl]-ethylenebis(salicylideneiminato)}cobalt-acetonitrile (1/1) Geoffrey B. Jameson, Ward T. Robinson and Gordon A. Rodley, pp 191 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000191

Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance study of complexes of the type [Os3(CO)10H(X)] Eric G. Bryan, Alison Forster, Brian F. G. Johnson, Jack Lewis and Trever W. Matheson, pp 196 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000196

Gold complexes of L-cysteine and D-penicillamine Donald H. Brown, Gordon C. McKinley and W. Ewen Smith, pp 199 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000199

Photochemistry of carbonyltrinitrosylmanganese in frozen gas matrices at 20 K. Infrared spectroscopic evidence for trinitrosylmanganese, (dinitrogen)trinitrosylmanganese, and a species formed by metal-to-nitrosyl photoelectron transfer Oliver Crichton and Antony J. Rest, pp 202 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000202

Photochemistry of tetracarbonylnitrosylmanganese in frozen gas matrices at 20 K. Infrared spectroscopic evidence for tricarbonylnitrosylmanganese, tricarbonyl(dinitrogen)nitrosylmanganese, and a species formed by metal-to-nitrosyl photoelectron transfer Oliver Crichton and Antony J. Rest, pp 208 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000208

Structural and mechanistic studies of co-ordination compounds. Part 20. Preparation and base hydrolysis of some cobalt(III) complexes of quadridentate macrocyclic amines Chung-Kwong Poon and Pak-Wing Mak, pp 216 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000216

Chalcogen derivatives of iron carbonyls. Part 7. Kinetics and mechanism of carbonyl replacement in a nonacarbonylthiodicobaltiron Rosanna Rossetti, Giuliana Gervasio and Pier Luigi Stanghellini, pp 222 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000222

The linear free-energy relation in the thermodynamics of complex formation. Part 2. Analysis of the formation constants of complexes of the large metal ions silver(I), mercury(II), and cadmium(II) with ligands having soft and nitrogen-donor atoms Fabrizio Marsicano and Robert D. Hancock, pp 228 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000228

Hydrogen-1 nuclear magnetic resonance evidence for trans addition in oxythallation of acyclic olefins Hideo Kurosawa, Ryuichiro Kitano and Torahiko Sasaki, pp 234 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000234

Dicarbonyl(-cyclopentadienyl)iron(II) derivatives of pentaborane(9) Norman N. Greenwood, John D. Kennedy, Christopher G. Savory, John Staves and Keith R. Trigwell, pp 237 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000237

Solvent effects on discrimination in the dissociative substitution of pentacyano(ligand)ferrate(II) comptexes in alcohol-water mixtures Michael J. Blandamer, John Burgess and Robert I. Haines, pp 244 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000244

Kinetics of replacement of aminocarboxylates by macrocyclic polyamines in copper(II) complexes Mutsuo Kodama and Eiichi Kimura, pp 247 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000247

Structural studies of steric effects in phosphine complexes. Part 3. The synthesis, characterization, and molecular structure of diacetato[tris(t-butyl)phosphine]mercury(II) Paul J. Roberts, George Ferguson, Ram G. Goel, William O. Ogini and Roderic J. Restivo, pp 253 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000253

Complexes of platinum and palladium with tertiary dimethoxyphenylphosphines: attempts to effect O- or C-metallation H. David Empsall, Peter N. Heys and Bernard L. Shaw, pp 257 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000257

Solid-state studies. Part 11. The vibrational spectra of mixed crystals of tricarbonyl(-mesitylene)-chromium, -molybdenum, and -tungsten in the 2 000 cm-1 region David N. Kariuki and Sidney F. A. Kettle, pp 262 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000262

A nuclear magnetic resonance investigation of bis(OO-diethyl dithiophosphato)-complexes of the lanthanoids: separation of contact and pseudo-contact contributions to the chemical shifts A. Alan Pinkerton and William L. Earl, pp 267 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000267

Monobridged binuclear platinum complexes. Part 1. Some phosphidobridged diplatinum complexes of triethylphosphine E. A. V. Ebsworth, Bernard J. L. Henner and Francis J. S. Reed, pp 272 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000272

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Issue 4

Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FX013

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FP013

A theoretical investigation of the structure of some small nitrogen-sulphur molecules Michael P. S. Collins and Brian J. Duke, pp 277 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000277

Synthesis and crystal structure of 3,3,4-tricyano-2,2-bis(triphenyl-phosphine)-1-oxa-2-platinacyclobutane Maurizio Lenarda, Nevenka Bresciani Pahor, Mario Calligaris, Mauro Graziani and Lucio Randaccio, pp 279 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000279

Photochemical studies of the alkylammonium molybdates. Part 4. Electron spin resonance study of an irradiated single crystal of hexakis-(isopropylammonium) dihydrogen octamolybdate dihydrate Toshihito Yamase, pp 283 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000283

Complexes of D-, L-, DL-, and meso-tartaric acid with hydrogen and oxovanadium(IV) cations Leslie D. Pettit and John L. M. Swash, pp 286 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000286

Structure of (-allyl)dicarbonyl(pentane-2,4-dionato)pyridine-molybdenum(II) in the solid and solution states Brian J. Brisdon and Alfred A. Woolf, pp 291 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000291

Some oxygen-donor complexes of cyclopentadienyluranium(IV) halides Kenneth W. Bagnall, John Edwards and Andrew C. Tempest, pp 295 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000295

Electron-diffraction investigation of the molecular structure of sulphonyl chloride isocyanate Jon Brunvoll, István Hargittai and Ragnhild Seip, pp 299 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000299

Carbaborane derivatives of the late- and post-transition elements. Part 1. Preparation and X-ray crystal structure of 3-diethyldithio-carbamato-1,2-dicarba-3-auradodecaborane(11) Howard M. Colquhoun, Trevor J. Greenhough and Malcolm G. H. Wallbridge, pp 303 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000303

Oligomerisation and telomerisation of buta-1,3-diene catalysed by bis-(-cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)-palladium and -platinum Michael Green, Gary Scholes and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 309 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000309

Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of lanthanoid complexes. Part 3. Adducts of tris(6,6,7,7,8,8,8-heptafluoro-2,2-dimethyloctane-3,5-dionato)praseodymium with bidentate amines Dennis F. Evans and George C. de Villardi, pp 315 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000315

A structural theory for non-stoicheiometry. Part 4. Defect fluorite-type structures: vacancy superstructures in ordered calcium oxide-hafnium dioxide ternary oxides Bernard F. Hoskins, Raymond L. Martin and Donald Taylor, pp 320 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000320

Vibrational spectra of some trichloromethyl- and trifluoromethyl-mercury(II) compounds Peter L. Goggin, Robin J. Goodfellow, Katerina Kessler and Aileen M. Prescott, pp 328 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000328

Rhodium(I) complexes of diallyl ethers and related compounds Ronald Grigg, Boonsong Kongkathip and Trevor J. King, pp 333 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000333

Preparation of (-cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)halogenohydridobis(phosphine)-iridium(III) salts and kinetic study of the oxidative-addition reactions of (-cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)bis(phosphine)iridium(I) salts with hydrohalogenic acids: evidence for anionic intermediates Terence V. Ashworth, Joy E. Singleton, Dirk J. A. de Waal, Wynand J. Louw, Eric Singleton and Erwin van der Stok, pp 340 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000340

Carbene complexes. Part 13. The synthesis and characterisation of secondary carbene complexes of vanadium(I), chromium(0), molybdenum(0), tungsten(0), manganese(I), rhenium(I), iron(0), ruthenium(II), cobalt(I), iridium(III), and platinum(IV), and hydridorhodium(III) Angus J. Hartshorn, Michael F. Lappert and Keith Turner, pp 348 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000348

Preparation of arylplatinum(II) complexes. The interaction of dichloro-(-cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)platinum(II) and aryltrimethylstannanes Colin Eaborn, Kevin J. Odell and Alan Pidcock, pp 357 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000357

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Issue 5

Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FX017

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FP017

Preparation and reactions of triphenylphosphine and triphenyl phosphite complexes of (benzylideneacetone)dicarbonyliron(0) Brian F. G. Johnson, Jack Lewis, G. Richard Stephenson and Eduardo J. S. Vichi, pp 369 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000369

Carbonyltrichlorotris(dimethylphenylphosphine)technetium-ethanol (1/1), the first seven-co-ordinate complex of technetium; position of this molecule in the C3v family Giuliano Bandoli, Dore A. Clemente and Ulderico Mazzi, pp 373 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000373

The chemistry of carbonyl(phenylethynyl)bis(triphenylphosphine)iridium(I) Robert H. Walter and Brian F. G. Johnson, pp 381 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000381

Infrared and Raman spectroscopic studies of conformations in liquid and solid triethyl-, diethyl(methyl)- and ethyldimethyl-amines, -phosphines, and -arsines Christopher Crocker and Peter L. Goggin, pp 388 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000388

Comparison of the different modes of bonding of the macrocycle in µ-(1,4,8,11-tetrathiacyclotetradecane-S1S4;S8S11)-bis[dichloromercury-(II)] and aqua(1,4,8,11-tetrathiacyclotetradecane)mercury(II) perchlorate by X-ray structural analysis Nathaniel W. Alcock, Norman Herron and Peter Moore, pp 394 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000394

Standard enthalpies of formation of tris[bis(pentane-2,4-dionato)nickel(II)] and bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-3,5-dionato)nickel(II) and an estimation of nickel-oxygen bond energies Roger J. Irving and Manuel A. V. Ribeiro da Silva, pp 399 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000399

Hydrocarbon complexes of iron, ruthenium, and osmium. Part 11. Diruthenium complexes of pentalene derived from cyclo-octatetraene: crystal and molecular structure of the fluxional molecule dicarbonyl(trimethylsilyl)(1-3:6-7--8-endo-trimethylsilylcyclo-octatrienyl)-ruthenium, a pentalene precursor Paul J. Harris, Judith A. K. Howard, Selby A. R. Knox, Ronald J. McKinney, Richard P. Phillips, F. Gordon A. Stone and Peter Woodward, pp 403 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000403

