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Canadian Journal of Chemistry


Volume 83, Number 6-7, June/July 2005
ISSN 1480-3291

This special issue is dedicated to Professor Howard Alper to honour his outstanding contributions to research in homogeneous catalysis

  • TRIBUTE / HOMMAGE
    Cathleen M. Crudden
    Page xvii
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  • PREFACE / PRÉFACE
    Ryoji Noyori
    Pages xix-xx
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  • Oxidation of anisoles to p-benzoquinone monoketals catalyzed by a ruthenium complex of 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane with tert-butyl hydroperoxide
    Wai-Hung Cheung, Wing-Ping Yip, Wing-Yiu Yu, and Chi-Ming Che
    Pages 521-526
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  • Synthesis of a novel photocatalyst, ZnBiVO4, for the photodecomposition of H2S
    B.B. Kale, Jin-Ook Baeg, Jin S. Yoo, Sang Mi Lee, Chul Wee Lee, Sang-Jin Moon, and Hyunju Chang
    Pages 527-532
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  • Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of cyclopropylphosphonates — Catalysts' scope and reactivity
    André B. Charette and Jean-Emmanuel Bouchard
    Pages 533-542
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  • First examples of intramolecular addition of primary amidyl radicals to olefins
    Philippe Gaudreault, Christian Drouin, and Jean Lessard
    Pages 543-545
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  • Palladium(II) complexes of bis(phosphine)monooxide and bis(phosphine)monosulphide ligands bearing o-N,N-dimethylanilinyl substituents
    Nathan D. Jones and Brian R. James
    Pages 546-552
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  • Synthesis and characterization of novel polysiloxane-grafted fluoropolymers
    Bilal Baradie, Patricia HM Lai, and Molly S. Shoichet
    Pages 553-558
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  • Competing Diels–Alder intramolecular pathways from cross-conjugated trienes: Fused hydrindenones (bicyclo[4.3.0]nonenones) vs. bridged-ring (bicyclo[3.3.1]nonenones) adducts from a diene-transmissive precursor
    Matthew D. Clay, Ditte Riber, and Alex G. Fallis
    Pages 559-568
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  • Pd(0)–PhCOOH catalyzed addition of oxygen pronucleophiles to allenes and internal alkynes
    Nitin T. Patil, Nirmal K. Pahadi, and Yoshinori Yamamoto
    Pages 569-573
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  • A MAS NMR and DRIFT study of the Ga species in Ga/H-ZSM5 catalysts and their effect on propane ammoxidation
    Prem Pal, Juliette Quartararo, Sharifah B. Abd Hamid, Eric G. Derouane, Jacques C. Védrine, Pieter CMM Magusin, and Bruce G. Anderson
    Pages 574-580
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  • Polycyclitols — Novel conduritol and carbasugar hybrids as new glycosidase inhibitors
    Goverdhan Mehta and Senaiar S. Ramesh
    Pages 581-594
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  • Oxidative addition chemistry of dimethyl(dipyridyl ketone)platinum(II)
    Fenbao Zhang, Michael E. Broczkowski, Michael C. Jennings, and Richard J. Puddephatt
    Pages 595-605
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  • Thermally accelerated asymmetric hydrosilylations using ligated copper hydride
    Bruce H. Lipshutz, Bryan A. Frieman, John B. Unger, and Danielle M. Nihan
    Pages 606-614
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  • A practical guide to arylbiguanides — Synthesis and structural characterization
    Olivier LeBel, Thierry Maris, Hugues Duval, and James D. Wuest
    Pages 615-625
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  • Kinetics and mechanism of dealkylation of coordinated isocyanide in Fe(PMe3)2(t-BuNC)3
    Christine L. Tennent and William D. Jones
    Pages 626-633
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  • Phosphino-indenyl complexes of nickel(II)
    Laurent F. Groux, Francine Bélanger-Gariépy, and Davit Zargarian
    Pages 634-639
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  • Activation of chlorobenzene with Ni(0) N,N-chelates — A remarkably profound effect of a minuscule change in ligand structure
