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Collection of articles dedicated to Professor Ken Wade, F.R.S. in celebration of his seventy-fifth birthday
03 April 2008
It is a pleasure to write the preface to this 'special collection of articles' of Dalton Transactions dedicated to Ken Wade. Ken's name is, of course, familiar to every student and practicing inorganic chemist from his pioneering work concerned with the relationship between structure and electron count in polyhedral cluster systems, and indeed, his early proposals regarding what are now known generally as 'isolobal relationships'. True to the nature of the man, Ken's lectures and discussions on the subject are mostly conducted with reference to "Bloggs' Rules." Others will perhaps be more familiar with the polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory under alternative names!
Throughout his career, Ken's contributions to main group and inorganic chemistry have extended well beyond his insights into electron-counting and bonding. He has carried out many important studies on the synthesis and structures of main group compounds. His Ph.D. research, with Norman Greenwood at Nottingham University, focussed on conductivity of molten adducts. His postdoctoral studies, carried out at Cambridge with Harry Emeléus, were on reactions of diborane, and those at Cornell with Albert Laubengayer, were on organonitrogen-aluminium chemistry. Ken became a lecturer at Durham in 1961, where he continued to be extremely active in the area of synthetic main group chemistry. He has been a key contributor to the areas of azomethine, lithium amide and organolithium chemistry, in addition to publishing seminal papers on electron-counting rules. Ken was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989, in recognition of his contributions to chemistry and was elected President of Dalton Division of The Royal Society of Chemistry in 1996.
From a personal perspective, Ken has had a major impact on all of our lives, taking us under his wing in one role or another during the formative stages of our academic careers. Even though he formally retired 10 years ago, Ken maintains a tireless enthusiasm for chemistry, writing books and original papers, reviewing articles, attending chemistry meetings, and giving invited lectures around the world. Many chemists agreed without hesitation to contribute their work to this special collection of Dalton Transactions articles. We are delighted to pay tribute to Ken for his friendship, his role as a teacher and mentor, and his important and extensive contributions to chemistry. This collection is a token of our appreciation of a truly outstanding chemist, Professor Ken Wade, F.R.S.
Professor Ken Wade, FRS |
Mark A. Fox
Phil W. Dyer
Paul J. Low
Judith A. K. Howard
Todd B. Marder (Guest Editor)
Department of Chemistry
Durham University
Durham DH1 3LE
UK
A simple entry into nido-C2B10 clusters: HCl promoted cleavage of the C–C bond in ortho-carboranyl diphosphines
Jonathan P. H. Charmant, Mairi F. Haddow, Rakesh Mistry, Nicholas C. Norman, A. Guy Orpen and Paul G. Pringle, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1409
DOI: 10.1039/b719404h
A ligand influence on the stability of heterobimetallic complexes containing the Ti(µ-O)Al skeleton. Transformation of heterometallic systems to the homometallic Ti(IV) and Al(III) complexes
Grigory B. Nikiforov, Herbert W. Roesky, Peter G. Jones, Rainer B. Oswald and Mathias Noltemeyer, Dalton Trans., 2007, 4149
DOI: 10.1039/b710470g
The oxadiazolyldiazenido(1–) ligand: a remarkably versatile platform for the synthesis of heteropolynuclear transition metal complexes
Howard M. Colquhoun, Yun Fu Chan, Christine J. Cardin, Michael G. B. Drew, Yu Gan, Kareem Abd El Kader and Terence M. White, Dalton Trans., 2007, 3864
DOI: 10.1039/b711166p
Cationic rhodium mono-phosphine fragments partnered with carborane monoanions [closo-CB11H6X6]– (X = H, Br). Synthesis, structures and reactivity with alkenes
Eduardo Molinos, Simon K. Brayshaw, Gabrielle Kociok-Köhn and Andrew S. Weller, Dalton Trans., 2007, 4829
DOI: 10.1039/b711468k
