1999 year
Main Index

Issue 1

Complementary hydrogen bonds and ionic interactions give access to the engineering of organometallic crystals Dario Braga and Fabrizia Grepioni, pp 1 DOI:10.1039/a806069j

Construction of a unique three-dimensional array with cadmium(II) Arunendu Mondal, Golam Mostafa, Ashutosh Ghosh, Inamur Rahaman Laskar and Nirmalendu Ray Chaudhuri, pp 9 DOI:10.1039/a806999i

Chirality probing of amino alcohols with lanthanide complexes via induced circular dichroism spectroscopy Hiroshi Tsukube, Miwa Hosokubo, Masatoshi Wada, Satoshi Shinoda and Hitoshi Tamiaki, pp 11 DOI:10.1039/a806582i

Coupling and disproportionation reactions of ethyne on ruthenium carbonyl clusters: molecular structures of Ru5(µ4-CHCHCCH2)(CO)15 and Ru6(µ-H)(µ4-C)(µ4-CCMe)(µ-CO)(CO)16 Michael I. Bruce, Brian W. Skelton, Allan H. White and Natasha N. Zaitseva, pp 13 DOI:10.1039/a807781i

N,N,N-Triphenylguanidinate(1-) complexes of ruthenium and palladium: syntheses and crystal structures K. Travis Holman, Stephen D. Robinson, Arvind Sahajpal and Jonathan W. Steed, pp 15 DOI:10.1039/a806454g

Interaction of polypyridyl ruthenium(II) complexes containing non-planar ligands with DNA Ya Xiong, Xiao-Feng He, Xiao-Hua Zou, Jian-Zhong Wu, Xiao-Ming Chen, Liang-Nian Ji, Run-Hua Li, Jian-Ying Zhou and Kai-Bei Yu, pp 19 DOI:10.1039/a806170j

Copper(II) complexes of a novel ligand 4,5-dicyanoimidazole: structural and magnetic studies B. L. V. Prasad, Hirohiko Sato, Toshiaki Enoki, Shmuel Cohen and T. P. Radhakrishnan, pp 25 DOI:10.1039/a805623d

Further attempts to rationalise the co-ordination chemistry of manganese with Schiff base ligands and supplementary carboxylate donors Michael Watkinson, Matilde Fondo, Manuel R. Bermejo, Antonio Sousa, Charles A. McAuliffe, Robin G. Pritchard, Nongnuj Jaiboon, Nadeem Aurangzeb and Mohammed Naeem, pp 31 DOI:10.1039/a805555f

Cationic zirconocene complexes with benzyl and Si(SiMe3)3 substituted cyclopentadienyl ligands Manfred Bochmann, Malcolm L. H. Green, Annie K. Powell, Jörg Saßmannshausen, Michael U. Triller and Sigrid Wocadlo, pp 43 DOI:10.1039/a807418f

Revisiting the synthesis of [Mo6(5-C5Me5)O18]-. X-Ray structural analysis, UV-visible, electrochemical and multinuclear NMR characterization Anna Proust, René Thouvenot and Patrick Herson, pp 51 DOI:10.1039/a805832f

The effect of protonation on the spectroscopic and redox properties of a series of ferrocenoyl derivatives Jonathan D. Carr, Simon J. Coles, William W. Hassan, Michael B. Hursthouse, K. M. Abdul Malik and James H. R. Tucker, pp 57 DOI:10.1039/a807453d

1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium halogenoaluminate ionic liquids as solvents for Friedel-Crafts acylation reactions of ferrocene Annegret Stark, Bonnie L. MacLean and Robert D. Singer, pp 63 DOI:10.1039/a806708b

Aluminium compounds containing bidentate ligands: ligand base strength and remote geometric control over degree of association C. Niamh McMahon, Julie A. Francis, Simon G. Bott and Andrew R. Barron, pp 67 DOI:10.1039/a806350h

Matrix isolation study of the photochemically induced reaction of ozone with dibromochloromethane and bromodichloromethane in solid argon at 14 K. FT-IR spectra of the complexes C(O)HCl· · ·BrX, C(O)HBr· · ·XCl, C(O)BrCl· · ·HX, (OC)(HCl)(Br2), (OC)(HBr)(Cl2), and (OC)(BrCl)(HX) (where X = Br or Cl) Robin J. H. Clark, Jonathan R. Dann and Loraine J. Foley, pp 73 DOI:10.1039/a805799k

A high resolution powder X-ray diffraction study of the products of reaction of dimethyl sulfide with bromine; crystal and molecular structures of (CH3)2SBrn (n = 2, 2.5 or 4) Gavin B. M. Vaughan, Asiloé J. Mora, Andrew N. Fitch, Peter N. Gates and Alan S. Muir, pp 79 DOI:10.1039/a805942j

Substitution of bridging S2 ligands in the [Nb2(µ-S2)2]4+ core: a simple route to [Nb2(Se2)2]4+, [Nb2(S)(Te2)]4+ and [Nb2(S)2]4+ Maxim Sokolov, Hideo Imoto, Taro Saito and Vladimir Fedorov, pp 85 DOI:10.1039/a806627b

Studies on kinetics and mechanism of imidazole substitution from cis-equatorial-[Cr(S-pdtra)(Him)]0 complex in acidic and alkaline aqueous solutions [S-pdtra = (S)-propylenediaminetriacetate] Janusz Chatas, Sumio Kaizaki, Ewa Kita, Przemysaw Kita, Narumi Sakagami and Rudi van Eldik, pp 91 DOI:10.1039/a805334k

Issue 2

Rhenium sulfide cluster chemistry Taro Saito, pp 97 DOI:10.1039/a806651e

Synthesis and structure of [{As2(NCy)4}2Li4], containing an imido As(III) dianion Michael A. Beswick, Eilis A. Harron, Alexander D. Hopkins, Paul R. Raithby and Dominic S. Wright, pp 107 DOI:10.1039/a808214f

Introduction of -hydroxymethylserine residues in a peptide sequence results in the strongest peptidic, albumin-like, copper(II) chelator known to date Piotr Mynarz, Wojciech Bal, Teresa Kowalik-Jankowska, Marcin Stasiak, Mirosaw T. Leplawy and Henryk Kozowski, pp 109 DOI:10.1039/a808269c

Self-assembly of triatomic gold units as supporting frames for a large gold diphenylphosphinite cage molecule Christian Hollatz, Annette Schier, Jürgen Riede and Hubert Schmidbaur, pp 111 DOI:10.1039/a808570f

When the ligands go marching in: a step-scan Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic study of ligand attack at the transient species W(CO)5(CyH) Richard H. Schultz and S. Krav-Ami, pp 115 DOI:10.1039/a807672c

Combined versus individual labilising effects of H+, Na+ and nucleophile on catalysed substitution reactions: studies on [Fe4S4X4]2- (X = Cl or PhS) Richard A. Henderson, pp 119 DOI:10.1039/a807769j

Selective electrochemical recognition of sulfate over phosphate and phosphate over sulfate using polyaza ferrocene macrocyclic receptors in aqueous solution Paul D. Beer, James Cadman, José M. Lloris, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Miguel E. Padilla, Teresa Pardo, David K. Smith and Juan Soto, pp 127 DOI:10.1039/a806944a

Chemistry of ruthenium(II) complexes of the tridentate NNS donor methyl 2-pyridyl ketone 4-(4-tolyl)thiosemicarbazone. Isolation and structural characterisation of a novel ruthenium(II) complex containing a co-ordinated imine of an -N heterocyclic ketone Milan Maji, Madhumita Chatterjee, Saktiprosad Ghosh, Shyamal Kumar Chattopadhyay, Bo-Mu Wu and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 135 DOI:10.1039/a806341i

Synthesis and structural characterization of indium compounds with bidentate amide ligands Jungsook Kim, Simon G. Bott and David M. Hoffman, pp 141 DOI:10.1039/a807041e

One-electron oxidation of paramagnetic chromium(II) alkyl complexes with alkyl halides: synthesis and structure of five-coordinate chromium(III) complexes Michael D. Fryzuk, Daniel B. Leznoff, Steven J. Rettig, Victor G. Young and Jr., pp 147 DOI:10.1039/a806099a

Synthesis, structure and redox behaviour of facial [ReIIIL(PPh3)Cl3] and its stereoretentive conversion to [ReIVL(PPh3)Cl3] via metal promoted aldimine  amide oxidation (L = pyridine-2-aldimine; L = pyridine-2-carboxamide) Sibaprasad Bhattacharyya, Sangeeta Banerjee, Bimal Kumar Dirghangi, Mahua Menon and Animesh Chakravorty, pp 155 DOI:10.1039/a806346j

Synthesis, characterisation and reactivity of the molybdenum(VI) dimethyl complex [Mo(NR)2Me2] (R = 2,6-Pri2C6H3) Vernon C. Gibson, Carl Redshaw, Gary L. P. Walker, Judith A. K. Howard, Vanessa J. Hoy, Jacqueline M. Cole, Lyudmila G. Kuzmina and Dinali S. De Silva, pp 161 DOI:10.1039/a806171h

Synthesis and structural characteristics of metal-acyclovir (ACV) complexes: [Ni(or Co)(ACV)2(H2O)4]Cl2·2ACV, [Zn(ACV)Cl2(H2O)], [Cd(ACV)Cl2]·H2O and [{Hg(ACV)Cl2}x]. Recognition of acyclovir by Ni-ACV Ángel García-Raso, Juan J. Fiol, Ferran Bádenas, Rosa Cons, Ángel Terrón and Miguel Quirós, pp 167 DOI:10.1039/a807787h

Crystal structures of a protonated form of trans-[Pt(NH3)2(mura)2] and of a derivative containing three different metal ions, Pt2+, Ag+, and Na+ (mura = 1-methyluracilate). Major difference in packing between heteronuclear pyrimidine nucleobase complexes of cis- and trans-(NH3)2PtII Felix Zamora, Holger Witkowski, Eva Freisinger, Jens Müller, Birgit Thormann, Alberto Albinati and Bernhard Lippert, pp 175 DOI:10.1039/a804813d

5,5-Dicyano-2,2-bipyridine silver complexes: discrete units or co-ordination polymers through a chelating and/or bridging metal-ligand interaction He-Ping Wu, Christoph Janiak, Gerd Rheinwald and Heinrich Lang, pp 183 DOI:10.1039/a807450j

Ag+ ion complexation properties of N-phenylpolythiazaalkane derivatives: synthesis, crystallography, 1H NMR spectroscopy, potentiometry and metal ion recognition properties Junichi Ishikawa, Hidefumi Sakamoto, Mutsumi Nakamura, Kunio Doi and Hiroko Wada, pp 191 DOI:10.1039/a805618h

Preparation and structural characterisation of isocyanide gold(I) nitrates, [Au(NO3)(CNR)] (R = Et, But or C6H3Me2-2,6); new auriophilic motifs Trevor J. Mathieson, Alan G. Langdon, Neil B. Milestone and Brian K. Nicholson, pp 201 DOI:10.1039/a806399k

Crystal structures of nitridotechnetium(V) complexes of amine oximes differing in carbon chain lengths Yuko Kani, Tsutomu TakayamaTsutomuSekine and Hiroshi Kudo, pp 209 DOI:10.1039/a806245e

Hydrogen bond directed crystal engineering of nickel complexes: the effect of ligand methyl substituents on supramolecular structure Matthew T. Allen, Andrew D. Burrows and Mary F. Mahon, pp 215 DOI:10.1039/a807601d

Constrained ferromagnetic coupling in dinuclear µ1,3-azido nickel(II) cryptate compounds. Crystal structure and magnetic behaviour of [Ni2(L1)(N3)(H2O)][CF3SO3]3·2H2O·EtOH {L1 = N[(CH2)2NHCH2(C6H4-m)CH2NH(CH2)2]3N} Albert Escuer, Charles J. Harding, Yann Dussart, Jane Nelson, Vickie McKee and Ramon Vicente, pp 223 DOI:10.1039/a806174b

Kinetically inert cryptate systems: solid state and solution NMR studies David C. Apperley, William Clegg, Simon Coles, Joanne L. Coyle, Noreen Martin, Beatrice Maubert, Vickie McKee and Jane Nelson, pp 229 DOI:10.1039/a806791k

Reaction of CH2(Ph2PSe)2 (dppmSe2) with [Ru3(CO)12]. Fluxional behaviour of [Ru3(µ3-Se)2(CO)7(µ-dppm)] and crystal structures of [Ru4(µ4-Se)2(µ-CO)(CO)8(µ-dppm)]·MeOH and [Ru6(µ3-Se)4(CO)12(µ-dppm)2]·CH2Cl2 Daniele Cauzzi, Claudia Graiff, Giovanni Predieri, Antonio Tiripicchio and Carlo Vignali, pp 237 DOI:10.1039/a806940i

Self-assembling copper(I) clusters involving electron-deficient, quadruply bridging thiolate ligands Robin G. Prichard, R. V. Parish and Zahra Salehi, pp 243 DOI:10.1039/a808125e

Anion recognition and sensing by neutral and charged transition metal co-ordinated ferrocene phosphine amide receptors Justine E. Kingston, Lynette Ashford, Paul D. Beer and Michael G. B. Drew, pp 251 DOI:10.1039/a807763k

Issue 3

Structural families in nitride chemistry Duncan H. Gregory, pp 259 DOI:10.1039/a807732k

An unprecedented 2N,H bonding mode for a hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borato ligand François Malbosc, Philippe Kalck, Jean-Claude Daran and Michel Etienne, pp 271 DOI:10.1039/a809323g

A short platinum to silver dative bond and its application in the construction of extended structures: syntheses and structures of Ag2[Pt(ox)2]·2H2O and [Ag(H2O)]2[Ag2(CF3SO3)4][Pt(acac)2]2 Tadashi Yamaguchi, Fumie Yamazaki and Tasuku Ito, pp 273 DOI:10.1039/a808678h

Synthesis and structures of photodecarbonylated ruthenium(II) complexes—potential intermediates for mixed ligand complexes Glen B. Deacon, Christopher M. Kepert, Norma Sahely, Brian W. Skelton, Leone Spiccia, Nicholas C. Thomas and Allan H. White, pp 275 DOI:10.1039/a808006b

Confinement of C60 in an extended saddle shaped nickel(II) macrocycle Paul D. Croucher, Peter J. Nichols and Colin L. Raston, pp 279 DOI:10.1039/a805893h

The first co-ordinatively unsaturated Group 8 allenylidene complexes: insights into Grubbs vs. Dixneuf-Fürstner olefin metathesis catalysts Karsten J. Harlow, Anthony F. Hill and James D. E. T. Wilton-Ely, pp 285 DOI:10.1039/a808817i

Arylsulfonylnitrene and arenesulfonyl azide complexes of palladium Isabella Foch, László Párkányi, Gábor Besenyei, László I. Simándi and Alajos Kálmán, pp 293 DOI:10.1039/a805467c

Synthesis and characterization of ReV, ReVI and ReVII complexes of the [2-P2W17O61]10- isomer Anne Venturelli, Mark J. Nilges, Alex Smirnov, R. L. Belford and Lynn C. Francesconi, pp 301 DOI:10.1039/a805286g

Electrospray mass spectral study of isopolyoxomolybdates Daud K. Walanda, Robert C. Burns, Geoffrey A. Lawrance and Ellak I. von Nagy-Felsobuki, pp 311 DOI:10.1039/a806541a

Dimethylthiophosphoryl hydrazone ligands and their copper complexes: crystal structures and analysis of their solution complexation behaviour by electrospray mass spectrometry Andrei S. Batsanov, Andrei V. Churakov, Morag A. M. Easson, Linda J. Govenlock, Judith A. K. Howard, Janet M. Moloney and David Parker, pp 323 DOI:10.1039/a807142j

Synthesis and structural characterization of some tetraosmium carbonyl clusters incorporating pyridyl type ligands; mass spectrometric studies of the water soluble cationic tetraosmium carbonyl cluster [Os4(µ-H)4(CO)10(dppH)]+ [dpp = 2,3-bis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine] by electrospray techniques Ya-Yin Choi and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 331 DOI:10.1039/a808124g

Tetranuclear grid-like copper(II) complexes with pyrazolate bridges: syntheses, structures, magnetic and EPR spectroscopic properties Karen L. V. Mann, Elefteria Psillakis, John C. Jeffery, Leigh H. Rees, Nicholas M. Harden, Jon A. McCleverty, Michael D. Ward, Dante Gatteschi, Federico Totti, Frank E. Mabbs,, Eric J. L. McInnes, Peter C. Riedi and Graham M. Smith, pp 339 DOI:10.1039/a807599i

Lanthanide complexes of a new sterically hindered potentially hexadentate podand ligand based on a tris(pyrazolyl)borate core; crystal structures, solution structures and luminescence properties Zoe R. Reeves, Karen L. V. Mann, John C. Jeffery, Jon A. McCleverty, Michael D. Ward, Francesco Barigelletti and Nicola Armaroli, pp 349 DOI:10.1039/a808724e

Extent of intramolecular stacking interactions in the mixed-ligand complexes formed in aqueous solution by copper(II), 2,2-bipyridine or 1,10-phenanthroline and 2-deoxyguanosine 5-monophosphate Marc Sven Lüth, Larisa E. Kapinos, Bin Song, Bernhard Lippert and Helmut Sigel, pp 357 DOI:10.1039/a808479c

FeIIPbII and FeIII complexes of macrocyclic compartmental ligands: different cyclization in stepwise template synthesis using FeII/PbII or FeIII/PbII pairs Hideki Furutachi, Akiko Ishida, Hitoshi Miyasaka, Nobuo Fukita, Masaaki Ohba, Hisashi kawa and Masayuki Koikawa, pp 367 DOI:10.1039/a808101h

Open dimeric and capped polymeric container molecules: calixarene and resorcinarene complexes of AgI co-ordinated by participation of the upper-rim carbon atoms Megumu Munakata, Liang Ping Wu, Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa, Masahiko Maekawa, Yusaku Suenaga, Kunihisa Sugimoto and Ichiro Ino, pp 373 DOI:10.1039/a806636a

Cycloaddition reactions of titanium and zirconium imido, oxo and hydrazido complexes supported by tetraaza macrocyclic ligands Alexander J. Blake, Jacqueline M. McInnes, Philip Mountford, Georgii I. Nikonov, Daniel Swallow and David J. Watkin, pp 379 DOI:10.1039/a806827e

Lead complexation by novel phenanthroline-containing macrocycles Carla Bazzicalupi, Andrea Bencini, Vieri Fusi, Claudia Giorgi, Piero Paoletti and Barbara Valtancoli, pp 393 DOI:10.1039/a806800c

Pyrazabole formation by thermolysis of the free acid of the hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate ion Roman A. Kresiski, pp 401 DOI:10.1039/a807338d

Crown ether chemistry of the alkaline earth nitrates Peter C. Junk and Jonathan W. Steed, pp 407 DOI:10.1039/a807006g

Gold and silver cations in the Procrustean Bed of the bis[2-(diphenylphosphino)phenyl]phenylphosphine ligand. Observations and conclusions Johann Zank, Annette Schier and Hubert Schmidbaur, pp 415 DOI:10.1039/a808266i

Co-ordination chemistry of lacunary Lindqvist-type polyoxometalates: cubic vs. square-antiprismatic co-ordination Richard Villanneau, Anna Proust, Francis Robert and Pierre Gouzerh, pp 421 DOI:10.1039/a807942k

Synthesis and co-ordination chemistry of perfluorovinyl phosphine derivatives. Single crystal structures of PPh(CFCF2)2, cis-[PtCl2{PPh2(CFCF2)}2] and [{AuCl[PPh2(CFCF2)]}2] Kulbinder K. Banger, Russell P. Banham, Alan K. Brisdon, Wendy I. Cross, Greame Damant, Simon Parsons, Robin G. Pritchard and Antonio Sousa-Pedrares, pp 427 DOI:10.1039/a806535g

Ferrocenyl phosphine mobility, positional isomerism and NMR fluxionality in triangular palladium sulfide aggregates. Crystal and molecular structures of [Pd3Cl2(2-dppf)(µ-dppf)(µ3-S)2] and [Pd3Cl(2-dppf)2(PPh3)(µ3-S)2]X [X = Cl or NO3, dppf = Fe(5-C5H4PPh2)2] Jeremy S. L. Yeo, Guangming Li, Wai-Hing Yip, William Henderson, Thomas C. W. Mak and T. S. Andy Hor, pp 435 DOI:10.1039/a806088f

The influence of transannular interactions on the redox properties of the tricarbonylchromium complexes of ortho-, meta- and para-[2.2]cyclophane Alan M. Bond, Paul J. Dyson, David G. Humphrey, George Lazarev and Priya Suman, pp 443 DOI:10.1039/a806905k

Novel metal complex synthons for chiral 4-azaleucine, 2,3-diaminopropanoic acid and its elaboration Rasmus Barfod, Lars Bendahl, Anders Hammershøi, Dan KjrgaardJensen, Alan M. Sargeson and Anthony C. Willis, pp 449 DOI:10.1039/a808466a

Sequence dependence of the reactivity of histidyl containing peptides with palladium(II) and platinum(II) complex ions. An NMR study Panayotis Tsiveriotis and Nick Hadjiliadis, pp 459 DOI:10.1039/a803700k

Reactions of a cyanosilane with an iron(II) centre. Synthesis and crystal structure of the isocyanotriphenylborate complex trans-[FeH(CNBPh3)(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2] and anodic deprotonation of the hydrogen isocyanide (CNH) analogue Sílvia S. P. R. Almeida, M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva, João J. R. Fraústoda Silva and Armando J. L. Pombeiro, pp 467 DOI:10.1039/a807707j

What is the coordination number of vanadium in vanadyl nitrate, VO(NO3)3? A study of its molecular structure in the gas phase by electron diffraction and ab initio calculations Bruce A. Smart, Heather E. Robertson, David W. H. Rankin, Eric G. Hope and Colin J. Marsden, pp 473 DOI:10.1039/a806710d

Migration of a phenyl group from co-ordinated CH2(PPh2)2 to an acetylide on an Ru3 cluster: crystal structure of [Ru3(µ-H)(µ3-PPhCH2PPh2)(µ3-PhC2But)(CO)6] Michael I. Bruce, Paul A. Humphrey, Brian W. Skelton, Allan H. White, Karine Costuas and Jean-François Halet, pp 479 DOI:10.1039/a807008c

Simulation of ethylene insertion in an aluminium catalyst Meike Reinhold, John E. McGrady and Robert J. Meier, pp 487 DOI:10.1039/a807809b

On the bonding isomerism in three-co-ordinated copper(I) thiocyanates José A. Dobado, Rolf Uggla, Markku R. Sundberg and José Molina, pp 489 DOI:10.1039/a806424e

Formation of organometallic hydroxo and oxo complexes by oxidation of transition metal hydrides in the presence of water. X-Ray structures of [CpMo(OH)(PMe3)3][BF4] and [CpMo(O)(PMe3)2][BF4] James C. Fettinger, Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz, Rinaldo Poli and E. Alessandra Quadrelli, pp 497 DOI:10.1039/a807111j

Issue 4

The figure-of-eight twist to macrocycles: preorganization, self-organization and dynamics Peter Comba, Andreas Kühner and Alexander Peters, pp 509 DOI:10.1039/a806075d

A chain of five chromium(II) atoms: a desired compound with an undesired, unsurprising, but important structure F. Albert Cotton, Lee M. Daniels, Tongbu Lu, Carlos A. Murillo and Xiaoping Wang, pp 517 DOI:10.1039/a807928e

A facile access to rac ansa-lanthanocene alkyl complexes with an ether-bridged indenyl ligand and crystal structure of rac-[O(CH2CH2C9H6)2]YCH2SiMe3 Changtao Qian, Gang Zou and Jie Sun, pp 519 DOI:10.1039/a808719i

Structural variations in dicopper(I) double helicate complexes Nayan K. Solanki, Andrew E. H. Wheatley, Sanja Radojevic, Mary McPartlin and Malcolm A. Halcrow, pp 521 DOI:10.1039/a809237k

Structural and spectroscopic studies of charge-transfer adducts formed between IBr and thioether crowns Alexander J. Blake, Francesco A. Devillanova, Alessandra Garau, Francesco Isaia, Vito Lippolis, Simon Parsons and Martin Schröder, pp 525 DOI:10.1039/a806172f

Co-ordinative ability of the new compounds [Ti(5-C5H4R)2(CCBut)2] (R = PPh2, Ph2PO or Ph2PS) as precursors in the synthesis of heterodi- and heterotri-nuclear species. Crystal structure of [ClCu(µ-5P-C5H4PPh2)2Ti(µ-2-CCBut)2CuCl] Esther Delgado, Elisa Hernández, Noelia Mansilla, M. Teresa Moreno and Michal Sabat, pp 533 DOI:10.1039/a807905f

Synthesis and magnetic properties of a series of bi- and tri-nuclear complexes of copper(II) with the unsymmetrical tetradentate Schiff-base ligand 3-[N-2-(pyridylethyl)formimidoyl]salicylic acid, H2fsaaep, and crystal structures of [{Cu(Hfsaaep)Cl}2] and [{Cu(fsaaep)(H2O)}2] Floriana Tuna, Luminita Patron, Yves Journaux, Marius Andruh, Winfried Plass and Jean-Christian Trombe, pp 539 DOI:10.1039/a806338i

Synthesis of water soluble DTPA complexes with pendant uracil moieties capable of forming complementary hydrogen bonds Alexandra S. Georgopoulou, Stefan Ulvenlund, D. Michael P. Mingos, Ian Baxter and David J. Williams, pp 547 DOI:10.1039/a807723a

Crystal architecture of the cocrystalline salt [Ru(5-C5H5)(6-trans-PhCHCHPh)][PF6]·0.5trans-PhCHCHPh and the reversible order-disorder phase transition in [Ru(5-C5H5)(6-C6H6)][PF6] Fabrizia Grepioni, Gianna Cojazzi, Dario Braga, Elisabeth Marseglia, Laura Scaccianoce and Brian F. G. Johnson, pp 553 DOI:10.1039/a808278b