    William J. Marshall and Vladimir V. Grushin
    Pages 640-645
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  • An alternative convergent synthesis of silole-core dendrimers
    Takanobu Sanji, Hiroyuki Ishiwata, Tomoyoshi Kaizuka, Masato Tanaka, Hideki Sakurai, Ritsuko Nagahata, and Kazuhiko Takeuchi
    Pages 646-651
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  • Activation and cleavage of alkynes by the dinuclear tantalum complexes ([NPN]Ta)2(µ-H)4 and ([NPN]Ta)2(µ-η12-N2)(µ-H)2 (where NPN = PhP(CH2SiMe2NPh)2)
    Michael P. Shaver, Samuel A. Johnson, and Michael D. Fryzuk
    Pages 652-660
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  • Synthesis and catalysed hydroboration of styryl sulfonamides
    Natalie A. Wynberg, Lisa J. Leger, Maren L. Conrad, Christopher M. Vogels, Andreas Decken, Stephen J. Duffy, and Stephen A. Westcott
    Pages 661-667
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  • Coordination polymers with Co(II) sulfate layers linked by alkanediamines of varying chain length
    J.N. Behera and C.NR Rao
    Pages 668-673
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  • Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric cyclocarbonylation of allyl naphthols
    Giuseppe Vasapollo and Giuseppe Mele
    Pages 674-680
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  • Recent advances in cyclohydrocarbonylation reactions
    Wen-Hua Chiou, Seung-Yub Lee, and Iwao Ojima
    Pages 681-692
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  • Efficient synthesis of the nonamannoside residue of high mannose glycoproteins
    Lu Jiang and Tak Hang Chan
    Pages 693-701
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  • Oppenauer-type oxidation of secondary alcohols catalyzed by homogeneous water-soluble complexes
    Abdelaziz Nait Ajjou and Jean-Louis Pinet
    Pages 702-710
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  • Synthesis of acetylenic ketones by a Pd-catalyzed carbonylative three-component coupling reaction in [bmim]PF6
    Takahide Fukuyama, Ryo Yamaura, and Ilhyong Ryu
    Pages 711-715
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  • Double elimination protocol for the synthesis of arylene ethynylenes containing heteroaromatic rings
    Akihiro Orita, Fangguo Ye, Govindarajulu Babu, Tomohiro Ikemoto, and Junzo Otera
    Pages 716-727
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  • Studies towards the total synthesis of ouabagenin
    Ling Chen and Pierre Deslongchamps
    Pages 728-740
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  • Palladium-catalysed synthesis of nonsymmetrically disubstituted-1,1′-biphenyls from o-substituted aryl iodides through aryl coupling and delayed hydrogenolysis
    Sara Deledda, Elena Motti, and Marta Catellani
    Pages 741-747
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  • New pseudohalide ligands in Ru-catalyzed olefin metathesis — A robust, air-activated iminopyrrolato catalyst
    Samantha D. Drouin, Heather M. Foucault, Glenn PA Yap, and Deryn E. Fogg
    Pages 748-754
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  • Rhodium-catalyzed C-H–CO–olefin coupling reactions — A chelation-assisted direct carbonylation at the ortho C—H bond in the benzene ring of 2-arylpyridines
    Naoto Chatani, Takeshi Uemura, Taku Asaumi, Yutaka Ie, Fumitoshi Kakiuchi, and Shinji Murai
    Pages 755-763
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  • Oxidative carbonylation of aniline with new cobalt catalytic systems
    Aránzazu Orejón, Aída Castellanos, Pilar Salagre, Sergio Castillón, and Carmen Claver
    Pages 764-768
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  • Hydration of the carbonyl group — Acetic acid catalysis in the co-operative mechanism
    Yih-Huang Hsieh, Noham Weinberg, Kiyull Yang, Chan-Kyung Kim, Zheng Shi, and Saul Wolfe
    Pages 769-785
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  • Electron-rich siloxane–platinum complexes — Synthesis, structures, and reactivity
    Roman Goikhman, Tanya Karakuz, Linda JW Shimon, Gregory Leitus, and David Milstein
