Contents list for Chemical Communications, issue 20, 2004
Front Cover
Editorial
ReSourCe—a new web service for authors and referees
Chem. Commun., 2004, E3
DOI: 10.1039/b414424b
Focus
Mechanistic analogies amongst carbohydrate modifying enzymes
Luke L. Lairson and Stephen G. Withers,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2243
DOI: 10.1039/b406490a
Feature Article
Light metal hydrides and complex hydrides for hydrogen storage
F. Schüth, B. Bogdanovi
and M. Felderhoff,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2249
DOI: 10.1039/b406522k
Communications
Rapid cloning and expression of a fungal polyketide synthase gene involved in squalestatin biosynthesis
Russell
J. Cox, Frank Glod, Deirdre Hurley, Colin M. Lazarus, Thomas. P.
Nicholson, Brian A. M. Rudd, Thomas J. Simpson, Barrie Wilkinson and
Ying Zhang, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2260
DOI: 10.1039/b411973h
Shuttling through reversible covalent chemistry
David A. Leigh and Emilio M. Pérez,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2262
DOI: 10.1039/b412570c
Solvent-mediated self-association of a Horning-crown macrocycle
Luke T. Higham, Ulf P. Kreher, Roger J. Mulder, Christopher R. Strauss and Janet L. Scott,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2264
DOI: 10.1039/b408814j
A metallo-capped polyrotaxane containing calix[4]arenes and cyclodextrins and its highly selective binding for Ca2+
Yu Liu, Hao Wang, Heng-Yi Zhang and Peng Liang,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2266
DOI: 10.1039/b409356a
Supramolecular isomerism in spin crossover networks with aurophilic interactions
Ana Galet, M. Carmen Muñoz, Víctor Martínez and José Antonio Real,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2268
DOI: 10.1039/b409974e
Molecular tectonics: design of luminescent H-bonded molecular networks
Carmen Paraschiv, Sylvie Ferlay, Mir Wais Hosseini, Véronique Bulach and Jean-Marc Planeix,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2270
DOI: 10.1039/b410459p
Self-oriented pseudoisocyanine J-aggregates in solution
Ken Takazawa, Yasutaka Kitahama and Yasuyuki Kimura,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2272
DOI: 10.1039/b409690h
New high-nuclearity Ni–Pt carbonyl clusters: synthesis and X-ray structure of the ordered [HNi24Pt17(CO)46]5– and the substitutionally Ni/Pt disordered [Ni32Pt24(CO)56]6– cluster anions
Cristina Femoni, M. Carmela Iapalucci, Giuliano Longoni and Per H. Svensson,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2274
DOI: 10.1039/b409522g
Supramolecular
complex composed of a covalently linked zinc porphyrin dimer and
fulleropyrrolidine bearing two axially coordinating pyridine entities
Francis D'Souza, Suresh Gadde, Melvin E. Zandler, Mitsunari Itou, Yasuyuki Araki and Osamu Ito,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2276
DOI: 10.1039/b407985j
An enantioselective imprinted receptor for Z-glutamate exhibiting a binding induced color change
Panagiotis Manesiotis, Andrew J. Hall, Marco Emgenbroich, Milena Quaglia, Ersilia De Lorenzi and Börje Sellergren,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2278
DOI: 10.1039/b407870e
Ultrasonic cavitation in microspace
Yasuo Iida, Kyuichi Yasui, Toru Tuziuti, Manickam Sivakumar and Yoshishige Endo,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2280
DOI: 10.1039/b410015h
Ring-closing metathesis in biphasic BMI·PF6 ionic liquid/toluene medium: a powerful recyclable and environmentally friendly process
Hervé Clavier, Nicolas Audic, Marc Mauduit and Jean-Claude Guillemin,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2282
DOI: 10.1039/b407964g
Mesoporous silica anchored Ru catalysts for highly enantioselective hydrogenation of 
-ketoesters
Banu Kesanli and Wenbin Lin,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2284
DOI: 10.1039/b406697a
High-efficiency
and minimum-waste continuous kinetic resolution of racemic alcohols by
using lipase in supercritical carbon dioxide
Tomoko
Matsuda, Kazunori Watanabe, Tadao Harada, Kaoru Nakamura, Yoshitaka
Arita, Yukihiro Misumi, Shinichiro Ichikawa and Takao Ikariya, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2286
DOI: 10.1039/b406882c
Convenient magnesiation of aromatic and heterocyclic rings bearing a hydroxy group in presence of LiCl
Felix Kopp, Arkady Krasovskiy and Paul Knochel,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2288
DOI: 10.1039/b409664a
Semi-quantitative estimation by IR of framework, extraframework and defect Al species of HBEA zeolites
João P. Marques, Isabelle Gener, Philippe Ayrault, José M. Lopes, F. Ramôa Ribeiro and Michel Guisnet,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2290
DOI: 10.1039/b409964h
