Contents list for Dalton Transactions, issue 35, 2009
Front cover
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6873
DOI: 10.1039/b916532k

Inside front cover
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6874
DOI: 10.1039/b916533a
Contents and Highlights in Chemical Science
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DOI: 10.1039/b916534g
Editorial
Introduction to themed issue on N-heterocyclic carbenes
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6893
DOI: 10.1039/b915896k
Perspectives
Metal-NHC complexes: a survey of anti-cancer properties
Marie-Laure Teyssot, Anne-Sophie Jarrousse, Michèle Manin, Aurélien Chevry, Stéphane Roche, Frédéric Norre, Claude Beaudoin, Laurent Morel, Damien Boyer, Rachid Mahiou and Arnaud Gautier,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6894
DOI: 10.1039/b906308k
Fused polycyclic nucleophilic carbenes – synthesis, structure, and function
Anthony J. Arduengo, III and Luigi I. Iconaru,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6903
DOI: 10.1039/b907211j
Alkene oligomerisation and polymerisation with metal-NHC based catalysts
David McGuinness,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6915
DOI: 10.1039/b906479f
Communications
Synthesis and structure of a bis-N-heterocyclic carbene complex of uranium tetrachloride exhibiting short Cl
Ccarbene contacts
Benedict M. Gardner, Jonathan McMaster and Stephen T. Liddle,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6924
DOI: 10.1039/b906000f
Dehydrogenation reactivity of a frustrated carbene–borane Lewis pair
Dirk Holschumacher, Christina Taouss, Thomas Bannenberg, Cristian G. Hrib, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Peter G. Jones and M. Tamm,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6927
DOI: 10.1039/b908074k
Direct observation of a carbonylation reaction relevant to CO/alkene copolymerization in a methylpalladium carbonyl complex containing a bis(N-heterocyclic carbene) ligand
Sri S. Subramanium and LeGrande M. Slaughter,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6930
DOI: 10.1039/b908689g
Investigation of the properties of 4,5-dialkylated N-heterocyclic carbenes
Slawomir Urban, Matyas Tursky, Roland Fröhlich and Frank Glorius,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6934
DOI: 10.1039/b908981k
Papers
[Ru(NHC)(xantphos)(CO)H2] complexes: intramolecular C–H activation and applications in C–C bond formation
Araminta E. W. Ledger, Mary F. Mahon, Michael K. Whittlesey and Jonathan M. J. Williams,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6941
DOI: 10.1039/b906010c
N-donor functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene nickel(II) complexes in the Kumada coupling
Joris Berding, Thomas F. van Dijkman, Martin Lutz, Anthony L. Spek and Elisabeth Bouwman,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6948
DOI: 10.1039/b905036a
AgOC(CF3)3: an alternative and efficient reagent for preparing transition metal-NHC-carbene complexes
Tarun Kumar Maishal, Jean-Marie Basset, Malika Boualleg, Christophe Copéret, Laurent Veyre and Chloé Thieuleux,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6956
DOI: 10.1039/b900136k
Easy preparation of Cp*-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbenes and their coordination to rhodium and iridium
André Pontes da Costa, Mercedes Sanaú, Eduardo Peris and Beatriz Royo,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6960
DOI: 10.1039/b901195a
Synthesis and characterization of IPrMe-containing silver(I), gold(I) and gold(III) complexes
Sylvain Gaillard, Xavier Bantreil, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and Steven P. Nolan,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6967
DOI: 10.1039/b907109a
Synthesis and structure of early transition metal NHC complexes
Christian Lorber and Laure Vendier,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6972
DOI: 10.1039/b905056f
Sulfonate- or carboxylate-functionalized N-heterocyclic bis-carbene ligands and related water soluble silver complexes
Grazia Papini, Maura Pellei, Giancarlo Gioia Lobbia, Alfredo Burini and Carlo Santini,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6985
DOI: 10.1039/b906994a
Coordination chemistry and catalytic activity of N-heterocyclic carbene iridium(I) complexes
Ching-Feng Fu, Yung-Hung Chang, Yi-Hong Liu, Shei-Ming Peng, Cornelis J. Elsevier, Jwu-Ting Chen and Shiuh-Tzung Liu,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6991
DOI: 10.1039/b906016b
NHC–manganese(I) complexes as carbene transfer agents
Javier Ruiz, Ángela Berros, Bernabé F. Perandones and Marilín Vivanco,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 6999
DOI: 10.1039/b906450h
