2000 year
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Issue 1

Perspective

Copper(I) and silver(I) carbonyls. To be or not to be nonclassical Steven H. Strauss, pp 1 DOI:10.1039/a908459b

Communication

Competitive binding of the anticancer drug titanocene dichloride to N,N-ethylenebis(o-hydroxyphenylglycine) and adenosine triphosphate: a model for TiIV uptake and release by transferrin Maolin Guo and Peter J. Sadler, pp 7 DOI:10.1039/a908759a

Papers

Perfluoroalkyltellurocarbonyl fluorides, their cyclic dimers and perfluoroalkanetellurenyl iodides: preparation and reactivity Michael Baum, Johannes Beck, Alois Haas, Wolfgang Herrendorf and Christian Monsé, pp 11 DOI:10.1039/a907549f

Kinetics and mechanisms of the oxidation of hypophosphite and phosphite with trans-[RuVI(L)(O)2]2+ (L = 1,12-dimethyl-3,49,10-dibenzo-1,12-diaza-5,8-dioxacyclopentadecane) Douglas T. Y. Yiu, Kwok-Ho Chow and Tai-Chu Lau, pp 17 DOI:10.1039/a907664f

Aspects of transition metal pentacoordination: investigation of the structure and bonding of Me3NbCl2, Me3TaCl2 and Me2NbCl3 by photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations Anthony J. Downs, Jennifer C. Green, G. Sean McGrady, Neil Munkman and Richard P. G. Parkin, pp 21 DOI:10.1039/a906837f

Structural analysis and magnetic properties of the dicubane-like tetramer [Ni(dpk·OH)(N3)]4·2H2O (dpk = di-2-pyridyl ketone) Zurine E. Serna, M. Gotzone Barandika, Roberto Cortés, M. Karmele Urtiaga, Gaston E. Barberis and Teófilo Rojo, pp 29 DOI:10.1039/a905430h

Synthesis of ruthenium complexes with planar-chiral cyclopentadienyl-pyridine or -phosphine bidentate ligands Noriko Dodo, Yuji Matsushima, Mitsunari Uno, Kiyotaka Onitsuka and Shigetoshi Takahashi, pp 35 DOI:10.1039/a907145h

Synthesis and characterisation of thiolato Schiff base nickel(II) complexes. X-Ray structures of Ni(5-C5H5)(PPh3)(SC6H4NCHC6H4Br-4) and Ni(5-C5H5)(PBu3)(SC6H4NCHC6H4CH3-4) Funzani A. Nevondo, Andrew M. Crouch and James Darkwa, pp 43 DOI:10.1039/a906949f

Synthesis and reactivity of nitrido-rhenium and -osmium complexes with an oxygen tripod ligand Wa-Hung Leung, Eddie Y. Y. Chan, Tracy C. Y. Lai and Wing-Tak Wong, pp 51 DOI:10.1039/a906618g

Solvent-free oligomerization of phenylacetylene catalyzed by (cyclopentadienyl)nickel complexes William E. Douglas, pp 57 DOI:10.1039/a905854k

Synthesis and characterisation of new platinum-acetylide complexes containing diimine ligands Christopher J. Adams, Stuart L. James, Xiaoming Liu, Paul R. Raithby and Lesley J. Yellowlees, pp 63 DOI:10.1039/a907028a

Dinuclear and tetranuclear copper(II) complexes with bridging (N-N) diazine ligands: variable magnetic exchange topologies Zhiqiang Xu, Laurence K. Thompson, Craig J. Matthews, David O. Miller, Andrés E. Goeta, Claire Wilson, Judith A. K. Howard, Masaaki Ohba and Hisashi kawa, pp 69 DOI:10.1039/a907390f

Structural analysis and magnetic properties of the 2-D compounds [M(N3)2(bpa)]n (M = Mn, Co or Ni; bpa = 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane) Margarita L. Hernández, M. Gotzone Barandika, M. Karmele Urtiaga, Roberto Cortés, Luis Lezama and M. Isabel Arriortua, pp 79 DOI:10.1039/a906154a

Ruthenium(III)-aminopolycarboxylato complexes active for the reduction of the N-N bond of hydrazine and phenylhydrazine in aqueous acidic media Raju Prakash and Gadde Ramachandraiah, pp 85 DOI:10.1039/a908338c

Formation and gas phase fragmentation reactions of ligand substitution products of platinum(II) complexes via electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry Michelle L. Styles, Richard A. J. OHair, W. David McFadyen, Lily Tannous, Rodney J. Holmes and Robert W. Gable, pp 93 DOI:10.1039/a908536j

Issue 2

Perspective

Modified silicas for clean technology Peter M. Price, James H. Clark and Duncan J. Macquarrie, pp 101 DOI:10.1039/a905457j

Communications

Neutral -radicals of lithium porphyrins: synthesis and characterization Andreas Gebauer, Denisha Y. Dawson and John Arnold, pp 111 DOI:10.1039/a908956j

Novel blue luminescent platinum acetylide materials with a 9-acridone or a dansyl group [dansyl = 5-(dimethylamino)naphthalene-1-sulfonyl] Wai-Yeung Wong, Ka-Ho Choi and Kwok-Wai Cheah, pp 113 DOI:10.1039/a908198d

Novel monoanionic tripodal ligands: methylbis(1-methylimidazol-2-yl)(pyrazol-1-yl)borate (= [MeB(ImN-Me)2(PzR)]-). Synthesis and structural characterization of their nickel complexes and carboxylate shift from nickel to boron Koyu Fujita, Shiro Hikichi, Munetaka Akita and Yoshihiko Moro-oka, pp 117 DOI:10.1039/a908181j

Papers

Metal-to-ligand charge-transfer excited-states in binuclear copper(I) complexes. Tuning MLCT excited-states through structural modification of bridging ligands. A resonance Raman study Mark R. Waterland, Amar Flood and Keith C. Gordon, pp 121 DOI:10.1039/a909121a

1-D mixed stack of coordinated and uncoordinated radicals in MnII(NITpPy)4[N(CN)2]2 (NITpPy = nitronyl nitroxide radical) Iwayan Dasna, Stéphane Golhen, Lahcène Ouahab, Octavio Peña, Joseph Guillevic and Mohammed Fettouhi, pp 129 DOI:10.1039/a908891a

Steric control of the reactivity of moderately hindered tris(pyrazolyl)borates with copper(II) salts Li Mei Lindy Chia, Sanja Radojevic, Ian J. Scowen, Mary McPartlin and Malcolm A. Halcrow, pp 133 DOI:10.1039/a907258f

Derivative of cyclen with three methylene(phenyl)phosphinic acid pendant arms. Synthesis and crystal structures of its lanthanide complexes Jan Rohovec, Pavel Vojtíek, Petr Hermann, Jií Ludvík and Ivan Luke, pp 141 DOI:10.1039/a907018d

Polyoxometalates from heteropoly brown precursors. A new structural class of mixed valence heteropolytungstates, [(XO4)WIV3WVI17O62Hx]n- Michael H. Dickman, Tomoji Ozeki, Howard T. Evans, Jr., Chaoying Rong, Geoffrey B. Jameson and Michael T. Pope, pp 149 DOI:10.1039/a905539h

Cation distribution in cubic NaM(PO3)3 (M = Mg or Zn) using X-ray powder diffraction and solid state NMR Isaac Abrahams, Aliya Ahmed, Christopher J. Groombridge, Geoffrey E. Hawkes and Teresa G. Nunes, pp 155 DOI:10.1039/a906413c

Structural and electronic impact of fluorine in the ortho positions of triphenylphosphine and 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane; a comparison of 2,6-difluorophenyl- with pentafluorophenyl-phosphines Christopher Corcoran, John Fawcett, Steffi Friedrichs, John H. Holloway, Eric G. Hope, David R. Russell, Graham C. Saunders and Alison M. Stuart, pp 161 DOI:10.1039/a907759f

Benzylic oligothioethers as ditopic ligands for Group 6 transition metal carbonyls Fiona K. Gormley, Julie Gronbach, Sylvia M. Draper and Anthony P. Davis, pp 173 DOI:10.1039/a909313c

Ruthenium-mediated reduction of oximes to imines. Synthesis, characterization and redox properties of imine complexes of ruthenium Anjan Kumar Das, Shie-Ming Peng and Samaresh Bhattacharya, pp 181 DOI:10.1039/a907021d

pH-Controlled translocation of NiII within a ditopic receptor bearing an appended anthracene fragment: a mechanical switch of fluorescence Valeria Amendola, Luigi Fabbrizzi, Carlo Mangano, Piersandro Pallavicini, Angelo Perotti and Angelo Taglietti, pp 185 DOI:10.1039/a907966a

Chromium-(II) and -(III) over a planar oxo surface modelled by calix[4]arene anions: redox chemistry and formation of Cr-C functionalities Joëlle Hesschenbrouck, Euro Solari, Carlo Floriani, Nazzareno Re, Corrado Rizzoli and Angiola Chiesi-Villa, pp 191 DOI:10.1039/a908499a

The synthesis and characterisation of some indenylophane clusters [M4H(CO)9(L - H)] (M = Ru or Os) Paul Schooler, Brian F. G. Johnson, Laura Scaccianoce, Jörg Dannheim and Henning Hopf, pp 199 DOI:10.1039/a904595c

Charge transfer salts of tetrathiafulvalene derivatives with magnetic iron(III) oxalate complexes: [TTF]7[Fe(ox)3]2·4H2O, [TTF]5[Fe2(ox)5]·2PhMe·2H2O and [TMTTF]4[Fe2(ox)5]· PhCN·4H2O (TMTTF = tetramethyltetrathiafulvalene) Eugenio Coronado, José R. Galán-Mascarós and Carlos J. Gómez-García, pp 205 DOI:10.1039/a906893g

Periodic trends in the diatomic monoxides and monosulfides of the 3d transition metals Adam J. Bridgeman and Joanne Rothery, pp 211 DOI:10.1039/a906523g

Issue 3

Perspective

The bright future of stereoselective synthesis of co-ordination compounds Alex von Zelewsky and Olimpia Mamula, pp 219 DOI:10.1039/a908730c

Communications

Modification of supramolecular motifs: perturbation of the structure of an extended hydrogen-bonded biuret array by interaction with an intercalated copper complex and methanol molecules Michael M. Bishop, Leonard F. Lindoy, Srihari Mahadev and Peter Turner, pp 233 DOI:10.1039/a909359a

New photoluminescent CuIN4 chromophores. Stabilisation of copper(I) by unconjugated diimines Shubhamoy Chowdhury, Goutam K. Patra, Michael G. B. Drew, Nitin Chattopadhyay and Dipankar Datta, pp 235 DOI:10.1039/a909224b

Preparation and crystal structure of the [bis{hydrotris(methimazolyl)borato}thallium(III)] cation: modulated chemistry resulting from the use of soft and hard tripodal ligands Paul A. Slavin, John Reglinski, Mark D. Spicer and Alan R. Kennedy, pp 239 DOI:10.1039/a908236k

Papers

Redox-mediation of electron-electron spin-spin exchange interactions, |J|, in paramagnetic trinuclear molybdenum complexes: an example of a J switch Elefteria Psillakis, Peter K. A. Shonfield, Abdel-Aziz Jouaiti, John P. Maher, Jon A. McCleverty and Michael D. Ward, pp 241 DOI:10.1039/a908323e

Exchange coupling in a bis(heterodinuclear) [CuIINiII]2 and a linear heterotrinuclear complex CoIIICuIINiII. Synthesis, structures and properties Cláudio Nazari Verani, Eva Rentschler, Thomas Weyhermüller, Eckhard Bill and Phalguni Chaudhuri, pp 251 DOI:10.1039/a908426f

Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of discrete d-f heterodinuclear complexes designed from tetrahedrally distorted [Cu(salabza)] (H2salabza = N,N-bis(salicylidene)-2-aminobenzylamine) and [Ln(hfac)3] (Hhfac = 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoroacetylacetone, Ln = Gd or Lu) Miwa Sasaki, Kazuhiro Manseki, Hiroaki Horiuchi, Motoko Kumagai, Masatomi Sakamoto, Hiroshi Sakiyama, Yuzo Nishida, Masahiro Sakai, Yoshihiko Sadaoka, Masaaki Ohba and Hisashi kawa, pp 259 DOI:10.1039/a907423f

Synthesis and characterization of basic bismuth(III) nitrates Axel Nørlund Christensen, Marie-Agnes Chevallier, Jørgen Skibsted and Bo B. Iversen, pp 265 DOI:10.1039/a908055d

First intramolecular aromatic substitution by gold(III) of a ligand other than pyridine derivatives. Synthesis and crystal structure of the novel five-membered cycloaurated complex of 1-ethyl-2-phenylimidazole Yoshio Fuchita, Hidenori Ieda and Mikio Yasutake, pp 271 DOI:10.1039/a908048a

Hydrothermal synthesis and crystal structure of a layered vanadium oxide with an interlayer metal co-ordination complex: Cd[C3N2H11]2[V8O20] Lirong Zhang, Zhan Shi, Guoyu Yang, Xiaoming Chen and Shouhua Feng, pp 275 DOI:10.1039/a908773g

Crystal structure of p-chloro-N-benzylhexahomotriazacalix[3]arene and of the complex of its zwitterionic form with neodymium(III) nitrate Pierre Thuéry, Martine Nierlich, Jacques Vicens and Hiroyuki Takemura, pp 279 DOI:10.1039/a908423a

Thermodynamics of lanthanide and uranyl complexes with tetrahydrofuran-2,3,4,5-tetracarboxylic acid (THFTCA) Lester R. Morss, Kenneth L. Nash and Dale D. Ensor, pp 285 DOI:10.1039/a906729i

Thermodynamically controlled products: novel motif of metallohelicates stabilized by inter- and intra-helix hydrogen bonds Yugen Zhang, Li Jianmin, Masayoshi Nishiura, Hongyi Hou, Wei Deng and Tsuneo Imamoto, pp 293 DOI:10.1039/a908070h

Crystal supramolecularity. Multiple phenyl embraces by [PPN]+ cations Gareth R. Lewis and Ian Dance, pp 299 DOI:10.1039/a907808h

Theoretical analysis of 17-19-atom metal clusters using many-body potentials Lesley D. Lloyd and Roy L. Johnston, pp 307 DOI:10.1039/a908003a

Studies on ansa-zirconocene-butadiene derivatives Jennifer C. Green, Malcolm L. H. Green, Grant C. Taylor and John Saunders, pp 317 DOI:10.1039/a908532g

Synthesis, structure and density functional study of the ansa-rhenocene complex [Re{(-C5H4)CMe2(-C5H4)}Cl] Stephen L. J. Conway, Linda H. Doerrer, Jennifer C. Green, Malcolm L. H. Green, Adrian Scottow and Adam H. H. Stephens, pp 329 DOI:10.1039/a908619f

Nickel(II) complexes with dithiadiiminoamine and dithiabis(thiosemicarbazone) ligands Vitaly V. Pavlishchuk, Sergey V. Kolotilov, Anthony W. Addison, Raymond J. Butcher and Ekkehard Sinn, pp 335 DOI:10.1039/a906294g

Synthesis and characterization of two novel tetranuclear sodium ketoiminate complexes; structural evidence for formation of dative NaF and Na-C (olefin) bonding interactions Yun Chi, Sudhir Ranjan, Po-Wen Chung, Chao-Shiuan Liu, Shie-Ming Peng and Gene-Hsiang Lee, pp 343 DOI:10.1039/a908328f

Inclusion compounds of alkaline-earth metal O,O-dibenzoyl tartrates: structure and thermal stability Luigi R. Nassimbeni and Hong Su, pp 349 DOI:10.1039/a908060k

Heteroleptic silver(I) and zinc(II) bis(phenanthroline) complexes Michael Schmittel, Andrea Ganz, Dieter Fenske and Markus Herderich, pp 353 DOI:10.1039/a907545c

Synthesis, solution and electrochemical behaviour of new aza-crown ethers derived from biphenyl Ana M. Costero, Elena Monrabal, Cecilia Andreu, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Juan Soto, Miguel Padilla-Tosta, Teresa Pardo, Luis E. Ochando and José M. Amigó, pp 361 DOI:10.1039/a906342k

Glutathione readily replaces the thioether on platinum in the reaction with [Pt(dien)(GSMe)]2+ (GSMe = S-methylated glutathione); a model study for cisplatin-protein interactions Jan-Maarten Teuben, Mireia Rodriguez i Zubiri and Jan Reedijk, pp 369 DOI:10.1039/a908135f

Aminocarbyne and isocyanide complexes of rhenium. Crystal structures of trans-[ReCl(CNR)(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2] (R = H or SiMe3) M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva, M. Amélia N. D. A. Lemos, João J. R. Fraústo da Silva, Armando J. L. Pombeiro, Maria A. Pellinghelli and Antonio Tiripicchio, pp 373 DOI:10.1039/a908174g

Molecular structure of (5,10,15,20-tetrabutyl-2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethylporphyrinato)nickel(II)—correlation of nonplanarity with frontier orbital shifts Mathias O. Senge, Mark W. Renner, Werner W. Kalisch and Jack Fajer, pp 381 DOI:10.1039/a905927j

The solution thermolysis approach to molybdenum(V) alkoxides: synthesis, solid state and solution structures of the bimetallic alkoxides of molybdenum(V) and niobium(V), tantalum(V) and tungsten(VI) Anders Johansson, Magnus Roman, Gulaim A. Seisenbaeva, Lars Kloo, Zoltan Szabo and Vadim G. Kessler, pp 387 DOI:10.1039/a907720k

Reactions of diarsines with bi- and tri-metallic carbonyl complexes containing cobalt Nick Choi, Gráinne Conole, Jason D. King, Martin J. Mays, Mary McPartlin and Caroline L. Stone, pp 395 DOI:10.1039/a906611j

Theoretical studies of multiple bonds in gallium-gallium and germanium-germanium compounds Thomas L. Allen, William H. Fink and Philip P. Power, pp 407 DOI:10.1039/a907421j

Structure and magnetic behaviour of [{Mn2(3-Et,4-Mepy)6(µ1,1-N3)2(µ1,3-N3)}n][PF6]n and [{Mn2(3-ampy)4(µ1,1-N3)2(µ1,3-N3)(N3)(H2O)· 4H2O}n], two alternating ferro-antiferromagnetic one-dimensional compounds Morsy Abu Youssef, Albert Escuer, Mohamed A. S. Goher, Franz A. Mautner and Ramon Vicente, pp 413 DOI:10.1039/a907835e

Dipalladium complexes with bridging diorganosilyl ligands. Synthesis, structure, and properties of [LPd(µ-SiH(R)Ph)]2 (R = Ph or Me; L = PMe3, PEt3 or PMePh2) Yong-Joo Kim, Sang-Chul Lee, Jong-Il Park, Kohtaro Osakada, Jun-Chul Choi and Takakazu Yamamoto, pp 417 DOI:10.1039/a907745f

Ruthenium complexes with N(SPR2)2- (R = Ph or Pri) Wa-Hung Leung, Hegen Zheng, Joyce L. C. Chim, Joe Chan, Wing-Tak Wong and Ian D. Williams, pp 423 DOI:10.1039/a907753g

Issue 4

Communication

Enantiospecific synthesis of a planar chiral fluorenylzirconium ansa-metallocene: synthesis and structures of [1-(9-fluorenyl)- and [1-(1-methyl-9-fluorenyl)-2-(2-indenyl)naphthalene]zirconium dichloride Robert W. Baker, Michael A. Foulkes and Peter Turner, pp 431 DOI:10.1039/a910246i

Papers

Synthesis and crystal structures of tellurium complexes containing imidophosphinate ligands David J. Birdsall, Josef Novosad, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and J. Derek Woollins, pp 435 DOI:10.1039/a907336a

Synthesis of the terpyridyl pendant-arm azamacrocycle 4-(p-1,4,7-triazacyclonon-1-ylmethylphenyl)-2,26,2-terpyridine (L) and complexes of L with copper(II) and nickel(II). Crystal structure of [Cu(HL)(H2O)2][PF6]3 Mary L. Turonek, Peter Moore and William Errington, pp 441 DOI:10.1039/a907717k

Synthesis of two covalently linked bis(2,26,2-terpyridine) (terpy) chelating ligands with different length spacers, comparison of the crystal structures of their mononuclear nickel(II) complexes, and kinetic and mechanistic studies of the reaction of one ligand with [Fe(terpy)2]2+ Gleb U. Priimov, Peter Moore, Philip K. Maritim, Pamela K. Butalanyi and Nathaniel W. Alcock, pp 445 DOI:10.1039/a907543g

Nucleophilic additions of anionic Group 6 carbene complexes on cationic indenyl-ruthenium(II) allenylidene derivatives: an easy entry to bimetallic complexes containing -alkynyl-carbene and vinylidene-carbene bridges Victorio Cadierno, Salvador Conejero, M. Pilar Gamasa and José Gimeno, pp 451 DOI:10.1039/a908493b

Synthesis and reactivity of sterically hindered iminopyrrolato complexes of zirconium, iron, cobalt and nickel David M. Dawson, Dennis A. Walker, Mark Thornton-Pett and Manfred Bochmann, pp 459 DOI:10.1039/a909125d

Equilibrium and structural studies on copper(II) complexes of tetra-, penta- and hexa-peptides containing histidyl residues at the C-termini Katalin Várnagy, Julianna Szabó, Imre Sóvágó, Gerasimos Malandrinos, Nick Hadjiliadis, Daniele Sanna and Giovanni Micera, pp 467 DOI:10.1039/a907342f

Halogen exchange and expulsion: ligand stabilized dihalogen silicon dications Karl Hensen, Ralf Mayr-Stein, Thorsten Stumpf, Peter Pickel, Michael Bolte and Holger Fleischer, pp 473 DOI:10.1039/a908134h

A synthetic and structural study of the formation of cyclic [(RP)nE]- anions and Zintl compounds using E(NMe2)3 (E = As, Sb) Alan Bashall, Michael A. Beswick, Nick Choi, Alexander D. Hopkins, Sara J. Kidd, Yvonne G. Lawson, Marta E. G. Mosquera, Mary McPartlin, Paul R. Raithby, Andrew A. E. H. Wheatley, Jody A. Wood and Dominic S. Wright, pp 479 DOI:10.1039/a908552a

Stabilisation of unusual metal co-ordination geometries using an oxo-cubane ligand; syntheses and structures of [{Sn4(NtBu)3O}3LiCl]·3thf and [{Sn4(NtBu)3O}3FeCl2]·3thf Claire Brown, Marta E. G. Mosquera, Julie S. Palmer, Paul R. Raithby, Alexander Steiner and Dominic S. Wright, pp 487 DOI:10.1039/a908345f

An X-ray absorption spectroscopic study at the mercury LIII edge on phenylmercury(II) oxygen species Wendy J. Jackson, Arild Moen, Brian K. Nicholson, David G. Nicholson and Keith A. Porter, pp 491 DOI:10.1039/a906784a

Complexation of metal ions by azocrown ethers in Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers Izabella Zawisza, Renata Bilewicz, Elzbieta Luboch and Jan F. Biernat, pp 499 DOI:10.1039/a907063j

Structure and magnetic properties of two cyanide-bridged one-dimensional M-CuII (M = FeIII or FeII) bimetallic assemblies from ferricyanide and CuN42+ (N4 = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane and N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethylene)-1,3-propanediamine) building blocks Enrique Colacio, José Manuel Domínguez-Vera, Mustapha Ghazi, Raikko Kivekäs, José María Moreno and Aarne Pajunen, pp 505 DOI:10.1039/a908485a

Reactive oxygen species in aerobic decomposition of thiourea dioxides Serge A. Svarovsky, Reuben H. Simoyi and Sergei V. Makarov, pp 511 DOI:10.1039/a907816i

Syntheses, crystal structures and magnetic properties of dinuclear copper(II) complexes with pyrazino[2,3-f][4,7]phenanthroline (pap) as bridging ligand Hilde Grove, Jorunn Sletten, Miguel Julve and Francesc Lloret, pp 515 DOI:10.1039/a907658a

Synthesis and chemistry of diphenyl-2-pyridylphosphine complexes of palladium(0). X-Ray characterisation of Pd(Ph2Ppy)2(2-DMAD) and trans-Pd(Ph2Ppy)2(PhCCH2)(CF3CO2) Athanasia Dervisi, Peter G. Edwards, Paul D. Newman and Robert P. Tooze, pp 523 DOI:10.1039/a908050c

Trichloro monophenoxide complexes of titanium(IV) Alastair J. Nielson, Peter Schwerdtfeger and Joyce M. Waters, pp 529 DOI:10.1039/a908435e

Synthesis and structures of dioxo-Mo(VI) and -W(VI) amides Hung Kay Lee, Yee-Lok Wong, Zhong-Yuan Zhou, Ze-Ying Zhang, Dennis K. P. Ng and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 539 DOI:10.1039/a907811h

Phosphine and phosphido indium hydride complexes and their use in inorganic synthesis Marcus L. Cole, David E. Hibbs, Cameron Jones and Neil A. Smithies, pp 545 DOI:10.1039/a908418e

The synthesis and crystal structure of UiO-19; an organically templated layered titanium phosphate with the ULM-11 topology Kjell Ove Kongshaug, Helmer Fjellvag and Karl Petter Lillerud, pp 551 DOI:10.1039/a908051a

Synthesis and structural characterisation of CsCoPO4-ABW Paul F. Henry, Eric M. Hughes and Mark T. Weller, pp 555 DOI:10.1039/a906478h

Synthesis and characterisation of cobalt(III), nickel(II), copper(I) and silver(I) complexes of silylated pyridine-2-thione José A. García-Vázquez, Jaime Romero, Antonio Sousa-Pedrares, María L. Louro, Antonio Sousa and Jon Zubieta, pp 559 DOI:10.1039/a908129a

Di- and poly-nuclear zinc(II) Schiff base complexes: synthesis, structural studies and reaction with an -amino acid ester Andrea Erxleben and Jolante Hermann, pp 569 DOI:10.1039/a907839h

tert-Butyl compounds of gallium Andrea Keys, Thomas J. Barbarich, Simon G. Bott and Andrew R. Barron, pp 577 DOI:10.1039/a905281j

Kinetics and mechanism of hydrazine oxidation by an oxo-bridged tetramanganese(IV) complex in weakly acidic media Utpal Roy Choudhury, Saumen Banerjee and Rupendranath Banerjee, pp 589 DOI:10.1039/a907580a