Synthesis and characterisation of amino and bromo ring substituted derivatives of [Ru6C(CO)14L] (L = [2.2]paracyclophane) Paul Schooler, Brian F. G. Johnson and Simon Parsons, pp 559 DOI:10.1039/a808886a

Synthesis, 1H/13C NMR spectroscopic and structural studies of sterically induced internal dynamics in novel mono- and di-ruthenium(II) 2,26,2-terpyridine complexes of 2,3-bis(2,2-bipyridin-6-yl)pyrazine Fenton R. Heirtzler, Markus Neuburger, Margareta Zehnder, Steven J. Bird, Keith G. Orrell and Vladimir Sik, pp 565 DOI:10.1039/a807970f

2,5-Bis(1-phenyliminoethyl)pyrazine (bpip): a conjugated metal-metal bridging acceptor ligand and its homodinuclear complexes with low-valent metal centres Axel Klein, Volker Kasack, Ralf Reinhardt, Torsten Sixt, Thomas Scheiring, Stanislav Zalis, Jan Fiedler and Wolfgang Kaim, pp 575 DOI:10.1039/a808293f

Intramolecular hydroamination of alkynes catalysed by late transition metals Thomas E. Müller and Anna-Katharina Pleier, pp 583 DOI:10.1039/a808938h

Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of ketones by the use of ruthenium complexes incorporating the new tridentate ligand, bis(2-oxazolin-2-ylmethyl)phenylphosphine Pierre Braunstein, Michael D. Fryzuk, Frédéric Naud and Steven J. Rettig, pp 589 DOI:10.1039/a808170k

The metal atom route to stable binary nickel stannylene complexes: synthesis of [Ni(SnR2)4] [R = CH(SiMe3)2 or C6HBut-2-Me3-3,4,5] Jörg J. Schneider and Norbert Czap, pp 595 DOI:10.1039/a808352e

Co-ordination chemistry of 3S-aminopyrrolidine and 3S-(methylamino)pyrrolidine: crystallisation of the two diastereomers of dichloro[3S-(R,S-methylamino)pyrrolidine]palladium(II) Paul D. Newman, Michael B. Hursthouse and K. M. Abdul Malik, pp 599 DOI:10.1039/a808959k

Synthesis and structural characterization of ruthenium carbonyl clusters containing acetylenic fluorene moieties derived from 9-ethynylfluoren-9-ol Cindy Sze-Wai Lau and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 607 DOI:10.1039/a808240e

Synthesis and crystal structures of cationic lanthanide(III) monoporphyrinate complexes Wai-Kwok Wong, Lilu Zhang, Wing-Tak Wong, Feng Xue and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 615 DOI:10.1039/a809696a

Chemical size effect on the magnetic and electrical properties of colossal magnetoresistance La1.2(Sr1.8 - xCax)Mn2O7 materials Ru-Shi Liu, Chih-Hung Shen, Jauyn Grace Lin, Chao-Yuan Huang, Jin-Ming Chen and Ru-Gun Liu, pp 623 DOI:10.1039/a807978a

Crystal structure and photolysis spin-trapping EPR investigations of aqua(2-methoxycarbonylethyl)cobaloxime and its -cyclodextrin inclusion complex Ying Chen, Hui-Lan Chen, Qing-Chuan Yang, Xin-Yi Song, Chun-Ying Duan and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 629 DOI:10.1039/a808212j

Oxygen substitution of the hexathiodiphosphate(IV) ion in aqueous solution Eric Prouzet, Mikiko Fukatani, Mohamed Barj and Pascal Janvier, pp 635 DOI:10.1039/a806863a

Issue 5

The {Pt2S2} core—a butterfly that stings S.-W. Audi Fong and T. S. Andy Hor, pp 639 DOI:10.1039/a806246c

Synthesis and structural characterisation of the novel tetranuclear cluster compound [Pd4(µ-SO2)2(µ3-S)(CO)(PBz3)4] (Bz = C6H5CH2) Stephen V. Tarlton, Nick Choi, Mary McPartlin, D. Michael P. Mingos and Ramón Vilar, pp 653 DOI:10.1039/a810016k

Ethene and styrene insertion into the Pd-acyl bond of [Pd(COMe)(PN)(solv)]O3SCF3 and its role in the copolymerisation of olefins with carbon monoxide Anton Aeby and Giambattista Consiglio, pp 655 DOI:10.1039/a900668k

The first alkyl bismuthates: tris(trifluoromethyl)fluoro- and tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)-bismuthate Wieland Tyrra, Dieter Naumann, Natalya V. Kirij, Alexander A. Kolomeitsev and Yurii L. Yagupolskii, pp 657 DOI:10.1039/a900308h

Vanadium(V) complexes based on a bis(pyridine)-imine ligand (HL); synthesis and crystal structure of a dioxovanadium(V) complex involving a ligand cyclisation Alette G. J. Ligtenbarg, Anthony L. Spek, Ronald Hage and Ben L. Feringa, pp 659 DOI:10.1039/a809476d

Synthesis and characterisation of the first organotin complex of piroxicam. An extended network system via non-hydrogen, hydrogen bonding linkages and C-H· · · contacts Sotiris K. Hadjikakou, Mavroudis A. Demertzis, John R. Miller and Dimitra Kovala-Demertzi, pp 663 DOI:10.1039/a900227h

Complexes of new chiral terpyridyl ligands. Synthesis and characterization of their ruthenium(II) and rhodium(III) complexes Marco Ziegler, Véronique Monney, Helen Stoeckli-Evans, Alex Von Zelewsky, Isabelle Sasaki, Gilles Dupic, Jean-Claude Daran and Gilbert G. A. Balavoine, pp 667 DOI:10.1039/a900194h

Equilibrium and kinetic studies of (2,26,2-terpyridine)gold(III) complexes. Preparation and crystal structure of [Au(terpy)(OH)][ClO4]2 Bruno Pitteri, Giampaolo Marangoni, Fabiano Visentin, Tatiana Bobbo, Valerio Bertolasi and Paola Gilli, pp 677 DOI:10.1039/a806098c

Anion interactions with (polypyridyl)ruthenium complexes, and their importance in the cation-exchange chromatographic separation of stereoisomers of dinuclear species Nicholas C. Fletcher and F. Richard Keene, pp 683 DOI:10.1039/a809481k

Oxidatively induced isomerisation of vinylidene ligands to alkynes: ESR spectra of paramagnetic vinylidene and alkyne arene metal complexes Ian M. Bartlett, Neil G. Connelly, Antonio J. Martín, A. Guy Orpen, Timothy J. Paget, Anne L. Rieger and Philip H. Rieger, pp 691 DOI:10.1039/a809451i

Supramolecular networks via hydrogen bonding and stacking interactions for adenosine 5-diphosphate. Synthesis and crystal structure of diaqua(2,26,2-terpyridine)copper(II) [adenosine 5-diphosphato(3-)](2,26,2-terpyridine)cuprate(II) adenosine 5-diphosphate(1-) hexadecahydrate and density functional geometry optimization analysis of copper(II)- and zinc(II)-pyrophosphate complexes Renzo Cini and Claudia Pifferi, pp 699 DOI:10.1039/a807793b

Luminescence properties of salts of the [Pt(4Ph-terpy)Cl]+ chromophore: crystal structure of the red form of [Pt(4Ph-terpy)Cl]BF4 (4Ph-terpy = 4-phenyl-2,26,2-terpyridine) Riaan Büchner, Corey T. Cunningham, John S. Field, Raymond J. Haines, David R. McMillin and Grant C. Summerton, pp 711 DOI:10.1039/a807914e

Synthesis, structure, redox activity and spectroscopic properties of ruthenium(II) complexes with 3,5-bis(benzothiazol-2-yl)pyrazole, 3,5-bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)pyrazole and 2,2-bipyridine as co-ligands Sujoy Baitalik, Ulrich Flörke and Kamalaksha Nag, pp 719 DOI:10.1039/a806989a

The influence of the linkage mode between bipyridine units in oligobipyridine ligands on the formation of copper-(I) and -(II) helicates Mou-Hai Shu, Wei-Yin Sun, Chun-Ying Duan, You-Jun Fu, Wen-Jian Zhang and Wen-Xia Tang, pp 729 DOI:10.1039/a808550a

Thermal C-P and C-H cleavage in co-ordinated phosphines leading to dinuclear platinum complexes and contrasting reactions with M(PPh3)+ (M = Cu, Ag or Au) and HgCl2 Robert Bender, Salah-Eddine Bouaoud, Pierre Braunstein, Yves Dusausoy, Naima Merabet, Jesus Raya and Djamil Rouag, pp 735 DOI:10.1039/a809448i

N-Bonding of the hydroxamic function in nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes with 2-(hydroxyimino)propanohydroxamic acid Agnieszka Dobosz, Nikolai M. Dudarenko, Igor O. Fritsky, Tadeusz Gowiak, Aldona Karaczyn, Henryk Kozowski, Tatiana Yu. Sliva and Jolanta witek-Kozowska, pp 743 DOI:10.1039/a808681h

Polycyclic bis(amido)cyclodiphosphazane complexes of antimony(III) and bismuth(III): syntheses, molecular structures and solution behaviour Daniel F. Moser, Ingo Schranz, Michael C. Gerrety, Lothar Stahl and Richard J. Staples, pp 751 DOI:10.1039/a807207h

A facile method for the synthesis of heterobimetallic chloro-bridged complexes containing (R3P)2MCl (M = Pt or Pd) fragments Kurt Polborn and Kay Severin, pp 759 DOI:10.1039/a808210c

Cationic linear triphos, L [PhP(CH2CH2PPh2)2], alkyne complexes of molybdenum(II) and tungsten(II); crystal structures of [WI(CO)(L-P,P,P)(2-MeC2Me)]2[W6O19], [WI(CO)(L-P,P,P)(2-MeC2Me)][BPh4] and [MoBr2(O){Ph2P(CH2)2PPh(CH2)2POPh2-P,P,O}] Paul K. Baker, Michael G. B. Drew and Margaret M. Meehan, pp 765 DOI:10.1039/a808398c

Reductive coupling of halogenothiophenes and halogenothiazoles catalysed by PdII in a basic alcohol medium Yang Xie, Geok Kheng Tan, Yaw Kai Yan, Jagadese J. Vittal, Siu Choon Ng and T. S. Andy Hor, pp 773 DOI:10.1039/a900419j

Theoretical study of the geometric and electronic structures of pseudo-octahedral d0 imido compounds of titanium: the trans influence in mer-[Ti(NR)Cl2(NH3)3] (R = But, C6H5 or C6H4NO2-4) Nikolas Kaltsoyannis and Philip Mountford, pp 781 DOI:10.1039/a807136e

Dinuclear diselenolenes derived from cycloalkeno-1,2,3-selenadiazoles and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium Susan Ford, Pawan K. Khanna, Christopher P. Morley and Massimo Di Vaira, pp 791 DOI:10.1039/a807666i

Structure and characterization of novel zinc(II) and cadmium(II) complexes with 2-(benzoylamino)benzenethiolate and 1-methylimidazole. NH· · ·S Hydrogen bonding in metal complexes with a S2N2 binding site Wei-Yin Sun, Li Zhang and Kai-Bei Yu, pp 795 DOI:10.1039/a807922f

Siderophore analogues: a new macrocyclic tetraamine tris(hydroxamate) ligand; synthesis and solution chemistry of the iron(III), aluminium(III) and copper(II) complexes Margarida Gaspar, Raquel Grazina, Andrea Bodor, Etelka Farkas and M. Amélia Santos, pp 799 DOI:10.1039/a809039d

The synthesis, crystallographic and magnetic characterization of di- and tri-nuclear Ni(II) and Co(II) complexes of (2-sulfanylphenyl)bis(pyrazolyl)methane Timothy C. Higgs, David Ji, Roman S. Czernuszewicz, K. Spartalian, Charles J. OConnor, Candace Seip and Carl J. Carrano, pp 807 DOI:10.1039/a808164f

Issue 6

The chemistry of volatile waste from silicon wafer processing Peter L. Timms, pp 815 DOI:10.1039/a806743k

Spectroscopic and structural characterisation of fac-[Mn(CO)3{MeC(CH2TeMe)3}]CF3SO3: the first transition metal complex of a tritelluroether William Levason, Simon D. Orchard and Gillian Reid, pp 823 DOI:10.1039/a900615j

New ring-closure reaction involving co-ordinated amide groups Igor O. Fritsky, pp 825 DOI:10.1039/a900349e

Chromium ethylene polymerisation catalysts bearing reduced Schiff-base N,O-chelate ligands Vernon C. Gibson, Claire Newton, Carl Redshaw, Gregory A. Solan, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 827 DOI:10.1039/a900118b

Reaction of tris[(diphenylphosphino)dimethylsilyl]methane with molybdenum hexacarbonyl and deprotonation to give a salt with a planar carbanion. Crystal structures of (Ph2PMe2Si)3CH and [Li(tmen)2][C(SiMe2PPh2)3], tmen = N,N,N,N-tetramethylethane-1,2-diamine Anthony G. Avent, Dominique Bonafoux, Colin Eaborn, Sushil K. Gupta, Peter B. Hitchcock and J. David Smith, pp 831 DOI:10.1039/a808971j

Atomistic computer modeling of [Ru(bpy)3]2+ and [Ru(phen)3]2+ intercalated into low charged smectites Josef Breu, Nilesh Raj and C. Richard A. Catlow, pp 835 DOI:10.1039/a809173k

Reactions of a ditungsten-capped tetrayne with cobalt carbonyls: molecular structures of {W(CO)3Cp}2{µ-C8[Co2(µ-dppm)m(CO)6 - 2m]n} (m = 0, 1; n = 1, 2) Michael I. Bruce, Brian D. Kelly, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 847 DOI:10.1039/a809749f

Reaction of 1-aryl-2-methylenecyclopropanes with rhodium(I) complexes leading to ring opening isomerization and co-ordination of the CC double bond Kohtaro Osakada, Hisami Takimoto and Takakazu Yamamoto, pp 853 DOI:10.1039/a808906j

The reaction of trimethylsilyldiazomethane with complexes of the type [PtX(CH3)(diphosphine)] (X = Cl, Br, I). Some observations on -hydrogen migrations in PtCHRCH3 species and organoplatinum(II)-catalysts for alkene formation from trimethylsilyldiazomethane Paola Bergamini, Emiliana Costa, Christian Ganter, A. Guy Orpen and Paul G. Pringle, pp 861 DOI:10.1039/a807719c

Half-sandwich molybdenum compounds with phosphine-alkylthiolate and phosphine-thioether ligands. Crystal structure of [CpMo(SCH2CH2PPh2)2][BPh4] Dolores Morales, Rinaldo Poli, Philippe Richard, Jacques Andrieu and Edmond Collange, pp 867 DOI:10.1039/a809903k

Experimental and computational investigations of phosphine exchange in 15-electron [CrCpCl2(PR3)] systems by stopped-flow and density functional calculations: a single-state SN2 mechanism Edmond Collange, David Duret and Rinaldo Poli, pp 875 DOI:10.1039/a809129c

Co-ordination and conformational isomerism in bis(tricyclohexylphosphine) gold(I) halides Graham A. Bowmaker, Christopher L. Brown, Robert D. Hart, Peter C. Healy, Clifton E. F. Rickard and Allan H. White, pp 881 DOI:10.1039/a808928k

Synthesis, reactivity and structures of spirocyclic products derived from octachlorocyclotetraphosphazene: comparison with spirocyclic cyclotriphosphazenes and linear phosphazenes Sudha Kumaraswamy, M. Vijjulatha, C. Muthiah, K. C. Kumara Swamy and Udo Engelhardt, pp 891 DOI:10.1039/a807373b

Structural, vibrational and solid state CP MAS 31P NMR spectroscopic studies of complexes of trimethylphosphine with copper(I) and silver(I) halides Graham A. Bowmaker, Eban N. de Silva, Peter C. Healy, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 901 DOI:10.1039/a808778d

Reduction of substituted cyclopropenes by [Fe(H)H2(Me2PCH2CH2PMe2)2][BPh4], and the validity of these reactions as models for nitrogenase function David L. Hughes, G. Jeffery Leigh and C. Niamh Mc Mahon, pp 909 DOI:10.1039/a809099h

Thermodynamic and fluorescence emission studies on chemosensors containing anthracene fluorophores. Crystal structure of {[CuL1Cl]Cl}2·2H2O [L1 = N-(3-aminopropyl)-N-3-(anthracen-9-ylmethyl)aminopropylethane-1,2-diamine] Ma Alexandra Bernardo, Fernando Pina, Beatriu Escuder, Enrique García-España, Ma Luz Godino-Salido, Julio Latorre, Santiago V. Luis, José A. Ramírez and Conxa Soriano, pp 915 DOI:10.1039/a808649d

Co-ordination chemistry of CuI with 1,3,5-tris[bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)aminomethyl]-2,4,6-triethylbenzene, a conformationally constrained trinucleating ligand Christian Walsdorff, Sunyoung Park, Jeongho Kim, Jungseok Heo, Ki-Min Park, Jinho Oh and Kimoon Kim, pp 923 DOI:10.1039/a809179j

Structural and photophysical behaviour of lanthanide complexes with a tetraazacyclododecane featuring carbamoyl pendant arms Gaël Zucchi, Rosario Scopelliti, Pierre-André Pittet, Jean-Claude G. Bünzli and Robin D. Rogers, pp 931 DOI:10.1039/a809459d

One- and two-dimensional materials containing vanadium oxide: structures and magnetic properties of Cu(dien)V2O6·H2O and Ni(dien)V2O6 (dien = diethylenetriamine) Li-Min Zheng, Jie-Shou Zhao, Kwang-Hwa Lii, Li-Yi Zhang, Yang Liu and Xin-Quan Xin, pp 939 DOI:10.1039/a808839j

Magnetic structure and covalence in tetrachlorobis(N-phenylacetamidinato)rhenium(IV) by neutron diffraction Philip A. Reynolds, Brian N. Figgis and David Martín yMarero, pp 945 DOI:10.1039/a900293f

The dinuclear ruthenium(II) complex [{Ru(Phen)2}2(HAT)]4+ (HAT = 1,4,5,8,9,12-hexaazatriphenylene), a new photoreagent for nucleobases and photoprobe for denatured DNA Olivier Van Gijte and Andrée Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, pp 951 DOI:10.1039/a807853j

Exo-iron centres linked to MoFeS clusters Frédéric Barrière, David J. Evans, David L. Hughes, Saad K. Ibrahim, Jean Talarmin and Christopher J. Pickett, pp 957 DOI:10.1039/a809710k

Redox behavior of the molybdenum and tungsten metallafullerenes M(2-C60)(CO)2(phen)(dbm) (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline; dbm = dibutyl maleate): (spectro)electrochemistry and theoretical considerations Piero Zanello, Franco Laschi, Marco Fontani, Carlo Mealli, Andrea Ienco, Kaluo Tang, Xianglin Jin and Lei Li, pp 965 DOI:10.1039/a807500j

Magnetic properties and crystal structures of bis(µ-pyrazolato)-bridged dicopper(II,II) complexes with 1,10-phenanthroline or 2,2-bipyridine Hideaki Matsushima, Hironobu Hamada, Kanna Watanabe, Masayuki Koikawa and Tadashi Tokii, pp 971 DOI:10.1039/a808074g

Thermodynamic and spectroscopic studies on the complexation of silver(I) by mixed phosphorus-nitrogen ligands in dimethyl sulfoxide and propylene carbonate Alessandro Del Zotto, Plinio Di Bernardo, Marilena Tolazzi and Pier Luigi Zanonato, pp 979 DOI:10.1039/a807556e

Synthesis and crystal structures of mononuclear half-sandwich complexes of Ni and Co containing Kläuis tripodal ligand, [M{3-(5-C5H5)Co[P(O)(OCH3)2]3}(2-NO3)(L)] (M = Ni or Co) Munetaka Akita, De-qiang Ma, Shiro Hikichi and Yoshihiko Moro-oka, pp 987 DOI:10.1039/a807816e

Dinuclear zinc(II) complex of a new acyclic phenol-based dinucleating ligand with four methoxyethyl chelating arms: first dizinc model with aminopeptidase function Hiroshi Sakiyama, Rieko Mochizuki, Akihiko Sugawara, Masatomi Sakamoto, Yuzo Nishida and Mikio Yamasaki, pp 997 DOI:10.1039/a808055k

Crystal structures and Mössbauer spectra of mixed-valence dinuclear iron(II,III) complexes: detrapped valence states Teruaki Manago, Shinya Hayami, Hiroki Oshio, Susumu Osaki, Hiroki Hasuyama, Rolf H. Herber and Yonezo Maeda, pp 1001 DOI:10.1039/a808069k

Platinum(II) and palladium(II) complexes of N-benzoyl-N-propylthiourea (H2L): synthesis and geometric isomer distribution of [M(H2L-S)2X2] (M = PtII or PdII; X = Cl-, Br- or I-); crystal structure of trans-[Pd(H2L-S)2Br2] Klaus R. Koch, Yali Wang and Anita Coetzee, pp 1013 DOI:10.1039/a809543d

Structures and photoluminescence of dinuclear platinum(II) and palladium(II) complexes with bridging thiolates and 2,2-bipyridine or 2,26,2-terpyridine ligands Biing-Chiau Tzeng, Wen-Fu Fu, Chi-Ming Che, Hsiu-Yi Chao, Kung-Kai Cheung and Shie-Ming Peng, pp 1017 DOI:10.1039/a809287g

Issue 7

Insertion chemistry into metal-carbon bonds Akio Yamamoto, pp 1027 DOI:10.1039/a808297i

Structural and complexation properties of diselenacrown ethers. Synthesis and crystal structure of a novel cationic palladium tetraselena complex C. Bornet, R. Amardeil, P. Meunier and J. C. Daran, pp 1039 DOI:10.1039/a900545e

The synthesis and structure of a neutral tetranuclear zinc(II) complex [Zn4(L)4] [LH2 = N,N-bis(2-mercaptoethyl)benzylamine] Douglas J. E. Spencer, Alexander J. Blake, Simon Parsons and Martin Schröder, pp 1041 DOI:10.1039/a901251f

A leaving group strategy for the selective functionalisation of an imido Sn(II) cubane Belén Galán, Marta E. G. Mosquera, Julie S. Palmer, Paul R. Raithby and Dominic S. Wright, pp 1043 DOI:10.1039/a901478k

The template synthesis of triaryl functionalised 1,5,9-triphosphacyclododecane on molybdenum using organocopper reagents David J. Jones, Peter G. Edwards, Robert P. Tooze and Thomas Albers, pp 1045 DOI:10.1039/a900509i

A metal-organic molecular box obtained from self-assembling around uranyl ions Pierre Thuéry, Martine Nierlich, Bruce W. Baldwin, Nobuko Komatsuzaki and Takuji Hirose, pp 1047 DOI:10.1039/a900845d

Synthesis of heterobinuclear metallocenes containing bridging ansa-bis--cyclopentadienyl ligands Malcolm L. H. Green and Neil H. Popham, pp 1049 DOI:10.1039/a809944h

Adducts of the Lewis acid [B(C6F5)3] with transition metal oxo compounds Georgina Barrado, Linda Doerrer, Malcolm L. H. Green and Michael A. Leech, pp 1061 DOI:10.1039/a809519a

Novel Cu-Se clusters with Se-layer structures: [Cu32Se7(SenBu)18(PiPr3)6], [Cu50Se20(SetBu)10(PiPr3)10], [Cu73Se35(SePh)3(PiPr3)21], [Cu140Se70(PEt3)34] and [Cu140Se70(PEt3)36] Nianyong Zhu and Dieter Fenske, pp 1067 DOI:10.1039/a900021f

Synthesis, spectroscopic and structural studies on transition metal carbonyl complexes of cyclic di- and tetra-selenoether ligands Maxwell K. Davies, Marcus C. Durrant, William Levason, Gillian Reid and Raymond L. Richards, pp 1077 DOI:10.1039/a809853k

Mixed aza-thia crowns containing the 1,10-phenanthroline sub-unit. Substitution reactions in [NiL(MeCN)][BF4]2 {L = 2,5,8-trithia[9](2,9)-1,10-phenanthrolinophane} Alexander J. Blake, Jaume Casabò, Francesco A. Devillanova, Lluis Escriche, Alessandra Garau, Francesco Isaia, Vito Lippolis, Raikko Kivekas, Vincens Muns, Martin Schröder, Reijo Sillanpää and Gaetano Verani, pp 1085 DOI:10.1039/a808062c

Kinetic studies on the reactions of macrocyclic complexes: formation of mono- and bi-nuclear copper(II) complexes with a binucleating hexaaza macrocycle in slightly acidic solutions Manuel G. Basallote, Joaquín Durán, M. Jesús Fernández-Trujillo, M. Angeles Máñez and Bruno Szpoganicz, pp 1093 DOI:10.1039/a809482i

A new functionalized hexaazamacrocycle. Effect of pyridine pendants on cation and anion binding Carla Bazzicalupi, Andrea Bencini, Antonio Bianchi, Valentina Fedi, Vieri Fusi, Claudia Giorgi, Piero Paoletti, Lorenzo Tei and Barbara Valtancoli, pp 1101 DOI:10.1039/a807729k

Oxidative addition of chlorinated solvents (e.g. CH2Cl2 and CHCl3) with rhodium(I) complexes; crystal structure of mer-[Rh(py)3(CH2Cl)Cl2] Kerry J. Bradd, Brian T. Heaton, Chacko Jacob, Jeyagowry T. Sampanthar and Alexander Steiner, pp 1109 DOI:10.1039/a809652j

Comments on the catalytic alkoxycarbonylation of alkynes Athanasia Dervisi, Peter G. Edwards, Paul D. Newman, Robert P. Tooze, Simon J. Coles and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 1113 DOI:10.1039/a809624d

2N(imidazole), S(thioether) Macrochelation of [Pt(en)]2+ (en = H2NCH2CH2NH2) by terminal histidine and methionine side-chains in tri-, tetra- and penta-peptides Dirk Wolters and William S. Sheldrick, pp 1121 DOI:10.1039/a809044k