Unlocking the metallaboratrane cage: reversible B–H activation in platinaboratranes
Ian R. Crossley and Anthony F. Hill, Dalton Trans., 2008, 201
DOI: 10.1039/b712058c
Syntheses, structures and redox properties of some complexes containing the Os(dppe)Cp* fragment, including [{Os(dppe)Cp*}2(µ-C
CCC)]
Michael I. Bruce, Karine Costuas, Thomas Davin, Jean-François Halet, Kathy A. Kramarczuk, Paul J. Low, Brian K. Nicholson, Gary J. Perkins, Rachel L. Roberts, Brian W. Skelton, Mark E. Smith and Allan H. White, Dalton Trans., 2007, 5387
DOI: 10.1039/b712104k
Protonated tert-pentyl dication (C5H122+, isopentane dication)
George A. Olah, G. K. Surya Prakash and Golam Rasul, Dalton Trans., 2008, 521
DOI: 10.1039/b713188g
Hypervalent hydridosilicates: synthesis, structure and hydride bridging
Paul D. Prince, Michael J. Bearpark, G. Sean McGrady and Jonathan W. Steed, Dalton Trans., 2008, 271
DOI: 10.1039/b713427d
Gallium oxide thin films from the AACVD of [Ga(NMe2)3]2 and donor functionalised alcohols
Siama Basharat, Claire J. Carmalt, Russell Binions, Robert Palgrave and Ivan P. Parkin, Dalton Trans., 2008, 591
DOI: 10.1039/b713804k
The preparation and characterisation of ruthenium cyanovinylidene complexes
Neil J. Brown, Prisca K. Eckert, Mark A. Fox, Dmitri S. Yufit, Judith A. K. Howard and Paul J. Low, Dalton Trans., 2008, 433
DOI: 10.1039/b714274a
The gas-phase structure of 1-selena-closo-dodecaborane(11), 1-SeB11H11, determined by the concerted use of electron diffraction and computational methods
Drahomír Hnyk, Derek A. Wann, Josef Holub, Michael Bühl, Heather E. Robertson and David W. H. Rankin, Dalton Trans., 2008, 96
DOI: 10.1039/b714457a
Zwitterionic bis(phenolate)amine lanthanide complexes for the ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters
Hellen E. Dyer, Saskia Huijser, Andrew D. Schwarz, Chao Wang, Robbert Duchateau and Philip Mountford, Dalton Trans., 2008, 32
DOI: 10.1039/b714583g
Synthesis of a bimetallic platinum–tungsten complex with a bridging µ-diboranyl–oxycarbyne moiety
Holger Bera, Holger Braunschweig, Rainer Dörfler and Krzysztof Radacki, Dalton Trans., 2008, 440
DOI: 10.1039/b714763e
Vectorial property dependence in bis{4
-(n-pyridyl)-2,2:6,2
-terpyridine}iron(II) and ruthenium(II) complexes with n = 2, 3 and 4
Jonathon E. Beves, Emma L. Dunphy, Edwin C. Constable, Catherine E. Housecroft, Cameron J. Kepert, Markus Neuburger, David J. Price and Silvia Schaffner, Dalton Trans., 2008, 386
DOI: 10.1039/b714970k
A re-evaluation of the two-step spin crossover in the trinuclear cation [Co3(dipyridylamido)4Cl2]+
Dimitrios A. Pantazis, Carlos A. Murillo and John E. McGrady, Dalton Trans., 2008, 608
DOI: 10.1039/b715021k
Expansion of iridaborane clusters by addition of monoborane. Novel metallaboranes and mechanistic detail
Sundargopal Ghosh, Bruce C. Noll and Thomas P. Fehlner, Dalton Trans., 2008, 371
DOI: 10.1039/b715040g
Quenched gas-phase reactions of tetraborane(10), B4H10, with substituted alkynes: new nido-dicarbapentaboranes and arachno-monocarbapentaboranes
Mark A. Fox, Robert Greatrex and Alireza Nikrahi, Dalton Trans., 2008, 676
DOI: 10.1039/b715105e
Multinuclear NMR studies of the products resulting from the reaction of pyridine or 2,2-bipyridine with [Rh4(CO)12]
Kerry J. Bradd, Brian T. Heaton, Jonathan A. Iggo, Chacko Jacob, Jeyagowry T. Sampanthar and Stefano Zacchini, Dalton Trans., 2008, 685
DOI: 10.1039/b715139j
Amidinate–carboxylate complexes of dimolybdenum and ditungsten: M2(O2CR)2((NiPr)2CR)2. Preparations, molecular and electronic structures and reactions
Douglas J. Brown, Malcolm H. Chisholm and Judith C. Gallucci, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1615
DOI: 10.1039/b715258b
Amino-closo-dodecaborate—a new ligand in coordination chemistry
Marius Kirchmann and Lars Wesemann, Dalton Trans., 2008, 444
DOI: 10.1039/b715305h
1-Trimethylsilylphosphirane as a ligand and as a stable masked reagent for phosphirane
Huw A. Tallis, Paul D. Newman, Peter G. Edwards, Liling Ooi and Andreas Stasch, Dalton Trans., 2008, 47
DOI: 10.1039/b715327a
Synthesis, reactivity and complexation studies of N,S exo-heterodisubstituted o-carborane ligands. Carborane as a platform to produce the uncommon bidentate chelating (pyridine)N-C-C-C-S(H) motif