The reactivity of dibenzotetramethyltetraaza[14]annulene-Mn(II): functionalisation of manganese in a macrocyclic environment Federico Franceschi, Joëlle Hesschenbrouck, Euro Solari, Carlo Floriani, Nazzareno Re, Corrado Rizzoli and Angiola Chiesi-Villa, pp 593 DOI:10.1039/a908121f

Syntheses, crystal structures and non-linear optical responses of two new heteroselenometallic cluster compounds containing dithiocarbamate ligands Qian-Feng Zhang, Mo-Tai Bao, Mao-Chun Hong, Rong Cao, Ying-Lin Song and Xin-Quan Xin, pp 605 DOI:10.1039/a908524f

Mono- and bimetallic lanthanide(III) phenolic cryptates obtained by template reaction: solid state structure, photophysical properties and relaxivity Carlos Platas, Fernando Avecilla, Andrés de Blas, Teresa Rodríguez-Blas, Carlos F. G. C. Geraldes, Éva Tóth, André E. Merbach and Jean-Claude G. Bünzli, pp 611 DOI:10.1039/a906675f

Synthesis, characterization and crystal structures of the first pentacoordinate nickel(II) complexes containing N,S-donor ligands M. Dolores Santana, Gabriel García, Antonio Rufete, M. Carmen Ramírez de Arellano and Gregorio López, pp 619 DOI:10.1039/a907367a

Issue 5

Communications

Synthesis and structure of the (tetrahydroxy)oligosiloxane [(tBuO)3SiOSi(OH)2]2O Ron Rulkens, Martyn P. Coles and T. Don Tilley, pp 627 DOI:10.1039/b000322k

Syntheses and structures of novel heterobimetallic Cu(II)-Au(I) complexes Cu(cyclen)[Au(CN)2]2 and Cu(pyz)[Au(CN)2]2 Wai-Fun Yeung, Wing-Tak Wong, Jing-Lin Zuo and Tai-Chu Lau, pp 629 DOI:10.1039/a910350n

Papers

Synthesis and crystal structure of a new strontium nitridomolybdate oxide, Sr4[MoN4]O Paul M. OMeara, Marten G. Barker, Alexander J. Blake, Paul A. Cooke and Duncan H. Gregory, pp 633 DOI:10.1039/a907843f

Synthesis and structural characterization of the first completely alkyl-substituted Ga-Sb Lewis acid-base adducts Stephan Schulz and Martin Nieger, pp 639 DOI:10.1039/a908969a

Replacement of CO ligands by the isolobal gallium(I) compound GaR [R = C(SiMe3)3], formation of the transition metal gallium compounds Mn2(CO)8(µ-GaR)2 and Fe3(CO)9(µ-CO)(µ-GaR)2 Werner Uhl, Maike Benter and Malte Prött, pp 643 DOI:10.1039/a909658b

Structure and reactivity of transition metal substituted dichloroantimony and dichlorobismuth complexes Thomas Gröer and Manfred Scheer, pp 647 DOI:10.1039/a909394j

Synthesis, properties and structures of complexes of platinum metal halides and Group 11 metals with two distibinomethane ligands, R2SbCH2SbR2 (R = Me or Ph) Tina Even, Anthony R. J. Genge, Angela M. Hill, Nicholas J. Holmes, William Levason and Michael Webster, pp 655 DOI:10.1039/a908296d

Synthesis of functionalised (triorganostannyl)tetrazoles: supramolecular structures of n-[2-(triorganostannyl)tetrazol-5-yl]pyridine (n = 2, 3 or 4) Sonali Bhandari, Christopher G. Frost, Catherine E. Hague, Mary F. Mahon and Kieran C. Molloy, pp 663 DOI:10.1039/a908380d

Platinum(II), palladium(II) and rhodium(I) complexes of o-, m- and p-Ph2PC6H4PO(OEt)2. PtCl2-SnCl2 Hydroformylation catalysts modified with phosphonated triarylphosphines Dianne D. Ellis, Gayle Harrison, A. Guy Orpen, Hirihattaya Phetmung, Paul G. Pringle, Johannes G. deVries and Henk Oevering, pp 671 DOI:10.1039/a908963b

Oligomerization and cis-trans isomerization equilibria in dichloropalladium(II) metallacrown ethers and a dichloropalladium(II) complex of 1,12-bis(diphenylphosphino)dodecane Dale C. Smith, Jr.,Gary M. Gray, pp 677 DOI:10.1039/a908868g

Reaction of N,N-bridged 1,10-diazacyclooctadeca-5,14-diynes with [CpCo(cod)]: a new type of superphane Rolf Gleiter, Thomas von Hirschheydt, Volker Wolfart and Frank Rominger, pp 685 DOI:10.1039/a909482b

Potentiometric and spectrophotometric studies of the equilibria between silver(I) ion and crown ethers containing chromophore substituents in propylene carbonate Tadeusz Ossowski, Jaromir Kira, Dorota Rogowska, Hanna Warmke and Janusz Modzianowski, pp 689 DOI:10.1039/a908585h

Thermodynamic and structural properties of Gd3+ complexes with functionalized macrocyclic ligands based upon 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane Antonio Bianchi, Luisella Calabi, Claudia Giorgi, Pietro Losi, Palma Mariani, Paola Paoli, Patrizia Rossi, Barbara Valtancoli and Mario Virtuani, pp 697 DOI:10.1039/a909098c

A new bis(µ-alkoxo) diiron(III) complex and its implications regarding the number of Fe(III)-phenolate bonds and the redox potential in uteroferrin Ademir Neves, Liane M. Rossi, Ivo Vencato, Wolfgang Haase and Rüdiger Werner, pp 707 DOI:10.1039/a908062g

Tetranuclear copper(II) complexes incorporating short and long metal-metal separations: synthesis, structure and magnetism Paul E. Kruger, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Gary D. Fallon and Keith S. Murray, pp 713 DOI:10.1039/a908177a

Molybdenum and tungsten complexes of the N(CH2CH2S)33- (NS3) ligand with oxide, sulfide, diazenide, hydrazide and nitrosyl co-ligands Sian C. Davies, David L. Hughes, Raymond L. Richards and J. Roger Sanders, pp 719 DOI:10.1039/a908777j

Chiral and achiral platinum(II) complexes for potential use as chemotherapeutic agents: crystal and molecular structures of cis-[Pt(L1)2] and [Pt(L1)Cl(MPSO)] [HL1 = N,N-diethyl-N-benzoylthiourea] Cheryl Sacht, Michael S. Datt, Stefanus Otto and Andreas Roodt, pp 727 DOI:10.1039/a908985c

Gold complexes with thiosemicarbazones: reactions of bi- and tridentate thiosemicarbazones with dichloro[2-(dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl-C1,N]gold(III), [Au(damp-C1,N)Cl2] Ulrich Abram, Kirstin Ortner, Ronald Gust and Klaus Sommer, pp 735 DOI:10.1039/a908712e

Novel pyrazolate coordination modes and unusual TlTl or Tl--(phenyl) interactions in the crystal structures of [{Tl3(Ph2pz)3}n], [{Tl4(Ph2pz)4}n], [{Tl4(Ph2pz)3(OH)}2] and [{Tl4(MePhpz)3(OH)}n] (Ph2pz = 3,5-diphenylpyrazolate; MePhpz = 3-methyl-5-phenylpyrazolate) Glen B. Deacon, Ewan E. Delbridge, Craig M. Forsyth, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 745 DOI:10.1039/a909048g

Crystal structures and vibrational and solid-state (CPMAS) NMR spectroscopic studies in the tris(triphenylphosphine)-copper(I) and -silver(I) formate systems Graham A. Bowmaker, Effendy , John V. Hanna, Peter C. Healy, Jason C. Reid, Clifton E. F. Rickard and Allan H. White, pp 753 DOI:10.1039/a908427d

Group 6 metal complexes of 1,3,5-tri(4-pentynyl)-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane Murray V. Baker, David H. Brown, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 763 DOI:10.1039/a908349i

Lead(II) complexes with phosphorylthiolato and thiophosphorylthiolato ligands Paulo Pérez-Lourido, Jaime Romero, José A. García-Vázquez, Antonio Sousa, Yifan Zheng, Jonathan R. Dilworth and Jon Zubieta, pp 769 DOI:10.1039/a908496g

Novel hydrogen-bonded two- and three-dimensional networks generated from the reaction of metal nitrate hydrates (M = Cd, Co) with the bidentate linear ligand 4,4-bipyridine Yu-Bin Dong, Mark D. Smith, Ralph C. Layland and Hans-Conrad zur Loye, pp 775 DOI:10.1039/a909014b

Light-induced metastable states in nitrosyl-ruthenium complexes containing ethylenediamine and oxalate ion ligands Yoshiyuki Morioka, Ayako Ishikawa, Hiroshi Tomizawa and Ei-ichi Miki, pp 781 DOI:10.1039/a906429j

Hydrothermal synthesis of iron(III) phosphates in the presence of urea Camino Trobajo, Aránzazu Espina, Enrique Jaimez, Sergei A. Khainakov and José R. García, pp 787 DOI:10.1039/a908854g

Thermodynamics of anion exchange on a chloride-intercalated zinc-aluminum layered double hydroxide: a microcalorimetric study Yaël Israëli, Christine Taviot-Guého, Jean-Pierre Besse, Jean-Pierre Morel and Nicole Morel-Desrosiers, pp 791 DOI:10.1039/a906346c

A spectroscopic, electrochemical and structural study of polarizable, dipolar ruthenium(II) arsine complexes as models for chromophores with large quadratic non-linear optical responses Benjamin J. Coe, Tim Beyer, John C. Jeffery, Simon J. Coles, Thomas Gelbrich, Michael B. Hursthouse and Mark E. Light, pp 797 DOI:10.1039/a909336b

Construction of co-ordination networks of 1,6-bis(4-pyridyl)-2,5-diazahexane with silver(I) and copper(I). Structural diversity through change in metal ions and counter ions Bao-Li Fei, Wei-Yin Sun, Kai-Bei Yu and Wen-Xia Tang, pp 805 DOI:10.1039/a908910a

Electrophilic addition reactions of the Lewis acids B(C6F5)2R [R = C6F5, Ph, H or Cl] with the metallocene hydrides [M(-C5H5)2H2] (M = Mo or W), [Re(-C5H5)2H] and [Ta(-C5H5)2H3] Linda H. Doerrer, Andrew J. Graham, Daniel Haussinger and Malcolm L. H. Green, pp 813 DOI:10.1039/a908623d

Separation of americium(III) from europium(III) with tridentate heterocyclic nitrogen ligands and crystallographic studies of complexes formed by 2,26,2-terpyridine with the lanthanides Michael G. B. Drew, Peter B. Iveson, Michael J. Hudson, Jan Olov Liljenzin, Lena Spjuth, Pierre-Yves Cordier, Åsa Enarsson, Clément Hill and Charles Madic, pp 821 DOI:10.1039/a907077j

Novel bis(acylpyrazolonato)cadmium(II) derivatives and their reactivity toward aromatic and aliphatic N2-donor ligands Claudio Pettinari, Fabio Marchetti, Augusto Cingolani, Riccardo Pettinari, Sergei I. Troyanov and Andrei Drozdov, pp 831 DOI:10.1039/a908913f

Issue 6

Communications

Ready formation of water-stable PtII-(µ-NH2)-PdII species through combination of trans-[(NH3)2PtIIL2] (L = N,N-heterocycle) and [enPd(H2O)2]2+ Alexandra Schneider, Eva Freisinger, Bettina Beck and Bernhard Lippert, pp 837 DOI:10.1039/b000456l

The first dicarbene double helical mercury complex Jack C. C. Chen and Ivan J. B. Lin, pp 839 DOI:10.1039/b000971g

Papers

A novel , silyl dianionic salt. The synthesis and characterization of remotely connected benzannulated silole monoanions Seok-Bong Choi and Philip Boudjouk, pp 841 DOI:10.1039/a906915a

Effects of metal co-ordination geometry on self-assembly: a dinuclear double helicate complex and a tetranuclear cage complex of a new bis-bidentate bridging ligand Rowena L. Paul, Samantha M. Couchman, John C. Jeffery, Jon A. McCleverty, Zoe R. Reeves and Michael D. Ward, pp 845 DOI:10.1039/a909702c

New phosphine ligands with the OPN donor configuration Melinda J. Green, Kingsley J. Cavell and Peter G. Edwards, pp 853 DOI:10.1039/a910271j

Synthesis and structures of bismuth(III) complexes involving thio- and seleno-ether ligands Andrew J. Barton, Anthony R. J. Genge, William Levason and Gillian Reid, pp 859 DOI:10.1039/a909803h

Palladium(II) chloride complexes with 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines: X-ray, 15N-1H NMR and 15N CP MAS studies Edward Szyk, Antoni Grodzicki, Leszek Pazderski, Andrzej Wojtczak, Janusz Chatas, Grzegorz Wrzeszcz, Jerzy Sitkowski and Bohdan Kamieski, pp 867 DOI:10.1039/a908469j

Syntheses and crystallographic studies of [Ir(5-C5Me5)(L)(RF)I] (L = CO, PMe3; RF = CF2CF3, CF2CF2CF3, CF2C6F5, CF(CF3)2) complexes. Cone and solid angle steric parameters for perfluoroalkyl ligands Russell P. Hughes, Jeremy M. Smith, Louise M. Liable-Sands, Thomas E. Concolino, Kin-Chung Lam, Christopher Incarvito and Arnold L. Rheingold, pp 873 DOI:10.1039/a907057e

Preparation and structural characterisation of some ruthenium cluster carbonyls containing allenylidene ligands Michael I. Bruce, Brian W. Skelton, Allan H. White and Natasha N. Zaitseva, pp 881 DOI:10.1039/a906379j

The synthesis and structural characterization of bis(mercaptoimidazolyl)hydroborato complexes of lithium, thallium and zinc Clare Kimblin, Brian M. Bridgewater, Tony Hascall and Gerard Parkin, pp 891 DOI:10.1039/a908411h

Intramolecular chelate formation involving the carbonyl oxygen of acetyl phosphate or acetonylphosphonate in mixed ligand copper(II) complexes containing also 2,2-bipyridine or 1,10-phenanthroline. A decreased solvent polarity favours the metal ion-carbonyl oxygen recognition Carla P. Da Costa, Bin Song, Fridrich Gregá and Helmut Sigel, pp 899 DOI:10.1039/a909653a

TTF based charge transfer salts of [M(NCS)4(C9H7N)2]- where M = Cr, Fe and C9H7N = isoquinoline; observation of bulk ferrimagnetic order Scott S. Turner, Cecile Michaut, Stephanie Durot, Peter Day, Thomas Gelbrich and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 905 DOI:10.1039/a910259k

Through-bond magnetic interaction between the 2p spin of the aminoxyl radical and the 3d spin of the metal ions in the complexes of bis(hexafluoroacetylacetonato)-manganese(II) and -copper(II) with 4-(N-tert-butyl-N-oxylamino)-2,2-bipyridine Harumi Kumada, Akira Sakane, Noboru Koga and Hiizu Iwamura, pp 911 DOI:10.1039/a909564k

Structure, magnetic properties and epoxidation activity of iron(III) salicylaldimine complexes Huey-Lih Shyu, Ho-Hsiang Wei, Gene-Hsaing Lee and Yu Wang, pp 915 DOI:10.1039/a908648j

Stability and structure of nitrilo(acetate-methylphosphonate) complexes of the alkaline-earth and divalent transition metal ions in aqueous solution Kiyoshi Sawada, Wubiao Duan, Mizuki Ono and Keiichi Satoh, pp 919 DOI:10.1039/a909207b

Synthesis, structures and hypoxia-selective cytotoxicity of cobalt(III) complexes containing tridentate amine and nitrogen mustard ligands David C. Ware, Penelope J. Brothers, George R. Clark, William A. Denny, Brian D. Palmer and William R. Wilson, pp 925 DOI:10.1039/a909447d

Redox-activated ligand-exchange reactions of tetrabutylammonium trans-bis(tert-butyl isocyanide)tetrahalogenoruthenate(III) complexes, [NBu4][RuX4(CNBut)2] (X = Cl or Br) Joseph P. al Dulaimi, Robin J. H. Clark and David G. Humphrey, pp 933 DOI:10.1039/a908241g

Syntheses and structures of new copper(I)-indium(III)-selenide clusters Andreas Eichhöfer and Dieter Fenske, pp 941 DOI:10.1039/a909737f

Regio- and diastereo-selective formation of dicopper(I) and disilver(I) double helicates with chiral 6-substituted 2,26,2-terpyridines Gerhard Baum, Edwin C. Constable, Dieter Fenske, Catherine E. Housecroft, Torsten Kulke, Markus Neuburger and Margareta Zehnder, pp 945 DOI:10.1039/a909158k

A simple synthesis and a structural survey of homoleptic rare earth(III) 2,6-diphenylphenolates Glen B. Deacon, Tiecheng Feng, Craig M. Forsyth, Alex Gitlits, David C. R. Hockless, Qi Shen, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 961 DOI:10.1039/a910277i

Niobium- and tantalum-benzamidinato complexes with trimethylphosphine, imido, or -cyclopentadienyl derivatives Chi-Tien Chen, Linda H. Doerrer, V. Cliff Williams and Malcolm L. H. Green, pp 967 DOI:10.1039/a909333h

Dynamic coordinative exchange in rhodium(I) complexes of chiral diphosphines bearing pendant pyridyl donor groups Jonathan L. Bookham, Darren M. Smithies and Mark Thornton Pett, pp 975 DOI:10.1039/a908984e

Stereochemistry and electrochemical properties of molybdenum ions incorporated into S-bridged polynuclear structures Yoshitaro Miyashita, Yasunori Yamada, Kiyoshi Fujisawa, Takumi Konno, Kan Kanamori and Ken-ichi Okamoto, pp 981 DOI:10.1039/a906665i

Metal fragment condensation and carbon-carbon bond cleavage in reactions of [Fe3(CO)12] with internal propargyl alcohols. Structures of the bow tie acetylide complexes [Fe5(CO)14(C2R)2] (R =Me or Et) Sabrina Brait, Giuliana Gervasio, Domenica Marabello and Enrico Sappa, pp 989 DOI:10.1039/a908308a

Lantern-type dinuclear CrIIIPtII and VIVPtII complexes bridged by pyridine-2-thiolate. Synthesis and characterization Kenichi Kitano, Rika Tanaka, Takahiro Kimura, Toshiyuki Tsuda, Seiji Shimizu, Hideaki Takagi, Takanori Nishioka, Daisuke Shiomi, Akio Ichimura, Isamu Kinoshita, Kiyoshi Isobe and Shunichiro Ooi, pp 995 DOI:10.1039/a909241b

Issue 7

Communications

Synthesis and structure of an unprecedented heterometallic tetranuclear cluster [Gd2Co2(µ4-O)(µ-H2O)(CDTA)2(H2O)6]·10H2O (H4CDTA = trans-1,2-cyclohexanedinitrilotetraacetic acid) Bao-Qing Ma, Song Gao, Ou Bai, Hao-Ling Sun and Guang-Xian Xu, pp 1003 DOI:10.1039/b000490l

The first palladium(II) complexes containing arsino(phosphino)methanes as ligands Ulrich Schmidt, Kerstin Ilg and Helmut Werner, pp 1005 DOI:10.1039/b001237h

The coloring problem in Ba2Cu3VS6 Eliseo Ruiz, Pere Alemany, Jaime Llanos and Santiago Alvarez, pp 1009 DOI:10.1039/a909517i

Synthesis and crystal structure of novel ring-like polyoxomolybdate and its 2-D self-assembly Guang Liu, Yong-Ge Wei, Jian Liu, Qun Liu, Shi-Wei Zhang and You-Qi Tang, pp 1013 DOI:10.1039/b001361g

Efficient reduction catalysis of viologen-bound iron porphyrin and its application to six-electron reduction of nitrobenzene to aniline Shigeyoshi Sakaki, Hiroaki Koga, Kou-ichiro Tao, Takafumi Yamashita, Tetsuro Iwashita and Taisuke Hamada, pp 1015 DOI:10.1039/b000146p

Papers

Synthesis, properties and Mössbauer spectra of bisaxially co-ordinated iron(II) phthalocyanine low-spin complexes: the first semi-quantitative explanation of the influence of the character of axial ligands on the spectral parameters Victor N. Nemykin, Ann E. Polshina, Victor Y. Chernii, Ernst V. Polshin and Nagao Kobayashi, pp 1019 DOI:10.1039/b000096p

Ligand-stabilization of an unusual square-based pyramidal geometry of Cd(II) and Zn(II) in an heterometallic {MPt2S2} core (M = Cd, Zn) Zhaohui Li, Zhi-Heng Loh, S.-W. Audi Fong, Yaw-Kai Yan, William Henderson, K. F. Mok and T. S. Andy Hor, pp 1027 DOI:10.1039/a909254d

How the -hydroxymethylserine residue stabilizes oligopeptide complexes with nickel(II) and copper(II) ions Piotr Mynarz, Nicola Gaggelli, Jarosaw Panek, Marcin Stasiak, Gianni Valensin, Teresa Kowalik-Jankowska, Mirosaw L. Leplawy, Zdzisaw Latajka and Henryk Kozowski, pp 1033 DOI:10.1039/a909354k

Isomerism of dimeric cis-ethene-1,2-di(alkylamido)gallium hydrides and chlorides Eva Susanne Schmidt, Alexander Jockisch and Hubert Schmidbaur, pp 1039 DOI:10.1039/a909198j

Bridged aminotroponiminate complexes of gallium and indium Markus R. Bürgstein, Nadine P. Euringer and Peter W. Roesky, pp 1045 DOI:10.1039/a909773b

Siloles and germoles modified by partial hypercoordination through aminoxy substituents Udo Losehand and Norbert W. Mitzel, pp 1049 DOI:10.1039/a909547k

Thallium(I)- and organothallium(III)-substituted mono-, bis- and tris-tetrazoles: synthesis and supramolecular structures Sonali Bhandari, Mary F. Mahon, Kieran C. Molloy, Julie S. Palmer and Stephen F. Sayers, pp 1053 DOI:10.1039/a910235n

Investigations of the polyiodides H3O·Ix (x = 3, 5 or 7) as dibenzo-18-crown-6 complexes Lars Kloo, Per H. Svensson and Michael J. Taylor, pp 1061 DOI:10.1039/a908053h

Synthesis and structure of Pd(II) complexes containing chelating (phosphinomethyl)oxazoline P,N-type ligands; copolymerisation of ethylene/CO Pierre Braunstein, Michael D. Fryzuk, Morgane Le Dall, Frédéric Naud, Steve J. Rettig and Fredy Speiser, pp 1067 DOI:10.1039/b000148l

Binaphthyl Schiff base complexes of palladium(II). Structures and reactivities toward alkene epoxidation Xiang-Ge Zhou, Jie-Sheng Huang, Xiao-Qi Yu, Zhong-Yuan Zhou and Chi-Ming Che, pp 1075 DOI:10.1039/a908917i

Synthesis and characterization of mono- and bi-metallic Mn(III) complexes containing salen type ligands Debasis Das and Cheu Pyeng Cheng, pp 1081 DOI:10.1039/a908304i

Combined visible spectroscopy-conductance-electrospray mass spectrometry studies of paramagnetic catalysts. Speciation of Jacobsens manganese salen complex in the presence of -donor ligands, hydroxide sources, and cumyl hydroperoxide John R. Chipperfield, John Clayton, Siraj A. Khan and Simon Woodward, pp 1087 DOI:10.1039/b001059f

Complexes of some transition metal ions with 2-methyl-1-vinylimidazole in aqueous solution and the solid state Krystyna Kurdziel, Tadeusz Gowiak and Julia Jezierska, pp 1095 DOI:10.1039/a908718d

Calix[4]arene derived phosphites: their hydrolytic stability and complexes with gold(I), platinum(II,0), palladium(II) and iridium(I) Christopher J. Cobley, Dianne D. Ellis, A. Guy Orpen and Paul G. Pringle, pp 1101 DOI:10.1039/a908960h

Rhodium(I) complexes of robust phosphites derived from calix[4]arenes and their application in the hydroformylation of 1-hexene Christopher J. Cobley, Dianne D. Ellis, A. Guy Orpen and Paul G. Pringle, pp 1109 DOI:10.1039/a908961f

Calix[4]arene based monophosphites, identification of three conformations and their use in the rhodium-catalysed hydroformylation of 1-octene Floris J. Parlevliet, Christoph Kiener, Jan Fraanje, Kees Goubitz, Martin Lutz, Anthony L. Spek, Paul C. J. Kamer and Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen, pp 1113 DOI:10.1039/a909103c

An entry to half-sandwich complexes of first row transition metals (Ni, Co, Mn) containing the Kläui tripodal ligand, LOMe: synthesis and crystal structures of oligomeric, [LOMeM(µ-X)(L)]n (n = 2, 4), and monomeric complexes, LOMeM(L2)(X) De-qiang Ma, Shiro Hikichi, Munetaka Akita and Yoshihiko Moro-oka, pp 1123 DOI:10.1039/a909580b

Chromium complexes with mixed Group 15 elements as ligands. Synthesis and characterisation of the first cyclo-P2As ligand in [CrCp(CO)2(3-P2As)] Shubhangi Umbarkar, Perumal Sekar and Manfred Scheer, pp 1135 DOI:10.1039/a909717a

Synthesis, characterization and biological activity of organotitanium substituted heteropolytungstates Xiao-Hong Wang, Jing-Fu Liu, Ya-Guang Chen, Qun Liu, Ju-Tao Liu and M. T. Pope, pp 1139 DOI:10.1039/a907370a

Crystal and electronic structures and magnetic susceptibility of the photochemically prepared layered vanadyl phosphate Na(VO)2(PO4)2·4H2O Toshihiro Yamase and Haruyo Makino, pp 1143 DOI:10.1039/a909452k

The structural pathways of (dipicolylamine)dinitratocopper(II): an example of the uncommon see-saw stereochemistry Mallayan Palaniandavar, Sethuraman Mahadevan, Martin Köckerling and Gerald Henkel, pp 1151 DOI:10.1039/a908185b

A monometallic and kinetically inert complex of a ditopic open ligand as a tight polyaza cage Valeria Amendola, Luigi Fabbrizzi, Carlo Mangano, Anna Manotti Lanfredi, Piersandro Pallavicini, Angelo Perotti and Franco Ugozzoli, pp 1155 DOI:10.1039/a909756b

