Contents list for Chemical Communications, issue 21, 2004
Front Cover
Feature Article
From group 13–group 13 donor–acceptor bonds to triple-decker cations
Alan H. Cowley,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2369
DOI: 10.1039/b409497m
Communications
Active site structure and redox processes of cytochrome c oxidase immobilised in a novel biomimetic lipid membrane on an electrode
Marcel G. Friedrich, Frank Gie
, Renate Naumann, Wolfgang Knoll, Kenichi Ataka, Joachim Heberle, Jana Hrabakova, Daniel H. Murgida and Peter Hildebrandt,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2376
DOI: 10.1039/b410998h
Preparation of aqueous gel beads coated by lipid bilayers
Andrew Campbell, Pietro Taylor, Olivier J. Cayre and Vesselin N. Paunov,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2378
DOI: 10.1039/b406941b
Metallaborane reaction chemistry. A facile and reversible dioxygen capture by a B-frame-supported bimetallic: structure of [(PMe2Ph)4(O2)Pt2B10H10]
Jonathan Bould, Yvonne M. McInnes, Michael J. Carr and John D. Kennedy,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2380
DOI: 10.1039/b406974a
Synchronous,
time resolved, diffuse reflectance FT-IR, energy dispersive EXAFS (EDE)
and mass spectrometric investigation of the behaviour of Rh catalysts
during NO reduction by CO
Mark A. Newton, Bhrat Jyoti, Andrew J. Dent, Steven G. Fiddy and John Evans,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2382
DOI: 10.1039/b405694a
Non-interpenetrating honeycomb-like 2D [6,3] network built by a novel trigonal metalloligand
Kyoung-Tae Youm, Seong Huh, Young Jun Park, Sangwoo Park, Moon-Gun Choi and Moo-Jin Jun,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2384
DOI: 10.1039/b409596k
Photochemical regulation of the activity of an endonuclease BamHI using an azobenzene moiety incorporated site-selectively into the dimer interface
Koji Nakayama, Masayuki Endo and Tetsuro Majima,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2386
DOI: 10.1039/b409844g
Synthesis of long Poly(dG)·Poly(dC) DNA using enzymatic reaction
Shin-ichi Tanaka, Masateru Taniguchi, Susumu Uchiyama, Kiichi Fukui and Tomoji Kawai,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2388
DOI: 10.1039/b410753e
Octahedral metal clusters as building units in a neutral layered honeycomb network, [Zn(en)]2[Nb6Cl12(CN)6]
Bangbo Yan, Cynthia S. Day and Abdessadek Lachgar,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2390
DOI: 10.1039/b408000a
A simulation of key aspects of a primary process in natural photosynthesis by a Langmuir–Blodgett film assembly
Masaru Sakomura, Kazuyoshi Ueda and Masamichi Fujihira,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2392
DOI: 10.1039/b410262b
Cobalt-mediated cyclotrimerisation of bis-alkynes and cyanamides
Llorente V. R. Boñaga, Han-Cheng Zhang and Bruce E. Maryanoff,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2394
DOI: 10.1039/b410012c
Novel Mg2SiO4 structures
R. L. D. Whitby, K. S. Brigatti, I. A. Kinloch, D. P. Randall and T. Maekawa,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2396
DOI: 10.1039/b409456e
[PtMe(iPr3P)2]+: a Pt(II) complex with an agostic interaction that undergoes C–H activation
Michael J. Ingleson, Mary F. Mahon and Andrew S. Weller,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2398
DOI: 10.1039/b410846a
Multiple hydrogen bonds. Mass spectra of hydrogen bonded heterodimers. A comparison of ESI- and REMPI-ReTOF-MS
Jörg Taubitz, Ulrich Lüning and Jürgen Grotemeyer,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2400
DOI: 10.1039/b411093p
Biosynthesis of hydroxydiphenylacetylene by regiospecific monooxygenation
Heather R. Luckarift, Glenn R. Johnson and Jim C. Spain,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2402
DOI: 10.1039/b408766f
A synthesis of (±)-sparteine
Thomas Buttler and Ian Fleming,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2404
DOI: 10.1039/b411058g
Substrate binding and the presence of ferredoxin affect the redox properties of the soluble plant 
9-18
0-acyl carrier protein desaturase
V. Reipa, J. Shanklin and V. Vilker,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2406
DOI: 10.1039/b409595b
Enantio- and diastereocontrol in intermolecular cyclopropanation reaction of styrene catalyzed by dirhodium(II) complexes with bulky ortho-metalated aryl phosphines
Francisco Estevan, Pascual Lahuerta, Julio Lloret, Mercedes Sanaú, M. Angeles Ubeda and Jaume Vila,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2408