A novel, stereoselective and convergent synthesis of aryltetralins
Steven M. Miles, Stephen P. Marsden, Robin J. Leatherbarrow and William J. Coates,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2292
DOI: 10.1039/b409528f
Microwave induced preparation of a-axis oriented double-ended needle-shaped ZnO microparticles
Deirdre Ledwith, Suresh C. Pillai, Graeme W. Watson and John M. Kelly,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2294
DOI: 10.1039/b407768g
Novel aggregation of [Ni(thiolato)2(amine)2]-type square planes assisted by silver(I) ions
Takumi Konno, Masafumi Usami, Masakazu Hirotsu, Takashi Yoshimura and Tatsuya Kawamoto,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2296
DOI: 10.1039/b404512b
Low-temperature synthetic method for size-controlled CdSe nanocrystals: utilization of boron selenide
Nora Iancu, Renu Sharma and Dong-Kyun Seo,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2298
DOI: 10.1039/b408702j
Electronic and vibrational properties of a MOF-5 metal–organic framework: ZnO quantum dot behaviour
S. Bordiga, C. Lamberti, G. Ricchiardi, L. Regli, F. Bonino, A. Damin, K.-P. Lillerud, M. Bjorgen and A. Zecchina,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2300
DOI: 10.1039/b407246d
LiSr2(NCN)I3: the first empty tetrahedral strontium(II) entity coordinated by carbodiimide units but without strontium–strontium bonding
Wuping Liao, Jörg von Appen and Richard Dronskowski,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2302
DOI: 10.1039/b408647c
H2–O2 atmosphere increases the activity of Pt/TiO2 for benzene photocatalytic oxidation by two orders of magnitude
Yilin Chen, Danzhen Li, Xinchen Wang, Xuxu Wang and Xianzhi Fu,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2304
DOI: 10.1039/b408187k
Synthesis of monodisperse iron oxide nanocrystals by thermal decomposition of iron carboxylate salts
William W. Yu, Joshua C. Falkner, Cafer T. Yavuz and Vicki L. Colvin,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2306
DOI: 10.1039/b409601k
Stoichiometric and catalytic reductive aldol cyclizations of alkynediones induced by Stryker's reagent
Pauline Chiu and Sze Kar Leung,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2308
DOI: 10.1039/b407842j
Azobenzene derivatives with a long alkyl chain and aminoxyls
Masahiro Fujino, Takamitsu Amano, Hiroki Akutsu, Jun-ichi Yamada and Shin'ichi Nakatsuji,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2310
DOI: 10.1039/b408432b
Advanced selective optical sensors based on periodically organized mesoporous hybrid silica thin films
Lionel Nicole, Cédric Boissière, David Grosso, Peter Hesemann, Joël Moreau and Clément Sanchez,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2312
DOI: 10.1039/b408869g
A
regioregular polyalkylthiophene bearing covalently-linked biotin, and
its interaction with avidin in solution and in thin films
Fouzi Mouffouk, Simon J. Higgins, Stewart J. Brown, Naser Sedghi, Bill Eccleston and Stuart Reeman,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2314
DOI: 10.1039/b408935a
Superhydrophobic silica aerogels by fluorination at the gel stage
Anna Roig, Elies Molins, Elisenda Rodríguez, Sandra Martínez, Marcial Moreno-Mañas and Adelina Vallribera,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2316
DOI: 10.1039/b407987f
Mechanistic and stereochemical aspects of the asymmetric cyclocarbonylation of 1,6-enynes with rhodium catalysts
Thomas M. Schmid and Giambattista Consiglio,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2318
DOI: 10.1039/b407843h
Coordination of pertechnetate [TcO4]– to actinides
Mark J. Sarsfield, Andrew D. Sutton, Iain May, Gordon H. John, Clint Sharrad and Madeleine Helliwell,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2320
DOI: 10.1039/b404424j
The rediscovery of Alfred Werner's second hexol
W. Gregory Jackson, Josephine A. McKeon, Margareta Zehnder, Markus Neuberger and Silvio Fallab,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2322
DOI: 10.1039/b408277j
Practical highly enantioselective synthesis of terminal propargylamines. An expeditious synthesis of (S)-(+)-coniine
Nina Gommermann and Paul Knochel,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2324
DOI: 10.1039/b409951f
Carbon
dioxide-expanded liquid substrate phase: an effective medium for
selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde to cinnamyl alcohol
Fengyu Zhao, Shin-ichio Fujita, Jianmin Sun, Yutaka Ikushima and Masahiko Arai,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2326
DOI: 10.1039/b408434a
Energy harvesting star-shaped molecules for electroluminescence applications
K. R. Justin Thomas, Marappan Velusamy, Jiann T. Lin, Shih-Sheng Sun, Yu-Tai Tao and Chang-Hao Chuen,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2328