The role of the metal connectors AgNO3, Cu2I2 and CuCl2 in co-ordination-polymer formation using the N2S2 ditopic ligand 1,4-bis(2-pyridylmethylsulfanylmethyl)benzene Lyall R. Hanton and Kitty Lee, pp 1161 DOI:10.1039/a909601i

Kinetics and mechanism for reduction of oral anticancer platinum(IV) dicarboxylate compounds by L-ascorbate ions Kelemu Lemma, Alan M. Sargeson and Lars I. Elding, pp 1167 DOI:10.1039/a909484i

Characterisation of bifunctional ruthenium(II) complexes, potential DNA photo-probes. Presence of folded and unfolded conformers André Del Guerzo, Andrée Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, Martine Demeunynck and Jean Lhomme, pp 1173 DOI:10.1039/b000197j

Synthesis and reactivity of hydrazine complexes of iridium(III) Gabriele Albertin, Stefano Antoniutti, Emilio Bordignon and Federica Menegazzo, pp 1181 DOI:10.1039/a909404k

Macrocyclic ligand design. Interaction of selected transition and post-transition metal ions with a new N2O2-donor macrocycle incorporating a pyridylmethyl pendant arm Ian M. Atkinson, Jy D. Chartres, Grover W. Everett, Xue-Kui Ji, Leonard F. Lindoy, Owen A. Matthews, George V. Meehan, Brian W. Skelton, Gang Wei and Allan H. White, pp 1191 DOI:10.1039/a909102e

Polyaza and azaoxa macrocyclic receptors functionalised with fluorescent subunits; Hg2+ selective signalling Youseff Al Shihadeh, Angel Benito, José Manuel Lloris, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Teresa Pardo, Juan Soto and M. Dolores Marcos, pp 1199 DOI:10.1039/a908762a

Self-assembled macrocyclic tetranuclear molecular square [Ni(HL)]44+ and molecular rectangle [Cu2Cl2L]2{H2L = bis[phenyl(2-pyridyl)methanone] thiocarbazone} He Cheng, Duan Chun-ying, Fang Chen-jie, Liu Yong-jiang and Meng Qing-jin, pp 1207 DOI:10.1039/a909604c

Synthesis, structure and reactivity of trans-UO22+ complexes of OH-containing ligands P. Venkateswara Rao, Chebrolu P. Rao, Alavattam Sreedhara, Elina K. Wegelius, Kari Rissanen and Erkki Kolehmainen, pp 1213 DOI:10.1039/b000142m

Synthesis and characterisation of cationic bis(cyclopentadienyl)tungsten(IV) complexes Adrian J. Carmichael, David J. Duncalf, Malcolm G. H. Wallbridge and Andrew McCamley, pp 1219 DOI:10.1039/a909732e

The changing structural chemistry of lithium anilide on solvation by pyridine, 4-methylpyridine or 4-tert-butylpyridine William Clegg, Lynne Horsburgh, Stephen T. Liddle, Fiona M. Mackenzie, Robert E. Mulvey and Alan Robertson, pp 1225 DOI:10.1039/b000576m

Issue 8

Communications

Hydrotris[3-(carboxypyrrolidido)pyrazol-1-yl]borate, the first proven N3O3-hexadentate homoscorpionate ligand Arnold L. Rheingold, Christopher D. Incarvito and Swiatoslaw Trofimenko, pp 1233 DOI:10.1039/b001651i

Polynuclear bismuth selenolates: rings en route to clusters Marty W. DeGroot and John F. Corrigan, pp 1235 DOI:10.1039/b001417f

Preparation of a cyclic trimer with a Ni3P3 core: aggregation and conformation driven by steric demand Gunter Scherhag and Mark D. Spicer, pp 1237 DOI:10.1039/b001098g

Papers

Reductions by hyponitrite Ahmad M. Al-Ajlouni and Edwin S. Gould, pp 1239 DOI:10.1039/a909284f

Cation-directed syntheses of novel zeolite-like metalloaluminophosphates STA-6 and STA-7 in the presence of azamacrocycle templates Paul A. Wright, Martin J. Maple, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Véronique Patinec, R. Alan Aitken, Simon Welsh and Paul A. Cox, pp 1243 DOI:10.1039/a909249h

The reaction of diphenyl ditelluride with triosmium clusters Junlian Zhang and Weng Kee Leong, pp 1249 DOI:10.1039/a909628k

Synthesis and structural characterization of a new class of organoborato ligands containing imidazolyl functional groups [MeB(ImN-Me)2(X)]- Koyu Fujita, Shiro Hikichi, Munetaka Akita and Yoshihiko Moro-oka, pp 1255 DOI:10.1039/b000467g

Gold(III) derivatives with anionic oxygen ligands: mononuclear hydroxo, alkoxo and acetato complexes. Crystal structure of [Au(bpy)(OMe)2][PF6] Maria Agostina Cinellu, Giovanni Minghetti, Maria Vittoria Pinna, Sergio Stoccoro, Antonio Zucca and Mario Manassero, pp 1261 DOI:10.1039/a910188h

The synthesis and structural characterization of bis(mercaptoimidazolyl)(pyrazolyl)hydroborato and tris(mercaptoimidazolyl)hydroborato complexes of thallium(I) and thallium(III) Clare Kimblin, Brian M. Bridgewater, Tony Hascall and Gerard Parkin, pp 1267 DOI:10.1039/a909542j

Encapsulated Tl(III) strongly retained within an iminophenolate cryptand host Michael G. B. Drew, Oliver W. Howarth, Noreen Martin, Grace G. Morgan and Jane Nelson, pp 1275 DOI:10.1039/b000736f

Geminal arsa(III)amide and trisubstituted antimony and bismuth amides from the sterically hindered, N-functionalised amido ligand [{2-(6-Me)C5H3N}NSiMe3]- Colin L. Raston, Brian W. Skelton, Vicki-Anne Tolhurst and Allan H. White, pp 1279 DOI:10.1039/a909338i

The reaction of tertiary aryl phosphites with diiodine at ambient temperatures; structural characterisation of the tertiary phosphite tetraiodides (PhO)3PI4, (4-MeC6H4O)3PI4 and (2,4-But2C6H3O)3PI4 Stephen M. Godfrey, Charles A. McAuliffe, Andrew T. Peaker and Robin G. Pritchard, pp 1287 DOI:10.1039/a909057f

Two new bimetallic phosphido carbonyl complexes of nickel(0): [Ni2(CO)2(PPh3)2(µ-CO)(µ-PPh2)]- and [Ni2(CO)4(µ-PPh2)2]2- Banu Keanl, Donna Rae Gardner, Brian Scott and Bryan W. Eichhorn, pp 1291 DOI:10.1039/b000852o

Complexation of uranyl ions by polyphenols. Crystal structures of two linear oligomers and one uranyl ion complex Pierre Thuéry, Martine Nierlich, Zouhair Asfari and Jacques Vicens, pp 1297 DOI:10.1039/b001083i

Stabilisation of the [Mn(CO)2]+ fragment by thioether macrocyclic ligands; synthesis, spectroscopic and structural characterisation Bhavesh Patel and Gillian Reid, pp 1303 DOI:10.1039/b000446o

Homoleptic complexes of Ag(I), Cu(I), Pd(II) and Pt(II) with tetrathiafulvalene-functionalized phosphine ligands Bradley W. Smucker and Kim R. Dunbar, pp 1309 DOI:10.1039/a908559i

Two novel anion cluster compounds with a planar open structure [Et4N]2[MS4Cu4(SCN)4(2-pic)4] (M = W, Mo; 2-pic = 2-methylpyridine): synthesis, structural characterization, nonlinear response and large optical limiting properties Chi Zhang, Yinglin Song, Guocheng Jin, Guangyu Fang, Yuxiao Wang, S. Shanmuga Sundara Raj, Hoong-Kun Fun and Xinquan Xin, pp 1317 DOI:10.1039/a909656f

Acid-base and metal ion-binding properties of diaminopropyl D-glucopyranoside and diaminopropyl D-mannopyranoside compounds in aqueous solution Bin Song, Parisa Mehrkhodavandi, Péter Buglyó, Yuji Mikata, Yoshie Shinohara, Kazumi Yoneda, Shigenobu Yano and Chris Orvig, pp 1325 DOI:10.1039/a908384g

Co-ordination of weak field ligands by N-acetylmicroperoxidase-8 (NAcMP8), a ferric haempeptide from cytochrome c, and the influence of the axial ligand on the reduction potential of complexes of NAcMP8 Helder M. Marques, Ignacy Cukrowski and Preeti R. Vashi, pp 1335 DOI:10.1039/b000065p

Synthesis and crystal structure of three silver(I) complexes with (S)-(+)-5-oxo-2-tetrahydrofurancarboxylic acid (S-Hothf) and its isomeric forms (R-Hothf and R,S-Hothf) showing wide spectra of effective antibacterial and antifungal activities. Chiral helical polymers in the solid state formed by self-assembly of the dimeric [Ag(othf)]2 cores Kenji Nomiya, Satoshi Takahashi and Ryusuke Noguchi, pp 1343 DOI:10.1039/a910251p

Trimethylplatinum(IV) complexes of dithiocarbamato ligands: an experimental NMR study on the barrier to C-N bond rotation Peter J. Heard, Kenneth Kite, Julie Søgaard Nielsen and Derek A. Tocher, pp 1349 DOI:10.1039/b000264j

High oxidation state imido metallasiloxanes: synthesis and structural characterisation of novel bis-imido chromium(VI) and molybdenum(VI) compounds Lawrence King, Majid Motevalli and Alice C. Sullivan, pp 1357 DOI:10.1039/a909712k

Unusual pathways for the reaction between [MCl2(Me2SO)4] (M = Os, Ru) and hydrazine dihydrochloride: deoxygenation of sulfoxides vs. coordination of hydrazinium M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva, Armando J. L. Pombeiro, Silvano Geremia, Ennio Zangrando, Mario Calligaris, Andrey V. Zinchenko and Vadim Yu. Kukushkin, pp 1363 DOI:10.1039/a908170d

Nickel(II) complexes with N2OS and N2S2 co-ordination spheres: reduction and spectroscopic study of the corresponding Ni(I) complexes Lígia Gomes, Eulália Pereira and Baltazar de Castro, pp 1373 DOI:10.1039/a908330h

Issue 9

Perspective

A unified approach to zeolites as acid catalysts and as supramolecular hosts exemplified Avelino Corma and Hermenegildo García, pp 1381 DOI:10.1039/a908408h

Communications

Ascorbate oxidation leading to the formation of a catalytically active oxalato bridged dicopper(II) complex as a model for dopamine -hydroxylase Anitha M. Thomas, Gagan C. Mandal, Satish K. Tiwary, Rakesh K. Rath and Akhil R. Chakravarty, pp 1395 DOI:10.1039/b001055n

Reactivity of chiral diiminodiphosphine ligands towards PdCl2(PhCN)2: synthesis and crystal structures of two unexpected dinuclear palladium(II) complexes Wai-Kwok Wong, Li-Lu Zhang, Yang Chen, Wai-Yeung Wong, Wing-Tak Wong, Feng Xue and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 1397 DOI:10.1039/b001245i

Luminescent cyclometallated Ir(III) complexes of conjugatable carboxy-functionalized ligands Francesco Neve, Alessandra Crispini, Frédérique Loiseau and Sebastiano Campagna, pp 1399 DOI:10.1039/b001670p

Papers

Synthesis of water soluble O-glycosides of N-(hydroxyalkyl)aminomethylferrocenes John S. Landells, Joy L. Kerr, David S. Larsen, Brian H. Robinson and Jim Simpson, pp 1403 DOI:10.1039/a908512b

Synthesis and structure of N-ferrocenylglycosylamines; redox chemistry of O-ferrocenyl glycosides and N-ferrocenylglycosylamines Joy L. Kerr, John S. Landells, David S. Larsen, Brian H. Robinson and Jim Simpson, pp 1411 DOI:10.1039/a908513k

Copper(II) complexes of 6-hydroxymethyl-substituted tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine ligands Zhicong He, P. Jinny Chaimungkalanont, Donald C. Craig and Stephen B. Colbran, pp 1419 DOI:10.1039/b000092m

Crystal structure, redox and spectral properties of copper(II) complexes with macrocyclic ligands incorporating both oxamido and imine groups En-Qing Gao, Wei-Ming Bu, Guang-Ming Yang, Dai-Zheng Liao, Zong-Hui Jiang, Shi-Ping Yan and Geng-Lin Wang, pp 1431 DOI:10.1039/b000504p

Synthesis of dinuclear complexes of rhenium(I) as potential metallomesogens Marie-Andrée Guillevic, Mark E. Light, Simon J. Coles, Thomas Gelbrich, Michael B. Hursthouse and Duncan W. Bruce, pp 1437 DOI:10.1039/a910273f

Red and blue luminescent metallo-supramolecular coordination polymers assembled through - interactions Nathaniel W. Alcock, Philip R. Barker, Johanna M. Haider, Michael J. Hannon, Claire L. Painting, Zoe Pikramenou, Edward A. Plummer, Kari Rissanen and Pauli Saarenketo, pp 1447 DOI:10.1039/b000871k

Theoretical study of the guestguest interactions of cobaltocene intercalated in metal sulfides Anna Ibarz, Eliseo Ruiz and Santiago Alvarez, pp 1463 DOI:10.1039/b000100g

Solvent control in the synthesis of [Mn(NCS)2(bpe)2(H2O)2] and [Mn(NCS)2(bpe)1.5(CH3OH)]n (bpe = 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethene): structural analysis and magnetic properties M. Gotzone Barandika, Margarita L. Hernández-Pino, M. Karmele Urtiaga, Roberto Cortés, Luis Lezama, M. Isabel Arriortua and Teófilo Rojo, pp 1469 DOI:10.1039/b000808g

On the formation of framework indium sulfides Christopher L. Cahill and J. B. Parise, pp 1475 DOI:10.1039/a909005c

Some studies of the substitution chemistry of [Rh2(OAc)2(CH3CN)4][BF4]2 with monodentate and bidentate tertiary phosphines Malcolm H. Chisholm, John C. Huffman and Suri S. Iyer, pp 1483 DOI:10.1039/b001444n

Molecular structure of N-trimethylsilylaziridine in the gas phase Norbert W. Mitzel, Elizabeth M. Page and David A. Rice, pp 1491 DOI:10.1039/a910248p

Synthesis, characterisation, and molecular and electronic structure of CpMoCl2(R1CCR2) (R1, R2 = Ph, Et, Me): a new class of half-sandwich 17-electron molybdenum(III) organometallics Erwan Le Grognec, Rinaldo Poli and Philippe Richard, pp 1499 DOI:10.1039/b000948m

A comparison of C3R3P3 and C6R3H3 as ligands using photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory Scott B. Clendenning, Jennifer C. Green and John F. Nixon, pp 1507 DOI:10.1039/a910274o

d10 Cations within triple-helical cryptand hosts; a structural and modelling study Michael G. B. Drew, David Farrell, Grace G. Morgan, Vickie McKee and Jane Nelson, pp 1513 DOI:10.1039/a910240j

Arcing and other microwave characteristics of metal powders in liquid systems A. Gavin Whittaker and D. Michael P. Mingos, pp 1521 DOI:10.1039/b000462f

A new access to palladium-phosphine chemistry. Formation of polynuclear palladium compounds via the oxidation of ligands in simple palladium(II) complexes Weiping Su, Rong Cao, Maochun Hong, Daxu Wu and Jiaxi Lu, pp 1527 DOI:10.1039/a908788e

Issue 10

Perspective

Organo-P-S and P-Se heterocycles Mark St. John Foreman and J. Derek Woollins, pp 1533 DOI:10.1039/b000620n

Communications

Remarkable S,N,S tridentate chelation to palladium(II) by the monoanion derived from [Ph2P(S)NH]2CO Pravat Bhattacharyya, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and J. Derek Woollins, pp 1545 DOI:10.1039/b002413i

Transformation of dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate to bis(methylcarboxylate)vinylidene at a diruthenium centre: unprecedented 1,2-migration of a CO2Me group Philip J. King, Selby A. R. Knox, Matthew S. Legge, A. Guy Orpen, Jon N. Wilkinson and E. Alexander Hill, pp 1547 DOI:10.1039/b001666g

Papers

Bite angle effect of bidentate P-N ligands in palladium catalysed allylic alkylation Richard J. van Haaren, Cees J. M. Druijven, Gino P. F. van Strijdonck, Henk Oevering, Joost N. H. Reek, Paul C. J. Kamer and Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen, pp 1549 DOI:10.1039/b001355m

First Schiff base of vinylamine and an -diketone: a novel N,N donor ligand with extensive conjugation. Synthesis, properties and its copper(I) complexes Goutam K. Patra, Susanta Samajdar and Dipankar Datta, pp 1555 DOI:10.1039/a909726k

Copper(II) complexes of hydroquinone-containing Schiff bases. Towards a structural model for copper amine oxidases Peiyi Li, Nayan K. Solanki, Helmut Ehrenberg, Neil Feeder, John E. Davies, Jeremy M. Rawson and Malcolm A. Halcrow, pp 1559 DOI:10.1039/b001320j

Metal-mediated hydrolysis of the oxime CN bond to produce RhIII-bound O-iminoacylated MeC(NH)ONH2 species Vadim Yu. Kukushkin, Igor V. Ilichev, Maria A. Zhdanova, Gabriele Wagner and Armando J. L. Pombeiro, pp 1567 DOI:10.1039/b001384f

Magneto-structural correlation for binuclear octahedral vanadium(IV)-oxo complexes. Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of a VIVO2+ complex with a new ligand derived from glycine Augusto S. Ceccato, Ademir Neves, Marcos A. de Brito, Sueli M. Drechsel, Antonio S. Mangrich, Rüdiger Werner, Wolfgang Haase and Adailton J. Bortoluzzi, pp 1573 DOI:10.1039/a909846a

Intramolecular and supramolecular geometry of coordinated PPh3 Ian Dance and Marcia Scudder, pp 1579 DOI:10.1039/a909328a

Crystal supramolecularity: sixfold phenyl embraces between PPh3 ligands, forming extended nets in one-, two-, and three-dimensions Ian Dance and Marcia Scudder, pp 1587 DOI:10.1039/a909330c

Mixed inorganic-organic anion frameworks: synthesis and characterisation of [Mn4(PO4)2(C2O4)(H2O)2] and [H3N(CH2)3NH3][Mn2(HPO4)2(C2O4)(H2O)2] Zoe A. D. Lethbridge, Adrian D. Hillier, Robert Cywinski and Philip Lightfoot, pp 1595 DOI:10.1039/b000449i

Crystal structure and magnetic behaviour of a two-dimensional complex [Cu(dmen)]2[Fe(CN)6] (dmen = 2-dimethylaminoethylamine) with an exceptional cyano-bridging Nijhuma Mondal, Manas Kumar Saha, Bappaditya Bag, Samiran Mitra, Volker Gramlich, Joan Ribas and M. Salah El Fallah, pp 1601 DOI:10.1039/b000145g

Synthesis and characterisation of novel layered compounds, Cs2MP3O10 (M = Al or Ga), containing triphosphate groups R. Nandini Devi and K. Vidyasagar, pp 1605 DOI:10.1039/a909753h

Variability of (ring centroid)-Ln-(ring centroid) angles in the mixed ligand C5Me5/C8H8 complexes (C5Me5)Ln(C8H8) and [(C5Me5)Yb(THF)](µ-88-C8H8)[Yb(C5Me5)] William J. Evans, Matthew A. Johnston, Robert D. Clark and Joseph W. Ziller, pp 1609 DOI:10.1039/a908412f

2-Sulfenamido complexes of uranium Andreas A. Danopoulos, Danielle M. Hankin, Sean M. Cafferkey and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 1613 DOI:10.1039/b000304m

Kinetics and mechanism of the chromium(VI) oxidation of methyl -D-glucopyranoside and methyl -D-mannopyranoside Sandra Signorella, María Inés Frascaroli, Silvia García, Mabel Santoro, Juan Carlos González, Claudia Palopoli, Verónica Daier, Nieves Casado and Luis F. Sala, pp 1617 DOI:10.1039/a908410j

New supramolecular complexes of manganese(II) and cobalt(II) with nucleic bases. Crystal structures of [M(H2O)6(1-Mecyt)6][ClO4]2·H2O, [Co(1-Mecyt)4][ClO4]2 and [M(H2O)4(cyt)2][ClO4]2·2cyt·2H2O [M = CoII or MnII; cyt = cytosine; 1-Mecyt = 1-methylcytosine] Giovanni De Munno, Marcella Medaglia, Donatella Armentano, Jane Anastassopoulou and Theophilos Theophanides, pp 1625 DOI:10.1039/a908901b

Combined single crystal neutron diffraction and solution NMR relaxation studies of mono- and bis(silyl) substituted niobocene hydrides with nonclassical interligand interactions Vladimir I. Bakhmutov, Judith A. K. Howard, David A. Keen, Lyudmila G. Kuzmina, Michael A. Leech, Georgii I. Nikonov, Eugenii V. Vorontsov and Chick C. Wilson, pp 1631 DOI:10.1039/b000089m

Coordination chemistry of a bulky redox-active cyanomanganese carbonyl ligand: N-bound tetrahedral complexes of 3d metals Neil G. Connelly, Owen M. Hicks, Gareth R. Lewis, A. Guy Orpen and Andrew J. Wood, pp 1637 DOI:10.1039/b001782p

Bis(diphosphino)methanide and hydride derivatives of Ir4(CO)12 Serena Detti, Tito Lumini, Raymond Roulet, Kurt Schenk, Renzo Ros and Augusto Tassan, pp 1645 DOI:10.1039/a909881j

Complexation and metallation of the multifunctional [Ph2P(o-C6H4)CHN(CH2)2(o-C5H4N)] ligand on triosmium carbonyl clusters Wen-Yann Yeh, Ching-Chao Yang, Shie-Ming Peng and Gene-Hsiang Lee, pp 1649 DOI:10.1039/a910260o

Synthesis and characterisation of magnesium methyl complexes with monoanionic chelating nitrogen donor ligands and their reaction with dioxygen Philip J. Bailey, Caroline M. E. Dick, Sylvie Fabre and Simon Parsons, pp 1655 DOI:10.1039/b001316l

Oxidative addition to M(II) (M = Ge, Sn) amidinate complexes: routes to group 14 chalcogenolates with hypervalent coordination environments Stephen R. Foley, Glenn P. A. Yap and Darrin S. Richeson, pp 1663 DOI:10.1039/a909228e

Ether functionalised aminophosphines: synthesis and co-ordination chemistry of palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes Andrew D. Burrows, Mary F. Mahon and Mark T. Palmer, pp 1669 DOI:10.1039/b001436m

Issue 11

Communications

Acid and base assisted topological reorganization of gallium sulfido clusters Thomas J. Barbarich, Simon G. Bott and Andrew R. Barron, pp 1679 DOI:10.1039/a908740k

Hydroformylation reactions in supercritical carbon dioxide using insoluble metal complexes Murielle F. Sellin and David J. Cole-Hamilton, pp 1681 DOI:10.1039/b001317j

Synthesis and characterization of two copper cyanide complexes with hexagonal Cu6 units Yingjun Zhao, Maochun Hong, Weiping Su, Rong Cao, Zhongyuan Zhou and Albert S. C. Chan, pp 1685 DOI:10.1039/b002096f

A novel µ3-cyano-bridged heterotrimetallic 2-D coordination polymer constructed from rectangular grids Hao Zhang, Jiwen Cai, Xiao-Long Feng, Bao-Hui Ye, Xiao-Yuan Li and Liang-Nian Ji, pp 1687 DOI:10.1039/b003058i

Papers

Synthesis, structure and redox properties of a new ruthenium(II) complex containing the flexible tridentate ligand N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylamine, cis-fac-Ru(bpea)22+, and its homologue attached covalently to a polypyrrole film Isabel Romero, Montserrat Rodríguez, Antoni Llobet, Marie-Noëlle Collomb-Dunand-Sauthier, Alain Deronzier, Teodor Parella and Helen Stoeckli-Evans, pp 1689 DOI:10.1039/a909511j

The reactions of the anions [Cp2(CO)4Mo2(µ-PRR)]- (R, R = H, Ph) towards chloroarsines and chlorophosphines; synthesis of complexes containing both bridging phosphido and arsenido groups John E. Davies, Neil Feeder, Caspar A. Gray, Martin J. Mays and Anthony D. Woods, pp 1695 DOI:10.1039/b001193m

Low-spin manganese(II) and cobalt(III) complexes of N-aryl-2-pyridylazophenylamines: new tridentate N,N,N-donors derived from cobalt mediated aromatic ring amination of 2-(phenylazo)pyridine. Crystal structure of a manganese(II) complex Amrita Saha, Partha Majumdar and Sreebrata Goswami, pp 1703 DOI:10.1039/a909769d

Preparation and structural characterisation of the trigonal nitridometalate Ba3MoN4 M. Grazia Francesconi, Marten G. Barker, Paul A. Cooke and Alexander J. Blake, pp 1709 DOI:10.1039/a908546g

A study of the molecular and electronic structures of the indium(I) phospholyls [In(5-P2C3But3)] and [In(5-P3C2But2)] by X-ray diffraction, photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory Guy K. B. Clentsmith, F. Geoffrey N. Cloke, Matthew D. Francis, Jennifer C. Green,, Peter B. Hitchcock, John F. Nixon, James L. Suter and David M. Vickers, pp 1715 DOI:10.1039/b001793k

Ligand exchange and stereodynamics in the cationic palladium(LL)--allyl complex of 2,2-bis(pyridyl)-1,1-binaphthalene, a novel atropisomeric N,N-ligand Jonathan P. H. Charmant, Ian A. Fallis, Neil J. Hunt, Guy C. Lloyd-Jones, Martin Murray and Thorsten Nowak, pp 1723 DOI:10.1039/b000651n

Coordination and organometallic complexes of iron containing o-phenylenebis(dimethylphosphine) (pdmp). Crystal and molecular structure of [Fe(2-C2H4)(pdmp)2] Martin A. Bennett, Evert J. Ditzel, Allen D. Hunter, Karl Khan, Mike R. Kopp, Horst Neumann, Glen B. Robertson and Harald Zeh, pp 1733 DOI:10.1039/b002012p

Synthesis and structural characterisation of new ansa-bis(propene)s and {ansa-bis(allyl)}alkali metal and {ansa-bis(allyl)}transition metal complexes Rafael Fernández-Galán, Peter B. Hitchcock, Michael F. Lappert, Antonio Antiñolo and Ana M. Rodríguez, pp 1743 DOI:10.1039/b000451k

