Contents list for Chemical Communications, issue 8, 2004
Front Cover
Feature Article
Modern microscopy methods for the structural study of porous materials
Michael W. Anderson, Tetsu Ohsuna, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Zheng Liu, A. Carlsson and Osamu Terasaki,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 907
DOI: 10.1039/b313208k
Communications
Biomimetic assembly of calcite microtrumpets: crystal tectonics in action
Saratchandra Babu Mukkamala and Annie K. Powell,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 918
DOI: 10.1039/b401754d
Self-assembly and magnetic properties of a double-propeller octanuclear copper(II) complex with a meso-helicate-type metallacryptand core
Emilio
Pardo, Kevin Bernot, Miguel Julve, Francesc Lloret, Joan Cano, Rafael
Ruiz-García, Jorge Pasán, Catalina Ruiz-Pérez, Xavier Ottenwaelder and
Yves Journaux, Chem. Commun., 2004, 920
DOI: 10.1039/b316081e
Polymorphism of pure p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene: subtle thermally-induced modifications
Jerry L. Atwood, Leonard J. Barbour, Gareth O. Lloyd and Praveen K. Thallapally,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 922
DOI: 10.1039/b402452b
Solid state characterization of oligopyridine dicarboxamide helicates
Victor Maurizot, Gerald Linti and Ivan Huc,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 924
DOI: 10.1039/b317078k
Synthesis
of the first enantiomerically pure and chiral, disubstituted
3,4-ethylenedioxythiophenes (EDOTs) and corresponding stereo- and
regioregular PEDOTs
Dolores Caras-Quintero and Peter Bäuerle,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 926
DOI: 10.1039/b400965g
Monitoring conformational diversity in self-organised monolayers with scanning tunnelling microscopy at near atomic resolution
Edwin C. Constable, Bianca A. Hermann, Catherine E. Housecroft, Leo Merz and Lukas J. Scherer,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 928
DOI: 10.1039/b401710b
Swelled plastics in supercritical CO2 as media for stabilization of metal nanoparticles and for catalytic hydrogenation
Hiroyuki Ohde, Mariko Ohde and Chien M. Wai,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 930
DOI: 10.1039/b311522d
Symmetry induced supramolecular assembly of a resorcinarene trimeric molecular box
Bao-Qing Ma and Philip Coppens,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 932
DOI: 10.1039/b315091g
Applying the Yb3+ ion as a simple and sensitive probe to detect phosphate-containing derivatives in aqueous solution
Caixia Yin, Fei Gao, Fangjun Huo and Pin Yang,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 934
DOI: 10.1039/b315965e
A chiral molecular bowl containing three ferrocenes: synthesis and its efficiency in an optical resolution of 1,1
-bi-2-naphthol
Bog Ki Hong, In Su Lee, Dong Mok Shin and Young Keun Chung,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 936
DOI: 10.1039/b316520e
[Co(NH3)6]3[Cu4(OH)(CO3)8]·2H2O – a new carbonato-copper(II) anion stabilized by extensive hydrogen bonding
Brendan F. Abrahams, Marissa G. Haywood and Richard Robson,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 938
DOI: 10.1039/b316925a
Fluorescence studies of protein thermostability in ionic liquids
Sheila N. Baker, T. Mark McCleskey, Siddharth Pandey and Gary A. Baker,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 940
DOI: 10.1039/b401304m
Electrochemical lithography: fabrication of nanoscale Si tips by porous anodization of Al/Si wafer
L. Pu, Y. Shi, J. M. Zhu, X. M. Bao, R. Zhang and Y. D. Zheng,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 942
DOI: 10.1039/b315810a
Engineering silver(I) coordination networks through hydrogen bonding
Tara J. Burchell, Dana J. Eisler and Richard J. Puddephatt,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 944
DOI: 10.1039/b400523f
Total synthesis of the thiopeptide amythiamicin D
Rachael A. Hughes, Stewart P. Thompson, Lilian Alcaraz and Christopher J. Moody,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 946
DOI: 10.1039/b401580k
Ring selectivity and migratory aptitude of Cp*Ru+ complexation to acecorannulene
T. Jon Seiders, Kim K. Baldridge, Joseph M. O'Connor and Jay S. Siegel,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 950
DOI: 10.1039/b316061k
Unexpected features of stretched Si–H
Mo 
-agostic interactions
Stanislav K. Ignatov, Nicholas H. Rees, Stuart R. Dubberley, Alexei G. Razuvaev, Philip Mountford and Georgii I. Nikonov,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 952
DOI: 10.1039/b315517j
Intramolecular inclusion in novel octaester cavitands