Synthesis and properties of cobalt(III) complexes of tripodal ligands containing amide functional groups Patricia M. Angus, Anthony J. Elliott, Alan M. Sargeson and Anthony C. Willis, pp 1131 DOI:10.1039/a809316d

Structural study of the trigonal Bi2.34U0.33La0.33O5 oxide ion conductor: Rietveld refinement of X-ray and neutron powder diffraction data Jose Manuel Amarilla, Jose Antonio Alonso and Rosa M. Rojas, pp 1137 DOI:10.1039/a806343e

Novel thermal rearrangement reactions: rearrangement stereospecificity of complex [Fe2(CO)2(µ-CO)2(µ-t-BuC5H3Me2GeGeMe2C5H3Bu-t)] Wenhua Xie, Baiquan Wang, Xuliang Dai, Shansheng Xu and Xiuzhong Zhou, pp 1143 DOI:10.1039/a900027e

Synthesis and crystal structure of ULM-6, a new open-framework fluorinated aluminium phosphate with encapsulated 1,3-diaminopropane: [N2C3H12]2+[Al4(PO4)4F2(H2O)]2- Nathalie Simon, Thierry Loiseau and Gérard Férey, pp 1147 DOI:10.1039/a807731b

Two different types of 2-thienyl bridge in dinuclear manganese and rhenium compounds Antony J. Deeming, Mukesh K. Shinhmar, Alejandro J. Arce and Ysaura De Sanctis, pp 1153 DOI:10.1039/a809845j

Structural studies of complexes of vanadium(III) and titanium(IV) with N,N-dimethylaminomethylferrocenyl Peter B. Hitchcock, David L. Hughes, G. Jeffery Leigh, J. Roger Sanders and Jaísa S. de Souza, pp 1161 DOI:10.1039/a808750d

The reaction of dithiadiphosphetane disulfides with dienes, alkenes and thioaldehydes Mark R. St. John Foreman, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and J. Derek Woollins, pp 1175 DOI:10.1039/a808918c

Issue 8

The rational design of high symmetry coordination clusters Dana L. Caulder and Kenneth N. Raymond, pp 1185 DOI:10.1039/a808370c

Solvent extraction of strontium nitrate by a crown ether using room-temperature ionic liquids Sheng Dai, Y. H. Ju and C. E. Barnes, pp 1201 DOI:10.1039/a809672d

Heterogeneous photocatalysis for synthetic purposes: oxygenation of cyclohexane with H3PW12O40 and (nBu4N)4W10O32 supported on silica Alessandra Molinari, Rossanno Amadelli, Leonardo Andreotti and Andrea Maldotti, pp 1203 DOI:10.1039/a901051c

On the mechanism of carboxylate ligand scrambling at Mo24+ centers: evidence for a catalyzed mechanism Malcolm H. Chisholm and Ann M. Macintosh, pp 1205 DOI:10.1039/a900388f

Reduction of the anti-cancer drug analogue cis,trans,cis-[PtCl2(OCOCH3)2(NH3)2] by L-cysteine and L-methionine and its crystal structure Lie Chen, Peng Foo Lee, John D. Ranford, Jagadese J. Vittal and Siew Ying Wong, pp 1209 DOI:10.1039/a900441f

The mechanism of displacement of dihydrogen and dinitrogen from iron, ruthenium and osmium hydrides and implications for models of nitrogenase action Caroline A. Helleren, Richard A. Henderson and G. Jeffery Leigh, pp 1213 DOI:10.1039/a810001b

The effect of counter cations on second-order asymmetric transformations in fac-- and -tris(R-cysteinato-N,S)cobaltate(III) complexes and the kinetics of mutarotation Masakazu Kita and Kazuaki Yamanari, pp 1221 DOI:10.1039/a808097f

Interaction of zinc(II) with the cyclic octapeptides, cyclo[Ile(Oxn)-D-Val(Thz)]2 and ascidiacyclamide, a cyclic peptide from Lissoclinum patella Lisbeth Grøndahl, Nikolai Sokolenko, Giovanni Abbenante, David P. Fairlie, Graeme R. Hanson and Lawrence R. Gahan, pp 1227 DOI:10.1039/a808836e

Tetrahedral d0 and d10 transition metal ions sharing edges in the solid state: electronic structure and bonding Pere Alemany, Jaime Llanos and Santiago Alvarez, pp 1235 DOI:10.1039/a809369e

Relative basicities of the oxygen atoms of the Linquist polyoxometalate [Mo6O19]2- and their recognition by hydroxyl groups in radical cation salts based on functionalized tetrathiafulvalene donors Anne Dolbecq, Aude Guirauden, Marc Fourmigué, Kamal Boubekeur, Patrick Batail, Marie-Madeleine Rohmer, Marc Bénard, Claude Coulon, Marc Sallé and Philippe Blanchard, pp 1241 DOI:10.1039/a809442j

Synthesis and characterization of a new class of chelating bis(amidinate) ligands Glenn D. Whitener, John R. Hagadorn and John Arnold, pp 1249 DOI:10.1039/a809211g

Synthesis and structures of some silylallyl-lithium or -potassium complexes Peter B. Hitchcock, Michael F. Lappert, Wing-Por Leung, Dian-Sheng Liu, Thomas C. W. Mak and Zhong-Xia Wang, pp 1257 DOI:10.1039/a806870d

Reactions of silylallyl-lithium or -potassium compounds with ButCN; synthesis and structures of [M{N(SiMe2R)C(But)(CH)3SiMe2But}] [M = Li(tmen), R = Me; or M = K, R = But], [Li{N(SiMe3)C(But)>>CCHC(SiMe3)(CH2)2C>>H2}(tmen)] and [{Li[NC(But)>>CHCHC(SiMe3)(CH2)2C>>H2]}4] (tmen = Me2NCH2CH2NMe2) Peter B. Hitchcock, Michael F. Lappert, Wing-Por Leung, Dian-Sheng Liu, Thomas C. W. Mak and Zhong-Xia Wang, pp 1263 DOI:10.1039/a806873i

Synthesis and structural characterisation of Group I and II metal complexes involving the ligand tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine Alan Hazell, John McGinley and Hans Toftlund, pp 1271 DOI:10.1039/a900359b

Synthesis and coordination chemistry of a 14-membered macrocyclic ligand containing one phosphorus, two sulfur and one ambidentate sulfoxide donor sets Pak-Hing Leung, Anming Liu, K. F. Mok, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 1277 DOI:10.1039/a900264b

Reactions of Ru5(µ5-C2)(µ-SMe)2(µ-PPh2)2(CO)11 with disubstituted alkynes C2R2 (R = Me, Ph) Chris J. Adams, Michael I. Bruce, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 1283 DOI:10.1039/a809563i

Infrared spectra of HCl adsorbed on high-area alkali-metal halides: dependence of the effective surface ionicities on the ionic radius ratio Arvid H. Hardin and Norman Sheppard, pp 1289 DOI:10.1039/a900726a

Rhenium-(III) and -(V) hydride complexes with modified poly(pyrazolyl)borates António Paulo, José Ascenso, Ângela Domingos, Adelino Galvão and Isabel Santos, pp 1293 DOI:10.1039/a901410a

Hydroxy carboxylate substituted oxozirconium clusters Guido Kickelbick and Ulrich Schubert, pp 1301 DOI:10.1039/a807939k

Electronic, Raman and resonance Raman spectroscopy of [NBu4][RuBr4(MeCN)2] Ian M. Bell, Robin J. H. Clark and David G. Humphrey, pp 1307 DOI:10.1039/a900267g

Equilibria and dynamics in binary and ternary uranyl oxalate and acetate/fluoride complexes Wenche Aas, Zoltán Szabó and Ingmar Grenthe, pp 1311 DOI:10.1039/a808416e

Reaction of GeCl4 with some phosphorus and arsenic donor ligands; crystal structures of the germanium(II) complex [Bun3PCl][GeCl3] and the germanium(IV) complex GeCl4(AsMe3)2, the first reported example of a tertiary arsine complex of GeIV Stephen M. Godfrey, Imran Mushtaq and Robin G. Pritchard, pp 1319 DOI:10.1039/a809541h

Synthesis, electrochemistry and photophysics of rigid norbornylogous-bridged complexes of ruthenium and osmium Peter T. Gulyas, Trevor A. Smith and Michael N. Paddon-Row, pp 1325 DOI:10.1039/a809015g

NMR and structural studies of gold(I) chloride adducts with bidentate 2-, 3- and 4-pyridyl phosphines Susan J. Berners-Price, Richard J. Bowen, Trevor W. Hambley and Peter C. Healy, pp 1337 DOI:10.1039/a809285k

Redox regulation in ruthenium complexes containing -diketonate ligands and 2,6-bis(N-pyrazolyl)pyridine and its methyl-substituted derivatives Spencer J. Slattery, William D. Bare, Donald L. Jameson and Kenneth A. Goldsby, pp 1347 DOI:10.1039/a805088k

Issue 9

A mechanistic and structural model for the formation and reactivity of a MnVO species in photosynthetic water oxidation Julian Limburg, Veronika A. Szalai and Gary W. Brudvig, pp 1353 DOI:10.1039/a807583b

High-nuclearity cobaltadendrimers Edwin C. Constable, Oliver Eich and Catherine E. Housecroft, pp 1363 DOI:10.1039/a902093d

[Me2Si] Ansa bridged complexes of permethyltitanocene: synthesis and structural characterization of fulvene derivatives with trialkylidenemethane character Hyosun Lee, Jeffrey B. Bonanno, Tony Hascall, Joseph Cordaro, Juliet M. Hahn and Gerard Parkin, pp 1365 DOI:10.1039/a900173e

The first evidence for activation of exogenous O2 on a vanadium(IV) center: synthesis and characterization of a peroxo vanadium(V) complex with hydrotris(3,5-diisopropylpyrazol-1-yl)borate Masahiro Kosugi, Shiro Hikichi, Munetaka Akita and Yoshihiko Moro-oka, pp 1369 DOI:10.1039/a901054h

A singly stranded, helical di-ruthenium(II) complex of a novel 6,6-ethynyl-linked bis(terpyridine) ligand. Distortion of the ethyne linkage and inversion of helicity Charles M. Chamchoumis and Pierre G. Potvin, pp 1373 DOI:10.1039/a901696a

Unprecedented pseudo-trigonal-bipyramidal intermediate-spin iron(III) complex: synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of [Fe(4,4-bipy)2(NCS)3]·(CH3)2CO Nicolás Moliner, José Antonio Real, M. Carmen Muñoz, Ramón Martínez-Mañez and Juan Modesto Clemente Juan, pp 1375 DOI:10.1039/a809406c

A [RuII(bipy)3]-[1,9-diamino-3,7-diazanonane-4,6-dione] two-component system, as an efficient ON-OFF luminescent chemosensor for Ni2+ and Cu2+ in water, based on an ET (energy transfer) mechanism Fabrizio Bolletta, Ilaria Costa, Luigi Fabbrizzi, Maurizio Licchelli, Marco Montalti, Piersandro Pallavicini, Luca Prodi and Nelsi Zaccheroni, pp 1381 DOI:10.1039/a808476i

Compounds in which the Mo24+ unit is embraced by one, two or three formamidinate ligands together with acetonitrile ligands Malcolm H. Chisholm, F. Albert Cotton, Lee M. Daniels, Kirsten Folting, John C. Huffman, Suri S. Iyer, Chun Lin, Ann M. Macintosh and Carlos A. Murillo, pp 1387 DOI:10.1039/a900389d

Periodic trends in metal-metal bonding in cubane clusters, (C5H5)4M4E4 [M = Cr, Mo, E = O, S] John E. McGrady, pp 1393 DOI:10.1039/a900660e

Structural analysis and magnetic properties of the 1-D compounds [M(NCS)2bpa2] [M = Fe, Co, Ni and bpa = 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane] Margarita L. Hernández, M. Gotzone Barandika, M. Karmele Urtiaga, Roberto Cortés, Luis Lezama, M. Isabel Arriortua and Teófilo Rojo, pp 1401 DOI:10.1039/a900096h

New bis(phosphines) derived from N,N '-substituted ethylenediamine derivatives. Synthesis and transition metal chemistry of X2PN(R)CH2CH2(R)NPX2 (R = CH2Ph or Ph, X = Ph; R = CH2Ph, X2 = O2C6H4). The crystal and molecular structure of Ph2PN(CH2Ph)CH2CH2(CH2Ph)NPPh2 and cis-[{PtCl2Ph2PN(CH2Ph)CH2CH2(CH2Ph)NPPh2}] Maravanji S. Balakrishna, Rita M. Abhyankar and Joel T. Mague, pp 1407 DOI:10.1039/a809488h

Synthesis and characterization of monodeoxynucleotide tethered platinum-(II) and -(IV) complexes Sumei Ren, Lisheng Cai and Brent M. Segal, pp 1413 DOI:10.1039/a808705i

Mono- and bi-nuclear ruthenium(II) complexes containing a new asymmetric ligand 3-(pyrazin-2-yl)-as-triazino[5,6-f ]1,10-phenanthroline: synthesis, characterization and DNA-binding properties Xiao-Hua Zou, Bao-Hui Ye, Hong Li, Jin-Gang Liu, Ya Xiong and Liang-Nian Ji, pp 1423 DOI:10.1039/a900064j

Structure and dynamics in metal phosphine complexes using advanced NMR studies with para-hydrogen induced polarisation Barbara A. Messerle, Christopher J. Sleigh, Martin G. Partridge and Simon B. Duckett, pp 1429 DOI:10.1039/a809948k

A series of new fluororhodium(I) complexes Juan Gil-Rubio, Birgit Weberndörfer and Helmut Werner, pp 1437 DOI:10.1039/a900440h

Reactions of Ru3(CO)10(NCMe)2 with ethyne: molecular structures of some prototypical cluster complexes Michael I. Bruce, Brian W. Skelton, Allan H. White and Natasha N. Zaitseva, pp 1445 DOI:10.1039/a809535c

Spectroscopic and electronic properties of 1-azaallylmetal(I) (M = Cu or Au) complexes; molecular structure of [{Au[µ-N(R)C(Ph)CR2]}2] (R = SiMe3) Peter B. Hitchcock, Michael F. Lappert, Marcus Layh and Axel Klein, pp 1455 DOI:10.1039/a900299e

Synthesis and structural characterisation of the isotypic complexes MIIL2(py)2·2H2O (M = Cu, Zn); the interplay of lattice imposed ligand disposition and Jahn-Teller distortions [HL = 5-(4-methoxyphenyl)pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid] Jonathan D. Crane, O. Danny Fox and Ekkehard Sinn, pp 1461 DOI:10.1039/a809046g

Crystal structure and luminescence of Na[Eu(DCTA)·H2O]·4H2O (DCTA = trans-cyclohexane-1,2-diyldinitrilotetraacetate) Jun-Gill Kang, Soo-Kyung Yoon, Youngku Sohn, Jong-Goo Kim, Youn-Doo Kim and Il-Hwan Suh, pp 1467 DOI:10.1039/a807775d

Solution and solid state structures of binuclear zinc(II) complexes of bis(pentadentate) ligands derived from bis(1,4,7-triazacyclononane) macrocycles Suzanne J. Brudenell, Leone Spiccia, David C. R. Hockless and Edward R. T. Tiekink, pp 1475 DOI:10.1039/a809946d

Chromium complexes of hydroxyl-functionalised 1,3,5-triazacyclohexanes Murray V. Baker, David H. Brown, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 1483 DOI:10.1039/a900122k

Syntheses of highly functionalized cube-octameric polyhedral oligosilsesquioxanes (R8Si8O12) Frank J. Feher, Kevin D. Wyndham, Daravong Soulivong and Frank Nguyen, pp 1491 DOI:10.1039/a807302c

A trinuclear ruthenium(II) complex with rare S,O-bridging sulfoxide ligands S. Francesca Lessing, Simon Lotz, H. Marita Roos and Petrus H. van Rooyen, pp 1499 DOI:10.1039/a901393h

Oxidation of benzenediols by hexabromoiridate(IV): kinetics at ambient and elevated pressures Cornelia Ciosto, Hari C. Bajaj, Rudi van Eldik and Colin D. Hubbard, pp 1503 DOI:10.1039/a809864f

Selective dioxygenation of cyclohexane catalysed by hydrogen peroxide and dinuclear iron(III) complexes with µ-alkoxo bridges Satoshi Nishino, Hiroyuki Hosomi, Shigeru Ohba, Hideaki Matsushima, Tadashi Tokii and Yuzo Nishida, pp 1509 DOI:10.1039/a809725i

Ring opening of bicyclic tertiary amines with cyclic chlorocarbaphosphazenes: reactions of (ClCN)2(Cl2PN) with 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane and quinuclidine N. Dastagiri Reddy, Anil J. Elias and Ashwani Vij, pp 1515 DOI:10.1039/a809788g

Issue 10

The bite angle makes the difference: a practical ligand parameter for diphosphine ligands Peter Dierkes and Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen, pp 1519 DOI:10.1039/a807799a

Synthesis and characterization of K3Cu11Te16 from supercritical ethylenediamine Mehtap Emirdag, George L. Schimek and Joseph W. Kolis, pp 1531 DOI:10.1039/a902530h

A new thallium-thiolate coordination environment as found in the polymer [{Tl7(Sthff)6}n][PF6]n (HSthff = tetrahydrofurfurylthiol) J. Elaine Barclay, David J. Evans, Sian C. Davies, David L. Hughes and Piotr Sobota, pp 1533 DOI:10.1039/a902193k

A novel polymeric copper(I) complex with an unusual azide bridge. Synthesis and crystal structure of [Cu(pyza)(µ-1,1,3-N3)] (pyza = pyrazinecarboxamide) Mohamed A. S. Goher and Franz A. Mautner, pp 1535 DOI:10.1039/a901425j

Syntheses and single-crystal structures of novel soluble phosphonato- and phosphinato-bridged titanium oxo alkoxides Gilles Guerrero, Michael Mehring, P. Hubert Mutin, Françoise Dahan and André Vioux, pp 1537 DOI:10.1039/a902407g

A new route to (N)n-donor functionalised phosphines; novel homo- and hetero-nuclear complexes of a phosphino-substituted triazacyclononane ligand Scott E. Watkins, Xinhao Yang, Donald C. Craig and Stephen B. Colbran, pp 1539 DOI:10.1039/a901885i

Compounds containing 3,2-SbC bonds: synthesis and structural characterisation of the first stiba-enol, Mes*C(O)SbC(OH)Mes* (Mes* = C6H2But3-2,4,6) and a 2,3-distibabutadiene, {Mes(Me3SiO)CSb}2 (Mes = C6H2Me3-2,4,6) Cameron Jones, Jonathan W. Steed and Ryan C. Thomas, pp 1541 DOI:10.1039/a902791b

Synthesis and electrochemistry of platinum complexes of hydroquinon-2-ylmethyl- and p-benzoquinon-2-ylmethyl-diphenylphosphine Seri Bima Sembiring, Stephen B. Colbran and Donald C. Craig, pp 1543 DOI:10.1039/a900610i

New co-ordination compounds derived from barium(II) and the anionic 4-tert-butylacetyl-3-methyl-1-phenylpyrazol-5-onate ligand (Q-). Crystal and molecular structure of [Ba2Q4(H2O)4], [Ba2Q4(Him)4], [BaQ2(tetraglyme)] (tetraglyme = 2,5,8,11,14-pentaoxapentadecane) and [BaQ2(phen)2] Claudio Pettinari, Fabio Marchetti, Augusto Cingolani, Dante Leonesi, Sergei Troyanov and Andrei Drozdov, pp 1555 DOI:10.1039/a900463g

Effects of metal co-ordination geometry on self-assembly: a monomeric complex with trigonal prismatic metal co-ordination vs. tetrameric complexes with octahedral metal co-ordination Rowena L. Paul, Angelo J. Amoroso, Peter L. Jones, Samantha M. Couchman, Zoe R. Reeves, Leigh H. Rees, John C. Jeffery, Jon A. McCleverty and Michael D. Ward, pp 1563 DOI:10.1039/a900805e

Syntheses and crystal structures of iron co-ordination polymers with 4,4-bipyridine (4,4-bpy) and 4,4-azopyridine (azpy). Two-dimensional networks supported by hydrogen bonding, {[Fe(azpy)(NCS)2(MeOH)2]·azpy}n and {[Fe(4,4-bpy)(NCS)2(H2O)2]·4,4-bpy}n Shin-ichiro Noro, Mitsuru Kondo, Tomohiko Ishii, Susumu Kitagawa and Hiroyuki Matsuzaka, pp 1569 DOI:10.1039/a809523j

Chirality in mononuclear square planar complexes Marina Cingi Biagini, Maura Ferrari, Maurizio Lanfranchi, Luciano Marchiò and Maria Angela Pellinghelli, pp 1575 DOI:10.1039/a808940j

Blue luminescent zinc(II) complexes with polypyridylamine ligands: crystal structures and luminescence properties Kin-Ying Ho, Wing-Yiu Yu, Kung-Kai Cheung and Chi-Ming Che, pp 1581 DOI:10.1039/a900504h

Potentiometric and spectroscopic evidence for co-ordination of dimethyltin(IV) to phosphate groups of DNA fragments and related ligands Attila Jancsó, László Nagy, Erlend Moldrheim and Einar Sletten, pp 1587 DOI:10.1039/a901322i

Synthesis and electrochemistry of cobalt -halogenated meso-tetraphenylporphyrins containing a nitrosyl axial ligand. Crystal structure of (TPPBr4NO2)Co(NO) Karl M. Kadish, Zhongping Ou, Xiaoyu Tan, Tristano Boschi, Donato Monti, Vincenzo Fares and Pietro Tagliatesta, pp 1595 DOI:10.1039/a809719d

A fully automated pH-NMR titration set-up for protonation studies Martina Peters, Liselotte Siegfried and Thomas A. Kaden, pp 1603 DOI:10.1039/a900841a

Synthesis and structural characterisation of the mixed metal clusters [Rh2Pt3(µ-CO)5(CO)4(PPh3)3] and [Rh2Pt2(µ-CO)3(CO)4(PPh3)3]; crystal structure of [Rh2Pt3(µ-CO)5(CO)4(PPh3)3] Fiodor M. Dolgushin, Elena V. Grachova, Brian T. Heaton, Jonathan A. Iggo, Igor O. Koshevoy, Ivan S. Podkorytov, Daniel J. Smawfield, Sergey P. Tunik, Robin Whyman and Aleksandr I. Yanovskii, pp 1609 DOI:10.1039/a809118h

Phosphine, arsine and stibine complexes of manganese(I) carbonyl halides: synthesis, multinuclear NMR spectroscopic studies, redox properties and crystal structures Simon J. A. Pope and Gillian Reid, pp 1615 DOI:10.1039/a900875f

Synthesis, crystal structure and properties of [Cu2(O2CC6H4Me-p)3(Me2NCH2CH2NMe2)2]PF6: an unprecedented [Cu2(µ-O2CR)4] into [Cu2(µ-O2CR)3]+ core conversion Kannappan Geetha and Akhil R. Chakravarty, pp 1623 DOI:10.1039/a900414i

Binuclear doubly cyclometallated platinum-(II) and -(IV) compounds Margarita Crespo, Carlos Grande and Axel Klein, pp 1629 DOI:10.1039/a901028i

Complexation and removal of trace boron from aqueous solution by an anion exchange resin loaded with chromotropic acid (disodium 2,7-dihydroxynaphthalene-4,5-disulfonate) Toshishige M. Suzuki, D. A. Pacheco Tanaka, Toshiro Yokoyama, Yoshinobu Miyazaki and Kazuhisa Yoshimura, pp 1639 DOI:10.1039/a900618d

(Phosphine)gold(I) trifluoromethanesulfonates, trifluoroacetates and trichlorothioacetates Max Preisenberger, Annette Schier and Hubert Schmidbaur, pp 1645 DOI:10.1039/a809714c

First 12-tungstovanadate Keggin compound: synthesis and crystal structure of [Me4N]7[VW12O40]·15H2O M. Ishaque Khan, Sabri Cevik and Randy Hayashi, pp 1651 DOI:10.1039/a808760a

Syntheses of new P-N ligands containing an imidazolyl group and their co-ordination behaviors toward nickel(II), cobalt-(II) and -(III) M. Abdul Jalil, Shuhei Fujinami, Hitoshi Senda and Hiroaki Nishikawa, pp 1655 DOI:10.1039/a900450e

Reaction of B(C6F5)3 with zirconium and hafnium benzyl diene complexes. The crystal and molecular structures of CpZr(C6F5){4-CH2CMeCHCHB(C6F5)2} and [CpHf(2,3-Me2C4H4)(OEt2)][PhCH2B(C6F5)3] [Cp = 1,3-(SiMe3)2C5H3] Gerardo Jiménez Pindado, Mark Thornton-Pett, Michael B. Hursthouse, Simon J. Coles and M. Bochmann, pp 1663 DOI:10.1039/a901347d

Theoretical study of the exchange coupling in copper(II) binuclear compounds with oxamidate and related polyatomic bridging ligands Joan Cano, Eliseo Ruiz, Pere Alemany, Francesc Lloret and Santiago Alvarez, pp 1669 DOI:10.1039/a809898k

Bis(phosphine)bis(tellurocarboxylato)-palladium(II) and -platinum(II) complexes: synthesis and crystal structure Shinzi Kato, Osamu Niyomura, Yasuyuki Kawahara and Takahiro Kanda, pp 1677 DOI:10.1039/a810015b

Phosphine exchange reactions involving cis-[Pt(PPh3)2(Bcat)2] (cat = 1,2-O2C6H4) and the oxidative addition of 1,2-B2Cl2(NMe2)2 to Pt0 David Curtis, M. J. Gerald Lesley, Nicholas C. Norman, A. Guy Orpen and Jonathan Starbuck, pp 1687 DOI:10.1039/a810006c

Syntheses, characterization and crystal structures of 5,14-dihydro-6,8,15,17-tetramethyldibenzo[b,i][1,4,8,11]tetraazacyclotetradecine rare earth(III) complexes Zenglin Wang, Ninghai Hu, Kazunori Sakata and Mamoru Hashimoto, pp 1695 DOI:10.1039/a900100j