Crystal and molecular structure of µ-pentalene-bis[dicarbonyl(trimethylgermyl)ruthenium] Judith A. K. Howard and Peter Woodward, pp 412 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000412

Crystal and molecular structure of the polymeric complex chloro(2,5-dithiahexane)copper(I) Edward N. Baker and Peter M. Garrick, pp 416 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000416

Synthesis and molecular structure of bis(µ4-but-1-yne)-undecacarbonyl-quadro-tetrairon (4 Fe-Fe) Enrico Sappa, Antonio Tiripicchio and Marisa Tiripicchio Camellini, pp 419 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000419

Electron spin resonance spectra of trigonal-prismatic bis[pentane-2,4-dione benzoylhydrazonato(2-)]vanadium(IV) and bis[4-phenylbutane-2,4-dione benzoylhydrazonato(2-)]vanadium(IV) Alessandro Desideri, J. Barrie Raynor and Alex A. Diamantis, pp 423 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000423

Metal-silacyclobutane complexes. Part 1. Derivatives of iron and manganese Colin S. Cundy, Michael F. Lappert and Choi-Kwan Yuen, pp 427 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000427

Co-condensation reactions of uranium tetrafluoride and hexafluoride with alkali metals and alkali-metal fluorides in low-temperature argon matrices Kenneth R. Kunze, Robert H. Hauge, Delphia Hamill and John L. Margrave, pp 433 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000433

Chemistry of polydentate ligands. Part 3. Ring closures effected by the reaction of -diketones with 6,6-dihydrazino- and 6,6-di(N-methylhydrazino)-2,2-bipyridylnickel(II) diperchlorate Jack Lewis and Kevin P. Wainwright, pp 440 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000440

Trimethylsilylmethyl and other alkyls of chromium, molybdenum, ruthenium, and rhodium from interaction of magnesium dialkyls with metal-metal bonded binuclear acetates of chromium(II), molybdenum(II), ruthenium(II, III), and rhodium(II) Richard A. Andersen, Richard A. Jones and Geoffrey Wilkinson, pp 446 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000446

Reactions of dichlorodiphenoxotitanium(IV) Alberto Flamini, David J. Cole-Hamilton and Geoffrey Wilkinson, pp 454 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000454

New carbide clusters in the cobalt sub-group. Part 4. Synthesis and crystallographic characterization of µ3-carbonyl-deca-µ-carbonyl-di-carbidotetradecacarbonyl-polyhedra-dodecarhodium Vincenzo G. Albano, Paolo Chini, Secondo Martinengo, Mirella Sansoni and Donatella Strumolo, pp 459 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000459

New carbide clusters in the cobalt sub-group. Part 5. Crystallographic characterization of deca-µ-carbonyl-carbido-octacarbonyl-polyhedro-octacobaltate(2-) in its bis(benzyltrimethylammonium) salt Vincenzo G. Albano, Paolo Chini, Gianfranco Ciani, Secondo Martinengo and Mirella Sansoni, pp 463 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000463

The chemistry of cyclopentadienyl nitrosyl and related complexes of molybdenum. Part 7. The fluxional behaviour of bis(cyclopentadienyl)dithiocarbamatomolybdenum complexes, and the application of Forsén-Hoffman spin-saturation method to the nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of a five-spin system Martin M. Hunt, W. George Kita, Brian E. Mann and Jon A. McCleverty, pp 467 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000467

The chemistry of cyclopentadienyl nitrosyl and related complexes of molybdenum. Part 8. Carboxylato- and -diketonato-complexes, their reactions with water, hydrogen sulphide, and alcohols, and the treatment of bis(cyclopentadienyl)iodonitrosylmolybdenum with some acids Martin M. Hunt, W. George Kita and Jon A. McCleverty, pp 474 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000474

The chemistry of cyclopentadienyl nitrosyl and related complexes of molybdenum. Part 9. Reactions of bis(cyclopentadienyl) complexes with dienophilic acetylenes and olefins Martin M. Hunt and Jon A. McCleverty, pp 480 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000480

Crystal and molecular structure of hydrido(tetrahydroborato)bis(tricyclohexylphosphine)nickel(II) Taro Saito, Masayuki Nakajima, Akiko Kobayashi and Yukiyoshi Sasaki, pp 482 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000482

Metal complexes of sulphur ligands. Part 15. Reaction of bis[(-arene)dichlororuthenium] and bis[dichloro(-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)metal] complexes of rhodium and iridium with various dithioacid ligands Donald R. Robertson and T. Anthony Stephenson, pp 486 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000486

Oxygen exchange between oxo-anions and water in basic media: molybdate(2-) and tungstate(2-) Hans von Felten, Beat Wernli, Heinz Gamsjäger and Peter Baertschi, pp 496 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000496

Kinetics and mechanism of replacements in pentacyano(ligand)ferrate(II)ions. An attempt to distinguish between the D and Id mechanisms Ivo Murati, Duanka Pavlovi, Ante ustra and Smiljko Aperger, pp 500 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000500

Protonation of the decavanadate(6-) ion: a vanadium-51 nuclear magnetic resonance study Oliver W. Howarth and Martin Jarrold, pp 503 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000503

Transition-metal carbonyl derivatives of the germanes. Part 6. The methylgermyl iron carbonyl system Alan Bonny and Kenneth M. MacKay, pp 506 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000506

A potentially seven-co-ordinate complex that is only five-co-ordinate;crystal and molecular structure of di-iodo(6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-16,22-di-methyl-5,10-dithia-15,23,24-triaza-17,21-methenodibenzo[a,i]cyclonona-decene-NNN)zinc(II) Michael G. B. Drew and Stephen Hollis, pp 511 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000511

Some binuclear hydrides of platinum Michael P. Brown, Richard J. Puddephatt, Mehdi Rashidi and Kenneth R. Seddon, pp 516 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000516

5T2-1A1 Transitions in six-co-ordinate iron(II) complexes of 2,2-bi-2-thiazoline and 2,2-bi-4,5-dihydrothiazine ligands Geraldine Bradley, Vickie McKee, S. Martin Nelson and Jane Nelson, pp 522 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000522

Single-crystal electron spin resonance and electronic spectra of bis-(-alaninato)copper(II) hexahydrate Fernand Dejehet and René Debuyst, pp 526 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000526

Kinetics and mechanism of the sulphamic acid-nitric acid reaction: evidence for consecutive reactions Martin N. Hughes, James R. Lusty and Helen L. Wallis, pp 530 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000530

Nitrogen derivatives of iron carbonyls. Part 5. New routes in the mechanism of reaction of dodecacarbonyl-triangulo-tri-iron with nitro-alkanes, and X-ray analysis of µ-[acetone oximato(1-)-NO]-µ-isopropyl-amido-bis(tricarbonyliron)(Fe-Fe) Silvio Aime, Giuliana Gervasio, Luciano Milone, Rosanna Rossetti and Pier Luigi Stanghellini, pp 534 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000534

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Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FX021

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FP021

Reactions of bis(trifluoromethyl)mercury: the synthesis and properties of methyl(trifluoromethyl)-stannanes and -plumbanes Reint Eujen and Richard J. Lagow, pp 541 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000541

Preparations and structures of NN-ethylenebis(salicylideneiminato)-titanium(III) derivatives Marco Pasquali, Fabio Marchetti, Alberto Landi and Carlo Floriani, pp 545 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000545

Thermodynamics of metal complex formation in aqueous melts of calcium dinitrate-ammonium nitrate. Part 2. Cadmium(II) bromides István J. Zsigrai, Ivan J. Gal and Ruica M. Nikoli, pp 549 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000549

Synthesis and crystal structure of heptacarbonyl-µ3-(pent-1 -en-1 -yl-3-ylidene)-(-1,2,3-triethylcyclopentadienyl)-triangulo-tri-iron (3 Fe-Fe) : the cleavage of an acetylenic triple bond on a metal-atom cluster Enrico Sappa, Antonio Tiripicchio and Anna Maria Manotti Lanfredi, pp 552 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000552

Kinetics of base hydrolysis of cis-aminebromobis(ethylenediamine)-cobalt(III) Complexes in aqueous solution at 25 °C Robert W. Hay and Dharam P. Piplani, pp 556 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000556

Vibrational and nuclear magnetic resonance studies of the formation of alkylmercury(II) halide complex anions Peter L. Goggin, Robin J. Goodfellow and Nicholas W. Hurst, pp 561 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000561

The crystal structure of tin(II) bis(dihydrogenphosphate) Rajna Herak, Bogdan Prelesnik, Milisav uri and Parle Vasi, pp 566 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000566

The quenching of excited uranyl ion by d6 metallocenes Orazio Traverso, Roberto Rossi, Luciano Magon, Arnaldo Cinquantini and Terence J. Kemp, pp 569 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000569

Preparation of unto-ordinated hydridoaluminium tetrahydroborate compounds, Al(BH4)3-xHx(x= 1 or 2), and alane (AlH3) species Peter R. Oddy and Malcolm G. H. Wallbridge, pp 572 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000572

A microcalorimetric study of the macrocyclic effect. Enthalpies of formation of copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes with some tetra-aza macrocyclic ligands in aqueous solution Andrea Anichini, Luigi Fabbrizzi, Piero Paoletti and Robert M. Clay, pp 577 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000577

X-Ray crystal structures of µ4-chloro-{tris[trichloro(thiosemicarbazide)-bismuth(III)]}[tris(thiosemicarbazide)bismuth(III)] hexachlorobismuthate(III) chloride and catena-µ-chloro-dichlorobis(ethylenethiourea)-bismuth(III) Luigi P. Battaglia, Anna Bonamartini Corradi, Mario Nardelli and Maria E. Vidoni Tani, pp 583 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000583

Unidentate sulphur-bonded monothio--diketone complexes of chromium(0), molybdenum(0), and tungsten(0) and their protonation. The X-ray structure analysis of tetraethylammonium pentacarbonyl[1,1,1-trifluoro-4-(2-thienyl)-4-thioxobutan-2-onato-S]tungstate(0) George H. Barnett, Mervyn K. Cooper, Mary McPartlin and Glen B. Robertson, pp 587 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000587

