1998 Research Publications

Crystallography Centre

Journal Articles

Adams, C.J., Bruce, M.I., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Construction of unusual cluster geometries about a dicarbon ligand: reactions of Ru5(µ5-C2)(µ-SMe)2(µ-PPh2)2(CO)11 with iron and ruthenium carbonyls, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 551: pp 235-246 (1998)

Adams, C.J., Bruce, M.I., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Carbonyl substitution reactions of ruthenium cluster complexes containing dicarbon (C2) ligands: X-ray structures of Ru5(µ5-C2)(µ-SMe)2(µ-PPh2)2(CO)10(L) [L = CNBut, P(OMe)3], Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 561: pp 97-107 (1998)

Adams, C.J., Bruce, M.I., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Reactions of Ru5(µ5-C2)(µ-SMe)2(µ-PPh2)2(CO)11 with Co2(CO)8: X-ray structures of Co2Ru6(µ7-C2)(µ3-SMe)2(µ-PPh2)2(µ-CO)4(CO)13 and Co4Ru5(µ8-C2)(µ3-SMe)2(µ-PPh2)2(µ-CO)7(CO)11, Polyhedron, 17: pp 2795-2802 (1998)

Andrews, P.C., Raston, C.L., Skelton, B.W., Tolhurst, V.-A. and White, A.H.[2 + 2] Cycloaddition derivatives of stiba(III)alkene (Sb = C) and arsa(III)imine (As = N) intermediates, Chemical Communications, pp 575-576 (1998)

Andrews, P.C., Raston, C.L., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. A gem-organodizinc species assembled in a tetrameric cage, Organometallics, 17: pp 779-782 (1998)

Arbain, D., Dachriyanus, Firmansyah, Sargent, M.V., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H.Unusual indole alkaloids from Ophirrhiza blumeana Korth, Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions I, pp 2537-2540 (1998)

Arbain, D., Afrida, Sargent, M.V., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. The alkaloids of Uncaria cf. glabrata, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 961-964 (1998)

Armanasco, N.L., Baker, M.V., North, M.R., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Comparative investigation of the group 6 (Cr, Mo, W) metal carbonyl complexes of 1,3,5-triazacyclohexanes, Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, pp 1145-1149 (1998)

Bernstein, H.J. and Hall, S.R. CIF Applications. VII. CYCLOPS2: extending the validation of CIF data names, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 31: pp 278-281 (1998)

Bond, A.M., Clark, R.J.H., Humphrey, D.G., Panayiotopoulos, P., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Synthesis, characterisation and electrochemical reductions of oxo-centred, carboxylate-bridged triiron complexes, [Fe3(µ3-O)(µ-O2CR)6L3]X (R = Me, But, Ph, CH2Cl, CCl3, CH2CN or 4-NO2C6H4; L = py, 3-H2Npy, 4-H2Npy, 3-NCpy, 4-NCpy or 4-CH2CHpy; X = ClO-4 or NO-3, Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, pp 1845-1852 (1998)

Bowmaker, G.A., Effendy, Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Spectroscopic and structural studies on 1:2 adducts of silver(I) salts with tricyclohexylarsine, Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, pp 2123-2129 (1998)

Bowmaker, G.A., Junk, P.C., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Syntheses, structures and vibrational spectra of some dimethyl sulfoxide solvates of bismuth(III) bromide and iodide, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 285-291 (1998)

Bowmaker, G.A., Effendy, Reid, J.C., Rickard, C.E.F., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H.Spectroscopic and structural studies on adducts of silver(I) cyanide with ER3 ligands (E = P, As, Sb), Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, pp 2139-2146 (1998)

Bowmaker, G.A., Effendy, Junk, P.C. and White, A.H. Spectroscopic and structural studies on 1:1 adducts of silver(I) salts with tricyclohexylarsine, Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, pp 2131-2138 (1998)

Bowmaker, G.A., Junk, P.C., Lee, A.M., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Synthetic, structural and vibrational spectroscopic studies in bismuth(III) halide/N,N'-aromatic bidentate base systems. I Large cation (2,2'-bipyridynium and 1,10-phenanthrolinium) salts of polyhalobismuthate(III) ions, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 293-309 (1998)

