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Canadian Journal Revue canadienne de of Chemistry chimie Contents Sommaire Volume 81, 2003 Volume 81, 2003 January / Janvier ARTICLES / ARTICLES Jean-Claude Brodovitch, Brenda Addison-Jones, Khashayar Ghandi, Iain McKenzie, Paul W. Percival, and Joachim Schiith Free radicals formed by H(Mu) addition to fluoranthene Hongbing Fu, Debao Xiao, Ruimin Xie, Xuehai Ji, and Jian-Nian Yao Formation of the charge-transfer exciton in 1,3,5-triphenyl-2-pyrazoline nanocrystals Cory C. Pye, James D. Xidos, D. Jean Burnell, and Raymond A. Poirier An ab initio study of conformations and IR spectra of 5-substituted 1,3-cyclopentadienes Giiler Somer, Gilbeniz Guliyeva, Giller Ekmekci, and Olcay Sendil Simultaneous determination of copper, lead, cadmium, zinc, and selenium in cow liver by differential pulse polarography Christopher Owen Bender, Douglas Dolman, Jeremy Christian Foesier, Sherry Lee Lawson, and Kathryn Elvia Preuss The differing mechanisms of photo-formation of 7-cyanobenzocyclooctatetraene from 7- and 6-cyano-2,3- benzobicyclo[4.2.0]octa-2,4,7-triene Salma Shirin, Erwin Buncel, and Gary W. vanLoon The use of B-cyclodextrins to enhance the aqueous solubility of trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene and their removal from soil organic matter: Effect of substituents Erwin Buncel, Ruby Nagelkerke, and Gregory R.J. Thatcher Alkali metal ion catalysis in nucleophilic displacement by ethoxide ion on p-nitrophenyl phenylphosphonate: Evidence for multiple metal ion catalysis Qing-Wen Shi, Tracy L. Petzke, Francoise Sauriol, Orval Mamer, and Lolita O. Zamir Taxanes in rooted cuttings vs. mature Japanese yew Carmela R. Jackson Lepage, Lynn Mihichuk, and Donald G. Lee The oxidation of sulfides by chromium(V) Claude Spino, Bryan Hill, Pascal Dubé, and Stéphane Gingras A diene-transmissive approach to the quassinoid skeleton Jiri J. Krepinsky, Gabor P. Kandel, Ka Sing Yeung, Jacek Chociej, Min Chen, Gideon Cohen, Stephen P. Douglas, Rudolf Furrer, Vishal Kukreti, Niculina Lupescu, Enoka Richens, and Keith L. Tanner From T- antigen to plasmalogen-derived aldehydes: The identification of a marker of colorectal cancer in human rectal mucous R6za Antkowiak, Wieslaw Z. Antkowiak, Izabela Banczyk, Lucyna Mikolajezyk A new phenolic metabolite, involutone, isolated from the mushroom Paxillus involutus Instructions to Authors / Recommendations aux auteurs Notes for authors of papers presenting the results of X-ray crystal structure analyses / Recommandations aux auteurs d’articles décrivant la détermination de structures par diffraction des rayons X Author Index / Index des auteurs February / Février ARTICLES / ARTICLES Yu-Mei Xing, Lan Chen, Chong Zhang, Zun-Sheng Cai, and Xue-Zhuang Zhao Semiclassical and quantum- mechanical study of the reaction mechanism for the N> + N,* electron transfer system Celia K. Williams, William C. Galley, and G. Ronald Brown The influence of competing factors on the endothermic nature of bile salt binding by cationic adsorbent Jianhua Hu, Charles A. Haynes, Amy H.Y. Wu, Candy M.W. Cheung, Mark M. Chen, Eric G.M. Yee, Takehiko Ichioka, Keiko Nishikawa, Peter Westh, and Yoshikata Koga Chemical potential and concentration fluctuation in some aqueous alkane-mono-ols at 25 °C © 2003 NRC Canada C-2 Can. J. Chem. Vol. 81 Yoshikata Koga, Peter Westh, and Keiko Nishikawa Excess partial molar entropy of alkane-mono-ols in aqueous solutions at 25 °C Tian Zhu, Hou-min Chang, and John F. Kadla A new method for the preparation of peroxymonophosphoric acid Mehrdad Ebadi Electrocatalytic oxidation and flow amperometric detection of hydrazine on a dinuclear ruthenium phthalocyanine-modified electrode Glen G. Briand, Tristram Chivers, and Masood Parvez The relative stabilities of PhE(NH-t-Bu), and PhE(u-N-t- Bu) EPh (E = As, Sb, and Bi): X-ray structures of {Li,[PhAs(N-t-Bu)>]}. and PhE(u-N-t-Bu),EPh (E = Sb, Bi) Stefan Karolczak, Hugh A. Gillis, Gerald B. Porter, and David C. Walker Solvent-dependent rate constants of muonium atom reactions David N. Glew Aqueous nonelectrolyte solutions. Part XIX. Congruent dissociation melting point