    Pages 786-792
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  • Synthesis and application of L-N-Boc-N-methyl-β-hydroxyvaline in the preparation of a depsipeptide
    James E. Dettwiler, Laurent Bélec, and William D. Lubell
    Pages 793-800
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  • Design and synthesis of oxazolidinone ketolide antibiotic segment mimetics
    Stephen Hanessian and Kiran Kumar Kothakonda
    Pages 801-811
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  • Review of gold(I) N-heterocyclic carbenes
    Ivan JB Lin and Chandra Sekhar Vasam
    Pages 812-825
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  • Microwave-accelerated, palladium-catalyzed carbonylative cyclization reactions of 2-iodophenol with alkynes — Rapid and efficient synthesis of chromen-2-one derivatives
    Hong Cao and Wen-Jing Xiao
    Pages 826-831
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  • Preparation, characterization, and structure of two dipyrrolide thorium homoleptic complexes — Isolation of a dipyrrolide dipotassium salt with an inverted-sandwich type of structure
    Arunachalampillai Athimoolam, Sandro Gambarotta, and Ilia Korobkov
    Pages 832-837
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  • Rh(I)-catalyzed cleavage of unactivated C—O bonds — Carbonylative rearrangement reactions of allenyl ethers to 2-carboalkoxy-1,3-dienes
    Paul A. Wender, Nicole M. Deschamps, and Robert Sun
    Pages 838-842
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  • Furoyl and thiophene carbonyl linker pyrazolyl palladium(II) complexes — Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation as ethylene oligomerization catalysts
    Stephen O. Ojwach, Mmboneni G. Tshivhase, Ilia A. Guzei, James Darkwa, and Selwyn F. Mapolie
    Pages 843-853
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  • Aluminium triflate as catalyst for epoxide ring-opening and esterification reactions — Mechanistic aspects
    Yvette M. Terblans, Johannes J. Huyser, Michelle Huyser, Michael J. Green, Desmond A. Young, and Mike S. Sibiya
    Pages 854-861
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  • Reaction of [Fe(CO)42-Me3SiC≡CSiMe3)] with PMe3 — CO rather than alkyne substitution
    James NL Dennett, Michael J. Ferguson, Robert McDonald, and Josef Takats
    Pages 862-868
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  • Use of fluorescent probes to determine catalytic chain length in chemically amplified resists
    Mathieu Frenette, Marius Gabriel Ivan, and J.C. Scaiano
    Pages 869-874
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  • Metal-catalysed tandem metathesis-hydrogenation reactions for the synthesis of carba analogues of cyclic peptides
    Amanda N. Whelan, Jomana Elaridi, Roger J. Mulder, Andrea J. Robinson, and W.Roy Jackson
    Pages 875-881
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  • Alkylcobalt carbonyls. Part XIV. Generation of chiral conformations by centers of chirality in organocobalt complexes
    Claudia Zucchi, Davide Turrini, Roland Boese, Lajos Bencze, Robert Kurdi, Luciano Caglioti, and Gyula Pályi
    Pages 882-893
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  • Synthesis and reactivity of the macrobicyclic complexes (1,5,8,12-tetraaza-17-oxabicyclo[10.5.2]nonadecane)cobalt(III) perchlorate ([Co(L1)(ClO4)](ClO4)2), [(chloro(1,4,8,11-tetraaza-17-oxabicyclo[9.5.3]nonadecane)cobalt(III) perchlorate ([Co(L2)(Cl)](ClO4)2), (4,8-dimethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraaza-17-oxabicyclo[9.5.3]nonadecane)cobalt(III) perchlorate ([Co(L3)(ClO4)](ClO4)2), and (5,8-dimethyl-1,5,8,12-tetraaza-17-oxabicyclo[10.5.2]nonadecane)cobalt(III) perchlorate ([Co(L4)(ClO4)](ClO4)2) — Crystal structure of the L2 complex
    Theo Rodopoulos, Koji Ishihara, Mary Rodopoulos, M.J. Zaworotko, M.Maeder, and A.McAuley
    Pages 894-902
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  • Ruthenium catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of α- and β-keto esters in ionic liquids using chiral P-Phos ligand
    Kim Hung Lam, Lijin Xu, Lichun Feng, Jiwu Ruan, Qinghua Fan, and Albert SC Chan
