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RUSSIAN CHEMICAL BULLETIN International Edition Volume 52, Number 12, December, 2003 Contents of 2003 issues Issue 1, 2003 Reviews Version Engl./Russ. Marine bioorganic chemistry as the base of marine biotechnology G. B. Elyakov and V. A. Stonik 1 1 Full Articles Artificial neural network and fragmental approach in prediction of physicochemical properties of organic compounds N. V. Artemenko, I. I. Baskin, V. A. Palyulin, and N. S. Zefirov 20 19 Activation of ethane in the metathesis reaction on silica supported tantalum hydride: a quantumchemical study M. N. Mikhailov, A. A. Bagatur´yants, and L. M. Kustov 30 29 Theoretical study of the structure of the CClF2NO and CCl2FNO molecules in the ground and lowest excited singlet and triplet electronic states E. K. Dolgov, V. A. Bataev, and I. A. Godunov 36 35 Structurally nonrigid molecular complexes (HF)n(H2O)m (n + m ≥ 2) and their spectroscopic features N. A. Zvereva, Sh. Sh. Nabiev, Yu. N. Ponomarev, and L. P. Sukhanov 45 43 Generalized criterion of solvent polarity as a tool for control of chromatographic process O. B. Rudakov and I. P. Sedishev 55 52 Sorption properties of freshly precipitated alumogels S. I. Pechenyuk and V. V. Semushin 63 60 77Se NMR study Synthesis, structure, and of the (PPh4)2[Re6Se6Br8] complex S. S. Yarovoi, S. F. Solodovnikov, S. V. Tkachev, Yu. V. Mironov, and V. E. Fedorov 68 65 Complex formation of Ocarboxymethylcalix[4]resor cinolarene with alkaline metal and ammonium ions S. N. Pod´yachev, A. R. Mustafina, and W. D. Habicher 73 70 Electrondonating ability of triarylphosphines and related compounds studied by 31Р NMR spectroscopy M. N. Chevykalova, L. F. Manzhukova, N. V. Artemova, Yu. N. Luzikov, I. E. Nifant´ev, and E. E. Nifant´ev 78 75 Vibrational spectra and structure of cesium salts of icosahedral monocarbaclosododecarborate anion, [CB11H12]–, and its nidoderivative, [CB10H13]– E. G. Kononova, S. S. Bukalov, L. A. Leites, K. A. Lyssenko, and V. A. Ol´shevskaya 85 81 Spectroscopic study of polycrystalline TiO2 doped with vanadium A. I. Kokorin, V. M. Arakelyan, and V. M. Arutyunian 93 88 Synthesis and powder Xray diffraction analysis of new mixed rareearth and selenium oxychlorides with composition LnSeO3Cl D. G. Shabalin, P. S. Berdonosov, V. A. Dolgikh, H. Oppermann, P. Schmidt, and B. A. Popovkin 98 93 Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2637—2665, December, 2003. 10665285/03/52122789 $25.00 © 2003 Plenum Publishing Corporation 2790 Russ.Chem.Bull., Int.Ed., Vol. 52, No. 12, December, 2003 Version Engl./Russ. Thermal transformations of αH6P2Mo18O62•nH2O heteropolyacid R. I. Maksimovskaya, G. M. Maksimov, and G. S. Litvak 103 97 Regularities of thermal decay of carbonyl chalcogenide metal clusters A. A. Pasynskii, Zh. V. Dobrokhotova, Yu. V. Torubaev, N. I. Semenova, and V. M. Novotortsev 109 103 Platinum and rhodium complexes with isoleucinolbased bi and tricyclic hydrophosphoranes O. G. Bondarev, I. S. Mikhel, V. N. Tsarev, P. V. Petrovskii, V. A. Davankov, and K. N. Gavrilov 116 110 New oxazolinecontaining phosphoramidite ligand for palladiumcatalyzed asymmetric allylic sulfonylation K. N. Gavrilov, O. G. Bondarev, V. N. Tsarev, A. A. Shiryaev, S. E. Lyubimov, A. S. Kucherenko, and V. A. Davankov 122 116 Syntheses and structures of layered compounds based on lanthanides(III) and cubane molybdenum and tungsten telluride cyano complexes V. P. Fedin, I. V. Kalinina, A. V. Virovets, and D. Fenske 126 119 The pKR+ values for coordinated propargyl cations [Cp2M2(CO)4(µη2,η3HC≡CCR1R2)]+ (M = Mo, W) I. V. Barinov 132 124 Role of metal center in reactions of polynuclear nickel(II) and cobalt(II) trimethylacetates with 8amino2,4dimethylquinoline E. V. Pakhmutova, A. E. Malkov, T. B. Mikhailova, I. G. Fomina, A. A. Sidorov, G. G. Aleksandrov, I. F. Golovaneva, V. M. Novotortsev, V. N. Ikorskii, S. E. Nefedov, and I. L. Eremenko 139 131 Synthesis and properties of new binuclear nickel(II) phthalocyanines Yu. N. Blikova, A. V. Ivanov, L. G. Tomilova, and N. V. Shvedene 150 141 Reduction of 2,5ditertbutylcyclopentadienone and pyridine with thulium diiodide. Structures of the complexes TmI2(THF)2[η5But2C5H2O]TmI2(THF)3 and [TmI2(C5H5N)4]2(µ2N2C10H10) I. L. Fedushkin, V. I. Nevodchikov, M. N. Bochkarev, S. Dechert, and H. Schumann 154 145 Synthesis, structures, and selected chemical properties of 2chloro and 2bromo1,1diferrocenyl cyclopropanes E. I. Klimova, T. Klimova, M. Martinez Garcia, J. M. Martinez Mendoza, S. Hernandez Ortega, and L. Ruiz Ramirez 160 151 Onestep synthesis of trialkylaluminum derivatives and dialkylaluminum hydrides by the reaction of alkaline metal aluminum hydrides with αolefins and alkylaluminum chlorides V. V. Gavrilenko 168 158 Reactions of cage metal siloxanes with functionalized organochlorosilanes L. I. Makarova, N. V. Sergienko, E. S. Trankina, A. A. Zhdanov, and E. A. Ahmet´eva 170 160 Russ.Chem.Bull., Int.Ed., Vol. 52, No. 