Contents list for Chemical Communications, issue 19, 2004
Front Cover
Feature Article
Hierarchical self-assembly in polymeric complexes: Towards functional materials
Olli Ikkala and Gerrit ten Brinke,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2131
DOI: 10.1039/b403983a
Communications
Synthesis of the ABCD and ABCDE ring systems of azaspiracid-1
Xiao-Ti Zhou and Rich G. Carter,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2138
DOI: 10.1039/b410092a
The mechanism of the oxidative addition of aryl halides to Pd-catalysts: a DFT investigation
Lukas J. Gooßen, Debasis Koley, Holger Hermann and Walter Thiel,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2141
DOI: 10.1039/b409144b
A very large Rh–Rh bond shortening on excitation of the [Rh2(1,8-diisocyano-p-menthane)4]2+ ion by time-resolved synchrotron X-ray diffraction
Philip
Coppens, Oksana Gerlits, Ivan I. Vorontsov, Andrey Yu. Kovalevsky,
Yu-Sheng Chen, Tim Graber, Milan Gembicky and Irina V.
Novozhilova, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2144
DOI: 10.1039/b409463h
Racemic D,L-asparagine causes enantiomeric excess of other coexisting racemic D,L-amino acids during recrystallization: a hypothesis accounting for the origin of L-amino acids in the biosphere
Shosuke Kojo, Hiromi Uchino, Mayu Yoshimura and Kyoko Tanaka,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2146
DOI: 10.1039/b409941a
A thermally stable nanoporous nickel 5-sulfoisophthalate; crystal structure and adsorption properties
Dae Sung Kim, Paul M. Forster, Ronan Le Toquin and Anthony K. Cheetham,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2148
DOI: 10.1039/b408535c
Single-walled
carbon nanotubes acquire a specific lectin-affinity through
supramolecular wrapping with lactose-appended schizophyllan
Teruaki
Hasegawa, Tomohisa Fujisawa, Munenori Numata, Mariko Umeda, Takahiro
Matsumoto, Taro Kimura, Shiro Okumura, Kazuo Sakurai and Seiji
Shinkai, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2150
DOI: 10.1039/b407409b
Motion of methanol adsorbed in porous coordination polymer with paramagnetic metal ions
Satoshi
Horike, Ryotaro Matsuda, Ryo Kitaura, Susumu Kitagawa, Takahiro Iijima,
Kazunaka Endo, Yoshiki Kubota and Masaki Takata, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2152
DOI: 10.1039/b406883a
Preparation of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)(PEDOT) coated silica core–shell particles and PEDOT hollow particles
Moon Gyu Han and Stephen H. Foulger,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2154
DOI: 10.1039/b409396h
Secondary coordination sphere controlled reversible geometry reorganisations in copper(II) complexes
John Fielden, De-Liang Long and Leroy Cronin,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2156
DOI: 10.1039/b407229d
Assembly of large simple 1D and rare polycatenated 3D molecular ladders from T-shaped building blocks containing a new, long N,N
-bidentate ligand
Cheng-Yong Su, Andrea M. Goforth, Mark D. Smith and Hans-Conrad zur Loye,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2158
DOI: 10.1039/b406126h
Synthesis and reactivity of triethylborane adduct of N-heterocyclic carbene: versatile synthons for synthesis of N-heterocyclic carbene complexes
Yoshitaka Yamaguchi, Taigo Kashiwabara, Kenichi Ogata, Yumiko Miura, Yoshiyuki Nakamura, Kimiko Kobayashi and Takashi Ito,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2160
DOI: 10.1039/b405459h
A new packing motif for para-sulfonatocalix[4]arene: the solid state structure of the para-sulfonatocalix[4]arene D-arginine complex
Adina Lazar, Eric Da Silva, Alda Navaza, Carole Barbey and Anthony W. Coleman,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2162
DOI: 10.1039/b408863h
Synthesis and characterization of electron-rich nickel tris-carbene complexes
Xile Hu, Ingrid Castro-Rodriguez and Karsten Meyer,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2164
DOI: 10.1039/b409241d
Isolation
and structural characterization of an optically active intermediate in
the oxidative addition of methyl iodide on a rhodium(I) centre
Angelino Doppiu, Ulli Englert and Albrecht Salzer,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2166
DOI: 10.1039/b409134e
Nanoporosity of an interpenetrated NbO-type molecular framework studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction
Prasad V. Ganesan and Cameron J. Kepert,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2168