Bowmaker, G.A., Junk, P.C., Lee, A.M., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Synthetic, structural and vibrational spectroscopic studies in bismuth(III) halide/N,N'-aromatic bidentate base systems. III Some novel bismuth(III) halide: N,N'-bidentate ligand (1:1) dimethyl sulfoxide solvates, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 317-324 (1998)

Bowmaker, G.A., Hannaway, F.M.M., Junk, P.C., Lee, A.M., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Synthetic, structural and vibrational spectroscopic studies in bismuth(III) halide/N,N'-aromatic bidentate base systems. V Bismuth(III) halide: N,N'-bidentate ligand (1:2) systems, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 331-336 (1998)

Bowmaker, G.A., Hannaway, F.M.M., Junk, P.C., Lee, A.M., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Synthetic, structural and vibrational spectroscopic studies in bismuth(III) halide/N,N'-aromatic bidentate base systems. IV Bismuth(III) halide: N,N'-bidentate ligand (1:1) systems, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 325-330 (1998)

Bowmaker, G.A., Harrowfield, J.M., Lee, A.M., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H.Synthetic, structural and vibrational spectroscopic studies in bismuth(III) halide/N,N'-aromatic bidentate base systems. II Bipyridylium (2,2'-bipyridine)tetrahalobismuthate(III) (halogen = chlonride or bromide), Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 311-315 (1998)

Bruce, M.I., Hinterding, P., Low, P.J., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Ruthenium complexes containing butatrienylidene and related ligands: synthesis, characterisation and chemistry, Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, pp 467-473 (1998)

Bruce, M.I., Hall, B.C., Zaitseva, N.N., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Preparation and reactions of some neutral cyclopentadienyl-ruthenium vinylidene complexes, Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, pp 1793-1803 (1998)

Bruce, M.I., Low, P.J., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Reaction of {Ru(PPh3)2Cp}2(µ-C4) with tetracyanoethene: macrocycle formation by intermolecular CN coordination, New Journal of Chemistry, pp 419-422 (1998)

Bruce, M.I., Zaitseva, N.N., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Coupling of 1,3-diynes on metal centres: molecular structure of Ru2{µ:µ-PhCC(CšCPh)C[C2Ph{Co2(µ-dppm)(CO)4}]CPh}CO)6, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 165-168 (1998)

Bruce, M.I., Hinchliffe, J.R., Humphrey, P.A., Surynt, R.J., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Further observations on the dimerisation of alkynes on triruthenium clusters, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 552: pp 109-125 (1998)

Bruce, M.I., Ke, M., Low, P.J., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Synthesis and reactivity of the diynyl complexes M(CšCCšCH)(CO)3(h-C5H5) (M=Mo, W): crystal structures of W(CšCCšCSiMe3)(CO)3(h-C5H5), [W{CšCC[CH=C(CN)2]=C(CN)2}(CO)3(h-C5H5) and cis-W(CšCPh)(CO)2(PPh3)(h-C5H5), Organometallics, 17: pp 3539-3549 (1998)

Bruce, M.I., Zaitseva, N.N., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Unusual coupling of diynes and CO on an Ru3 cluster: crystal structure of Ru3{µ3-CPhCC(O)C(SiMe3)C(CšCSiMe3)CCPh}(µ-dppm)(µ-CO)(CO)6, Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, 47: pp 1012-1016 (1998)

Bruce, M.I., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H. and Zaitseva, N.N. Rearrangements of 1,3- diynes on ruthenium cluster carbonyls: isolation and structure of Ru6(PhCHC3C6H4)(CO)15, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 1: pp 134-136 (1998)

Bruce, M.I., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H. and Zaitseva, N.N. Coupling of 1,3-diynes on a triruthenium cluster: reactions of Ru3(µ3-PhC2C š CPh)(µ-ddpm)(CO)8 with SiMe3CšCCšCSiMe3, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 558: pp 197-207 (1998)

Bruce, M.I., Zaitseva, N.N., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Preparation and structure of [Ru(CO)2(PPh3)(h-C5Me5)][Fe3(µ3-C2But)(CO)9], Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 433-435 (1998)

