Volume 23, Number 7, March 29, 2004
© Copyright 2004 American Chemical Society
Editor’s Page Most of the organometallic chemistry reported in Organometallics takes place in the condensed phasesusually in solution, but sometimes in the absence of solvent. However, there also is a very different kind of organometallic chemistry, in which ions are formed and undergo reactions with neutral species in the gas phase. There are various special procedures for effecting and studying such processes in the gas phase, and we have encouraged (with some success) chemists working in this area to publish their results in Organometallics, since we wish to present our readers with as broad a view of organometallic chemistry as possible. One of the techniques applicable to the study of gas-phase organometallic chemistry is the flowing afterglow procedure, which is the subject of the review in this issue by Professor Robert Damrauer of the University of Colorado at Denver. Professor Damrauer has, over the years, done some outstanding gas-phase maingroup chemistry in collaboration with Professors Charles H. DePuy and Veronica M. Bierbaum and co-workers at the University of Colorado at Boulder, who are engaged very creatively in the application of flowing afterglow to diverse problems in gas-phase chemistry. The cover molecule is a gas-phase species, a pentacoordinate cyclic organosilicon anion formed by addition of a fluoride anion to the silicon atom of 1,1-dimethyl-1silacyclobutane, the latter being a molecule whose reactivity Professor Damrauer studied in the condensed phase early in his research career. Some very interesting chemistry is summarized in this review, and I hope that it will broaden the horizons of our mostly condensed-phase readers.
Dietmar Seyferth Editor OM049927O
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