DOI: 10.1039/b409543j
Water-in-water mesophases for templating inorganics
Andreas Taubert, Ernst Furrer and Wolfgang Meier,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2170
DOI: 10.1039/b405610h
Bis(diethylamino)carbene and the mechanism of dimerisation for simple diaminocarbenes
Roger W. Alder, Leila Chaker and François P. V. Paolini,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2172
DOI: 10.1039/b409112d
The surprisingly beneficial effect of soft donors on the performance of early transition metal olefin polymerisation catalysts
Daniel C. H. Oakes, Brian S. Kimberley, Vernon C. Gibson, David J. Jones, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2174
DOI: 10.1039/b409870f
Unexpected oxidative C–C cleavage in the metallation of 2-substituted imidazolium salts to give N-heterocyclic carbene complexes
Anthony R. Chianese, Brian M. Zeglis and Robert H. Crabtree,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2176
DOI: 10.1039/b409672j
Estimates of internal energies of vaporisation of some room temperature ionic liquids
Konrad Swiderski, Andrew McLean, Charles M. Gordon and D. Huw Vaughan,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2178
DOI: 10.1039/b408334b
First lanthanide dipolar complexes for second-order nonlinear optics
Katell Sénéchal, Loïc Toupet, Isabelle Ledoux, Joseph Zyss, Hubert Le Bozec and Olivier Maury,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2180
DOI: 10.1039/b407073a
Microemulsion-based synthesis of stacked calcium carbonate (calcite) superstructures
Chulanapa Viravaidya, Mei Li and Stephen Mann,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2182
DOI: 10.1039/b408041f
A direct synthetic approach to vanadium pentoxide nanofibres modified with silver nanoparticles
Ulrich Schlecht, Berit Guse, Isabelle Raible, Tobias Vossmeyer and Marko Burghard,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2184
DOI: 10.1039/b407869a
Polymer-in-salt like conduction behavior of small-molecule electrolytes
Hongxia Wang, Zhaoxiang Wang, Bofei Xue, Qingbo Meng, Xuejie Huang and Liquan Chen,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2186
DOI: 10.1039/b406493c
Hierachically porous nanocrystalline cobalt oxide monoliths through nanocasting
Jan-Henrik Smått, Bernd Spliethoff, Jarl B. Rosenholm and Mika Lindén,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2188
DOI: 10.1039/b405208k
Carbon nanotube/poly(2,4-hexadiyne-1,6-diol) nanocomposites prepared with the aid of supercritical CO2
Xinhua Dai, Zhimin Liu, Buxing Han, Zhenyu Sun, Yong Wang, Jian Xu, Xinglin Guo, Ning Zhao and Jing Chen,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2190
DOI: 10.1039/b407605b
Water reduction and oxidation on Pt–Ru/Y2Ta2O5N2 catalyst under visible light irradiation
Meiying
Liu, Wansheng You, Zhibin Lei, Guohua Zhou, Jianjun Yang, Guopeng Wu,
Guijun Ma, Guoyou Luan, Tuyoshi Takata, Michikazu Hara, Kazunari Domen
and Can Li, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2192
DOI: 10.1039/b407892f
Ionic hydrogenation of C-20, 22-ketene dithioacetal: stereoselective synthesis of steroidal C (20R) aldehydes
Bapurao B. Shingate, Braja G. Hazra, Vandana S. Pore, Rajesh G. Gonnade and Mohan M. Bhadbhade,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2194
DOI: 10.1039/b407952c
Facile deposition of copper-doped diamond-like carbon nanocomposite films by a liquid-phase electrochemical route
Heqing Jiang, Lina Huang, Zhijun Zhang, Tao Xu and Weimin Liu,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2196
DOI: 10.1039/b408497g
Efficient boron removal by using mesoporous matrices grafted with saccharides
Gertrudis
Rodríguez-López, M. Dolores Marcos, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Félix
Sancenón, Juan Soto, Luis A. Villaescusa, Danile Beltrán and Pedro
Amorós, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2198
DOI: 10.1039/b406611a
Redox couples in the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with hydrocarbons over Co–ZSM-5 and Ni–ZSM-5 catalysts: an FT-IR study
Mihail Mihaylov and Konstantin Hadjiivanov,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2200
DOI: 10.1039/b408061k
A simple approach to mesoporous fibrous titania from potassium dititanate
Ming He, Xiao-Hua Lu, Xin Feng, Lei Yu and Zhu-Hong Yang,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2202
DOI: 10.1039/b408609k
Direct probe electrospray (and nanospray) ionization mass spectrometry of neat ionic liquids