Byrne, L.T., Griffith, C.S., Koutsantonis, G.A., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Reactions of ruthenium and iron alkynyl complexes with [Mo2(CO)4(h-C5H5)2], Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, pp 1575-1580 (1998)

Byrne, L.T., Griffith, C.S., Hos, J.P., Koutsantonis, G.A., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Reactions of metalloalkynes 3., Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 565: pp 259-265 (1998)

Canty, A., Hong Jin, Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Oxidation of complexes by (O2CPh)2 and (ER)2 (E = S, Se), including structures of Pd(CH2CH2CH2CH2), Inorganic Chemistry, 37: pp 3975-3981 (1998)

Canty, A.J., Hoare, J.L., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H. and van Koten, G. Synthesis and reactivity of poly(pyrazol-1-yl)borate derivatives of cyclopalladation systems, including structural studies of Pd{2-CH2C6H4P(o-tolyl)2-C,P}{(pz)3BH-N,N'} and Pd(C6H4C5H4N-C2,N'){(pz)3BH-N,N'}, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 552: pp 23-29 (1998)

Cifuentes, M.P., Waterman, S.M., Humphrey, M.G., Heath, G.A., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H., Seneka Perera, M.P. and Williams, M.L. High nuclearity ruthenium carbonyl cluster chemistry VII., Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 565: pp 193-200 (1998)

Collins, D.J., Hibberd, A.I., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Enolic ortho esters. VII. Involvement of magnesium halides as Lewis acids in the reaction of Grignard reagents with, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 681-694 (1998)

Deacon, G.B., Forsyth, C.M., Junk, P.C., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Lithium and lanthanoid(III) complexes of the chelating N,N-dimethyl-N’-trimethylsilylethane-1,2-diaminate(1-) ligand, Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, pp 1381-1387 (1998)

Deacon, G.B., Feng, T., Junk, P.C., Skelton, B.W., Sobolev, A.N. and White, A.H.Preparation of and X-ray crystal structures of tetrahydrofuran-complexed rare earth chlorides; a structurally rich series, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 75-89 (1998)

Deacon, G.B., Delbridge, E.E., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Synthesis of the first lanthanoid(II) pyrazolate complex by redox transmetallation from thallium and mercury reagents, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, pp 543-545 (1998)

Deacon, G.B., Delbridge, E.E., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Unprecedented µ-h2:h2-pyrazolate coordination in [{Yb(h2-tBu2pz)(µ-h2:h2-tBu2pz)(thf)}2], Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 37: pp 2251-2252 (1998)

Delaigue, X., Harrowfield, J.M., Hosseini, M.W., Mocerino, M., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. "Soft" calixarenes - structural aspects of calixarene allyl ethers and of thiacalixarene synthesis, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 111-121 (1998)

Devery, M.P., Dickson, R.S., Fallon, G.D., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. The coordination and rearrangement of some organic chalcogenides on a rhodium-rhodium bond; the reactions with dialkylsulfanes and alkanethiols, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 551: pp 195-206 (1998)

Effendy, Lobbia, G.G., Pettinari, C., Santini, C., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H.Variable coordination numbers in 1:1 adducts of silver(I) tetrakis(pyrazolyl)borates with tertiary phosphines, Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, pp 2739-2748 (1998)

Golding, J., MacFarlane, D.R., Spiccia, L., Forsyth, M., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Weak intermolecular interactions in sulfonamide salts: structure of 1-ethyl-2-methyl-3-benzyl imidazolium bis((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl)amide, Chemical Communications, pp 1593-1594 (1998)

Green, M.J., Britovsek, G.J.P., Cavell, K.J., Gerhards, F., Yates, B.F., Frankcombe, K., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Cationic methylpalladium(II) complexes containing bidentate N-O ligands as catalysts for the copolymerisation of CO and ethylene. The identification and isolation of intermediates from stepwise insertion reactions and subsequent detailed mechanistic interpretation, Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, pp 1137-1144 (1998)