12, December, 2003 2791 Version Engl./Russ. Reactions of [60]fullerene with 2azidopyrimidines I. P. Romanova, V. V. Kalinin, A. A. Nafikova, D. G. Yakhvarov, V. V. Zverev, V. I. Kovalenko, G. L. Rusinov, P. V. Plekhanov, V. N. Charushin, and O. G. Sinyashin 173 163 Onestep synthesis of 5acetyl2amino4aryl3cyano 4Hpyrano[3,2b]indoles. Molecular and crystal structure of 5acetyl2amino4(4´chloro 3´nitrophenyl)3cyano4Hpyrano[3,2b]indole A. M. Shestopalov, O. A. Naumov, and V. N. Nesterov 179 169 Unusual formation of tetrahydropyridazine3,4,5,6tetracarboxylic and pyrroletetracarboxylic esters upon decomposition of methyl diazoacetate in the presence of pyridine Yu. V. Tomilov, D. N. Platonov, B. B. Averkiev, E. V. Shulishov, and O. M. Nefedov 187 176 Synthesis of 2monofunctionalized 2,4,6,8tetra azabicyclo[3.3.0]octane3,7diones A. N. Kravchenko, E. Yu. Maksareva, P. A. Belyakov, A. S. Sigachev, K. Yu. Chegaev, K. A. Lyssenko, O. V. Lebedev, and N. N. Makhova 192 180 Chemistry of naphthazarin derivatives. 9. Direct observation of prototropic tautomerism of (poly)hydroxy naphthazarins by IR spectroscopy V. P. Glazunov, A. Ya. Yakubovskaya, N. D. Pokhilo, N. V. Bochinskaya, and V. Ph. Anufriev 198 186 periNaphthylenediamines. 35. Unusual behavior of "proton sponge"derived Mannich bases O. V. Vinogradova, A. F. Pozharskii, and Z. A. Starikova 208 196 periNaphthylenediamines. 36. 5,6Bis(dimethylamino)ace naphthylene in [4+2] cycloaddition reactions. Synthesis and characteristic features of protonation of "proton sponges" with the 8,9diazafluoranthene structure A. F. Pozharskii, V. A. Ozeryanskii, and N. V. Vistorobskii 218 206 Electrochemically induced Favorsky rearrangement of alkyl benzyl ketones M. N. Elinson, S. K. Feducovich, A. S. Dorofeev, A. N. Vereshchagin, and G. I. Nikishin 228 216 Тrifluoroacetylation and dehydration of 20hydroxyecdysone acetonides. Synthesis of stachisterone B V. N. Odinokov, I. V. Galyautdinov, D. V. Nedopekin, and L. M. Khalilov 232 220 Unusual regioselective acylation of the primary hydroxy groups of βcyclodextrin A. E. Glazyrin, A. N. Syrtsev, G. I. Kurochkina, L. O. Kononov, M. K. Grachev, and E. E. Nifant´ev 237 225 Sitespecific modification of the 5´terminal fragment of PGY1/MDR1 gene mRNA by reactive conjugates of antisense oligonucleotides R. N. Kulikov, E. V. Kostenko, M. A. Kuznetsova, D. S. Novopashina, A. A. Chernonosov, P. E. Vorob´ev, A. G. Ven´yaminova, M. A. Zenkova, and V. V. Vlassov 247 235 Transformation of tricyclic makaluvamines from the marine sponge Zyzzya fuliginosa into damirones N. K. Utkina, A. V. Gerasimenko, and D. Yu. Popov 258 246 2792 Russ.Chem.Bull., Int.Ed., Vol. 52, No. 12, December, 2003 Brief Communications Version Engl./Russ. Correlations between bond lengths and stretching frequencies in the O—D...O hydrogen bridge and their consequences Yu. Ya. Efimov 261 249 Molecular magnet based on the FeII,III complex with squaric acid M. A. Kiskin, Yu. G. Shvedenkov, V. N. Ikorskii, G. V. Romanenko, and V. I. Ovcharenko 265 253 Synthesis of novel O,O´dialkyl αaminoalkyl phosphonothioates O. A. Aimakov, K. B. Erzhanov, and T. A. Mastryukova 267 255 Nitration of cubane1,4dicarboxylic acid dimethyl ester by dinitrogen tetraoxide A. V. Shastin, L. T. Eremenko, G. V. Lagodzinskaya, L. B. Romanova, and Yu. A. Strelenko 269 256 periNaphthylenediamines. 37. Synthesis of N,N´di isopropylN,N´dimethyl1,8diaminonaphthalene V. A. Ozeryanskii and A. F. Pozharskii 271 257 Highpressure alkylation of bis(benzylidene) phenylenediamines N. E. Agafonov, A. V. Dudin, A. A. Preobrazhenskii, and V. M. Zhulin 273 259 Letters to the Editor Electrophilic substitution at the unsaturated carbon atom in Cp2Mo2(CO)4(µη2,η2HC≡C—CR=CH2) complexes (R = H or Me) I. V. Barinov and S. L. Kireev 276 262 Synthesis of diaryl sulfides by the reactions of activated aryl halides with potassium ethyl dithiocarbonate under conditions of phasetransfer catalysis D. V. Davydov and I. P. Beletskaya 278 263 279 265 293 279 Information Issue 2, 2003 Reviews Diels—Alder reaction. Effect of internal and external factors on the reactivity of diene—dienophile systems A. I. Konovalov and V. D. Kiselev Full Articles Ionization potentials of halides. Substituent effects in Cl, Br, and Icentered radical cations A. N. Egorochkin and O. V. Kuznetsova 312 298 Transition state geometry in radical abstraction reactions: comparison of interatomic distances in the intersecting parabolas and Morse curves models with quantumchemical calculations A. F. Shestakov and E. T. Denisov 320 306 Russ.Chem.Bull., Int.Ed., Vol. 52, No. 12, December, 2003 2793 Version Engl./Russ. Parameters of models and conditional sensitivity coefficients of radial distribution functions for water calculated by molecular dynamics data M. L. Antipova, V. E. Petrenko, and Yu. M. Kessler 330 316 Structural characteristics of hydration complexes of rubidium chloride in solutions V. N. Afanas´ev and E. Yu. Tyunina 336 322 Thermodynamic characteristics of adsorption of nitrogen containing heterocycles on graphitized thermal carbon black derived from molecular statistical calculation. 