1. Dear readers and authors!

   • O. M. Nefedov

   EditorialNotes Pages: v - vi

2. P.A. Kirpichnikov (on his 80th birthday)

   Announcement Pages: vii - vii

3. G.A. Tolstikov (on his 60th birthday)

   Announcement Pages: viii - viii

4. The problem of fullerenes. The chemical aspect

   • V. I. Sokolov

   Reviews Pages: 1 - 11

5. Ynol esters and alkynyl(phenyl)iodonium chemistry

   • Peter J. Stang

   Reviews Pages: 12 - 23

6. A new scale of atomic electronegativities

   • S. S. Batsanov

   General and Inorganic Chemistry Pages: 24 - 29

7. Thermal stability and crystal structure of potassium fluoride monoperoxosolvate KF·H₂O₂

   • K. V. Titova
   • O. A. D'yachenko
   • G. V. Shilov

   General and Inorganic Chemistry Pages: 30 - 35

8. A theoretical investigation of the electronic and geometrical structure of silicon fluorides SiF _n and their anions SiF _n ⁻,n=1−6

   • G. L. Gutsev

   General and Inorganic Chemistry Pages: 36 - 45

9. The critical size of clusters of water molecules on a carbon surface

   • R. Sh. Vartapetyan
   • A. M. Voloshchuk
   • E. B. Shumilina

   Physical Chemistry Pages: 46 - 48

10. Adsorption and mobility of molecules of water and organic compounds in carbon adsorbents

    • R. Sh. Vartapetyan
    • A. M. Voloshchuk
    • V. Heink

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 48 - 52

11. The effect of an intermetallic hydrogen acceptor on catalytic aromatization of propane

    • O. V. Chetina
    • T. V. Vasina
    • V. V. Lunin

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 53 - 55

12. Oxidations by a H₂O₂-VO₃ ⁻-pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid reagent

    • G. B. Shul'pin
    • D. Attanasio
    • L. Suber

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 55 - 59

13. Study of fluorescent aggregates of polymethine dyes

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

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 60 - 66

14. Preparation and reactivity of metal-containing monomers

    • A. G. Starikov
    • G. I. Dzhardimalieva
    • A. D. Pomogailo

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 66 - 70

15. ESR study of kinetic acidity of 6-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-4-triphenylmethylphenoxyl

    • A. S. Masalimov
    • L. E. Melbardis
    • A. I. Prokof'ev

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 71 - 74

16. Kinetics of proton exchange between semiquinone radicals and hydrochloric acid

    • A. S. Masalimov
    • L. E. Melbardis
    • A. I. Prokof'ev

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 74 - 77

17. Protonation of triethyl (2-pyridylimido)phosphates

    • R. U. Amanov
    • E. I. Matrosov
    • M. I. Kabachnik

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 77 - 81

18. The preparation and X-ray structural study of complexes that catalyze isocyanate cyclotrimerization

    • V. A. Pankratov
    • Ts. M. Frenkel
    • Yu. T. Struchkov

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 81 - 87

19. The MNDO study of the potential energy surface for 1,5-H-migration in the radicals ĊCl₂(CH₂)₂X(Me)₂Et (X = C, Si, Ge)

    • W. V. Pinyaskin
    • I. V. Stankevich
    • A. L. Chistyakov

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 87 - 89

20. Quantum-chemical study on the tautomerism of primary nitramines: the mechanism of N-nitro-anion protonation excludingaci-form formation

    • V. G. Avakyan
    • O. V. Fateyev

    Physical Chemistry Pages: 90 - 94

21. Ene-type reaction of trisubstituted monoterpene alkenes with methyl sulfite and thionyl chloride

    • V. A. Dragan
    • A. M. Moiseenkov

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 95 - 97

22. Synthesis ofS-(+)-methoprene

    • V. N. Odinokov
    • G. Yu. Ishmuratov
    • G. A. Tolstikov

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 98 - 99

23. Synthesis ofS-(+)-hydroprene

    • V. N. Odinokov
    • G. Yu. Ishmuratov
    • G. A. Tolstikov

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 100 - 101

24. A short synthesis of some monoterpenoids from the adduct of myrcene with benzenesulfinyl chloride

    • V. V. Veselovsky
    • A. M. Moiseenkov

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 102 - 106

25. Michael reactions withtrans-3-isopropenyl-2-phenylthiocyclopentan-1-one andtrans-3-isopropenyl-2-phenylsulfonylcyclopentan-1-one

    • V. V. Veselovsky
    • B. T. Zhuzbaev
    • A. M. Moiseenkov

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 106 - 110

26. Synthesis of 1,4-dimethylhydroazulene derivatives fromtrans-3-isopropenyl-2-(2-methoxycarbonylethyl)cyclopentanone

    • B. T. Zhuzbaev
    • V. V. Veselovsky
    • A. M. Moiseenkov

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 110 - 113

27. A novel synthesis of guaiane sesquiterpenoids based ontrans-3-isoprenyl-2-(2-methoxycarbonylethyl)cyclopentanone

    • A. M. Moiseenkov
    • B. T. Zhuzbaev
    • Yu. T. Struchkov

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 113 - 118

28. The formation of tetracyclo[7.2.1.0^2,5.0^2,8]dodeca-6,10-dienes under conditions of thermal isomerization of spiro[2.4]hepta-4,6-diene into bicyclo[3.2.0]hepta-1,3-diene