Extended one- and two-dimensional copper(II) complexes with bridging (N-N) diazine ligands: structural and magnetic studies Zhiqiang Xu, Stephen White, Laurence K. Thompson, D. O. Miller, Masaaki Ohba, Hisashi kawa, Claire Wilson and Judith A. K. Howard, pp 1751 DOI:10.1039/a909824k

Oxidation of germanium(II) azides with HN3: a convenient route to six-co-ordinate triazidogermanium(IV) compounds Alexander C. Filippou, Peter Portius, Gabriele Kociok-Köhn and Volker Albrecht, pp 1759 DOI:10.1039/b001198n

Tricarbonylrhenium(I) halide complexes of 2-[(4R,6R)-4,6-dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-2-yl]pyridine (L1) and 2,6-bis[(4R,6R)-4,6-dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-2-yl]pyridine (L2): structure and solution stereodynamics Peter J. Heard, Paul M. King and Derek A. Tocher, pp 1769 DOI:10.1039/b001206h

Monocations of bismuth and indium in arene media: A spectroscopic and EXAFS investigation Alexei N. Kuznetsov, Boris A. Popovkin, William Henderson, Michael J. Taylor and Lars Bengtsson-Kloo, pp 1777 DOI:10.1039/b001130o

Switching of the inter-component photoinduced electron- and energy-transfer properties of a Ru(II)-aza-crown-Re(I) complex; effects of changing temperature, and of incorporation of Ba2+ ion into the macrocyclic spacer between the chromophores Susana Encinas, Karen L. Bushell, Samantha M. Couchman, John C. Jeffery, Michael D. Ward, Lucia Flamigni and Francesco Barigelletti, pp 1783 DOI:10.1039/b001594f

X-Ray diffraction and magnetic studies on a series of isostructural divalent metal chloranilates with zigzag polymeric chain structures and on a dinuclear iron(III) chloranilate Brendan F. Abrahams, Kevin D. Lu, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray and Richard Robson, pp 1793 DOI:10.1039/b000192i

Ternary adduct {[W(CN)8]3-,[Pt(en)2]2+,[W(CN)8]3-} in aqueous solution and crystal structure of [Pt(en)2]3[W(CN)8]2·4H2O with infinite linear WPt chains Robert Podgajny, Barbara Sieklucka and Wiesaw asocha, pp 1799 DOI:10.1039/b000645i

Anion interaction with ferrocene-functionalised cyclic and open-chain polyaza and aza-oxa cycloalkanes Paul D. Beer, James Cadman, José Manuel Lloris, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Juan Soto, Teresa Pardo and Ma Dolores Marcos, pp 1805 DOI:10.1039/b000079p

Issue 12

Communications

Insights into the elimination of HCHO from the clusters [Mn(CO)m(COOMe)]- (Mn = Ru6C, m = 16; Mn = Rh6, m = 15) provided by electrospray mass spectrometry Paul J. Dyson, Neil Feeder, Brian F. G. Johnson, J. Scott McIndoe and Patrick R. R. Langridge-Smith, pp 1813 DOI:10.1039/b002978p

Selective formation of pentan-3-one from carbon monoxide and ethene in methanol Ruth A. M. Robertson, Andrew D. Poole, Marc. J. Payne and David J. Cole-Hamilton, pp 1817 DOI:10.1039/b002629h

Hydrothermal synthesis and structural characterization of prototypical organic-inorganic hybrid materials: [{Cu(2,2-bpy)(H2O)}(VO)(O3PCH2PO3)], [Cu(2,2-bpy)(VO)(O3PCH2CH2PO3)], and [Cu(2,2-bpy)(VO)(O3PCH2CH2CH2PO3)]·H2O. Bimetallic phosphonate networks with surface-modifying organic subunits Robert C. Finn and Jon Zubieta, pp 1821 DOI:10.1039/b000667j

Addition of the [(tBuP)3As]- anion to the cyclopentadienyl ring of [(C5H5)M(CO)3Cl] (M = Mo, W) Alan Bashall, Alexander D. Hopkins, Martin J. Mays, Mary McPartlin, Jody A. Wood, Anthony D. Woods and Dominic S. Wright, pp 1825 DOI:10.1039/b003687k

cis-2,4-Diamino-2,4-dichloro-1,3-bis(di-tert-butylmethylsilyl)-cyclodisilazane—synthesis and crystal structure Bettina Jaschke, Regine Herbst-Irmer, Uwe Klingebiel and Thomas Pape, pp 1827 DOI:10.1039/b002634o

Completely stereoselective synthesis of a chiral tetra(tertiary phosphine). Crystal and molecular structure of [OC-6-22-(R*,R*)]-(±)-dichloro{1,2-bis[(2-dimethylphosphinophenyl)methylphosphino]benzene-P,P,P,P}cobalt(III) hexafluorophosphate Swarup Chatterjee, Roy Doyle, David C. R. Hockless, Geoffrey Salem and Anthony C. Willis, pp 1829 DOI:10.1039/b002662j

A novel (CF3SO3-)6 cluster with multiple FF interactions: crystal structure of a self-assembled trinuclear Ag(I) complex with the tripodal ligand tris(2-benzimidazolylmethyl)amine Cheng-Yong Su, Bei-Sheng Kang, Qi-Guang Wang and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 1831 DOI:10.1039/b002411m

Papers

Towards nanostructured arrays of single molecule magnets: new Fe19 oxyhydroxide clusters displaying high ground state spins and hysteresis Jeremy C. Goodwin, Roberta Sessoli, Dante Gatteschi, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Annie K. Powell and Sarah L. Heath, pp 1835 DOI:10.1039/b002135k

Reactions of the spiro monoanion [{(Me2N)Sb(µ-NCy)2}2Sb]- with alcohols and thiols (REH; E = O or S); syntheses of nido-[Sb3(µ-NCy)3(µ3-NCy)(ER)2] anions and the unique antimony(III) imido cubane [(2-NC5H4O)Sb(µ3-NCy)]4 (Cy= cyclohexyl) Alan Bashall, Michael A. Beswick, Neil Feeder, Alexander D. Hopkins, Sara J. Kidd, Mary McPartlin, Paul R. Raithby and Dominic S. Wright, pp 1841 DOI:10.1039/b001322f

Diversity in the reactions of unsymmetric dinucleating Schiff base ligands with CuII and NiII Harry Adams, David E. Fenton, Shabana R. Haque, Sarah L. Heath, Masaaki Ohba, Hisashi Okawa and Sharon E. Spey, pp 1849 DOI:10.1039/b001395l

Doubly interpenetrating stereoisomeric three-dimensional frameworks of tripodal neodymium(III) complexes from potentially spacer-controlled enantioselective self-assembly Cheng-Yong Su, Bei-Sheng Kang, Qing-Chuan Yang and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 1857 DOI:10.1039/b001236j

Synthesis and crystal structure determination of two monomeric alkali metal phosphide derivatives: [M{P(H)C6H2-t-Bu3-2,4,6}(18-crown-6)] (M = K or Rb) Gerd W. Rabe, Henrike Heise, Louise M. Liable-Sands, Ilia A. Guzei and Arnold L. Rheingold, pp 1863 DOI:10.1039/b000653j

Lanthanide silasesquioxanes: monomeric and functionalised complexes Judith Annand and Helen C. Aspinall, pp 1867 DOI:10.1039/b000659i

Copper(II) complexes of the isomeric tetraazamacrocyclic ligands 1,11- and 1,8-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane and of the 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-5,12-dione analogue at neutral and basic pH Andrés E. Goeta, Judith A. K. Howard, Davide Maffeo, Horst Puschmann, J. A. Gareth Williams and Dimitrii S. Yufit, pp 1873 DOI:10.1039/b000739k

Structural characterization of M(s-cis-4-C4H6)(Me4C5SiMe2NR) (M = Ti or Zr, R = CMe3 or CHCMe(1-C10H7) Marc Dahlmann, Jörg Schottek, Roland Fröhlich, Doris Kunz, Maija Nissinen, Gerhard Erker, Gerhard Fink and Ralph Kleinschmidt, pp 1881 DOI:10.1039/b000570n

Guanidinates as chelating anionic ligands for early, middle and late transition metals: syntheses and crystal structures of [Ti{2-(NPh)2CNEt2}2Cl2], [Ru{2-(NPh)2CNHPh}3] and [Pt{2-(NPh)2CNHPh}2] Philip J. Bailey, Keith J. Grant, Lindsey A. Mitchell, Stuart Pace, Andrew Parkin and Simon Parsons, pp 1887 DOI:10.1039/b001992p

A superoxide dismutase mimic with high activity: crystal structure, solution equilibrium and pulse radiolysis Jian-Jun Zhang, Qin-Hui Luo, De-Liang Long, Jiu-Tong Chen, Feng-Mei Li and An-Dong Liu, pp 1893 DOI:10.1039/a909018e

Investigation into the reactivity of M(5-C5R5)(CO)2(alkane) (M = Mn or Re; R = H, Me or Ph; alkane = n-heptane or cyclopentane) and Re(5-C5H5)(CO)2(Xe) in solution at cryogenic and room temperature Gavin I. Childs, Christopher S. Colley, Joanne Dyer, David C. Grills, Xue-Zhong Sun, Jixin Yang and Michael W. George, pp 1901 DOI:10.1039/b001987i

A new redox-responsive 14-membered tetraazamacrocycle with ferrocenylmethyl arms as receptor for sensing transition-metal ions Judite Costa, Rita Delgado, Michael G. B. Drew, Vitor Félix and André Saint-Maurice, pp 1907 DOI:10.1039/b000938p

Structural and photophysical properties of LnIII complexes with 2,2-bipyridine-6,6-dicarboxylic acid: surprising formation of a H-bonded network of bimetallic entities Jean-Claude G. Bünzli, Loïc J. Charbonnière and Raymond F. Ziessel, pp 1917 DOI:10.1039/b000436g

The preparation of [M2Cp2(CO)4(µ-2-PE)] (E = As or Sb), the first complexes with naked heterodiatomic Group 15 ligands, and of their adducts with W(CO)5 John E. Davies, Martin J. Mays, Paul R. Raithby, Gregory P. Shields, Peter K. Tompkin and Anthony D. Woods, pp 1925 DOI:10.1039/b001409p

dppm and hydrido-bridged dinuclear complexes of iridium. Synthesis and structures of [(IrCp*)2(µ-dppm)(µ-H)(µ-X)]2+ (X = Cl, OMe, OH, or H) Ken-ichi Fujita, Taro Hamada and Ryohei Yamaguchi, pp 1931 DOI:10.1039/b001239o

Solid state structures of the chiral lithium amide complexes (S)-[(Ph(Me)CH)(PhCH2)NLi·thf]2 and (R)-[(Ph(Me)CH)(PhCH2)NLi·pmdta] Philip C. Andrews, Peter J. Duggan, Gary D. Fallon, Tom D. McCarthy and Anna C. Peatt, pp 1937 DOI:10.1039/b000747l

Dimethyltin(IV) cation induced amide deprotonation of aspartic acid containing dipeptides Attila Jancsó, Bernard Henry, Patrice Rubini, György Vankó and Tamás Gajda, pp 1941 DOI:10.1039/a909741d

Kinetics and mechanism of formation, acid catalysed aquation, reversible anation and photochemical reaction of trans-(aqua)(sulfito-S)[N,N-ethylenebis(salicylidiniminato)]cobaltate(III) in aqueous media Arabinda Das and Anadi C. Dash, pp 1949 DOI:10.1039/a909562d

Comments on T-shaped 11 molecular adducts between chalcogen donors and halogens. Letter and reply Francesco Demartin, Francesco A. Devillanova, Francesco Isaia, Vito Lippolis, Philip D. Boyle and Stephen M. Godfrey, pp 1959 DOI:10.1039/b000109k

Issue 13

Perspective

DALTON MILLENIUM PERSPECTIVE

A millennial overview of transition metal chemistry F. Albert Cotton, pp 1961 DOI:10.1039/b001668n

Communications

A five-coordinate chromium alkyl complex stabilised by salicylaldiminato ligands Vernon C. Gibson, Sergio Mastroianni, Claire Newton, Carl Redshaw, Gregory A. Solan, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 1969 DOI:10.1039/b002631j

Dimeric diphenylzinc adducts with cyclic thioethers Ron S. Dickson, Gary D. Fallon and Qian-Qian Zhang, pp 1973 DOI:10.1039/b003985n

First single-crystal X-ray diffraction study of a lanthanide tricarbonate complex: [Co(NH3)6][Sm(CO3)3(H2O)]·4H2O David L. Clark, Robert J. Donohoe, John C. Gordon, Pamela L. Gordon, D. Webster Keogh, Brian L. Scott, C. Drew Tait and John G. Watkin, pp 1975 DOI:10.1039/b000778l

A new layered aluminophosphate [Al2P4O16][C6H22N4][C2H10N2] with 4.12-net porous sheets Bo Wei, Jihong Yu, Zhan Shi, Shilun Qiu and Jiyang Li, pp 1979 DOI:10.1039/b003153o

Papers

Synthesis and structural characterisation of a new layered aluminophosphate [C3H12N2][Al2P2O8(OH)2]·H2O Hong-Ming Yuan, Jie-Sheng Chen, Zhan Shi, Wei Chen, Ying Wang, Ping Zhang, Ji-Hong Yu and Ru-Ren Xu, pp 1981 DOI:10.1039/b000685h

Silver(I) complexes with quinoline based linear multidentate ligands: self-assembly of sulfur-bridged tetrametallotricyclic boxes Cheng-Yong Su, Sen Liao, Hai-Liang Zhu, Bei-Sheng Kang, Xiao-Ming Chen and Han-Qin Liu, pp 1985 DOI:10.1039/b001723j

Synthesis and characterisation of infinite di- and tri-nuclear zinc co-ordination networks with flexible dipyridyl ligands M. John Plater, Mark R. St. J. Foreman, Thomas Gelbrich and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 1995 DOI:10.1039/b000566p

Chromium(II) complexes bearing 2,6-substituted N,N-diarylformamidinate ligands F. Albert Cotton, Lee M. Daniels, Carlos A. Murillo and Paul Schooler, pp 2001 DOI:10.1039/b000326n

Chromium(II) complexes bearing 2-substituted N,N-diarylformamidinate ligands F. Albert Cotton, Lee M. Daniels, Carlos A. Murillo and Paul Schooler, pp 2007 DOI:10.1039/b000329h

Chemistry of nickel tetrafluoropyridyl derivatives: their versatile behaviour with Brønsted acids and the Lewis acid BF3 Stephen J. Archibald, Thomas Braun, Joseph A. Gaunt, James E. Hobson and Robin N. Perutz, pp 2013 DOI:10.1039/b002333g

Synthesis and structure of di-µ-bromo-bis[(1,5-dimethyl-6-oxo-3-(2-pyridyl)verdazyl)copper(I)] David J. R. Brook, Spring Fornell, Bruce Noll, Gordon T. Yee and Tad H. Koch, pp 2019 DOI:10.1039/a908563g

The crystal and molecular structures of the nickel(II) complexes of malonamide-derived unsubstituted 14- and 13-membered tetraazamacrocycles and NMR study of the complexes in aqueous solution Yaroslaw D. Lampeka, Sergey P.Gavrish, (the late) Robert W. Hay, Tanja Eisenblätter and Philip Lightfoot, pp 2023 DOI:10.1039/b001510p

Effect of a halogenide substituent on the stability and photophysical properties of lanthanide triple-stranded helicates with ditopic ligands derived from bis(benzimidazolyl)pyridine Carlos Platas Iglesias, Mourad Elhabiri, Marcel Hollenstein, Jean-Claude G. Bünzli and Claude Piguet, pp 2031 DOI:10.1039/b001818j

The solution structure of supramolecular lanthanide triple helices revisited: application of crystal-field independent paramagnetic NMR techniques to mono- and di-metallic complexes Stéphane Rigault, Claude Piguet and Jean-Claude G. Bünzli, pp 2045 DOI:10.1039/b000147n

The cluster/surface analogy: the binding of norbornene on a triangulated array of metals David B. Brown, Brian F. G. Johnson, Caroline M. Martin and Andrew E. H. Wheatley, pp 2055 DOI:10.1039/b002537m

Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of the 2,2-oxydiacetato-bridged Cu(II)-Ln(III) complexes [{Cu3Ln2(oda)6(H2O)6}·12H2O]n (Ln = Y, Gd, Eu, Nd, Pr) Ricardo Baggio, Maria T. Garland, Yanko Moreno, Octavio Peña, Mireille Perec and Evgenia Spodine, pp 2061 DOI:10.1039/a909544f

Synproportionation reactions between copper(II) trihalogenoacetates Cu(CX3CO2)2, X = F, Cl or Br, and copper in the presence of carbon monoxide Daniela Belli DellAmico, Rocco Alessio, Fausto Calderazzo, Fabrizio Della Pina, Ulli Englert, Guido Pampaloni and Vincenzo Passarelli, pp 2067 DOI:10.1039/b001889i

Metal ion-binding properties of 9-(4-phosphonobutyl)adenine (dPMEA), a sister compound of the antiviral nucleotide analogue 9-[2-(phosphonomethoxy)ethyl]adenine (PMEA), and quantification of the equilibria involving four Cu(PMEA) isomers Raquel B. Gómez-Coca, Larisa E. Kapinos, Antonín Holý, Rosario A. Vilaplana, Francisco González-Vílchez and Helmut Sigel, pp 2077 DOI:10.1039/b001588l

Interaction of substituted cobalt(III) cage complexes with DNA Shadi Moghaddas, Philip Hendry, Rodney J. Geue, Changjin Qin, Alexia M. T. Bygott, Alan M. Sargeson and Nicholas E. Dixon, pp 2085 DOI:10.1039/b003008m

Synthesis and crystal structure of a hexanuclear silver(I) cluster [Ag(Hmna)]6·4H2O (H2mna = 2-mercaptonicotinic acid) and a supramolecular gold(I) complex H[Au(Hmna)2] in the solid state, and their antimicrobial activities Kenji Nomiya, Satoshi Takahashi and Ryusuke Noguchi, pp 2091 DOI:10.1039/b001664k

Peroxo complexes of sugar acids with oxoions of MoVI and WVI as studied by NMR spectroscopy M. Luísa Ramos, M. Madalena Caldeira and Victor M. S. Gil, pp 2099 DOI:10.1039/b003620j

Wide bite angle amine, arsine and phosphine ligands in rhodium- and platinum/tin-catalysed hydroformylation Lars A. van der Veen, Peter K. Keeven, Paul C. J. Kamer and Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen, pp 2105 DOI:10.1039/b002126l

Synthesis of rhenium-platinum complexes bearing carbaborane ligands and their unusual dynamic behavior Dianne D. Ellis, Paul A. Jelliss and F. Gordon A. Stone, pp 2113 DOI:10.1039/b002043p

Solution and solid-state structural properties of silver(I) dihydrobis(pyrazolyl)borate compounds with tertiary mono(phosphine) ligands Effendy , Giancarlo Gioia Lobbia, Maura Pellei, Claudio Pettinari, Carlo Santini, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 2123 DOI:10.1039/b001168l

Structural difference due to intramolecular stacking interactions in dinuclear rhodium(III) complexes [{Rh(5-C5Me5)(L)}2]n+ containing pyrimidine-2-thionate and related ligands Kazuaki Yamanari, Ito Fukuda, Shiori Yamamoto, Yoshihiko Kushi, Akira Fuyuhiro, Naoko Kubota, Tsuyoshi Fukuo and Ryuichi Arakawa, pp 2131 DOI:10.1039/b000098l

Synthesis and structures of chromium tricarbonyl complexes of benzylic halides and benzylic alcohols A. Maria Christofi, Peter J. Garratt, Graeme Hogarth and Jonathan W. Steed, pp 2137 DOI:10.1039/b002142n

Syntheses, crystal structures and non-linear optical properties of two novel windmill-shaped clusters: [M2Pd4S8(dppm)2]·4DMF (M = W or Mo) Hegen Zheng, Wa-Hung Leung, Weilian Tan, Deliang Long, Wei Ji, Jiutong Chen, Feibo Xin and Xinquan Xin, pp 2145 DOI:10.1039/b000616p

Reaction of 1,3-diols with Al(tBu)3 and Ga(tBu)3: aluminium- and gallium-based bifunctional tetradentate ligands C. Niamh McMahon, Stephen J. Obrey, Andrea Keys, Simon G. Bott and Andrew R. Barron, pp 2151 DOI:10.1039/b000332h

Synthesis and structures of one-dimensional co-ordination polymers derived from bismuth(III) selenoether macrocyclic complexes Andrew J. Barton, Anthony R. J. Genge, William Levason and Gillian Reid, pp 2163 DOI:10.1039/b002287j

Formation of separated versus contact ion pairs in alkali metal thiolates and selenolates Scott Chadwick, Ulrich Englich, Karin Ruhlandt-Senge, Charles Watson, Alice E. Bruce and Mitchell R. M. Bruce, pp 2167 DOI:10.1039/b000665n

New luminescent copper(I) halide complexes containing Rb+ complexes of 18-crown-6 as counter ions prepared from zerovalent copper Julia A. Rusanova, Konstantin V. Domasevitch, Olga Yu. Vassilyeva, Vladimir N. Kokozay, Eduard B. Rusanov, Sergey G. Nedelko, Oksana V. Chukova, Birte Ahrens and Paul R. Raithby, pp 2175 DOI:10.1039/b002451l

Crowded organometallic compounds of the alkali metals with diphenylphosphino substituents in the organic group Anthony G. Avent, Dominique Bonafoux, Colin Eaborn, Michael S. Hill, Peter B. Hitchcock and J. David Smith, pp 2183 DOI:10.1039/b002488k

Synthesis and molecular structures of a pair of tris(imidazolyl)phosphine cobalt-perchlorate complexes, {[PimPri2]Co(OClO3)}[ClO4] and {[PimPri2]Co(OH2)(HOMe)(OClO3)}[ClO4] Clare Kimblin, Brian M. Bridgewater, David G. Churchill and Gerard Parkin, pp 2191 DOI:10.1039/b002894k

Carbonylcyanometalates as building blocks: heterometallic complexes containing Mn(µ-CN)M (M = Cu, Au, Ni, Pd or Pt), Mn(µ-CN)Pd(µ-dppm)2Mn and Mn(µ-CN)M(µ-dppm)2Pd(µ-NC)Mn (M = Pt or Pd) chains of atoms and crystal structure of the mixed-metal cluster [Ru3{(µ3-NC)MnCp(CO)2}(µ-AuPPh3)(CO)10] Pierre Braunstein, Benoît Oswald, Antonio Tiripicchio and Franco Ugozzoli, pp 2195 DOI:10.1039/b002292f

Coordination properties of novel hemilabile acetamide-derived P,O phosphine ligands. Crystal structures of Ph2PNHC(O)Me and [PdMe{PPh2NHC(O)Me}{PPh2NHC(O)Me}][O3SCF3] Pierre Braunstein, Céline Frison, Xavier Morise and Richard D. Adams, pp 2205 DOI:10.1039/b002386h

A novel non-facial mode of azulene cluster co-ordination. Crystal and molecular structure of the dicarbenoid Os3(µ-H)2(CO)9(µ3-111-C10H6) Silvio Aime, Alejandro J. Arce, Daniela Giusti, Roberto Gobetto and Jonathan W. Steed, pp 2215 DOI:10.1039/b002399j

Development of supramolecular structure through alkylation of pendant pyridyl functionality Edwin C. Constable, Catherine E. Housecroft, Markus Neuburger, David Phillips, Paul R. Raithby, Emma Schofield, Emma Sparr, Derek A. Tocher, Margareta Zehnder and Yves Zimmermann, pp 2219 DOI:10.1039/b000940g

Kinetics and mechanisms of formation of the lanthanide(III)-trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane-N,N,N,N-tetraacetate complexes Erika Szilágyi and Ern Brücher, pp 2229 DOI:10.1039/b003143g

Issue 14

Perspective

Cp* Chemistry of main-group elements Peter Jutzi and Guido Reumann, pp 2237 DOI:10.1039/b001365j

Communications

Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of an unexpected neutral oxalate-bridged ytterbium(III) porphyrinate dimer Wai-Kwok Wong, Li-Lu Zhang, Feng Xue and Thomas C. W. Mak, pp 2245 DOI:10.1039/b003434g

Synthesis and structure of [Cp2PbCpthfNa]·0.5thf; implications to the control of dimensionality in p block metallocene anion systems (Cp = C5H5, Cpthf = {C5H4}CH2C4H7O) Neil Feeder, Alexander D. Hopkins, Richard A. Layfield and Dominic S. Wright, pp 2247 DOI:10.1039/b004608f

The first lanthanide-templated molecular wheel containing six copper ions Yuan-Jing Zhang, Bao-Qing Ma, Song Gao, Jun-Ran Li, Qin-De Liu, Ge-Hui Wen and Xi-Xiang Zhang, pp 2249 DOI:10.1039/b003670f

Addition of H2 to a cationic iridium(I) complex: a study using parahydrogen NMR Simon B. Duckett, Leslie D. Field, Barbara A. Messerle, Warren J. Shaw and Linnea P. Soler, pp 2251 DOI:10.1039/b003987j

Hydrothermal synthesis of two-dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid materials of the nickel-molybdate family: the structures of [{Ni(3,3-bpy)2}2Mo4O14] and [Ni(3,3-Hbpy)Mo4O13(OH)] Robert L. LaDuca, Jr., Matthew Desciak, Matthew Laskoski, Randy S. Rarig, Jr.,Jon Zubieta, pp 2255 DOI:10.1039/b001419m

Papers

The identification of all five isomers of [(5-C5H5)2Mo2(CO)5(CNMe)] and the mechanisms of fluxionality Xuetai Chen and Brian E. Mann, pp 2259 DOI:10.1039/b002849p

Diorganotin(IV) complexes of imidazole-2-carbaldehyde thiosemicarbazone (H2ImTSC). The crystal and molecular structures of the free ligand and of [SnMe2(ImTSC)] José S. Casas, Alfonso Castiñeiras, María C. Rodríguez-Argüelles, Agustín Sánchez, José Sordo, Antonia Vázquez-López and Ezequiel M. Vázquez-López, pp 2267 DOI:10.1039/b002286l

p-Substituent effects on the redox chemistry of the diaryltriazenido-bridged dirhodium complexes [Rh2(CO)4-n(PPh3)n(µ-p-XC6H4NNNC6H4X-p)2] (n = 0-2) Neil G. Connelly, Paul R. G. Davis, Emma E. Harry, Phimphaka Klangsinsirikul and Monika Venter, pp 2273 DOI:10.1039/b002939o