Issue 11

The heterogenization of homogeneous metallocene catalysts for olefin polymerization Helmut G. Alt, pp 1703 DOI:10.1039/a808812h

The first structurally characterized 3,4-bipyridine copper(I) coordination polymer with an approximately rectangular molecular box Hoong-Kun Fun, S. Shanmuga Sundara Raj, Ren-Gen Xiong, Jing-Lin Zuo, Zhi Yu, Xiao-Lei Zhu and Xiao-Zeng You, pp 1711 DOI:10.1039/a902054c

Easy ring expansion and contraction in Pt-Sn bonded metallacycles Michael C. Janzen, Hilary A. Jenkins, Michael C. Jennings, Louis M. Rendina and Richard J. Puddephatt, pp 1713 DOI:10.1039/a902991e

Co-ordination chemistry of the [Re(NO)2(PR3)2]+ fragment: crystallographic and computational studies Heiko Jacobsen, Katja Heinze, Angela Llamazares, Helmut W. Schmalle, Georg Artus and Heinz Berke, pp 1717 DOI:10.1039/a901384i

1,1,1,2,2-Pentaiododiphosphanium cations, P2I5+EI4- (E = Al, Ga or In): synthesis and characterisation by 31P MAS NMR, IR and Raman spectroscopy Christoph Aubauer, Günter Engelhardt, Thomas M. Klapötke and Axel Schulz, pp 1729 DOI:10.1039/a901133a

Structure, spectroscopy and electrochemistry of the bis(2,2-bipyridine)(salicylato)ruthenium(II) complex Vera R. L. Constantino, Henrique E. Toma, Luiz F. C. de Oliveira, Francisca N. Rein, Reginaldo C. Rocha and Denise de Oliveira Silva, pp 1735 DOI:10.1039/a902219h

Redox reactions of the boron subhalide clusters BnCln0/-/2- (n = 8 or 9) investigated by electrochemical and spectroscopic methods Bernd Speiser, Carsten Tittel, Wolfgang Einholz and Ronald Schäfer, pp 1741 DOI:10.1039/a809134j

Syntheses, structures and electrochemistry of copper(II) salicylaldehyde/tris(3-phenylpyrazolyl)borate complexes as models for the radical copper oxidases Malcolm A. Halcrow, Li Mei LindyChia, Xiaoming Liu, Eric J. L. McInnes, Lesley J. Yellowlees, Frank E. Mabbs, Ian J. Scowen, Mary McPartlin and John E. Davies, pp 1753 DOI:10.1039/a900741e

Proton NMR, luminescence and electrochemical study of 18-membered Schiff-base macrocyclic lanthanum(III) complexes Carlos Platas, Fernando Avecilla, Andrés de Blas, Teresa Rodríguez-Blas and Jean-Claude G. Bünzli, pp 1763 DOI:10.1039/a901540j

Synthesis of lanthanide(III) complexes of 20-membered octaaza and hexaaza Schiff-base macrocycles Shaji James, Dass Suresh Kumar and Vedhamonickom Alexander, pp 1773 DOI:10.1039/a900609e

1,4,8,11-Tetrakis(4-ferrocenyl-3-azabutyl)-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane as a ferrocene-functionalised polyammonium receptor for electrochemical anion sensing José M. Lloris, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Miguel E. Padilla-Tosta, Teresa Pardo, Juan Soto, Enrique García-España, Jose Antonio Ramírez, Maria I. Burguete, Santiago V. Luis and Ekkehard Sinn, pp 1779 DOI:10.1039/a809344j

(Ferrocenylmethyl)phosphine, an air-stable primary phosphine Nicholas J. Goodwin, William Henderson, Brian K. Nicholson, John Fawcett and David R. Russell, pp 1785 DOI:10.1039/a901036j

Tail-to-tail carbon-carbon bond coupling of acetylides on chalcogen-bridged Fe/W mixed-metal clusters Pradeep Mathur, Moawia O. Ahmed, Aswini K. Dash and Mrinalini G. Walawalkar, pp 1795 DOI:10.1039/a900828d

Self-assembly of novel co-ordination polymers containing polycatenated molecular ladders and intertwined two-dimensional tilings Lucia Carlucci, Gianfranco Ciani and Davide M. Proserpio, pp 1799 DOI:10.1039/a903107c

Chains, planes, and tunnels of metal diphosphonates: synthesis, structure, and characterization of Na3Co(O3PCH2PO3)(OH), Na3Mg(O3PCH2PO3)F·H2O, Na2Co(O3PCH2PO3)·H2O, NaCo2(O3PCH2CH2CH2PO3)(OH), and Co2(O3PCH2PO3)(H2O) Anne Distler, Douglas L. Lohse and Slavi C. Sevov, pp 1805 DOI:10.1039/a809671f

Novel sheet-like manganese(II) networks. Synthesis and structure of [Mn(bpe)(NCS)2(CH3OH)2] and [Mn(bpe)(NCS)2(CH3OH)2]·bpe [bpe = trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethene] Giovanni De Munno, Donatella Armentano, Teresa Poerio, Miguel Julve and José Antonio Real, pp 1813 DOI:10.1039/a900569b

Pyridine-2-thione derivatives of silver(I) and mercury(II): crystal structures of dimeric [bis(diphenylphosphino)methane][(1-oxo-pyridine-2-thionato)silver(I), [2-(benzylsulfanyl)pyridine 1-oxide]dichloromercury(II) and phenyl(pyridine-2-thionato)mercury(II) Tarlok S. Lobana, Seema Paul and Alfonso Castineiras, pp 1819 DOI:10.1039/a900405j

Monomeric alkali metal complexes of a sterically demanding, donor-functionalised secondary phosphide ligand William Clegg, Simon Doherty, Keith Izod, Hartmut Kagerer, Paul OShaughnessy and Joanne M. Sheffield, pp 1825 DOI:10.1039/a900869a

Design, synthesis and crystal structure of a copper dimetallocyclophane complex exhibiting unique rotational isomerism Brian J. McNelis, Lawrence C. Nathan and Curtis J. Clark, pp 1831 DOI:10.1039/a807579d

Crystal structures, electronic properties and structural pathways of thirty [Cu(bipy)2X][Y] complexes, where X = Cl-, Br- or I- Cathal OSullivan, Gillian Murphy, Brian Murphy and Brian Hathaway, pp 1835 DOI:10.1039/a810020i

Complexes of copper(I) with aromatic compounds in aqueous solutions Magal Saphier, Ariela Burg, Shlomit Sheps, Haim Cohen and Dan Meyerstein, pp 1845 DOI:10.1039/a901834d

First synthesis and characterization of zinc(II) complexes containing N-glycosides derived from ethylenediamine and D-glucosamine Shigenobu Yano, Sahoko Inoue, Yukiko Yasuda, Tomoaki Tanase, Yuji Mikata, Toyoji Kakuchi, Taro Tsubomura, Mikio Yamasaki, Isamu Kinoshita and Matsumi Doe, pp 1851 DOI:10.1039/a901475f

Phosphonioalkynyl indenylruthenium(II) complexes [Ru{CCC(R)H(PR3)}(5-C9H7)(PPh3)2][PF6] (R = Ph, PR3 = PMe3; R = H, PR3 = PPh3): suitable precursors of highly unsaturated -alkynyl and vinylidene derivatives Victorio Cadierno, M. Pilar Gamasa and José Gimeno, pp 1857 DOI:10.1039/a901107b

A new synthetic route to ligands of the general composition R2PCH2ER2 (E = P, As) and some rhodium complexes derived thereof Justin Wolf, Matthias Manger, Ulrich Schmidt, Guido Fries, Dietmar Barth, Birgit Weberndörfer, David A. Vicic, William D. Jones and Helmut Werner, pp 1867 DOI:10.1039/a902139f

Binuclear complexes with ligands based on the 2,6-bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)benzene framework. Syntheses and crystal structures of [Ir2Cl2(µ-CO){2,6-(Ph2PCH2)2C6H3S}2]·2CH2Cl2, [Ni2{2,6-(Ph2PCH2)2C6H4S}2][PF6]2·Et2O·0.5CH2Cl2 and [Rh2Cl2(CO)2{1,3-(Ph2PCH2)2C6H4}2] Jonathan R. Dilworth, Yifan Zheng and D. Vaughan Griffiths, pp 1877 DOI:10.1039/a901291e

Tandem couplings of imines and other unsaturated organic compounds with a half-open titanocene Robert Tomaszewski, Atta M. Arif and Richard D. Ernst, pp 1883 DOI:10.1039/a901304k

A 2-triflate (OTf) intermediate in the solution dynamics of PtMe3(OTf)·TMEDA: the windscreen-wiper process revisited Ruth M. Gschwind and Sabine Schlecht, pp 1891 DOI:10.1039/a809811e

Issue 12

Electrochemical molecular recognition: pathways between complexation and signalling Paul D. Beer, Philip A. Gale and George Z. Chen, pp 1897 DOI:10.1039/a901462d

Control of intramolecular acetate-allenylidene coupling by spectator co-ligand -acidity Karsten J. Harlow, Anthony F. Hill and Thomas Welton, pp 1911 DOI:10.1039/a902021g

Selective oxidation of cyclohexane to cyclohexanol catalyzed by a µ-hydroxo diiron(II) complex and tert-butylhydroperoxide Jean-Marc Vincent, Stéphane Béarnais-Barbry, Céline Pierre and Jean-Baptiste Verlhac, pp 1913 DOI:10.1039/a902225b

A three-dimensional network coordination polymer, (terephthalato)(pyridine)cadmium, with blue fluorescent emission Hoong-Kun Fun, S. Shnamuga Sundara Raj, Ren-Gen Xiong, Jing-Lin Zuo, Zhi Yu and Xiao-Zeng You, pp 1915 DOI:10.1039/a902056j

Observation of triple-quantum effects in the HMQC spectra of substituted derivatives of Rh6(CO)16 Brian T. Heaton, Jonathan A Iggo, Ivan S. Podkorytov, Daniel J. Smawfield, Sergey P. Tunik and Robin Whyman, pp 1917 DOI:10.1039/a903513c

A metallated primary arsine; synthesis and structure of [PhAsHLi·2thf] Michael A. Beswick, Yvonne G. Lawson, Paul R. Raithby, Jody A. Wood and Dominic S. Wright, pp 1921 DOI:10.1039/a902590a

The first copper(I) complex containing a cyanato ligand. Synthesis and structural characterization of [Cu(pyz)(µ-NCO)]n (pyz = pyrazine) Mohamed A. S. Goher and Franz A. Mautner, pp 1923 DOI:10.1039/a903332g

A new class of macrocycle capable of binding exogenous metals: synthesis, structure, magnetic and electrochemical properties of a Cu(II) trinuclear complex based upon 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-2,3-dione [exoO2]cyclam Leroy Cronin, Andrew R. Mount, Simon Parsons and Neil Robertson, pp 1925 DOI:10.1039/a902792k

Phenyl tris(3-tert-butylpyrazolyl)borato complexes of lithium and thallium, [PhTpBut]M (M = Li, Tl): a novel structure for a monomeric tris(pyrazolyl)boratothallium complex and a study of its stereochemical nonrigidity by 1H and 205Tl NMR spectroscopy Jennifer L. Kisko, Tony Hascall, Clare Kimblin and Gerard Parkin, pp 1929 DOI:10.1039/a901875a

Technetium(V) and rhenium(V) complexes of biguanide derivatives. Crystal structures Andrea Marchi, Lorenza Marvelli, Michela Cattabriga, Roberto Rossi, Maria Neves, Valerio Bertolasi and Valeria Ferretti, pp 1937 DOI:10.1039/a900798i

Synthesis of platinum(II) complexes of thymidine and 1-methylthymine (1-MeThy); crystal structure of cis-[PtCl(1-MeThy)(PPh3)2] Lorenzo De Napoli, Rosa Iacovino, Anna Messere, Daniela Montesarchio, Gennaro Piccialli, Alessandra Romanelli, Francesco Ruffo and Michele Saviano, pp 1945 DOI:10.1039/a901459d

Synthesis and supramolecular architectures of tetrakis(triorganostannyltetrazoles), including the crystal structure of hydrated 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(triethylstannyltetrazolyl)benzene Sonali Bhandari, Mary F. Mahon and Kieran C. Molloy, pp 1951 DOI:10.1039/a901737b

Cycloplatinated ferrocenylamine-carboxylate and dithiocarbamate complexes: synthesis and aqueous properties Kim McGrouther, Debbrah K. Weston, Delwyn Fenby, Brian H. Robinson and Jim Simpson, pp 1957 DOI:10.1039/a901260e

Synthesis and crystal structure of the 16 e- cationic tungsten(IV) complex [WCp*(4,4-Me2bipy)Cl2]+BPh4- Christian Cremer and Peter Burger, pp 1967 DOI:10.1039/a902743b

Synthesis and some octahedral complexes of a chiral triaza macrocycle Simon W. Golding, Trevor W. Hambley, Geoffrey A. Lawrance, Stephan M. Luther, Marcel Maeder and Peter Turner, pp 1975 DOI:10.1039/a809125k

Synthesis and characterisation of 1-(diphenylphosphino)-1-(methylsulfanyl)ferrocene and a series of metal (CuI, AgI)-ferrocenylene complexes Nicholas J. Long, Jeff Martin, Giuliana Opromolla, Andrew J. P. White, David J. Williams and Piero Zanello, pp 1981 DOI:10.1039/a903539g

Synthesis and characterisation of some dimeric 2-diyne compounds of cobalt Xue-Nian Chen, Jie Zhang, Shu-Lin Wu, Yuan-Qi Yin, Wen-Ling Wang and Jie Sun, pp 1987 DOI:10.1039/a900706g

Syntheses and crystal structures of the dimer [{Zn(SPh)2(bpy)}2(µ-bpy)] and two forms of the zigzag co-ordination polymer [{Zn(SPh)2(µ-bpy)}n], (bpy = 4,4-bipyridyl) Jeyagowry T. Sampanthar and Jagadese J. Vittal, pp 1993 DOI:10.1039/a901416k

Synthesis, crystal structures and properties of copper(II) complexes of Schiff base derivatives containing imidazole and -alanine groups La-Sheng Long, Shi-Ping Yang, Ye-Xiang Tong, Zong-Wan Mao, Xiao-Ming Chen and Liang-Nian Ji, pp 1999 DOI:10.1039/a903154e

Synthesis and structures of carboxylate-bridged polynuclear copper(II)-lanthanide(III) complexes [CuLn(C5H5N+CH2CO2-)5(H2O)5][ClO4]5·2H2O (Ln = La or Nd) and [Cu3Nd2(C5H5N+CH2CO2-)10(NO3)2(H2O)8][ClO4]10·4H2O Yang-Yi Yang, Yu-Luan Wu, La-Sheng Long and Xiao-Ming Chen, pp 2005 DOI:10.1039/a900647h

Stable mononuclear rhodium(II) polypyridyl complexes: synthesis, spectroscopic and structural characterisation Parimal Paul, Beena Tyagi, Anvarhusen K. Bilakhiya, Mohan M. Bhadbhade and E. Suresh, pp 2009 DOI:10.1039/a900757a

Synthesis and structure of uranium(III) complexes with dihydrobis(pyrazolyl)borates Leonor Maria, Maria Paula Campello, Ângela Domingos, Isabel Santos and Richard Andersen, pp 2015 DOI:10.1039/a900744j

Disruption of the -perpendicular component of a 4-electron donor alkyne ligand in a high-valent complex of tungsten by introduction of an organoimido ligand Alastair J. Nielson and Clifton E. F. Rickard, pp 2021 DOI:10.1039/a809171d

Dinuclear silver(I) complexes of bibracchial tetraimine Schiff base macrocycles derived from pyrrole-2,5-dicarbaldehyde Harry Adams, Mark R. J. Elsegood, David E. Fenton, Sarah L. Heath and Sara J. Ryan, pp 2031 DOI:10.1039/a901992h

Photochemical reactions of [Re(5-C5R5)(CO)3] (R = H or Me) with partially fluorinated benzenes: C-H and C-F activation Fernando Godoy, Catherine L. Higgitt, A. Hugo Klahn, Beatriz Oelckers, Simon Parsons and Robin N. Perutz, pp 2039 DOI:10.1039/a902573a

Terpyridyl derivatives as bifunctional chelates: synthesis and crystal structures of 4-[2-(1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)ethylsulfanyl]-2,26,2-terpyridine and chloro(4-methylsulfanyl-2,26,2-terpyridine)gold(III) bis(trifluoromethanesulfonate) UmaShanker Sampath, William C. Putnam, Todd A. Osiek, Sofia Touami, Jin Xie, Daniel Cohen, Aldo Cagnolini, Patricia Droege, David Klug, Charles L. Barnes, Anil Modak, James K. Bashkin and Silvia S. Jurisson, pp 2049 DOI:10.1039/a808557i

Synthesis, structure and metal compounds of a novel chromophoric cyanamide ligand Christopher J. Adams, pp 2059 DOI:10.1039/a901959f

Hole states in Eu0.9-xPrxCa0.1BaSrCu3O7- studied by X-ray absorption spectroscopy Ponnusamy Nachimuthu, Jin-Ming Chen, Ru-Shi Liu, Tryambak Bhimsen Waje, Iyyani Kunjappu Gopalakrishnan and Jatinder Vir Yakhmi, pp 2065 DOI:10.1039/a902994j

Platinum metal ditelluroether complexes: synthesis, spectroscopic and structural studies of [M(L-L)2][PF6]2 [M = Pd or Pt, L-L = RTe(CH2)3TeR (R = Me or Ph) or C6H4(TeMe)2-o], [Rh(L-L)2Cl2]PF6, [Ru(L-L)2X2] (X = Cl, Br or I) and [Ru(L-L)2(PPh3)Cl]PF6 William Levason, Simon D. Orchard, Gillian Reid and Vicki-Ann Tolhurst, pp 2071 DOI:10.1039/a901942a

Synthesis, structural characterization and reactivities of hexaosmium carbonyl clusters with six-membered cyclic thioether and thioxane ligands Kelvin Sze-Yin Leung and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 2077 DOI:10.1039/a900808j

Electronic structures of copper(II) complexes of tetradentate hydroquinone-containing Schiff bases Elizabeth H. Charles, Li Mei Lindy Chia, Joanne Rothery, Emma L. Watson, Eric J. L. McInnes, Robert D. Farley, Adam J. Bridgeman, Frank E. Mabbs, Christopher C. Rowlands and Malcolm A. Halcrow, pp 2087 DOI:10.1039/a902294e

Conformational choice in disilver cryptates; an 1H NMR and structural study Oliver W. Howarth, Grace G. Morgan, Vickie McKee and Jane Nelson, pp 2097 DOI:10.1039/a901041f

Issue 13

Controlling copper(I) halide framework formation using N-donor bridging ligand symmetry: use of 1,3,5-triazine to construct architectures with threefold symmetry Alexander J. Blake, Neil R. Brooks, Neil R. Champness, Paul A. Cooke, Anne M. Deveson, Dieter Fenske, Peter Hubberstey, Wan-Sheung Li and Martin Schröder, pp 2103 DOI:10.1039/a902290b

Evidence for cationic Group 4 zirconocene complexes with intramolecular phenyl co-ordination Linda H. Doerrer, Malcolm L. H. Green, Daniel Häußinger and Jörg Samßannshausen, pp 2111 DOI:10.1039/a808177h

Sodium hydrotris(methimazolyl)borate, a novel soft, tridentate ligand: preparation, structure and comparisons with sodium hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate John Reglinski, Mark Garner, Iain D. Cassidy, Paul A. Slavin, Mark D. Spicer and David R. Armstrong, pp 2119 DOI:10.1039/a901703h

Crystalline TCNQ and TCNE adducts of the diborane(4) compounds B2(1,2-E2C6H4)2 (E = O or S) Todd B. Marder, Nicholas C. Norman, A. Guy Orpen, Michael J. Quayle and Craig R. Rice, pp 2127 DOI:10.1039/a901169b

The phase behaviour of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborates; ionic liquids and ionic liquid crystals John D. Holbrey and Kenneth R. Seddon, pp 2133 DOI:10.1039/a902818h

Stabilisation of sodium complexes of 18-crown-6 by intramolecular hydrogen bonding Jonathan W. Steed and Peter C. Junk, pp 2141 DOI:10.1039/a902358e

Synthesis and characterisation of the first unidimensional cobalt hydrogen phosphate, [H3N(CH2)3NH3][Co(HPO4)2] Andrew R. Cowley and Ann M. Chippindale, pp 2147 DOI:10.1039/a901469a

Synthesis, characterisation and polynuclearisation reaction of trans(S)-[Co(aminothiolate-N,S)2(en)]-type cobalt(III) complexes with 2-aminoethanethiolate, L-cysteinate and D-penicillaminate Toshiaki Yonemura, Zhi-Ping Bai, Ken-ichi Okamoto, Tomoharu Ama, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Takaji Yasui and Jinsai Hidaka, pp 2151 DOI:10.1039/a809753d

Heterobimetallic alkoxysilyl cationic complexes: investigations into the displacement of a µ-2-Si,O bridge by functional phosphine ligands Joël Blin, Pierre Braunstein, Jean Fischer, Guido Kickelbick, Michael Knorr, Xavier Morise and Tobias Wirth, pp 2159 DOI:10.1039/a900390h

Synthesis and electrochemistry of [Pt(tame)2]4+: crystallographic analysis of bis[1,1,1-tris(aminomethyl)ethane-N,N]platinum(II) bis(tetrachlorozincate) dihydrate Kylie N. Brown, David C. R. Hockless and Alan M. Sargeson, pp 2171 DOI:10.1039/a901725i

Enforcing geometrical constraints on metal complexes using biphenyl-based ligands: spontaneous reduction of copper(II) by sulfur-containing ligands Mitchell R. Malachowski, Mark Adams, Nadia Elia, Arnold L. Rheingold and Richard S. Kelly, pp 2177 DOI:10.1039/a900223e

Synthesis and characterisation of silanol-functionalised dendrimers Pamela I. Coupar, Paul-Alain Jaffrès and Russell E. Morris, pp 2183 DOI:10.1039/a901962f

Complexes of the lanthanide metals (La-Nd, Sm-Lu) with hypophosphite and phosphite ligands: crystal structures of [Ce(H2PO2)3(H2O)], [Dy(H2PO2)3] and [Pr(H2PO2)(HPO3)(H2O)]·H2O Joanne A. Seddon, Andrew R. W. Jackson, Roman A. Kresiski and Andrew W. G. Platt, pp 2189 DOI:10.1039/a807727d

Oxygenation of heterodinuclear di(µ-phenoxo) CoIIMII (M = Mn, Fe or Co) complexes having a Co(salen) entity in a macrocyclic framework Hideki Furutachi, Shuhei Fujinami, Masatatsu Suzuki and Hisashi kawa, pp 2197 DOI:10.1039/a903099i

Using pseudohalides (NCS-, N3-) as a probe for the active site of (µ-alkoxo)diiron(III) complexes and to reveal a novel asymmetrical structure Den-Nan Horng and Kwang-Ming Lee, pp 2205 DOI:10.1039/a901905g

Electrochemical synthesis and structural characterisation of transition metal complexes with 2,6-bis(1-salicyloylhydrazonoethyl)pyridine, H4daps Manuel R. Bermejo, Matilde Fondo, Ana M. González, Olga L. Hoyos, Antonio Sousa, Charles A. McAuliffe, Wasif Hussain, Robin Pritchard and Vladimir M. Novotorsev, pp 2211 DOI:10.1039/a902018g

The reaction of N-methylbenzothiazole-2-selone with the interhalogens iodine monobromide and iodine monochloride Philip D. Boyle, Wendy I. Cross, Stephen M. Godfrey, Charles A. McAuliffe, Robin G. Pritchard and Simon Teat, pp 2219 DOI:10.1039/a902188d

The reaction of the tertiary phosphine sulfides R3PS (R = Ph, Me2N or C6H11) with X2 (X2 = I2, Br2, IBr or ICl); structural characterisation of the CT complexes (Me2N)3PSI2 and Ph3PS(I0.89Br0.11)Br and the ionic compound [{(Me2N)3PS}2S]2+ 2[Br3]- Wendy I. Cross, Stephen M. Godfrey, Sheena L. Jackson, Charles A. McAuliffe and Robin G. Pritchard, pp 2225 DOI:10.1039/a902433f

New P-S-N containing ring systems. Reaction of 2,4-(naphthalene-1,8-diyl)-1,3,2,4-dithiadiphosphetane 2,4-disulfide with methylbis(trimethylsilyl)amine Petr Kilián, Jaromír Marek, Radek Marek, Jaromír Tousek, Otakar Humpa, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Jirí Touzín, Josef Novosad and J. Derek Woollins, pp 2231 DOI:10.1039/a901698h

Chelate complexes of cobalt(III) with bis(dithiolate) ligands: backbone influence on the electronic properties and the reactivity of the metal center Wolfram W. Seidel and F. Ekkehardt Hahn, pp 2237 DOI:10.1039/a900578a

Reactions of a dinuclear tungsten complex containing an O-co-ordinated bridging ketene with various heterocumulenes Luxti J. J. Wang, Sen-Jen You, Shou-Ling Huang, Yu-Lee Yang, Ying-Chih Lin, Gene-Hsiang Lee and Shie-Ming Peng, pp 2243 DOI:10.1039/a901823i

Issue 14

Fluorine as a structure-directing element in organometallic fluorides: discrete molecules, supramolecular self-assembly and host-guest complexation Herbert W. Roesky and Ionel Haiduc, pp 2249 DOI:10.1039/a901728c

New approach to dichloroindium amides Jörg Prust, Peter Müller, Carsten Rennekamp, Herbert W. Roesky and Isabel Usón, pp 2265 DOI:10.1039/a904655k

Triazidogermyl complexes of tungsten: synthesis, crystal structure and hydrolysis to a metallocyclotrigermoxane Alexander C. Filippou, Ragnar Steck and Gabriele Kociok-Köhn, pp 2267 DOI:10.1039/a904628c

