Front Cover; Advances in Inorganic Chemistry, Volume 31; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter 1. Preparation and Purification of Actinide Metals; I. Introduction; II. Preparation of Actinide Metals; Ill. Purification(Refining)of Actinide Metals; IV. Growth of Single Crystals of Actinide Metals; V. Specifics of Actinide Metal Preparation; VI. Some Physical Properties of Actinide Metals; References; Chapter 2. Astatine: Its Organonuclear Chemistry and Biomedical Applications; I. Introduction; II. Isotopes: Production. Extraction. and Identification; III. Synthetic Organic Radiochemistry

IV. Biological BehaviorV. Biomedical Applications-CancerTherapy; References; Chapter 3. Polysulfide Complexes of Metals; I. Introduction; II. Polysulfide Ions and Solutions; Ill. Survey of Compound Types; IV. Syntheses; V. Reactions of Coordinated Ligands; VI. Spectroscopic Properties; VII. Some Structural Features and Chemical Bonding; References; Chapter 4. IMINOBORANES; I. Introduction; II. Formation of Iminoboranes; III. Structure of Iminoboranes; IV. Oligomerization of Irninoboranes; V. Polar Additions to Iminoboranes; VI. Iminoboranes as Components in Cycloaddition Reactions

VII. Iminoboranes in the Coordination Sphere of Transition MetalsReferences; Chapter 5. Synthesis and Reactions of Phosphorus-Rich Silylphosphanes; I. Introduction; II. Formation of P7(SiMe3)3; III. Formation of Cyclic Silylphosphanes; IV. Synthesis and Reactions of Silylated Triphosphanes and Triphosphides; V. Synthesis of Silylated Tri- and Tetraphosphanes via Lithiated Diphosphanes. and Their Reactions; VI. Silylated Cyclotetraphosphanes; VII. Reactions of Silylated Triphosphanes and Cyclotetraphosphanes with Lithium Alkyls; References; Index