1. Azines S. N. Yashkin, D. A. Svetlov, and A. K. Buryak 344 329 Adsorptionstimulated deformation of microporous carbon adsorbent V. Yu. Yakovlev, A. A. Fomkin, A. V. Tvardovski, V. A. Sinitsyn, and A. L. Pulin 354 338 Sorption of carbon dioxide by the composite sorbent "potassium carbonate in porous matrix" A. G. Okunev, V. E. Sharonov, A. V. Gubar´, I. G. Danilova, E. A. Paukshtis, E. M. Moroz, T. A. Kriger, V. V. Malakhov, and Yu. I. Aristov 359 343 Synthesis and structure of grafted layer of silicas modified with alkanesulfonic acid S. A. Alekseev, V. N. Zaitsev, and J. Fraissard 364 348 Study of the equilibrium of formation of arsenic(III) lacunar heteropolytungstates by Raman spectroscopy L. G. Detusheva, L. I. Kuznetsova, L. S. Dovlitova, and V. A. Likholobov 370 354 Structures and conductivities of isostructural synthetic metals (DOET)4[Hg2Cl6] and (DOET)4[Hg2Br6] O. A. D´yachenko, A. A. Bardin, A. I. Kotov, G. V. Shilov, V. V. Gritsenko, L. I. Buravov, and M. Mizuno 375 359 Rate constants for addition of the OP•(OPri)2, Me3C•, and Me(CH2)3•CH2 radicals to methano[60]fullerenes C60CX1X2 (X1 = X2 = CO2Et; X1 = CO2Me, X2 = OP(OMe)2; X1 = X2 = OP(OEt)2) R. G. Gasanov, V. V. Bashilov, B. L. Tumanskii, V. I. Sokolov, I. A. Nuretdinov, V. V. Zverev, V. P. Gubskaya, and L. Sh. Berezhnaya 380 364 Formation of mono, bi, and polyradicals upon reduction of poly(arylenesulfophthalides) by metallic lithium N. M. Shishlov, V. N. Khrustaleva, Sh. S. Akhmetzyanov, N. G. Gileva, N. L. Asfandiarov, S. A. Pshenichnyuk, and E. S. Shikhovtseva 385 369 Regularities of reversible radical dissociation in liquid crystals A. P. Vorotnikov 391 374 Selfassembly of mesomono4pyridyltriphenylporphyrinatoiron(II) in sublimed layers. Interaction with molecular oxygen T. S. Kurtikyan, R. K. Kazaryan, and V. N. Madakyan 394 377 Fluorimetric and conductometric study of water—noctane—sodium dodecyl sulfate—npentanol microemulsions S. N. Shtykov, G. V. Mel´nikov, and L. S. Shtykova 398 381 Effect of minor additives of arenes on chain termination in lowtemperature cationic polymerization of isobutylene in aliphatic solvents V. B. Murachev, E. A. Ezhova, A. I. Nesmelov, and V. S. Byrikhin 403 386 Iodine and cymantrenyl regioselective exchange in the η5IC5H4(CO)2Feη1,η5C5H4MN(CO)3 complex under crosscoupling conditions T. Yu. Orlova, Yu. S. Nekrasov, P. V. Petrovskii, and M. G. Ezernitskaya 410 393 2794 Russ.Chem.Bull., Int.Ed., Vol. 52, No. 12, December, 2003 Version Engl./Russ. Synthesis, structure, and reactivity of siloxides and germyloxides of iron(II) and cobalt(II) Ya. V. Fedotova, E. V. Zhezlova, T. G. Mushtina, A. N. Kornev, T. A. Chesnokova, G. K. Fukin, L. N. Zakharov, and G. A. Domrachev 414 396 Synthesis, structure, and antitumor properties of platinum(IV) complexes with aminonitroxyl radicals V. D. Sen´, V. V. Tkachev, L. M. Volkova, S. A. Goncharova, T. A. Raevskaya, and N. P. Konovalova 421 403 C→N Migrations of the ethoxycarbonyl group in reactions of orthosubstituted aryl isocyanates with the 1,3zwitterion derived from triisopropyl phosphine and ethyl 2cyanoacrylate Yu. G. Gololobov, P. V. Petrovskii, E. M. Ivanova, O. A. Linchenko, R. Schmutzler, L. Ernst, P. G. Jones, A. Karaçar, M. Freytag, and S. Okucu 427 409 Spirocyclohexadienones. 7. Threecomponent condensation of 1 or 2methoxynaphthalene with isobutyraldehyde and nitriles Yu. V. Nifontov, V. A. Glushkov, and Yu. V. Shklyaev 437 418 Purines, pyrimidines, and related fused systems. 19. Use of SNH methodology for the synthesis of a new heterocyclic system, pyrrolo[3´,2´:3,4]pyrimido[4,5c]pyridazine V. V. Gorunenko, A. V. Gulevskaya, and A. F. Pozharskii 441 422 Synthesis of 6substituted 3cyano5nitropyridine2(1H )thiones K. S. Chunikhin, L. A. Rodinovskaya, and A. M. Shestopalov 447 428 Regioselective acylation of methyl 2methyl 4Hthieno[3,2b]pyrrole5carboxylate V. N. Yarovenko, S. L. Semenov, I. V. Zavarzin, A. V. Ignatenko, and M. M. Krayushkin 451 431 Fluorinated benzimidazo[1,2a]quinolones G. N. Lipunova, E. V. Nosova, P. V. Vasil´eva, and V. N. Charushin 457 436 Synthesis and transformations of (imidazolylimino) thiazolidinones O. S. El´tsov, V. S. Mokrushin, N. P. Bel´skaya, and N. M. Kozlova 461 440 Synthesis of 1amino1,2,4triazolium 4nitroimides and their reactions with electrophiles A. I. Glushkov, O. P. Shitov, and V. A. Tartakovsky 467 446 Enantioselective reduction of C=O and C=N bonds by TADDOLcontaining aluminum hydride reagents based on NaAlH4 and AlH3 M. G. Vinogradov, L. S. Gorshkova, G. V. Chel´tsova, V. A. Pavlov, I. V. Razmanov, V. A. Ferapontov, O. R. Malyshev, and G. L. Heise 471 450 Epoxidation of cycloolefins with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of heteropoly acids combined with phase transfer catalyst M. N. Timofeeva, Z. P. Pai, A. G. Tolstikov, G. N. Kustova, N. V. Selivanova, P. V. Berdnikova, K. P. Brylyakov, A. B. Shangina, and