The chemistry of uranium. Part 20. Tetraphenylphosphonium pentachloro-oxouranate(VI): crystal structure and bonding characteristics J. Ferdinand de Wet and Jan G. H. du Preez, pp 592 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000592

Hydrothermal chemistry of silicates. Part 22. Hydrated bariumsodium aluminosilicates Richard M. Barrer and Werner Sieber, pp 598 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000598

The gadolinium-hydrogen system Samuel J. Lyle and Peter T. Walsh, pp 601 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000601

Sulphur-nitrogen compounds. Part 5. The oxidation of N-aryl-N-(arylsulphonyl)hydroxylamines: preparation of N-aryl-NO-bis(arylsul-phonyl)hydroxylamines John D. Birchall and Christopher Glidewell, pp 604 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000604

The magnetic circular-dichroism spectrum of matrix-isolated vanadium hexacarbonyl Trevor J. Barton, Roger Grinter and Andrew J. Thomson, pp 608 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000608

Ligands for the alkali metals. Part 4. Nuclear magnetic resonance of crown ethers with alkali-metal ions Joyce C. Lockhart, Anita C. Robson, Maurice E. Thompson, Philip D. Tyson and Ian H. M. Wallace, pp 611 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000611

Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl-rhodium and -iridium complexes. Part 16. Homogeneous hydrogenation catalysts Devinder S. Gill, Colin White and Peter M. Maitlis, pp 617 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000617

Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of polynuclear carbonyls of cobalt and rhodium John Evans, Brian F. G. Johnson, Jack Lewis, Trevor W. Matheson and Jack R. Norton, pp 626 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000626

Phosphorus-nitrogen-phosphorus spin coupling in the nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of some cyclodiphosph(III)azanes Rodney Keat and David G. Thompson, pp 634 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000634

Trimethylphosphine oxide complexes of thorium and uranium tetra-nitrates; crystal structures of ten- and twelve-co-ordinate complex ions, bis[trinitratotetrakis(trimethylphosphine oxide)thorium(IV)] hexa-nitratothorate(IV) and tetraphenylphosphonium pentanitratobis(tri-methylphosphine oxide)thorate(IV) Nathaniel W. Alcock, Steinar Esperås, Kenneth W. Bagnall and Wang Hsian-Yun, pp 638 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000638

Crystal and molecular structure of NN-di-isopropyl-p-phenylphosphon-amidic chloride, PPh(Cl)(NPri2)O Keith Paxton and Thomas A. Hamor, pp 647 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000647

Photochemistry of (-benzene)tricarbonylchromium, tricarbonyl-(-cyclopentadienyl)manganese, and (-cyclobutadiene)- and (tris-methylenemethane)-tricarbonyliron in frozen gas matrices at 12 K. Infrared spectroscopic evidence for dicarbonylmetal and dicarbonyl-(dinitrogen)metai complexes Antony J. Rest, John R. Sodeau and David J. Taylor, pp 651 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000651

The organometallic chemistry of the alkaline-earth metals. Part 3. Preparation and properties of alkylhalogenometal compounds and related species of calcium, strontium, and barium Brian G. Gowenlock, W. Edward Lindsell and Balbir Singh, pp 657 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000657

Reactions of strained organosilicon heterocycles with nonacarbonyldi-iron(0). Part 2. Preparation and reactions of silaferracyclopentanes Colin S. Cundy and Michael F. Lappert, pp 665 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000665

The chemistry of polynuclear compounds. Part 30. Some reactions of dodecacarbonyltetrahydridotetraosmium: the molecular and crystal structure of trihydrido-µ2-iodo-cyclo-tetrakis(tricarbonylosmium)-(4Os-Os) Brian F. G. Johnson, Jack Lewis, Paul R. Raithby, George M. Sheldrick, Kenneth Wong and Mary McPartlin, pp 673 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000673

Crystal and molecular structure of dichlorodioxobis(triphenylphosphine oxide)uranium(VI) Gabriella Bombieri, Eleonora Forsellini, J. Philip Day and Wissam I. Azeez, pp 677 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000677

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Kinetics and mechanism of redox reactions in aqueous solution. Part 2. Oxidation of phosphorous acid by vanadium(V) ion Raj Narain Mehrotra, pp 681 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000681

Cyclometallation reactions. Part 17. Comparative studies of the manganation and palladation of some substituted azobenzenes Michael I. Bruce, Brian L. Goodall and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 687 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000687

He(I) photoelectron spectra of tetracarbonyliron complexes of Group 5 ligands and of olefinic ligands Alberto Flamini, Elvio Semprini, Ferdinanda Stefani, Giuseppe Cardaci, Gianfranco Bellachioma and Marco Andreocci, pp 695 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000695

Kinetics of oxidation of dichlorobis(substituted pyridine)platinum(II) and of reduction of tetrachlorobis(substituted pyridine)platinum(IV) complexes Arnaldo Peloso C.N.R. , pp 699 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000699

Low-temperature magnetic studies of a linear trimeric nickel compound: abcjkl-hexa-aqua-def;ghi-hexakis[µ-1,2,4-triazole-N1N2]-tri-nickel(II) hexanitrate dihydrate Denis J. Mackey and Raymond L. Martin, pp 702 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000702

Solvation of mercury(II) halides and alkylmercury(II) halides by liquid ammonia: a Raman spectroscopic study Derek J. Gardiner, Ali H. Haji and Brian Straughan, pp 705 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000705

Molecular vibrations of zirconium(IV) tetrahydroborate, a compound containing triple hydrogen bridges Brian E. Smith, Herbert F. Shurvell and Bruce D. James, pp 710 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000710

Transition-metal carbonyl derivatives of the germanes. Part 7. Properties of complexes containing dimethylgermyliron carbonyl groups and their interconversion Alan Bonny and Kenneth M. Mackay, pp 722 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000722

Mixed-ligand complexes of palladium(II). Part 3. Diaqua(ethylene-diamine) palladium(II) complexes of L-amino-acids Meng Chay Lim, pp 726 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000726

Displacement of chelate ligands from planar four-co-ordinate complexes. Part 5. Preparation and ligand-substitution reaction of di-chloro(ethylenediamine)- and dichloro(propylenediamine)-gold(III) complexes Giuliano Annibale, Giovanni Natile, Bruno Pitteri and Lucio Cattalini, pp 728 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000728

Silylmethyl and related complexes. Part 6. Preparation, properties, and crystal and molecular structure of tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]-chromium(III);the chemistry of related compounds of titanium(III), vanadium(III), zirconium(IV), and hafnium(IV) Geoffrey K. Barker, Michael F. Lappert and Judith A. K. Howard, pp 734 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000734

Structural and mechanistic studies of co-ordination compounds. Part 21. Base hydrolysis of some trans-tetra-aminedichlororuthenium(III) cations Chung-Kwong Poon and David A. Isabirye, pp 740 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000740

The orientation of the electric-field-gradient tensor from single-crystal Mössbauer measurements Terence C. Gibb, pp 743 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000743

Hydrides of platinum(II) and platinum(IV) incorporating hydrogen-sulphide and hydrogenselenide ligands Isobel M. Blacklaws, E. A. V. Ebsworth, David W. H. Rankin and Heather E. Robertson, pp 753 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000753

Preparation and properties of some silyl- and germyl-halogenoacetylenes and of digermylacetylene Stephen Cradock, E. A. V. Ebsworth and Anthony R. Green, pp 759 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000759

Conformational effects on PNCH, PNC, and PNSi spin coupling in tervalent phosphorus-nitrogen compounds Gordon Bulloch, Rodney Keat and David S. Rycroft, pp 764 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000764

Metal complexes of sulphur ligands. Part 16. Reaction of mer-tri-chlorotris(dimethylphenylphosphine)ruthenium and dichlorotris(tri-phenylphosphine)ruthenium with sodium and ammonium monothio-benzoates, and the crystal and molecular structure of (4-amino-2-imino-4-methylpentane)bis(dimethylphenylphosphine)bis(monothio-benzoato)ruthenium(II) Robert O. Gould, T. Anthony Stephenson and Mary A. Thomson, pp 769 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000769

Single-crystal infrared study and assignment for mercury(II) chloride and bromide David M. Adams and David J. Hills, pp 776 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000776

Single-crystal Raman and infrared study of aluminium trichloride hexa-hydrate David M. Adams and David J. Hills, pp 782 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000782

Reaction mechanisms of metal-metal-bonded carbonyls. Part 19. Homolytic fission of bis[tetracarbonyl(triphenylphosphine)manganese]-(Mn-Mn) as a path for thermal substitution J. Paul Fawcett, Ronald A. Jackson and Anthony Poë, pp 789 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000789

Stereochemistry of six-co-ordinate bis(tridentate ligand)metal complexes Mark C. Favas and David L. Kepert, pp 793 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000793

Nitrosyl complexes of rhenium. Part 3. Crystal and molecular structure of tetraethylammonium tetrachioronitrosyl(pyridine)rhenate-(1-) Gianfranco Ciani, Domenico Giusto, Mario Manassero and Mirella Sansoni, pp 798 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000798

Synthesis of trans-di-µ-hydridobis(silyl)bis(trialkylphosphine)di-platinum complexes: crystal and molecular structure of di-µ-hydrido-bis(tricyclohexylphosphine)bis(triethylsilyl)diplatinum Miguel Ciriano, Michael Green, Judith A. K. Howard, Jill Proud, John L. Spencer, F. Gordon A. Stone and Constantinos A. Tsipis, pp 801 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000801

Group 3 tetrahydroborates. Part 1. The synthesis and properties of dimethylgallium tetrahydroborate Anthony J. Downs and Patrick D. P. Thomas, pp 809 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000809

Preparation, properties, and crystal structure of tetraethylammonium bis(1,3-diphenylpropane-1,3-dionato)nitratodioxouranate(VI) Rodolfo Graziani, Giampaolo Marangoni, Gino Paolucci and Eleonora Forsellini, pp 818 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000818