and the formula of structure II methane hydrate Robert I. Haines and Dean R. Hutchings Outer-sphere electron transfer reactions of aqua(5,5,7,12,12,14-hexa- methyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-1-acetato) nickel(If) and (IIT) R.R. Martin, S.J. Naftel, T.K. Sham, B. Hart, and M.A. Powell XANES of chromium in sludges used as soil ameliorants Author Index / Index des auteurs March / Mars ARTICLES / ARTICLES Kankan Bhaumik and K.G. Akamanchi Nitroarene reduction using Raney nickel alloy with ammonium chloride in water David C. Walker, Stefan Karolczak, Hugh A. Gillis, and Gerald B. Porter Hot model of muonium formation in liquids Girija S. Chaubey, Simi Das, and Mahendra K. Mahanti Kinetics of oxidation of o,B-unsaturated aldehydes by quinolinium dichromate Lucie Masciello and Pierre G. Potvin One-pot synthesis of terpyridines and macrocyclization to C3-symmetric cyclosexipyridines Trevor M. Bergteldt, William L. Waltz, Xiangrong Xu, Petr Sedl4k, Uwe Dreyer, Hermann Mockel, Jochen Lilie, and John W. Stephenson Photobehavior of aqueous uranyl ion and photo-oxygenation of isobutane using light from the visible region G.A. Glowa and J.C. Wren Aqueous-gas phase partitioning and hydrolysis of organic iodides Takehiko Yamato, Tsuyoshi Furukawa, Kan Tanaka, Tsutomu Ishi-i, and Masashi Tashiro Medium-sized cyclophanes. Part 62: Formylation of anti-[n.2]metacyclophanes — Through-space electronic interactions between two benzene rings Hua-Ping Zhang, Shao-Hua Wu, Yue-Mao Shen, Yun-Bao Ma, Da-Gang Wu, Shu-Hua Qi, and Xiao-Dong Luo A pentanortriterpenoid with a novel carbon skeleton and a new pregnane from Trichilia connaroides Francois Laplante, Louis Brossard, and Hugues Ménard Considerations about phenol electrohydrogenation on electrodes made with reticulated vitreous carbon cathode Author Index / Index des auteurs April / Avril ARTICLES / ARTICLES Shizheng Zhu, Yong Xu, and Guifang Jin A novel synthesis of N-fluoroalkanesulfonylamidines using a three- component reaction Liliya G. Nikolcheva, Christopher M. Vogels, R. Alexandra Stefan, Hanni A. Darwish, Stephen J. Duffy, Robert J. Ireland, Andreas Decken, Robert H.E. Hudson, and Stephen A. Westcott Synthesis and in vitro reactivity of cis-dichloro(pyridin-2-ylcarboxaldimine)platinum(II) complexes with DNA © 2003 NRC Canada Can. J. Chem. Vol. 81, 2003 Gang Wu, Alan Wong, and Suning Wang Solid-state >*Mg NMR, X-ray crystallographic, and quantum mechanical study of bis(pyridine)(5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrinato)magnesium(II) John A. Findlay, Guogqiang Li, J. David Miller, and Taiwo O. Womiloju Insect toxins from spruce endophytes Amitabh Jha and Jonathan R. Dimmock Convenient, tandem and one-reaction vessel synthesis of mixed dialkylated 2-naphthols from 2-tetralone El Habib Ait Addi, Lahcen Bazzi, Mostafa Hilali, El Alami Zine, Rachid Salghi et Souad El Issami Corrosion et passivation de |’étain dans un milieu simulé a une eau industrielle Yang Zhao, Jianji Wang, Xiaopeng Xuan, and Ruisen Lin Volumetric studies of ion solvation in propylene carbonate + N,N-dimethylformamide electrolyte solutions Chang-Heng Tan, Xiao-Qiang Ma, Guo-Fu Chen, and Da-Yuan Zhu Huperzines S, T, and U: New Lycopodium alkaloids from Huperzia serrata Juan Antonio Gonzalez, Susana Villa, Nicolas Riesco, Isaias Garcia de la Fuente, and José Carlos Cobos Thermodynamics of mixtures containing alkoxyethanols: Part XVII — ERAS characterization of alkoxyethanol + alkane systems AWARD LECTURE / CONFERENCE D’HONNEUR Michael C. Baird Catalysis by organotransition metal compounds: Synergism between the pure and the applied ERRATUM / ERRATUM Qing-Wen Shi, Tracy L. Petzke, Francoise Sauriol, Orval Mamer, and Lolita O. Zamir Erratum: Taxanes in rooted cuttings vs. mature Japanese yew Author Index / Index des auteurs May / Mai AWARD LECTURE / CONFERENCE D’HONNEUR Amer Almadidy, James Watterson, Paul A.E. Piunno, Inge V. Foulds, Paul A. Horgen, and Ulrich Krull A fibre-optic biosensor for detection of microbial contamination ARTICLES / ARTICLES Neculai Doru Miron, Patrice Woisel, Georgiana G. Surpateanu, Gérard Vergoten, Ludovic Depature, and Gheorghe