Cobalt(III) complexes bearing bidentate, tridentate, and tetradentate N-heterocyclic carbenes: synthesis, X-ray structures and catalytic activities
Zhenxing Xi, Bin Liu, Chunxin Lu and Wanzhi Chen,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7008
DOI: 10.1039/b906242d
N-heterocyclic carbenes bearing two, one and no nitrogen atoms at the ylidene carbon: insight from theoretical calculations
Aleksandr A. Tukov, Adrien T. Normand and Mikhail S. Nechaev,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7015
DOI: 10.1039/b906969k
Pyrazolyl-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of rhodium as hydrogenation catalysts: The influence of ligand steric bulk on catalyst activity
Michael J. Page, Jörg Wagler and Barbara A. Messerle,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7029
DOI: 10.1039/b906724h
Aqueous-phase Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions catalyzed by Pd-NHC complexes
Hayati Türkmen, Rahime Can and Bekir Çetinkaya,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7039
DOI: 10.1039/b907032j
Synthesis of tetra- and pentacoordinate palladium complexes of functionalized N-heterocyclic carbenes and a comparative study of their catalytic activities
Xiaoming Zhang, Qinqin Xia and Wanzhi Chen,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7045
DOI: 10.1039/b903285a
N-heterocyclic carbenes of iridium(I): ligand effects on the catalytic activity in transfer hydrogenation
Sandra C. Zinner, Christoph F. Rentzsch, Eberhardt Herdtweck, Wolfgang A. Herrmann and Fritz. E. Kühn,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7055
DOI: 10.1039/b906855d
Synthesis, structural characterisation and anti-proliferative activity of NHC gold amino acid and peptide conjugates
Jessica Lemke, Antonio Pinto, Philip Niehoff, Vera Vasylyeva and Nils Metzler-Nolte,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7063
DOI: 10.1039/b906140a
Facile C–S, S–H, and S–S bond cleavage using a nickel(0) NHC complex
Thomas Schaub, Marc Backes, Oliver Plietzsch and Udo Radius,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7071
DOI: 10.1039/b907124p
Synthesis and characterization of PdII-methyl complexes with N-heterocyclic carbene-amine ligands
Stefan Warsink, Sandra Y. de Boer, Lianne M. Jongens, Ching-Feng Fu, Shiuh-Tzung Liu, Jwu-Ting Chen, Martin Lutz, Anthony L. Spek and Cornelis J. Elsevier,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7080
DOI: 10.1039/b906817a
Synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity of novel N-heterocyclic carbene-palladium complexes
Öznur Do
an, Nevin Gürbüz,
smail Özdemir, Bekir Çetinkaya, Onur
ahin and Orhan Büyükgüngör,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7087
DOI: 10.1039/b906497b
Synthetic and structural studies on amine coordination to Pd-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes
Alexandra K. de K. Lewis, Stephen Caddick, Oriana Esposito, F. Geoffrey N. Cloke and Peter B. Hitchcock,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7094
DOI: 10.1039/b907102d
Expanded ring and functionalised expanded ring N-heterocyclic carbenes as ligands in catalysis
Abeer Binobaid, Manuel Iglesias, Dirk J. Beetstra, Benson Kariuki, Athanasia Dervisi, Ian A. Fallis and Kingsley J. Cavell,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7099
DOI: 10.1039/b909834h
Synthesis, structure and properties of [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyridin-3-ylidene rhodium and palladium complexes
Javier Iglesias-Sigüenza, Abel Ros, Elena Díez, Manuel Alcarazo, Eleuterio Álvarez, Rosario Fernández and José M. Lassaletta,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7113
DOI: 10.1039/b907043e
Liquid crystals of gold(I) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes
Roy T. W. Huang, W. C. Wang, R. Y. Yang, J. T. Lu and Ivan J. B. Lin,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7121
DOI: 10.1039/b907171g
Synthesis, structures and catalytic activities of ruthenium(II) carbonyl chloride complexes containing pyridine-functionalised N-heterocyclic carbenes
Yong Cheng, Hui-Jun Xu, Jia-Feng Sun, Yi-Zhi Li, Xue-Tai Chen and Zi-Ling Xue,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7132
DOI: 10.1039/b904882k
Synthesis of rhodium(I) and iridium(I) complexes of chiral N-heterocyclic carbenes and their application to asymmetric transfer hydrogenation
Gavin Dyson, Jean-Cédric Frison, Adrian C. Whitwood and Richard E. Douthwaite,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7141
DOI: 10.1039/b909290k
Controlling the coordination modes of a new and highly flexible ligand bearing two N-heterocyclic carbene moieties at a bipyridine backbone