A classical polarizability treatment for planar bis{2-[(R)-1,2,2-trimethyl-propyliminomethyl] naphtholato(1-)-NO}nickel(II) Carlo Rosini, Piero Salvadori and Maurizio Zandomeneghi, pp 822 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000822

Carbene complexes. Part 14. The synthesis and steric and electronic effects in electron-rich olefin-derived bis-, tris-, and tetrakis-(carbene)-ruthenium(II) and a tetrakis(carbene)osmium(II) complex; the crystal and molecular structure of trans-dichiorotetrakis(1,3-diethylimidazo-lidin-2-ylidene)ruthenium(II) Peter B. Hitchcock, Michael F. Lappert and Peter L. Pye, pp 826 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000826

Carbene complexes. Part 15. The synthesis and properties of electron-rich olefin-derived mono-and oligo-carbenenitrosyl-ruthenium, -osmium, and -nickel complexes Michael F. Lappert and Peter L. Pye, pp 837 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000837

Structural studies of nitrido-complexes: X-ray crystal structure of tetraphenylarsonium pentakis(isothiocyanato)nitridorhenate(VI) Maria A. A. F. de C. T. Carrondo, Riz Shakir and Andrzej C. Skapski, pp 844 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000844

Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl-rhodium and -iridium complexes. Part 17. Complexes with sulphur-containing ligands Michael J. H. Russell, Colin White, Alan Yates and Peter M. Maitlis, pp 849 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000849

Tetramethylthiophen complexes of rhodium, iridium, palladium, and ruthenium Michael J. H. Russell, Colin White, Alan Yates and Peter M. Maitlis, pp 857 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000857

Molecular structure of divinyl sulphone as studied by electron diffraction, vibrationai spectroscopy, and semiempirical CNDO/2 molecular-orbital calculations István Hargittai, Béla Rozsondai, Bertram Nagel, Petra Bulcke, Germaine Robinet and Jean-Francois Labarre, pp 861 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000861

Superexchange in linear-chain 2,5-dimethylpyrazinebis(pentane-2,4-dionato)-cobalt(II) and -nickel(II) complexes Antony B. Blake and William E. Hatfield, pp 868 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000868

Preparation and vibrational spectra of tetra-n-propylammonium carbonyldichloro-organoplatinate(II) salts, and a comparison of their carbon-13 and platinum-195 nuclear magnetic resonance properties with those of organomercury compounds Jane Browning, Peter L. Goggin, Robin J. Goodfellow, Nicholas W. Hurst, Leslie G. Mallinson and Martin Murray, pp 872 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000872

Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of the addition of hydrogen halides to trans-cyanohydridobis(triethylphosphine)platinum(II) and hydridotris(triethylphosphine)platinum(II) tetraphenylborate Isobel M. Blacklaws, Lesley C. Brown, E. A. V. Ebsworth and F. J. S. Reed, pp 877 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000877

Complexes of pyrimidine-2-thione with some bivalent metal halides of the first transition series John Abbot, David M. L. Goodgame and Ian Jeeves, pp 880 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000880

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Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FX029

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FP029

Fluorophosphine complexes of ruthenium and osmium. Part 1. Syntheses and stereochemistry of dihydrido-complexes of ruthenium(II) and osmium(II) Robert A. Head and John F. Nixon, pp 885 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000885

Fluorophosphine complexes of ruthenium and osmium. Part 2. Reactions of dihydrido-complexes with protic species Abdul Razzak Al-Ohaly, Robert A. Head and John F. Nixon, pp 889 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000889

Fluorophosphine complexes of ruthenium and osmium. Part 3. Monomeric ruthenium(II) and osmium(II) halogeno-complexes Robert A. Head and John F. Nixon, pp 895 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000895

Fluorophosphine complexes of ruthenium and osmium. Part 4. Homo-binuclear trichloro-bridged complexes of ruthenium(II) Robert A. Head and John F. Nixon, pp 901 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000901

Trichloro-bridged heterobimetallic phosphine complexes containing ruthenium(II) and rhodium(III) Robert A. Head and John F. Nixon, pp 909 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000909

Fluorophosphine complexes of ruthenium and osmium. Part 5. Alkene hydrogenation catalysed by ruthenium(II) complexes Robert A. Head and John F. Nixon, pp 913 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000913

Weak complexes of sulphur and selenium. Part 5. Halide-ion replacement in 1:1 complexes of sulphur dioxide, thionyl chloride, and sulphonyl choride with halide ions in acetonitrile and dimethyl sulphoxide M. A. Khan, Saad Wasif and S. B. Salama, pp 915 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000915

Weak complexes of sulphur and selenium. Part 6. Stability constants of the weak 1 : 1 complexes of sulphur dioxide, thionyl chloride, and sulphonyl chloride with halide ions in the mixed solvent acetonitrile-dimethyl sulphoxide at 25 °C S. B. Salama, Saad Wasif and M. M. Omer, pp 918 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000918

Torsional vibrations in some sulphur-nitrogen compounds studied by inelastic neutron scattering, infrared, and Raman spectroscopy Joseph Howard, Thomas C. Waddington and Edgar Nachbaur, pp 921 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000921

Preparation and characterisation of a series of cationic monometallated, and neutral and cationic tridentate dimetallated, tri-o-tolyl phosphite iridium(III) complexes Eric Singleton and Erwin van der Stok, pp 926 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000926

Synthesis of cationic carbonyl cyclopentadienyl complexes of molybdenum and tungsten, and X-ray crystal structure of (acetone hydrazone)-tricarbonyl(-cyclopentadienyl)tungsten hexafluorophosphate Magriet J. Nolte and Rolf H. Reimann, pp 932 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000932

Stereochemically non-rigid silanes, germanes, and stannanes. Part 2. Silylcyclopentadienes Alan Bonny, Stephen R. Stobart and Philip C. Angus, pp 938 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000938

Characterisation of degradation products in the oxidation of the dodecahydro-7,8-dicarba-nido-undecaborate(1-) ion: a new synthesis of 4,5-dicarba-nido-nonaborane(11) Howard M. Colquhoun, Trevor J. Greenhough, Malcolm G. H. Wallbridge, Stanislav Hemánek and Jaromir Pleek, pp 944 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000944

Reactions of tellurium oxides with alkali-metal oxides and hydroxides E. Gutierrez-Rios, M. L. Veiga and Carlos Pico, pp 948 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000948

Complexes with sulphur and selenium donor ligands. Part 6. Kinetics and mechanism of the reaction between 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)-ethane and tris(OO-dimethyl phosphorodithioato)cobalt(III) Elena Borghi, Valeria Di Castro, Fabrizio Monacelli and Anthony A. G. Tomlinson, pp 950 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000950

Complexes with sulphur and selenium donor ligands. Part 7. The crystal and molecular structure of bis(diphenylphosphinodithioato)-cobalt(II)-quinoline (1/1) Angela Chiesi Villa, Carlo Guastini, Piero Porta and Anthony A. G. Tomlinson, pp 956 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000956

A lead-207 and carbon-13 Fourier-transform nuclear magnetic resonance study of organolead compounds Terence N. Mitchell, Jürgen Gmehling and Friedo Huber, pp 960 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000960

Effect of mixed-ligand complex formation on the ionization of the pyrrole hydrogens of histamine and histidine Imre Sóvágó, Tamás Kiss and Arthur Gergely, pp 964 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000964

Crystal structures of octacaesium and octarubidium docosaniobates John C. Dewan, Anthony J. Edwards and Gordon R. Jones, pp 968 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000968

Reaction of electrogenerated square-planar nickel(I) complexes with alkyl halides Cary Gosden, Keith P. Healy and Derek Pletcher, pp 972 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000972

Crystal structure and absolute configuration of cobalt-doped -hexaaquazinc(II) selenate Richard Alan Palmer and Harold F. Giles jun. , pp 977 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000977

Reactions of hexafluorobut-2-yne with alkylgold(I) complexes. Properties of intermediate binuclear gold(I)-gold(III) complexes Antony Johnson and Richard J. Puddephatt, pp 980 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000980

Azomethine derivatives. Part 18. Diphenyl-, di-p-tolyl-, and di-t-butyl-methyleneamino-derivatives of phosphorus Brian Hall, Jane Keable, Ronald Snaith and Kenneth Wade, pp 986 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000986

Structural studies on biguanide and related species. Correlation of protonation energy with molecular structure A. Alan Pinkerton and Dieter Schwarzenbach, pp 989 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000989

Reactions of low-spin iron(II) complexes with hydroxide ion in aqueous methanol: the effect of ligand on rates of reaction Michael J. Blandamer, John Burgess, Peter Cookson, David L. Roberts, Paul Wellings, Fikry M. Mekhail and Pakinam Askalani, pp 996 DOI:10.1039/DT9780000996

Kinetics of reactions of Schiff-base complexes of iron(II). Part 6. The preparation and kinetics of reactions of complexes of multidentate ligands Michael J. Blandamer, John Burgess, Robert I. Haines, Fikry M. Mekhail and Pakinam Askalani, pp 1001 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001001

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Chemistry of the metal carbonyls. Part 75. Synthesis of aquatetracarbonyl(triphenylphosphine)manganese tetrafluoroborate and related cationic tetracarbonylmanganese complexes Paul J. Harris, Selby A. R. Knox, Ronald J. McKinney and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 1009 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001009

The reaction between thallium(III) and hydrogen peroxide Zsuzsa Böti, István Horváth, Zsuzsa Szil and László J. Csányi, pp 1012 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001012

Co-ordination bond properties in phthalocyaninatometal(II) complexes. Part 1. Stereochemistry and bond properties in bis(4-methylpyridine)-phthalocyaninatometal(II)-4-methylpyridine (1/2)(metal = cobalt or iron) Franco Cariati, Franca Morazzoni and Marcello Zocchi, pp 1018 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001018