Green, M.J., Cavell, K.J., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. A route to new methylpalladium(II) carbene complexes, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 554: pp 175-179 (1998)

Griffith, C.S., Koutsantonis, G.A., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Reactions of metalloalkynes. The reaction of the ethyne-1,2-diyl complex, [{Ru(CO)2(h-C5H5)}2(µ-CšC)], with [Mo2(CO)4(µ-C5H5)2]. An example of µ,h1-CšC coordination of a carbide ligand, Chemical Communications, pp 1805-1806 (1998)

Grigsby, W.J., Raston, C.L., Tolhurst, V-A., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H.Chalcogenides of aluminium(III) and gallium(III) derived from lewis base adducts of alane and gallane, Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, pp 2547-2556 (1998)

Hall, S.R. Data Languages and Dictionaries for Crystallography, Acta Crystallographica, A54: pp 820-832 (1998)

Hanna, J.V., Hart, R.D., Healy, P.C., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Structural and 31P CP MAS NMR spectroscopic studies of the P2CuN2 copper(I) complexes [Cu(PPh3)2(MeCN)2]X for X = PF6, BF4 and ClO4, Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, pp 2321-2325 (1998)

Harrowfield, J.M., Mocerino, M., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Alkylation and conformational restriction in calix[6]arene derivatives: the synthesis and structure of 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(ethoxycarbonylmethyl)-p-t-butylcalix[6]arene benzene disolvate, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 123-126 (1998)

Harrowfield, J.M., Sharma, R.P., Shand, T.M., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H.Structural systematics of 2-/4-nitrophenoxides of closed-shell metal ions. I 2-Nitrophenoxides of Group I., Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 707-722 (1998)

Harrowfield, J.M., Sharma, R.P., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Structural systematics of 2/4-nitrophenoxide complexes of closed shell metal ions. IV 4-Nitrophenoxides 'acid salts' of Group I, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 747-760 (1998)

Harrowfield, J.M., Sharma, R.P., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Structural systematics of 2/4-nitrophenoxide complexes of closed shell metal ions. III 2/4-Nitrophenoxides of univalent heavy metals, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 735-745 (1998)

Harrowfield, J.M., Sharma, R.P., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Structural systematics of 2/4-nitrophenoxide complexes of closed shell metal ions. II 4-Nitrophenoxides of Group I, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 723-734 (1998)

Harrowfield, J.M., Sharma, R.P., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Structural systematics of 2/4-nitrophenoxide complexes of closed shell metal ions. V 2-Nitrophenoxides of Group II, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 761-773 (1998)

Harrowfield, J.M., Sharma, R.P., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Structural systematics of 2/4-nitrophenoxide complexes of closed shell metal ions. VII 4-Nitrophenoxide 'acid salts' of Group II, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 785-793 (1998)

Harrowfield, J.M., Sharma, R.P., Skelton, B.W., Venugopalam, P. and White, A.H.Structural systematics of 2/4-nitrophenoxide complexes of closed shell metal ions. VI 4-Nitrophenoxides of Group II, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 775-783 (1998)

Hart, R.D., Healy, P.C., Peake, M.L. and White, A.H. Anion effects on the structural properties of bis(triphenylphosphine)copper(I) carboxylate complexes, [(PPh3)2CuO2CR], Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 67-73 (1998)

James, B.D., Kivlighon, L.M., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Triphenyltin(IV) compounds with biologically-active anionic groups: crystal and molecular structures of the p-ethoxybenzoic acid, acetylsalicylic acid, phthalic acid and salicylaldehyde derivatives, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 12: pp 12-23 (1998)

Jones, D., Roberts, A., Cavell, K., Keim, W., Englert, U., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Synthesis of new adducts and coordination complexes of zirconium and titanium containing b-aminoketone ligands. Crystal structures of isostructural adducts MCl4.2(PriHNCMe=CHCMe=O (M = Ti or Zr) and the complex [Zr(PhNCMe=, Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, pp 255-262 (1998)

Kaes, C., Hosseini, M.W., Rickard, C.E.F., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Synthesis and structural analysis of a helical coordination polymer formed by the self-assembly of a 2,2’-bipyridine-based exo-ditopic macrocyclic ligand and silver cations, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 37: pp 920-922 (1998)