Paul J. Dyson, Isam Khalaila, Sarah Luettgen, J. Scott McIndoe and Dongbin Zhao,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2204
DOI: 10.1039/b407217k
Imidazolidinium-based robust crypt with unique selectivity for fluoride anion
Bing-guang Zhang, Ping Cai, Chun-ying Duan, Ren Miao, Long-gen Zhu, Takashi Niitsu and Hakuai Inoue,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2206
DOI: 10.1039/b407434c
An analogue of adenine that forms an 
A:T
base pair of comparable stability to G:C
James Booth, W. Jon Cummins and Tom Brown,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2208
DOI: 10.1039/b409155h
Hydrogen storage of metal nitride by a mechanochemical reaction
Yoshitsugu Kojima and Yasuaki Kawai,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2210
DOI: 10.1039/b406392a
Ultrastable complexes for in vivo use: a bifunctional chelator incorporating a cross-bridged macrocycle
Elizabeth A. Lewis, Ross W. Boyle and Stephen J. Archibald,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2212
DOI: 10.1039/b406906d
Novel non-hydrolytic synthesis of a V2O5–TiO2 xerogel for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx by ammonia
Aurelian F. Popa, P. Hubert Mutin, André Vioux, Gerard Delahay and Bernard Coq,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2214
DOI: 10.1039/b408073d
New crystalline forms of permethylated 
-cyclodextrin
Mino R. Caira, Susan A. Bourne, Welcome T. Mhlongo and Pamela M. Dean,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2216
DOI: 10.1039/b408660k
Unprecedented
insertion reaction of a silylene into a B–B bond and generation of a
novel borylsilyl anion by boron–metal exchange reaction of the
resultant diborylsilane
Takashi Kajiwara, Nobuhiro Takeda, Takahiro Sasamori and Norihiro Tokitoh,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2218
DOI: 10.1039/b409575h
Cyclic water pentamer in a tape-like structure
Bao-Qing Ma, Hao-Ling Sun and Song Gao,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2220
DOI: 10.1039/b404364b
Photochemical polymerization of thiophene derivatives in aqueous solution
Sergey A. Piletsky, Elena V. Piletska, Kal Karim, Frank Davis, Seamus P. J. Higson and Anthony P. F. Turner,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2222
DOI: 10.1039/b408387c
New Pb–Pb bonds: syntheses and molecular structures of hexabiphenyldiplumbane and tri(trisbiphenylplumbyl)plumbate
Yuzhong Wang, Brandon Quillian, Pingrong Wei, Xiao-Juan Yang and Gregory H. Robinson,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2224
DOI: 10.1039/b408860n
A modular ditopic crown-shielded phosphate ion-pair receptor
Patrick Gunning, Andrew C. Benniston and Robert D. Peacock,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2226
DOI: 10.1039/b409132a
The first samarium(II)-mediated aryl radical cyclisation onto an aromatic ring
Hiroaki Ohno, Hiroki Iwasaki, Toru Eguchi and Tetsuaki Tanaka,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2228
DOI: 10.1039/b410457a
A supramolecular approach to the selective detection of dopamine in the presence of ascorbate
Alex Fragoso, Eduardo Almirall, Roberto Cao, Luis Echegoyen and Raúl González-Jonte,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2230
DOI: 10.1039/b407792j
High efficiency mer-iridium complexes for organic light-emitting diodes
Cheng-Hsien Yang, Kai-Hung Fang, Chun-Hung Chen and I-Wen Sun,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2232
DOI: 10.1039/b406958g
Unsaturated 1,2-amino alcohols and ethers from aziridines and organolithiums
David M. Hodgson, Bogdan 
tefane, Timothy J. Miles and Jason Witherington,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2234
DOI: 10.1039/b409486g
Synthesis and in vitro photodynamic activity of new hexadeca-carboxy phthalocyanines
Chi-Fung Choi, Po-Ting Tsang, Jian-Dong Huang, Elaine Y. M. Chan, Wing-Hung Ko, Wing-Ping Fong and Dennis K. P. Ng,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2236
DOI: 10.1039/b405868b
Novel Pt/CeO2/C catalysts for electrooxidation of alcohols in alkaline media
Changwei Xu and Pei Kang Shen,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2238
DOI: 10.1039/b408589b
The anion sequence in the phase transformation of mesostructures templated by non-ionic block copolymers
Jiawei Tang, Chengzhong Yu, Xufeng Zhou, Xiaoxia Yan and Dongyuan Zhao,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2240
DOI: 10.1039/b408100e