1. V. I. Minkin (on occasion of his 60th birthday)

   Announcement Pages: vii - vii

2. The use of palladium complexes in highly selective multistep organic synthesis

   • M. Catellani

   Reviews Pages: 397 - 405

3. Synthesis of dialkoxy- and alkoxy-amino-disubstituted derivatives of B₁₂H₁₂ ²⁻

   • B. Brellochs
   • A. Semioshkin

   General and Inorganic Chemistry Pages: 406 - 409

4. Structure of the blue forms of bisphthalocyanines of rare-earth elements

   • L. G. Tomilova
   • K. M. Dyumaev
   • O. P. Tkachenko

   General and Inorganic Chemistry Pages: 410 - 415

5. The extent of the inhomogeneous region at the gas—solid interface

   • L. G. Shekhovtsova
   • T. S. Yakubov

   Physical Chemistry Pages: 416 - 418

6. Description of the adsorption equilibrium of organic substances absorbed from a flow of moist air by a fixed bed of active carbon moistened to equilibrium

   • V. S. Kut'kov
   • N. S. Polyakov

   Physical Chemistry Pages: 419 - 423

7. Adsorption of organic substances with different physicochemical properties

   • T. V. Baikova
   • M. L. Gubkina
   • N. S. Polyakov

   Physical Chemistry Pages: 424 - 426

8. Magnetic field and magnetic isotope effects on the recombination kinetics of covalently-linked ketyl-phenoxyl triplet radical pairs

   • E. E. Batova
   • P. P. Levin
   • V. A. Kuz'min

   Physical Chemistry Pages: 427 - 431

9. The chemiluminescence of dispiro(1,2-dioxetane-diadamantane) sorbed on silipore activated by a phenanthroline complex of Eu(iii)

   • V. P. Kazakov
   • A. I. Voloshin
   • N. Sh. Ableeva

   Physical Chemistry Pages: 432 - 436

10. Regioselectivity and reactivity in the addition of trichloromethyl radicals to amides of unsaturated carboxylic acids

    • R. G. Gasanov
    • S. O. Videnskaya
    • I. V. Stankevich

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 437 - 439

11. Complexation properties of 3,7-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanes

    • S. Z. Vatsadze
    • N. V. Zyk
    • N. S. Zefirov

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 440 - 442

12. Spectroscopic and conformational study of phenyl benzoate

    • I. K. Bogatyreva
    • V. G. Avakyan
    • V. L. Khodzhaeva

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 443 - 447

13. IR spectroscopic study of thioacrolein and its photoisomerization to methylthioketene

    • V. A. Korolev
    • E. G. Baskir

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 448 - 454

14. Spectral studies of light-sensitive crown-containing dyes in solution and in polymolecular Langmuir-Blodgett layers

    • G. K. Chudinova
    • V. F. Barachevsky

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 455 - 459

15. Fluorescent aggregates of cation-anionic polymethine dyes with simple structures

    • Kh. S. Dzhulibekov
    • A. S. Tatikolov
    • Zh. A. Krasnaya

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 460 - 464

16. Interaction of fullerene C₆₀ with iodine in organic solvents

    • A. N. Turanov
    • I. N. Kremenskaya

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 465 - 466

17. Fragmentation of (η⁵-cyclopropentadienyl)iron carbonyl derivatives of carboranes(12) under electron impact

    • Yu. S. Nekrasov
    • D. V. Zverev
    • A. I. Belokon'

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 467 - 469

18. Conformational analysis of 5,6-dihydropyrimidine and its derivatives

    • O. V. Shishkin
    • A. S. Polyakova
    • Yu. T. Struchkov

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 470 - 474

19. Structure of 3-(2-aminothiazol-4-yl)coumarin

    • V. N. Nesterov
    • Yu. T. Struchkov
    • I. A. Zhuravel

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 475 - 477

20. Electron density distribution in crystal of polyfluorinated tetraazapentalene based on X-ray diffraction data at 130 K

    • M. Yu. Antipin
    • E. A. Kuz'mina

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 478 - 482

21. Asymmetric nitrogen

    • S. V. Konovalikhin
    • A. B. Zolotoi
    • R. G. Kostyanovsky

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 483 - 486

22. Photochemical properties and structures of substituted norbornadienes

    • S. M. Aldoshin
    • V. A. Bren
    • I. I. Chuev

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 487 - 491

23. Z-Stereoselective Peterson olefination of ketones

    • N. Ya. Grigorieva
    • O. A. Pinsker
    • A. M. Moiseenkov

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 492 - 499

24. A new synthesis ofE- andZ(-)(1R,3S)-2,2-dimethyl-3-(3,3,3-trifluoro-2-chloropropen-1-yl)cyclopropanecarboxylic acids from (+)-3-carene