F. Teixidor, A. Laromaine, R. Kivekäs, R. Sillanpää, C. Viñas, R. Vespalec and H. Horáková, Dalton Trans., 2008, 345
DOI: 10.1039/b715362g
Cyclic oxonium derivatives of polyhedral boron hydrides and their synthetic applications
Andrey A. Semioshkin, Igor B. Sivaev and Vladimir I. Bregadze, Dalton Trans., 2008, 977
DOI: 10.1039/b715363e
Boron trihalide mediated haloallylation of aryl aldehydes: reaction and mechanistic insight
Min-Liang Yao, Scott Borella, Travis Quick and George Walter Kabalka, Dalton Trans., 2008, 776
DOI: 10.1039/b715395c
Platinum(II) Schiff base as versatile phosphorescent core component in conjugated oligo(phenylene–ethynylene)s
Wah-Leung Tong, Lo-Ming Lai and Michael C. W. Chan, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1412
DOI: 10.1039/b715495j
Cyanide ion complexation by a cationic borane
Ching-Wen Chiu and François P. Gabbaï, Dalton Trans., 2008, 814
DOI: 10.1039/b715534d
Rhodium catalysed dehydrogenative borylation of alkenes: Vinylboronates via C–H activation
Ibraheem A. I. Mkhalid, R. Benjamin Coapes, S. Natasha Edes, David N. Coventry, Fabio E. S. Souza, Rhodri Ll. Thomas, Jonathan J. Hall, Si-Wei Bi, Zhenyang Lin and Todd B. Marder, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1055
DOI: 10.1039/b715584k
N-Phosphino-amidines and -guanidines: synthesis, structure and P,N-chelate chemistry
Lise Baiget, Andrei S. Batsanov, Philip W. Dyer, Mark A. Fox, Martin J. Hanton, Judith A. K. Howard, Philip K. Lane and Sophia A. Solomon, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1043
DOI: 10.1039/b715736c
Coordination chemistry of a new P,Te-centred ligand: synthesis, NMR spectra and X-ray structures of M(TePPri2NPPri2)2 (M = Zn, Cd, Hg)
Jamie S. Ritch and Tristram Chivers, Dalton Trans., 2008, 957
DOI: 10.1039/b715789d
Borane reaction chemistry. Alkyne insertion reactions into boron-containing clusters. Products from the thermolysis of [6,9-(2-HCC–C5H4N)2-arachno-B10H12]
Jonathan Bould, Anna Laromaine, Neil J. Bullen, Clara Viñas, Mark Thornton-Pett, Reijo Sillanpää, Raikko Kivekäs, John D. Kennedy and Francesc Teixidor, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1552
DOI: 10.1039/b715845a
Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. The reversible disassembly and reassembly of the hexagonal pyramidal {B7} feature in the [S2B18H19]- anion
Daniel L. Ormsby, Robert Greatrex and John D. Kennedy, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1625
DOI: 10.1039/b715915c
Alkyl and aryl dicationic derivatives of cyclic triphosphenium ions
Keith B. Dillon, Andrés E. Goeta, Judith A. K. Howard, Philippa K. Monks, Helena J. Shepherd and Amber L. Thompson, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1144
DOI: 10.1039/b716027e
Synthesis of nickel complexes with bidentate N,O-type ligands and application in the catalytic oligomerization of ethylene
Anthony Kermagoret and Pierre Braunstein, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1564
DOI: 10.1039/b716111e
New 13-vertex metallacarborane sandwich compounds; synthetic and structural studies
David Ellis, Ruaraidh D. McIntosh, Susana Esquirolea, Clara Viñas, Georgina M. Rosair, Francesc Teixidor and Alan J. Welch, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1009
DOI: 10.1039/b716169g
Porphyrin complexes containing coordinated BOB groups: synthesis, chemical reactivity and the structure of [BOB(tpClpp)]2+
Warwick J. Belcher, Michael C. Hodgson, Kenji Sumida, Ana Torvisco, Karin Ruhlandt-Senge, D. C. Ware, P. D. W. Boyd and P. J. Brothers, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1602
DOI: 10.1039/b716189a
Synthesis and characterisation of new bimetallic alkali metal–magnesium mixed diisopropylamide-acetylides: structural variations in bimetallic lithium- and sodium-heteroleptic magnesiates
Joaquín García-Álvarez, David V. Graham, Eva Hevia, Alan R. Kennedy and Robert E. Mulvey, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1481
DOI: 10.1039/b716215d
Influence of the solvent and R groups on the structure of (carboranyl)R2PI2 compounds in solution. Crystal structure of the first iodophosphonium salt incorporating the anion [7,8-nido-C2B9H10]-