Organosilicon chemistry. Part 21. Reactions of NN-bistrifluoromethylamino-oxyl and perfluoro(2,4-dimethyl-3-oxa-2,4-diazapentane) with vinylsilanes, and pyrolysis of the resulting adducts Terence R. Fernandes, Robert N. Haszeldine and Anthony E. Tipping, pp 1024 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001024

Cationic ruthenium systems. Part 3. Preparation and characterization of cationic dienehydridotris(phosphine)ruthenium complexes: the crystal and molecular structure of (-buta-1,3-diene)tris(dimethylphenylphosphine)hydridoruthenium(II) hexafluorophosphate Terence V. Ashworth, Eric Singleton, Michael Laing and Lynn Pope, pp 1032 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001032

Cationic ruthenium systems. Part 4. Bridge-splitting reactions of the triply bridged dimers bis(-cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)(NN-dimethylhydrazine)dihalogenodihydridodiruthenium with a series of neutral donor ligands Terence V. Ashworth, Rolf H. Reimann and Eric Singleton, pp 1036 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001036

Structural studies of substituted hydrazine complexes. Part 2. Crystal and molecular structure of (-cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)tris(NN-dimethylhydrazine)hydroruthenium(II) hexafluorophosphate Terence V. Ashworth, Magriet J. Nolte and Eric Singleton, pp 1040 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001040

Structural studies of substituted hydrazine complexes. Part 3. Crystal and molecular structure of dichlorobis(-cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)-(NN-dimethylhydrazine)dihydridodiruthenium, an asymmetric triply bridged dimer containing a bidentate bridging NN-dimethylhydrazine ligand Terence V. Ashworth, Magriet J. Nolte, Rolf H. Reimann and Eric Singleton, pp 1043 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001043

Base hydrolysis of amino-acid esters and amides in the co-ordination sphere of cobalt(III). Part 3. Hydrolysis of methyl and ethyl 4-amino-butanoate Robert W. Hay, Ross Bennett and Dharam P. Piplani, pp 1046 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001046

Structure and spectroscopic properties of bis(N-cyclohexyl-3-methoxy-salicylideneiminato)copper(II) Susan J. Cline, John R. Wasson, William E. Hatfield and Derek J. Hodgson, pp 1051 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001051

Metal complexes of sexidentate ligands derived from 3-ethoxy-methylenepentane-2,4-dione: reactions with aliphatic diamines and crystal structures of [3,3-ethylenedithiobis(o-phenyleneiminomethylidyne)bis(pentane-2,4-dionato)(2-)]-nickel(II) and -copper(II) Catherine Keturah, Peter A. Tasker and Jill Trotter, pp 1057 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001057

Neutral, acetate-bridged, binuclear alkyls of rhenium(III) Richard A. Jones and Geoffrey Wilkinson, pp 1063 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001063

Formation of 3-bonded lactone complexes and eight-membered ring metallacycles with ketene groups by the insertion of acetylenes into carbon-molybdenum and -tungsten bonds; molecular and crystal structures of carbonyl(-cyclopentadienyl)(3-5--2,3-dihydro-3,4,5-trimethyl-2-oxo-3-furyl)(t-butyl isocyanide)molybdenum and carbonyl-(-cyclopentadienyl)(3-4:5-6--2,3,4,5-tetramethyl-6-oxo-1-trifluoromethylhexa-1,3,5-trienyloxo)molybdenum Michael Green, (the late) Jeffrey Z. Nyathi, Caron Scott, F. Gordon A. Stone, Alan J. Welch and Peter Woodward, pp 1067 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001067

Equilibria of complex formation between several bivalent metal ions and macrocyclic tri- and penta-amines Mutsuo Kodama and Eiichi Kimura, pp 1081 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001081

Analysis of the effects of solvent on the initial and transition states in the kinetics of reaction between tris(1,10-phenanthroline)iron(II) cation and hydroxide ions in methanol- and acetone-water mixtures Michael J. Blandamer, John Burgess and David L. Roberts, pp 1086 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001086

Thermodynamic and spectroscopic properties of mixed complexes in aqueous solution. Copper(II) complexes of 2,2-bipyridyl and dicarboxylic acids Giuseppe Arena, Rosario Cali, Enrico Rizzarelli, Silvio Sammartano, Rolando Barbucci and Michel J. M. Campbell, pp 1090 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001090

Crystal structure of 2,trans-4,cis-6,trans-8-tetrachloro-2,4,6,8-tetrakis-(dimethylamino)cyclotetraphosphazene Michael J. Begley and D. Bryan Sowerby, pp 1094 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001094

Some mononuclear seven-co-ordinate rhenium(III) carbonyl complexes; the crystal and molecular structure of (2,2-bipyridyl)tribromodicarbonylrhenium(III) Michael G. B. Drew, Kathryn M. Davis, Dennis A. Edwards and John Marshalsea, pp 1098 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001098

Thermochemistry of dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine oxide)-zinc(II), -cadmium(II), and -mercury(II) Renato A. Jorge, Claudio Airoldi and Aécio P. Chagas, pp 1102 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001102

Oxidation of first-row bivalent transition-metal complexes containing ethylenediaminetetra-acetate and nitrilotriacetate ligands by free radicals: a pulse-radiolysis study Joseph Lati and Dan Meyerstein, pp 1105 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001105

Some unusual iridium complexes formed from (2,6-dimethoxyphenyl) and (2,3-dimethoxyphenyl)-di-t-butylphosphine: crystal structure of [2-di-t-butylphosphino-3-methoxyphenoxo-OP]{2-[(2-hydroxy-6-methoxyphenyl)t-butylphosphino]-2-methylpropanato(2-)-C1PO2}-(methyl isocyanide)iridium(III) H. David Empsall, Peter N. Heys, Walter S. McDonald, Michael C. Norton and Bernard L. Shaw, pp 1119 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001119

Complexes of platinum(II) with 2,2-bipyrimidine: the effect of hydrogen bonding on intermetallic interactions Patrick M. Kiernan and Andreas Ludi, pp 1127 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001127

Crystal and molecular structure of trans-diazido(C-meso-5,12-dimethyl-1,4,8,11-tetra-azacyclotetr aecane)cobalt(III) azide Roderic J. Restivo, George Ferguson, Robert W. Hay and Dharam P. Piplani, pp 1131 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001131

Trimethylsilyl derivatives for the study of silicate structures. Part 4. The conversion of hemimorphite into willemite Jiri Götz and Charles R. Masson, pp 1134 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001134

Alkyl-arene and -cyclo-octadiene complexes of molybdenum(II) containing tertiary phosphines Ernesto Carmona-Guzman and Geoffrey Wilkinson, pp 1139 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001139

Copper(I), silver(I), and gold(I) complexes with nido-pentaborane anions Norman N. Greenwood and John Staves, pp 1144 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001144

Some palladium(II) and platinum(II) derivatives of pentaborane(9) Norman N. Greenwood, John D. Kennedy and John Staves, pp 1146 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001146

Preparation and structures of ruthenium(III) complexes containing tertiary arsines, tertiary phosphines, and isocyanides Joseph C. Muscarella and Joseph R. Crook, pp 1152 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001152

Reactions of 2-azidopyridine and 1-pyridinio ylides with transition-metal complexes Maddalena Pizzotti, Sergio Cenini, Francesca Porta, Wolfgang Beck and Jürgen Erbe, pp 1155 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001155

Some four- and five-co-ordinate cations of platinum(II) containing alkylphosphine and hydride ligands E. A. V. Ebsworth, Joyce M. Edward, Francis J. S. Reed and John D. Whitelock, pp 1161 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001161

Negative-ion mass spectra of trinuclear carbonyl clusters Rosa P. Ferrari, Gian A. Vaglio and Mario Valle, pp 1164 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001164

Platinum hydrides containing silyl or germyl ligands. Crystal structure of trans-hydridosilylbis(tricyclohexylphosphine)platinum(II) E. A. V. Ebsworth, Vahé M. Marganian, Francis J. S. Reed and Robert O. Gould, pp 1167 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001167

Magnetic exchange in some polynuclear bis(azole)dihalogenocopper(II) complexes Johannes A. C. van Ooijen and Jan Reedijk, pp 1170 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001170

Crystal and molecular structure of trichloro(2,5,8-trioxanonane)-titanium(III) Michael G. B. Drew and Jennifer A. Hutton, pp 1176 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001176

Structural and mechanistic studies of co-ordination compounds. Part 22. Preparation and ligand-substitution kinetics of some trans-di-halogeno- and trans-halogenoisothiocyanato-cobalt(III) complexes of 2,12-dimethyl- and 2,7,12-trimethyl-3,7,11,17-tetra-azabicyclo[11.3.1]-heptadeca-1 (17),2,11,13,15-pentaene Chung-Kwong Poon and Sarah S. T. Liao, pp 1180 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001180

An infrared spectroscopic study of the tautomeric equilibria in solutions of tricarbonylbis(-dienyl)isocyanidedi-iron complexes John Bellerby, Michael J. Boylan, Mary Ennis and A. R. Manning, pp 1185 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001185

Crystal and molecular structure of di-µ-bromo-µ-tetraphenyldiphosphane-bis[tricarbonylrhenium(I)] Jerry L. Atwood, J. Kay Newell, William E. Hunter, Ivan Bernal, Fausto Calderazzo, Ishwerlal P. Mavani and Dario Vitali, pp 1189 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001189

Metal complexes of sulphur ligands. Part 17. Reaction of palladium(II) and platinum(II) monothiobenzoates with various Lewis bases and further studies on complexes containing related ligands John A. Goodfellow, T. Anthony Stephenson and Margaret C. Cornock, pp 1195 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001195

Triosmium clusters derived from benzylamine and benzyl alcohol: formation of a µ3-o-phenylene complex in the conversion of benzyl alcohol into benzene Kazi A. Azam, Candido Choo Yin and Antony J. Deeming, pp 1201 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001201

Magnetic susceptibility and optical spectra of the organic-intercalated two-dimensional ferromagnets bis(monomethylammonium)- and bis(monoethylammonium) tetrachlorochromate(II) Carlo Bellitto and Peter Day, pp 1207 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001207

