The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2002, V 106, N 3, 24 January.

LETTERS 

453-457 
Isomerization and Melting-Like Transition of Size-Selected Water Nonamers 
Jesko Brudermann and Udo Buck , Victoria Buch 

ARTICLES 

DYNAMICS AND RELAXATION 

458-464 
Dielectric Relaxation Time and Relaxation Time Distribution of Alcohol-Water Mixtures 
Seiichi Sudo, Naoki Shinyashiki, Yusuke Kitsuki, and Shin Yagihara 

SPECTROSCOPY, GASEOUS CLUSTERS, AND MOLECULAR BEAMS 

465-468 
Electronic Structure of Chiral Halomethanes 
Igor Novak and Dong Bo Li , Anthony W. Potts 

469-477 
Vibrational Stark Effects of Nitriles II. Physical Origins of Stark Effects from 
Experiment and Perturbation Models 
Steven S. Andrews and Steven G. Boxer* 

478-481 
The Anion Radical of [18]Annulene 
Todd L. Kurth, Eric C. Brown, Chris M. Hattan, Richard C. Reiter, and Cheryl D. 
Stevenson 

KINETICS; ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 

482-489 
Pattern Formation Fueled by Dissipation of Chemical Energy: Conclusive Evidence 
for the Formation of a Convective Torus 
Bice S. Martincigh , Reuben H. Simoyi 

490-497 
A Thermodynamic-Probabilistic Analysis of Diverse Homogeneous Stoichiometric 
Chemical Reactions 
Moishe Garfinkle 

498-503 
Absolute Kinetic Rate Constants and Activation Energies for the Formation of 
Grignard Reagents 
Bridget J. Beals, Zainab I. Bello, Kathleen P. Cuddihy, Ethan M. Healy, 
Stephanie E. Koon-Church, Jane M. Owens, Cynthia E. Teerlinck, and Walter J. Bowyer 

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, BONDING, QUANTUM CHEMISTRY, AND GENERAL THEORY 
504-509 
The DDCI Method Applied to Reactivity: Chemiluminescent Decomposition of Dioxetane 
E. Rodriguez and M. Reguero 

510-519 
Multiprotonation of Benzene: A Theoretical Study 
Raman Sumathy and Eugene S. Kryachko 

520-528 
Ab Initio Study of the Reaction Mechanisms of NiO and NiS with H2 
Der-Yan Hwang and Alexander M. Mebel 

529-532 
Origin of Na+/K+ Selectivity of the Guanine Tetraplexes in Water: The 
Theoretical Rationale 
Jiande Gu and Jerzy Leszczynski 

533-543 
Through-Space Charge and Dipolar Effects in Substituted Ethanes and 1,1,1-
Trifluoroethanes 
Elizabeth M. Nolan and R. G. Linck 

544-550 
Color Changes Caused by Conformational Polymorphism: Optical-Crystallography, 
Single-Crystal Spectroscopy, and Computational Chemistry 
Lian Yu* 

551-555 
Clustering of Hydrogen Molecules around a Molecular Cation: The Li3+(H2)n 
Clusters (n = 1 - 6) 
Mario Barbatti, Ginette Jalbert, and Marco Antonio Chaer Nascimento 

556-562 
Single-Valued Double Many-Body Expansion Potential Energy Surface of Ground-
State SO2 
S. P. J. Rodrigues, J. A. Sabin, and A. J. C. Varandas 

563-566 
Coordinate Systems and the Calculation of Molecular Properties 
Michael J. Potter and Michael K. Gilson 

567-574 
Cooperative Hydrogen- and H-Bonded Interactions Involving Water and the Ethylenic Double Bond 
Donald B. DuPre and M. Cecilia Yappert 

575-579 
A Theoretical Study of Substituent Effects on Germanium-Phosphorus Triple Bonds 
Chin-Hung Lai, Ming-Der Su, and San-Yan Chu