DOI: 10.1039/b408856e
Self-organisation in P-substituted guanidines leading to solution-state isomerisation
Joanna Grundy, Martyn P. Coles, Anthony G. Avent and Peter B. Hitchcock,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2410
DOI: 10.1039/b410041g
Intein-mediated purification of a recombinantly expressed peptide
John A. Pezza, Karen N. Allen and Dean R. Tolan,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2412
DOI: 10.1039/b407924h
Facile fabrication and characterization of hierarchically porous calcium carbonate microspheres
Jiaguo Yu, Jimmy C. Yu, Lizhi Zhang, Xinchen Wang and Ling Wu,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2414
DOI: 10.1039/b406839d
Development
of highly active and selective novel Pd based acetoxylation catalysts
and prevention of catalyst deactivation by Bi modification
A. Benhmid, K. V. Narayana, A. Martin, B. Lücke and M.-M. Pohl,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2416
DOI: 10.1039/b410310f
Assembly of a photoreactive coordination polymer containing rectangular grids
Adonis Michaelides, Stavroula Skoulika and Michael G. Siskos,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2418
DOI: 10.1039/b408522a
Oligo(fluorenyleneethynylenegermylene)s and their metallopolymers
Wai-Yeung Wong, Suk-Yue Poon, Albert W.-M. Lee, Jian-Xin Shi and Kok-Wai Cheah,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2420
DOI: 10.1039/b409580d
Isolation
and characterisation of the mixed-metal alkyl amide
[(TMEDA)Na(µ-Bu)(µ-TMP)Mg(TMP)], an unexpected chelate-trapped
intermediate in the formation of inverse crowns
Eva Hevia, Daniel J. Gallagher, Alan R. Kennedy, Robert E. Mulvey, Charles T. O'Hara and Christine Talmard,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2422
DOI: 10.1039/b410293b
A simple visual assay based on small molecule hydrogels for detecting inhibitors of enzymes
Zhimou Yang and Bing Xu,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2424
DOI: 10.1039/b408897b
Periodic mesoporous phenylenesilicas with ether or sulfide hinge groups—a new class of PMOs with ligand channels
William J. Hunks and Geoffrey A. Ozin,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2426
DOI: 10.1039/b410397a
HfMoSb4, the first nonmetallic early transition metal antimonide
Shahab Derakhshan, Katja M. Kleinke, Enkhtsetseg Dashjav and Holger Kleinke,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2428
DOI: 10.1039/b409225b
Dearomatising rearrangements of lithiated thiophenecarboxamides
Jonathan Clayden, Rachel Turnbull, Madeleine Helliwell and Ivan Pinto,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2430
DOI: 10.1039/b409150g
m-Terphenyl thiols: rigid and bulky molecules for the formation of bioactive self-assembled monolayers on gold
Diane A. Dickie, Andy Y. C. Chan, Hanifa Jalali, Hilary A. Jenkins, Hua-Zhong Yu and Jason A. C. Clyburne,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2432
DOI: 10.1039/b410264a
Synthesis and unprecedented oxidation of a cationic Sb-analogue of an Arduengo's carbene
Dietrich Gudat, Timo Gans-Eichler and Martin Nieger,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2434
DOI: 10.1039/b409657f
Sensitivity
increase in molecular recognition by decrease of the sensing particle
size and by increase of the receptor binding site – a case with
chemomechanical polymers
Hans-Jörg Schneider, Liu Tianjun and Nino Lomadze,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2436
DOI: 10.1039/b409331c
Shape of CeO2 nanoparticles using simulated amorphisation and recrystallisation
Thi X. T. Sayle, Stephen C. Parker and Dean C. Sayle,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2438
DOI: 10.1039/b408752f
A new series of sodium cobalt oxyhydrates
Sundip Mistry, Donna C. Arnold, Chris J. Nuttall, Alexandros Lappas and Mark A. Green,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2440
DOI: 10.1039/b405907g
Direct conversion of iron stearate into magnetic Fe and Fe3C nanocrystals encapsulated in polyhedral graphite cages
Junfeng Geng, David A. Jefferson and Brian F. G. Johnson,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2442
DOI: 10.1039/b406227b
Polysulfones:
solid organic catalysts for the chemoselective cleavage of
methyl-substituted allyl ethers under neutral conditions
Dean Markovi
, Peter Steunenberg, Martin Ekstrand and Pierre Vogel,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2444
DOI: 10.1039/b410965a