Kovbasyuk, L.A., Vassilyeva, O.Y., Kokozay, V.N., Linert, W., Reedijk, J., Skelton, B.W. and Oliver, A.G. A thiocyanato-bridged layer structure composed of symmetrical, dithiocyanato(N,S)-bridged dimers of heterotrinuclear alkoxy-bridged Cu2Pb units; synthesis from zerovalent copper, structural, spectroscopic and magnetic studies, Journal of the Chemical Society, DaltonTransactions, pp 2735-2738 (1998)

Kovbasyuk, L.A., Vassilyeva, O.Y., Kokozay, V.N., Linert, W., Skelton, B.W. and Oliver, A.G. Direct reaction of zerovalent copper with lead salts and an amino alcohol to form a heterotetranuclear mixed-anion polymeric complex, New Journal of Chemistry, pp 931-932 (1998)

Mahabusarakam, W., Pakawatchai, C., Wiriyachitra, P., Taylor, W.C., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Bicyclomangostin: a new acid-catalysed cyclization product from mangostin, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 249-254 (1998)

McGuinness, D.S., Green, M.J., Cavell, K.J., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H.Synthesis and reaction chemistry of mixed ligand methylpalladium-carbene complexes, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 565: pp 165-178 (1998)

Provatas, A., Luft, M., Mu, J.C., White, A.H., Matisons, J.G. and Skelton, B.W.Silsesquioxanes: Part 1 A key intermediate in the building of molecular composite materials, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 565: pp 159-164 (1998)

Pyne, S.G., Schafer, K., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Asymmetric synthesis of protected 2-substituted cyclopropane amino acids, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 127-135 (1998)

Pyne, S.G., Dong, Z., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Thermal cyclization of g-sulfonimidoyl ketones to 2,3-dihydrofurans, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 209-212 (1998)

Pyne, S.G., Safaei-G, J., Schafer, K., Javidan, A., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H.Diastereoselective 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions and Michael reactions of azomethine ylides to (2R)-3-benzoyl-4-methylidene-2-phenyloxazolidin-5-one and (2S)-3-benzoyl-2-t-butyl-4-methyleneoxazolidin-5-one, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 137-158 (1998)

Raston, C.L., Skelton, B.W., Tolhurst, V.-A. and White, A.H. Bis-amido complexes of heavier group 15 metal chlorides with the sterically hindered, N-functionalised amido ligand, [{2-(6-Me)C5H3N}NSiMe3]–, Polyhedron, 17: pp 935-942 (1998)

Skelton, B.W., Swiegers, G.F., White, A.H. and Wild, S.B. A diastereomer of an ortho-palladated (R)-a-methylbenzylamine complex containing an (R,R)-tetra(tertiary phosphine) in which the two organometallic rings have opposite helicities, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 1141-1147 (1998)

Tran, D., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H., Laverman, L.E. and Ford, P.C.Investigation of the nitric oxide reduction of the bis(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) complex of copper(II) and the structure of [Cu(dmp)2(H2O)](CF3SO3)2, Inorganic Chemistry, 37: pp 2505-2511 (1998)

Turner, P., Gunter, M.J., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Crystal structures of the pentacoordinate bromo, isocyanato, iodo, acetato and isothiocyanato complexes of the meso-tetraphenylporphyrinatomanganese cation, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 835-851 (1998)

Turner, P., Gunter, M.J., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. The influence of the axial ligand on the solid state structures of pentacoordinate manganese tetraphenylporphyrin complexes, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51: pp 853-863 (1998)

Vassilyeva, O.Y., Kovbasyuk, L.A., Kokozay, V.N., Skelton, B.W. and Linert, W. Mixed-metal copper (II) and lead (II) complexes due to µ- and µ3-bridging alkoxo groups from 2-dimethylaminoethanol. Chains and layers in [CuPbCl2(Me2NCH2CH2O)2]n.n/2H2O and [CuPbI2(Me2NCH2CH2O)2]2, Polyhedron, 17: pp 85-91 (1998)