Eric Efrain Dueno and Kirpal S. Bisht,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 954
DOI: 10.1039/b316498e
Single-step
preparation and catalytic activity of mesoporous MCM-41 and SBA-15
silicas functionalized with perfluoroalkylsulfonic acid groups
analogous to Nafion®
Mercedes Alvaro, Avelino Corma, Debasish Das, Vicente Fornés and Hermenegildo García,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 956
DOI: 10.1039/b316467e
Titanate nanotube thin films via alternate layer deposition
Hiromasa Tokudome and Masahiro Miyauchi,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 958
DOI: 10.1039/b316924c
A
novel methodology for the synthesis of complexes containing long carbon
chains linking metal centres: molecular structures of {Ru(dppe)Cp*}2(µ-C14) and {Co3(µ-dppm)(CO)7}2(µ3:µ3-C16)
Alla
B. Antonova, Michael I. Bruce, Benjamin G. Ellis, Maryka Gaudio, Paul
A. Humphrey, Martyn Jevric, Giovanni Melino, Brian K. Nicholson, Gary
J. Perkins, Brian W. Skelton, Bronwin Stapleton, Allan H. White and
Natasha N. Zaitseva, Chem. Commun., 2004, 960
DOI: 10.1039/b315854n
Elucidation of the mechanism of chiral selectivity in diastereomeric salt formation using organic solvent nanofiltration
Nazlee F. Ghazali, Darrell A. Patterson and Andrew G. Livingston,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 962
DOI: 10.1039/b400982g
Mild and efficient palladium(II)-catalyzed racemization of allenes
Attila Horváth and Jan-E. Bäckvall,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 964
DOI: 10.1039/b316482a
Solution phase evolution of AuSe nanoalloys in Triton X-100 under UV-photoactivation
Sudip Nath, Sujit Kumar Ghosh and Tarasankar Pal,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 966
DOI: 10.1039/b313848h
The first organically templated open-framework metal selenate with a three-dimensional architecture
J. N. Behera, A. A. Ayi and C. N. R. Rao,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 968
DOI: 10.1039/b400120f
First example of high loaded polymer-stabilized nanoclusters immobilized on hydrotalcite: effects in alkyne hydrogenation
Jules C. A. A. Roelofs and Peter H. Berben,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 970
DOI: 10.1039/b400737a
Interaction of a chirally functionalised porphyrin derivative with chiral micellar aggregates
Donato Monti, Veronica Cantonetti, Mariano Venanzi, Francesca Ceccacci, Cecilia Bombelli and Giovanna Mancini,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 972
DOI: 10.1039/b317054c
Energy-storable dye-sensitized solar cell with a polypyrrole electrode
Hiroki Nagai and Hiroshi Segawa,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 974
DOI: 10.1039/b400439f
Solid-state versus solution preparation of two crystal forms of [HN(CH2CH2)3NH][OOC(CH2)COOH]2. Polymorphs or hydrogen bond isomers?
Dario Braga and Lucia Maini,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 976
DOI: 10.1039/b400901k
Selective deposition of polystyrene nanoparticles in a nanoetchpit array on a silicon substrate
Manabu Tanaka, Takumi Hosaka, Takashi Tanii, Iwao Ohdomari and Hiroyuki Nishide,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 978
DOI: 10.1039/b315816k
SN2 vs. E2 on quaternary centres: an application to the synthesis of enantiopure 2,2-amino acids
Alberto Avenoza, Jesús H. Busto, Francisco Corzana, Gonzalo Jiménez-Osés and Jesús M. Peregrina,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 980
DOI: 10.1039/b400282b
Unique structure and photoluminescence of Au/CdTe nanostructure materials
Jun Li, Di Li, Xia Hong, Lin Wang, Kui Zhao, Jinghong Li, Yubai Bai and Tiejin Li,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 982
DOI: 10.1039/b314664b
Sonochemical asymmetric hydrogenation of isophorone on proline modified Pd/Al2O3 catalysts
Shilpa C. Mhadgut, Imre Bucsi, Marianna Török and Béla Török,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 984
DOI: 10.1039/b315244h
Hydrothermal synthesis of one-dimensional ZnO nanostructures with different aspect ratios
Bin Cheng and Edward T. Samulski,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 986
DOI: 10.1039/b316435g
High efficiency photocurrent generation by two-dimensional mixed J-aggregates of cyanine dyes
Mitsuo Kawasaki and Satoshi Aoyama,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 988
DOI: 10.1039/b400071d
The first biosynthetic studies of the azinomycins: acetate incorporation into azinomycin B
Christophe Corre and Philip A. S. Lowden,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 990
DOI: 10.1039/b400093e
Selective oxidation of benzene to phenol with molecular oxygen on rhenium/zeolite catalysts