Structurally diverse Rh(I) and Mn(I) complexes derived from the new ambidentate indene ligand, (1-{iPr2P(S)}-2-{NMe2})C9H6
Dominik Wechsler, Robert McDonald, Michael J. Ferguson and Mark Stradiotto,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2446
DOI: 10.1039/b410328a
BINOL catalyzed enantioselective addition of titanium phenylacetylide to aromatic ketones
Pier Giorgio Cozzi and Silvia Alesi,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2448
DOI: 10.1039/b408654f
L-Proline catalyzed asymmetric transfer aldol reaction between diacetone alcohol and aldehydes
S. Chandrasekhar, Ch. Narsihmulu, N. Ramakrishna Reddy and S. Shameem Sultana,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2450
DOI: 10.1039/b409053p
A facile synthesis of single-crystal mullite nanobelts
Bing Zhang, Chuanbao Cao, Xu Xiang and Hesun Zhu,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2452
DOI: 10.1039/b409087j
A new organic superconductor 
-(meso-DMBEDT-TTF)2PF6
Shinya
Kimura, Tomoko Maejima, Hideaki Suzuki, Ryoma Chiba, Hatsumi Mori,
Tadashi Kawamoto, Takehiko Mori, Hiroshi Moriyama, Yutaka Nishio and
Koji Kajita, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2454
DOI: 10.1039/b409631b
Silicon-assisted propargylic transfer to aldehydes
Kiew-Ching Lee, Man-Jing Lin and Teck-Peng Loh,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2456
DOI: 10.1039/b411653d
Bond energy, aromatic stabilization energy and strain in IPR fullerenes
Micha
K. Cyra
ski, Siân T. Howard and Micha L. Chodkiewicz,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2458
DOI: 10.1039/b408903k
Thin Pd membrane prepared on macroporous stainless steel tube filter by an in-situ multi-dimensional plating mechanism
Jianhua Tong and Yasuyuki Matsumura,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2460
DOI: 10.1039/b406975g
Stereospecific peptide folds. A rationally designed molecular bracelet
Soumendra Rana, Bijoy Kundu and Susheel Durani,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2462
DOI: 10.1039/b410532j
Synthesis and properties of rhenium tricarbonyl complex bearing N-fused tetraphenylporphyrin ligand
Motoki Toganoh, Tomoya Ishizuka and Hiroyuki Furuta,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2464
DOI: 10.1039/b406234e
The first tandem double palladium-catalyzed aminations: synthesis of dipyrido[1,2-a3
,2-d]imidazole and its benzo- and aza-analogues
Kristof T. J. Loones, Bert U. W. Maes, Roger A. Dommisse and Guy L. F. Lemière,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2466
DOI: 10.1039/b409161b
Site-specific oxidative cleavage of DNA by metallosalen–DNA conjugates
Jennifer L. Czlapinski and Terry L. Sheppard,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2468
DOI: 10.1039/b410493e
Construction of building-blocks for polyether synthesis using sequential catalytic ring-closing enyne and cross metathesis
J. Stephen Clark, Frédéric Elustondo and Marc C. Kimber,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2470
DOI: 10.1039/b409067e
Electrogeneration of a biotinylated poly(pyrrole–ruthenium(II)) film for the construction of photoelectrochemical immunosensor
Naoufel Haddour, Serge Cosnier and Chantal Gondran,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2472
DOI: 10.1039/b410727f
Novel formation and use of a Nicholas carbocation in the synthesis of highly substituted tetrahydrofurans
Steven D. R. Christie, Ryan J. Davoile, Mark R. J. Elsegood, Ross Fryatt, Raymond C. F. Jones and Gareth J. Pritchard,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2474
DOI: 10.1039/b411367e
Structural defects cause TiO2-based photocatalysts to be active in visible light
Igor N. Martyanov, Sitharaman Uma, Shalini Rodrigues and Kenneth J. Klabunde,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2476
DOI: 10.1039/b409730k
A
new synthetic entry to phosphinophosphinidene complexes. Synthesis and
structural characterisation of the first side-on bonded and the first
terminally bonded phosphinophosphinidene zirconium complexes [µ-(1,22-
-tBu2P
P){Zr(Cl)Cp2}2] and [{Zr(PPhMe2)Cp2}(1-P–PtBu2)]
Jerzy Pikies, Elke Baum, Eberhard Matern, Jarosaw Chojnacki, Rafa Grubba and Andrzej Robaszkiewicz,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2478
DOI: 10.1039/b409673h
Enhancement of 
-oxygen formation and N2O decomposition on Fe/ZSM-5 catalysts by extraframework Al
Keqiang Sun, Haidong Zhang, Haian Xia, Yuxiang Lian, Ying Li, Zhaochi Feng, Pinliang Ying and Can Li,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2480
DOI: 10.1039/b408854a