Issue 10

Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FX033

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FP033

Oxidative addition of carboxylic acids to trans-carbonylhalogenobis-(tertiary phosphine)iridium(I) complexes Johannes A. van Doorn, Christopher Masters and Constance van der Woude, pp 1213 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001213

A kinetic study of the formation of some unchelated and chelated beryllium(II) complexes in aqueous solutions Bernd Gruenewald and Wilhelm Knoche, pp 1221 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001221

Interaction of vitamin B12a with 8-azaguanine and 6-mercaptopurine: kinetic and thermodynamic characterizations Koji Kano, Faruk Nome and Janos H. Fendler, pp 1226 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001226

Crystal and molecular structure of the complex [1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane](diethylphenylphosphine)tri-isothiocyanatorhenium(III) and the electrochemistry of isothiocyanato-derivatives of rhenium(III) and rhenium(IV) James E. Hahn, Tayseer Nimry, William R. Robinson, Dennis J. Salmon and Richard A. Walton, pp 1232 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001232

Chromium(II) chemistry. Part 12. Further examples of ferromagnetic chlorochromates(II) Leslie F. Larkworthy and Ahmad Yavari, pp 1236 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001236

Organosulphur-transition-metal chemistry. Part 1. Reactions of carbon disulphide with metal carbonyl anions Ian B. Benson, James Hunt, Selby A. R. Knox and Valerie Oliphant, pp 1240 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001240

Organosulphur-transition-metal chemistry. Part 2. Reactions of isothiocyanates with metal carbonyl anions: crystal and molecular structure of di-µ-N-methylimino(methylthio)methanethiolato-bis(tricarbonylmanganese) Stephen R. Finnimore, Richard Goddard, Stephen D. Killops, Selby A. R. Knox and Peter Woodward, pp 1247 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001247

Organosulphur-transition-metal chemistry. Part 3. Methyl thiocyanate complexes: crystal and molecular structure of pentacarbonyl(methyl thiocyanate)chromium Richard Goddard, Stephen D. Killops, Selby A. R. Knox and Peter Woodward, pp 1255 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001255

Organosulphur-transition-metal chemistry. Part 4. The isomerism of µ-thio- and µ-seleno-bis[carbonyl(-cyclopentadienyl)ruthenium] complexes Stephen D. Killops and Selby A. R. Knox, pp 1260 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001260

Spectroscopic investigation of copper(II) bovine carbonic anhydrase and its inhibitor derivatives Ivano Bertini, Giorgio Canti, Claudio Luchinat and Andrea Scozzafava, pp 1269 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001269

Derivatives of bivalent germanium, tin, and lead. Part 21. Tin(II) formate: a reinvestigation Philip G. Harrison and Edward W. Thornton, pp 1274 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001274

Cobalt metallacycles. Part 5. Synthesis of pyridines from nitriles and acetylenes via cobaltacyclopentadienes Yasuo Wakatsuki and Hiroshi Yamazaki, pp 1278 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001278

Comparison of the structure and dynamic properties of aniono(1,4,8,11-tetramethyl-1,4,8,11-tetra-azacyclotetradecane)zinc(II) perchlorate complexes in nitromethane solutions, and the crystal and molecular structure of the chloro-complex Nathaniel W. Alcock, Norman Herron and Peter Moore, pp 1282 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001282

Use of aryltin compounds in the preparation of diaryl- and diaroyl-di-µ-chloro-bis(triorganophosphine)diplatinum(II) complexes Colin Eaborn, Kevin J. Odell and Alan Pidcock, pp 1288 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001288

Metal complexes of uridine and thymidine Margaret Goodgame and Keith W. Johns, pp 1294 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001294

Reactions of tetracarbonyihydridoferrate(0) with acetylenes in aprotic solvents: (1-3--acryloyl)tricarbonylferrates and tricarbonyl(1-3--prop-2-en-1-ylidene)iron complexes Take-aki Mitsudo, Yoshihisa Watanabe, Hiroshi Nakanishi, Lsao Morishima, Toshiro Inubushi and Yoshinobu Takegami, pp 1298 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001298

Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl-rhodium and -iridium complexes. Part 18. The reactions of [M(C5Me5)(sol)3][PF6]2(M = Rh or Ir; sol = MeCn, Me2CO, or MeOH) with Mono-, Di-, and Tri-olefins Colin White, Stephen J. Thompson and Peter M. Maitlis, pp 1305 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001305

The standard enthalpies of formation of tris(pentane-2,4-dionato)-molybdenum(III) and dioxobis(pentane-2,4-dionato)molybdenum(VI), and the molybdenum-pentane-2,4-dionate bond-enthalpy contributions Geoffrey Pilcher, Kingsley J. Cavell, C. David Garner and Stephen Parkes, pp 1311 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001311

Crystal and molecular structure of di-µ-trimethylsilylmethyl-bis[(tri-methylphosphine)(trimethylsilylmethyl)chromium(II)](4 Cr-Cr) Michael B. Hursthouse, K. M. Abdul Malik and Keith D. Sales, pp 1314 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001314

Acceptor properties of tetrachloro(phenyl)phosphorane and of the trichloro(phenyl)phosphonium ion Keith B. Dillon, Roger N. Reeve and Thomas C. Waddington, pp 1318 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001318

Crystal structures of methyl(L-tyrosinato)mercury(II) monohydrate and [L-(2-amino-4-phenylbutanoato)]methylmercury(II) Nathaniel W. Alcock, Paul A. Lampe and Peter Moore, pp 1324 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001324

Kinetics of the dissociation of decavanadate(6-) in neutral and weakly basic solutions Francesco Corigliano and Sebastiana Di Pasquale, pp 1329 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001329

Crystal and molecular structure of tri-µ-chloro-hexakis(trimethylsilylmethyl)-triangulo-trirhenium(III) Michael B. Hursthouse and K. M. Abdul Malik, pp 1334 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001334

Synthesis and dynamic behaviour of bis(ethylene)(tertiary phosphine)-platinum complexes Neil C. Harrison, Martin Murray, John L. Spencer and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 1337 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001337

Trimethylsilyl derivatives for the study of silicate structures. Part 5. Trimethylsilylation of dioptase Harry P. Calhoun and Charles R. Masson, pp 1342 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001342

Single-crystal molecular and electronic structure of trichloro-oxo(triphenylphosphine sulphide)molybdenum(V) C. David Garner, Nepal C. Howlader, Frank E. Mabbs, P. Michael Boorman and Trevor J. King, pp 1350 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001350

The structure of ac-dichloro-b-ethylene-d-pyridineplatinum(II) from hydrogen-1 and -2 nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of liquid-crystal solutions James W. Emsley and John Evans, pp 1355 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001355

The chemistry of polynuclear compounds. Part 31. Synthesis of undecacarbonylhydridotriosmate(1-) and its reaction with octadeca-carbonylhexaosmium to give a carboxylate-bridged anionic enneaosmium species Colin R. Eady, Brian F. G. Johnson, Jack Lewis and Maria Carlotta Malatesta, pp 1358 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001358

Molecular and crystal structure of 3,3-bis(triethylphosphine)-1,2-di-carba-3-platinadodecaborane(11), and molecular-orbital analysis of the slip distortion in carbametallaboranes D. Michael P. Mingos, Michael I. Forsyth and Alan J. Welch, pp 1363 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001363

Reduction-oxidation properties of organotransition-metal complexes. Part 6. The isomerization, and one-electron oxidation, of syn- and anti-di-µ-arylthio-bis[(-cyclopentadienyl)rhodium] Neil G. Connelly and G. A. Johnson, pp 1375 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001375

Reactions of metal carbonyl derivatives. Part 22. The crystal and molecular structures of dicarbonyl(-cyclopentadienyl)(ethylthio)iron and µ-ethylthio-bis[dicarbonyl(-cyclopentadienyl)iron] tetrafluoro-borate, and a comparison of their molecular parameters Robin B. English, Luigi R. Nassimbeni and Raymond J. Haines, pp 1379 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001379

Heteronuclear cluster systems. Part 12. Synthesis of µ-phenylphosphinediyl-bis(tetracarbonylcobalt) and 1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3-nonacarbonyl-µ3-phenylphosphinediyl-triangulo-dicobaltiron Jennifer C. Burt and Giinter Schmid, pp 1385 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001385

Heteronuclear cluster systems. Part 13. Synthesis of µ-diphenyl-phosphido-bridged carbonylmetal complexes, and crystal structure of 1,2-µ-carbonyl-1,1,2,2,3,3-hexacarbonyl-1,3;2,3-bis-µ-diphenylphos-phido-triangulo-tricobalt Jennifer C. Burt, Roland Boese and Günter Schmid, pp 1387 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001387

Addition reactions on co-ordinated olefinic ligands. Part 8. Platinum(II) complexes of 1,1 -dimethylallene and their reaction with amines. Molecular structure of the zwitterionic derivative dichloro-[1-(NN-diethylammoniomethyl)-2-methylprop-1-enyl](triphenylphosphine) platinum(II) Augusto De Renzi, Benedetto Di Blasio, Achille Panunzi, Carlo Pedone and Aldo Vitagliano, pp 1392 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001392

Structure and properties of carbonylbis(-cyclopentadienyl)(-diphenyl-acetylene) titanium: the first titanium complex containing a two-carbon -bonded ligand Giuseppe Fachinetti, Carlo Floriani, Fabio Marchetti and Marcello Mellini, pp 1398 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001398

Photoelectron spectra of some transition metal alkyls and oxoalkyls Jennifer C. Green, D. Robert Lloyd, Lee Galyer, Konstantinos Mertis and Geoffrey Wilkinson, pp 1403 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001403

Solutions of lithium salts in liquid lithium: preparation and X-ray crystal structure of the dilithium salt of carbodi-imide (cyanamide) Michael G. Down, Martin J. Haley, Peter Hubberstey, Richard J. Pulham and Anne E. Thunder, pp 1407 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001407