V. A. Utkin 480 458 Synergism in catalytic halogenexchange fluorination of 4chloronitro and dichlorotetrafluorobenzenes A. I. Shipilov, A. B. Bykova, L. I. Elokhova, and S. M. Igumnov 487 464 Russ.Chem.Bull., Int.Ed., Vol. 52, No. 12, December, 2003 2795 Version Engl./Russ. Catalytic olefination of carbonyl compounds. Effect of the structure of the carbonyl compound on the reaction V. N. Korotchenko, A. V. Shastin, V. G. Nenajdenko, and E. S. Balenkova 492 469 Favorable effect of CeIII on the stereoselectivity of reduction of verbenone to cisverbenol L. L. Frolova, I. V. Dreval, M. V. Panteleeva, E. U. Ipatova, I. N. Alekseev, and A. V. Kutchin 498 475 Synthesis of 5,6dehydro7oxoisodrimenin from drim8en7one P. F. Vlad, E. C. Gorincioi, and M. N. Coltsa 502 479 Brief Communications Dicyclopentadienyl complexes of titanium, niobium, and tungsten in the controlled synthesis of poly(methyl methacrylate) D. F. Grishin, L. L. Semyonycheva, E. V. Telegina, A. S. Smirnov, and V. I. Nevodchikov 505 482 2(Polyfluoroalkyl)chromones. 14. Synthesis of 4chloro 3(5)(2hydroxyaryl)5(3)polyfluoroalkylpyrazoles V. Ya. Sosnovskikh, B. I. Usachev, and A. Yu. Sizov 508 484 Letters to the Editor Biographical radiationinduced defect formation as a method for the activation of red phosphorus in reactions with arylalkenes N. K. Gusarova, S. I. Shaikhudinova, B. G. Sukhov, T. I. Kazantseva, S. F. Malysheva, Yu. V. Smetannikov, N. P. Tarasova, V. A. Kuimov, and B. A. Trofimov 511 488 New polynuclear molecular ferromagnetic complex {Co3((η2NH2)2C6H2Me2)2(µOOCCMe3)2(η1 OOCCMe3)2(η2OOCCMe3)2(HOOCCMe3)2}{Co((η2 NH2)2C6H2Me2)2(η1OOCCMe3)2} А. Е. Маlкоv, I. G. Fomina, A. A. Sidorov, G. G. Aleksandrov, V. N. Ikorskii, V. M. Novotortsev, and I. L. Eremenko 513 489 Iridium hydride complexes with P,C,P pincer ligands based on ferrocene and ruthenocene A. A. Koridze, A. M. Sheloumov, S. A. Kuklin, V. Yu. Lagunova, I. I. Petukhova, and P. V. Petrovskii 516 492 Issue 3, 2003 Full Articles Tetra and hexaatomic cyclic clusters of maingroup elements (XY)2 and (XY)3: an ab initio and density functional study V. I. Minkin, T. N. Gribanova, A. G. Starikov, and R. M. Minyaev 519 497 Experimental and quantumchemical study of complexation of carbene analogs with dinitrogen. Direct IRspectroscopic observation of Cl2Si•N2 complexes in lowtemperature argonnitrogen matrices A. V. Lalov, S. E. Boganov, V. I. Faustov, M. P. Egorov, and O. M. Nefedov 526 504 2796 Russ.Chem.Bull., Int.Ed., Vol. 52, No. 12, December, 2003 Version Engl./Russ. Modeling of structures of poly(oxyhexaorgano cyclotetrasiloxy2,6diyl) mesophases I. E. Polishchuk, E. V. Matukhina, N. N. Makarova, and T. V. Timofeeva 539 517 Thermodynamic properties of the first to fifth generations of carbosilane dendrimers with allyl terminal groups B. V. Lebedev, M. V. Ryabkov, E. A. Tatarinova, E. A. Rebrov, and A. M. Muzafarov 545 523 Quantitative 2H NMR spectroscopy. 1. Thermodynamic H/D isotope effects in N,Ndimethylformamide and cyclopentadiene molecules V. A. Roznyatovsky, S. M. Gerdov, Yu. K. Grishin, D. N. Laikov, and Yu. A. Ustynyuk 552 530 Dynamics of intramolecular processes in electronicexcited states of 2,4,5triarylimidazole molecules F. E. Gostev, A. N. Petrukhin, A. A. Titov, A. I. Shiyonok, V. S. Marevtsev, and O. M. Sarkisov 557 535 Sodium picrate effect on extraction of lanthanum and lutetium by aminophosphonate calix[4]resorcinarenes S. V. Fedorenko, A. R. Mustafina, E. Kh. Kazakova, S. N. Pod´yachev, N. I. Kharitonova, M. A. Pudovik, A. I. Konovalov, I. G. Tananaev, and B. F. Myasoedov 562 540 Kinetic features of oxidative addition of organic halides to the organonickel σcomplex D. G. Yakhvarov, Yu. H. Budnikova, and O. G. Sinyashin 567 545 Synthesis, crystal and electronic structure of Cd2PCl2: influence of cation on characteristic structural features of pnictide halides of Group 12 metals A. V. Olenev, O. S. Oleneva, A. V. Shevelkov, and B. A. Popovkin 570 548 Structural and spectroscopic characteristics of αcyano substituted αphosphoryl(thiophosphoryl)acetonates in neutral chelatebridged complexes. Crystal structure of [Cu[(PrO)2P(O)C(CN)C(Me)O]2] A. G. Matveeva, M. P. Passechnik, Z. A. Starikova, I. L. Odinets, and T. A. Mastryukova 576 554 Synthesis and crystal structures of sumpramolecular compounds of cucurbit[n]urils (n = 6, 8) with polynuclear strontium aqua complexes O. A. Gerasko, A. V. Virovets, D. G. Samsonenko, A. A. Tripol´skaya, V. P. Fedin, and D. Fenske 585 562 Crown compounds for anions. Sandwich complex of cyclic trimeric perfluoroophenylenemercury with [B12H11SCN]2– anion I. A. Tikhonova, E. S. Shubina, F. M. Dolgushin, K. I. Tugashov, L. N. Teplitskaya, A. M. Filin, I. B. Sivaev, P. V. Petrovskii, G. G. Furin, V. I. Bregadze, L. M. Epstein, and V. B. Shur 594 570 Diazabutadiene derivatives of ytterbocenes. Syntheses, properties, and crystal structures of the (С5Me5)2Yb(ButNCHCHNBut) and [CpYb(µ2OC13H8C13H8O)(THF)]2 complexes