Systematic synthesis and photochemistry of tetraaryl porphyrins mono-substituted with a transition metal carbonyl: characterisation of a zinc porphyrin-rhenium carbonyl complex Catherine J. Aspley, John R. Lindsay Smith and Robin N. Perutz, pp 2269 DOI:10.1039/a903779i

The first symmetrical tetrarheniumcyclodiyne type cluster containing phosphine ligands: Re4(µ-O)4Cl4[P(C6H4OMe-p)3]4 Sophia S. Lau, Phillip E. Fanwick and Richard A. Walton, pp 2273 DOI:10.1039/a903367j

Labile adducts of TiCl4 with thionyl chloride structurally characterized at low temperature: a comparison with the zirconium and hafnium analogues, [MCl4(SOCl2)]2 Fausto Calderazzo, Michele D'Attoma, Fabio Marchetti, Guido Pampaloni and Sergei I. Troyanov, pp 2275 DOI:10.1039/a904186i

Structural distortions in Pd-MeO-Biphep and Pd-Binap aryl complexes. Anomalies induced via electronic effects Daniela Drago, Paul S. Pregosin, Matthias Tschoerner and Alberto Albinati, pp 2279 DOI:10.1039/a903509e

In situ syntheses of trans-spanned octahedral ruthenium complexes. Crystal structures of trans-[Ru(Cl)(trpy){Ph2PC6H4CH2O(CO)(CH2)4(CO)OCH2C6H4PPh2}][PF6]·0.25C6H5Me·0.5CH2Cl2 and trans-[Ru(Cl)(trpy)(PPh3)2][BF4]·CH2Cl2 Willie J. Perez, Charles H. Lake, Ronald F. See, Laurence M. Toomey, Melvyn Rowen Churchill, Kenneth J. Takeuchi, Christopher P. Radano, Walter J. Boyko and Carol A. Bessel, pp 2281 DOI:10.1039/a807574c

The synthesis of C[Si(CH3)2X]3SiX3 compounds (X = H, Cl, Br and OH) and the molecular structure of C[Si(CH3)2H]3SiH3 in the gas phase; a study by electron diffraction and ab initio molecular orbital calculations Carole A. Morrison, David W. H. Rankin, Heather E. Robertson, Paul D. Lickiss and Phindile C. Masangane, pp 2293 DOI:10.1039/a902915j

1,1,2-Tri-tert-butyldisilane, But2HSiSiH2But: vibrational spectra and molecular structure in the gas phase by electron diffraction and ab initio calculations Sarah L. Hinchley, Bruce A. Smart, Carole A. Morrison, Heather E. Robertson, David W. H. Rankin, Robert Zink and Karl Hassler, pp 2303 DOI:10.1039/a902342i

Syntheses, crystal structures and magnetic properties of two novel layered compounds: [Fe3(C2O4)3(4,4-bpy)4] and [Co(C2O4)(4,4-bpy)] (4,4-bpy = 4,4-bipyridine) Li-Min Zheng, Xia Fang, Kwang-Hwa Lii, Hui-Hua Song, Xin-Quan Xin, Hoong-Kun Fun, Kandasamy Chinnakali and Ibrahim Abdul Razak, pp 2311 DOI:10.1039/a809738k

Synthesis, structure and characterization of novel nickel(II) and iron(II) complexes with a 5,5-bis[2-(2,2-bipyridin-6-yl)-ethyl]-2,2-bipyridine ligand Mou-Hai Shu, Chun-Ying Duan, Wei-Yin Sun, You-Jun Fu, Dao-Hua Zhang, Zhi-Ping Bai and Wen-Xia Tang, pp 2317 DOI:10.1039/a901835b

Nickel complexes with tris(2-aminoethyl)amine (tren): [Ni3(tren)4(H2O)2][Cr(ox)3]2·6H2O (ox = oxalate), {[Ni2(tren)3][ClO4]4·H2O}n, and [Ni2(tren)2(aepd)][ClO4]4·2H2O (aepd = N-(2-aminoethyl)pyrrolidine-3,4-diamine). Synthesis, structure and magnetism Vanessa M. Masters, Paul V. Bernhardt, Lawrence R. Gahan, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray and Kevin J. Berry, pp 2323 DOI:10.1039/a901659g

Mono- and di-nuclear complexes of (trpy)MII (M = Pd, Pt) with the model nucleobase 1-methylcytosine. Crystal structure and NMR solution studies Sultan Coar, Matthias B. L. Janik, Matthias Flock, Eva Freisinger, Etelka Farkas and Bernhard Lippert, pp 2329 DOI:10.1039/a902862e

Linear trinuclear and one-dimensional copper(II) complexes containing co-bridging end-on azido and triazole ligands. Crystal structures and magnetic properties of [Cu3(atrz)2(N3)6] and [Cu(atrz)2(N3)]NO3 (atrz = 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole) Jia-Cheng Liu, De-Gang Fu, Jin-Zhong Zhuang, Chun-Ying Duan and Xiao-Zeng You, pp 2337 DOI:10.1039/a900619b

Cationic manganese(I) tricarbonyl complexes with group 15 and 16 donor ligands: synthesis, multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and crystal structures Julie Connolly, Anthony R. J. Genge, William Levason, Simon D. Orchard, Simon J. A. Pope and Gillian Reid, pp 2343 DOI:10.1039/a902820j

Photochemistry of the [Fe(CN)5NO]2--thiolate system Konrad Szaciowski, Janusz Oszajca, Grazyna Stochel and Zofia Stasicka, pp 2353 DOI:10.1039/a809945f

Cyclic and open-chain aza-oxa ferrocene-functionalised derivatives as receptors for the selective electrochemical sensing of toxic heavy metal ions in aqueous environments José M. Lloris, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Miguel E. Padilla-Tosta, Teresa Pardo, Juan Soto, Paul D. Beer, James Cadman and David K. Smith, pp 2359 DOI:10.1039/a902008j

Generation of substrate-binding sites by electrochemical reduction of cis-[Fe2(cp)2(µ-SMe)2(MeCN)(L)]2+ (L = CO or MeCN). Reactivity of the sites toward CO and tBuNC. Crystal structure of [Fe2(cp)2(µ-SMe)2(CO)(MeCN)][BF4]2·CH2Cl2 Pascale Madec, Kenneth W. Muir, François Y. Pétillon, René Rumin, Yannick Scaon, Philippe Schollhammer and Jean Talarmin, pp 2371 DOI:10.1039/a902793i

Di(µ-acetato)dialkyldigallium as starting compound for the facile syntheses of digallium derivatives containing bridged or terminally co-ordinated Ga-Ga single bonds Werner Uhl, Thomas Spies and Rainer Koch, pp 2385 DOI:10.1039/a903437d

A five-coordinate, sixteen-electron manganese(I) complex [Mn(CO)3(S,S-C6H4)]- stabilized by S,S -donation from chelating [S,S-C6H4]2- Chien-Ming Lee, Ging-Yi Lin, Chung-Hung Hsieh, Ching-Han Hu, Gene-Hsiang Lee, Shie-Ming Peng and Wen-Feng Liaw, pp 2393 DOI:10.1039/a903538i

Synthesis and characterization of new ruthenium(II) complexes containing diisopropylmethylphosphine Emilio Bustelo, Manuel Jiménez-Tenorio, Ma Carmen Puerta and Pedro Valerga, pp 2399 DOI:10.1039/a902065i

The importance of multiple scattering pathways involving the absorbing atom in the interpretation and analysis of metal K-edge XAFS data of co-ordination compounds Anna van der Gaauw, Owen M. Wilkin and Nigel A. Young, pp 2405 DOI:10.1039/a903913i

Issue 15

Hydroxyethylmethacrylate as a source of ethyleneglycolate ligands. Synthesis and characterization of Nb4(µ,1,2-OC2H4O)2(µ3,1,2-OC2H4O)2(µ-OC2H4O)(OPri)10 Liliane G. Hubert-Pfalzgraf, Valérie Abada and Jacqueline Vaissermann, pp 2407 DOI:10.1039/a904344f

Synthesis and structure of 2,2-biphosphirenes Ngoc Hoa Tran Huy, Louis Ricard and François Mathey, pp 2409 DOI:10.1039/a904150h

Activation of manganese nitrido complexes by Brønsted and Lewis acids. Crystal structure and asymmetric alkene aziridination of a chiral salen manganese nitrido complex Chi-Ming Ho, Tai-Chu Lau, Hoi-Lun Kwong and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 2411 DOI:10.1039/a903605i

Crystal structure and ferromagnetic behaviour of a novel tetranuclear copper(II) complex with an open cubane-like Cu4O4 framework Xiang Shi Tan, Yuki Fujii, Ryoji Nukada, Masahiro Mikuriya and Yoshiharu Nakano, pp 2415 DOI:10.1039/a903524i

Dinuclear oxomolybdenum(V) complexes which show strong electrochemical interactions across bis-phenolate bridging ligands: a combined spectroelectrochemical and computational study Nicholas C. Harden, Elizabeth R. Humphrey, John C. Jeffery, Siu-Ming Lee, Massimo Marcaccio, Jon A. McCleverty, Leigh H. Rees and Michael D. Ward, pp 2417 DOI:10.1039/a903841h

Complexation of aluminium(III) with 3-hydroxy-2(1H)-pyridinone. Solution state study and crystal structure of tris(3-hydroxy-2(1H)-pyridinonato)aluminium(III) Valerio B. Di Marco, G. Giorgio Bombi, Andrea Tapparo, Annie K. Powell and Christopher E. Anson, pp 2427 DOI:10.1039/a902997d

Experimental and theoretical studies of a triazole ligand and complexes formed with the lanthanides Michael G. B. Drew, Michael J. Hudson, Peter B. Iveson, Charles Madic and Mark L. Russell, pp 2433 DOI:10.1039/a901842e

The first systematic stability study of mononuclear and dinuclear iron(II) and iron(III) complexes incorporating a dinucleating macrocyclic ligand in aqueous solution Zheng Wang, Arthur E. Martell, Ramunas J. Motekaitis and Joseph Reibenspies, pp 2441 DOI:10.1039/a808051h

Reactions of the cluster complex [Ru5(µ5-C2)(µ-SMe)2(µ-PPh2)2(CO)11] with terminal alkynes HCCR (R = Ph, But or SiMe3) Chris J. Adams, Michael I. Bruce, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 2451 DOI:10.1039/a902248a

Synthesis, crystal structure and properties of trigonal bipyramidal [M(L5)2(H2O)]·H2O complexes [M = cobalt(II) (S = 3/2) or copper(II) (S = 1/2); HL5 = N-(2-chloro-6-methylphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxamide] Apurba Kumar Patra, Manabendra Ray and Rabindranath Mukherjee, pp 2461 DOI:10.1039/a902851j

Synthesis, X-ray crystal structures and properties of chromium complexes with semiquinonate and catecholate Ho-Chol Chang, Tomohiko Ishii, Mitsuru Kondo and Susumu Kitagawa, pp 2467 DOI:10.1039/a902162k

Synthesis, crystal structure and metamagnetic properties of a two-dimensional honeycomb network based on ferricyanide and (3,10-dimethyl-1,3,5,8,10,12-hexaazacyclotetradecane)nickel(II) building blocks Hui-Zhong Kou, Song Gao, Wei-Ming Bu, Dai-Zheng Liao, Bao-Qing Ma, Zong-Hui Jiang, Shi-Ping Yan, Yu-Guo Fan and Geng-Lin Wang, pp 2477 DOI:10.1039/a902228g

Lanthanide(III)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid complexes in acidic medium: significant decrease in water exchange rate Erika Szilágyi, Éva Tóth, Ernö Brücher and André E. Merbach, pp 2481 DOI:10.1039/a903379c

Ferrocenylethynylnaphthalenes and acenaphthylenes; communication between ferrocenyl and cluster redox centres C. John McAdam, Jason J. Brunton, Brian H. Robinson and Jim Simpson, pp 2487 DOI:10.1039/a903003d

Synthesis and structural characterisation of ruthenium and osmium carbonyl clusters containing organomercurials Fung-Sze Kong and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 2497 DOI:10.1039/a902701g

Synthesis and structural characterisation of trinuclear and tetranuclear ruthenium clusters containing diyne ligands derived from 1,4-bis(1-hydroxycyclopentyl)-1,3-butadiyne Cindy Sze-Wai Lau and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 2511 DOI:10.1039/a900983c

Formation of hexaosmium raft clusters from [Os6(CO)16(MeCN)2]: synthesis, structural characterisation and reactivities of [Os6(CO)16(µ3-2-C5H4NS)2] and [Os6(CO)17(µ-H)(µ4-2-C5H4NS)] Kelvin Sze-Yin Leung and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 2521 DOI:10.1039/a900981g

Host-guest chemistry of the cluster [Hg3(µ-dppm)3]4+ [dppm = bis(diphenylphosphino)methane] with oxo- and fluoro-anions Anna Knoepfler-Mühlecker, Birgit Scheffter, Holger Kopacka, Klaus Wurst and Paul Peringer, pp 2525 DOI:10.1039/a901327j

Construction of 2-D multilayer structures: silver(I) complexes with linear aromatic compounds Gui Ling Ning, Liang Ping Wu, Kunihisa Sugimoto, Megumu Munakata, Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa and Masahiko Maekawa, pp 2529 DOI:10.1039/a902692d

Sugar vanadates: synthesis and characterisation of mannopyranoside and ribofuranoside esters incorporating VO3+ Kajal Krishna Rajak, Sankar Prasad Rath, Sujit Mondal and Animesh Chakravorty, pp 2537 DOI:10.1039/a902632k

Synthesis, molecular structures, fluxional properties and catalytic activity of a series of alkyne complexes of molybdenum(II) and tungsten(II) containing phosphite donor ligands Paul K. Baker, Michael G. B. Drew, Deborah S. Evans, Archie W. Johans and Margaret M. Meehan, pp 2541 DOI:10.1039/a902224d

Unexpected alkyl-substituent exchange during the formation of a cationic bis(zirconocene) complex that contains a planar four-co-ordinate carbon atom Jörg Pflug, Roland Fröhlich and Gerhard Erker, pp 2551 DOI:10.1039/a903492g

Butenynyl complexes of iron(II) containing the tripodal tetraphosphine ligand P(CH2CH2PMe2)3 Leslie D. Field, Barbara A. Messerle, Ronald J. Smernik, Trevor W. Hambley and Peter Turner, pp 2557 DOI:10.1039/a902784j

Azo-containing tertiary phosphines: synthesis, reactivity and structural characterisation Mark J. Alder, Wendy I. Cross, Kevin R. Flower and Robin G. Pritchard, pp 2563 DOI:10.1039/a902885d

Synthesis and reactivities of Ir2Ru heterobimetallic sulfido clusters derived from a hydrogensulfido-bridged diiridium complex Takuya Kochi, Yasuo Nomura, Zhen Tang, Youichi Ishii, Yasushi Mizobe and Masanobu Hidai, pp 2575 DOI:10.1039/a902999k

Six-coordinate aluminium cations: synthesis, characterization and catalysis Jolin A. Jegier, Miguel-Ángel Muñoz-Hernández and David A. Atwood, pp 2583 DOI:10.1039/a902740h

Complexation of a hexameric uranium(VI) cluster by p-benzylcalix[7]arene Pierre Thuéry,, Martine Nierlich, Bahari Souley, Zouhair Asfari and Jacques Vicens, pp 2589 DOI:10.1039/a903289d

Electrochemical, spectroscopic and EPR study of transition metal complexes of dipyrido[3,2-a:2,3-c]phenazine Jörg Fees, Michael Ketterle, Axel Klein, Jan Fiedler and Wolfgang Kaim, pp 2595 DOI:10.1039/a903417j

Preparation of the first sulfur-containing cobalt and nickel complexes stabilised by the macrocyclic cyclam ligand; observation of S-H bond activation Rainer J. Pleus, Harald Waden, Wolfgang Saak, Detlev Haase and Siegfried Pohl, pp 2601 DOI:10.1039/a902015b

Organometallic crystal engineering with multidentate building blocks and template guest size effect. Supra-anionic organic frameworks obtained from cyclobutane-1,2,3,4-tetracarboxylic and trans-acotinic acids Dario Braga, Oscar Benedi, Lucia Maini and Fabrizia Grepioni, pp 2611 DOI:10.1039/a902258i

Electrochemical behavior of a series of undecatungstozincates monosubstituted by first-row transition metals, ZnW11M(H2O)O39n- (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu or Zn) Long Cheng, Haoran Sun, Baifeng Liu, Jinfu Liu and Shaojun Dong, pp 2619 DOI:10.1039/a901846h

Reactions of an antimony containing cage compound with metal carbonyls: synthesis and structural characterization of [{M(CO)5}2(1:1-P4Sb2C4But4)], M = Cr, Mo or W, and [{Fe(CO)4}2{Fe(CO)3(3:1-P4Sb2C4But4)}] David E. Hibbs, Michael B. Hursthouse, Cameron Jones and Ryan C. Thomas, pp 2627 DOI:10.1039/a903136g

Synthesis and characterisation of 2,6-diisopropylphenylimido complexes of chromium in oxidation states IV-VI Kong Chin Chew, William Clegg, Martyn P. Coles, Mark R. J. Elsegood, Vernon C. Gibson, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 2633 DOI:10.1039/a901790i

Double helical assembly of imino nitroxyl diradicals by silver(I) ions Hiroki Oshio, Masashi Yamamoto and Tasuku Ito, pp 2641 DOI:10.1039/a903499d

Issue 16

Synthesis and structures of neutral and cationic 1-azaallylaluminium methyls Laurence Bourget, Peter B. Hitchcock and Michael F. Lappert, pp 2645 DOI:10.1039/a904138i

An open chain trinuclear titanium(IV) isopropoxide species formed with the tridentate ligand cis,cis-cyclohexane-1,3,5-trialkoxide [C6H9O3]3-. Crystal structure of [{Ti(OPri)3}2{µ-Ti(C6H9O3-O1,O5)2}] Jonathan P. Corden, William Errington, Peter Moore, Martin G. Partridge and Malcolm G. H. Wallbridge, pp 2647 DOI:10.1039/a903384j

An octanuclear pyromellitimidato(2-) palladium complex: coordinative assembly of a molecular box Howard M. Colquhoun, Richard A. Fairman, Paula Tootell and David J. Williams, pp 2651 DOI:10.1039/a904857j

Synthesis and characterization of dinuclear complexes of 3,3,4,4-tetraminobiphenyl with tetramminoruthenium and bis(bipyridine)ruthenium residues and their two- and four-electron oxidized products including a ZINDO study of orbital mixing as a function of ligand oxidation state Robert A. Metcalfe, Luiz C. G. Vasconcellos, Hameed Mirza, Douglas W. Franco and A. B. P. Lever, pp 2653 DOI:10.1039/a902850a

Structure, spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of novel binuclear ruthenium(II) copper(I) complexes with polypyridyl bridging ligands Sonya M. Scott, Keith C. Gordon and Anthony K. Burrell, pp 2669 DOI:10.1039/a902934f

Synthesis and characterization of dinuclear complexes containing the FeIII-F· · ·(H2O)MII motif Morten Ghiladi, Kenneth B. Jensen, Jianzhong Jiang, Christine J. McKenzie, Steen Mørup, Inger Søtofte and Jens Ulstrup, pp 2675 DOI:10.1039/a902678i

Simultaneous formation of both novel bis(µ-sulfur)- and bis(µ-oxo)bridged copper(II) dimers by reaction of N-benzoyl-N,N-dimethylthiourea (HL) with CuCl2. Syntheses, crystal structures and magnetic properties of [{CuL(HL)Cl}2] and [{CuL2}2] De-Ji Che, Gang Li, Xiao-Lan Yao, Yu-Zhu and Da-Peng Zhou, pp 2683 DOI:10.1039/a903517f

Syntheses, structures, spectra and redox properties of alkoxo- and phenoxo-bridged diiron(III) complexes Halikhedkar Aneetha, Kaliyamoorthy Panneerselvam, Tien-Fu Liao, Tian-Huey Lu and Chung-Sun Chung, pp 2689 DOI:10.1039/a902068c

Bis(isodiazene) and related complexes of molybdenum(VI). Syntheses and structures of [Mo(OTf)2(NNPh2)2(py)2], [MoCl(OTf)(NNPh2){NC5H3(CH2C(O)Ph2)2-2,6}], [{MoCl(NNPh2)2(µ-Cl)(NH2But)}2] and [MoTpCl(NNPh2)2] [OTf = O3SCF3, Tp = tris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)hydroborate] Jonathan R. Dilworth, Vernon C. Gibson, Nicola Davies, Carl Redshaw, Andrew P. White and David J. Williams, pp 2695 DOI:10.1039/a903372f

Molybdenum and tungsten mono-isodiazene complexes with alkyl ligands as ring-opening metathesis polymerisation procatalysts. Crystal and molecular structures of [Mo(CH2CMe2Ph)3(NNPh2)(OC6F5)], [W(CH2SiMe3)3(NNPh2)(OC6F5)] and [WCl2(NNPh2)(OC6F5)2(thf)] Jonathan R. Dilworth, Vernon C. Gibson, Carl Redshaw, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 2701 DOI:10.1039/a903770e

Linking metal centres with diimido ligands: synthesis, electronic and molecular structure and electrochemistry of organometallic ditungsten complexes [{WCl2(Ph2PMe)2(CO)}2(N-X-N)] (X = -conjugated organic) Graeme Hogarth, David G. Humphrey, Nikolas Kaltsoyannis, Woo-Sung Kim, Mo-yin (Venus) Lee, Tim Norman and Simon P. Redmond, pp 2705 DOI:10.1039/a904001c

Bidentate metalloligands containing the phosphinocyclopentadienyl ligand. New heterobimetallic complexes and crystal structure of (C5Me5)(C5H4PPh2)Ta(CO)(µ-PPh2)Cr(CO)4 Cyril Poulard, Gilles Boni, Philippe Richard and Claude Moïse, pp 2725 DOI:10.1039/a903603b

Discrete and polymeric iodoplumbates with Pb3I10 building blocks: [Pb3I10]4-, [Pb7I22]8-, [Pb10I28]8-, 1[Pb3I10]4- and 2[Pb7I18]4- Harald Krautscheid and Frieder Vielsack, pp 2731 DOI:10.1039/a902640a

Two-dimensional supramolecular co-ordination compounds of silver(I) with box structures Yusaku Suenaga, Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa, Masahiko Maekawa and Megumu Munakata, pp 2737 DOI:10.1039/a900789j

Synthesis and characterisation of [Ru6C(CO)14] cluster complexes of some [2.2]- and [2.2.2]-cyclophane ligands Paul Schooler, Brian F. G. Johnson, Laura Scaccianoce and Rosemary Tregonning, pp 2743 DOI:10.1039/a903103k

Catalytic action of the iron(II) complexes of 8-methyl-1,4-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-1,4,8-triazacycloundecane and 1-methyl-5,9-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-1,5,9-triazacyclododecane Xiaoping Zhang, Delong Zhang, Daryle H. Busch and Rudi van Eldik, pp 2751 DOI:10.1039/a809866b

A kinetic study of the redox behaviour of FeIII(TPPS) [TPPS = 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(p-sulfonato)porphyrinate] in the presence of peroxomonosulfate, hydrogen peroxide, and sulfite/oxygen. Direct evidence for multiple redox cycling and suggested mechanisms Vasilios Lepentsiotis, Rudi van Eldik, Frans F. Prinsloo and Jakobus J. Pienaar, pp 2759 DOI:10.1039/a902746g

Oxidation of N-benzylidene-2-hydroxyaniline by dioxygen catalysed by a dicobalt complex Shian Yuh Chang, Yee Hsing Cheng, Bing-Jium Uang and Cheu Pyeng Cheng, pp 2769 DOI:10.1039/a903699g

Auration of [Ru3(µ-H)(µ3-C2H)(CO)9]: tetrahedral and butterfly isomers of [AuRu3(µ-H)(µ3-HC2H)(CO)9(PPh3)] and related chemistry Michael I. Bruce, Natasha N. Zaitseva, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 2777 DOI:10.1039/a902179e

Preparation and crystal structures of oxoosmium(VI) diolato complexes Ari Lehtonen, Jukka Jokela, Peter G. Edwards and Reijo Sillanpää, pp 2785 DOI:10.1039/a903042e

Oxygen versus nitrogen co-ordination in complexes of MoVI and hydroxamate derivatives of -amino acids: equilibrium, structural and theoretical studies Etelka Farkas, Hajnalka Csóka, Gareth Bell, David A. Brown, Laurence P. Cuffe, Noel J. Fitzpatrick, William K. Glass, William Errington and Terence J. Kemp, pp 2789 DOI:10.1039/a902572c

The reaction of some tertiary phosphines with two mole equivalents of diiodine to produce the iodophosphonium triiodides [R3PI]I3; influence of R in causing subtle variations in solid state structures Wendy I. Cross, Stephen M. Godfrey, Charles A. McAuliffe, Robin G. Pritchard, Joanne M. Sheffield and Graeme M. Thompson, pp 2795 DOI:10.1039/a903974k

Reactions of trifluoromethyl-phosphine and -arsine with a ruthenium carbonyl cluster: synthesis, characterization and reactivity of cluster derivatives capped by trifluoromethyl-phosphinidene and -arsinidene moieties How Ghee Ang, Siau Gek Ang, Shaowu Du, Boon Hwa Sow and Xintao Wu, pp 2799 DOI:10.1039/a902598g

Heterometallic complexes with borole ligands Pierre Braunstein, Ulli Englert, Gerhard E. Herberich, Mark Neuschütz and Martin U. Schmidt, pp 2807 DOI:10.1039/a903846i

Two- and three-dimensional CuSCN co-ordination networks including new CuSCN structural motifs Alexander J. Blake, Neil R. Brooks, Neil R. Champness, Marcello Crew, Lyall R. Hanton, Peter Hubberstey, Simon Parsons and Martin Schröder, pp 2813 DOI:10.1039/a903218e

Synthesis and reactivity of [Au(2-CH2-6-RC5H3N)(PPh3)] (R = H, Me). X-Ray structure of [Ag{Au(2-CH2-6-MeC5H3N)(PPh3)}2][ClO4] J. Enrique Casas, M. Concepción Gimeno, Peter G. Jones, Antonio Laguna and Mariano Laguna, pp 2819 DOI:10.1039/a903703i