Toshiaki Kusakari, Takehiko Sasaki and Yasuhiro Iwasawa,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 992
DOI: 10.1039/b401373e
Linear arrangements of polypyrrole microcontainers
Jinying Yuan, Liangti Qu, Deqiang Zhang and Gaoquan Shi,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 994
DOI: 10.1039/b400614c
Highly oriented aragonite nanocrystal–biopolymer composites in an aragonite brick of the nacreous layer of Pinctada fucata
Kazuyuki
Takahashi, Hitoshi Yamamoto, Akira Onoda, Mototsugu Doi, Takashi Inaba,
Masahiko Chiba, Atsuko Kobayashi, Takahisa Taguchi, Taka-aki Okamura
and Norikazu Ueyama, Chem. Commun., 2004, 996
DOI: 10.1039/b315478e
Convenient syntheses of 
heavy fluorous
cyclopentadienes and cyclopentadienyl complexes with three to five ponytails
Long V. Dinh and J. A. Gladysz,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 998
DOI: 10.1039/b401540a
Preparation of bimodal micro–mesoporous TiO2 with tailored crystalline properties
David P. Serrano, Guillermo Calleja, Raúl Sanz and Patricia Pizarro,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1000
DOI: 10.1039/b315493a
Absolute asymmetric synthesis by nucleophilic carbonyl addition using chiral crystals of achiral amides
Masami Sakamoto, Shuichiro Kobaru, Takashi Mino and Tsutomu Fujita,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1002
DOI: 10.1039/b315729f
Facile copper-mediated activation of the N–H bond and the oxidative cleavage of the C2–C3 bond in 1H-2-phenyl-3-hydroxy-4-oxoquinoline
Miklós Czaun, Gábor Speier and László Párkányi,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1004
DOI: 10.1039/b315919a
Fluorescence detection of ATP based on the ATP-mediated aggregation of pyrene-appended boronic acid on a polycation
Yasumasa Kanekiyo, Ryuichi Naganawa and Hiroaki Tao,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1006
DOI: 10.1039/b400644e
A facile route to a highly stabilized hierarchical hybrid of titania nanotube and gold nanoparticle
Jianguo Huang, Toyoki Kunitake and Shin-ya Onoue,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1008
DOI: 10.1039/b401071j
Photochromism of a novel 6
conjugate system having a bis(2,3-benzothienyl) unit
Tadatsugu Yamaguchi, Yuji Fujita and Masahiro Irie,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1010
DOI: 10.1039/b401207k
New synthetic route for preparing rattle-type silica particles with metal cores
Hoe Jin Hah, Jae In Um, Seung Hoon Han and Sang Man Koo,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1012
DOI: 10.1039/b401387e
Solvent-free ketone hydrogenations catalyzed by molybdenum complexes
Barbara F. M. Kimmich, Paul J. Fagan, Elisabeth Hauptman and R. Morris Bullock,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1014
DOI: 10.1039/b401760a
Free-standing mesoporous titania films with anatase nanocrystallites synthesized at 80 °C
Todd A. Ostomel and Galen D. Stucky,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1016
DOI: 10.1039/b313609d
Symmetrical dinuclear complexes with high DNA affinity based on [Ru(dpq)2(phen)]2+
Janice Aldrich-Wright, Craig Brodie, Edith C. Glazer, Nathan W. Luedtke, Lev Elson-Schwab and Yitzhak Tor,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1018
DOI: 10.1039/b316917k
Formation of a bifunctional zirconocene complex that favours intramolecular –B(C6F5)2 addition to a Cp ring over 
-ligand abstraction
Michael Hill, Gerald Kehr, Gerhard Erker, Olga Kataeva and Roland Fröhlich,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1020
DOI: 10.1039/b400228h
Synthesis of a quinone-functionalized macrocyclic ligand and the intense fluorescence of its zinc complex
Michael Ruf, William S. Durfee and Cortlandt G. Pierpont,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1022
DOI: 10.1039/b401334d
Luminescent Ln3+ nitrobenzoato complexes: first examples of sensitization of green and red emission
Ana de Bettencourt Dias and Subha Viswanathan,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1024
DOI: 10.1039/b402038c
Heteropoly acid as a novel nitrene transfer agent: a facile and practical aziridination of olefins with Chloramine-T
G. D. Kishore Kumar and Sundarababu Baskaran,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1026
DOI: 10.1039/b402371d
Supramolecular assembly of a quaterthiophene surfactant
Lu Jiang, Robert C. Hughes and Darryl Y. Sasaki,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1028
DOI: 10.1039/b316657k
Remarkable enhancement of reactivity of carbonyl compounds for polymerizations with non-activated aromatic hydrocarbons
Mikhail Zolotukhin, Serguei Fomine, Roberto Salcedo and Leonard Khalilov,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1030
DOI: 10.1039/b317108f