Oligomerisation of alkynes at a pentamethylcyclopentadienylruthenium centre Michael I. Bruce, Ben C. Hall, Brian W. Skelton, Allan H. White and Natasha N. Zaitseva, pp 2279 DOI:10.1039/b001981j

Gold complexes derived from diphenyl-2-styrylphosphine R. V. Parish, Patricia Boyer, Anne Fowler, Tasneem A. Kahn, Wendy I. Cross and Robin G. Pritchard, pp 2287 DOI:10.1039/b002248i

Synthesis and characterization of high-nuclearity iridium-ruthenium and -gold mixed-metal carbonyl clusters, [Ir7Ru3(CO)23]-, [Ir7Ru3(CO)23(AuPPh3)] and [Ir6Ru3(CO)21(AuPPh3)]-, possessing tetrahedrally capped octahedral iridium cores obtained by capping reactions with [Ru3(CO)12] and [AuCl(PPh3)] Teiji Chihara, Mayumi Sato, Hiromi Konomoto, Satoshi Kamiguchi, Haruo Ogawa and Yasuo Wakatsuki, pp 2295 DOI:10.1039/b003100n

Reactions of LiCHR2 and related lithium alkyls with -H free nitriles and the crystal structures of eleven representative lithium 1,3-diazaallyls, 1-azaallyls and -diketiminates Peter B. Hitchcock, Michael F. Lappert, Marcus Layh, Dian-Sheng Liu, Rafael Sablong and Tian Shun, pp 2301 DOI:10.1039/b002376k

Syntheses and crystal structures of some lithium di- and tri-(thiolato)[tris(trimethylsilyl)methyl]aluminates Wu-Yong Chen, Colin Eaborn, Ian B. Gorrell, Peter B. Hitchcock and J. David Smith, pp 2313 DOI:10.1039/b002489i

Characterising secondary bonding interactions within triaryl organoantimony(V) and organobismuth(V) complexes Hubert Barucki, Simon J. Coles, James F. Costello, Thomas Gelbrich and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 2319 DOI:10.1039/b002337j

Ruthenium-(II)/-(III) terpyridine complexes incorporating imine functionalities. Synthesis, structure, spectroscopic and electrochemical properties Biplab Mondal, Soma Chakraborty, Pradip Munshi, Mrinalini G. Walawalkar and Goutam Kumar Lahiri, pp 2327 DOI:10.1039/b000257g

Influence of the counter ions and ligands on structures of silver(I) helicates with di-Schiff bases containing imidazole groups Shi-Ping Yang, Xiao-Ming Chen and Liang-Nian Ji, pp 2337 DOI:10.1039/b002837l

Synthesis and crystal structure of an infinite one-dimensional chain containing a poly-metallocage of MnII with 4,4-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)biphenyl Bao-Li Fei, Wei-Yin Sun, Yan-An Zhang, Kai-Bei Yu and Wen-Xia Tang, pp 2345 DOI:10.1039/b002692l

Inter-ligand reactions: in situ formation of new polydentate ligands Robert A. Coxall, Steven G. Harris, David K. Henderson, Simon Parsons, Peter A. Tasker and Richard E. P. Winpenny, pp 2349 DOI:10.1039/b001404o

A novel ruthenium surfactant: electronic spectra, ZINDO analysis and Langmuir-Blodgett studies of trans-dichloro(6,6-bis(N-dodecylbenzimidazol-2-yl)-2,2-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) Matthew F. Ryan, Robert A. Metcalfe, A. B. P. Lever and Masa-aki Haga, pp 2357 DOI:10.1039/b002123g

A new type of monoanionic scorpionate ligand. Synthesis, spectroscopic characterisation and dynamic behaviour of some niobium(III) complexes Antonío Otero, Juan Fernández-Baeza, Juan Tejeda, Antonío Antiñolo, Fernando Carrillo-Hermosilla, Enrique Díez-Barra, Agustin Lara-Sánchez and María Fernández-López, pp 2367 DOI:10.1039/b002742l

Synthesis and structural characterization of new organo-diimido and organo-imido niobium and titanium complexes Iván Dorado, Andrés Garcés, Carmen López-Mardomingo, Mariano Fajardo, Ana Rodríguez, Antonio Antiñolo and Antonio Otero, pp 2375 DOI:10.1039/b002743j

Copper-(II) and -(I) co-ordination by hexa-amine ligands of different rigidities. A thermodynamic, structural and electrochemical investigation Carla Bazzicalupi, Andrea Bencini, Samuele Ciattini, Claudia Giorgi, Andrea Masotti, Piero Paoletti, Barbara Valtancoli, Nadav Navon and Dan Meyerstein, pp 2383 DOI:10.1039/b002102o

Synthesis and characterization of the tetraazamacrocycle 4,10-dimethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,7-diacetic acid (H2Me2DO2A) and of its neutral copper(II) complex [Cu(Me2DO2A)]. A new 64Cu-labeled macrocyclic complex for positron emission tomography imaging Pierluigi Barbaro, Claudio Bianchini, Geraldo Capannesi, Lorella Di Luca, Franco Laschi, Debora Petroni, Piero A. Salvadori, Alberto Vacca and Francesco Vizza, pp 2393 DOI:10.1039/b002441o

Networks with hexagonal circuits in co-ordination polymers of metal ions (ZnII, CdII) with 1,1-(1,4-butanediyl)bis(imidazole) Jian-Fang Ma, Jing-Fu Liu, Yan Xing, Heng-Qing Jia and Yong-Hua Lin, pp 2403 DOI:10.1039/b002433n

Novel layered structures constructed from metal(II)-chloranilate monomer compounds Satoshi Kawata, Hitoshi Kumagai, Keiichi Adachi and Susumu Kitagawa, pp 2409 DOI:10.1039/b001822h

Self-assembled dinuclear molecular box [Ag2L2]2+ and triple helicates [Co2L3]4+, [Ni2L3]4+{L = bis[4-(2-pyridylmethyleneamino)phenyl] ether} He Cheng, Duan Chun-ying, Fang Chen-jie and Meng Qing-jin, pp 2419 DOI:10.1039/b001820l

X-Ray diffraction and spectroscopic studies of the light-induced metastable state of a ethylenediamine nitrosyl ruthenium complex Masaki Kawano, Ayako Ishikawa, Yoshiyuki Morioka, Hiroshi Tomizawa, Ei-ichi Miki and Yuji Ohashi, pp 2425 DOI:10.1039/b001132k

Steric versus electronic effects in six-co-ordinate d0cis-bis(imido) molybdenum complexes Diego del Río, Francisco Montilla, Antonio Pastor, Agustín Galindo, Angeles Monge and Enrique Gutiérrez-Puebla, pp 2433 DOI:10.1039/b003998p

Syntheses, structures and multinuclear NMR (45Sc, 89Y, 31P) studies of Ph3PO, Ph2MePO and Me3PO complexes of scandium and yttrium nitrates Lucy Deakin, William Levason, Michael C. Popham, Gillian Reid and Michael Webster, pp 2439 DOI:10.1039/b001669l

A vibrational spectroscopic, structural and quantum chemical study of the triiodide ion Per H. Svensson and Lars Kloo, pp 2449 DOI:10.1039/b002492i

Synthesis and characterization of a new layered aluminophosphate templated with 1,3-diaminopropane: [H3N(CH2)3NH3]0.5[AlPO4(OH)(OH2)]·H2O Kazuyuki Maeda, Alain Tuel and Christian Baerlocher, pp 2457 DOI:10.1039/b002187n

Organic-inorganic hybrid materials assembled through weak intermolecular interactions. Synthesis, structures and non-linear optical properties of [4,4-bipyH2][M(NCS)4] (M = Mn2+, Co2+ or Zn2+; 4,4-bipy = 4,4-bipyridine) Hong-Ji Chen, Ling-Zhi Zhang, Zhi-Gang Cai, Guang Yang and Xiao-Ming Chen, pp 2463 DOI:10.1039/b001323o

Preparation of an enantiomerically pure helical nickel(II) complex using a new chiral tetradentate ligand derived from an industrial waste material Helmut Pennemann, Suzanne Wassmann, Jörg Wilken, Harald Gröger, Sabine Wallbaum, Michael Kossenjans, Detlev Haase, Wolfgang Saak, Siegfried Pohl and Jürgen Martens, pp 2467 DOI:10.1039/b002130j

Neutral 3 + 1 mixed-ligand oxorhenium(V) complexes with tridentate [S,N,S] chelates and aminoalkanethiols: synthesis, characterization and structure determination Matthias Friebe, Hartmut Spies, Wilhelm Seichter, Peter Leibnitz and Bernd Johannsen, pp 2471 DOI:10.1039/b001600o

Novel six-co-ordinate oxorhenium complexes with ligands containing PN2 and PNO donor atom sets: syntheses and structural characterization João D. G. Correia, Ângela Domingos, António Paulo and Isabel Santos, pp 2477 DOI:10.1039/b002798g

Issue 15

Perspective

Russian doll assembled superanion capsule-metal ion complexes: combinatorial supramolecular chemistry in aqueous media Michaele J. Hardie and Colin L. Raston, pp 2483 DOI:10.1039/b002047h

Communications

On the pathway of the 1-5 migration of a Cp* ligand Michael Schiffer and Manfred Scheer, pp 2493 DOI:10.1039/b004941g

Ferrocenium salt induced ring expansion of a 2H-azaphosphirene complex: Synthesis of the first 3-1,4,2-oxazaphospholene complexes Rainer Streubel, Christoph Neumann and Peter G. Jones, pp 2495 DOI:10.1039/b004795n

Reactivity of SeOCl2 with titanium and zirconium tetrachlorides. The unexpected formation of a µ-oxo-bridged titanium(IV) derivative Fausto Calderazzo, Michele DAttoma, Fabio Marchetti and Guido Pampaloni, pp 2497 DOI:10.1039/b004057f

Zn4O4 tetrameric clusters in a zinc phosphate with channels S. Neeraj, Srinivasan Natarajan and C. N. R. Rao, pp 2499 DOI:10.1039/b004245p

A systematic route to mixed imido complexes of rhenium Anthony K. Burrell and Andrew J. Steedman, pp 2501 DOI:10.1039/b004938g

Amidoazaallyl transformation in sodium amide complexes of (S)--(methylbenzyl)benzylamine Philip C. Andrews, Peter J. Duggan, Gary D. Fallon, Tom D. McCarthy and Anna C. Peatt, pp 2505 DOI:10.1039/b003826l

Papers

Contemporary bimetallic molecules: an unusual class of exo-closo metallacarbaboranes having no metal-metal bonds Dianne D. Ellis, Andreas Franken, Paul A. Jelliss, Jason A. Kautz, F. Gordon A. Stone and Pui-Yin Yu, pp 2509 DOI:10.1039/b003766o

Formation of the highly unusual cyclic clusters [MH(CO)4]n (M = Mn, n = 4-9; M = Re, n = 4-6) under laser desorption/ionisation conditions Paul J. Dyson, Andrew K. Hearley, Brian F. G. Johnson, J. Scott McIndoe and Patrick R. R. Langridge-Smith, pp 2521 DOI:10.1039/b003017l

1,2,3-Triphenylphosphirene derivatives of the iridium carbonyl clusters [HIr4(CO)9L(µ-PPh2)] (L = CO, PPh3) resulting from substitution, insertion and hydrometallation processes Peter B. Hitchcock, John F. Nixon, Maria D. Vargas and Cláudio M. Ziglio, pp 2527 DOI:10.1039/b003002n

Synthesis, spectroscopic and structural studies on rhodium-(I) and -(III) and iridium-(I) and -(III) selenoether and telluroether complexes involving organometallic co-ligands William Levason, Simon D. Orchard, Gillian Reid and Joan M. Street, pp 2537 DOI:10.1039/b003654o

[Pd0(N,N-chelate)(olefin)] complexes containing nitrogen chelates derived from carbohydrates and their use in mild hydrogenation of olefins in water Carmela Borriello, Maria L. Ferrara, Ida Orabona, Achille Panunzi and Francesco Ruffo, pp 2545 DOI:10.1039/b003167o

Phosphorus NMR and ab initio study of pentaphosphorus dichalcogenide halides Bruce W. Tattershall, Roger Blachnik and Alexander Hepp, pp 2551 DOI:10.1039/b000613k

The co-ordination chemistry of 2-(diphenylphosphinoamino)pyridine Stephen M. Aucott, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and J. Derek Woollins, pp 2559 DOI:10.1039/b003294h

Half-sandwich complexes of molybdenum-(III), -(IV) and -(V) with P-O and P-N bifunctional ligands Ph2PCH2X (X = 2-oxazolinyl, or C(O)NPh2) Jean-Michel Camus, Dolores Morales, Jacques Andrieu, Philippe Richard, Rinaldo Poli, Pierre Braunstein and Frédéric Naud, pp 2577 DOI:10.1039/b002403l

Synthesis and structural properties of metal complexes of dialkyl -hydroxyiminophosphonates S. W. Annie Bligh, Nick Choi, Catherine M. McGrath, Mary McPartlin and Thomas M. Woodroffe, pp 2587 DOI:10.1039/b003241g

Simple linear-chain cobalt phosphates Amitava Choudhury, Srinivasan Natarajan and C. N. R. Rao, pp 2595 DOI:10.1039/b002653k

Electron and energy transfer within dyads involving polypyridyl-ruthenium(II) and -osmium(II) centres separated by rigid alicyclic bridges Laurence S. Kelso, Trevor A. Smith, Austin C. Schultz, Peter C. Junk, Ronald N. Warrener, Kenneth P. Ghiggino and F. Richard Keene, pp 2599 DOI:10.1039/b003174g

Synthesis and characterization of ruthenium quinolin-8-olate complexes. Unexpected formation of a 1-hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate complex Christian Gemel, Roland John, Christian Slugovc, Kurt Mereiter, Roland Schmid and Karl Kirchner, pp 2607 DOI:10.1039/b002490m

Carbon-oxygen and carbon-sulfur bond activation of vinyl esters, ethers and sulfides by low valent ruthenium complexes Jose Giner Planas, Tsuyoshi Marumo, Yoichi Ichikawa, Masafumi Hirano and Sanshiro Komiya, pp 2613 DOI:10.1039/b002428g

Two new one-dimensional systems with end-to-end single dicyanamide bridges between manganese(II) centres: structural and magnetic properties Albert Claramunt, Albert Escuer, Franz A. Mautner, Núria Sanz and Ramon Vicente, pp 2627 DOI:10.1039/b002214o

Ligand luminescence and photoinduced charge separation in bis(naphthalene) substituted fourteen-membered tetraazamacrocyclic complexes of CuII and NiII Juan Costamagna, Guillermo Ferraudi, Manuel Villagran and Ezequiel Wolcan, pp 2631 DOI:10.1039/b002829k

Chiral peptide nucleic acids having thymine and adenine in their side chain as specific ligands for NiII and CuII Justyna Brasu, Paola Ciapetti, Henryk Kozowski, Stanisaw Odziej, Maurizio Taddei, Daniela Valensin, Gianni Valensin and Nicola Gaggelli, pp 2639 DOI:10.1039/b001763i

Issue 16

Perspective

Oxo and imido ligands in late transition metal chemistry Paul R. Sharp, pp 2647 DOI:10.1039/b002556i

Communications

New tantalum compounds supported by 3,3-disubstituted-1,1-bi-2-naphthoxide ligation Matthew G. Thorn, John E. Moses, Phillip E. Fanwick and Ian P. Rothwell, pp 2659 DOI:10.1039/b005681m

The first bis(imido) transition metal Schiff-base complexes Majid Motevalli, Bernadeta C. Parkin, Ramkrishna Ramnauth and Alice C. Sullivan, pp 2661 DOI:10.1039/b005043l

Papers

Synthesis, structure and kinetics of Group 6 metal carbonyl complexes containing a new P2N mixed donor multidentate ligand Eric W. Ainscough, Andrew M. Brodie, Paul D. Buckley, Anthony K. Burrell, Steven M. F. Kennedy and Joyce M. Waters, pp 2663 DOI:10.1039/b002427i

Reaction of hydrogen peroxide with organosilanes under chemical vapour deposition conditions Darren L. Moore, Mark P. Taylor and Peter L. Timms, pp 2673 DOI:10.1039/b002830o

Equilibrium and solution structural study of the interaction of tri- and tetra-dentate polyimidazole ligands with transition metal ions Attila Jancsó, Tamas Gajda, Etienne Mulliez and Laszlo Korecz, pp 2679 DOI:10.1039/b001648i

Polynuclear tantalum oxoalkoxides. Crystal structures of [Ta8O10(OEt)20], [Ta7O9(OPri)17] and [Ta5O7(OBut)11]·C6H5Me Isaac Abrahams, Donald C. Bradley, Halina Chudzynska, Majid Motevalli and Paul OShaughnessy, pp 2685 DOI:10.1039/b001797n

Characterization of novel redox-active triruthenium(III) complexes with a disulfide alkyl ligand. Anion-dependent redox behaviour of monolayer assemblies on gold Masaaki Abe, Akira Sato, Tomohiko Inomata, Toshihiro Kondo, Kohei Uosaki and Yoichi Sasaki, pp 2693 DOI:10.1039/b002105i

Structure of the solvated yttrium(III) ion in the oxygen donor solvents dimethyl sulfoxide, N,N-dimethylformamide and N,N-dimethylpropyleneurea and crystal structures of [Y(OSMe2)8]I3 and [Y(OCN2Me2(CH2)3)6]I3 Patric Lindqvist-Reis, Jan Näslund, Ingmar Persson and Magnus Sandström, pp 2703 DOI:10.1039/b005119p

A study of lanthanide complexes formed with the terdentate nitrogen ligand 4-amino-bis(2,6-(2-pyridyl))-1,3,5-triazine. Relevance to the separation of actinides and lanthanides by solvent extraction Michael G. B. Drew, Michael J. Hudson, Peter B. Iveson, Charles Madic and Mark L. Russell, pp 2711 DOI:10.1039/b002529l

Alkali metal cation cooperative anion recognition by heteroditopic bis(calix[4]arene) rhenium(I) bipyridyl and ferrocene receptor molecules James B. Cooper, Michael G. B. Drew and Paul D. Beer, pp 2721 DOI:10.1039/b003569f

Synthesis and reactivity of ruthenium(II) complexes containing hemilabile phosphine-thiophene ligands Olivier Clot, Michael O. Wolf, Glenn P. A. Yap and Brian O. Patrick, pp 2729 DOI:10.1039/b001898h

TTF based charge transfer salts of [Cr(NCS)4(phen)]-: bulk magnetic order and crystal structures of the TTF, TMTTF (tetramethyltetrathiafulvalene) and TMTSF (tetramethyltetraselenafulvalene) derivatives Scott S. Turner, Delphine Le Pevelen, Peter Day and Keith Prout, pp 2739 DOI:10.1039/b004140h

Redox and photochemical behaviour of ruthenium(II) complexes with H2dcbpy ligand (H2dcbpy = 2,2-bipyridine-4,4-dicarboxylic acid) Esa Eskelinen, Saija Luukkanen, Matti Haukka, Markku Ahlgrén and Tapani A. Pakkanen, pp 2745 DOI:10.1039/b004751l

Synthesis and biological activity of platinum(II) and palladium(II) thiosalicylate complexes with mixed ancillary donor ligands William Henderson, Louise J. McCaffrey and Brian K. Nicholson, pp 2753 DOI:10.1039/b003619f

Dinuclear CoIIMII (M = Pb or Co) complexes having a Co(salen) entity in a macrocyclic framework: ligand modulation effect and neighboring metal(II) effect upon oxygenation at the Co(salen) center Hideki Furutachi, Shuhei Fujinami, Masatatsu Suzuki and Hisashi kawa, pp 2761 DOI:10.1039/b001881n

The synthesis and co-ordination chemistry of new functionalised pyridylphosphines derived from Ph2PCH2OH Sean E. Durran, Martin B. Smith, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and Jonathan W. Steed, pp 2771 DOI:10.1039/b003759l

Structural and spectral diversities in copper(II) complexes of 2,6-bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-ylmethyl)pyridine Palanichamy Manikandan, K. R. Justin Thomas and Periakaruppan T. Manoharan, pp 2779 DOI:10.1039/b002289f

Acylpyrazolone derivatives of high selectivity for lanthanide metal ions: effect of the distance between the two donating oxygens Shigeo Umetani, Yusuke Kawase, Quyen T. H. Le and Masakazu Matsui, pp 2787 DOI:10.1039/b000944j

Lanthanide complexes of a new nonadentate ligand derived from 1,4,7-triazacyclononane: synthesis, structural characterisation and NMR spectroscopic studies Lorenzo Tei, Gerhard Baum, Alexander J. Blake, Dieter Fenske and Martin Schröder, pp 2793 DOI:10.1039/b002794o

The photodecarboxylation of [N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amino acidato]phenanthrolinecobalt(III) complexes: - formation and decomposition of metallacyclic species Richard M. Hartshorn and Shane G. Telfer, pp 2801 DOI:10.1039/b003095n

Strong enhancement of the lanthanide-centred luminescence in complexes with 4-alkylated 2,2;6,2-terpyridines Hans-Ruedi Mürner, Emilie Chassat, Randolph P. Thummel and Jean-Claude G. Bünzli, pp 2809 DOI:10.1039/b003577g

A new efficient photosensitizer for nanocrystalline solar cells: synthesis and characterization of cis-bis(4,7-dicarboxy-1,10-phenanthroline)dithiocyanato ruthenium(II) Masatoshi Yanagida, Lok Pratap Singh, Kazuhiro Sayama, Kohjiro Hara, Ryuzi Katoh, Ashraful Islam, Hideki Sugihara, Hironori Arakawa, Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin and Michael Grätzel, pp 2817 DOI:10.1039/b002391o

Studies on two interesting microporous polymeric clusters {[Et4N]2[MS4Cu4(CN)4]}n (M = Mo or W) with three-dimensional open frameworks: synthesis, structural characterization, strong optical non-linearities and large optical limiting properties Chi Zhang, Yinglin Song, Yan Xu, Hoongkun Fun, Guangyu Fang, Yuxiao Wang and Xinquan Xin, pp 2823 DOI:10.1039/b002164o

New layered caesium zinc hydrogen phosphate, CsZn2.5(HPO4)3· 2H2O; synthesis, crystal structure and thermal transformation Torben R. Jensen and Rita G. Hazell, pp 2831 DOI:10.1039/b000714p

Diastereomeric metallatetrahedron complexes of the type Re2(AgPR3)2(µ-PCy2)(CO)7Z (R = Et and Ph; Z = (-)- and (+)-camphanate): synthesis, structure and CD data Hans-Jürgen Haupt, Oliver Seewald, Ulrich Flörke, Volker Buß and Thomas Weyhermüller, pp 2837 DOI:10.1039/b003013i

Formation of dinuclear macrocyclic and mononuclear acyclic complexes of a new trinucleating hexaaza triphenolic Schiff base macrocycle: structure and NLO properties Srinivas R. Korupoju, Nagarathinam Mangayarkarasi, Sardar Ameerunisha, Edward J. Valente and Panthappally S. Zacharias, pp 2845 DOI:10.1039/b002700f

Protonated azacryptate hosts for nitrate and perchlorate Michael J. Hynes, Beatrice Maubert, Vickie McKee, Raewyn M. Town and Jane Nelson, pp 2853 DOI:10.1039/b003249m

Interaction of benzene and 1,2-bis(chloromercurio)tetrafluorobenzene. Supramolecular frameworks based on HgCl, HgF, Hg and - interactions James R. Gardinier and François P. Gabbaï, pp 2861 DOI:10.1039/b001420f

A facile and benign synthesis of binuclear ruthenium(I) sawhorse complexes Christopher M. Kepert, Glen B. Deacon, Leone Spiccia, Gary D. Fallon, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 2867 DOI:10.1039/b002304n

Ruthenium(II)/(III) bipyridine heterochelates incorporating phenolato imine functionalities. Synthesis, crystal structure, spectroscopic and electron-transfer properties and solution reactivities Soma Chakraborty, Mrinalini G. Walawalkar and Goutam Kumar Lahiri, pp 2875 DOI:10.1039/b001663m

Issue 17

Perspective

Design of vanadium compounds as insulin enhancing agents Katherine H. Thompson and Chris Orvig, pp 2885 DOI:10.1039/b002753g

Communications

Iridium(III) bis-terpyridine complexes incorporating pendent N-methylpyridinium groups: luminescent sensors for chloride ions Wendy Goodall and J. A. Gareth Williams, pp 2893 DOI:10.1039/b005046f

Novel insertion of ethynylbenzene derivatives bearing an electron-withdrawing substituent at the 4-position into a P-C bond and their transannular insertion between a metal atom and an ipso-carbon atom of the phosphine ligand Yasuhiro Yamamoto and Kenichiro Sugawara, pp 2896 DOI:10.1039/b004984k

Highly stable copper(I)-olefin coordination polymers capable of co-existing with water and acid Jing Zhang, Ren-Gen Xiong, Jing-Lin Zuo, Chi-Ming Che and Xiao-Zeng You, pp 2898 DOI:10.1039/b005101m

Papers

Formation and structural relationship of electroactive PtII-HgII polymetallic sulfide aggregates Zhaohui Li, Xingling Xu, Soo Beng Khoo, K. F. Mok and T. S. Andy Hor, pp 2901 DOI:10.1039/b003799k

Sixfold phenyl embraces with substituted phenyl in PPh3 Marcia Scudder and Ian Dance, pp 2909 DOI:10.1039/b003559i

Coupling of co-ordinated acetylide ligands with and without CO on chalcogen-stabilised mixed-metal clusters. Synthesis and characterisation of [M2Fe3(L)2(CO)6(µ3-E)2{µ-CC(Ph)C(Ph)C}] and [M2Fe2(L)2(CO)4(µ3-E)2{µ-CC(Ph)(CO)C(Ph)C}] (L = 5-C5Me5 or 5-C5H5, M = Mo or W, E = S, Se or Te) Pradeep Mathur, Moawia O. Ahmed, Aswini K. Dash, Mrinalini G. Walawalkar and Vedavati G. Puranik, pp 2916 DOI:10.1039/b003517n