A. A. Trifonov, Yu. A. Kurskii, M. N. Bochkarev, S. Mühle, S. Dechert, and H. Schumann 601 577 Syntheses and crystal structures of ferrocenyl derivatives of biphenyl D. A. Lemenovskii, M. V. Makarov, V. P. Dyadchenko, A. E. Bruce, M. R. M. Bruce, S. A. Larkin, B. B. Averkiev, Z. A. Starikova, and M. Yu. Antipin 607 583 Russ.Chem.Bull., Int.Ed., Vol. 52, No. 12, December, 2003 2797 Version Engl./Russ. Stereochemical control in reactions of chiral ketone with 2lithiated substituted ferrocene derivatives L. L. Troitskaya, T. V. Demeshchik, S. T. Ovseenko, Z. A. Starikova, V. I. Sokolov, B. Malezieux, and M. Gruselle 616 591 Reaction of dibenzylphosphine oxide with α,βunsaturated Omethyloximes V. D. Kolesnik and А. V. Tkachev 624 598 Synthesis of chiral organophosphorus compounds by the reaction of dibenzylphosphine oxide with α,βunsaturated ketones of the terpene series V. D. Kolesnik and A. V. Tkachev 630 603 3Aryl(hetaryl)3hydroxy2phosphorussubstituted acrylonitriles. Synthesis and experimental and theoretical conformational analysis I. L. Odinets, Ya. A. Vereshchagina, O. I. Artyushin, R. M. Kalyanova, T. A. Mastryukova, E. A. Ishmaeva, G. R. Fattakhova, D. V. Chachkov, and E. G. Yarkova 638 611 Silylation of γnitro ketones as a convenient approach to the synthesis of 2[N,Nbis(silyloxy)amino] 2,3dihydrofurans and conjugated enoximes K. P. Birin, A. A. Tishkov, S. L. Ioffe, Yu. A. Strelenko, and V. A. Tartakovsky 647 620 Generation and reactions of diazo3,3dideuterio2methylidene cyclopropane and isomerization of 3´,3´dideuterio 2´methylidenespiro[4,5dihydropyrazole 5,1´cyclopropanes] into isopropenylpyrazoles I. P. Klimenko, E. V. Shulishov, Yu. V. Tomilov, and O. M. Nefedov 659 632 1,5Diazabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes and 1,6diazabicyclo[4.1.0]heptanes: a new method for the synthesis, quantumchemical calculations, and Xray diffraction study V. V. Kuznetsov, S. A. Kutepov, N. N. Makhova, K. A. Lyssenko, and D. E. Dmitriev 665 638 Regioselective synthesis of cis and trans2,4,5triarylimidazolines and 2,4,5triarylimidazoles from available reagents N. A. Lozinskaya, V. V. Tsybezova, M. V. Proskurnina, and N. S. Zefirov 674 646 Organometallic synthesis in the furazan series. 2. Furazanylethanes A. B. Sheremetev, E. A. Ivanova, A. Yu. Sizov, V. O. Kulagina, D. E. Dmitriev, and Yu. A. 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Gribov 802 763 New approach to stereochemical structure determination of bisseleniumsubsituted alkenes V. P. Ananikov and I. P. Beletskaya 811 771 Ab initio spectrograms of the molecular vibrational spectrum G. R. De Maré, Yu. N. Panchenko, and A. V. Abramenkov 817 777 Symmetry and selection rules in the Raman spectra of carbon nanotubes T. Yu. Astakhova, G. A. Vinogradov, and M. Menon 823 783 Structure and vibrational spectra of dicyclopentadienylzinc. A DFT study B. V. Lokshin, O. G. Garkusha, Yu. A. Borisov, and N. E. Borisova 831 791 Issue 4, 2003 Reviews Nuclear magnetic resonance of donor atoms as a tool for determination of the structure of platinum metal complexes in solutions Full Articles 2800 Russ.Chem.Bull., Int.Ed., Vol. 52, No. 12, December, 2003 Version Engl./Russ. Thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of elementary steps in gasphase hydrolysis of SiF4. Quantumchemical and FTIR spectroscopic studies S. K. Ignatov, P. G. Sennikov, L. A. Chuprov, and A. G. Razuvaev 837 797 Crystallization of chiral compounds. 1. Spectroscopic, thermochemical, and crystallographic investigation of homochiral and racemic glycidyl ptoluenesulfonate A. A. Bredikhin, S. N. Lazarev, Z. A. Bredikhina, D. V. Savel´ev, I. I. Vandyukova, A. T. Gubaidullin, and I. A. Litvinov 846 806 Crystallization of chiral compounds. 2. Propranolol: free base and hydrochloride A. A. Bredikhin, D. V. Savel´ev, Z. A. Bredikhina, A. T. Gubaidullin, and I. A. Litvinov 853 812 Thermodynamic properties of crystalline polymeric C60 phases in the temperature region from Т → 0 to 340 К A. V. Markin, N. N. Smirnova, B. V. Lebedev, V. A. Davydov, L. S. Kashevarova, and A. V. Rakhmanina 862 821 Molecular grounds of the calculation of equilibrium and transport characteristics of inert gases and liquids in complex narrowpore systems Yu. K. Tovbin 869 827 Features of sulfur hexafluoride adsorption on carbon adsorbents A. A. Pribylov, I. A. Kalinnikova, and N. I. Regent 882 839 Adsorption of benzene on the V2O5/γAl2O3 catalyst L. D. Asnin, A. A. Fedorov, and Yu. S. Chekryshkin 889 845 Peculiarities of the effect of the electronic nature of substituents on the basic properties of aliphatic amines N. G. Korzhenevskaya, V. I. Rybachenko, and V. V. Kovalenko 893 848 Kinetics of the reaction of the TEMPO radical with alkylarenes I. O. Opeida, A. G. Matvienko, O. Z. Bakurova, and R. A. Voloshkin 900 854 Electron transfer and paramagnetic products of reactions of haloquinones with aliphatic amines M. K. Kadirov, S. E. Nefed´ev, and M. B. Zuev 905 859 Electronexcited dioxygen generated by