Contents list for Chemical Communications, issue 11, 2004
Front Cover
Focus
The quest for the chemical roots of life
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1247
DOI: 10.1039/b401124b
Feature Article
High-resolution transmission electron microscopy: the ultimate nanoanalytical technique
John Meurig Thomas and Paul A. Midgley,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1253
DOI: 10.1039/b315513g
Communications
Template synthesis of multi-macrocycles by metathesis reaction
Myroslav O. Vysotsky, Anca Bogdan, Leyong Wang and Volker Böhmer,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1268
DOI: 10.1039/b402719a
Synergistic effects in controlling excited-state photodimerisation using multiple supramolecular interactions
Yolanda Vida Pol, Rafael Suau, Ezequiel Perez-Inestrosa and Dario M. Bassani,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1270
DOI: 10.1039/b402298j
NH4[BPO4F]: A novel open-framework ammonium fluorinated borophosphate with a zeolite-like structure related to gismondine topology
Man-Rong Li, Wei Liu, Ming-Hui Ge, Hao-Hong Chen, Xin-Xin Yang and Jing-Tai Zhao,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1272
DOI: 10.1039/b402966f
Titanocene
and zirconocene complexes of a phosphorus analog of an Arduengo's
carbene: Application in the synthesis of 1,3-diphosphafulvenes
Thibault Cantat, Nicolas Mézailles, Nicole Maigrot, Louis Ricard and Pascal Le Floch,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1274
DOI: 10.1039/b403436h
Synthesis
and study of a new diamidodipyrromethane macrocycle. An anion receptor
with a high sulfate-to-nitrate binding selectivity
Jonathan L. Sessler, Evgeny Katayev, G. Dan Pantos and Yuri A. Ustynyuk,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1276
DOI: 10.1039/b403665d
Step-wise dis-assembly of trimesic acid: mono- and bis(methanol) solvates
Sophie H. Dale, Mark R. J. Elsegood and Simon J. Richards,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1278
DOI: 10.1039/b402922d
Effective stabilisation of 
-helical structures in short peptides with acetylenic cross-linking agents
Kazuhisa Fujimoto, Natsuko Oimoto, Kahori Katsuno and Masahiko Inouye,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1280
DOI: 10.1039/b403615h
Strategies toward improving the performance of fluorescence-based sensors for inorganic anions
Radek Pohl, Dmitry Aldakov, Pavel Kubát, Karolina Jursíková, Manuel Marquez, Pavel Anzenbacher and Jr.,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1282
DOI: 10.1039/b315268e
A bidentate borane as colorimetric fluoride ion sensor
Stéphane Solé and François P. Gabbaï,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1284
DOI: 10.1039/b403596h
Imide linked 
4 + 4
macrocycles formed by condensation of isophthaloyl dichloride and tetra- or penta-fluoroaniline
Louise S. Evans and Philip A. Gale,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1286
DOI: 10.1039/b401614a
Nano-complex formation of cyclodextrin and azobenzene using supercritical carbon dioxide
Min Wu, Yoshiaki Yuguchi, Takako Kumagai, Takashi Endo and Takahiro Hirotsu,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1288
DOI: 10.1039/b400289j
Photocontrol of electron transfer from Zn-porphyrin to an axially bound stilbazole–pyromellitic diimide conjugate
Joe Otsuki, Atsushi Suka, Katsutoshi Yamazaki, Hideyuki Abe, Yasuyuki Araki and Osamu Ito,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1290
DOI: 10.1039/b403991b
Ir-Beta zeolite as a heterogeneous catalyst for the one-pot transformation of citronellal to menthol
Flori Iosif, Simona Coman, Vasile Pârvulescu, Paul Grange, Stéphanie Delsarte, Dirk De Vos and Pierre Jacobs,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1292
DOI: 10.1039/b403692a
Synthesis of two novel dinuclear palladium(I) complexes and studies of their catalytic activity in amination reactions
Ute Christmann, Ramón Vilar, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1294
DOI: 10.1039/b402283a
Dynamic kinetic resolution: an efficient route to anti-amino-
-hydroxy esters via Ru-SYNPHOS® catalyzed hydrogenation
Céline Mordant, Pascal Dünkelmann, Virginie Ratovelomanana-Vidal and Jean-Pierre Genet,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1296
DOI: 10.1039/b401631a
Inclusion of C60 fullerene in a M3L2 subphthalocyanine cage
Christian G. Claessens and Tomás Torres,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1298
DOI: 10.1039/b401232a
First cation radical salt of a tetrathiafulvalene–based phosphine metal complex
Narcis Avarvari and Marc Fourmigué,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1300
DOI: 10.1039/b403168g