Studies on transition-metal cyano-complexes. Part 2. Unsubstituted cyanorhenates, [Re(CN)x]n-, and cyanorhenates with thio-, seleno-, and nitrosyl ligands William P. Griffith, Patrick M. Kiernan and Jean-Marie Brégeault, pp 1411 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001411

Crystal structures of the benzo-15-crown-5 complexes di-isothiocyanato(2,3,5,6,8,9,11,12-octahydro-1,4,7,10,13-benzopentaoxa-cyclopehtadecin)-magnesium, -calcium-methanol (1/1), and -calcium hydrate John D. Owen, pp 1418 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001418

Bis(tetra-n-butylammonium) tetrakis[bentenethiolato-µ3-selenido-iron], an iron-selenium cubic cluster compound George Christou, Brian Ridge and H. N. Rydon, pp 1423 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001423

Crystal structure of compounds with (N-P)n rings. Part 12. Decafluorocyclopentaphosphazene Janneke G. Hartsuiker and Anton J. Wagner, pp 1425 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001425

Back cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800BX035

Issue 11

Reactions in mixed non-aqueous systems containing sulphur dioxide. Part 1. The dissolution of main-group metals in the binary mixture dimethyl sulphoxide-sulphur dioxide W. David Harrison, J. Bernard Gill and David C. Goodall, pp 1431 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001431

Computer simulation of metal-ion equilibria in biofluids. Part 2. Formation constants for zinc(II)-citrate-cysteinate binary and ternary complexes and improved models of low-molecular-weight zinc species in blood plasma Guy Berthon, Peter M. May and David R. Williams, pp 1433 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001433

Empirical force-field calculations of strain-energy contributions to the thermodynamics of complex formation. Part 1. The difference in stability between complexes containing five- and six-membered chelate rings Gloria J. McDougall, Robert D. Hancock and Jan C. A. Boeyens, pp 1438 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001438

The isomers of -amino-acids with copper(II). Part 4. Catalysis of the racemization of optically active alanine by copper(II) and pyruvate in alkaline solution R. D. Gillard and P. O'Brien, pp 1444 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001444

Kinetics and mechanisms of formation, and of reactions, of intermediates in the iron(II)-1,10-phenanthroline-cyanide and related systems John Burgess and Robert I. Haines, pp 1447 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001447

Complexes of 2-chloroethoxybis(trifluoromethyl)phosphine with carbonyls of manganese, iron, and cobalt William Clegg and Stephen Morton, pp 1452 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001452

Reactions of some phosphorus(V) halides and halide oxides with strongly acidic solvents Keith B. Dillon, Martin P. Nisbet and Thomas C. Waddington, pp 1455 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001455

Complexes of palladium(II) and platinum(II) thiocyanates with some bidentate amine, phosphine, arsine, sulphide, and selenide ligands Geoffrey P. McQuillan and Ian A. Oxton, pp 1460 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001460

Acceptor properties of some o-phenylenedioxy-derivatives of phosphorus(V) chloride Keith B. Dillon, Roger N. Reeve and Thomas C. Waddington, pp 1465 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001465

Carbon-carbon double-bond cleavage in the reactions of diphenylcyclopropenone with platinum(0) complexes; crystal and molecular structure of µ-2-oxo-1,3-diphenylpropanediylidene-bis[bis(t-butyl isocyanide)platinum] W. Eamon Carroll, Michael Green, Judith A. K. Howard, Michel Pfeffer and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 1472 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001472

1,2-Bis(arylimino)propylpalladium complexes as N-donor chelate ligands towards metals of the first transition series Bruno Crociani, Marino Nicolini and Raymond L. Richards, pp 1478 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001478

Aspects of the thermal decomposition of ?-zinc hydroxide: a kinetic compensation effect Giulio G. T. Guarini and Roberto Spinicci, pp 1484 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001484

Comparison of 8-methylquinoline and benzo[h]quinoline complexes of palladium(II) with those of related ligands. Crystal and molecular structure of aqua(benzo[h]quinoline)[2-(dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl-N]palladium(II) perchlorate Antony J. Deeming, Ian P. Rothwell, Michael B. Hursthouse and Lucy New, pp 1490 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001490

Dynamic behaviour in solution of some benzo[h]quinoline and 8-methylquinoline complexes of palladium(II) Antony J. Deeming and Ian P. Rothwell, pp 1497 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001497

Complexes of osmium(VI) with catechol and substituted catechols Alastair J. Nielson and William P. Griffith, pp 1501 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001501

Solvent-exchange kinetics in nickel(II) solutions of aqueous tris(dimethylamino)phosphine oxide studied by pulsed phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Jean-Claude Boubel, Jean-Jacques Delpuech and Alain Peguy, pp 1506 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001506

Inorganic Grignard reagents. Preparations and reactions of [bromobis(tetrahydrofuran)magnesio]bis(-cyclopentadienyl) hydridomolybdenum Stephen G. Davies and Malcolm L. H. Green, pp 1510 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001510

Formal Diels-Alder dimerisation of cyclo-octatetraene induced by carbonylruthenium complexes Adrian P. Humphries and Selby A. R. Knox, pp 1514 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001514

Reactions of dodecacarbonyl-triangulo-triruthenium and dodecacarbonyltetrahydridotetraruthenium with mixtures of cyclic polyolefins Adrian P. Humphries and Selby A. R. Knox, pp 1523 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001523

Crystal structure of dilead tritellurate(IV) John C. Dewan, Anthony J. Edwards, Gordon R. Jones and Ian M. Young, pp 1528 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001528

Binuclear diaryltriazenido- and aryl(1-aryliminoethyl)amido-complexes of rhodium Neil G. Connelly, Helen Daykin and Zenon Demidowicz, pp 1532 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001532

X-Ray crystal-structure analysis and magnetic and spectral properties of tetrachlorotris[dichloro(methyl)phosphine]molybdenum(IV)-carbon disulphide (3/1) Joseph I. Bullock, Frederick W. Parrett, Michael L. Post and Nicholas J. Taylor, pp 1536 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001536

Synthesis and structure of some binuclear carbonyl complexes of platinum(I) Michael P. Brown, Richard J. Puddephatt, Mehdi Rashidi and Kenneth R. Seddon, pp 1540 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001540

Crystal structure of tetrakis-µ-trifluoroacetato-bis[triaqua(trifluoroacetato) praseodymium(III)] Stephen P. Bone, D. Bryan Sowerby and Rajendar D. Verma, pp 1544 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001544

Complexes with sulphur and selenium donor ligands. Part 8. Some 4-phenylthiosemicarbazone complexes of cobalt(II) and the crystal structure of bis(acetone 4-phenylthiosemicarbazone)cobalt(II) bromide (green form) Giulia Dessy, Vincenzo Fares, Lucio Scaramuzza, Anthony A. G. Tomlinson and Giovanni De Munno, pp 1549 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001549

Structures of binary carbonyls and related compounds. Part 1. A new approach to fluxional behaviour Brian F. G. Johnson and Robert E. Benfield, pp 1554 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001554

Transition-metal carbonyl derivatives of the germanes. Part 9. Reactions of tetracarbonyldi(methylgermyl)iron with some covalent halides Alan Bonny and Kenneth M. Mackay, pp 1569 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001569

Crystal structure of exo-6-chloromercurio-6,7-dihydro-exo-7-methoxyaldrin (1,2,3,4,10,10-hexachloro-exo-6-chloromercurio-1,4,4a,5,6,7,8,8a-octahydro-endo,exo-1,4:5,8-dimethano-exo-7-methoxynaphthalene) Jerry L. Atwood, Larry G. Canada, Aldrich N. K. Lau, Adriane G. Ludwick and Larry M. Ludwick, pp 1573 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001573

Reactions of halogeno(phenyl)alkynes with complexes of platinum(0), palladium(0), rhodium(I), and iridium(I). The preparation of [1-2--chloro(phenyl)ethyne]bis(triphenylphosphine)platinum(0) and chloro-[1-2--chloro(phenyl)ethyne]bis(triphenylphosphine)rhodium(I) and the kinetics of isomerisation of the former to an alkynyl complex John Burgess, Martin E. Howden, Raymond D. W. Kemmitt and Narendra S. Sridhara, pp 1577 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001577

Studies in eight-co-ordination. Part 5. Crystal and molecular structure and electron spin resonance spectra of tetrakis(diethyldithio-carbamato)molybdenum(V) hexamolybdate and chloride C. David Garner, Nepal C. Howlader, Frank E. Mabbs, Andrew T. McPhail, Richard W. Miller and Kay D. Onan, pp 1582 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001582

Spectroscopy and reactions of copper(II), nickel(II), and cobalt(III) compounds in molten nitrites Sabah S. Al Omer and David H. Kerridge, pp 1589 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001589

Crystal and molecular structure and magnetic properties of tetrakis-[(2-diethylaminoethanolato)isocyanatocopper(II)] Ludwig Merz and Wolfgang Haase, pp 1594 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001594

Studies of transition-metal oxo- and nitrido-complexes. Part 4. Reactions of osmium tetraoxide with alkynes and dienes in the presence of tertiary amines Martin Schröder and William P. Griffith, pp 1599 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001599

Issue 12

Front cover J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FX037

Contents pages J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. DOI:10.1039/DT97800FP039

Solvation effects on the kinetics of diamine replacement in pentacyano(diamine)ferrate(II) complexes Néstor E. Katz, Miguel A. Blesa, José A. Olabe and Pedro J. Aymonino, pp 1603 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001603

Reactions between copper(II) and 2-mercaptosuccinic acid in aqueous perchlorate solution A. Graham Lappin and Alexander McAuley, pp 1606 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001606

Kinetics of reaction of imidazole, glycine, and L-histidine with the aqua-pentacyanoferrate(II) ion Henrique E. Toma, Joaniel M. Martins and Ernesto Giesbrecht, pp 1610 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001610

Preparation and physicochemical characterization of anionic uranyl -ketoenolates Giampaolo Marangoni, Gino Paolucci, Rodolfo Graziani and Eloisa Celon, pp 1618 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001618