the tritertbutoxy aluminum—tertbutyl hydroperoxide system as an efficient oxidant of aniline and some Nsubstituted anilines V. A. Dodonov, E. A. Zaburdaeva, L. P. Stepovik, and V. K. Cherkasov 910 863 Longlived room temperature phosphorescence of a naphthalene—βcyclodextrin—adamantane complex in the presence of oxygen V. B. Nazarov, V. G. Avakyan, M. V. Alfimov, and T. G. Vershinnikova 916 869 Metal complex electrocatalytic reduction of 1,1dihalocyclopropanes V. V. Yanilkin, E. I. Strunskaya, N. V. Nastapova, N. I. Mаksimyuk, Z. A. Bredikhina, D. R. Sharafutdinova, and A. A. Bredikhin 923 876 Electrochemical synthesis of phosphorus esters from white phosphorus in the presence of copper complexes and ethanol Yu. H. Budnikova, A. G. Kafiyatullina, O. G. Sinyashin, and R. R. Abdreimova 929 882 Russ.Chem.Bull., Int.Ed., Vol. 52, No. 12, December, 2003 2801 Version Engl./Russ. Radical anions and dianions of 3,3´bi(2R5,5di methyl4oxopyrrolinylidene) 1,1´dioxides L. A. Shundrin, V. A. Reznikov, I. G. Irtegova, and V. F. Starichenko 939 892 Heterometallic iron carbonyl chalcogenide clusters containing ruthenium, rhenium, manganese, and molybdenum A. A. Pasynskii, N. I. Semenova, Yu. V. Torubaev, P. V. Belousov, A. R. Galustyan, and K. A. Lyssenko 944 896 Synthesis and study of properties of linear permethylpoly(silanesiloxanes) A. I. Chernyavskii, E. G. Kononova, M. I. Buzin, and N. A. Chernyavskaya 952 903 Sulfurcontaining carboxylic acids. 6. The syntheses of 3,3´sulfinyldipropionic and 2,2´sulfinyldiacetic acids T. P. Vasil´eva 958 908 Reaction of 6methoxybenzo[b]furan3(2Н )one and benzo[b]thiophen3(2Н )one with 2aryl1,1di cyanoethylenes as a convenient synthetic route to substituted 2amino4aryl1,3dicyano 7methoxydibenzo[b,d]furans and 2amino 4aryl3cyano4Нbenzothieno[3,2b]pyrans A. M. Shestopalov and O. A. Naumov 961 911 Fused sulfurcontaining pyridine systems. 1. Synthesis and structures of tetrahydropyridothienopyridinone and tetrahydropyridothiopyranopyridinone derivatives V. V. Dotsenko, S. G. Krivokolysko, A. N. Chernega, and V. P. Litvinov 969 918 3Cyanopyridine2(1H )thiones and 3cyano2(methylthio) pyridines in the synthesis of substituted 3(aminomethyl)pyridines A. A. Zubarev, V. K. Zavyalova, and V. P. Litvinov 978 926 2(Polyfluoroalkyl)chromones. 15. Transformation of 3chloro2(polyfluoroalkyl)chromones into benzofuran derivatives by hydroxylamine V. Ya. Sosnovskikh, B. I. Usachev, and A. Yu. Sizov 984 932 Ozonolysis of orthoalkenylanilines A. G. Mustafin, D. I. Dyachenko, R. R. Gataullin, G. Yu. Ishmuratov, R. Ya. Kharisov, I. B. Abdrakhmanov, and G. A. Tolstikov 989 937 Formation of Ncyclopropylhydrazones by azo coupling of cyclopropyldiazonium with aliphatic CH acids Yu. V. Tomilov, I. V. Kostyuchenko, E. V. Shulishov, and G. P. Okonnishnikova 993 941 Electrochemically induced Favorsky rearrangement: transformations of dialkyl ketones into α,βunsaturated carboxylic esters M. N. Elinson, S. K. Feducovich, T. A. Zaimovskaya, A. S. Dorofeev, A. N. Vereshchagin, and G. I. Nikishin 998 946 Reactions of trialkylalanes with cyclic acetals and orthoformates in CH2Cl2 and ClCH2CH2Cl as solvents Yu. T. Gafarova, E. F. Dekhtyar´, T. F. Dekhtyar´, A. A. Fatykhov, L. V. Spirikhin, O. S. Vostrikova, S. S. Zlotskii, and V. A. Dokichev 1003 951 Monophosphorylation of 1,4:3,6dianhydroDmannitol G. I. Kurochkina, N. O. Soboleva, M. K. Grachev, L. K. Vasyanina, and E. E. Nifant´ev 1009 957 2802 Russ.Chem.Bull., Int.Ed., Vol. 52, No. 12, December, 2003 Version Engl./Russ. Study of the interaction and activation of lipase from Pseudomonas fluorescens in surfactant monolayers and precipitates I. V. Gorokhova, A. E. Ivanov, S. Yu. Zaitsev, and V. P. Zubov 1013 961 Chemical properties of marine terpenoids. 1. Some reactions of (6S,10R)10bromo3,11,11trimethyl7methylidene spiro[5.5]undec2en4one, a sesquiterpenoid from the sea hare Aplysia dactylomela E. G. Lyakhova, S. N. Fedorov, L. K. Shubina, O. S. Radchenko, A. I. Kalinovsky, P. S. Dmitrenok, and V. A. Stonik 1022 970 A. L. Chistyakov and I. V. Stankevich 1027 975 Formation of an organolithium derivative of 2(αaminobenzyl) 1methylbenzimidazole in the reaction of 2benzoyl 1methylbenzimidazole oxime with lithium naphthalenide A. S. Morkovnik and L. N. Divaeva 1031 978 Reactions of buta1,2dienylphosphonate with thiols N. G. Khusainova, O. A. Mostovaya, E. A. Berdnikov, and R. A. Cherkasov 1033 979 Brief Communications η5—πComplexes of bowlshaped precursors of C60 fullerene with MCp groups: stability estimates from DFT calculations. Complexes C21H9(MCp)n (n = 1—3; M = Fe, Ru) Letters to the Editor Easy elimination of bridging water molecule from a binuclear cobalt(II) complex. Synthesis and structure of the [Co2(µOOCBut)2(PirH)4(MeCN)2][OS(O)2CF3]2 complex (PirH is 3,5dimethylpyrazole) T. O. Denisova and S. E. Nefedov 1035 982 The first example of the azo coupling of cyclopropyldiazonium ion under conditions of direct nitrosation of cyclopropylamine Yu. V. Tomilov, G. P. Okonnishnikova, and