Inorganic Chemistry Published monthly by the American Chemical Society at 20th and Northampton Sts., Easton,
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EDITOR M. F R E D E R I C K HAWTHORNE Department of Chemistry University of California Los Angeles, California 90024
ASSOCIATE EDITORS MELVYN R. CHURCHILL Department of Chemistry University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Chicago, Illinois 60680
THEODORE L. BROWN Department of Chemistry University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois 61801
H E R B E R T D . KAESZ Department of Chemistry University of California Los Angeles, California 90024
BOARD OF EDITORS RICHARD H. HOLM Department of Chemistry Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
EARL L. MUETTERTIES Central Research Department Experimental Station E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Inc. Wilmington, Delaware 19898
J O H N Κ. R U F F Department of Chemistry University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30601
N E I L BARTLETT Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley, California 94720
JAMES A. IBERS Department of Chemistry Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60201
ROBERT W. PARRY Department of Chemistry University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
HENRY TAUBE Department of Chemistry Stanford University Palo Alto, California 94305
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AARON WOLD Division of Engineering and Department of Chemistry Brown University Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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