    • Yu. V. Tomilov
    • A. B. Kostitsyn
    • O. M. Nefedov

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 118 - 123

29. Metathesis of spirocyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene-7,1'-cyclopropane

    • E. Sh. Finkel'shtein
    • E. B. Portnykh
    • A. I. Gol'dberg

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 124 - 125

30. Electrochemical cleavage of a benzylic C-C bond in arylaliphatic compounds

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

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 126 - 128

31. Possibility of applying the electrochemical version of the Horner reaction to the synthesis of unsaturated lactones

    • V. A. Petrosyan
    • L. V. Adaevskaya
    • A. Yu. Romanovich

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 129 - 131

32. New methods of preparation of nitrile oxides and the corresponding disubstituted furoxans by interaction of N₂O₄ with salts of substituted dinitromethanes

    • N. N. Makhova
    • I. V. Ovchinnikov
    • L. I. Khmel'nitsky

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 131 - 136

33. The synthesis of fused benzotriazoles based on hexaaminobenzene derivatives

    • G. Kh. Khisamutdinov
    • V. L. Korolev
    • V. G. Dorokhov

    Organic Chemistry Pages: 136 - 138

34. Reactions of (2,3-dimethylenetetramethylene)bis(dipropylborane) with carbonyl compounds

    • M. E. Gursky
    • S. B. Golovin
    • Yu. N. Bubnov

    Organometallic Chemistry Pages: 139 - 143

35. Unprecedented stereoselectivity in a reaction of a novel diboron compound — 1,6-bis(dialkylboryl)-2,4-hexadiene with carbonyl compounds

    • M. E. Gursky
    • A. V. Geiderikh
    • Yu. N. Bubnov

    Organometallic Chemistry Pages: 144 - 148

36. Catalytic synthesis and transformations of magnesacycloalkanes

    • U. M. Dzhemilev
    • R. M. Sultanov
    • R. G. Gaimaldinov

    Organometallic Chemistry Pages: 149 - 153

37. Interaction of 2-methyl-2,5-dioxo-1,2-oxaphospholane with trimethylsilyl cyanide

    • I. L. Odinets
    • E. A. Antonov
    • M. I. Kabachnik

    Organometallic Chemistry Pages: 154 - 161

38. Diastereoselective addition of organomanganese compounds to α-alkoxysubstituted propanals

    • A. N. Kasatkin
    • R. Kh. Biktimirov
    • G. A. Tolstikov

    Organometallic Chemistry Pages: 161 - 165

39. Optically active 2-cymantrenyloxazolines: synthesis and regioselective metallation

    • N. M. Loim
    • M. A. Kondratenko
    • V. I. Sokolov

    Organometallic Chemistry Pages: 166 - 167

40. Crystal structure of the La³⁺ sandwich complex based on 8-membered macrocyclic siloxanolate ligands

    • V. A. Igonin
    • S. V. Lindeman
    • A. A. Zhdanov

    Organometallic Chemistry Pages: 168 - 173

41. Crystal and molecular structure of the (N-Si) chelate of 2-(chlorodimethylsilylmethylthio)-1-pyrroline

    • A. A. Macharashvili
    • Yu. E. Ovchinnikov
    • Yu. I. Baukov

    Organometallic Chemistry Pages: 173 - 176

42. Crystal structure of the Nd, Gd, and Dy sandwich complexes involving 8-membered macrocyclic phenylsiloxanolate ligands

    • V. A. Igonin
    • S. V. Lindeman
    • A. A. Zhdanov

    Organometallic Chemistry Pages: 176 - 181

43. Crystal and molecular structure of 1-(trimethylsilylmethyl)hexahydroazepine-2-thione and hexahydroazepine-2-thione

    • A. O. Mozzhukhin
    • Yu. E. Ovchinnikov
    • Yu. I. Baukov

    Organometallic Chemistry Pages: 181 - 184

44. Synthesis of 15β, 16β-methyleneprogesterone

    • T. N. Galakhova
    • I. S. Levina
    • V. S. Bogdanov

    Chemistry of Natural Compounds and Bioorganic Chemistry Pages: 185 - 188

45. New variants in the total synthesis of 14β-hydroxy-17α,R-8α,9β-estradiol derivatives

    • S. Kh. Karamyan
    • S. N. Ananchenko
    • M. Kh. Dzhafarov

    Chemistry of Natural Compounds and Bioorganic Chemistry Pages: 189 - 193

46. ¹³C NMR spectra of 17-substituted epimeric 17α and 17β-ethynylandrostenes and their hexacarbonyldicobalt complexes

    • V. S. Bogdanov
    • A. M. Turuta
    • A. A. Korobov

    Chemistry of Natural Compounds and Bioorganic Chemistry Pages: 194 - 198

47. Synthesis and some transformations of N-cyclohexyl-3(4)-chloro-4(3)-methylthiobutyramides

    • N. -B. K. Pociute
    • S. F. Jeleniauskaite
    • K. K. Karpavicius

    Brief Communications Pages: 199 - 200

48. Synthesis of N-(7-methyl-5-oxo-5H-1M,3,4-thiadiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidin-2-yl)-N'-phenylhydrazine and its reaction with bromine

    • S. Sh. Shukurov
    • D. A. Artykova
    • R. A. Karakhanov

    Brief Communications Pages: 201 - 202

49. A quantum-chemical study of regioselectivity of indolization of some unsymmetrical ketone phenylhydrazones

    • J. A. Kereselidze
    • N. I. Raevskii
    • Yu. A. Borisov

    Brief Communications Pages: 202 - 203

50. Allylic radicals as intermediates of free-radical phosphorylation of fullerene-70

    • B. L. Tumanskii
    • V. V. Bashilov
    • V. I. Sokolov

    Brief Communications Pages: 203 - 205