Syntheses and characterization of mixed acetylacetonate-catecholate complexes of zirconium, [Zr3(acac)4(cat)4(MeOH)2], [Zr(acac)2(DBcat)]2 (H2DBcat = 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol) and [Zr4(µ4-O)(acac)4(DBcat)3(OMe)4(MeOH)] Yun Chi, Jing-Wen Lan, Wei-Li Ching, Shie-Ming Peng and Gene-Hsiang Lee, pp 2923 DOI:10.1039/b002705g

The nature of the normal modes of [Mo2(CN)8]4- Robin J. H. Clark, Steven Firth, Andrea Sella, Vincent M. Miskowski and Michael D. Hopkins, pp 2928 DOI:10.1039/b004186f

Template synthesis of amidine- and amide-functionalised cobalt(III) hexaaza cage complexes Patricia M. Angus, Anthony J. Elliott, Alan M. Sargeson and Anthony C. Willis, pp 2933 DOI:10.1039/b002531n

Syntheses and reactions of some cluster complexes containing C4 ligands with iron, ruthenium and cobalt carbonyls Michael I. Bruce, Paul J. Low, Natasha N. Zaitseva, Samia Kahlal, Jean-François Halet, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 2939 DOI:10.1039/b002406f

Synthesis and reactions of (tert-butylimido)bis(-cyclopentadienyl)niobium cations: NMR evidence for d0 olefin cations [Nb{(-C5H5)2}(NtBu)(-C2H4)][B(C6F5)4] and [Nb{(-C5H4)CMe2(-C5H4)}(NtBu)(-C2H3Me)][B(C6F5)4] Martin J. Humphries, Richard E. Douthwaite and Malcolm L. H. Green, pp 2952 DOI:10.1039/b004062m

Heterometallic bromo-bridged complexes with a Re(CO)3 fragment Ana C. da Silva, Holger Piotrowski, Peter Mayer, Kurt Polborn and Kay Severin, pp 2960 DOI:10.1039/b004262p

Encapsulation of half-sandwich complexes of molybdenum with -cyclodextrin Susana S. Braga, Isabel S. Gonçalves, André D. Lopes, Martyn Pillinger, João Rocha, Carlos C. Romão and José J. C. Teixeira-Dias, pp 2964 DOI:10.1039/b003763j

Bifunctional ferrocene derivatives for molecular recognition of DNA duplexes Alexandra S. Georgopoulou, D. Michael P. Mingos, Andrew J. P. White, David J. Williams, Benjamin R. Horrocks and Andrew Houlton, pp 2969 DOI:10.1039/b004295l

Synthesis and reactivity of dimetallacyclopentenone complexes [Ru2(CO)(µ-CO){µ-C(O)CR1CR2}(-C5H5)2] (R1 = Me or Ph; R2 = CO2Me) Philip J. King, Selby A. R. Knox, Gillian J. McCormick and A. Guy Orpen, pp 2975 DOI:10.1039/b003156i

Reactions of [Mo2(µ-RC2R)(CO)4Cp2] (R = CO2Me, Cp =-C5H5) with P2Ph4, PPh2H and R1SH (R1 = Et, Pri, C6H4Me-p or But): stabilisation of µ-vinyl complexes by chelating substituents Harry Adams, Andreas Biebricher, Sally R. Gay, Trevor Hamilton, Paul E. McHugh, Michael J. Morris and Martin J. Mays, pp 2983 DOI:10.1039/b004210m

Synthesis and characterization of 2-pyridylalkoxide complexes of titanium, zirconium and tantalum. Crystal structures of TiCp*Me2(OCMePy2) and TaCp*Cl3(OCPy3) (Cp*=5-C5Me5, Py=C5H4N) Rosa Fandos, Carolina Hernández, Antonio Otero, Ana Rodríguez, Maria José Ruiz and Pilar Terreros, pp 2990 DOI:10.1039/b002693j

Reactions between macrocyclic nickel(II) complexes and ferricyanide. Metamagnetic properties of a two-dimensional honeycomb assembly [NiL3]3[Fe(CN)6]2·8H2O (L3 = 3,10-dihydroxyethyl-1,3,6,8,10,12-hexaazacyclotetradecane) Hui-Zhong Kou, Wei-Ming Bu, Song Gao, Dai-Zheng Liao, Zong-Hui Jiang, Shi-Ping Yan, Yu-Guo Fan and Geng-Lin Wang, pp 2996 DOI:10.1039/b003289l

Hard/soft interactions in early transition metal chemistry: synthesis, properties and structures of thioether and selenoether complexes of titanium(IV) William Levason, Bhavesh Patel, Gillian Reid, Vicki-Anne Tolhurst and Michael Webster, pp 3001 DOI:10.1039/b002792h

Rhodium and iridium complexes with thiolate and tertiary phosphine ligands. The synthesis and structures of trans-[Ir(SC6H3Cl2-2,6)(CO)(PPh3)2], [Rh2(µ-SC6H3Pri3-2,4,6)2(CO)2(PPh3)2], [Rh2H2(µ-SC6H4PPh2-2)2(CO)2(PPh3)2][BF4]2, and [Rh2I6(MeSC6H4PPh2-2)2] Jonathan R. Dilworth, David Morales and Yifan Zheng, pp 3007 DOI:10.1039/b005588n

Synthesis and crystallographic characterization of thiazole-2-dithiocarboxylate methyl ester complexes of chromium, tungsten and iron carbonyls Helgard G. Raubenheimer, Eugene K. Marais, Stephanie Cronje, Catharine Esterhuysen (neé Thompson) and Gert J. Kruger, pp 3016 DOI:10.1039/b004251j

CH/ interaction in nickel(II) complexes derived from 2-substituted benzothiazolines Tatsuya Kawamoto and Yoshihiko Kushi, pp 3022 DOI:10.1039/b002745f

Dioxo- and nitrido-osmium complexes with imidodiphosphinochalcogenido ligands [N(QPR2)2]- (Q = S or Se; R = Ph or Pri) Qian-Feng Zhang, Kwok-Kin Lau, Joyce L. C. Chim, Terry K. T. Wong, Wing-Tak Wong, Ian D. Williams and Wa-Hung Leung, pp 3027 DOI:10.1039/b003798m

Synthesis and characterisation of pendant-arm amino derivatives of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane and alkyl-bridged bis(1,4,7-triazacyclononane) macrocycles and complexation to Cu(II) Alexander J. Blake, Jonathan P. Danks, Wan-Sheung Li, Vito Lippolis and Martin Schröder, pp 3034 DOI:10.1039/b002626n

Issue 18

Perspective

Network self-assembly patterns in Main Group metal chalcogenide-based materials William S. Sheldrick, pp 3041 DOI:10.1039/b003762l

Communications

Structure and photochemical properties of ruthenium complexes having dimethyl-substituted DPPZ or TPPHZ as a ligand Nobuko Komatsuzaki, Ryuzi Katoh, Yuichiro Himeda, Hideki Sugihara, Hironori Arakawa and Kazuyuki Kasuga, pp 3053 DOI:10.1039/b005428n

Ligand driven ,-3 structural rearrangements of organopalladium complexes: their relevance to the CO/styrene copolymerisation reaction Barbara Milani, Federica Paronetto and Ennio Zangrando, pp 3055 DOI:10.1039/b005492p

Papers

Thermodynamics and hydration of the europium complexes of a nitrogen heterocycle methane-1,1-diphosphonic acid Mark P. Jensen, James V. Beitz, Robin D. Rogers and Kenneth L. Nash, pp 3058 DOI:10.1039/b004038j

Synthesis and characterisation of infinite co-ordination networks from flexible dipyridyl ligands and cadmium salts M. John Plater, Mark R. St. J. Foreman, Thomas Gelbrich, Simon J. Coles and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 3065 DOI:10.1039/b002251i

Deprotonation of [Mo(COMe)(CO)2(PPh2H)(-C5H5)] and reaction with activated alkynes: controllable formation of vinylphosphine and 3-acryloyl ligands Harry Adams, Neil A. Bailey, Peter Blenkiron and Michael J. Morris, pp 3074 DOI:10.1039/b003739g

EPR Measurements corroborate information concerning the nature of (H2O)5CrIII-alkyl complexes Nurit Shaham, Haim Cohen, Dan Meyerstein and Eckhard Bill, pp 3082 DOI:10.1039/b004755o

Incorporation of phenyl-substituted pentadienyl ligands in (pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)ruthenium complexes Vichien Kulsomphob, Gregory C. Turpin, Kin-Chung Lam, Chris Youngkin, Wimonrat Trakarnpruk, Pat Carroll, Arnold L. Rheingold and Richard D. Ernst, pp 3086 DOI:10.1039/b003001p

Crystalline (NN)C-M(NN) complexes: synthesis, structure, bonding and lability [M = Si, Ge, Sn or Pb; (NN) = 1,2-(ButCH2N)2C6H4] Barbara Gehrhus, Peter B. Hitchcock and Michael F. Lappert, pp 3094 DOI:10.1039/b005216g

Structural characterization of borate esters in which sodium acts as a support to the structural framework Maximilienne Bishop, Simon G. Bott and Andrew R. Barron, pp 3100 DOI:10.1039/b003375h

Further structural motifs from the reactions of thioamides with diiodine and the interhalogens iodine monobromide and iodine monochloride: an FT-Raman and crystallographic study Philip D. Boyle, Jill Christie, Thomas Dyer, Stephen M. Godfrey, Ian R. Howson, Christina McArthur, Bashie Omar, Robin G. Pritchard and Gareth Rh. Williams, pp 3106 DOI:10.1039/b004182n

Conversion of some substituted phenols to the corresponding masked thiophenols, synthesis of a dinickel(II) dithiolate macrocyclic complex and isolation of some metal- and ligand-based oxidation products Sally Brooker, Graham B. Caygill, Paul D. Croucher, Tony C. Davidson, Derrick L. J. Clive, Stephen R. Magnuson, Stephen P. Cramer and Corie Y. Ralston, pp 3113 DOI:10.1039/b004214p

Mn(III) complexes with asymmetrical N2O3 Schiff bases. The unusual crystal structure of [Mn(phenglydisal-3-Br,5-Cl)(dmso)] (H3phenglydisal = 3-aza-N-{2-[1-aza-2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)vinyl]phenyl}-4-(2-hydroxyphenyl)but-3-enamide), a mononuclear single-stranded helical manganese(III) complex Olga L. Hoyos, Manuel R. Bermejo, Matilde Fondo, Ana García-Deibe, Ana M. González, Marcelino Maneiro and Rosa Pedrido, pp 3122 DOI:10.1039/b005021k

Structure and spectroscopic properties of luminescent cyclometalated platinum(II) complexes with chiral phosphine substituted carbohydrate ligands Ji-Cheng Shi, Hsiu-Yi Chao, Wen-Fu Fu, Shie-Ming Peng and Chi-Ming Che, pp 3128 DOI:10.1039/b002976i

Formation of a gallium triphosphorus heterocycle by reaction of the alkylgallium(I) compound Ga4[C(SiMe3)3]4 with tri(tert-butyl)cyclotriphosphane Werner Uhl and Maike Benter, pp 3133 DOI:10.1039/b003760p

Equilibrium and kinetic studies on the complexation of boric acid with chromotropic acid Chaoying Shao, Shiro Matsuoka, Yoshinobu Miyazaki, Kazuhisa Yoshimura, Toshishige M. Suzuki and D. A. Pacheco Tanaka, pp 3136 DOI:10.1039/b004399k

The oxidation of bromide ion by [(FeTPP)2O]+SbF6- in dichloromethane Colin D. Hubbard, John G. Jones and John McKnight, pp 3143 DOI:10.1039/b003827j

(6-Arene)ruthenium(II) complexes containing enantiomerically pure (-aminoalkyl)phosphines or a (-aminoalkyl) phosphinite: synthesis, stereochemical and kinetic studies Carmela G. Arena, Stefania Calamia, Felice Faraone, Claudia Graiff and Antonio Tiripicchio, pp 3149 DOI:10.1039/b003514i

Structure and dynamics in the complex ion (UO2)2(CO3)(OH)3- Zoltán Szabó, Henry Moll and Ingmar Grenthe, pp 3158 DOI:10.1039/b001561j

Polynuclear osmium-dioxolene complexes: comparison of electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical properties with those of their ruthenium analogues Anita M. Barthram, Zöe R. Reeves, John C. Jeffery and Michael D. Ward, pp 3162 DOI:10.1039/b004858p

Synthesis, electrochemistry, and spectroelectrochemistry of a metalloporphyrin-viologen donor-acceptor diad Matthew T. Barton, Natalie M. Rowley, Peter R. Ashton, Christopher J. Jones, Neil Spencer, Malcolm S. Tolley and Lesley J. Yellowlees, pp 3170 DOI:10.1039/b003738i

Crystal supramolecular motifs for [Ph4P]+ salts of [M(mnt)2]2-, [M(mnt)2]-, [{M(mnt)2}2]2-, [M(mnt)3]3- and [M(mnt)3]2- (mnt2- = maleonitriledithiolate) Gareth R. Lewis and Ian Dance, pp 3176 DOI:10.1039/b000093k

Syntheses and structural studies of lithium complexes of 2-amino-6-methylpyridine Cameron Jones, Peter C. Junk, Stuart G. Leary and Neil A. Smithies, pp 3186 DOI:10.1039/b004322m

Allyl, olefin, aryl and alkyl organometallic palladium complexes of 1,2-bis[(2R,5R)-2,5-dimethylphospholanyl]benzene Daniela Drago and Paul S. Pregosin, pp 3191 DOI:10.1039/b004148n

Fragmentation pathways of [Re2(µ-OR)3(CO)6]- (R = H, Me) and ligand exchange reactions with oxygen donor ligands, investigated by electrospray mass spectrometry Chenghua Jiang, T. S. Andy Hor, Yaw Kai Yan, William Henderson and Louise J. McCaffrey, pp 3197 DOI:10.1039/b003893h

Ligand exchange reactions of [Re2(µ-OR)3(CO)6]- (R = H, Me) with sulfur, selenium, phosphorus and nitrogen donor ligands, investigated by electrospray mass spectrometry Chenghua Jiang, T. S. Andy Hor, Yaw Kai Yan, William Henderson and Louise J. McCaffrey, pp 3204 DOI:10.1039/b003897k

The interconversion of formic acid and hydrogen/carbon dioxide using a binuclear ruthenium complex catalyst Yuan Gao, Joshi K. Kuncheria, Hilary A. Jenkins, Richard J. Puddephatt and Glenn P. A. Yap, pp 3212 DOI:10.1039/b004234j

Synthesis and crystal structure of thiocyanato or azido bridged one- or two-dimensional polymeric complexes of cadmium(II) Nijhuma Mondal, Manas Kumar Saha, Samiran Mitra and Volker Gramlich, pp 3218 DOI:10.1039/b004428h

Issue 19

Perspective

Synchrotron chemical crystallography William Clegg, pp 3223 DOI:10.1039/b004136j

Communications

The synthesis and complexation of a bis(phosphavinyl)tin compound Cameron Jones and Anne F. Richards, pp 3233 DOI:10.1039/b006407f

Crystal engineering towards highly ordered polymeric structures of 1,3-dithiole-2-thione-dihalogen adducts Peter J. Skabara, Neil Bricklebank, Rory Berridge, Stephen Long, Mark E. Light, Simon J. Coles and Michael B. Hursthouse, pp 3235 DOI:10.1039/b005570k

The structure of the LiOMe·2MeOH crystal solvate. A new structural type for tetrameric alkoxides Zoya A. Starikova, Evgeniya P. Turevskaya, Nataliya Ya. Turova and Alexsandr I. Yanovsky, pp 3237 DOI:10.1039/b005782g

A novel chiral distibine-centred polyimido anion Simon J. Coles, Michael B. Hursthouse, Jonathan S. Joy and Michael A. Paver, pp 3239 DOI:10.1039/b007031i

Papers

Structural studies of heptanuclear cobalt complexes and larger oligomers based on heptanuclear fragments Euan K. Brechin, Alasdair Graham, Andrew Parkin, Simon Parsons, Annela M. Seddon and Richard E. P. Winpenny, pp 3242 DOI:10.1039/b005019i

Studies on lanthanide complexes of the tripodal ligand bis(2-benzimidazolylmethyl)(2-pyridylmethyl)amine. Crystal structures and luminescence properties Xiao-Ping Yang, Cheng-Yong Su, Bei-Sheng Kang, Xiao-Long Feng, Wang-Leng Xiao and Han-Qin Liu, pp 3253 DOI:10.1039/b003566l

Engineering of co-ordination polymers of trans-4,4-azobis(pyridine) and trans-1,2-bis(pyridin-4-yl)ethene: a range of interpenetrated network motifs Matthew A. Withersby, Alexander J. Blake, Neil R. Champness, Paul A. Cooke, Peter Hubberstey, Annabel L. Realf, Simon J. Teat and Martin Schröder, pp 3261 DOI:10.1039/b006543i

Structural characterisation of basic zinc O,O-dialkyl dithiophosphosphate and two isomeric examples of zinc monothiophosphates Stefan Menzer, Julian R. Phillips, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, David J. Williams and J. Derek Woollins, pp 3269 DOI:10.1039/b003915m

Hydrogen bonding patterns of N(7) platinated guanine: Watson-Crick and different self-pairing motifs in a tris(9-methylguanine) complex of PtII Eva Freisinger, Susanne Meier and Bernhard Lippert, pp 3274 DOI:10.1039/b004993j

Exocyclic oxygen atoms of platinated nucleobases as binding sites for alkali metal ions Eva Freisinger, Alexandra Schneider, Markus Drumm, Alexander Hegmans, Susanne Meier and Bernhard Lippert, pp 3281 DOI:10.1039/b004906i

Continuous symmetry measures of penta-coordinate molecules: Berry and non-Berry distortions of the trigonal bipyramid Santiago Alvarez and Miquel Llunell, pp 3288 DOI:10.1039/b004878j

Structure and physical properties of several pseudotetrahedral zinc complexes containing a new alkyl thiolate heteroscorpionate ligand Brian S. Hammes and Carl J. Carrano, pp 3304 DOI:10.1039/b004037l

Reaction of nitric oxide with the iron(III) complex of N-(dithiocarboxy)sarcosine: a new type of reductive nitrosylation involving iron(IV) as an intermediate Satoshi Fujii, Kazuo Kobayashi, Seiichi Tagawa and Tetsuhiko Yoshimura, pp 3310 DOI:10.1039/b003942j

Copper complexes of 2,6-bis(iminomethyl)pyridine derivatives and of 1,3-bis(pyridin-2-yl)pyrazole. Effects of ligand bulk and conformational strain on the ground state of a six-co-ordinate copper(II) ion Joanne M. Holland, Xiaoming Liu, Jing P. Zhao, Frank E. Mabbs, Colin A. Kilner, Mark Thornton-Pett and Malcolm A. Halcrow, pp 3316 DOI:10.1039/b005105p

Trimethyl-palladium(IV) and -platinum(IV) complexes containing phosphine donor ligands, including studies of 1,5,9-triethyl-1,5,9-triphosphacyclodecane and X-ray structural studies of palladium(II) and palladium(IV) complexes Angela Bayler, Allan J. Canty, Peter G. Edwards, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 3325 DOI:10.1039/b004741o

Synthesis of three-membered metallaphosphaheterocycles and their ring opening with Ph2PH on mixed-metal molybdenum-cobalt centres John E. Davies, Martin J. Mays, Paul R. Raithby, Koshala Sarveswaran and Gregory A. Solan, pp 3331 DOI:10.1039/b004594m

Chiral N2O2 Schiff-base complexes of titanium with a biaryl backbone: highly diastereoselective migratory insertion of alkyl at imine Paul R. Woodman, Nathaniel W. Alcock, Ian J. Munslow, Christopher J. Sanders and Peter Scott, pp 3340 DOI:10.1039/b004865h

Group 6 transition metal carbonyl complexes with chalcogen-bridged diarsenic(III) ligands Linda H. Doerrer, Jennifer C. Green, Malcolm L. H. Green, Ionel Haiduc, Christian N. Jardine, Sofia I. Pascu, Luminita Silaghi-Dumitrescu and David J. Watkin, pp 3347 DOI:10.1039/b005269h

Mechanistic differences between reductive and oxidative heterolysis of metal-carbon bonds Nurit Shaham, Haim Cohen, Rudi van Eldik and Dan Meyerstein, pp 3356 DOI:10.1039/b003347m

Study of the [CaM(C3H2O4)2(H2O)4]·nH2O [M = Mn, Fe or Co (n = 0) and Ni (n = 2)] systems: synthesis, structure, spectroscopic and magnetic properties Izaskun Gil de Muro, Maite Insausti, Luis Lezama, M. Karmele Urtiaga, M. Isabel Arriortua and Teófilo Rojo, pp 3360 DOI:10.1039/b005661h

The isolation, characterisation, gas phase electron diffraction and crystal structure of the thermally stable radical [CF3CSNSCCF3] Scott Brownridge, Hongbin Du, Shirley A. Fairhurst, Robert C. Haddon, Heinz Oberhammer, Simon Parsons, Jack Passmore, Melbourne J. Schriver, Leslie H. Sutcliffe and Nicholas P. C. Westwood, pp 3365 DOI:10.1039/b001489n

Electrosynthesis of binuclear ruthenium complexes from [RuCl3(dppb)(L)] precursors [L = pyridine, 4-methylpyridine or dimethyl sulfoxide; dppb = 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane] Karen Wohnrath, Márcio Peres de Araujo, Luis Rogério Dinelli, Alzir Azevedo Batista, Icaro de Sousa Moreira, Eduardo Ernesto Castellano and Javier Ellena, pp 3383 DOI:10.1039/b001422m

Synthesis and characterisation of unsymmetrical metal (RuII, OsII) and ferrocenyl complexes of 1,3,5-triethynylbenzene Nicholas J. Long, Angela J. Martin, Andrew J. P. White, David J. Williams, Marco Fontani, Franco Laschi and Piero Zanello, pp 3387 DOI:10.1039/b005186l

Proton addition and hydrogen-bond formation in reactions of the dicyano-complex [NBu4][trans-Re(CN)2(dppe)2] with protic reagents M. Fernanda N. N. Carvalho, Adelino M. Galvão and Armando J. L. Pombeiro, pp 3393 DOI:10.1039/b004189k

Molecular structure of GdCl3. Nuclear dynamics of the trichlorides of Gd, Tm, and Lu Nina I. Giricheva, Alexander V. Zakharov, Sergei A. Shlykov and Georgii V. Girichev, pp 3401 DOI:10.1039/b004909n

The complex chemistry of N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine (glyphosate): preparation and characterization of the ammonium, lithium, sodium (4 polymorphs) and silver(I) complexes Dalius S. Sagatys, Cathrine Dahlgren, Graham Smith, Raymond C. Bott and Jonathan M. White, pp 3404 DOI:10.1039/b002748k

Strontium complexes of calixarene amides in the solid state: structural dependence on the ligand size and on the counter ions Alessandro Casnati, Laura Baldini, Nicola Pelizzi, Kari Rissanen, Franco Ugozzoli and Rocco Ungaro, pp 3411 DOI:10.1039/b004402o

Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, and structural systematics of new triorganophosphinecopper(I) poly(pyrazol-1-yl)borate complexes Maura Pellei, Claudio Pettinari, Carlo Santini, Brian W. Skelton, Neil Somers and Allan H. White, pp 3416 DOI:10.1039/b003613g

Ambient-temperature syntheses of layered iron(III) phosphates in silica gels Andrew R. Cowley and Ann M. Chippindale, pp 3425 DOI:10.1039/b003618h

Formation of new cluster derivatives of triphospholene via ligand substitution and cleavage of P-P bond(s) How Ghee Ang, Siau Gek Ang and Xiao Wang, pp 3429 DOI:10.1039/b002140g

Multinuclear and multifrequency NMR study of gadolinium(III) complexes with bis-amide derivatives of ethylenedioxydiethylenedinitrilotetraacetic acid Silvio Aime, Alessandro Barge, Mauro Botta, Luca Frullano, Ugo Merlo and Kenneth I. Hardcastle, pp 3435 DOI:10.1039/b004579i

Evidence for the hydride mechanism in the methoxycarbonylation of ethene catalysed by palladium-triphenylphosphine complexes Robert P. Tooze, Keith Whiston, Andrew P. Malyan, Michael J. Taylor and Nigel W. Wilson, pp 3441 DOI:10.1039/b005232i

Copper(II/I) complexes of a bulky tris(pyrazolylmethyl)amine ligand Zhixuan (Jack) Chen, Natasha Karasek, Donald C. Craig and Stephen B. Colbran, pp 3445 DOI:10.1039/b005081o

Metal-ion recognition. Competitive bulk membrane transport of transition and post transition metal ions using oxygen-nitrogen donor macrocycles as ionophores Jinho Kim, Anthony J. Leong, Leonard F. Lindoy, Jeong Kim, Jürgen Nachbaur, Azizollah Nezhadali, Gholamhossin Rounaghi and Gang Wei, pp 3453 DOI:10.1039/b004495o

Dioxouranium(VI) oxalate complexes Diego Ferri, Mauro Iuliano, Carla Manfredi, Ermanno Vasca, Tonino Caruso, Mariateresa Clemente and Cecilia Fontanella, pp 3460 DOI:10.1039/b006544g

Novel copper(II) complexes of short salen homologues. Structure and magnetic properties of the tetranuclear complex [Cu2(L2)2]2 [H2L2 = phenyl-N,N-bis(salicylidene)methanediamine] Alessandro Pasini, Francesco Demartin, Olivo Piovesana, Brunetto Chiari, Antonio Cinti and Ornella Crispu, pp 3467 DOI:10.1039/b003825n

1,3-Bis(N,N,N,N-tetramethylguanidino)propane: synthesis, characterization and bonding properties of the first bidentate, peralkylated guanidine ligand Siegfried Pohl, Michael Harmjanz, Jörg Schneider, Wolfgang Saak and Gerald Henkel, pp 3473 DOI:10.1039/b002554m

Dimethylzinc adducts with macrocyclic amines Kathleen M. Coward, Anthony C. Jones, Alexander Steiner, Jamie F. Bickley, Lesley M. Smith and Martyn E. Pemble, pp 3480 DOI:10.1039/b006253g

Issue 20

Perspective

The inorganic chemistry of solids: where have we come from? Where are we going? Peter Day, pp 3483 DOI:10.1039/b004606j

Communications

A novel route to dithiolenes from 1,3-dithiole-2-thiones at a dicobalt centre Harry Adams, Laurence V. Y. Guio, Michael J. Morris and A. James Pratt, pp 3489 DOI:10.1039/b006052f