Surpateanu Benzotriazolium ylides: Experimental and theoretical study on the tautomeric equilibrium of monosubstituted benzotriazolium ylides Ignacio Gascon, Santiago Martin, Beatriz Giner, Marta Haro, and Carlos Lafuente Experimental values and ERAS model calculations for excess molar volumes and enthalpies of the ternary system 2-butanol + 1,3-dioxolane + cyclohexane Jonathan Watts, Jestis Jiménez-Barbero, Ana Poveda, and T. Bruce Grindley Control of disaccharide conformation by 1-stacking Jean-Hugues Fournier, Xin Wang, and James D. Wuest Derivatives of tetraphenylmethane and tetraphenylsilane: Synthesis of new tetrahedral building blocks for molecular construction Fen Xu, Xu Zhang, Jun Lu, Wang Xi, Jie Hong, and Yi Xie y-Irradiation route to photoluminescent CdS—CdSe with core-shell nanostructures under ambient conditions F. Blanchard, B. Carré, F. Bonhomme, P. Biensan, and D. Lemordant Solubility of carbon dioxide in alkylcarbonates and lactones J. Garcia, E.R. Lopez, M.J.P. Comuiias, L. Lugo, and J. Fernandez UNIFAC calculation of thermodynamic properties of binary |-chloroalkane + alkane and o,@-dichloroalkane + alkane mixtures: Comparison with Nitta— Chao and DISQUAC predictions Qing-Wen Shi, Anastasia Nikolakakis, Francoise Sauriol, Orval Mamer, and Lolita O. Zamir Canadensenes: Natural and semi-synthetic analogues Author Index / Index des auteurs © 2003 NRC Canada G4 Can. J. Chem. Vol. 81, 2003 June / Juin This issue is dedicated to Professor Donald R. Arnold /C e tirage est dédié au Professeur Donald R. Arnold Dedication / Dédicace Tribute / Hommage ARTICLES / ARTICLES J.A. Pincock The 30 year anniversary of a seminal paper on radical ions in solution (Radical ions in photochemistry. I. The 1,1-diphenylethylene cation radical) Lars Meyer, Nacira Alouane, Kerstin Schmidt, and Paul Margaretha Photocycloaddition of cyclohex-2-enones to acrylonitrile Rick R. Strickler, John M. Motto, Craig C. Humber, and Adrian L. Schwan Stereospecific Grignard reactions of cholesteryl 1-alkenesulfinate esters. Application of the Andersen Protocol to the preparation of non-racemic o,B- unsaturated sulfoxides Arvi Rauk, Russell J. Boyd, Susan L. Boyd, David J. Henry, and Leo Radom Alkoxy radicals in the gaseous phase: B-scission reactions and formation by radical addition to carbonyl compounds Erwin Buncel, Julian M. Dust, Richard A. Manderville, and Richard M. Tarkka Regioselectivity of Meisenheimer complexation in reaction of oxygen-centred nucleophiles with picryl aryl ethers: Polar vs. SET mechanisms L.R.C. Barclay, M.-C. Basque, and M.R. Vinqvist Singlet-oxygen reactions sensitized on solid surfaces of lignin or titanium dioxide: Product studies from hindered secondary amines and from lipid peroxidation Lijuan Li, Nada Reginato, Michael Urschey, Mark Stradiotto, and John D. Liarakos The synthesis and structural characterization of linear and macrocyclic bis(dinitrosyliron) complexes supported by bis(phosphine) bridging ligands Ernest M. Prokopchuk and Richard J. Puddephatt Dimethylplatinum(IV) chemistry: Stannyl, hydride, hydroxide, and aqua complexes Arnold J. Kell, Christopher C. Montcalm, and Mark S. Workentin Photogeneration of a diene template for surface Diels—Alder reactions: Photoenolization of an ortho-methyl-benzophenone-modified Au cluster Graham Gibson, Alexei A. Neverov, and R.S. Brown Potentiometric titration of metal ions in methanol Hussein Al-Mughaid, T. Bruce Grindley, Katherine N. Robertson, and T. Stanley Cameron New potential dendritic cores: Selective chemistry of dipentaerythritol Howard E. Zimmerman and Pengfei Wang An unusual abnormal Wolff rearrangement Jeff L. Langeland and Nick H. Werstiuk An ab initio and AIM study on the decomposition of phosphite ozonides Robin A. Cox, David Y.K. Fung, Imre G. Csizmadia, and Erwin Buncel An ab initio molecular orbital study of the geometry of the dicationic Wallach rearrangement intermediate Petar M. Mitrasinovic Acrylonitrile (AN)—Cuo(100) interfaces: Electron distribution and nature of bonded interactions Axel G. Griesbeck and Samir Bondock Photo aldol reactions with 5-methoxyoxazoles: Highly regio- and diastereoselective synthesis of o-amino B-hydroxy carboxylic acid derivatives Laura Cermenati, Maurizio Fagnoni, and Angelo Albini TiO -photocatalyzed reactions of some benzylic donors Dustin Levy and Bradley R. Arnold Application of time-resolved linear dichroism spectroscopy: Intensity borrowing in charge transfer complex absorption spectra H.J. Peter de Lijser, Jason S. Kim, Suzanne M. McGrorty, and Erin M. Ulloa Substituent effects in oxime radical cations. 