Novel biocompatible hydrogel-based amperometric sensor for nitric oxide gas detection: towards a non-invasive device
Corinne Wartelle and Fethi Bedioui,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1302
DOI: 10.1039/b402735c
On the stability of furanopyrimidin-2-one bases in oligonucleotides
Guan-Sheng Jiao and Kevin Burgess,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1304
DOI: 10.1039/b402559h
Recyclable Sonogashira coupling reactions in an ionic liquid, effected in the absence of both a copper salt and a phosphine
Soon Bong Park and Howard Alper,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1306
DOI: 10.1039/b402477j
Structural arrangement of two DNA double helices using cross-linked oligonucleotide connectors
Masayuki Endo and Tetsuro Majima,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1308
DOI: 10.1039/b402783c
Acoustic coupling at multiple interfaces and the liquid phase response of the thickness shear-mode acoustic wave sensor
Jonathan S. Ellis and Michael Thompson,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1310
DOI: 10.1039/b402822h
Ruthenium/chloride catalytic system for conjugate addition of terminal alkynes to acrylate esters
Takahiro Nishimura, Yosuke Washitake, Yoshiki Nishiguchi, Yasunari Maeda and Sakae Uemura,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1312
DOI: 10.1039/b403616f
The first solid state structure of a triruthenium polypyridyl complex
Matthew I. J. Polson, Garry S. Hanan, Nicholas J. Taylor, Bernold Hasenknopf and René Thouvenot,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1314
DOI: 10.1039/b401276c
Efficient protein–ligand interaction by guaranteeing mesospacing between immobilized biotins
Young-Seo Choi, Chang Won Yoon, Hae Dong Lee, Minyoung Park and Joon Won Park,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1316
DOI: 10.1039/b403797a
Generation and pH dependent superquenching of poly(amido) carboxylate dendrons hosting a single 
focal point
pyrene
Siddharth Pandey, Rebecca A. Redden, Kristin A. Fletcher, Darryl Y. Sasaki, Angel E. Kaifer and Gary A. Baker,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1318
DOI: 10.1039/b403477p
The influence of the loop sequence in binding studies involving cationic porphyrins and DNA hairpins
Stephanie A. Bejune and David R. McMillin,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1320
DOI: 10.1039/b402330g
First examples of intramolecular Pd(0) catalysed couplings on ortho-iodinated meso-phenyl porphyrins
Simon Fox and Ross W. Boyle,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1322
DOI: 10.1039/b403466J
Biosynthesis of phomactins: common intermediate phomactatriene and taxadiene
Tetsuo Tokiwano, Eri Fukushi, Taeko Endo and Hideaki Oikawa,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1324
DOI: 10.1039/b401377h
Methanolysis of acyl–Pd(II) complexes relevant to CO/ethene coupling reactions
Jianke Liu, Brian T. Heaton, Jonathan A. Iggo and Robin Whyman,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1326
DOI: 10.1039/b402275k
Synthesis and structural characterisation of novel bimetallic dipyrromethene complexes: rotational locking of the 5-aryl group
Jonathan M. Sutton, Eleanor Rogerson, Christopher J. Wilson, Amanda E. Sparke, Stephen J. Archibald and Ross W. Boyle,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1328
DOI: 10.1039/b404147j
The measurement of high enantiomeric excesses in chiral liquid crystals using 19F NMR and exchangeable protons in 2H NMR
Andrew R. Phillips and Gary J. Sharman,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1330
DOI: 10.1039/b402267j
Preparation of cotton-like silica
Yonggang Yang, Masahiro Suzuki, Mutsumi Kimura, Hirofusa Shirai and Kenji Hanabusa,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1332
DOI: 10.1039/b402192d
Solubilization
and debundling of purified single-walled carbon nanotubes using
solubilizing agents in an aqueous solution by high-speed vibration
milling technique
Atsushi Ikeda, Kentaro Hayashi, Toshifumi Konishi and Jun-ichi Kikuchi,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1334
DOI: 10.1039/b402042a
Sidewall modification of single-walled carbon nanotubes using photolysis of perfluoroazooctane
Takako Nakamura, Masatou Ishihara, Tsuguyori Ohana, Akihiro Tanaka and Yoshinori Koga,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1336
DOI: 10.1039/b402206h
Highly efficient Pauson–Khand reaction with C60: regioselective synthesis of unprecedented cis-1 biscycloadducts
Nazario Martín, Margarita Altable, Salvatore Filippone and Ángel Martín-Domenech,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1338
DOI: 10.1039/b402616k