I. V. Kostyuchenko 1038 984 1041 987 Issue 5, 2003 Reviews Supramolecular compounds of cucurbituril with molybdenum and tungsten chalcogenide cluster aqua complexes M. N. Sokolov, D. N. Dybtsev, and V. P. Fedin Full Articles Fragmental descriptors in QSPR: application to molecular polarizability calculations N. I. Zhokhova, I. I. Baskin, V. A. Palyulin, A. N. Zefirov, and N. S. Zefirov 1061 1005 Variabletemperature UV and Raman study of complicated thermochromic phase transition of order—disorder type in poly(dindecylsilane) [(nC10H21)2Si]n S. S. Bukalov, M. V. Teplitsky, Yu. Yu. Gordeev, L. A. Leites, and R. West 1066 1010 Russ.Chem.Bull., Int.Ed., Vol. 52, No. 12, December, 2003 2803 Version Engl./Russ. Adsorption on nonporous and supermicroporous adsorbents N. S. Polyakov, G. A. Petukhova, V. V. Gur´yanov, and L. I. Gur´yanova 1078 1021 Thermodynamic and adsorption properties of semi interpenetrating polymer networks based on polybenzimidazoles and polyaminoimide resin E. V. Lenskaya, V. I. Zheivot, and D. M. Mognonov 1083 1025 Zinccontaining zeolite catalysts for ethane aromatization prepared by solidstate modification A. L. Lapidus, A. A. Dergachev, V. A. Kostina, and I. V. Mishin 1094 1035 Influence of humidity and acidity of the titanium dioxide surface on the kinetics of photocatalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds D. V. Kozlov, A. A. Panchenko, D. V. Bavykin, E. N. Savinov, and P. G. Smirniotis 1100 1041 Molecular structure of 6(N,Ndimethylamino)fulvene from a joint gasphase electron diffraction and quantumchemical study E. G. Atavin, A. V. Golubinskii, M. V. Popik, L. V. Khristenko, I. P. Gloriozov, A. A. Salgalov, Yu. A. Ustynyuk, and L. V. Vilkov 1106 1047 ESR spectra of endohedral metallofullerene Ce@C82 radical anions in dimethylformamide and pyridine S. P. Solodovnikov and S. F. Lebedkin 1111 1052 ESR study of photooxidation of phenothiazines in aqueous micellar solutions M. K. Kadirov and E. S. Nefed´ev 1114 1055 Complexation in the copper(II)—Lhistidine—Dornithine system as studied by ESR spectroscopy N. P. Kryukova, S. N. Bolotin, and V. T. Panyushkin 1119 1060 Reaction of chlorine dioxide with phenol I. M. Ganiev, E. S. Suvorkina, and N. N. Kabal´nova 1123 1064 Oxidation of aminothiols by molecular oxygen catalyzed by copper ions. Stoichiometry of the reaction G. A. Bagiyan, I. K. Koroleva, N. V. Soroka, and A. V. Ufimtsev 1129 1069 Oxidation of thiol compounds by molecular oxygen in aqueous solutions G. A. Bagiyan, I. K. Koroleva, N. V. Soroka, and A. V. Ufimtsev 1135 1075 Singleelectron oxidation and nucleophilicity of aminomethylated calix[4]resorcinarenes V. V. Yanilkin, I. S. Ryzhkina, N. V. Nastapova, T. N. Pashirova, Ya. A. Babkina, A. R. Burilov, V. I. Morozov, and A. I. Konovalov 1142 1082 Electrochemical properties of 2,2´:6´,2″terpyridine complexes of platinum(II) with arenethiolate ligands. Alkylation of reduced forms of the complexes R. D. Rakhimov, Yu. A. Weinstein, E. V. Lileeva, N. N. Zheligovskaya, M. Ya. Mel´nikov, and K. P. Butin 1150 1089 Electrochemical behavior of benzo[b][1,6]naph thyridine derivatives E. Yu. Khmel´nitskaya, A. S. Ivanov, N. Z. Tugusheva, N. B. Grigor´ev, and V. G. Granik 1157 1096 Synthesis of trialkylaluminum derivatives by the reaction of nonsolvated aluminum hydride with αolefins V. V. Gavrilenko 1161 1100 Onestep synthesis of substituted 2amino5,6,7,8tetrahydro 4Hbenzo[b]pyrans. Molecular and crystal structure of 2amino3(2methoxyethoxycarbonyl)4(2nitro phenyl)5oxo5,6,7,8tetrahydro4Hbenzo[b]pyran A. M. Shestopalov, Yu. M. Emelianova, and V. N. Nesterov 1164 1103 2804 Russ.Chem.Bull., Int.Ed., Vol. 52, No. 12, December, 2003 Version Engl./Russ. Spiropyrans and spirooxazines. 1. Synthesis and photochromic properties of 9´hydroxy and 9´alkoxysubstituted spironaphthooxazines N. A. Voloshin, A. V. Metelitsa, J. C. Micheau, E. N. Voloshina, S. O. Besugliy, A. V. Vdovenko, N. E. Shelepin, and V. I. Minkin 1172 1110 Functionalization of benzo[b][1,6]naphthyridine derivatives A. S. Ivanov, N. Z. Tugusheva, L. M. Alekseeva, and V. G. Granik 1182 1120 Fluoroalkylcontaining lithium βdiketonates in the synthesis of 1,2,4triazolo[1,5a]pyrimidines O. A. Kuznetsova, V. I. Filyakova, K. I. Pashkevich, E. N. Ulomskii, P. V. Plekhanov, G. L. Rusinov, M. I. Kodess, and V. L. Rusinov 1190 1127 Nucleophilic substitution or dipolar 1,3cycloaddition in reactions of cyanamide with 4arylpyrimidine 1oxides A. M. Prokhorov, D. N. Kozhevnikov, V. L. Rusinov, and O. N. Chupakhin 1195 1131 Methoxycarbonyltrifluoromethylthioketene A. N. Kovregin, A. Yu. Sizov, and A. F. Ermolov 1198 1134 Brief Communications Rate constant of free electronhole recombination in thin cadmium sulfide films A. V. Tataurov, Yu. V. Meteleva, N. L. Sermakasheva, and G. F. Novikov 1201 1137 How can the metal affect the proton transfer to the dihydrides [{P(CH2CH2PPh2)3}MH2] (M = Fe, Ru, Os)? A lowtemperature electronic spectroscopy study