1. Photosensitized reactions of acetophenone oximes James Morrison, Peter Wan, John E.T. Corrie, and V. Ranjit N. Munasinghe Chemistry of photogenerated o- hydroxy-p-nitrobenzyl carbanions in aqueous solution: protonation vs. disproportionation Malgorzata Daw ind John Warkentin Intramolecular reactions of dialkoxycarbenes with a carbonyl group Y. Chiang, A.J. Kresge, and H.-Q. Zhan Generation of 6-methylene-2,4-cyclohexadienylideneketene by flash photolysis of benzocyclobutenone in aqueous solution and study of the reactions of this ketene in that medium © 2003 NRC Canada Can. J. Chem. Vol. 81, 2003 T. Stanley Cameron, Jason A.C. Clyburne, Pramod K. Dubey, J. Stuart Grossert, K. Ramaiah, J. Ramanatham, and Sergei V. Sereda Compounds of chromium(VI): The pyridine — chromic anhydride complex, benzimidazolinium dichromate, and three 2-alkyl-1H-benzimidazolinium dichromates M. Warrier, Lakshmi S. Kaanumalle, and V. Ramamurthy Alkali metal ion controlled product selectivity during photorearrangements of l-naphthyl phenyl acylates and dibenzyl ketones within zeolites Lisa Agocs, Glen G. Briand, Neil Burford, Melanie D. Eelman, Nadia Aumeerally, Deanna MacKay, Katherine N. Robertson, and T. Stanley Cameron A generally applicable synthetic approach for heteroleptic thiolate complexes of bismuth James F. King, Manging Li, Allan Zijun Cheng, Yinod Dave, and Nicholas C. Payne Variation of the ease of a- sulfonyl carbanion formation with the orientation of different B-substituents: Experimental evidence for the generality of negative hyperconjugation as an important substituent effect Melanie A. O’Neill and Frances L. Cozens Influence of alkali metal cations on the photoheterolysis of 9- cyclopropyl-9-fluorenol and the reactivity of the 9-cyclopropyl-9-fluorenyl cation in non-acidic zeolites Wen-Shan Li, Lokman Torun, and Harry Morrison Intramolecular sensitization within steroids: Excited-state interaction of C-17 & and B carbon—bromine bonds with a C-6 carbonyl group Kevin McMahon and Peter J. Wagner Intramolecular photosensitization of the pinene—ocimene rearrangement Jack Sailtiel, Govindarajan Krishnamoorthy, Zhennian Huang, Dong-Hoon Ko, and Shujun Wang Stereoselective O>-induced photoisomerization of all-trans-1,6-diphenyl-1!,3,5-hexatriene Bruce H.O. Cook and William J. Leigh The effect of central bond torsional mobility on the Rydberg state ring opening of alkylcyclobutenes Heidi M. Muchall, Petrina R.N. Kamya, and Jean Lessard The conformational behaviour of methylenecyclohexanes revisited Huda Henry-Riyad and Thomas T. Tidwell Cyclization of 5-hexenyl radicals from nitroxy! radical additions to 4- pentenylketenes and from the acyloin reaction John R. Scheffer and Kodumuru Vishnumurthy The photochemistry of trans-1,4,4,4-tetraphenylbut-2-en-1-one: A highly efficient aryl migration (type B) enone photorearrangement J.C. Roberts and J.A. Pincock The photochemistry of 1-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-methoxypheny])ethyl ethanoate in alcohol solvents: A search for carbocation rearrangements Robert M. Borg, Danielle Franke, and Adrian Vella The photo-NOCAS reaction: Trapping an intermediate Katherine N. Robertson, Osvald Knop, and T. Stanley Cameron C-H---H-C interactions in organoammonium tetraphenylborates: another look at dihydrogen bonds Deepak Shukla, Guanghua Liu, Joseph P. Dinnocenzo, and Samir Farid Controlling parameters for radical cation fragmentation reactions: Origin of the intrinsic barrier Huiying Li and Douglas C. Neckers Metallocene-catalyzed olefin polymerizations using triphenylcyclopropenium tetrakis(pentafluoropheny])borate as the activator Bi-Zeng Zhan, Mary Anne White, James A. Pincock, Katherine N. Robertson, T. Staniey Cameron, and