Replacement of the chloride ligand in [Au(C,N,N)Cl][PF6] cyclometallated complexes by C, N, O and S donor anionic ligands Maria Agostina Cinellu, Giovanni Minghetti, Maria Vittoria Pinna, Sergio Stoccoro, Antonio Zucca and Mario Manassero, pp 2823 DOI:10.1039/a903925b

Tin complexes of tetramethyltetraazadibenzo[14]annulene: organometallic derivatives Warwick J. Belcher, Penelope J. Brothers, Anthony P. Meredith, Clifton E. F. Rickard and David C. Ware, pp 2833 DOI:10.1039/a904146j

Pyridine adducts of arylbismuth(III) halides Siân C. James, Nicholas C. Norman and A. Guy Orpen, pp 2837 DOI:10.1039/a900823c

Reaction of dimethylselenourea and selenourea with dibromine to produce selenourea-dibromine, the T-shaped 1:1 molecular adduct N,N-dimethyl-2-selenourea-dibromine, its solvent of crystallisation-containing analogue and the unusual ionic compound 5[(H2N)(Me2N)CBr]+[SeBr6]2-[Se2Br9]-2[Br3]-. A low temperature crystallographic reinvestigation of N-methylbenzothiazole-2-selone-dibromine Philip D. Boyle, Wendy I. Cross, Stephen M. Godfrey, Charles A. McAuliffe, Robin G. Pritchard and Simon J. Teat, pp 2845 DOI:10.1039/a903564h

Zirconium mixed ligand isopropoxide/aminoalkoxide complexes: crystal structures of [Zr2(OPri)6(L)2] and [Zr2(OBut)3(bdmap)4(OH)] {where L = dmap, 1-dimethylaminopropan-2-olate and bdmap, 1,1-bis(dimethylamino)propan-2-olate} Kirsty A. Fleeting, Paul OBrien, Anthony C. Jones, David J. Otway, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 2853 DOI:10.1039/a901666j

Gold(I)-induced chelate ring-opening of palladium(II) and platinum(II) triphos complexes Paloma Sevillano, Abraha Habtemariam, Simon Parsons, Alfonso Castiñeiras, M. Esther García and Peter J. Sadler, pp 2861 DOI:10.1039/a903775f

pH Effects on reaction rates in rhodium catalysed hydrogenation in water Torsten Malmström, Ola F. Wendt and Carlaxel Andersson, pp 2871 DOI:10.1039/a902288k

Sulfur-sulfur bonding in the amorphous sulfides WS3, WS5, and Re2S7 from sulfur K-edge EXAFS studies Simon J. Hibble, Richard I. Walton, Mark R. Feaviour and Andrew D. Smith, pp 2877 DOI:10.1039/a903918j

Copper(II) complexes of tetraaza macrocycles bearing pendant arms: syntheses, structures and properties Halikhedkar Aneetha, Ying-Huang Lai, Shih-Chi Lin, Kaliyamoorthy Panneerselvam, Tian-Huey Lu and Chung-Sun Chung, pp 2885 DOI:10.1039/a902955i

Synthesis and characterization of d0 imido complexes of vanadium. Crystal structure of [V(2,6-iPr2C6H3N)(S2CNC4H4)3] Francisco Montilla, Antonio Pastor, Angeles Monge, Enrique Gutiérrez-Puebla and Agustín Galindo, pp 2893 DOI:10.1039/a903507i

Issue 17

Synthesis, structural characterization and catalytic properties of a novel monomeric rhenium(V)methyl(oxo)bis(2-picolinato) complex: [CH3Re(O)(pic)2] Alexis Deloffre, Sabine Halut, Laurent Salles, Jean-Marie Brégeault, José Ribeiro Gregorio, Bernard Denise and Henri Rudler, pp 2897 DOI:10.1039/a904952e

Synthesis and structure of a copper(II) melamine complex, [Cu(C3H6N6)(µ-OCH3)(ONO2)(HOCH3)]2, with direct Cu-melamine coordination David M. L. Goodgame, Izhar Hussain, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 2899 DOI:10.1039/a905576b

A three-dimensional organic-inorganic composite material constructed from copper-triazolate networks linked through vanadium oxide chains: [{Cu3(trz)2}V4O12] Pamela J. Hagrman, Craig Bridges, John E. Greedan and Jon Zubieta, pp 2901 DOI:10.1039/a903368h

Synthesis and characterization of a three-dimensional open-framework lead(II) carboxyethylphosphonate, Pb3(O2CCH2CH2PO3)2 S. Ayyappan, G. Diaz de Delgado, A. K. Cheetham, G. Férey and C. N. R. Rao, pp 2905 DOI:10.1039/a905326c

Dramatic structural changes of donor-functionalized alkoxides of aluminium upon replacement of the ester functionality by ketone Janusz Lewiski, Iwona Justyniak, Zbigniew Ochal and Janusz Zachara, pp 2909 DOI:10.1039/a904176a

Luminescence and aggregation studies of hexanuclear platinum-copper acetylide complexes. Crystal structure of the luminescent metal-metal bonded dimer [Pt2Cu4(CCPh)8]2 Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Ka-Lai Yu and Kung-Kai Cheung, pp 2913 DOI:10.1039/a903986d

Complexes of ruthenium with tridentate [P,N,O] ligands Pravat Bhattacharyya, Maria L. Loza, Jonathan Parr and Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, pp 2917 DOI:10.1039/a904905c

Novel square-planar cyclic tetranuclear copper(II) complex containing oximate bridges. Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of tetrakis[diaqua(µ-1,3-dimethylviolurato)copper(II)] tetraperchlorate dihydrate Enrique Colacio, Carlos López-Magaña, Vickie McKee and Antonio Romerosa, pp 2923 DOI:10.1039/a904012i

Supramolecular confinement of C60, S8, P4Se3 and toluene by metal(II) macrocyclic complexes Philip C. Andrews, Jerry L. Atwood, Leonard J. Barbour, Paul D. Croucher, Peter J. Nichols, Naomi O. Smith, Brian W. Skelton, Allan H. White and Colin L. Raston, pp 2927 DOI:10.1039/a903669e

Formation of nitrous oxide from the reaction of peroxynitrite with sodium azide Sarojini Padmaja, Van Au and Stephen A. Madison, pp 2933 DOI:10.1039/a901164a

Reactivity of hydroxo complexes of palladium(II) towards nitriles: formation of carboxamide and imino ether derivatives of palladium(II) José Ruiz, Natalia Cutillas, Venancio Rodríguez, José Sampedro, Gregorio López, Penny A. Chaloner and Peter B. Hitchcock, pp 2939 DOI:10.1039/a903262b

Guanidinate anions and dianions. Reactions involving alkylguanidines, (RNH)2CNR (R = i-Pr or Cy), and metal amido complexes M(NMe2)5 (M = Ta or Nb) Ma K. T. Tin, Natesan Thirupathi, Glenn P. A. Yap and Darrin S. Richeson, pp 2947 DOI:10.1039/a904072b

Synthesis, crystal structure and nonlinear optical properties of two novel linear cluster polymers {[MoOS3Cu3(CN)(py)3]·0.5C6H6}n and [WOS3Cu3(CN)(py)4]n Hongwei Hou, Hegen Zheng, How Ghee Ang, Yaoting Fan, Michael K. M. Low, Yu Zhu, Wenling Wang, Xinquan Xin, Wei Ji and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 2953 DOI:10.1039/a902352f

An NMR study and crystal structure of [{cis-Pt(NH3)2(9EtG-N7)}2(µ-pz)][NO3]3 (9EtG = 9-ethylguanine) as a model compound for the 1,2-intrastrand GG crosslink Seiji Komeda, Hirofumi Ohishi, Hirotoshi Yamane, Michinori Harikawa, Ken-ichi Sakaguchi and Masahiko Chikuma, pp 2959 DOI:10.1039/a903081f

Acetylene incorporation into the spiked framework of the phosphinidene and arsinidene clusters [Ru4(CO)13(µ-H)2(µ4-ECF3)] (E = P or As): skeletal rearrangement and crystal structures of a series of tetranuclear ruthenium clusters bearing alkynes How Ghee Ang, Siau Gek Ang and Shaowu Du, pp 2963 DOI:10.1039/a902963j

Synthesis and magnetostructural characterization of two ferromagnetic nickel(II) dimers M. Gotzone Barandika, Roberto Cortés, Luis Lezama, M. Karmele Urtiaga, M. Isabel Arriortua and Teófilo Rojo, pp 2971 DOI:10.1039/a903558c

Crystal structures and magnetic properties of the interpenetrating rutile-related compounds M(tcm)2 [M = octahedral, divalent metal; tcm- = tricyanomethanide, C(CN)3-] and the sheet structures of [M(tcm)2(EtOH)2] (M = Co or Ni) Stuart R. Batten, Bernard F. Hoskins, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray and Richard Robson, pp 2977 DOI:10.1039/a904383g

Syntheses, structures and magnetism of -Mn(dca)2, [Mn(dca)2(H2O)2]·H2O, [Mn(dca)2(C2H5OH)2]·(CH3)2CO, [Fe(dca)2(CH3OH)2] and [Mn(dca)2(L)2], where L = pyridine, CH3OH or DMF and dca- = dicyanamide, N(CN)2- Stuart R. Batten, Paul Jensen, Cameron J. Kepert, Mohamedally Kurmoo, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray and David J. Price, pp 2987 DOI:10.1039/a903487k

Structural, electrochemical and UV/VIS/NIR spectroelectrochemical properties of diastereomerically pure dinuclear ruthenium complexes based on the bridging ligand phenanthroline-5,6-diimine, and a mononuclear by-product with a peripheral isoimidazole group Nicholas C. Fletcher, Toby C. Robinson, Andreas Behrendt, John C. Jeffery, Zoe R. Reeves and Michael D. Ward, pp 2999 DOI:10.1039/a903556g

Reaction of thiones with dihalogens; comparison of the solid state structures of 4,5-bis(methylsulfanyl)-1,3-dithiole-2-thione-diiodine, -dibromine and -iodine monobromide Neil Bricklebank, Peter J. Skabara, David E. Hibbs, Michael B. Hursthouse and K. M. Abdul Malik, pp 3007 DOI:10.1039/a903068i

Effect of fluorine and trifluoromethyl substitution on the donor properties and stereodynamical behaviour of triarylphosphines James A. S. Howell, Natalie Fey, Jonathan D. Lovatt, Paul C. Yates, Patrick McArdle, Desmond Cunningham, Einat Sadeh, Hugo E. Gottlieb, Zeev Goldschmidt, Michael B. Hursthouse and Mark E. Light, pp 3015 DOI:10.1039/a903211h

Magnetic properties of dinuclear copper(II) complexes with simple pyrazolate bridges Evgenia Spodine, Ana María Atria, Jorge Valenzuela, Jerzy Jalocha, Jorge Manzur, Ana María García, María Teresa Garland, Octavio Peña and Jean-Yves Saillard, pp 3029 DOI:10.1039/a902465d

Procedure for the determination of redox potentials of chemically (and electrochemically) irreversible inorganic redox couples from spectroscopic data Francisco Sánchez, Pilar Pérez-Tejeda, Francisco Pérez and Manuel López-López, pp 3035 DOI:10.1039/a904616j

Phosphaalkyne cyclodimerization at a rhodium(I) centre. Syntheses of a cationic 4-1,3-diphosphacyclobutadiene rhodium complex and of its platinum(II) or tungsten(0) adducts Mohamed F. Meidine, Armando J. L. Pombeiro and John F. Nixon, pp 3041 DOI:10.1039/a903130h

Rhodium(III)-mediated oxime-nitrile coupling giving chelated iminoacylated species Vadim Yu. Kukushkin, Igor V. Ilichev, Gabriele Wagner, João J. R. Fraústo da Silva and Armando J. L. Pombeiro, pp 3047 DOI:10.1039/a903844b

Synthesis, characterization and crystal structures of neutral mono- and di-nuclear lanthanide(III) porphyrinate complexes Wai-Kwok Wong, Lilu Zhang, Feng Xue and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 3053 DOI:10.1039/a903127h

Synthesis, X-ray and solid state NMR studies on silver(I) silanethiolates. Crystal structure of bis[(triphenylphosphine)(tri-o-tolylsilanethiolato)silver(I)]-toluene(1/2), [{Ag[SSi(C6H4Me-o)3](PPh3)}2]·2C6H5Me Jaroslaw Chojnacki, Barbara Becker, Atoni Konitz, Marek J. Potrzebowski and Wieslaw Wojnowski, pp 3063 DOI:10.1039/a903694f

A new assembly of diiodine molecules at the triphenylphosphine sulfide template Massimiliano Arca, Francesco Demartin, Francesco A. Devillanova, Alessandra Garau, Francesco Isaia, Vito Lippolis and Gaetano Verani, pp 3069 DOI:10.1039/a904271g

Stability and structure of ethylenedinitrilopoly(methylphosphonate) complexes of the alkaline-earth metal ions in aqueous solution Wubiao Duan, Hideki Oota and Kiyoshi Sawada, pp 3075 DOI:10.1039/a904461b

Structural and electronic changes accompanying reduction of Cr(CO)4(bpy) to its radical anion: a quantum chemical interpretation of spectroelectrochemical experiments Stanislav Záli, Chantal Daniel, Antonín Vlek and Jr., pp 3081 DOI:10.1039/a903560e

Extended multidecker sandwich architecture of Cs+-18-crown-6 complexes stabilized in the environment of novel large iodocuprate(I) clusters obtained from zerovalent copper Konstantin V. Domasevitch, Julia A. Rusanova, Olga Yu. Vassilyeva, Vladimir N. Kokozay, Philip J. Squattrito, Joachim Sieler and Paul R. Raithby, pp 3087 DOI:10.1039/a903225h

New ruthenium(II) heteroleptic complexes containing the 4-(2-pyridyl)pyrimidine ligand with amine and amino acid substituents Hassan Aït-Haddou, Elena Bejan, Jean-Claude Daran, Gilbert G. A. Balavoine, Florence Berruyer-Penaud, Lydia Bonazzola, Henda Smaoui-Chaabouni and Edmond Amouyal, pp 3095 DOI:10.1039/a904617h

Extending knowledge on the nucleophilicity of the {Pt2S2} core: Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2 as an alternative terminal ligand in [L2Pt(µ-S)2PtL2] metalloligands Mercè Capdevila, Yolanda Carrasco, William Clegg, Robert A. Coxall, Pilar González-Duarte, Agustí Lledós, José Antonio Ramírez and Antonio Ramírez, pp 3103 DOI:10.1039/a903899j

Dinuclear nickel(II) complexes with a tridentate nitrito bridge and terminal thiocyanato ligands. Crystal structure and magnetic properties Albert Escuer, Mercè Font-Bardía, Evaristo Peñalba, Núria Sanz, Xavier Solans and Ramon Vicente, pp 3115 DOI:10.1039/a903756j

Co-ordination engineering: when can one speak of an understanding? Case study of the multidentate ligand 2,2-dimethyl-4,4-bipyrimidine Christoph Janiak, Lars Uehlin, He-Ping Wu, Peter Klüfers, Holger Piotrowski and Tobias G. Scharmann, pp 3121 DOI:10.1039/a904829d

A new route to tris(pyrazolyl)borate ligands and new structural variations in TlTp complexes Christoph Janiak, Lothar Braun and Frank Girgsdies, pp 3133 DOI:10.1039/a902264c

Issue 18

Chalcogenide-bridged cuboidal clusters with M4Q4 (M = Mo, W; Q = S, Se, Te) cores Rita Hernández-Molina and A. Geoffrey Sykes, pp 3137 DOI:10.1039/a904740i

Silicon-29 NMR evidence of alkoxy substituted aqueous silicate anions Stephen D. Kinrade, Karen J. Maa, Andrew S. Schach, Todd A. Sloan and Christopher T. G. Knight, pp 3149 DOI:10.1039/a904073k

An unprecedented trigonal coordination geometry for the uranyl ion in its complex with p-tert-butylhexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene Pierre Thuéry, Martine Nierlich, Bernardo Masci, Zouhair Asfari and Jacques Vicens, pp 3151 DOI:10.1039/a905939c

Chemistry of thiocarboxylates: syntheses and characterization of silver and copper thiocarboxylate complexes, and the structures of [Ph4P][M(SC{O}Me)2] (M = Cu or Ag) and [Et3NH][Ag(SC{O}Ph)2] Jeyagowry T. Sampanthar, Jagadese J. Vittal and Philip A. W. Dean, pp 3153 DOI:10.1039/a904718b

Self-assembly of 22 and 33 metallamacrocyclic complexes of platinum(II) with symmetrical, bipodal N,N,NN-tetraalkyl-N,N-phenylenedicarbonylbis(thiourea) Klaus R. Koch, Susan A. Bourne, Anita Coetzee and Jörn Miller, pp 3157 DOI:10.1039/a904181h

Gold(I) coordination compounds with mesoionic thiolate ligands and the crystal and molecular structure of bis(1,4,5-trimethyl-1,2,4-triazolium-3-thiolate)gold(I) tetrafluoroborate Joseph C. Deaton and Henry R. Luss, pp 3163 DOI:10.1039/a903597d

Oxidative functionalisation of alkanes: synthesis, molecular structure and catalytic implications of anionic vanadium(V) oxo and peroxo complexes containing bidentate N,O ligands Georg Süss-Fink, Sandrine Stanislas, Georgiy B. Shulpin, Galina V. Nizova, Helen Stoeckli-Evans, Antonia Neels, Christiane Bobillier and Saturnin Claude, pp 3169 DOI:10.1039/a904844h

The molecular and crystal structures of the tris(dimethylamino)phosphoranes (Me2N)3P-X (X = BH3, CH2, NH or O) Norbert W. Mitzel and Christian Lustig, pp 3177 DOI:10.1039/a903292d

Triphenylboron adducts of redox-active cyanomanganese ligands Dena Bellamy, Neil G. Connelly, Owen M. Hicks and A. Guy Orpen, pp 3185 DOI:10.1039/a902478f

The synthesis and structure of a paramagnetic Lewis base adduct of antimony pentachloride, trans-[MnII(CNSbCl5)(CO)2{P(OEt)3}(dppm)][SbCl6] Dena Bellamy, Nathan C. Brown, Neil G. Connelly and A. Guy Orpen, pp 3191 DOI:10.1039/a902481f

Synthetic, structural and electrochemical studies of cationic chromium(VI) and molybdenum(VI) bis(imido) complexes supported by 1,4,7-triazacyclononane macrocycles Michael C. W. Chan, Fu-Wa Lee, Kung-Kai Cheung and Chi-Ming Che, pp 3197 DOI:10.1039/a904191e

The reaction of [Re2(CO)8(MeCN)2] with thiols. Formation of hydrido sulfido bridged dirhenium cluster complexes [Re2(µ-H)(µ-SR)(CO)8] (R = H, n-Bu, Cy, Ph, C6H4F-p, C6F5 or 2-naphthyl) Hans Egold, Detlef Schwarze and Ulrich Flörke, pp 3203 DOI:10.1039/a905111b

Synthesis of N-bonded enolatoruthenium(II) by oxidative addition of alkyl cyanocarboxylate to a ruthenium(0) complex Masafumi Hirano, Atsushi Takenaka, Yuji Mizuho, Makiko Hiraoka and Sanshiro Komiya, pp 3209 DOI:10.1039/a902860i

Formation of trans(N)-bis(amino acidato)(2,2-bipyridine)cobalt(III) complexes following the UV irradiation of amino acidatobis(2,2bipyridine)cobalt(III) complexes in dimethyl sulfoxide Richard M. Hartshorn and Shane G. Telfer, pp 3217 DOI:10.1039/a904486h

High oxidation state chromium, molybdenum and tungsten imido metallasiloxanes Lawrence King, Majid Motevalli and Alice C. Sullivan, pp 3225 DOI:10.1039/a904429i

Synthesis, structure and redox properties of ferrocenylmethylnucleobases Andrew Houlton, Christian J. Isaac, Ashleigh E. Gibson, Benjamin R. Horrocks, William Clegg and Mark R. J. Elsegood, pp 3229 DOI:10.1039/a905168f

Unusual activation of 1-ethynyl-1-cyclohexanol by [RuCl(5-C9H7)(PPh3)2]: synthesis and reactivity of the allenylidene derivative [Ru{CCC(C13H20)}(5-C9H7)(PPh3)2][PF6] Victorio Cadierno, M. Pilar Gamasa, José Gimeno and Elena Lastra, pp 3235 DOI:10.1039/a904744a

Evidence of a rhodium catalytic species containing a bridging 1,2-diphosphine in styrene hydroformylation Zoraida Freixa, Mariette M. Pereira, Alberto A. C. C. Pais and J. Carles Bayón, pp 3245 DOI:10.1039/a904019f

Structural characterization of cobalt(III), nickel(II), copper(II) and iron(III) complexes of tetraazamacrocycles with N-carboxymethyl arms Judite Costa, Rita Delgado, Michael G. B. Drew, Vitor Félix, Rui T. Henriques and João C. Waerenborgh, pp 3253 DOI:10.1039/a904263f

Tris(triorganosilyl)methyl derivatives of potassium and lithium bearing dimethylamino or methoxy substituents at silicon. Crystal structures of KC(SiMe3)2(SiMe2NMe2), KC(SiMe2NMe2)3 and [LiC(SiMe3)(SiMe2OMe)2]2 Salih S. Al-Juaid, Colin Eaborn, Salima El-Hamruni, Adam Farook, Peter B. Hitchcock, Martijn Hopman, J. David Smith, William Clegg, Keith Izod and Paul OShaughnessy, pp 3267 DOI:10.1039/a904043i

Oxovanadium(IV) complexes of phosphonic derivatives of iminodiacetic and nitrilotriacetic acids Daniele Sanna, István Bódi, Saad Bouhsina, Giovanni Micera and Tamas Kiss, pp 3275 DOI:10.1039/a903094h

Synthesis of diphenylmethylene bridged fluorenyl cyclopentadienyl lanthanocene complexes with Cs symmetry and crystal structures of the ate complexes [Li(thf)4][LnCl2{(C13H8)CPh2(C5H4)}] and [Li(thf)4][Ln(BH4)2{(C13H8)CPh2(C5H4)}] (Ln = Nd or La) Changtao Qian, Wanli Nie and Jie Sun, pp 3283 DOI:10.1039/a904223g

Orientational isomerism in bridging 2-pyridyl complexes: orthometallation of (S)-nicotine and (R)-1-(4-pyridyl)ethanol in triosmium clusters Antony J. Deeming, Marc J. Stchedroff, Caroline Whittaker, Alejandro J. Arce, Ysaura De Sanctis and Jonathan W. Steed, pp 3289 DOI:10.1039/a902061f

Potentiometric and NMR studies on palladium(II) complexes of oligoglycines and related ligands with non-co-ordinating side chains Csaba Gábor Ágoston, Teresa Kowalik Jankowska and Imre Sóvágó, pp 3295 DOI:10.1039/a904000e

Titanium and ruthenium binaphthyl Schiff base complexes as catalysts for asymmetric trimethylsilylcyanation of aldehydes Xiang-Ge Zhou, Jie-Sheng Huang, Po-Hung Ko, Kung-Kai Cheung and Chi-Ming Che, pp 3303 DOI:10.1039/a904330f

Kinetics of oxidation of nitrogen compounds by cerium(IV) Anne M. M. Doherty, Mark D. Radcliffe and Geoffrey Stedman, pp 3311 DOI:10.1039/a904080c

Issue 19

Negative thermal expansion materials John S. O. Evans, pp 3317 DOI:10.1039/a904297k

Can crystal structure determine molecular structure? For Co3(dpa)4Cl2, yes F. Albert Cotton, Carlos A. Murillo and Xiaoping Wang, pp 3327 DOI:10.1039/a906722a

Facile formation of a titanium-carbon bond from TiCl4 by HCl elimination: the synthesis and structure of TiCl3[Me3SiNP(Ph)2CHCH2P(Ph)2NSiMe3] Mark J. Sarsfield, Mark Thornton-Pett and Manfred Bochmann, pp 3329 DOI:10.1039/a905574f

Model for a superbase: synthesis and crystal structure of the mixed-metal/mixed-anion aggregate [NaLi2{N(H)R}2(OR)]2 Rebecca Holland, John C. Jeffery and Christopher A. Russell, pp 3331 DOI:10.1039/a906649g

Electronic effects in reversible 1,2-rearrangement of planar porphyrinato rhodium(III) alkyls Kin Wah Mak, Feng Xue, Thomas C. W. Mak and Kin Shing Chan, pp 3333 DOI:10.1039/a904737i

A kinetic study of the formation of a model high-valent diiron non-heme complex, [FeIIIFeIV(µ-O)2(tpa)2]3+ (tpa = tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine), by cryogenic stopped-flow techniques Sergey V. Kryatov and Elena V. Rybak-Akimova, pp 3335 DOI:10.1039/a904626g

Ferratricarbollide design for molecular assemblies: complexes [9,9-(ButHN)2-commo-2,2-M-closo-1,7,9-(C3B8H10)-1,7,9-(C3B8H10)] (where M = Fe or Ru), the first examples of double-cluster metallatricarbollides Bohumír Grüner, Francesc Teixidor, Clara Viñas, Reijo Sillanpää, Raikko Kivekäs and Bohumil tíbr, pp 3337 DOI:10.1039/a905606h

Novel synthetic route to soluble polyanions: synthesis and crystal structure of [K(18-crown-6)]4[Pb9]·en·tol Thomas F. Fässler and Rudolf Hoffmann, pp 3339 DOI:10.1039/a906586e

Clusters in bis-tridentate tethered domains of an iron chelating drug William Henderson, Lip L. Koh, John D. Ranford, Ward T. Robinson, Jan O. Svensson, Jagadese J. Vittal, Yu M. Wang and Yan Xu, pp 3341 DOI:10.1039/a904728j