E. I. Gutsul, N. V. Belkova, G. M. Babakhina, L. M. Epstein, E. S. Shubina, C. Bianchini, M. Peruzzini, and F. Zanobini 1204 1140 Cyanothioacetamide in the synthesis of spirofused hydrogenated quinolinethiones V. V. Dotsenko, S. G. Krivokolysko, A. N. Chernega, and V. P. Litvinov 1207 1142 [4+2]Cyclodimer of sabinone: formation, crystal structure, and NMR spectra E. M. Suleimenov, V. A. Raldugin, M. M. Shakirov, I. Yu. Bagryanskaya, Yu. V. Gatilov, A. T. Kulyjasov, and S. M. Adekenov 1210 1145 Letters to the Editor A new reaction of sulfur ylides. Imination of dimethylsulfonium ketoylides with tosyl isocyanate Yu. G. Gololobov, I. R. Golding, P. V. Petrovskii, and Z. S. Klemenkova 1213 1148 Synthesis of 6fluoroalkylbenzo[h]cyclopenta[c]quino line and benzo[c]phenanthridine derivatives N. S. Karpenko, V. I. Filyakova, E. G. Matochkina, M. I. Kodess, and K. I. Pashkevich 1215 1149 Russ.Chem.Bull., Int.Ed., Vol. 52, No. 12, December, 2003 2805 Issue 6, 2003 Reviews Version Engl./Russ. Dopants in nanocrystalline tin dioxide M. N. Rumyantseva, O. V. Safonova, M. N. Boulova, L. I. Ryabova, and A. M. Gas´kov 1217 1151 Controlled defect formation in elemental phosphorus as method for its chemical activation B. G. Sukhov, N. K. Gusarova, S. F. Malysheva, and B. A. Trofimov 1239 1172 Structure of hydrated complexes formed by metal ions of Groups I—III of the Periodic Table in aqueous electrolyte solutions under ambient conditions E. V. Vinogradov, P. R. Smirnov, and V. N. Trostin 1253 1186 Full Articles Metal complexes of allyl derivatives of C60 fullerene: molecular and electronic structure prediction from density functional calculations I. V. Stankevich and A. L. Chistyakov 1272 1204 Heterocomplexes in liquid mixtures MeOH—HF G. V. Yukhnevich, E. G. Tarakanova, N. I. Sushko, D. K. Buslov, and V. F. Sukhoverkhov 1280 1211 Exoemission accompanying electron interactions in complex coppercerium oxide catalysts and synergism phenomena I. V. Krylova 1289 1219 ESR study of radical intermediates formed upon photooxidation of 4,4´diazidodiphenyl S. V. Zelentsov, M. V. Kuznetsov, and N. V. Zelentsova 1296 1226 ESR spectra of copper(II) complexes with 2hydroxy5methyl and 5chloro2hydroxyacetophenone acyldihydrazones V. F. Shul´gin, A. N. Gusev, V. Ya. Zub, and G. M. Larin 1301 1230 Photolysis of [PtBr6]2– complex in frozen methanol matrix E. M. Glebov, V. F. Plyusnin, A. B. Venediktov, and S. V. Korenev 1305 1234 Structure, thermochemistry, and conformational analysis of peroxides ROOR and hydroperoxides ROOH (R = Me, But, CF3) S. L. Khursan and V. L. Antonovsky 1312 1241 Volumetric properties of H2O, D2O, and methanol in acetonitrile at 278.15—318.15 K E. V. Ivanov, V. K. Abrosimov, and E. Yu. Lebedeva 1326 1254 Thermal oxidation of poly(1trimethylsilylprop1yne) studied by IR spectroscopy V. L. Khodzhaeva, V. G. Zaikin, and V. S. Khotimskii 1333 1261 Phase state diagrams of the poly(dimethylsiloxane)— poly(diethylsiloxane) system E. M. Chaika, A. E. Chalykh, V. K. Gerasimov, and V. S. 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Novotortsev 2689 2545 Synthesis and structure of new dinuclear palladium complex containing no bridging ligands M. O. Talismanova, I. G. Fomina, A. A. Sidorov, G. G. Aleksandrov, N. T. Berberova, A. O. Okhlobystin, E. V. Shinkar´, I. F. Golovaneva, I. L. Eremenko, and I. I. Moiseev 2701 2556 Interaction of rhodium(I) bisphosphine complexes with semi carbazones to give orthometallated rhodium(III) complexes M. B. Ezhova, B. O. Patrick, B. R. James, M. E. Ford, and F. J. Waller 2707 2562 Iridium(III)(hydrido)cyclometallatedimine complexes and metalpromoted hydrolytic cleavage of imines P. Marcazzan, B. O. Patrick, and B. R. James 2715 2570 Hydrolytic condensation of trialkoxysilanes in the presence of alkali metal and copper(II) ions. Influence of the reaction conditions on the structure of Cu/M organosiloxanes Yu. A. Molodtsova, Yu. A. Pozdnyakova, I. V. Blagodatskikh, A. S. Peregudov, and O. I. Shchegolikhina 2722 2577 Unexpected formation of clusters with a nortricyclenecontaining carborane ligand, 1(η6arene)3(C7H9CH2O) isonido1,2,4RuC2B8H9, in the reaction of 1,1,3(PPh3)31H1,2,4RuC2B8H9 with 2(hydroxymethyl) norbornadiene in arene solvents V. E. Konoplev, F. M. Dolgushin, I. V. Pisareva, E. V. Vorontsov, D. A. Lemenovskii, and I. T. Chizhevsky 2732 2587 2822 Russ.Chem.Bull., Int.Ed., Vol. 52, No. 12, December, 2003 Version Engl./Russ. Unusual behavior of o,o´dimethylene(tripcresyl) bicyclo phosphite as a novel organophosphorus ligand in olefin hydrogenation and hydroformylation A. B. Kudryavtsev, A. T. Teleshev, E. E. Nifant´ev, and W. Linert 2740 2594 Brief Communications Calculation of the sticking coefficient in the case of the linear adsorption isotherm L. D. Asnin, Yu. S. Chekryshkin, and A. A. Fedorov 2747 2601 Diallylacylhydrazines as monomers for polyfunc tional watersoluble polymers V. Yu. Gusev, A. I. Vorob´eva, A. V. Radushev, S. V. Kolesov, R. R. 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