Tsun- Kong Sham Oxidation of cyclohexane using a novel RuO,—zeolite nanocomposite catalyst Frederick D. Lewis and Todd L. Kurth Intramolecular excimer fluorescence from folded ground state rotamers of N,N dimethyl-N,N’-dipyrenylurea protophanes Ian R. Gould, Stephen A. Godleski, Paul A. Zielinski, and Samir Farid Aminosilanes as two-electron donors: A technological application of radical cation chemistry Guilford Jones II, Xiaochun Wang, and Jinggiu Hu Photochemistry of rhodamine dye salts involving intra-ion- pair electron transfer N.P. Schepp and Y. Rodriguez-Evora Generation and reactivity of the radical cations of coniferyl alcohol and isoeugenol in solution Zaiguo Li, Huy Chiu, and Andrei G. Kutateladze Photolabile calixarene-based rosette Author Index / Index des auteurs © 2003 NRC Canada C-6 Can. J. Chem. Vol. 81, 2003 July / Juillet AWARD LECTURE / CONFERENCE D’HONNEUR Derrick L.J. Clive, Paulo W.M. Sgarbi, Xiao He, Shaoyi Sun, Junhu Zhang, and Ligong Ou Synthetic studies related to CP-225,917 ARTICLES / ARTICLES Chunlin Ma, Qin Jiang, and Rufen Zhang Synthesis and characterization of a linked, m-1 stacked organotin compound of 2-mercapto-6-nitrobenzothiazoly! diphenyltin chloride with 2-ethoxyl-6-nitrobenzothiazole B. Quintero, M.C. Cabeza, M.I. Martinez, P. Gutiérrez, and P.J. Martinez Dediazoniation of p-hydroxy and p- nitrobenzenediazonium ions in an aqueous medium: Interference by the chelating agent diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid Luis Lugo, Maria J.P. Comunas, Enriqueta R. Lépez, Josefa Garcia, and Josefa Fernandez Pressure and temperature dependence of the excess thermodynamic properties of binary dimethyl carbonate + n-octane mixtures J.M. Ball, J.C. Wren, and J.R. Mitchell The dissolution of organic solvents from Amerlock 400 epoxy paint Xiao-Feng He, Christopher M. Vogels, Andreas Decken, and Stephen A. Westcott 2-Thiophen-2-ylbenzothiazole, -benzoxazole, and -benzimidazole platinum complexes Elaheh K. Goharshadi, Mina JamiAlahmadi, and Bijan Najafi Determination of potential energy functions of argon, krypton, and xenon via the inversion of reduced-viscosity collision integrals at zero pressure Felipe A. Leal, Ivan M. Lorkovic, Peter C. Ford, Jonghyuk Lee, Li Chen, Lindsey Torres, Masood A. Khan, and George B. Richter-Addo Synthesis, characterization, and molecular structures of nitrosyl nitrito complexes of osmium porphyrins: Disproportionation of nitric oxide in its reaction with Os(P)(CO) (P = porphyrinato dianion) Author Index / Index des auteurs August / Aoiait ARTICLES / ARTICLES Souad Souirti and Michel Baboulene A new class of bolaforms bearing sulfobetaine and cationic heads: Synthesis and aggregation properties M.M. Ghoneim and A. Tawfik Voltammetric studies and assay of the anti-inflammatory drug ketoprofen in pharmaceutical formulation and human plasma at a mercury electrode Pius Kipkemboi, Ali Khan, Bjorn Lindman, and Viveka Alfredsson Phase behaviour and structure of amphiphilic poly(ethylene oxide)—poly(propylene oxide) triblock copolymers ((EO)4(PO)59(EO)4 and (EO),7(PO)59(EO),7) in ternary mixtures with water and xylene Paulina Montana, Nora Pappano, Nora Debattista, Vicente Avila, Ariana Posadaz, Sonia G. Bertolotti, and Norman A. Garcia The activity of 3- and 7-hydroxyflavones as scavengers of superoxide radical anion generated from photo-excited riboflavin Saul Wolfe, Christiana Akuche, Stephen Ro, Marie-Claire Wilson, Chan-Kyung Kim, and Zheng Shi 5- Hydroxy[1,2]oxazinan-3-ones as potential carbapenem and p-ala-p-ala surrogates Saul Wolfe, Marie-Claire Wilson, Ming-Huei Cheng, Gennady V. Shustov, and Christiana I. Akuche Cyclic hydroxamates, especially multiply substituted [1,2]oxazinan-3-ones Author Index / Index des auteurs September / Septembre ARTICLES / ARTICLES Cristina Maria P. Santos, Roberto B. Faria, Wagner B. De Almeida, Juan O. Machuca-Herrera, and Sérgio P. Machado Geometrical and vibrational DFT studies of HOBr-(H,O),, clusters (n = 1-4) Latifa Latrous El Atrache and Sadok Sabbah Determination of phenyl-N-methylcarbamates and their hydrolysis products in water, using solid-phase extraction and reversed-phase liquid