Intramolecular nucleophilic carbonyl trapping of -ketenyl radicals by an amino group
Mami Tojino, Yoshitaka Uenoyama, Takahide Fukuyama and Ilhyong Ryu,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2482
DOI: 10.1039/b408746a
Synthesis of core–shell polyurethane–urea nanoparticles containing 4,4-methylenedi-p-phenyl diisocyanate and isophorone diisocyanate by self-assembled neutralization emulsification
In Woo Cheong and Jung Hyun Kim,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2484
DOI: 10.1039/b409755f
Novel C–C bond formation through addition of ammonium ylides to arylaldehydes: a facile approach to -aryl--hydroxy -amino acid frameworks
Yuanhua Wang, Zhiyong Chen, Aiqiao Mi and Wenhao Hu,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2486
DOI: 10.1039/b407449a
Aziridine sulfides and disulfides as catalysts for the enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes
Antonio L. Braga, Priscila Milani, Marcio W. Paixão, Gilson Zeni, Oscar E. D. Rodrigues and Elenilson F. Alves,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2488
DOI: 10.1039/b408537j
Enhanced photoluminescence from poly(phenylene vinylene) dendrimer polyelectrolyte assemblies in solution
Gabriel A. Montaño, Andrew M. Dattelbaum, Hsing-Lin Wang and Andrew P. Shreve,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2490
DOI: 10.1039/b401682c
Chiral discrimination within disordered adlayers on metal surfaces
Andrew Mulligan, Ian Lane, Gilles B. D. Rousseau, Lutz Hecht, Shona M. Johnston, David Lennon and Malcolm Kadodwala,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2492
DOI: 10.1039/b409886b
Communications
Enantioselective
synthesis of allenyl carbinols by the CBS reduction in nitroethane:
dramatic solvent effect for reactivity and enantioselectivity
Chan-Mo Yu, Chunsan Kim and Jae-Hong Kweon, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2494
DOI: 10.1039/b407387h
Mesostructured SBA-3 silica containing Reichardt's dye as an optical ammonia sensor
Barbara Onida, Luisa Borello, Sonia Fiorilli, Barbara Bonelli, C. Otero Areán and Edoardo Garrone, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2496
DOI: 10.1039/b409779c
Molecular sieving platinum nanoparticle catalysts kinetically frozen in nanoporous carbon
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Ayyappan Ponnaiyan, Pratik J. Mankidy, Anthony W. Brooks, Bo Yi and Henry C. Foley, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2498
DOI: 10.1039/b407854c
Dual-functionalised ionic liquids: synthesis and characterisation of imidazolium salts with a nitrile-functionalised anion
Dongbin Zhao, Zhaofu Fei, C. André Ohlin, Gábor Laurenczy and Paul J. Dyson, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2500
DOI: 10.1039/b408938c
Diastereoselective conjugate reduction with samarium diiodide: asymmetric synthesis of methyl (2S,3R)-N-acetyl-2-amino-2,3-dideuterio-3-phenylpropionate
Stephen G. Davies, Humberto Rodríguez-Solla, Juan A. Tamayo, A. Christopher Garner and Andrew D. Smith, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2502
DOI: 10.1039/b408257e
Stereoelective polymerization of D,L-lactide using N-heterocyclic carbene based compounds
Tryg R. Jensen, Laurie E. Breyfogle, Marc A. Hillmyer and William B. Tolman, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2504
DOI: 10.1039/b405362a
A cascade enyne/ring closing metathesis approach to angularly fused dioxatriquinanes
Krishna P. Kaliappan and Rahul S. Nandurdikar, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2506
DOI: 10.1039/b409665g
Solvent-dependent aggregation of a water-soluble poly(fluorene) controls energy transfer to chromophore-labeled DNA
Shu Wang and Guillermo C. Bazan, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2508
DOI: 10.1039/b410002f
Protein-resistant monolayers prepared by hydrosilylation of 
-oligo(ethylene glycol)-
-alkenes on hydrogen-terminated silicon (111) surfaces
Chi Ming Yam, Juan Manuel Lopez-Romero, Jianhua Gu and Chengzhi Cai, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2510
DOI: 10.1039/b401499e
Self-aggregated phosphorescent platinum(II) polymeric material from modified poly(4-vinylpyridine)
Chi-Chung Kwok, Sze-Chit Yu, Iona H. T. Sham and Chi-Ming Che, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2512
DOI: 10.1039/b409333j
Modular synthesis of formamidines and their formation of stable organogels
David D. Díaz and M. G. Finn, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2514
DOI: 10.1039/b406704e