Christine Deißler, Frank Rominger and Doris Kunz,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7152
DOI: 10.1039/b907041a
Main-chain organometallic polymers comprising redox-active iron(II) centers connected by ditopic N-heterocyclic carbenes
Laszlo Mercs, Antonia Neels, Helen Stoeckli-Evans and Martin Albrecht,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7168
DOI: 10.1039/b907018d
Frustrated Lewis pairs derived from N-heterocyclic carbenes and Lewis acids
Preston A. Chase, Austin L. Gille, Thomas M. Gilbert and Douglas W. Stephan,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7179
DOI: 10.1039/b908737k
Reactions of
pincer
pyridine dicarbene complexes of Fe(0) with silanes
David Pugh, Neil J. Wells, David J. Evans and Andreas A. Danopoulos,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7189
DOI: 10.1039/b907141p
Atropochiral (C,C)-chelating NHC-ylide ligands: synthesis and resolution of palladium(II) complexes thereof
Ibrahim Abdellah, Nathalie Debono, Yves Canac, Carine Duhayon and Remi Chauvin,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7196
DOI: 10.1039/b907019b
Stable crystalline annulated diaminocarbenes: coordination with rhodium(I), iridium(I) and catalytic hydroformylation studies
Sarim Dastgir, Karl S. Coleman, Andrew R. Cowley and Malcolm L. H. Green,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7203
DOI: 10.1039/b905729c
Supramolecular structures from mono and dimetalated biscarbene ligands
Christian Radloff, F. Ekkehardt Hahn, Tania Pape and Roland Fröhlich,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7215
DOI: 10.1039/b907896g
Trinuclear copper(I) complexes with triscarbene ligands: catalysis of C–N and C–C coupling reactions
Andrea Biffis, Cristina Tubaro, Elena Scattolin, Marino Basato, Grazia Papini, Carlo Santini, Eleuterio Alvarez and Salvador Conejero,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7223
DOI: 10.1039/b906730b
Reactions of indenyl-functionalized imidazolium salts and N-heterocyclic carbenes with Ru3(CO)12
Congying Zhang, Feng Luo, Bin Cheng, Bin Li, Haibin Song, Shansheng Xu and Baiquan Wang,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7230
DOI: 10.1039/b906933j
Magnesium and zinc complexes of functionalised, saturated N-heterocyclic carbene ligands: carbene lability and functionalisation, and lactide polymerisation catalysis
Polly L. Arnold, Ian J. Casely, Zoë R. Turner, Ronan Bellabarba and Robert B. Tooze,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7236
DOI: 10.1039/b907034f
One-step formation of cyclometallated Au(III) N,S-heterocyclic carbene: crystallographic analysis
Xiaoyan Han, Lip Lin Koh, Zhiqiang Weng and T. S. Andy Hor,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7248
DOI: 10.1039/b909661b
1,1
-Bis(N-benzimidazolylidene)ferrocene: synthesis and study of a novel ditopic ligand and its transition metal complexes
C. Daniel Varnado Jr, Vincent M. Lynch and Christopher W. Bielawski,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7253
DOI: 10.1039/b908696j
Syntheses and catalytic activities of pseudo-pincer and CSC pincer-type Pd(II) complexes derived from benzannulated N-heterocyclic carbenes
Han Vinh Huynh, Dan Yuan and Yuan Han,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7262
DOI: 10.1039/b907887h
Carbene-anchored/pendent-imidazolium species as precursors to di-N-heterocyclic carbene-bridged mixed-metal complexes
Matthew T. Zamora, Michael J. Ferguson, Robert McDonald and Martin Cowie,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7269
DOI: 10.1039/b906884h
Unprecedented cubane-type silver cluster with a novel phosphinite functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene ligand
Matthieu Raynal, Xianghao Liu, Roberto Pattacini, Christophe Vallée, Hélène Olivier-Bourbigou and Pierre Braunstein,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7288
DOI: 10.1039/b911439d
Palladium complexes of o-xylyl-linked alkoxybenzimidazolin-2-ylidenes: interesting structural conformations and application as pre-catalysts
Murray V. Baker, David H. Brown, Peter V. Simpson, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7294
DOI: 10.1039/b908613g
A theobromine derived silver N-heterocyclic carbene: synthesis, characterization, and antimicrobial efficacy studies on cystic fibrosis relevant pathogens
Matthew J. Panzner, Khadijah M. Hindi, Brian D. Wright, Jane B. Taylor, Daniel S. Han, Wiley J. Youngs and Carolyn L. Cannon,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7308
DOI: 10.1039/b907726j
Back matter
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7314
DOI: 10.1039/b916535p
Back cover
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7315
DOI: 10.1039/b916536n