chromatography with UV and electrospray mass spectrometric detection © 2003 NRC Canada Can. J. Chem. Vol. 81, 2003 Jamil Ahmad, Florence Bothata-Nareetsile, and Clifford A.L. Becker Cyclic voltammetric studies of tris(alkylisocyanide)bis(triarylphosphine)cobalt(II) and tris(alkylisocyanide )bis(triarylphosphine)cobalt(I1) complexes exhibiting synthetic interconvertability Qingqi Chen and David Dolphin 3,3’-Dipyrroly! suifides, useful building blocks for the syntheses of macrocycles 988 containing dipyrromethene units X.H. Li The extended hyper-Wiener index 992 Sasmita Tripathy, Ranga Reddy, and Tony Durst Preparation of bezocyclobutenols by low temperature reaction of 997 ketone enolates with benzynes Stéphane Trudeau and Pierre Deslongchamps Novel synthesis of a highly functionalized cyclopropane derivative 1003 Zbigniew Paweika and Therese Zeegers-Huyskens Alkyl! substituent effect on the polarity of phenols—tri-n- 1012 alkylamine complexes Jian Liang, Haiying Fu, Yu Liu, Li Wang, Zhifeng Ye, and Xianfa Shi Synthesis and molecular recognition of the 1019 uridine-containing derivative of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene Malgorzata Dawid, Grzegorz Mloston, Darren L. Reid, and John Warkentin Reactions of dimethoxycarbene 1025 with thiocarbonyl compounds Roman Bielski and Michal Tencer Macroscopically chiral system of three independent orientational effects as a 1029 condition for absolute asymmetric synthesis Author Index / Index des auteurs Al-1 October / Octobre ARTICLES / ARTICLES Francois Laplante, Nicolas-Alexandre Bouchard, Patrick Dubé, Hugues Ménard, and Louis Brossard The adsorption of cyclohexanone on aluminum oxide — hydroxide powders in relation to its electrocatalytic hydrogenation Zhirong Zhu, Ruan Tain, and Colin Rhodes A study of the decomposition behaviour of 12-tungstophosphate heteropolyacid in solution Kevin B. Thurbide and Brad W. Cooke Supercritical argon as a mobile phase for the flame photometric detection of sulfur COMMUNICATION / COMMUNICATION Prashant U. Naik, Susheel J. Nara, Jitendra R. Harjani, and Manikrao M. Salunkhe An ionic liquid mediated Friedel-Crafts addition of arenes to isothiocyanates ARTICLES / ARTICLES Emily R. Yourd and Julian F. Tyson Comparison of supported liquid membranes and solid-phase extraction for 1061 quantitative removal of lead from aqueous solutions Chunlin Ma, Junhong Zhang, and Rufen Zhang Syntheses, characterization, and X-ray crystal structures of 1070 diorganotin(I[V) derivatives of 2-pyridinethiolato-N-oxide Ernesto Rivera, Michel Belletéte, Almeria Natansohn, and Gilles Durocher Synthesis, characterization, and 1076 optical properties of a novel azo-dye bearing an oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether side chain in solution and in the solid state J.A. Pincock and I.S. Young The photochemistry of indenyl alcohols and esters: Substituent effects on the 1083 competition between ion- and radical-derived products Tanya Tsoncheva, Radostin Nickolov, Svetoslava Vankova, and Dimitar Mehandjievy CuO — activated carbon 1096 catalysts for methanol decomposition to hydrogen and carbon monoxide Robert C. Mawhinney, Heidi M. Muchall, and Jean Lessard A theoretical analysis of the conformational 1101 behaviour of substituted methylenecyclohexanes Luc Bouchard, Ian Marcotte, Jean Marc Chapuzet, and Jean Lessard Electroreduction of 1-methyl 5-nitroindole, 1108 5-nitrobenzofurane, and 5-nitrobenzothiophene in acidic and basic hydroorganic media: Generation and trapping of iminoquinone-type intermediates and electrosynthesis of ring-substituted amino derivatives © 2003 NRC Canada C-8 Can. J. Chem. Vol. 81, 2003 E. Lewars Orthogonene: A computational study of a strongly twisted alkene 1119 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS / AJOUTS ET CORRECTIONS Jian Liang, Haiying Fu, Yu Liu, Li Wang, Zhifeng Ye, and Xianfa Shi Additions and corrections: Synthesis and molecular recognition of the uridine-containing derivative of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene Author Index / Index des auteurs November / Novembre This issue is dedicated to Professor John Harrod / Ce tirage est