Bimetallomesogens: formation of calamitic or columnar mesophases by µ-exogenous-bridged groups in N,N-(propan-2-ol)-bis(4-alkoxysalicylaldimine)copper(II) complexes Shou-Ming Ku, Chin-Yi Wu and Chung K Lai, pp 3491 DOI:10.1039/b005936f

Papers

Bis(2,6-dimethoxyphenyl)telluriium dihalides (Cl, Br or I) and dithiocyanate: crystal structure and temperature-dependent NMR spectra Masahiro Asahara, Masahito Tanaka, Tatsuo Erabi and Masanori Wada, pp 3493 DOI:10.1039/b005273f

Synthesis and structural characterisation of titanium(IV) thiolate compounds Claire J. Carmalt, Christopher W. Dinnage, Ivan P. Parkin, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 3500 DOI:10.1039/b006115h

Structures and spectra of bis-tripodal iron(II) chelates, [FeL2]2+, where L = tris(pyrazol-1-yl)methane, tris(pyridin-2-yl)methane, bis(pyrazol-1-yl)(pyridin-2-yl)methane and tris(pyridin-2-yl)phosphine oxide. Magnetism and spin crossover in the (pz)3CH case Peter A. Anderson, Timothy Astley, Michael A. Hitchman, F. Richard Keene, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Brian W. Skelton, Edward R. T. Tiekink, Hans Toftlund and Allan H. White, pp 3505 DOI:10.1039/b003299i

Four-co-ordinated copper(II) species obtained by X-ray irradiation of a three-co-ordinated copper(I) complex: a single crystal EPR study Cornelia G. Palivan and Sundara Ramaprabhu, pp 3513 DOI:10.1039/b004294n

First structural characterisation of a 2,1,12-MC2B9 metallacarborane, [2,2,2-(NMe2)3-closo-2,1,12-TaC2B9H11]. Trends in boron NMR shifts on replacing a {BH} vertex with a metal {MLn} vertex in icosahedral carboranes Andrei S. Batsanov, Pauline A. Eva, Mark A. Fox, Judith A. K. Howard, Andrew K. Hughes, Andrew L. Johnson, Aileen M. Martin and Ken Wade, pp 3519 DOI:10.1039/b005294i

Insertion and cleavage reactions of [closo-3,1,2-Ta(NMe2)3(C2B9H11)] with nitriles, phenols and thiols; structural characterisation of N,N-dimethylamidinate ligands Charlotte K. Broder, Andrés E. Goeta, Judith A. K. Howard, Andrew K. Hughes, Andrew L. Johnson, John M. Malget and Ken Wade, pp 3526 DOI:10.1039/b004862n

Photoelectron spectroscopy and electronic structure of the hexaphosphatitanocene [Ti(5-P3C2But2)2] F. Geoffery N.Cloke, Jennifer C. Green, John R. Hanks, John F. Nixon and James L. Suter, pp 3534 DOI:10.1039/b005657j

Complexes of platinum(II), platinum(IV), rhodium(III) and iridium(III) containing orthometallated triphenylphosphine Martin A. Bennett, Suresh K. Bhargava, Mingzhe Ke and Anthony C. Willis, pp 3537 DOI:10.1039/b004908p

Syntheses of diiridium complexes with two bridging tetrachalcogenide ligands [{Ir(5-C5Me5)}2(µ-E4)2] (E = Se or S) and their reactions with alkynes forming mono- or di-nuclear dichalcogenolene complexes Shoken Nagao, Hidetake Seino, Tomohiko Okada, Yasushi Mizobe and Masanobu Hidai, pp 3546 DOI:10.1039/b004404k

Hydroboration of metal-carbon triple bonds Hubert Wadepohl, Ulrich Arnold, Ute Kohl, Hans Pritzkow and Andreas Wolf, pp 3554 DOI:10.1039/b004256k

Hydrothermal synthesis, structure, stability and magnetism of Na2Co2(C2O4)3(H2O)2: a new metal oxalate ladder Daniel J. Price, Annie K. Powell and Paul T. Wood, pp 3566 DOI:10.1039/b005494l

Syntheses and characterisation of methyltrioxorhenium adducts of low-valence organometallic Lewis bases Ana M. Santos, Fritz E. Kühn, Wen-Mei Xue and Eberhardt Herdtweck, pp 3570 DOI:10.1039/b004640j

Preparation and reactivity of dihydrogen complexes [MX(2-H2)P4]BF4 (M = Ru or Os; X = halogenide or SEt-; P = phosphite) Gabriele Albertin, Stefano Antoniutti, Emilio Bordignon and Michela Pegoraro, pp 3575 DOI:10.1039/b004833j

Solid-state luminescence and crystal structures of novel gold(I) benzenethiolate complexes Seiji Watase, Masami Nakamoto, Takayuki Kitamura, Nobuko Kanehisa, Yasushi Kai and Shozo Yanagida, pp 3585 DOI:10.1039/b006572m

Synthesis and properties of iron-group hydrido-cyano complexes trans-[MH(CN)(L)2], M = Fe, Ru or Os, L = diphosphine, and their hydrogen, trifluoroboron and triphenylboron isocyanide derivatives of the type trans-[MH(CNH)(L)2]O3SCF3, trans-[MH(CNBX3)(L)2], X = F or Ph, and trans-[M(H2)(CNBF3)(dppp)2]BF4 [dppp = Ph2P(CH2)3PPh2] Eliana Rocchini, Pierluigi Rigo, Antonio Mezzetti, Tim Stephan, Robert H. Morris, Alan J. Lough, Cameron E. Forde, Tina P. Fong and Samantha D. Drouin, pp 3591 DOI:10.1039/b005687l

Synthesis of chiral multidentate tertiary arsines with As4 or As6 donor atoms Roy J. Doyle, Nicole Habermehl, Geoffrey Salem and Anthony C. Willis, pp 3603 DOI:10.1039/b003981k

Structural and photomagnetic studies of a 1-D bimetallic chain [MnII2(L)2(H2O)][MoIV(CN)8]·5H2O (L = macrocycle): analogy with the photo-oxidation of K4[MoIV(CN)8]·2H2O Guillaume Rombaut, Stéphane Golhen, Lahcène Ouahab, Corine Mathonière and Olivier Kahn, pp 3609 DOI:10.1039/b003983g

Amine-functionalised aminophosphines: synthesis, reversible co-ordination to platinum and use in heteronuclear dimer formation Andrew D. Burrows, Mary F. Mahon and Mark T. Palmer, pp 3615 DOI:10.1039/b005899h

Three-dimensional silver(I) co-ordination polymer with pocket structures Yusaku Suenaga, Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa, Masahiko Maekawa and Megumu Munakata, pp 3620 DOI:10.1039/b003944f

Macrocyclic effect upon site-selective CuIIMII or MIICuII core formation with unsymmetric phenol-based macrocyclic ligands Masami Yonemura, Naoki Usuki, Yuuki Nakamura, Masaaki Ohba and Hisashi kawa, pp 3624 DOI:10.1039/b006605m

Divalent first-row transition metal complexes of the rigid pendant-arm ligand 1,4,7-tris(2-aminophenyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane Ian A. Fallis, Richard D. Farley, K. M. Abdul Malik, Damien M. Murphy and Hayley J. Smith, pp 3632 DOI:10.1039/b005402j

Dinuclear and hexanuclear iron(III) carboxylate clusters with a bis(bipyridine) ligand: supramolecular aggregation of [Fe2O2] units to give a [Fe6O6] ladder structure Elisa J. Seddon, Jae Yoo, Kirsten Folting, John C. Huffman, David N. Hendrickson and George Christou, pp 3640 DOI:10.1039/b004925p

Bis(R-bipyridyl)ruthenium bibenzimidazole complexes (R = H, Me or But): supramolecular arrangement via hydrogen bonds, photo- and electro-chemical properties and reactivity towards carbon dioxide Sven Rau, Mario Ruben, Torsten Büttner, Christian Temme, Sylvana Dautz, Helmar Görls, Manfred Rudolph, Dirk Walther, Andre Brodkorb, Marco Duati, Christine OConnor and Johannes G. Vos, pp 3649 DOI:10.1039/b003992f

Synthesis, structure, luminescence, and electrochemical properties of polynuclear mercury(II) chalcogenolate complexes Vivian Wing-WahYam, Yung-Lin Pui and Kung-Kai Cheung, pp 3658 DOI:10.1039/b005085g

Partial frustration of magnetic order in synthetic angelellite, Fe4As2O11 Jon P. Wright, Abbie C. McLaughlin and J. Paul Attfield, pp 3663 DOI:10.1039/b005350n

Hydrothermal synthesis and crystal structures of three-dimensional co-ordination frameworks constructed with mixed terephthalate (tp) and 4,4-bipyridine (4,4-bipy) ligands: [M(tp)(4,4-bipy)] (M = CoII, CdII or ZnII) Jun Tao, Ming-Liang Tong and Xiao-Ming Chen, pp 3669 DOI:10.1039/b005438k

Synthesis, structures and properties of platinum(II) complexes of oligoacetylenic sulfides Hongkui Zhang, Albert W. M. Lee, Wai-Yeung Wong and Mabel S. M. Yuen, pp 3675 DOI:10.1039/b004253f

N-Glycosylamines of 4,6-O-ethylidene--D-glucopyranose: synthesis, characterisation and structure of CO2H, Cl and F ortho-substituted phenyl derivatives and metal ion complexes of the CO2H derivative Ajay K. Sah, Chebrolu P. Rao, Pauli K. Saarenketo, Elina K. Wegelius, Kari Rissanen and Erkki Kolehmainen, pp 3681 DOI:10.1039/b004854m

Effects of pH and temperature on the reaction of milk xanthine oxidase with 1-methylxanthine Apurba Kumar Sau, Madhu Sudan Mondal and Samaresh Mitra, pp 3688 DOI:10.1039/b005721p

Synthesis of chiral organotin hydrides containing menthyl and oxazoline substituents Dainis Dakternieks, Kerri Dunn, Carl H. Schiesser and Edward R. T. Tiekink, pp 3693 DOI:10.1039/b004259p

Synthesis, equilibrium and NMR studies of lanthanide(III) complexes of the N-mono(methylamide) and N-mono(methylamide) derivatives of diethylenetriamine-N,N,N,N,N-pentaacetic acid Lajos Sarka, István Bányai, Ern Brücher, Róbert Király, Johannes Platzek, Bernd Radüchel and Heribert Schmitt-Willich, pp 3699 DOI:10.1039/b005298l

Issue 21

Perspectives

Inorganic crystal engineering: a personal perspective Dario Braga, pp 3705 DOI:10.1039/b007602n

A molecular meccano kit Stuart J. Cantrill, Anthony R. Pease and J. Fraser Stoddart, pp 3715 DOI:10.1039/b003769i

A net-based approach to coordination polymers Richard Robson, pp 3735 DOI:10.1039/b003591m

Hydrogen bonds and other intermolecular interactions in organometallic crystals Gautam R. Desiraju, pp 3745 DOI:10.1039/b003285i

Crystal tectonics: Chemical construction and self-organization beyond the unit cell Stephen Mann, Sean A. Davis, Simon R. Hall, Mei Li, Katja H. Rhodes, Wayne Shenton, Sébastien Vaucher and Baojian Zhang, pp 3753 DOI:10.1039/b004066p

Papers

Effect of protons and metal ions on the fluorescence properties of a polylysin dendrimer containing twenty four dansyl units Vincenzo Balzani, Paola Ceroni, Sven Gestermann, Marius Gorka, Christopher Kauffmann and Fritz Vögtle, pp 3765 DOI:10.1039/b003214j

Supramolecular assemblies from ditopic ligands and transition metal salts Hamish A. Miller, Norman Laing, Simon Parsons, Andrew Parkin, Peter A. Tasker and David J. White, pp 3773 DOI:10.1039/b003436n

Platinum(II) phosphine and orotate complexes with aminopyridine co-ligands, and their molecular recognition via hydrogen bonding Xingling Xu, Stuart L. James, D. Michael P. Mingos, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, pp 3783 DOI:10.1039/b000974l

Directional 1-D inclusion networks: self-assembly of unsymmetrical koilands into directional koilates in the crystalline phase J. Martz, E. Graf, M. W. Hosseini, A. De Cian and J. Fischer, pp 3791 DOI:10.1039/b004538l

Self-assembled organoplatinum(II) supermolecules as crystalline, SO2 gas-triggered switches Martin Albrecht, Martin Lutz, Antoine M. M. Schreurs, Egbert T. H. Lutz, Anthony L. Spek and Gerard van Koten, pp 3797 DOI:10.1039/b006419j

Co-ordination polymers containing square grids of dimension 15 × 15 Å Kumar Biradha and Makoto Fujita, pp 3805 DOI:10.1039/b004054l

Multi-modal bridging ligands; effects of ligand functionality, anion and crystallisation solvent in silver(I) co-ordination polymers Alexander J. Blake, Neil R. Champness, Paul A. Cooke, James E. B. Nicolson and Claire Wilson, pp 3811 DOI:10.1039/b003202f

New examples of self-catenation in two three-dimensional polymeric co-ordination networks Lucia Carlucci, Gianfranco Ciani, Davide M. Proserpio and Silvia Rizzato, pp 3821 DOI:10.1039/b003092i

Copper(I) dicyanamide coordination polymers: ladders, sheets, layers, diamond-like networks and unusual interpenetration Stuart R. Batten, Alexander R. Harris, Paul Jensen, Keith S. Murray and Angela Ziebell, pp 3829 DOI:10.1039/b003527k

Coexisting covalent and non-covalent planar networks in the crystal structures of {[M(bipy)2(NO3)2]·arene}n (M = Ni, 1; Co, 2; arene = chlorobenzene, o-dichlorobenzene, benzene, nitrobenzene, toluene or anisole) Kumar Biradha, Arunendu Mondal, Brian Moulton and Michael J. Zaworotko, pp 3837 DOI:10.1039/b003733h

The influence of hydrogen bonding on the structure of zinc co-ordination polymers Andrew D. Burrows, Ross W. Harrington, Mary F. Mahon and Caroline E. Price, pp 3845 DOI:10.1039/b003210g

Combining hydrogen bonds with coordination chemistry or organometallic -arene chemistry: strategies for inorganic crystal engineering Lee Brammer, Juan C. Mareque Rivas, Reinaldo Atencio, Shiyue Fang and F. Christopher Pigge, pp 3855 DOI:10.1039/b004395h

Assembly of 2-D inorganic/organic lamellar structures through a combination of copper(I) coordination polymers and self-complementary hydrogen bonds Christer B. Aakeröy, Alicia M. Beatty and Keith R. Lorimer, pp 3869 DOI:10.1039/b003306p

Anion recognition by conservation of hydrogen-bonding patterns in salts of copper(II) co-ordinated by tetradentate bis(amidino-O-alkylurea) ligands Alexander J. Blake, Peter Hubberstey, Unchulee Suksangpanya and Claire L. Wilson, pp 3873 DOI:10.1039/b003427o

The solid state aggregation of two gold(I) nitrate complexes Trevor Mathieson, Annette Schier and Hubert Schmidbaur, pp 3881 DOI:10.1039/b003523h

A critical account on - stacking in metal complexes with aromatic nitrogen-containing ligands Christoph Janiak, pp 3885 DOI:10.1039/b003010o

Organic-inorganic hybrid solids: control of perhalometallate solid state structures Amy L. Gillon, Gareth R. Lewis, A. Guy Orpen, Sarah Rotter, Jonathan Starbuck, Xi-Meng Wang, Yolanda Rodríguez-Martín and Catalina Ruiz-Pérez, pp 3897 DOI:10.1039/b005036i

Supramolecular interactions and magnetism of metal-radical chains Andrea Caneschi, Dante Gatteschi, Nikolia Lalioti, Claudio Sangregorio and Roberta Sessoli, pp 3907 DOI:10.1039/b004244g

Iron(II) phosphonates: a new series of molecule-based weak ferromagnets Angela Altomare, Carlo Bellitto, Said A. Ibrahim, Mohammed R. Mahmoud and Rosanna Rizzi, pp 3913 DOI:10.1039/b003171m

Characterisation of defective silicalites Silvia Bordiga, Irene Roggero, Piero Ugliengo, Adriano Zecchina, Vera Bolis, Gilberto Artioli, Roberto Buzzoni, Gianluigi Marra, Franco Rivetti, Guido Spanò and Carlo Lamberti, pp 3921 DOI:10.1039/b004794p

Polybis(4-azabenzimidazolato)-iron(II) and -cobalt(II). 3-D single diamond-like framework materials which exhibit spin canting and ferromagnetic ordering at low temperatures Steven J. Rettig, Victor Sánchez, Alan Storr, Robert C. Thompson and James Trotter, pp 3931 DOI:10.1039/b002574g

Effect of thermal annealing on the ferrimagnetic behavior and ordering of the [MnTXPP]+[TCNE]-·solv (X = F, Cl, Br, I; solv = PhMe, CH2Cl2) family of magnets Durrell K. Rittenberg, Atta M. Arif and Joel S. Miller, pp 3939 DOI:10.1039/b003458o

Towards rational synthesis of polar solids. Synthesis and X-ray structures of cadmium(II) meta-pyridinecarboxylate coordination polymers Owen R. Evans and Wenbin Lin, pp 3949 DOI:10.1039/b003441j

Design of molecular materials combining magnetic, electrical and optical properties Eugenio Coronado, Miguel Clemente-León, José R. Galán-Mascarós, Carlos Giménez-Saiz, Carlos J. Gómez-García and Eugenia Martínez-Ferrero, pp 3955 DOI:10.1039/b003396k

Patterned crystallisation on self-assembled monolayers with integrated regions of disorder Joanna Aizenberg, pp 3963 DOI:10.1039/b003400m

Making and converting organometallic pseudo-polymorphs via non-solution methods Dario Braga, Gianna Cojazzi, Alexander Abati, Lucia Maini, Marco Polito, Laura Scaccianoce and Fabrizia Grepioni, pp 3969 DOI:10.1039/b003160g

X-Ray absorption spectroscopy studies on the structure of a biogenic amorphous calcium carbonate phase Yael Levi-Kalisman, Sefi Raz, Steve Weiner, Lia Addadi and Irit Sagi, pp 3977 DOI:10.1039/b003242p

Polymorphism and architectural crystal assembly of calcium carbonate in biologically inspired polymeric matrices Giuseppe Falini, Simona Fermani, Massimo Gazzano and Alberto Ripamonti, pp 3983 DOI:10.1039/b003334k

Biologically inspired polyoxometalate-surfactant composite materials. Investigations on the structures of discrete, surfactant-encapsulated clusters, monolayers, and Langmuir-Blodgett films of (DODA)40(NH4)2[(H2O)nMo132O372(CH3CO2)30(H2O)72] Dirk G. Kurth, Pit Lehmann, Dirk Volkmer, Achim Müller and Dietmar Schwahn, pp 3989 DOI:10.1039/b003331f

Issue 22

Perspective

Isolated d-f pairs in supramolecular complexes with tunable structural and electronic properties Claude Piguet, Carine Edder, Stéphane Rigault, Gérald Bernardinelli, Jean-Claude G. Bünzli and Gérard Hopfgartner, pp 3999 DOI:10.1039/b003521l

Communications

Antimony imido and imido-amido compounds: a new route to an imidoantimony macrocycle Richard Bryant, Siân C. James, John C. Jeffery, Nicholas C. Norman, A. Guy Orpen and Ulrike Weckenmann, pp 4007 DOI:10.1039/b007020n

Papers

The first chiral 2-D molecular triangular grid Zhen-Feng Chen, Ren-Gen Xiong, Jing Zhang, Jing-Lin Zuo, Xiao-Zeng You, Chi-Ming Che and Hoong-Kun Fun, pp 4010 DOI:10.1039/b007004l

Communications

X-Ray crystal structures of Mg2+ and Ca2+ dimers of the antibacterial drug norfloxacin Zhen-Feng Chen, Ren-Gen Xiong, Jing-Lin Zuo, Zijian Guo, Xiao-Zeng You and Hoong-Kun Fun, pp 4013 DOI:10.1039/b006806n

A new two-strand chain cluster: the synthesis and characterisation of [Os3(CO)11{µ3-4-(C4H3S)C2C2(C4H3S)}] Christopher J. Adams, Lionel P. Clarke, Ana M. Martín-Castro, Paul R. Raithby and Gregory P. Shields, pp 4015 DOI:10.1039/b006696f

Alkali-metal complexes of a triazacyclononane-functionalized tetramethylcyclopentadienyl ligand Garth R. Giesbrecht, Andreas Gebauer, Alex Shafir and John Arnold, pp 4018 DOI:10.1039/b007075k

A new Sn12 oxo-cluster—how to flatten the football Bernhard Zobel, Jason Costin, Beverly R. Vincent, Edward R. T. Tiekink and Dainis Dakternieks, pp 4021 DOI:10.1039/b007896o

Synthesis and structure of a ruthenium(II) complex incorporating N bound 2-pyridonato ligands; a new catalytic system for transfer hydrogenation of ketones Eric P. Kelson and Proma P. Phengsy, pp 4023 DOI:10.1039/b007041f

Dirhodium(II) carboxylate complexes as building blocks. Synthesis and structures of square boxes with tilted walls Jamie F. Bickley, Richard P. Bonar-Law, Cristina Femoni, Elizabeth J. MacLean, Alexander Steiner and Simon J. Teat, pp 4025 DOI:10.1039/b008060h

Papers

Cathodic insertion of ions in tungsten(VI) oxide from aqueous media Roberto Palombari, Anne Marie Krogh Andersen, Inger Grete Krogh Andersen and Erik Krogh Andersen, pp 4028 DOI:10.1039/b003773g

Transition metal complexes incorporating the BF2 ligand formed by oxidative addition of the B-B bond in B2F4 Norman Lu, Nicholas C. Norman, A. Guy Orpen, Michael J. Quayle, Peter L. Timms and George R. Whittell, pp 4032 DOI:10.1039/b006535h

Structure dependence on redox state and charge in [Fe4(µ3-S4)(-C5H5)4]m[M(mnt)2]n (M = Ni or Pt, m, n =  1 or 2) Dena Bellamy, Aristides Christofides, Neil G. Connelly, Gareth R. Lewis, A. Guy Orpen and Peter Thornton, pp 4038 DOI:10.1039/b006262f

Niobium -cyclopentadienyl compounds with imido and amido ligands derived from tert-butylamine Martin J. Humphries, Malcolm L. H. Green, Michael A. Leech, Vernon C. Gibson, Matthew Jolly, David N. Williams, Mark R. J. Elsegood and William Clegg, pp 4044 DOI:10.1039/b006333i

Effects of the ponytails of arylphosphines on the hydroformylation of higher olefins in supercritical CO2 Anna M. Banet Osuna, Weiping Chen, Eric G. Hope, Ray D. W. Kemmitt, Danny R. Paige, Alison M. Stuart, Jianliang Xiao and Lijin Xu, pp 4052 DOI:10.1039/b006158l

Reactions of diorganotin(IV) oxides with isatin 3- and 2-thiosemicarbazones and with isatin 2,3-bis(thiosemicarbazone): influence of diphenyldithiophosphinic acid (isatin = 1H-indole-2,3-dione) José S. Casas, Alfonso Castiñeiras, María C. Rodríguez-Argüelles, Agustín Sánchez, José Sordo, Antonia Vázquez-López and Ezequiel M. Vázquez-López, pp 4056 DOI:10.1039/b005103i

Chelating dihydroxamic acids: study of metal speciation and co-ordination compounds with Ni2+ and Cu2+ Jolanta witek-Kozowska, Igor O. Fritsky, Agnieszka Dobosz, Aldona Karaczyn, Nikolai M. Dudarenko, Tatiana Yu. Sliva, Elbieta Gumienna-Kontecka and Lucjan Jerzykiewicz, pp 4064 DOI:10.1039/b005500j

NMR studies of 4-methylimidazole binding to cytochrome c: effects of methyl substituent on the binding affinity, the orientation of the ligand plane, and the electronic structure of the heme Yong Yao, Yibing Wu, Chengmin Qian and Wenxia Tang, pp 4069 DOI:10.1039/b005577h

The role of molecular shape and axial symmetry in the solid state molecular dynamics of metal carbonyl compounds included in cyclodextrin cavities Holly C. Canuto, Stephen J. Heyes, Silvio Aime, Roberto Gobetto and Fabio Napolitano, pp 4075 DOI:10.1039/b005226o

Synthesis, spectral and redox properties of tetraammine dioxolene ruthenium complexes Roberto Santana da Silva, Sergey I. Gorelsky, Elaine S. Dodsworth, Elia Tfouni and A. B. P. Lever, pp 4078 DOI:10.1039/b005488g

The first crystal and molecular structures of hydrated bis(n-perfluoroalkyl)phosphinic acids [H3O]+[(Rf)2PO2]- (Rf = C6F13, C7F15 or C8F17) Rajendra P. Singh, Brendan Twamley and Jeanne M. Shreeve, pp 4089 DOI:10.1039/b004482m

Synthesis and structures of lithium, aluminium, gallium and lanthanide amidinates containing a -pendant amine functionality David Doyle, Yurii K. Gunko, Peter B. Hitchcock and Michael F. Lappert, pp 4093 DOI:10.1039/b005824f

Aurophilic attractions: one cation, [Au{C(OMe)NMeH}2]+, but three different structural arrangements in the solid state salts Feilong Jiang, Marilyn M. Olmstead and Alan L. Balch, pp 4098 DOI:10.1039/b005684g

Association and fragmentation of imidotin(II) complexes containing donor-functionalised peripheries; towards new three-dimensional main group metal ligands Alan Bashall, Neil Feeder, Eilis A. Harron, Mary McPartlin, Marta E. G. Mosquera, David Sáez and Dominic S. Wright, pp 4104 DOI:10.1039/b005932n

A new approach to lithium-heavier alkali metal interchange reactions: synthesis of a tetralithium pentasodium mixed alkoxide-amide dome-shaped cage compound with an encapsulated hydroxide molecule Alan R. Kennedy, Jonathan G. MacLellan, Robert E. Mulvey and Alan Robertson, pp 4112 DOI:10.1039/b006990f

Trihydrogermyl-substituted thiophenes Frank Riedmiller and Hubert Schmidbaur, pp 4117 DOI:10.1039/b004024j

Synthesis, solution studies and structural characterisation of complexes of a mixed oxa-aza macrocycle bearing pendant amino arms Lorenzo Tei, Alexander J. Blake, Andrea Bencini, Barbara Valtancoli, Claire Wilson and Martin Schröder, pp 4122 DOI:10.1039/b003352i

