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JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY VOLUME 478, NUMBERS 1-2, SEPTEMBER 20, 1994 Contents Introduction (D.M.P. Mingos) Bonding analysis of electron-rich bridged mixed main-group/transition metal tetrahedral M,E, organometallic clusters S. Kahlal, J.-F. Halet, J.-Y. Saillard (Rennes, France) and K.H. Whitmire (Houston, TX, USA) (Rec’d July 7, 1993) Bent us. linear metal alkylidynes. An electronic reason for bending the W=C-H angle in tungsten alkylidynes K.A. Jorgensen (Aarhus, Denmark) (Rec’d August 31, 1993) Metal cluster topology. XV. Rafting from the triangle to the octahedron in osmium carbonyl cluster chemistry R.B. King (Athens, GA, USA) (Rec’d September 16, 1993) Solid-state studies into the possible rearrangement mechanisms for the fluxional behaviour of the tetranuclear carbonyls M,(CO),, and their derivatives B.F.G. Johnson, Y.V. Roberts (Edinburgh, UK), E. Parisini (Bologna, Italy) and R.E. Benfield (Canterbury, UK) (Rec’d September 16, Possibility of bond stretch isomerism in [Cp(CO),M],(u-E) complexes (M = Mn, Re, Cr and W; E=S, Se and Te); a molecular orbital study E.D. Jemmis, P.N.V.P. Kumar and G.N. Sastry (Hyderabad, India) (Rec’d September 23, 1993) Metal—metal bonds in a Au, chain and other species M.J. Calhorda (Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal) and L.F. Veiros (Lisboa, Portugal) (Rec’d September 29, 1993) Molecular mechanics modelling of triarylphosphine and phenyl rotation in the compound 7°-Cp*RhBr[P( p-tolyl);)Ph (Cp* = C;Me.) J. Polowin and M.C. Baird (Kingston, Canada) (Rec’d October 6, 1993) Cluster isomerization. The case of M,B, metallaboranes T.P. FehIner (Notre Dame, IN, USA) (Rec’d October 6, 1993) A density functional study on o-bond metathesis reactions of possible importance in dehydrogenative silane polymerization T. Ziegler and E. Folga (Calgary, Canada) (Rec’d August 17, 1993; in rev’d form October 7, 1993) A theoretical study of CO adsorption on TiO, A. Fahmi and C. Minot (Paris, France) (Rec’d October 8, 1993) Through-ring bonding in edge-sharing dimers of square planar complexes G. Aull6én, P. Alemany and S. Alvarez (Barcelona, Spain) (Rec’d October 13, 1994) Halide ligand effects on olefin insertion into metal-hydrogen bonds for second row transition metal complexes P.E.M. Siegbahn (Stockholm, Sweden) (Rec’d October 13, 1993) Electronic structure and bonding in triple-decker complexes of Mn and Co with borole ligand(s). Photoelectron spectra and molecular orbital calculations R. Gleiter, I. Hyla-Kryspin (Heidelberg, Germany) and G.E. Herberich (Aachen, Germany) (Rec’d October 15, 1993) Geometric features of d* metal dicarbonyl monomers with cis-z-donor ligands J.L. Templeton, J.L. Caldarelli, S. Feng, C.C. Philipp, M.B. Wells, B.E. Woodworth and P.S. White (Chapel Hill, NC, USA) (Rec’d October 18, 1993) The mathematical modelling of ligand arrangements in metal carbonyl clusters. I. Sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen coordination for octahedral metal clusters B.W. Clare, M.C. Favas, D.L. Kepert, A.S. May and N.R. Taylor (Nedlands, W.A., Australia) (Rec’d October 20, 1993) The insertion of acetylene into the palladium carbon bond of square planar Pd(II) complexes: a theoretical investigation P. De Vaal and A. Dedieu (Strasbourg, France) (Rec’d October 20, 1993) Valence bond studies of CLi; and CLi, R.D. Harcourt (Parkville, Vic., Australia) (Rec’d October 21, 1993) The effects of back-bonding to phosphines on the trans influence in [Mo(NH)CI,(PR ;),]°*! (R = H, Me and F) F.D. Lyne (Oxford, UK) and D.M.P. Mingos (London, UK) (Rec’d October 27, 1993) An analysis of the metal-metal bonding in organodirhenium complexes containing Re—Re double bonds T.A. Barckholtz, B.E. Bursten (Columbus, OH, USA), G.P. Niccolai and C.P. Casey (Madison, WI, USA) (Rec’d November 5, 1993) A pictorial MO description of Buckminsterfullerene and its interactions with transition metal fragments J.A. Lépez and C. Mealli (Firenze, Italy) (Rec’d November 8, 1993) An all-electron and effective core potential study of the effects of electron correlation on the Group 7 complexes [(C,H,)X(CO),]*, with X = Mn, Tc, Re P.C. Conlon and N.J. Fitzpatrick (Dublin, Ireland) (Rec’d November 8, 1993) Mono-, di- and tri-metallic complexes of trimethylenemethane: an EHMO study of the TMM rotational barrier L. Girard (Kingston, Hamilton, Ont., Canada), M.C. Baird (Hamilton, Ont., Canada), M.J. Chetcuti (Notre Dame, IN, USA) and M.J. McGlinchey (Hamilton, Ont., Canada) Rec’d October 6, 1993; rev’d manuscript rec’d December 17, 1993 The rearrangement pathway in [Cp,Mo,(CO),(RC=C-C,)R] * cations: an extended Hiickel molecular orbital and Biirgi-Dunitz trajectory study L. Girard, P.E. Lock (Hamilton, Ont., Canada), H. El Amouri (Paris, France) and M.J. McGlinchey (Hamilton, Ont., Canada) (Rec’d October 6, 1993; in rev'd form December 17, 1993) Theoretical studies of inorganic and organometallic reaction mechanisms. 8. Hydrogen exchange in the B-agostic ethylene complex of cyclopentadienyl rhodium Z. Lin, M.B. Hall (College Station, TX, USA) and M.F. Guest and P. Sherwood (Warrington, UK) (Rec’d September 23, 1993; in rev'd form December 20, 1993) Solid angles I. The radial profile D. White, B.C. Tavener (Johannesburg, South Africa), P.G.L. Leach (Durban, South Africa) and N.J. Coville (Johannesburg, South Africa) (Rec’d February 9, 1994) Electronic structure of exohedral interactions between C,y and transition metals D.L. Lichtenberger, L.L. Wright, N.E. Gruhn and M.E. Rempe (Tucson, AZ, USA) (Rec’d December 6, 1993; in rev'd form February 22, 1994) Author Index Subject Index The publisher encourages the submission of articles in electronic form thus saving time and avoiding rekeying errors. 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