dédié au Professeur John Harrod Dedication / Dédicace Tribute / Hommage ARTICLES / ARTICLES Jay D. Feldman, Gregory P. Mitchell, Jorn-Oliver Nolte, and T. Don Tilley Synthesis and study of platinum silylene complexes of the type (R3P),Pt=SiMes, (Mes = 2,4,6-trimethylpheny]) Kevin S. Cook, Warren E. Piers, Brian O. Patrick, and Robert McDonald Isocyanide insertion reactions into the Ta—C bonds of cationic and zwitterionic tantalocenes Javier Sanchez-Nieves, Brian T. Sterenberg, Konstantin A. Udachin, and Arthur J. Carty The formation of mixed metal aminophosphinidene clusters via reactions of terminal chloroaminophosphido complexes with Co(CO)< N. Soheilnia, E. Dashjav, and H. Kleinke Band-gap tuning by solid-state intercalations of Mg, Ni, and Cu into Mo;Sb, Adrian G. Brook and Abraha Habtemariam Insertion reactions of nitrosobenzene and ketenes into silaaziridines Bruno Larue, Lan-Tam Tran, Dominique Luneau, and Christian Reber Crystal structures, magnetic properties, and absorption spectra of nickel(II) thiocyanato complexes: a comparison of different coordination geometries Laura E. Harrington, James F. Britten, and Michael J. McGlinchey Ferrocenyl-penta-(§-naphthyl)benzene — Synthesis, structure, and dynamic behaviour Jordan M. Geller, Ian S. Butler, Denis F.R. Gilson, Frederick G. Morin, Ivor Wharf, and F. Bélanger-Gariépy X-ray diffraction and solid-state ''?Sn CP-MAS NMR studies of some triaryltin(IV) chlorides Christopher M. Ong, Michael C. Jennings, and Richard J. Puddephatt The mechanism of protonolysis of phenylplatinum(II) bonds in complexes with phenyl trans to nitrogen or carbon donors Frank J. LaRonde and Michael A. Brook Allylation of aldehydes catalyzed by chiral N,N’-bis(N-methyl-2- methylene-4,5-bisphenyl-imidazole)-1,2-cyclohexane diamine rhodium(II]) complexes Genevieve Cerveau, Sabrina Chappellet, Robert J.P. Corriu, and Bertrand Dabiens Synthesis, characterization, and polycondensation of new stable o,@-organo(bis-silanediols) Hans-Uwe Steinberger, Christian Bauch, Thomas Miiller, and Norbert Auner A metal-free catalytic intramolecular hydrosilylation Adam J. Dickie, Ashok K. Kakkar, and Michael A. Whitehead Molecular modelling of self-assembled alkyny] monolayer structures — Unnatural symmetry units, surface bonding, and topochemical polymerization Hisako Hashimoto, Yumiko Sekiguchi, Yohei Sekiguchi, Takeaki Iwamoto, Chizuko Kabuto, and Mistuo Kira Comparison of structures between platinum and palladium complexes of at etrasilyldisilene Pascal Mongrain and Pierre D. Harvey Wide-rim functionalization of calix[4]arene: The di- and tetraisocyanocalix[4]arene assembling ligands and their silver(I) polymers and oligomers Timo Hagemeister, Peter Jutzi, Anja Stammler, and Hans-Georg Stammler Chiral silicon-bridged 2-(N,N- dialkylamino)ethyl-substituted indenes as potential precursors for ansa-zirconocenes Salete L. Queiroz, Alzir A. Batista, Marcio P. de Araujo, Roberto C. Bianchini, Glaucius Oliva, Javier Ellena, and Brian R. James Dichloro(diphosphine)(2-pyridyl-ketone)ruthenium(Il) complexes Russell P. Hughes, Antony J. Ward, Arnold L. Rheingold, and Lev N. Zakharov Synthesis and molecular structures of platinum(II) and platinum(IV) diimine complexes possessing fluoroalky] ligands © 2003 NRC Canada Can. J. Chem. Vol. 81, 2003 David B. Llewellyn and Bruce A. Arndtsen The use of a chiral borate counteranion as a 'H NMR shift reagent for cationic copper(I) complexes D. Scott Bohle, Andrew D. Kosar, and Peter W. Stephens The reversible hydration of the malaria pigment B- hematin Bogdan Marciniec, Paulina Biazejewska-Chadyniak, and Maciej Kubicki Synthesis, first structures, and catalytic activity of the monomeric rhodium(I)-siloxide phosphine complexes Frédéric-Georges Fontaine, René-Viet Nguyen, and Davit Zargarian Hydrosilylation of alkenes and ketones catalyzed by nickel(II) indenyl complexes Tristram Chivers and Gabriele Schatte Cadmium complexes of the tripodal [Te(N-t-Bu)3]*~ dianion and the HgCl, adduct of a tellurium diimide dimer Reinhold Tacke, Riidiger Bertermann, Andreas Biller, Christian Burschka, and Martin Penka Chemistry of zwitterionic penta-coordinate silicon