New Group 5 and 6 transition metal imido complexes with monodeprotonated triazacyclononane ligands John S. Fletcher, Nigel A. H. Male, Paul J. Wilson, Leigh H. Rees, Philip Mountford and Martin Schröder, pp 4130 DOI:10.1039/b006177h

High-nuclearity [Pd13Ni13(CO)34]4- containing a 26-atom Pd13Ni13 core with an unprecedented five-layer close-packed triangular stacking geometry: possible substitutional Pd/Ni crystal disorder at specific intralayer nickel sites Nguyet T. Tran, Masaki Kawano, Douglas R. Powell and Lawrence F. Dahl, pp 4138 DOI:10.1039/b004595k

Deconstruction of cyclic and acyclic trithiocarbonates by C-S and CS bond cleavage during oxidative decarbonylation of dimolybdenum alkyne complexes Harry Adams, Christopher Allott, Matthew N. Bancroft and Michael J. Morris, pp 4145 DOI:10.1039/b004293p

Synthesis and stereochemical study of new complexes of Pd and Pt with chiral dithioether ligands Montserrat Diéguez, Aurora Ruiz, Anna Maria Masdeu-Bultó and Carmen Claver, pp 4154 DOI:10.1039/b004403m

A variety of one-, two- and three-dimensional copper(I) and silver(I) co-ordination polymers assembled by 1,4-bis(4-pyridyl)butadiyne and 1,4-bis(2-pyridyl)butadiyne Masahiko Maekawa, Hisashi Konaka, Yusaku Suenaga, Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa and Megumu Munakata, pp 4160 DOI:10.1039/b005006g

Solution and solid state structures of uranium(III) and lanthanum(III) iodide complexes of tetradentate tripodal neutral N-donor ligands Raphaël Wietzke, Marinella Mazzanti, Jean-Marc Latour and Jacques Pécaut, pp 4167 DOI:10.1039/b004179n

Zinc and cadmium complexes with versatile hexadentate Schiff base ligands. The supramolecular self-assembly of a 3-D cage-like complex Jesús Sanmartín, Manuel R. Bermejo, Ana M. García-Deibe, Ivana M. Rivas and Ana R. Fernández, pp 4174 DOI:10.1039/b005421f

Influence of ligand backbones and counter ions on structures of helical silver(I) complexes with di-Schiff bases derived from phthalaldehydes and diamine Hai-Liang Zhu, Ye-Xiang Tong and Xiao-Ming Chen, pp 4182 DOI:10.1039/b005228k

Syntheses, structures and magnetic properties of three-dimensional co-ordination polymers constructed by dimer subunits Bai-Wang Sun, Song Gao, Bao-Qing Ma, De-Zhong Niu and Zhe-Ming Wang, pp 4187 DOI:10.1039/b005612j

A new mixed-valent copper-antimony sulfide: [H2NCH2CH2NH2]0.5[Cu2SbS3] Anthony V. Powell, Sylvain Boissière and Ann M. Chippindale, pp 4192 DOI:10.1039/b005111j

Compositions and conformations of several transition metal complexes with a nonapeptide hormone oxytocin Hua Wei, Xuemei Luo, Yibing Wu, Yong Yao, Zijian Guo and Longgen Zhu, pp 4196 DOI:10.1039/b004254o

2-(Hydroxyimino)propanohydroxamic acid, a new effective ligand for aluminium Elzbieta Gumienna-Kontecka, Guy Berthon, Igor O. Fritsky, Robert Wieczorek, Zdzislaw Latajka and Henryk Kozlowski, pp 4201 DOI:10.1039/b004432f

Ruthenium terpyridine complexes incorporating azo-imine based ancillary ligands. Synthesis, crystal structure, spectroelectrochemical properties and solution reactivities Biplab Mondal, Mrinalini G. Walawalkar and Goutam Kumar Lahiri, pp 4209 DOI:10.1039/b005789o

Dynamic NMR investigations of fluxionality of 2-(dimethoxymethyl)pyridine and 2,6-bis(dimethoxymethyl)pyridine in rhenium(I) and platinum(IV) complexes Michel L. Creber, Keith G. Orrell, Anthony G. Osborne, Vladimir ik, Michael B. Hursthouse and K. M. Abdul Malik, pp 4218 DOI:10.1039/b005821l

Issue 23

Perspective

Where zeolites and oxides merge: semi-condensed tetrahedral frameworks Mark T. Weller, pp 4227 DOI:10.1039/b003800h

Communication

cis-Di(µ-trifluoroacetate)dirhodium tetracarbonyl: structure and chemistry F. Albert Cotton, Evgeny V. Dikarev and Marina A. Petrukhina, pp 4241 DOI:10.1039/b006894m

Papers

Dirhodium(II) carboxylates as building blocks. Macrocyclic dimers with vertically stacked Rh24+ units Richard P. Bonar-Law, Jamie F. Bickley, Cristina Femoni and Alexander Steiner, pp 4244 DOI:10.1039/b007625m

Sterically hindered iminophosphorane complexes of vanadium, iron, cobalt and nickel: a synthetic, structural and catalytic study Sarah Al-Benna, Mark J. Sarsfield, Mark Thornton-Pett, Daniel L. Ormsby, Peter J. Maddox, Philippe Brès and Manfred Bochmann, pp 4247 DOI:10.1039/b006329k

Simulated annealing prediction of the crystal structure of ternary inorganic compounds using symmetry restrictions Luis Reinaudi, Ezequiel P. M. Leiva and Raúl E. Carbonio, pp 4258 DOI:10.1039/b003447i

On the rational synthesis and properties of exchange-coupled heterotrinuclear systems containing [MAMBMB] and [MAMBMC] cores Cláudio Nazari Verani, Eva Rentschler, Thomas Weyhermüller, Eckhard Bill and Phalguni Chaudhuri, pp 4263 DOI:10.1039/b005768l

Synthesis and characterization of the neutral dinuclear hydrido complexes of platinum with bridging phosphides cis-Pt2(H)2(PHBut2)2(µ-H)(µ-PBut2) (Pt-Pt) and trans-[Pt(H)(PHBut2)(µ-PBut2)]2 (Pt-Pt) Piero Mastrorilli, Mariangela Palma, Francesco Paolo Fanizzi and Cosimo Francesco Nobile, pp 4272 DOI:10.1039/b006341j

Reactions of the dirhenium(III,III) complex cis-Re2(µ-O2CMe)2Cl4(H2O)2 that lead to the dirhenium(III,II) complexes Re2(µ-O2CMe)Cl4(PR3)2 and tetrarheniumcyclodiyne clusters of the type Re4(µ-O)4Cl4(PR3)4 Jitendra K. Bera, Sophia S. Lau, Phillip E. Fanwick and Richard A. Walton, pp 4277 DOI:10.1039/b005975g

Long-range chain orientation in 1-D co-ordination polymers as a function of anions and intermolecular aromatic interactions Alexander J. Blake, Gerhard Baum, Neil R. Champness, Simon S. M. Chung, Paul A. Cooke, Dieter Fenske, Andrei N. Khlobystov, Dmitrii A. Lemenovskii, Wan-Sheung Li and Martin Schröder, pp 4285 DOI:10.1039/b006202m

Synthesis and characterization of two manganese phosphonocarboxylates: Mn3(O3PCH2COO)2 and Mn3(O3PCH2CH2COO)2 Norbert Stock, Stephanie A. Frey, Galen D. Stucky and Anthony K. Cheetham, pp 4292 DOI:10.1039/b006411o

Use of the monocationic fragment [Ru(5-C5H5)(MeCN)3]+ as an ionic coupling reagent in the synthesis of mixed-metal phosphine clusters Radchada Buntem, John F. Gallagher, Jack Lewis, Paul R. Raithby, Moira-Ann Rennie and Gregory P. Shields, pp 4297 DOI:10.1039/b006746f

Selective oxygen capture by lithium aluminates: a solid state and theoretical structural study David R. Armstrong, Robert P. Davies, David J. Linton, Paul Schooler, Gregory P. Shields, Ronald Snaith and Andrew E. H. Wheatley, pp 4304 DOI:10.1039/b005897l

Conformational control by halogen substitution and by crystallisation: a study of the molecular structures of CH(SiMe2H)3 and CH(SiMe2Br)3 by gas-phase electron diffraction, and ab initio molecular orbital calculations Carole A. Morrison, David W. H. Rankin, Heather E. Robertson, Colin Eaborn, Adam Farook, Peter B. Hitchcock and J. David Smith, pp 4312 DOI:10.1039/b004733n

The spectroscopic, electrochemical and photophysical effects of the b1/a2* lowest unoccupied molecular orbital switching in [M(CO)4(N,N)] (M = Cr or W; N,N = 1,10-phenanthroline or 3,4,7,8-tetramethyl-1,10-phenanthroline). An experimental and DFT computational study Ian R. Farrell, Frantiek Hartl, Stanislav Záli, Taasje Mahabiersing, Antonín Vlek and Jr, pp 4323 DOI:10.1039/b005279p

Titanium indenyldimethylamido complexes: synthesis, characterisation and theoretical calculations. Crystal structure of [Ti(5-Ind)(NMe2)Cl2] Ana M. Martins, José R. Ascenso, Cristina G. de Azevedo, Maria J. Calhorda, Alberto R. Dias, Sandra S. Rodrigues, Loîc Toupet, Piero de Leonardis and Luis F. Veiros, pp 4332 DOI:10.1039/b006889f

Stepwise substitution of N,N-di-isopropylcarbamato groups of Ti(O2CNiPr2)4 by triphenylsilanol leading from eight- to six- and four-co-ordinated titanium(IV) Daniela Belli DellAmico, Fausto Calderazzo, Sandra Ianelli, Luca Labella, Fabio Marchetti and Giancarlo Pelizzi, pp 4339 DOI:10.1039/b005114o

Dirhodium(II) carboxylates as building blocks. Synthesis and structures of cis-chelate complexes Richard P. Bonar-Law, Thomas D. McGrath, Nirmal Singh, Jamie F. Bickley, Cristina Femoni and Alexander Steiner, pp 4343 DOI:10.1039/b007428o

Lithiated -cyanophosphonates: self-assembly of two-dimensional molecular sheets composed of interconnected twenty-four membered rings Kenneth W. Henderson, Alan R. Kennedy, Arlene E. McKeown and Diane Strachan, pp 4348 DOI:10.1039/b007038f

Ferrocene-appended and bridged calixarene ligands for the electrochemical sensing of trivalent lanthanide ions Giles D. Brindley, O. Danny Fox and Paul D. Beer, pp 4354 DOI:10.1039/b007146n

Lead(IV) complexes with phosphinoyldithioformates, R2P(O)CS2- (R = Ph or PhCH2). Syntheses and characterization. Crystal structures of [PPh4][S2CP(O)Ph2]·0.5H2O, [PbPh2{S2CP(O)Ph2}2] and [PbPh2Cl{S2CP(O)Ph2}] Sigurjón Norberg Ólafsson, Claus Flensburg and Peter Andersen, pp 4360 DOI:10.1039/b006672i

Water-soluble silver(I) complexes of (R)-(+)- and (S)-(-)-2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylic acid and their antimicrobial activities. Chiral helical polymer and polymer sheet structures in the solid-state formed by self-assembly of dimeric [Ag(Hpyrrld)]2 cores Kenji Nomiya, Satoshi Takahashi and Ryusuke Noguchi, pp 4369 DOI:10.1039/b006552h

Spectroscopic and magnetic investigation of the K5[PMo2VW9O40]· 24H2O heteropolyoxometalate and its monoprotonated form Leontin David, Cora Crciun, Mariana Rusu, Dan Rusu and Onuc Cozar, pp 4374 DOI:10.1039/b004871m

Synthesis, structure and reactivity of highly functionalized 1-stibaallyliron complexes [(OC)2(5-C5Me5)Fe-Sb(Cl)C(OSiMe3)CPhR] (R = Ph, Me or c-C6H11) Lothar Weber, Lars Pumpenmeier, Hans-Georg Stammler and Beate Neumann, pp 4379 DOI:10.1039/b007366k

The syntheses of novel sulfur centred spirocyclic cluster complexes starting from [Re2(µ-H)(µ-SH)(CO)8] Hans Egold, Detlef Schwarze, Markus Schraa and Ulrich Flörke, pp 4385 DOI:10.1039/b007148j

Acid promoted formation of tri- and penta-ruthenium allenylidene complexes Jonathan P. H. Charmant, Paul Crawford, Philip J. King, Roberto Quesada-Pato and Enrico Sappa, pp 4390 DOI:10.1039/b006146h

A cyclohexane-1,2-diyldinitrilotetraacetate tetrahydroxamate derivative for actinide complexation: synthesis and complexation studies M. Amélia Santos, Estela Rodrigues and Margarida Gaspar, pp 4398 DOI:10.1039/b007007f

Bromination of phenol red mediated by vanadium(V) peroxo complexes at pH 6.5 Roxana M. Tótaro, Patricia A. M. Williams, María C. Apella, Miguel A. Blesa and Enrique J. Baran, pp 4403 DOI:10.1039/b005733i

First syntheses of cocrystallites consisting of anti-formed metal octaethylporphyrins with fullerene C60 Tomohiko Ishii, Naoko Aizawa, Masahiro Yamashita, Hiroyuki Matsuzaka, Takeshi Kodama, Koichi Kikuchi, Isao Ikemoto and Yoshihiro Iwasa, pp 4407 DOI:10.1039/b006593p

Ab initio study of the protic conversion of an allene into an 2-vinyl complex of Re, and on their structure, bonding and redox behaviour Maxim L. Kuznetsov, Armando J. L. Pombeiro and Andrei I. Dementev, pp 4413 DOI:10.1039/b004143m

Structural characterisation of new RuII[9]aneS3 polypyridylic complexes João Madureira, Teresa M. Santos, Brian J. Goodfellow, Mónica Lucena, Júlio Pedrosa de Jesus, Maria G. Santana-Marques, Michael G. B. Drew and Vítor Félix, pp 4422 DOI:10.1039/b004752j

Arene ruthenium complexes with pyridyloxazolines: synthesis and applications as asymmetric catalysts for Diels-Alder reactions Adam J. Davenport, David L. Davies, John Fawcett, Shaun A. Garratt and David R. Russell, pp 4432 DOI:10.1039/b006530g

The reaction of [Os3(µ-H)(CO)10(µ-CO)]- with Ph2SbCl: a cluster with a six-membered Os4Sb2 ring and another with fluxional metal-metal bonds Weng Kee Leong and Guizhu Chen, pp 4442 DOI:10.1039/b006669i

A new core topology in hexanuclear iron(III) carboxylate chemistry: [Fe6O3(O2CMe)9(OEt)2(bpy)2](ClO4) Elisa J. Seddon, John C. Huffman and George Christou, pp 4446 DOI:10.1039/b006150f

The solution conformation and rotational dynamics of tetramesityldiphosphane studied by 2-D NMR spectroscopy William McFarlane, Nicholas H. Rees, Lara Constanza, Mohammed Patel and Ian J. Colquhoun, pp 4453 DOI:10.1039/b006421l

Multicomponent Zn-tetraphenylporphyrins: syntheses, characterization and their self assembly in the solid state Atindra D. Shukla, Paresh C. Dave, Eringathodi Suresh, Amitava Das and Parthasarathi Dastidar, pp 4459 DOI:10.1039/b004211k

Mixed cobalt/gold clusters based on octahedral or prismatic Co6C skeletons Roser Reina, Olga Riba, Oriol Rossell, Miquel Seco, Dominique de Montauzon, Maria Angela Pellinghelli, Antonio Tiripicchio, Mercè Font-Bardía and Xavier Solans, pp 4464 DOI:10.1039/b005651k

A comparative study of the reactivity of the (Pd-Csp2, ferrocene) and (Pd-Csp2, biphenyl) bonds in cyclopalladated complexes derived from [Fe(5-C5H5)(5-C5H4CHNC6H4C6H5-2)] Mónica Benito, Concepción López, Xavier Morvan, Xavier Solans and Mercè Font-Bardía, pp 4470 DOI:10.1039/b007537j

Issue 24

Perspective

Single source molecular precursors for the deposition of III/VI chalcogenide semiconductors by MOCVD and related techniques Mike Lazell, Paul OBrien, David J. Otway and Jin-Ho Park, pp 4479 DOI:10.1039/b004454g

Communications

Mononuclear gold(I) complex of a chiral tetra(tertiary phosphine). Crystal and molecular structure of [T-4-(RP*,RP*)]-(±)-1,2-bis[(2-diphenylphosphinophenyl)methylphosphino]benzene-P,P,P,Pgold(I) hexafluorophosphate Swarup Chatterjee, Felicity K. E. Moore, Geoffrey Salem, Paul Waring and Anthony C. Willis, pp 4487 DOI:10.1039/b007363f

Influence of a [Me2Si] ansa bridge on the barrier to rotation about the Zr-phenyl bond and on the generation and reactivity of benzyne intermediates: comparison of the structures and reactivity of [Me2Si(C5Me4)2]Zr(Ph)X and Cp*2Zr(Ph)X (X = H, Cl, Ph) Hyosun Lee, Brian M. Bridgewater and Gerard Parkin, pp 4490 DOI:10.1039/b005117i

A zinc thiolate species which mimics aspects of the chemistry of the Ada repair protein and matrix metalloproteinases: the synthesis, structure and reactivity of the tris(2-mercapto-1-phenylimidazolyl)hydroborato complex [TmPh]ZnSPh Brian M. Bridgewater, Tauqir Fillebeen, Richard A. Friesner and Gerard Parkin, pp 4494 DOI:10.1039/b007886g

Synthesis and X-ray characterization of a monomeric Cp-free d1-imido-vanadium(IV) complex Christian Lorber, Bruno Donnadieu and Robert Choukroun, pp 4497 DOI:10.1039/b008761k

Papers

N-Functionalised heterocyclic carbene complexes of silver Arran A. D. Tulloch, Andreas A. Danopoulos, Scott Winston, Sven Kleinhenz and Graham Eastham, pp 4499 DOI:10.1039/b007504n

Applications of pulsed field gradient spin-echo measurements for the determination of molecular volumes of organometallic ionic complexes Massimiliano Valentini, Paul S. Pregosin and Heinz Rüegger, pp 4507 DOI:10.1039/b007530m

Copper(II) complexation by human and mouse fragments (11-16) of -amyloid peptide Teresa Kowalik-Jankowska, Monika Ruta-Dolejsz, Kornelia Winiewska, Leszek ankiewicz and Henryk Kozowski, pp 4511 DOI:10.1039/b006125p

Wraparound ligands: addition of activated alkynes to sulfur- and thiolate-bridged dimolybdenum complexes derived from trithiocarbonates Harry Adams, Christopher Allott, Matthew N. Bancroft and Michael J. Morris, pp 4520 DOI:10.1039/b005700m

Novel coordination modes of partially hydrogenated diyne ligands on metal carbonyl clusters Lionel P. Clarke, John E. Davies, Paul R. Raithby and Gregory P. Shields, pp 4527 DOI:10.1039/b006810l

An investigation into the photochemical reactions of M(5-C5H5)(CO)4 and M(5-C9H7)(CO)4 (M = Nb or Ta) with H2 and N2 in polyethylene matrices and liquid xenon at low temperature Gavin I. Childs, Skip Gallagher, Thomas E. Bitterwolf and Michael W. George, pp 4534 DOI:10.1039/b007023h

Synthesis, structure and thermal stability of tellurium oxides and oxide sulfate formed from reactions in refluxing sulfuric acid Mohammad A. K. Ahmed, Helmer Fjellvåg and Arne Kjekshus, pp 4542 DOI:10.1039/b005688j

Synthesis, characterisation and reactions of ruthenium(II) complexes based upon [RuL3]2+ (L3 = tripodal triseleno- or tritelluro-ether) fragments. Structures of [RuCl2(PPh3){MeC(CH2SeMe)3}] and [RuCl2(dmso){MeC(CH2SeMe)3}] William Levason, Simon D. Orchard and Gillian Reid, pp 4550 DOI:10.1039/b007487j

Niobium--cyclopentadienyl compounds with imido and amido ligands derived from 2,6-dimethylaniline Martin J. Humphries, Malcolm L. H. Green, Richard E. Douthwaite and Leigh H. Rees, pp 4555 DOI:10.1039/b007178l

Complexes of 2-hydroxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone as models for the TPQ-on form of copper amine oxidases Caroline L. Foster, Xiaoming Liu, Colin A. Kilner, Mark Thornton-Pett and Malcolm A. Halcrow, pp 4563 DOI:10.1039/b006700h

Regiospecific influences of phenyl ring substituents in monoimido complexes of tantalum and tungsten and bis imido complexes of molybdenum Alastair J. Nielson, Mark W. Glenny, Clifton E. F. Rickard and Joyce M. Waters, pp 4569 DOI:10.1039/b006420n

Synthesis, characterisation and coordination chemistry of novel chiral N,N-dialkyl-N-menthyloxycarbonylthioureas. Crystal and molecular structures of N,N-diethyl-N-(-)-(3R)-menthyloxycarbonylthiourea and cis-(S,S)-[Pt(L)Cl(DMSO)] [where HL = N-(+)-(3R)-menthyloxycarbonyl-N-morpholinothiourea or N-benzoyl-N,N-diethylthiourea] Cheryl Sacht, Michael S. Datt, Stefanus Otto and Andreas Roodt, pp 4579 DOI:10.1039/b007589m

Combination of crystal-field dependent and independent paramagnetic NMR hyperfine shift analysis methods for investigating the solution structures of inert self-assembled heterodimetallic d-f supramolecular complexes Stéphane Rigault, Claude Piguet, Gérald Bernardinelli and Gérard Hopfgartner, pp 4587 DOI:10.1039/b007219m

Luminescent gold(I) macrocycles with diphosphine and 4,4-bipyridyl ligands Marie-Claude Brandys, Michael C. Jennings and Richard J. Puddephatt, pp 4601 DOI:10.1039/b005251p

An investigation of 1,4,7-tri(4-alkynyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononanes: ligand synthesis and metal co-ordination chemistry Murray V. Baker, David H. Brown, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, pp 4607 DOI:10.1039/b007324p

Synthesis and molecular structure of 1,12-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(12)-1,12-dithiol, 1,12-(SH)2-1,12-C2B10H10, in the gaseous phase, determined by electron diffraction and ab initio calculations; geometrical consequences of three-dimensional aromaticity in carbaboranes 1,12-X2-1,12-C2B10H10 Drahomír Hnyk, Josef Holub, Matthias Hofmann, Paul von Ragué Schleyer, Heather E. Robertson and David W. H. Rankin, pp 4617 DOI:10.1039/b005827k

Synthesis, structure and redox properties of some 2-(arylazo)phenolate complexes of rhodium(III) Swati Dutta, Shie-Ming Peng and Samaresh Bhattacharya, pp 4623 DOI:10.1039/b005902l

Hydrotris(mesitylpyrazol-1-yl)borate uranium(IV) compounds: synthesis, structure, and ligand isomerization Manuela Silva, Ângela Domingos, António Pires de Matos, Noémia Marques and Swiatoslaw Trofimenko, pp 4628 DOI:10.1039/b007505l

Oligomeric pentafluorophenylboron azides Wolfgang Fraenk, Thomas M. Klapötke, Burkhard Krumm, Heinrich Nöth, Max Suter and Marcus Warchhold, pp 4635 DOI:10.1039/b007626k

Synthesis, structure and properties of new unsymmetrical nickel dithiolene complexes useful as near-infrared dyes Francesco Bigoli, Patrick Cassoux, Paola Deplano, Maria Laura Mercuri, Maria Angela Pellinghelli, Gloria Pintus, Angela Serpe and Emanuele F. Trogu, pp 4639 DOI:10.1039/b006206p

The syntheses of metallomacrocycles containing unsymmetrical bridging ligands and the crystal structures of DL -[Mo{HB(3,5-Me2C3HN2)3}(NO)(OC6H4CH2CH2O-4)]2·2CH2Cl2 and DL -[W{HB(3,5-Me2C3HN2)3}(NO)(OC6H3NO2-4-CH2CH2O-3)]2· CH2Cl2; Timothy E. Berridge, Matthew T. Barton, Thomas A. Hamor, Christopher J. Jones, Ferida S. McQuillan, Keith Paxton and Natalie M. Rowley, pp 4645 DOI:10.1039/b006716o

Isolation, structural and spectroscopic investigations of complexes with tridentate [O,P,O] and [O,O,O] donor ligands Rolf Siefert, Thomas Weyhermüller and Phalguni Chaudhuri, pp 4656 DOI:10.1039/b005693f

pH-metric and NMR studies of the complexation of Zn2+, Cd2+, and Pb2+ with diazacrown ethers having dangling phosphonate groups Martina Peters, Liselotte Siegfried and Thomas A. Kaden, pp 4664 DOI:10.1039/b007412h

Synthesis, redox chemistry and EPR spectroscopy of the mixed-sandwich complexes (-arene)(-cycloheptatrienyl)metal(z+) (M = Cr or Mo; z = 1 or 2): crystal structures of the redox pair [Cr(-C6H5Me)(-C7H6C6H4Me-4)][PF6]n (n = 1 or 2) Roy L. Beddoes, Mark S. Elwell, Frank E. Mabbs, Eric J. L. McInnes, Andrew Roberts, M. Fahad Sarwar and Mark W. Whiteley, pp 4669 DOI:10.1039/b007830l

Syntheses, structure and properties of cobalt-(II) and -(III) complexes of pentadentate N4S ligands with appended pyrazolyl groups: evidence for cobalt(II)-dioxygen reversible binding Sudeep Bhattacharyya, Dipesh Ghosh, Suman Mukhopadhyay, William P. Jensen, Edward R. T. Tiekink and Muktimoy Chaudhury, pp 4677 DOI:10.1039/b005906o

Metal-assisted coupling of oximes and nitriles: a synthetic, structural and theoretical study Maxim L. Kuznetsov, Nadezhda A. Bokach, Vadim Yu. Kukushkin, Tapani Pakkanen, Gabriele Wagner and Armando J. L. Pombeiro, pp 4683 DOI:10.1039/b006168i

Iron, cobalt and vanadium complexes of the N(CH2CH2S)33- ligand with chloride, azide, cyanide and carbonyl co-ligands Sian C. Davies, Marcus C. Durrant, David L. Hughes, Raymond L. Richards and J. Roger Sanders, pp 4694 DOI:10.1039/b006591i