Vanadium(III) complexes incorporating the silylamino(disilylamido) ligand [(Me3Si)N{CH2CH2N(SiMe3)}2]2- [N{N}2]2-. Synthesis and crystal structure of the dimeric, non-metallocene vanadium(III) hydride [{V(N{N}2)}2(µ-H)2] Gerald P. Clancy, Howard C. S. Clark, Guy K. B. Clentsmith, F. Geoffrey N. Cloke and Peter B. Hitchcock, pp 3345 DOI:10.1039/a904627e

Synthesis, reactivity and spectroscopy of ferrocene-functionalised porphyrins, with a conjugated connection between the ferrocene and the porphyrin core Anthony K. Burrell, Wayne M. Campbell, David L. Officer, Sonya M. Scott, Keith C. Gordon and Michael R. McDonald, pp 3349 DOI:10.1039/a902931a

Dependence of intervalence-transfer bands for mixed-valence oligo(1,1-dihexylferrocenylene)s on the oxidation number and the number of ferrocene units from two to six Tetsuo Horikoshi, Kenya Kubo and Hiroshi Nishihara, pp 3355 DOI:10.1039/a904953c

Novel ruthenium(III) dimers Na2[{trans-RuCl4(Me2SO-S)}2(µ-L)] and [{mer,cis-RuCl3(Me2SO-S)(Me2SO-O)}2(µ-L)] (L = bridging heterocyclic N-donor ligand) closely related to the antimetastatic complex Na[trans-RuCl4(Me2SO-S)(Him)] Elisabetta Iengo, Giovanni Mestroni, Silvano Geremia, Mario Calligaris and Enzo Alessio, pp 3361 DOI:10.1039/a904264d

Axial ligand exchange of iron(III) tetramesitylporphyrin phenolate complexes Michael W. Nee and John R. Lindsay Smith, pp 3373 DOI:10.1039/a902636c

Solvent and incoming ligand effects on the mechanism of substitution reactions of trans-[FeH(L)(DPPE)2]+ (L = MeCN), and comparison with the dihydrogen analogue (L = H2) Manuel G. Basallote, Joaquín Durán, María J. Fernández-Trujillo, Gabriel González, M. Angeles Máñez and Manuel Martínez, pp 3379 DOI:10.1039/a905377h

Copper(II) complexes of C-meso-1,5,8,12-tetramethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane: syntheses, structures and properties> Tian-Huey Lu, Shih-Chi Lin, Halikhedkar Aneetha, Kaliyamoorthy Panneerselvam and Chung-Sun Chung, pp 3385 DOI:10.1039/a905079e

Crystal structures and magnetic properties of two alternating azide-bridged complexes [{M(dmbpy)(N3)2}n] (M = Mn or Cu; dmbpy = 4,4-dimethyl-2,2-bipyridine) Zhen Shen, Jing-Lin Zuo, Zhi Yu, Yong Zhang, Jun-Feng Bai, Chi-Ming Che, Hoong-Kun Fun, Jagadese J. Vittal and Xiao-Zeng You, pp 3393 DOI:10.1039/a903968f

Syntheses, crystal structures and properties of mononuclear chromium(III) and dinuclear vanadium(III) and copper(II) complexes with a bis-bipyridyl ligand Craig M. Grant, Brian J. Stamper, Michael J. Knapp, Kirsten Folting, John C. Huffman, David N. Hendrickson and George Christou, pp 3399 DOI:10.1039/a905280a

A luminescent tricarbonylchlororhenium(I) complex featuring a flexible crown ether ligand. Manipulation of photoexcited state properties via binding of small cations Suzanne Bélanger, Michelle Gilbertson, Dong I. Yoon, Charlotte L. Stern, Xiaojun Dang and Joseph T. Hupp, pp 3407 DOI:10.1039/a906106a

The synthesis and molecular structures of the crystalline 1-aza-2-phospha(V)allyllithium compounds [Li(LL)(OEt2)2] and [Li(LL)]2 [LL = CH(SiMe3)P(Ph)2NSiMe3] and the preparation and characterisation of the new phosphinimines CH(R1)(R2)P(Ph)2 NSiMe3 [R1 = R2 = SiMe3; R1 = H, R2 = Si(Me)2NEt2] Peter B. Hitchcock, Michael F. Lappert, Patrick G. H. Uiterweerd and Zhong-Xia Wang, pp 3413 DOI:10.1039/a905464b

Reactions of dithiadiphosphetane disulfides with organonitrogen compounds Mark St John Foreman, Roger J. Mortimer, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and J. Derek Woollins, pp 3419 DOI:10.1039/a904592i

Cyclometallated derivatives of rhodium(III). Activation of C(sp3)-H vs. C(sp2)-H bonds Antonio Zucca, Sergio Stoccoro, Maria Agostina Cinellu, Giovanni Minghetti and Mario Manassero, pp 3431 DOI:10.1039/a903614h

Iridium complexes containing the first sugar dithioether ligands. Application as catalyst precursors in asymmetric hydrogenation Oscar Pàmies, Montserrat Diéguez, Gemma Net, Aurora Ruiz and Carmen Claver, pp 3439 DOI:10.1039/a905396d

Spectroscopic and crystallographic studies of adducts of aluminium trichloride with cyclic ketones, para-quinones and ortho-quinones David L. Boucher, Martyn A. Brown, Bruce R. McGarvey and Dennis G. Tuck, pp 3445 DOI:10.1039/a901758e

Bis(acetylacetonato)bis(cyclooctene)ruthenium(II), cis-[Ru(acac)2(2-C8H14)2]: a synthetic precursor to trans- and cis-bis(acetylacetonato)ruthenium(II) complexes Martin A. Bennett, Guandolina Chung, David C. R. Hockless, Horst Neumann and Anthony C. Willis, pp 3451 DOI:10.1039/a905492h

Solid polysiloxane ligands containing glycine- or iminodiacetate-groups: synthesis and application to binding and separation of metal ions Ahmed A. El-Nasser and R. V. Parish, pp 3463 DOI:10.1039/a903258d

Oxoanion influences on the self-assembly of cationic co-ordination complex polymers of the nickel(II)-di-4-pyridylamine family Matthew C. Laskoski, Robert L. LaDuca Jr., Randy S. Rarig Jr.,Jon Zubieta, pp 3467 DOI:10.1039/a903880i

Diversity of chain, interwoven and network structures formed by metal complexes with 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-1,4-bis(4-pyridyl-sulfenyl)benzene David M. L. Goodgame, David A. Grachvogel, Stephanie Holland, Nicholas J. Long, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 3473 DOI:10.1039/a904453a

Syntheses and crystal structures of three indium pyrazolyl complexes two of which contain novel bridging features Andrew Fraser and Brian Piggott, pp 3483 DOI:10.1039/a904028e

A density functional study of [M(PH3)2(2-C2X4)] alkene complexes for the Group 10 metals Ni, Pd, Pt: the effect of electron-attracting substituents Francesco Nunzi, Antonio Sgamellotti, Nazzareno Re and Carlo Floriani, pp 3487 DOI:10.1039/a904793j

A new structural type of dinuclear rhodium(II) compounds: synthesis by serendipity and design; catalytic behaviour in carbene transfer reactions Francisco Estevan, Abel García-Bernabé, Santiago García-Granda, Pascual Lahuerta, Eduardo Moreno, Julia Pérez-Prieto, Mercedes Sanaú and M. Angeles Ubeda, pp 3493 DOI:10.1039/a903811f

A convenient method for selective substitutions at the backbone of a co-ordinated imidazolylphosphine P-N ligand. Single crystal X-ray analyses of [Mo(CO)4(MeImCH2PPh2)] and its ethyl substituted derivative [Mo(CO)4(MeImCHEtPPh2)] M. Abdul Jalil, Shuhei Fujinami and Hiroaki Nishikawa, pp 3499 DOI:10.1039/a905186d

Triphenyl-phosphine and -arsine analogues which facilitate the electrospray mass spectrometric analysis of neutral metal complexes Corry Decker, William Henderson and Brian K. Nicholson, pp 3507 DOI:10.1039/a906010c

Chelating versus bridging behaviour and NMR fluxionality of dppf in the nido clusters [M3Se2(CO)7(dppf)] [M = Fe or Ru, dppf = Fe(5-C5H4PPh2)2]. Crystal structure of the chelated ruthenium derivative Daniele Cauzzi, Claudia Graiff, Chiara Massera, Giovanni Predieri, Antonio Tiripicchio and Domenico Acquotti, pp 3515 DOI:10.1039/a904866i

Issue 20

Comparative solid state and solution NMR structural and dynamic studies on tetra- and higher-nuclearity transition metal carbonyl clusters Taro Eguchi and Brian T. Heaton, pp 3523 DOI:10.1039/a810025j

A convenient synthetic route to substituted phosphavinyl Grignard reagents: synthesis and characterisation of [{RPC(But)MgX(OEt2)}2] (R = cyclohexyl, cyclopentyl, ethyl or mesityl; X = Cl or Br) David E. Hibbs, Cameron Jones and Anne F. Richards, pp 3531 DOI:10.1039/a906839b

Tetraphenoxoborate complexes of barium: crystal structures of the metalloborates [Ba(thf)4{B(OPh)4}2] and [Ba(dme)2{B(OPh)4}2] R. John Errington, Mustafa Tombul, Gary L. P. Walker, William Clegg, Sarah L. Heath and Lynne Horsburgh, pp 3533 DOI:10.1039/a906089h

A mixed lithium-strontium polynuclear complex formed within the hexa-deprotonated calix[8]arene framework; the synthesis and structure of Li4Sr2(H2L)(O2CC4H9)2(dmf)8 [H8L = p-Pri- or p-Bui-calix[8]arene] Nicholas P. Clague, Jonathan D. Crane, David J. Moreton, Ekkehard Sinn, Simon J. Teat and Nigel A. Young, pp 3535 DOI:10.1039/a906694b

Syntheses and crystal structures of lithium and niobium complexes containing a new type of monoanionic scorpionate ligand A. Otero, J. Fernández-Baeza, J. Tejeda, A. Antiñolo, F. Carrillo-Hermosilla, E. Díez-Barra, A. Lara-Sánchez, M. Fernández-López, M. Lanfranchi and M. A. Pellinghelli, pp 3537 DOI:10.1039/a907505d

Co-ordination of thorium(IV) in molten alkali-metal chlorides and the structure of liquid and glassy thorium(IV) chloride G. M. Photiadis and G. N. Papatheodorou, pp 3541 DOI:10.1039/a905065e

Metal-organic co-ordination frameworks based on mixed N- and O-donor ligands: crystal structures of [Co(phth)2(bipy)] and [Co2(mal)2(bipy)(H2O)2] (phth = phthalate, mal = malonate, bipy = 4,4-bipyridine) Philip Lightfoot and Alan Snedden, pp 3549 DOI:10.1039/a905726i

Synthesis and characterisation of trialkylaluminium-dialkylamine adducts: X-ray diffraction and 1H NMR studies Donald C. Bradley, Gregory Coumbarides, Ian S. Harding, Geoffrey E. Hawkes, Izaque A. Maia and Majid Motevalli, pp 3553 DOI:10.1039/a902973g

Divalent tin and lead complexes of a bulky salen ligand: the syntheses and structures of [SalenBut,Me]Sn and [SalenBut,Me]Pb Matthew C. Kuchta, Juliet M. Hahn and Gerard Parkin, pp 3559 DOI:10.1039/a905490a

Use of a radical clock to study the photodecarboxylation of amino acidatocobalt(III) complexes Richard M. Hartshorn and Shane G. Telfer, pp 3565 DOI:10.1039/a904451e

Preparation, characterisation and structures of copper(II) complexes of an asymmetric anti-cancer drug analogue Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, John D. Ranford, Jagadese J. Vittal, Xiaobai Wang and Yan Xu, pp 3573 DOI:10.1039/a905020e

Metal-centred versus ligand-centred luminescence quenching of a macrocyclic copper(II) complex Paul V. Bernhardt, Bernadine M. Flanagan and Mark J. Riley, pp 3579 DOI:10.1039/a902881a

Synthesis, crystal structures and NMR and luminescence spectra of lanthanide complexes of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane with N-methylene(phenyl)phosphinic acid pendant arms Jan Rohovec, Pavel Vojtíek, Petr Hermann, Jií Mosinger, Zdirad ák and Ivan Luke, pp 3585 DOI:10.1039/a905460j

Ferromagnetic interactions and polymorphism in radical-substituted gold phosphine complexes Daniel B. Leznoff, Corinne Rancurel, Jean-Pascal Sutter, Steven J. Rettig, Maren Pink, Carley Paulsen and Olivier Kahn, pp 3593 DOI:10.1039/a905026d

Alkali-metal guanidinates: solid-state structural diversity in solvent-free derivatives Garth R. Giesbrecht, Alex Shafir and John Arnold, pp 3601 DOI:10.1039/a904295d

Structural studies of lanthanide complexes with new hydrophobic malonamide solvent extraction agents Peter B. Iveson, Michael G. B. Drew, Michael J. Hudson and Charles Madic, pp 3605 DOI:10.1039/a905579g

Grafting of bulky rare earth metal complexes onto mesoporous silica MCM-41 Reiner Anwander, Hans W. Görlitzer, Gisela Gerstberger, Clemens Palm, Oliver Runte and Michael Spiegler, pp 3611 DOI:10.1039/a903096d

Tuning of charge-transfer absorption and molecular quadratic non-linear optical properties in ruthenium(II) ammine complexes Benjamin J. Coe, James A. Harris, Inge Asselberghs, André Persoons, John C. Jeffery, Leigh H. Rees, Thomas Gelbrich and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 3617 DOI:10.1039/a905652a

Interactions of zinc(II), magnesium(II) and calcium(II) with iminodimethylenediphosphonic acids in aqueous solutions Ewa Matczak-Jon, Barbara Kurzak, Anna Kamecka, Wanda Sawka-Dobrowolska and Pawe Kafarski, pp 3627 DOI:10.1039/a903997j

Selective isolation of Keggin ions using self-assembled superanion capsules Alexander Drljaca, Michaele J. Hardie and Colin L. Raston, pp 3639 DOI:10.1039/a905436g

Kinetic and mechanistic analysis of the reactions in the aqueous system pentacyanoferrate(II)-ammonia-nitrite Iwona Maciejowska, Zofia Stasicka, Grazyna Stochel and Rudi van Eldik, pp 3643 DOI:10.1039/a904782d

Issue 21

A new polyoxo-alkoxo titanium cluster of the Keggin family: synthesis and characterization by X-ray diffraction and NMR spectroscopy Nathalie Steunou, Guido Kickelbick, Kamal Boubekeur and Clément Sanchez, pp 3653 DOI:10.1039/a906198c

A novel three-dimensional triangular organic-inorganic hybrid network self-assembled by mononuclear [Mn(4,4-bipyridine)2(H2O)4]2+ cations and rich solvate 4,4-bipyridine molecules through hydrogen-bonding and - interactions Ming-Liang Tong, Hung Kay Lee, Xiao-Ming Chen, Rong-Bin Huang and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 3657 DOI:10.1039/a907111c

Aspects of the co-ordination chemistry of the antiviral nucleotide analogue, 9-[2-(phosphonomethoxy)ethyl]-2,6-diaminopurine (PMEDAP) Claudia A. Blindauer, Trond I. Sjåstad, Antonín Holý, Einar Sletten and Helmut Sigel, pp 3661 DOI:10.1039/a904838c

Impact of -hydroxymethylserine (HmS) residue on the binding ability of the histidyl residue in the HmS-His dipeptide towards CuII, NiII and ZnII Piotr Mynarz, Teresa Kowalik-Jankowska, Marcin Stasiak, Mirosaw T. Leplawy and Henryk Kozowski, pp 3673 DOI:10.1039/a904954a

Synthesis, reactivity and structural characterization of some heterometallic complexes containing naked arsenic ligands Katherine V. Adams, Nick Choi, Gráinne Conole, John E. Davies, Jason D. King, Martin J. Mays, Mary McPartlin and Paul R. Raithby, pp 3679 DOI:10.1039/a905688b

Phyllosilicate-like structure anchored silylating agents: calorimetric data on divalent cation-aminated centre interactions in the lamellar cavity Maria G. da Fonseca and Claudio Airoldi, pp 3687 DOI:10.1039/a905733a

Convergent syntheses of topologically linear heterotri- and heteropenta-nuclear complexes based upon bis{4-(2,26,2-terpyridinyl)} ether Edwin C. Constable, Peter Harverson and Catherine E.Housecroft, pp 3693 DOI:10.1039/a906419b

Preparation and structural elucidation of novel cis ruthenium(II) bis(bipyridine) sulfoxide complexes Dusan Hesek, Yoshihisa Inoue, Simon R. L. Everitt, Hitoshi Ishida, Mieko Kunieda and Michael G. B. Drew, pp 3701 DOI:10.1039/a904862f

Syntheses, characterization and third order non-linear optical properties of the ruthenium(II) complexes containing 2-phenylimidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline derivatives Hui Chao, Run-Hua Li, Bao-Hui Ye, Hong Li, Xiao-Long Feng, Ji-Wen Cai, Jian-Ying Zhou and Liang-Nian Ji, pp 3711 DOI:10.1039/a905790k

An efficient synthesis of polyynyl and polyynediyl complexes of ruthenium(II) Michael I. Bruce, Ben C. Hall, Brian D. Kelly, Paul J. Low, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 3719 DOI:10.1039/a905174k

Excited state electronic properties of the [(phen)(OC)3ReI(NC)RuII(bpy)2(CN)]PF6 and [(phen)(OC)3ReI(CN)RuII(bpy)2(CN)]PF6 linkage isomers David W. Thompson, Jon R. Schoonover, Thomas J. Meyer, Roberto Argazzi and Carlo Alberto Bignozzi, pp 3729 DOI:10.1039/a905783h

Control of the hapticity of pyridine-2-thiolate ligands in rhenium(V) oxo complexes António Paulo, Ângela Domingos and Isabel Santos, pp 3735 DOI:10.1039/a905911c

A very short Re26+ quadruple bond: first DFT calculations on a paddlewheel complex with an element of the third transition series F. Albert Cotton, Jiande Gu, Carlos A. Murillo and Daren J. Timmons, pp 3741 DOI:10.1039/a904684d

Synthesis, structure and properties of [ReVL(O)Cl3], [ReVL(NR)Cl3], [ReIIIL(OPPh3)Cl3], and [ReIIIL(PPh3)Cl3] [L = 2-(arylazo)-1-methylimidazole, R = aryl] Indranil Chakraborty, Sibaprasad Bhattacharyya, Sangeeta Banerjee, Bimal Kumar Dirghangi and Animesh Chakravorty, pp 3747 DOI:10.1039/a906460e

Syntheses and redox properties of the first phosphirene-dinitrogen and phosphirene-diazenide complexes Armando J. L. Pombeiro, Maria Teresa A. R. S. Costa, Yu Wang and John F. Nixon, pp 3755 DOI:10.1039/a906238f

An investigation of C-S bond activation in transition metal crown thioether complexes using extended Hückel theory and electrospray mass spectrometry Gregory E. D. Mullen, Thomas F. Fässler, Michael J. Went, Kevin Howland, Bridget Stein and Philip J. Blower, pp 3759 DOI:10.1039/a905976h

Thermal stability of Group 6 bis(cyclopentadienyl) and ethylene bridged bis(cyclopentadienyl) monocarbonyl complexes; a theoretical study Jennifer C. Green and Christian N. Jardine, pp 3767 DOI:10.1039/a905363h

The carbonylation of methanol catalysed by [RhI(CO)(PEt3)2]; crystal and molecular structure of [RhMeI2(CO)(PEt3)2] Joanne Rankin, Attila C. Benyei, Andrew D. Poole and David J. Cole-Hamilton, pp 3771 DOI:10.1039/a905308e

Theoretical study on linear dicyanide and dicarbonyl complexes of the metals Au, Hg, and Tl. On the possible existence of a [Tl(CO)2]3+ cation Volker Jonas and Walter Thiel, pp 3783 DOI:10.1039/a904709c

Synthesis and characterisation of titanium silasesquioxane complexes: soluble models for the active site in titanium silicate epoxidation catalysts Mark Crocker, Ruud H. M. Herold, A. Guy Orpen and Martijn T. A. Overgaag, pp 3791 DOI:10.1039/a905887g

-Hydride shift involvement in the acid catalysed decomposition of [(H2O)5CrIII-C(CH3)2OH]2+ Nurit Shaham, Haim Cohen and Dan Meyerstein, pp 3805 DOI:10.1039/a905674b

Reactivity of free and CoIII-co-ordinated phosphite; mechanisms of bromine oxidation and H/D exchange Sonya J. Carrington, David A. Buckingham, Jim Simpson, Allan G. Blackman and Charles R. Clark, pp 3809 DOI:10.1039/a906670e

Statistically controlled kinetics for the formation and decomposition of binuclear complexes of CuII with a large octaaza cryptand Manuel G. Basallote, Joaquín Durán, M. Jesús Fernández-Trujillo and M. Angeles Máñez, pp 3817 DOI:10.1039/a906029d

Redox behavior of cerium in heteropolyoxotungstate complexes Mark R. Antonio, L. Soderholm, Clayton W. Williams, Nushrat Ullah and Lynn C. Francesconi, pp 3825 DOI:10.1039/a904071d

Structural aspects and thermal properties of takovite-like layered double hydroxides pillared with chromium oxo-anions François Malherbe, Laurent Bigey, Claude Forano, André de Roy and Jean-Pierre Besse, pp 3831 DOI:10.1039/a903766g

Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of new aluminophosphates with AlPO4-15 framework: A1.5[Al2P2O8.5(OH)0.5(H2O)]· xH2O (A = K or Rb) R. Nandini Devi and K. Vidyasagar, pp 3841 DOI:10.1039/a904704b

Kinetic studies on the copper(II)-mediated oxygenolysis of the flavonolate ligand. Crystal structures of [Cu(fla)2] (fla = flavonolate) and [Cu(O-bs)2(py)3] (O-bs = O-benzoylsalicylate) Éva Balogh-Hergovich, József Kaizer, Gábor Speier, Gyula Argay and László Párkányi, pp 3847 DOI:10.1039/a905684j

High-frequency (245 GHz) and X-band EPR study of stable dicopper radical complexes Anne-Laure Barra, Louis-Claude Brunel, Frank Baumann, Manuela Schwach, Michael Moscherosch and Wolfgang Kaim, pp 3855 DOI:10.1039/a903419f

Nickel(II)-induced activation of a carbon-nitrogen single bond(s) of a co-ordinated ligand by hydroxylated substrates: generation of mono- and bi-nuclear complexes with modified ligand frameworks Sudeep Bhattacharyya, Dipesh Ghosh, Akira Endo, Kunio Shimizu, Timothy J. R. Weakley and Muktimoy Chaudhury, pp 3859 DOI:10.1039/a905268b

Transition metal dicarbollide complexes: synthesis, molecular, crystal and electronic structures of [M(C2B9H11)(NMe2)3] (M = Nb or Ta) and their insertion reactions with CO2 and CS2 Andrei S. Batsanov, Andrei V. Churakov, Judith A. K. Howard, Andrew K. Hughes, Andrew L. Johnson, Andrew J. Kingsley, Ivan S. Neretin and Ken Wade, pp 3867 DOI:10.1039/a905075b

Platinum assisted cyclization of S-methyl 3-acyl-2-methyldithiocarbazates under mild conditions. Crystal structure of [Pt2(µ-SMe)(terpy)2][ClO4]3 Giuliano Annibale, Paola Bergamini, Valerio Bertolasi, Michela Cattabriga, Antonio Lazzaro, Andrea Marchi and Gianni Vertuani, pp 3877 DOI:10.1039/a904859f

Reactions of alkynes with molybdenum and tungsten bis(alkyne) complexes [M(SR)(CF3CCCF3)2(5-C5H5)] (M = Mo, R = C6F5; M = W, R = C6H4Me-4): crystal and molecular structure of [Mo{4-C(CF3)C(CF3)C(CO2Me)C(CO2Me)(SC6F5)}(CF3CCCF3)(5-C5H5)] Naz M. Agh-Atabay, Jack L. Davidson, Uta Dullweber, Graeme Douglas and Kenneth W. Muir, pp 3883 DOI:10.1039/a905297f

IR Spectroscopic study of hydrogen bonding using a metal carbonyl probe Eduardo Peris, Jose A. Mata and Vicent Moliner, pp 3893 DOI:10.1039/a905793e

Issue 22

Novel synthesis of lanthanoid complexes starting from metallic lanthanoid sources Kazushi Mashima and Akira Nakamura, pp 3899 DOI:10.1039/a905998i

Synthesis of a novel microporous magnesioaluminophosphate, STA-6, containing an unbound azamacrocycle Veronique Patinec, Paul A. Wright, Philip Lightfoot, R. Alan Aitken and Paul A. Cox, pp 3909 DOI:10.1039/a907259d

Synthesis and complexation of tetrathiafulvalene derivatives functionalised with [15]aneS5 thioether crowns Neil Robertson, Sascha Vukojevic, Xiaoming Liu, Lesley J. Yellowlees and Simon Parsons, pp 3913 DOI:10.1039/a905996b

Lanthanide complexes with a p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene fitted with phosphinoyl pendant arms Laetitia Le Saulnier, Sabi Varbanov, Rosario Scopelliti, Mourad Elhabiri and Jean-Claude G. Bünzli, pp 3919 DOI:10.1039/a907693j

Enforced slow protonation of [Fe4S4Cl4]2- and the maximum rate of protonation of the cluster core Richard A. Henderson and Kay E. Oglieve, pp 3927 DOI:10.1039/a906821j

Rhodium and iridium complexes with 2-(diphenylphosphanyl)anilido ligands: reactions with phenylacetylene and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate Lutz Dahlenburg and Konrad Herbst, pp 3935 DOI:10.1039/a906430c

Synthesis of a sulfido-capped triiron cluster with bridging phosphido ligands and its reactions with alkynes, phosphites and phosphines Nick Choi, Gráinne Conole, Margalith Kessler, Jason D. King, Martin J. Mays, Mary McPartlin, Giles E. Pateman and Gregory A. Solan, pp 3941 DOI:10.1039/a905931h