compounds of the (ammoniomethy])bis[glycolato(2—)-O!,O7]silicate type in aqueous and nonaqueous solution Francois Baril-Robert and André L. Beauchamp Preparation and electronic properties of rhenium(V) complexes with diphenylphosphinoethane Alan Richard Bassindale, David John Parker, Peter Geoffrey Taylor, and Alison Claire Watt Structural elucidations of Tg and Qs silsesquioxane cages containing two types of pendant group using ??Si NMR spectroscopy Masaaki Okazaki, Jim Josephus Gabrillo Minglana, Nobukazu Yamahira, Hiromi Tobita, and Hiroshi Ogino Synthesis, structure, and reactivity of hydridobis(silylene)ruthenium(IV)—xantsil complexes (xantsil = (9,9- dimethylxanthene-4,5-diyl)bis(dimethylsilyl)) — A stabilized form of key intermediates in the catalytic oligomerization—deoligomerization of hydrosilanes Christel Gervais, Florence Babonneau, Lutz Ruwisch, Ralf Hauser, and Ralf Riedel Solid-state NMR investigations of the polymer route to SiBCN ceramics Rafael Jiménez, J. Merced Martinez-Rosales, and Jorge Cervantes The activity of Pt/SiO, catalysts obtained by the sol-gel method in the hydrosilylation of l-alkynes Michael D. Fryzuk, James R. Corkin, and Brian O. Patrick Reduction of hafnium(IV) complexes in the presence of molecular nitrogen: Attempts to form dinitrogen complexes of the heaviest group 4 element Teresita Munguia, Ioana S. Pavel, Ramesh N. Kapoor, Francisco Cervantes-Lee, Laszl6é Parkanyi, and Keith H. Pannell Lewis acidity of group 14 elements toward intramolecular sulfur in ortho-aryl-thioanisoles Hu Cai, Xianghua Yu, Tianniu Chen, Xue-Tai Chen, Xiao-Zeng You, and Ziling Xue Synthesis and characterization of tantalum(V) metallaheterocycle (Me,N);TaN(SiMe3)SiMe>,CH, and chloro-mixed-amide (Me3N)3Ta(Cl[N(SiMe3)> Yoon Joo Lee and Tak Hang Chan Organometallic reactions in aqueous media — Bismuth-mediated crossed aldol type reactions Kumar Vanka, Zhitao Xu, and Tom Ziegler A combined density functional theory and molecular mechanics (QM/MM) study of single site ethylene polymerization catalyzed by [Cp{ NC(t-Bu),}TiR*] in the presence of the counterion (CH;B(C,F;)3~) Author Index / Index des auteurs December / Décembre ARTICLES / ARTICLES Michael P. Shaver, Robert K. Thomson, Brian O. Patrick, and Michael D. Fryzuk Vanadium and niobium diamidophosphine complexes and their reactivity Wojciech Czardybon, Arkadiusz Klys, John Warkentin, and Nick Henry Werstiuk 2-Acetoxy-2-methoxy-5,5- dimethyl-A>-1,3,4-oxadiazoline and acetoxy(methoxy)carbene David N. Glew Aqueous nonelectrolyte solutions — Part XX: Formula of structure | methane hydrate, congruent dissociation melting point, and formula of the metastable hydrate J.A. Gonzalez, U. Domanska, and J. Lachwa Thermodynamics of binary mixtures containing a very strongly polar compound — Part 3: DISQUAC characterization of NMP + organic solvent mixtures Jaakko I. Partanen, Pekka M. Juusola, Pentti O. Minkkinen, and Virginie Verraes Determination of the second stoichiometric dissociation constants of glycine in aqueous sodium or potassium chloride solutions at 298.15 K © 2003 NRC Canada C-10 Can. J. Chem. Vol. 81, 2003 Silke Courtenay, Pingrong Wei, and Douglas W. Stephan The syntheses and structures of lithium phosphinimide 1471 and phosphinimine complexes Olga S. Herrera, Jorge D. Nieto, Silvia I. Lane, and Elena V. Oexler The gas-phase reaction of the CF; radical 1477 with thiophene Tosha M. Barclay, Ignacio del Rio, Robert A. Gossage, and Sarah M. Jackson Oxazoline chemistry — Part IV: 1482 Synthesis and characterization of oxazoline complexes of the zinc halides Charlisa R. Daniels, Amanda K. Charlton, Rhiannon M. Wold, William E. Acree, Jr., and Michael H. Abraham 1492 Thermochemical behavior of dissolved carboxylic acid solutes: Solubilities of 3-methylbenzoic acid and 4- chlorobenzoic acid in organic solvents ERRATUM / ERRATUM Kevin S. Cook, Warren E. Piers, Brian O. Patrick, and Robert McDonald Erratum: Isocyanide insertion reactions into the Ta—C bonds of cationic and zwitterionic tantalocenes Note of appreciation / Note de reconnaissance Author Index / Index des auteurs Contents for Volume 81 / Sommaire pour volume 81 © 2003 NRC Canada