Rosario Núñez, Francesc Teixidor, Raikko Kivekäs, Reijo Sillanpää and Clara Viñas, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1471
DOI: 10.1039/b716217k
Robust chiral zirconium alkoxide initiators for the room-temperature stereoselective ring-opening polymerisation of rac-lactide
Amanda J. Chmura, David M. Cousins, Matthew G. Davidson, Matthew D. Jones, Matthew D. Lunn and Mary F. Mahon, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1437
DOI: 10.1039/b716304e
Effects of halogen substitution on the properties of eight- and nine-vertex closo-boranes
Clémence Corminboeuf, Matthew D. Wodrich, R. Bruce King and Paul von Ragué Schleyer, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1745
DOI: 10.1039/b716323a
Structural chemistry of (PPh4)2M(WS4)2 materials
Clare J. Crossland, Ivana Radosavljevi
Evans and John S. O. Evans, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1597
DOI: 10.1039/b716407f
Synthesis and structural elucidation of solvent-free and solvated lithium dimethyl (HMDS) zincates
David R. Armstrong, Emma Herd, David V. Graham, Eva Hevia, Alan R. Kennedy, William Clegg and Luca Russo, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1323
DOI: 10.1039/b716494g
A new series of dinuclear Au(I) complexes linked by diethynylpyridine groups
Peiyi Li, Birte Ahrens, Andrew D. Bond, John E. Davies, Olivia F. Koentjoro, Paul R. Raithby and Simon J. Teat, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1635
DOI: 10.1039/b716664h
Bulky aryl functionalized carbazolyl ligands: amido alternatives to the 2,6-diarylphenyl ligand class?
Natalie D. Coombs, Andreas Stasch, Andrew Cowley, Amber L. Thompson and Simon Aldridge, Dalton Trans., 2008, 332
DOI: 10.1039/b716674e
Halogen-containing tetrametallic aluminium alkoxides
Amitabha Mitra, Yuzhong Wang, Sean Parkin and David Atwood, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1037
DOI: 10.1039/b716812h
Synthesis and structures of some new types of lithium 
-diketiminates
Xue-Hong Wei, James D. Farwell, Peter B. Hitchcock and Michael F. Lappert, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1073
DOI: 10.1039/b716888h
Synthesis, structure, and reactivity of Group 4 metallacycles incorporating a Me2C-linked cyclopentadienyl-carboranyl ligand
Mei-Mei Sit, Hoi-Shan Chan and Zuowei Xie, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1454
DOI: 10.1039/b716929a
Synthesis of aluminium borate–boron oxide and binary titanium–boron and zirconium–boron oxides from metal alkoxides and (MeO)3B3O3 in non-aqueous solvents
Michael A. Beckett, Martin P. Rugen-Hankey, James L. Timmis and K. Sukumar Varma, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1503
DOI: 10.1039/b717379b
Generation of metallomesogens using common ligands functionalised with liquid-crystalline moieties
Indudhara S. Shashikala and Duncan W. Bruce, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1128
DOI: 10.1039/b717428d
Cleavage of P–S bonds and oxygenation by a trinuclear iron carboxylate: Synthesis and structures of iron clusters containing group 15/16 anions
Tatiana V. Mitkina, Yanhua Lan, Valeriu Mereacre, Weifeng Shi, Annie K. Powell and Alexander Rothenberger, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1136
DOI: 10.1039/b717583c
Synthetic and structural investigations of alkali metal diamine bis(phenolate) complexes
William Clegg, Matthew G. Davidson, David V. Graham, Gemma Griffen, Matthew D. Jones, Alan R. Kennedy, Charles T. O'Hara, Luca Russo and Calum M. Thomson, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1295
DOI: 10.1039/b718186h
-Bonding versus oligomerisation in the aromatic anions [C6H4N2E]-: formation of the cyclic tetrameric tetraanion [C6H4N2Sb]44-
Felipe García, Robert J. Less, Vesal Naseri, Mary McPartlin, Jeremy M. Rawson and Dominic S. Wright, Dalton Trans., 2008, 997
DOI: 10.1039/b718512j
Synthesis and dehydrocoupling reactivity of iron and ruthenium phosphine–borane complexes
Kajin Lee, Timothy J. Clark, Alan J. Lough and Ian Manners, Dalton Trans., 2008, 2732
DOI: 10.1039/b718918d
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