DOI: 10.1039/b409800e
First asymmetric SmI2-induced cross-coupling of Cr(CO)3 aromatic nitrone complexes with carbonyl compounds
Murielle Chavarot, Michaël Rivard, Françoise Rose-Munch, Eric Rose and Sandrine Py,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2330
DOI: 10.1039/b405406g
Penicillins as -lactamase-dependent prodrugs: enabling role of a vinyl ester exocyclic to the lactam ring
Carol C. Ruddle and Timothy P. Smyth,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2332
DOI: 10.1039/b409517k
A new approach to the synthesis of conjugated polymer–nanocrystal composites for heterojunction optoelectronics
Andrew Watt, Elizabeth Thomsen, Paul Meredith and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2334
DOI: 10.1039/b406060a
An active ferrocenyl triarylphosphine for palladium-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling of aryl halides
Fuk Yee Kwong, Kin Shing Chan, Chi Hung Yeung and Albert S. C. Chan,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2336
DOI: 10.1039/b407661c
A
novel strategy for the preparation of arylhydroxylamines:
chemoselective reduction of aromatic nitro compounds using bakers' yeast
Feng Li, Jingnan Cui, Xuhong Qian and Rong Zhang,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2338
DOI: 10.1039/b408566c
Oligomer preparation from hexane by radical polyaddition with bis(
-trifluoromethyl-,-difluorovinyl) terephthalate
Tadashi Narita, Hiroshi Hamana and Satoshi Hattori,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2340
DOI: 10.1039/b406116k
Strongly red-fluorescent novel donor–
-bridge–acceptor–-bridge–donor (D––A––D) type 2,1,3-benzothiadiazoles with enhanced two-photon absorption cross-sections
Shin-ichiro
Kato, Taisuke Matsumoto, Tsutomu Ishi-i, Thies Thiemann, Motoyuki
Shigeiwa, Hideki Gorohmaru, Shuichi Maeda, Yoshiro Yamashita and
Shuntaro Mataka, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2342
DOI: 10.1039/b410016f
Metal-chelating nanoparticles as selective fluorescent sensor for Cu2+
Rachel Méallet-Renault, Robert Pansu, Sonia Amigoni-Gerbier and Chantal Larpent,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2344
DOI: 10.1039/b407766k
Structure and protonation of the bis-ethylene adduct [Pt(µ-PBut2)(
2-CH2
CH2)]2. Pt–H–P agostic interaction and proton scrambling
Piero Leoni, Fabio Marchetti, Lorella Marchetti and Vincenzo Passarelli,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2346
DOI: 10.1039/b408081e
Self-assembly of a 1D heterotrimetallic Cu(II)-Sr(II)-Na(I) propeller-like chiral coordination polymer with ferromagnetic interactions
Wenlong Liu, You Song, Yizhi Li, Yang Zou, Dongbin Dang, Chunlin Ni and Qingjin Meng,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2348
DOI: 10.1039/b408205b
Polyaniline superstructures created by a templating effect of organogels
Chun Li, Tsukasa Hatano, Masayuki Takeuchi and Seiji Shinkai,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2350
DOI: 10.1039/b408893j
Inorganic polymer-derived hollow SiC and filled SiCN sphere assemblies from a 3DOM carbon template
Hao Wang, Jong-Sung Yu, Xiao-dong Li and Dong-pyo Kim,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2352
DOI: 10.1039/b407350a
Isolation of equatorial conformers of chloro- and bromocyclohexane in a pure state as inclusion complexes with a host compound
Shinya Hirano, Shinji Toyota and Fumio Toda,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2354
DOI: 10.1039/b409905m
Spectrophotometric, EPR and kinetic characterisation of the >N–O
radical from 1-hydroxybenzotriazole, a key reactive species in mediated enzymatic oxidations
Carlo Galli, Patrizia Gentili, Osvaldo Lanzalunga, Marco Lucarini and Gian Franco Pedulli,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2356
DOI: 10.1039/b407835g
Irreversible or reversible self-assembly procedures yield robust zirconium (IV)-porpyrinphosphonate cones or µm-long fibers of monomolecular thickness
Andreas Klyszcz, Matthias Lauer, Marta Kopaczynska, Christoph Böttcher, Ferdinand Gonzaga and Jürgen-Hinrich Fuhrhop,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2358
DOI: 10.1039/b404267k
Polyaniline nanofibers: chemical synthesis using surfactants
Xinyu Zhang and Sanjeev K. Manohar,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2360
DOI: 10.1039/b409309g
The first palladium-catalyzed 1,4-addition of terminal alkynes to conjugated enones
Liang Chen and Chao-Jun Li,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2362
DOI: 10.1039/b407936a
Conference Report
Highlights from the 39th ESF/EUCHEM Conference on Stereochemistry, Bürgenstock, Switzerland, April 2004
Christopher J. Hayes and David R. Spring,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2365
DOI: 10.1039/b409495f