    • F. Z. Makaev
    • F. Z. Galin
    • G. A. Tolstikov

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 500 - 501

25. Redox troponization as a novel method for the synthesis of stereoisomeric Eschenmoser's oximes and related non-benzenoid aromatic systems

    • G. V. Gavrilova
    • A. A. Aleshkin
    • O. A. Reutov

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 502 - 506

26. Direct anodic oxidation ofp-methoxytoluene in methanol. The effect of electrolysis conditions

    • Yu. N. Ogibin
    • A. I. Ilovaisky
    • G. I. Nikishin

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 507 - 510

27. Synthesis of esters ofpara-hydroxy substituted α-trifluoromethylmandelic acids

    • V. I. Dyachenko
    • A. F. Kolomietz
    • A. V. Fokin

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 511 - 513

28. Naphthalic and bis(naphthalic) anhydrides with acetylene groups

    • J. A. Khotina
    • A. L. Rusanov

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 514 - 516

29. Stereospecific radical addition of isopropanol andn-butanal to (5R)-(l-menthyloxy)furan-2(5H)-one

    • Yu. N. Belokon'
    • K. A. Kochetkov
    • T. D. Churkina

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 517 - 519

30. Reactions of aminals of conjugated ω-dimethylaminoaldehydes with coumarin derivatives

    • Zh. A. Krasnaya
    • Yu. V. Smirnova
    • V. L. Savel'ev

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 520 - 526

31. Salt effects and the mechanism of electrophilic mercuration of unsaturated compounds

    • V. R. Kartashov
    • N. V. Malisova
    • O. V. Vasiljeva

    Organometallic Chemistry Pages: 527 - 531

32. Salt effects and the mechanism of electrophilic mercuration of unsaturated compounds

    • V. R. Kartashov
    • T. N. Sokolova
    • Yu. K. Grishin

    Organometallic Chemistry Pages: 532 - 536

33. The synthesis and structure of ferrocenylalkyl onium derivatives of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds

    • L. V. Snegur
    • V. I. Boev
    • Yu. T. Struchkov

    Organometallic Chemistry Pages: 537 - 541

34. Free-radical reactions of carbohydrate derivatives in the synthesis of carbocyclic compounds

    • A. F. Sviridov
    • A. B. Frolov
    • N. K. Kochetkov

    Chemistry of Natural Compounds and Bioorganic Chemistry Pages: 542 - 546

35. Some derivatives of pregna-D₆′-pentaranes as possible antagonists of progesterone

    • I. S. Levina
    • G. V. Nikitina
    • A. V. Kamernitzky

    Chemistry of Natural Compounds and Bioorganic Chemistry Pages: 547 - 550

36. Concerning the dependence of the selectivity of the formation of ethane and ethylene on the degree of methane conversion during its oxidative coupling

    • V. I. Vedeneev
    • V. S. Arutyunov
    • V. Ya. Basevich

    Brief Communications Pages: 551 - 552

37. Carbonylation of acetaldehyde in the presence of transition metal compounds

    • G. A. Korneeva
    • N. N. Ezhova
    • E. V. Slivinsky

    Brief Communications Pages: 553 - 554

38. Synthesis of lutetium octaalkylthiotetraazaporphyrin complexes

    • V. N. Nemykin
    • N. A. Kostromina
    • S. V. Volkov

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 555 - 556

39. Palladium catalyzed cross coupling of diaryliodonium salts with copper acetylide

    • E. V. Luzikova
    • L. I. Sukhomlinova
    • I. P. Beletskaya

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 556 - 557

40. Perfluoro-1,2-di-tert-butylacetylene

    • N. I. Delyagina
    • V. F. Cherstkov
    • L. S. German

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 557 - 558

41. The fluorosulfatoperfluoroalkyl radical: a new type of perfluoroalkylating reagent

    • E. A. Avetisyan
    • B. L. Tumanskii
    • L. S. German

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 558 - 559

42. Oxidation methods in the technology for water and air cleaning (based on the materials of the First International Conference on Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Water and Air Remediation)

    • I. I. Moiseev

    Information Pages: 560 - 572

43. Congresses, Conferences, Symposia, Meetings, and Seminars in the Field of Chemical Sciences Held in 1995–1996

    Information Pages: 573 - 573