Activation of H2 by halogenocarbonylbis(phosphine)rhodium(I) complexes. The use of parahydrogen induced polarisation to detect species present at low concentration Paul D. Morran, Simon B. Duckett, Peter R. Howe, John E. McGrady, Simon A. Colebrooke, Richard Eisenberg, Martin G. Partridge and Joost A. B. Lohman, pp 3949 DOI:10.1039/a905109k

A tetrapodal pentaamine for stabilizing square pyramidal co-ordination modules: synthesis, structure and reactivity of cobalt(III) complexes of 2,2-dimethyl-2,2-iminodimethylenebis(1,3-propanediamine) Birgit Fabius, Rodney J. Geue, Rita G. Hazell, W. Gregory Jackson, Finn Krebs Larsen, C. Jin Qin and Alan M. Sargeson, pp 3961 DOI:10.1039/a904425f

Variable temperature and pressure study of the aquation reactions of cobalt(III) and chromium(III) penta- and tetra-amines Fabián Benzo, Paul V. Bernhardt, Gabriel González, Manuel Martinez and Beatriz Sienra, pp 3973 DOI:10.1039/a907895i

Reactivity of the palladium dimer [Pd2(µ-SO2)(µ-dba)(PBz3)2]. Syntheses and structural characterisation of [Pd3(µ-SO2)3(PBz3)3], [Pd2(µ-SO2)(µ-dppm)(PBz3)2], [Pd(SO2)(PBz3)2], [Pd3(µ-CO)2(µ-SO2)(PBz3)3] and [Pd3(µ-SO2)2(CNBut)2(PBz3)3] (Bz = benzyl) Sanja Arifhodzic-Radojevic, Andrew D. Burrows, Nick Choi, Mary McPartlin, D. Michael P. Mingos, Stephen V. Tarlton and Ramón Vilar, pp 3981 DOI:10.1039/a906444c

Synthesis, characterization and crystal structures of copper(II) complexes containing multidentate polypyridine ligands Catherine Hemmert, Michael Renz, Heinz Gornitzka and Bernard Meunier, pp 3989 DOI:10.1039/a906118e

Syntheses and characterization of the edge-bridged open metallocenes M(C8H11)2 (C8H11 = cyclooctadienyl; M = Ti, V, Cr or Fe) Vichien Kulsomphob, Robert Tomaszewski, Glenn P. A. Yap, Louise M. Liable-Sands, Arnold L. Rheingold and Richard D. Ernst, pp 3995 DOI:10.1039/a905279h

Reaction of [RuCl2(DMSO)4] with aromatic phosphines bearing ortho-methoxy groups Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Ken-ichiro Sugawara, Tsuyoshi Aiko and Jian-Fang Ma, pp 4003 DOI:10.1039/a906435d

Gold complexes of 3,4-bis(diphenylphosphinoamino)toluene and 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphinoamino)benzene. A comparative study Pedro A. Bella, Olga Crespo, Eduardo J. Fernández, Axel K. Fischer, Peter G. Jones, Antonio Laguna, José M. López-de-Luzuriaga and Miguel Monge, pp 4009 DOI:10.1039/a905857e

Mössbauer spectra of tin(IV) iodide complexes David Tudela, Antonio J. Sánchez-Herencia, Marcos Díaz, Ramón Fernández-Ruiz, Nieves Menéndez and Jesús D. Tornero, pp 4019 DOI:10.1039/a905917b

Synthesis, magnetism, 1H NMR and redox activity of dicopper(II) complexes having a discrete {Cu2(µ-phenoxide)2}2+ unit supported by a non-macrocyclic ligand environment. Crystal structure of [Cu2(L)2(OClO3)2] [HL = 4-methyl-2,6-bis(pyrazol-1-ylmethyl)phenol] Rajeev Gupta, Sumitra Mukherjee and Rabindranath Mukherjee, pp 4025 DOI:10.1039/a907250k

A comparative study of the synthesis, stereochemical characterization and reactivity of new chiral ruthenium(II) complexes with (aminoferrocenyl)phosphine ligands. X-Ray crystal structure of RuClH(cod)(PTFA) and Ru(3-C8H13)Cl(PPFA) [PTFA = 1-diphenylphosphino-2,3-endo-(-dimethylamino)tetramethyleneferrocene and PPFA = 2-(1-dimethylaminoethyl)-1-diphenylphosphinoferrocene] Félix A. Jalón, Ana López-Agenjo, Blanca R. Manzano, Montserrat Moreno-Lara, Ana Rodríguez, Thomas Sturm and Walter Weissensteiner, pp 4031 DOI:10.1039/a904832d

Reactions of 1,3,5-triazine with organolithium compounds containing trimethylsilyl substituents; X-ray structures of 1,3,5-triaza- and 1,3,5,7-tetraaza-heptatrienyllithium compounds W. Marco Boesveld, Peter B. Hitchcock and Michael F. Lappert, pp 4041 DOI:10.1039/a907375b

Synthesis and structural systematics of mixed triphenylphosphine/imidazole base adducts of silver(I) oxyanion salts Augusto Cingolani, Effendy, Fabio Marchetti, Claudio Pettinari, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 4047 DOI:10.1039/a906624a

Novel triphospholyl and diphosphastibolyl lead(II) complexes Julie J. Durkin, Matthew D. Francis, Peter B. Hitchcock, Cameron Jones and John F. Nixon, pp 4057 DOI:10.1039/a905830c

Structural studies of the chiral lithium amides [{PhC(H)Me}2NLi] and [PhCH2{PhC(H)Me}NLi·THF] derived from -methylbenzylamine David R. Armstrong, Kenneth W. Henderson, Alan R. Kennedy, William J. Kerr, Francis S. Mair, Jennifer H. Moir, Paul H. Moran and Ronald Snaith, pp 4063 DOI:10.1039/a904725e

Non-planar co-ordination of C2-symmetric biaryl-bridged Schiff-base ligands: well expressed chiral ligand environments for zirconium Paul R. Woodman, Ian J. Munslow, Peter B. Hitchcock and Peter Scott, pp 4069 DOI:10.1039/a906788d

Bonding in mixed halogen and hydrogen peroxides Adam J. Bridgeman and Joanne Rothery, pp 4077 DOI:10.1039/a904968a

Facile rhenium(IV)-mediated coupling of acetonitrile and oximes Gabriele Wagner, Armando J. L. Pombeiro, Nadezhda A. Bokach and Vadim Yu. Kukushkin, pp 4083 DOI:10.1039/a906455i

Electronic structure of tris(pyrazolyl)hydroborato [Tp] gallium complexes: density functional studies of monovalent Ga[Tp], terminal chalcogen complexes, Ga[Tp]E (E = O, S, Se or Te) and a GaI3 adduct, Ga2[Tp]I3 Jennifer C. Green and James L. Suter, pp 4087 DOI:10.1039/a905441c

N,N-Diethylcarbamato tertiary phosphine complexes as precursors to carbonato and carbamoyl platinum(II) derivatives Ulrich Abram, Daniela Belli DellAmico, Fausto Calderazzo, Lorella Marchetti and Joachim Strähle, pp 4093 DOI:10.1039/a904868e

Dimerization of a copper(II) compound with a tetradentate diaminodiamide ligand Peter Comba, Sergey P. Gavrish, Yaroslaw D. Lampeka, Philip Lightfoot and Alexander Peters, pp 4099 DOI:10.1039/a905437e

Dimolybdenum(II) complexes linked by axial cyano bridges to organic and organometallic ligands: syntheses, structures, and characterization Wen-Mei Xue, Fritz E. Kühn, Guofang Zhang, Eberhardt Herdtweck and Gabriele Raudaschl-Sieber, pp 4103 DOI:10.1039/a904742e

Issue 23

-Stabilized phosphoylides as versatile multifunctional ligands Rafael Navarro and Esteban P. Urriolabeitia, pp 4111 DOI:10.1039/a906116i

Polymer building blocks: a CuCl2-bridged phosphazene dimer containing 5N coordinated Cu(II) Eric W. Ainscough, Andrew M. Brodie and Craig V. Depree, pp 4123 DOI:10.1039/a908430d

Synthesis, structural and magnetic characterisation of a new Mn-Gd pivalate: preparation from a pre-formed hexanuclear cluster Cristiano Benelli, Mark Murrie, Simon Parsons and Richard E. P. Winpenny, pp 4125 DOI:10.1039/a907977g

A novel example of self-assembly in lanthanide chemistry: synthesis and molecular structure of [Na(EtOH)6][Y9(µ4-O)2(µ3-OH)8{µ-2-MeC(O)CHC(O)OEt}8{2-MeC(O)CHC(O)OEt}8] Liliane G. Hubert-Pfalzgraf, Nathalie Miele-Pajot, Renée Papiernik and Jacqueline Vaissermann, pp 4127 DOI:10.1039/a907755c

Zinc and cadmium complexes of an 18-membered N4O2 oxaaza-Schiff base macrocycle and the corresponding reduced form Harry Adams, Rufina Bastida, David E. Fenton, Alejandro Macías, Sharon E. Spey and Laura Valencia, pp 4131 DOI:10.1039/a906372b

Co-ordination chemistry of macrocyclic compounds with dangling phosphines. Unusual NMR shifts in metallo-calix[4]arenes Cedric B. Dieleman, Claire Marsol, Dominique Matt, Nathalie Kyritsakas, Anthony Harriman and Jean-Pierre Kintzinger, pp 4139 DOI:10.1039/a905814a

Matrix isolation of HGaX2 (X = Cl or Br): IR spectroscopy and ab initio calculations Jens Müller and Henning Sternkicker, pp 4149 DOI:10.1039/a905183j

Molecular dynamics and free energy perturbation studies of Ca2+/Sr2+ complexation selectivities of the macrocyclic ionophores DOTA and TETA in water Alexandre Varnek, Georges Wipff, Alex Bilyk and Jack M. Harrowfield, pp 4155 DOI:10.1039/a906981j

Carbohydrates tagged with the CCo3(CO)9 cluster Joy L. Kerr, Brian H. Robinson and Jim Simpson, pp 4165 DOI:10.1039/a905300j

Hydrocarbyl derivatives of dppm- or dppa-bridged alkoxysilyl heterobimetallic Fe-Pd complexes and CO insertion reactions. Crystal structures of [(OC)3{(MeO)3Si}Fe(µ-dppm)Pd(8-mq)] (dppm = Ph2PCH2PPh2), [(OC)3Fe{µ-Si(OMe)2(OMe)}(µ-dppa)PdCl] and [(OC)3Fe{µ-Si(OMe)2(OMe)}(µ-dppa)PdPh] (dppa = Ph2PNHPPh2) Pierre Braunstein, Jérôme Durand, Guido Kickelbick, Michael Knorr, Xavier Morise, Raphael Pugin, Antonio Tiripicchio and Franco Ugozzoli, pp 4175 DOI:10.1039/a907425b

Synthesis, characterisation and ligand properties of a new amphiphilic triphenylphosphine analogue Magnus Karlsson, Maria Johansson and Carlaxel Andersson, pp 4187 DOI:10.1039/a908077e

Formation, characterization, and structural studies of novel thiosemicarbazone palladium(II) complexes. Crystal structures of [{Pd[C6H4C(Et)NNC(S)NH2]}4], [Pd{C6H4C(Et)NN C(S)NH2}(PMePh2)] and [{Pd[C6H4C(Et)NNC(S)NH2]}2(µ-Ph2PCH2PPh2)] José M. Vila, Ma Teresa Pereira, Juan M. Ortigueira, María Graña, Darío Lata, Antonio Suárez, Jesús J. Fernández, Alberto Fernández, Margarita López-Torres and Harry Adams, pp 4193 DOI:10.1039/a906276i

On the electronic structure of [Pt(4,4-X2-bipy)Cl2]0/-/2-: an electrochemical and spectroscopic (UV/Vis, EPR, ENDOR) study Eric J. L. McInnes, Robert D. Farley, Christopher C. Rowlands, Alan J. Welch, Lorenzo Rovatti and Lesley J. Yellowlees, pp 4203 DOI:10.1039/a904658e

Crystallisation of H3BTC, H3TPO or H2SDA with MII (M = Co, Mn or Zn) and 2,2-bipyridyl: design and control of co-ordination architecture, and magnetic properties (H3BTC = benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid, H3TPO = tris(4-carboxylphenyl)phosphine oxide, H2SDA = cis-stilbene-4,4-dicarboxylic acid) M. John Plater, Mark R. St. J. Foreman, Eugenio Coronado, Carlos J. Gómez-García and Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, pp 4209 DOI:10.1039/a905332h

Spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes Pu-Hui Xie, Yuan-Jun Hou, Bao-Wen Zhang, Yi Cao, Fang Wu, Wen-Jing Tian and Jia-Cong Shen, pp 4217 DOI:10.1039/a907621b

Reactions of ruthenium acetylide complexes with benzylidenemalonitrile Chao-Wan Chang, Ying-Chih Lin, Gene-Hsiang Lee and Yu Wang, pp 4223 DOI:10.1039/a905788i

Syntheses and structures of novel zerovalent ruthenium monodentate amine complexes Toshiaki Suzuki, Masashi Shiotsuki, Kenji Wada, Teruyuki Kondo and Take-aki Mitsudo, pp 4231 DOI:10.1039/a907333g

The chemistry of the Hispanic-American amalgamation process David A. Johnson and Karl Whittle, pp 4239 DOI:10.1039/a905612b

The reaction of N-methylbenzothiazole-2-selone and 1,1-dimethylselenourea with sulfuryl chloride and dichlorine Philip D. Boyle, Stephen M. Godfrey and Robin G. Pritchard, pp 4245 DOI:10.1039/a905552e

The role of hydrogen-bonding interactions in stabilising trigonal planar copper(I) in Cu(BF4)-pyridazine-nitrile systems Andrei S. Batsanov, Michael J. Begley, Michael W. George, Peter Hubberstey, Meguma Munakata, Claire E. Russell and Paul H. Walton, pp 4251 DOI:10.1039/a906192d

The role of - stacking interactions in stabilising trigonal planar copper(I) in Cu(BF4)-2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline-nitrile systems Alexander J. Blake, Peter Hubberstey, Wan-Sheung Li, Daniel J. Quinlan, Claire E. Russell and Claire L. Sampson, pp 4261 DOI:10.1039/a906781g

Dimetallic complexes derived from a novel dinucleating chelating symmetric triazole ligand; crystal structure, magnetic properties and ESR study of bis[µ-3,5-diacetylamino-1,2,4-triazolato-O,N 1,N 2,O]bis[(nitrato)(aqua)copper(II)] Sacramento Ferrer, Petra J. van Koningsbruggen, Jaap G. Haasnoot, Jan Reedijk, Huub Kooijman, Anthony L. Spek, Luis Lezama, Atta M. Arif and Joel S. Miller, pp 4269 DOI:10.1039/a907740e

Novel ring-coupled reactions of bis(cycloheptatriene)tris(tricarbonyliron) with aryllithium reagents Bin Zhu, Ruitao Wang, Jie Sun and Jiabi Chen, pp 4277 DOI:10.1039/a906350a

Synthesis and characterization of new azido(o-phenylenedioxy)boranes and azidobicyclononylboranes Wolfgang Fraenk, Tassilo Habereder, Thomas M. Klapötke, Heinrich Nöth and Kurt Polborn, pp 4283 DOI:10.1039/a907222e

Issue 24

C2-symmetric bis(oxazolinato) complexes of yttrium and lanthanum Hans W. Görlitzer, Michael Spiegler and Reiner Anwander, pp 4287 DOI:10.1039/a908313h

Bidentate citrate with free terminal carboxyl groups, syntheses and characterization of citrato oxomolybdate(VI) and oxotungstate(VI), /-Na2[MO2(H2cit)2]·3H2O (M = Mo or W) Zhao-Hui Zhou, Hui-Lin Wan and Khi-Rui Tsai, pp 4289 DOI:10.1039/a908739g

Synthesis and molecular structures of N,N-dimethylhydroxylamino-trichlorosilane and -germane Udo Losehand, Norbert W. Mitzel and David W. H. Rankin, pp 4291 DOI:10.1039/a906688h

Synthesis and characterization of pentakis(dimethylphosphanyl)cymantrene [Mn{C5(PMe2)5}(CO)3], the first cyclopentadienyl complex with five phosphanyl substituents Karlheinz Sünkel, Cornelia Stramm and Sabine Soheili, pp 4299 DOI:10.1039/a907973d

The unconventional semiconductors represent two novel structure types of polythiometalates: syntheses, structures and electrical properties of {[W3Ag3S12]·[La(DMAC)5(H2O)3·(DMAC)4]}n and {[W8Ag10S32]·[M(DEF)8]2}n (M = La, Nd) Ling Chen, Xin-tao Wu, Xian-cheng Gao, Wen-jian Zhang and Ping Lin, pp 4303 DOI:10.1039/a907625e

S-H Bond cleavage versus thiol co-ordination in half-sandwich ruthenium complexes Alberto Coto, Isaac de los Ríos, Manuel Jiménez Tenorio, M. Carmen Puerta and Pedro Valerga, pp 4309 DOI:10.1039/a906110j

Solid-state NMR studies of fluorinated diazadiphosphetidines Robin K. Harris and Lindsey A. Crowe, pp 4315 DOI:10.1039/a907142c

Oxidation of [M(-C5H5)2], M = Cr, Fe or Co, by the new Brønsted acid H2O·B(C6F5)3 yielding the salts [M(-C5H5)2]+A-, where A- = [(C6F5)3B(µ-OH)B(C6F5)3]- or [(C6F5)3BOH· · ·H2OB(C6F5)3]- Linda H. Doerrer and Malcolm L. H. Green, pp 4325 DOI:10.1039/a905892c

Methyl pyridine derivatives of 14-membered tetraaza macrocycles. A new host with high selectivity for cadmium Judite Costa, Rita Delgado, Michael G. B. Drew and Vitor Félix, pp 4331 DOI:10.1039/a907512g

Very weak electron-electron exchange interactions in paramagnetic dinuclear tris(pyrazolyl)boratomolybdenum centres with extended bridging ligands: estimation of the exchange coupling constant J by simulation of second-order EPR spectra Peter K. A. Shonfield, Andreas Behrendt, John C. Jeffery, John P. Maher, Jon A. McCleverty, Elefteria Psillakis, Michael D. Ward and Colin Western, pp 4341 DOI:10.1039/a908138k

Complexes containing redox-active fluorenone-based ligands linked to redox-active tris(pyrazolyl)boratomolybdenum fragments: assignment of ligand-centred and metal-centred redox processes by EPR and UV/VIS/NIR spectroelectrochemistry Andreas Behrendt, Samantha M. Couchman, John C. Jeffery, Jon A. McCleverty and Michael D. Ward, pp 4349 DOI:10.1039/a907303e

Syntheses and structures of dinuclear rhodium(I) complexes and 1-D zigzag-chain rhodium(I) co-ordination polymers bridged by rod-like bidentate nitrogen ligands Masahiko Maekawa, Kunihisa Sugimoto, Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa, Yusaku Suenaga and Megumu Munakata, pp 4357 DOI:10.1039/a907577a

Electrochemical and spectroscopic studies on the reduction of the cis-(Et2-dcbpy)2RuX2 series of photovoltaic sensitizer precursor complexes (Et2-dcbpy = diethyl 2,2-bipyridine-4,4-dicarboxylate, X = Cl-, I-, NCS-, CN-) Georg Wolfbauer, Alan M. Bond and Douglas R. MacFarlane, pp 4363 DOI:10.1039/a906920h

Spectroscopic and electrochemical examination of the dark and photo-catalysed redox reactions that occur at the interface between solid -[Hex4N]4[S2Mo18O62], solid triphenylphosphine and water John C. Eklund, Alan M. Bond, David G. Humphrey, Georgii Lazarev, Truc Vu, Anthony G. Wedd and Georg Wolfbauer, pp 4373 DOI:10.1039/a907542i

Synthesis, redox properties, EPR and ENDOR spectroscopy of the 17-electron cycloheptatrienylmolybdenum complexes [MoX(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)(-C7H7)]z+ (z = 1, X = I, Br, Cl, F, NCO, NCS, CN, 13CN, Me, CCPh; z = 2, X = NCMe, CNMe, 13CNMe, oxacyclopentylidene) Georgina M. Aston, Samer Badriya, Robert D. Farley, Richard W. Grime, Sarah J. Ledger, Frank E. Mabbs, Eric J. L. McInnes, Hugh W. Morris, Allen Ricalton, Christopher C. Rowlands, Kirsten Wagner and Mark W. Whiteley, pp 4379 DOI:10.1039/a907205e

Co-ordination properties of 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione towards group 4 and 5 metals in low and high oxidation states Fausto Calderazzo, Fabio Marchetti, Guido Pampaloni and Vincenzo Passarelli, pp 4389 DOI:10.1039/a906016b

Ring opening reactions of thiiranes by alkoxo- and aryloxo-gold(I) complexes Yoko Usui, Junko Noma, Masafumi Hirano and Sanshiro Komiya, pp 4397 DOI:10.1039/a907574g

Interaction of 2-amino-N-hydroxypropanamide with vanadium(V) in aqueous solution Regina T. Yamaki, Eucler B. Paniago, Sandra Carvalho and Ivana S. Lula, pp 4407 DOI:10.1039/a907249g

A one-step synthesis of an iridium(II) dinuclear complex. Preparation, structures and properties of bis(µ-acetato)dicarbonyldichlorodiiridium(II) complexes Naohiro Kanematsu, Masahiro Ebihara and Takashi Kawamura, pp 4413 DOI:10.1039/a907776f

Thioacetate complexes of Group 12 metals. Structures of [Ph4P][Zn(SC{O}Me)3(H2O)] and [Ph4P][Cd(SC{O}Me)3] Jeyagowry T. Sampanthar, Theivanayagam C. Deivaraj, Jagadese J. Vittal and Philip A. W. Dean, pp 4419 DOI:10.1039/a906494j

Computational study of the geometric and electronic structures of MN2 (M = Mo or U) Katherine L. Brown and Nikolas Kaltsoyannis, pp 4425 DOI:10.1039/a907864i

Organogold(III) complexes derived from auration reactions of thienyl-substituted pyridine derivatives Yoshio Fuchita, Hidenori Ieda, Shuichi Wada, Shingo Kameda and Masahiro Mikuriya, pp 4431 DOI:10.1039/a906410i

New compounds of tetradentate Schiff bases with vanadium(IV) and vanadium(V) Nosheen F. Choudhary, Neil G. Connelly, Peter B. Hitchcock and G. Jeffery Leigh, pp 4437 DOI:10.1039/a908337e

The formation and transformation of metallacycles containing phosphorus or sulfur on molybdenum- or tungsten-cobalt mixed-metal backbones Jason D. King, Martin J. Mays, Giles E. Pateman, Paul R. Raithby, Moira A. Rennie, Gregory A. Solan, Nick Choi, Gráinne Conole and Mary McPartlin, pp 4447 DOI:10.1039/a906607a

Formation and structural properties of 1,1,2,2-tetra(tert-butylcarbamoyl)-ferrocene and -ruthenocene Katrin Klaß, Roland Fröhlich and Gerhard Erker, pp 4457 DOI:10.1039/a906553i

Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of a polymeric copper(II) Schiff-base complex having binuclear units covalently linked by isonicotinate ligands Kannappan Geetha, Satish K. Tiwary, Akhil R. Chakravarty and Garani Ananthakrishna, pp 4463 DOI:10.1039/a907668i

Reactivity of cis-bis(acetylacetonato)dichlorotitanium(IV) towards hydroxy-containing ligands: isolation and characterisation of products P. Venkateshwara Rao, Chebrolu Pulla Rao, Elina K. Wegelius, Erkki Kolehmainen and Kari Rissanen, pp 4469 DOI:10.1039/a906985b

Synthesis of the acidic dihydrogen complexes trans-[M(H2)(CN)L2]+ and trans-[M(H2)(CNH)L2]2+ where M = Fe, Ru, Os and L = dppm, dppe, dppp, depe, and dihydrogen substitution by the trifluoromethanesulfonate anion to give trans-[Ru(OTf)(CN)L2] or trans-[Ru(OTf)(CNH)L2]OTf Tina P. Fong, Cameron E. Forde, Alan J. Lough, Robert H. Morris, Pierluigi Rigo, Eliana Rocchini and Tim Stephan, pp 4475 DOI:10.1039/a906717e

Synthesis of cis- and trans-ReOMe2(bipy)Cl and related cationic oxorhenium(V) complexes June-Ho Jung, Thomas A. Albright, David M. Hoffman and T. Randall Lee, pp 4487 DOI:10.1039/a905835d

A detailed NMR study of the solution stereodynamics in tricarbonylrhenium(I) halide complexes of the non-racemic chiral ligand 2,6-bis[(4R,5R)-dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-2-yl]pyridine (L1) and the molecular structure of fac-[ReBr(CO)3(L1)] Peter J. Heard, Paul M. King, Alex. D. Bain, Paul Hazendonk and Derek A. Tocher, pp 4495 DOI:10.1039/a904026i

Synthesis and characterization of novel phthalocyanines with four tridentate NNS substituents and four chloro groups ebnur Merey and Özer Bekarolu, pp 4503 DOI:10.1039/a907747b

Ligand oxidation in N4 tetradentate Schiff base complexes catalyzed by copper(II) hexafluoroacetylacetonate dihydrate: reaction details and structures Greg Brewer, Peter Kamaras, Sergey Prytkov, Maoyu Shang and W. Robert Scheidt, pp 4511 DOI:10.1039/a905325e

Bent vs. linear imido ligation at the octahedral molybdenum(VI) dithiocarbamate stabilised centre Patrick Barrie, Thérèse A. Coffey, Glyn D. Forster and Graeme Hogarth, pp 4519 DOI:10.1039/a907382e

Ferroxime(II)-catalysed oxidation of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol by O2. Kinetics and mechanism Tatiana L. Simándi and László I. Simándi, pp 4529 DOI:10.1039/a907373f

Sodium, calcium, aluminium, zinc and europium salts of p-phenylenebis(silanetriolate). Access to a new class of organosilicates Bruno Boury, Robert J. P. Corriu, Valérie Le Strat and Rosario Nuñez, pp 4535 DOI:10.1039/a907767g