Electronic and resonance-Raman spectra of mixed-valence ammine complexes of palladium and platinum Robin J. H. Clark and Philip C. Turtle, pp 1622 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001622

Rhenium carbonyl fluorides: preparation, crystal structure, and some properties of hexacarbonylrhenium(I)µ-fluoro-bis[pentafluororhenate(V)] Donald M. Bruce, John H. Holloway and David R. Russell, pp 1627 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001627

Soft-sphere ionic radii for Group 1 and Group 2 metal halides and ammonium halides Jack B. Holbrook, F. Mahnaz Khaled and Barry C. Smith, pp 1631 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001631

Kinetic and isotopic studies on the reaction of nitrous acid with cis-chlorobis(ethylenediamine)(hydroxylamine)cobalt(III) Martin N. Hughes, Kishore Shrimanker and Peter E. Wimbledon, pp 1634 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001634

Mechanism of alkylation and acylation of dinitrogen co-ordinated to molybdenum and tungsten Joseph Chatt, Robert A. Head, G. Jeffery Leigh and Christopher J. Pickett, pp 1638 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001638

Metal complexes of sulphur ligands. Part 18. Reaction of tris- and tetrakis-(tertiary phosphine)dichlororuthenium(II) complexes with various dithioacid ligands Wilma J. Sime and T. Anthony Stephenson, pp 1647 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001647

Proton nuclear magnetic resonance study of electronic transmission effects and fluxional behaviour in aryldiazenidotris(dimethyldithiocarbamato)molybdenum Edward O. Bishop, Graham Butler, Joseph Chatt, Jonathan R. Dilworth, G. Jeffery Leigh, David Orchard and Michael W. Bishop, pp 1654 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001654

Dealkylation of chelating ethers by reaction with WCl4Y (Y = O, S, Se, or NC2Cl5) Gerald A. W. Fowles, David A. Rice and Kenneth J. Shanton, pp 1658 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001658

Inorganic heterocycles. The reaction of 1,1-bi(1-phospholan-1-thione) with some transition-metal salts Reinhardt Schmutzler, Michael T. Halfpenny, William Levason and Charles A. McAuliffe, pp 1662 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001662

Absolute configurations of organometallic compounds. Part 6. The crystal structure and absolute configuration of (-)578-carbonyl(-cyclopentadienyl){[(S)-methyl(1-phenylethyl)amino]diphenylphosphine}-nitrosylmolybdenum M. George Reisner, Ivan Bernal, Henri Brunner and Johann Doppelberger, pp 1664 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001664

Structure and properties of cis-bis(dicyclohexylphosphine)dihalogeno-nickel(II) complexes Richard Alan Palmer, Harold F. Giles jun.  and David R. Whitcomb, pp 1671 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001671

Reaction of tricarbonyl(2-6--hexadienium)iron with amines, triphenyl-phosphine, and triphenylarsine: a method for the preparation of triene complexes Patrick McArdle and Hal Sherlock, pp 1678 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001678

Fast reactions at planar four-co-ordinate complexes. Part 3. Kinetics and mechanism of substitution reactions of sterically hindered aniono-(mesityl)bis(triethylphosphine)nickel(II) complexes Matteo Cusumano and Vittorio Ricevuto, pp 1682 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001682

Decentralized unpaired electrons and valence bonding in chromium uranium trisulphide Forrest L. Carter, Pierre Wolfers and Gerard Fillion, pp 1686 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001686

Complexes of palladium(II) with nucleosides. Preparation and properties of complexes of the type potassium trichloro(nucleoside)palladate(II) Nick Hadjiliadis and George Pneumatikakis, pp 1691 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001691

Complexes of platinum metals with crown ethers containing tertiary phosphine-substituted benzo groups Eileen M. Hyde, Bernard L. Shaw and Ian Shepherd, pp 1696 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001696

Versatility of the co-ordination behaviour of 1-methylpyrimidine-2-thione towards metal ions of the first transition series David M. L. Goodgame and Grahame A. Leach, pp 1705 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001705

Axial ligand dissociation of phthalocyaninatoiron(II) adducts; further evidence for a dissociative mechanism of substitution John G. Jones and Martyn V. Twigg, pp 1709 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001709

Resonance-Raman spectroscopy of tris(1,2-dithiolene) complexes of vanadium, molybdenum, and tungsten Robin J. H. Clark and Philip C. Turtle, pp 1714 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001714

Dinitrogen trioxide. Part 14. Adduct formation between dinitrogen trioxide and aromatic donors Edmund Niciecki and Alan J. Vosper, pp 1721 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001721

Crystal structure of trichlorosulphonium(IV) tetrachloroiodate(III) Anthony J. Edwards, pp 1723 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001723

Carbonylhalogeno[o-phenylenebis(dimethylarsine)]osmium complexes, including those containing unidentate o-phenylenebis(dimethylarsine) Frank Bottomley, Ivan J. B. Lin and Peter S. White, pp 1726 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001726

Some cyclopropylplatinum complexes Ralph L. Phillips and Richard J. Puddephatt, pp 1732 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001732

Reactions of methylenecyclopropane with some hydridoplatinum(II) complexes Ralph L. Phillips and Richard J. Puddephatt, pp 1736 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001736

Bis(styrene)bis(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(0) and its reactions with triphenylphosphine and with alkenes Bruno N. Chaudret, David J. Cole-Hamilton and Geoffrey Wilkinson, pp 1739 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001739

Reactions of silane with zeolitic water Richard M. Barrer and Jean-Christian Trombe, pp 1746 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001746

Transition-metal carbonyl derivatives of the germanes. Part 10. Tetracarbonyldigermanylcobalt Fook Sin Wong and Kenneth M. Mackay, pp 1752 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001752

Photoelectron spectra of metal tetrahydroborates Anthony J. Downs, Russell G. Egdell, Anthony F. Orchard and Patrick D. P. Thomas, pp 1755 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001755

A carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance investigation of the ring exchange in (1-4-4-cyclo-octatetraene)(1-6-6-cyclo-octatetraene)iron Brian E. Mann, pp 1761 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001761

Hydrazido(2-)-complexes of molybdenum and tungsten formed from dinitrogen complexes by protonation and ligand exchange Joseph Chatt, Alan J. Pearman and Raymond L. Richards, pp 1766 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001766

Rates and activation parameters for the stepwise formation of mono complexes of the hexakis(dimethyl sulphoxide)aluminium(III) ion with uni-, bi-, and ter-dentate nitrogen-donor ligands in nitromethane solution Alan J. Brown, Oliver W. Howarth, Peter Moore and William J. E. Parr, pp 1776 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001776

A comparison of the base decomposition of 12-tungstophosphate(3-), 12-tungstosilicate(4-), 12-tungstoborate(5-), and dihydrogendodeca-tungstate(6-) David L. Kepert and James H. Kyle, pp 1781 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001781

The electronic structure of magnesium dialuminium tetraoxide (spinel) using X-ray emission and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies Derek E. Haycock, Christopher J. Nicholls, David S. Urch, M. J. Webber and Gerhardt Wiech, pp 1785 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001785

The electronic structure of magnesium hydroxide (brucite) using X-ray emission, X-ray photoelectron, and auger spectroscopy Derek E. Haycock, Masoud Kasrai, Christopher J. Nicholls and David S. Urch, pp 1791 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001791

The structure of tin(II) thiocyanate Alan G. Filby, R. Alan Howie and Wolf Moser, pp 1797 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001797

Group 1B organometallic chemistry. Part 25. Crystal and molecular structure of 1,2,3;1,4,5;2,3,6;4,5,6-tetrakis-µ3-2-dimethylaminophenyl-2,5;3,4-bis-µ2-4-tolylethynyl-octahedro-hexacopper(I) Richard W. M. ten Hoedt, Jan G. Noltes, Gerard van Koten and Anthony L. Spek, pp 1800 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001800

trans-Influence of anionic, neutral, and bridging ligands on the nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of methyl- and fiuorobenzyl-bis(dimethylglyoximato)rhodium(III) complexes. Some observations on bridge formation Claude Bied-Charreton, Alain Gaudemer, Carey A. Chapman, David Dodd, B. Dass Gupta, Michael D. Johnson, Bill L. Lockman and Bernard Septe, pp 1807 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001807

Allyl- and propadienyl-cobaloximes: character and reactions with tetracyanoethylene Christopher J. Cooksey, David Dodd, Michael D. Johnson and Bill L. Lockman, pp 1814 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001814

Reactions of allyl- and propadienyl-rhodium(III) and -iridium(III) complexes with polyhalogenomethanes. Rhodium(II) and iridium(II) species as reactive intermediates Allan E. Crease, B. Dass Gupta, Michael D. Johnson and Stephen Moorhouse, pp 1821 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001821

Crystal and molecular structure of [Pd3{C3Ph(p-MeOC6H4)2}2(acac)2], derived from a tri-arylcyclopropenium salt and a palladium(0) complex Pamela M. Bailey, Alan Keasey and Peter M. Maitlis, pp 1825 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001825

The preparation, structures, and reactions of the metallacyclobutenyl complexes [M3{C3R1R22}2X2] derived from addition of triarylcyclopro-penium salts to zerovalent palladium and platinum compounds Alan Keasey and Peter M. Maitlis, pp 1830 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001830

Reactions of allene, 2,3-dimethylbuta-1,3-diene, and buta-1,3-diene with bis(cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)-, bis(ethylene)(trimethylphosphine)-, and bis(ethylene)(tricyclohexylphosphine)-platinum; X-ray crystal structures of -cyclo-octa-1,5-diene- and bis(trimethylphosphine)-(1,4-trans-divinylbutane-1,4-diyl)platinum Geoffrey K. Barker, Michael Green, Judith A. K. Howard, John L. Spencer and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 1839 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001839

Crystal and molecular structure and electron spin resonance spectrum of trichloro-oxobis(triphenylphosphine oxide)molybdenum(V) C. David Garner, Nepal C. Howlader, Frank E. Mabbs, Andrew T. McPhail and Kay D. Onan, pp 1848 DOI:10.1039/DT9780001848

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