    Pages 903-908
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  • Efficient ruthenium catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of functionalized imines by isopropanol under controlled microwave heating
    Joseph S.M Samec, Laetitia Mony, and Jan-E. Bäckvall
    Pages 909-916
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  • β Elimination of a phosphonate group from an alkoxyl radical — Intramolecular acylation using acylphosphonate derivatives as carbonyl group acceptors
    Chang Ho Cho and Sunggak Kim
    Pages 917-921
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  • Coordination chemistry of the tetrakis(2-hydroxyphenyl)ethene support mimic — Polymetallic magnesium, aluminum, and titanium derivatives
    Udo H. Verkerk, Robert McDonald, and Jeffrey M. Stryker
    Pages 922-928
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  • Synthesis and conformational analysis of disaccharide analogues containing disulfide and selenosulfide functionalities in the interglycosidic linkages
    Nagasree Chakka, Blair D. Johnston, and B.Mario Pinto
    Pages 929-936
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  • Direct synthesis of unprotected α-amino acids via allylation of hydroxyglycine
    Masaharu Sugiura, Chieko Mori, Keiichi Hirano, and Shū Kobayashi
    Pages 937-942
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  • Synthesis, structure determination, and hydroformylation activity of N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of rhodium
    Austin C. Chen, Daryl P. Allen, Cathleen M. Crudden, Ruiyao Wang, and Andreas Decken
    Pages 943-957
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  • Synthesis, thermal, electrochemical, and photophysical characterization of 1,5-bis(diarylamino)naphthalene derivatives as potential hole transport OLED materials
    Jingning Shan, Glenn PA Yap, and Darrin S. Richeson
    Pages 958-968
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  • Effect of charge and surface area on the cytotoxicity of cationic metallointercalation reagents
    Gavin L. Edwards, David St.C Black, Glen B. Deacon, and Laurence PG Wakelin
    Pages 969-979
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  • In vitro and in vivo studies of neutral cyclometallated complexes against murine leukæmias
    Gavin L. Edwards, David St.C Black, Glen B. Deacon, and Laurence PG Wakelin
    Pages 980-989
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  • Synthesis of N-substituted isoindolinones via a palladium catalysed three-component carbonylation – amination – Michael addition cascade
    Ronald Grigg, Xinjie Gai, Tossapol Khamnaen, Shuleewan Rajviroongit, Visuvanathar Sridharan, Lixin Zhang, Simon Collard, and Ann Keep
    Pages 990-1005
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  • Pauson–Khand reactions in water
    Marie E. Krafft, James A. Wright, and Llorente VR Boñaga
    Pages 1006-1016
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  • Surface organometallic chemistry — Carbonyl complexes of Re(I) with silanolates as models of silica anchored rhenium carbonyl species
    Giuseppe D'Alfonso, Claudia Dragonetti, Simona Galli, Elena Lucenti, Piero Macchi, Dominique Roberto, and Renato Ugo
    Pages 1017-1024
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  • Novel nitrogen containing chelating ligands from aziridines — Preparation, coordination studies, and catalytic application in the cyclopropanation of styrene
    Larissa B. Krasnova and Andrei K. Yudin
    Pages 1025-1032
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  • Anion effects in the formation of the active catalyst in the Ruhrchemie – Rhône-Poulenc aqueous biphasic hydroformylation process. Are there any?
    József Kovács, Ferenc Joó, and Carl D. Frohning
    Pages 1033-1036
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  • Synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of the first hafnium alkyl complex stabilized by amidate ligands
    Robert K. Thomson, Brian O. Patrick, and Laurel L. Schafer
    Pages 1037-1042
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