Contents list for Chemical Communications, issue 23, 2004
Front Cover
Focus
New chemistry on old CDs
Hua-Zhong Yu,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2633
DOI: 10.1039/b412784f
Feature Article
Dendrimers and gold nanoparticles as exo-receptors sensing biologically important anions
Didier Astruc, Marie-Christine Daniel and Jaime Ruiz,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2637
DOI: 10.1039/b410399h
Communications
Principles of sequence-recognition in aromatic polyimides
Howard M. Colquhoun, Zhixue Zhu, Christine J. Cardin and Yu Gan,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2650
DOI: 10.1039/b412801j
Metalloglycomics: a new perspective upon competitive metal–carbohydrate binding using EPR spectroscopy
Rachel Codd,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2653
DOI: 10.1039/b411335g
Novel cerium(IV) heteropolyoxotungstate containing two types of lacunary Keggin anions
Filipa L. Sousa, Filipe A. Almeida Paz, Ana M. V. Cavaleiro, Jacek Klinowski and Helena I. S. Nogueira,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2656
DOI: 10.1039/b409034a
Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of an anionic heteronuclear metallamacrocyclic triangle
José Vicente, María-Teresa Chicote, Miguel M. Alvarez-Falcón and Peter G. Jones,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2658
DOI: 10.1039/b409921d
Novel 36-membered dodecanuclear manganese metalladiazamacrocycle
Rohith P. John, Kyungjae Lee and Myoung Soo Lah,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2660
DOI: 10.1039/b407668k
Helical coordination polymers and cyclic dimers formed from heteroleptic thioether-dipyrrinato copper(II) complexes
Loi Do, Sara R. Halper and Seth M. Cohen,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2662
DOI: 10.1039/b411991f
Self-assembly of a 
-electronic amphiphile consisting of a zinc porphyrin–fullerene dyad: formation of micro-vesicles with a high stability
Richard Charvet, Dong-Lin Jiang and Takuzo Aida,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2664
DOI: 10.1039/b409228g
Al(OPri)3-catalysed
halogen exchange processes of relevance to atom transfer radical
polymerization: the effect depends on the metal electronic structure
François Stoffelbach and Rinaldo Poli,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2666
DOI: 10.1039/b409992c
Synthesis and characterization of a benzene-centered, phthalocyanine hexamer
Giovanni Bottari and Tomás Torres,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2668
DOI: 10.1039/b411960f
Formation of dimers of inclusion cryptand/paraquat complexes driven by dipole–dipole and face-to-face -stacking interactions
Feihe Huang, Liang Zhou, Jason W. Jones, Harry W. Gibson and Mehdi Ashraf-Khorassani,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2670
DOI: 10.1039/b411234b
Selective formation of siloxane-based hybrid cages with methylene groups in the frameworks
Atsushi Shimojima and Kazuyuki Kuroda,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2672
DOI: 10.1039/b411794h
Ensemble hybridisation – a new method for exploring sequence dependent fluorescence of dye–nucleic acid conjugates
Olaf Köhler, Dilip Venkatrao Jarikote and Oliver Seitz,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2674
DOI: 10.1039/b411877d
Selective growth of a less stable polymorph of 2-iodo-4-nitroaniline on a self-assembled monolayer template
Rupa Hiremath, Stephen W. Varney and Jennifer A. Swift,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2676
DOI: 10.1039/b411649f
A neutral self-assembled coordination cage organized for inclusion of aromatic guests
Amir H. Mahmoudkhani, Adrien P. Côté and George K. H. Shimizu,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2678
DOI: 10.1039/b412325e
Regioselective Hula-twist photoisomerization of cinnamate esters in organic glass
Stefan Schieffer, John Pescatore, Richard Ulsh and Robert S. H. Liu,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2680
DOI: 10.1039/b411306n
Doubly N-fused meso-aryl substituted hexaphyrins(1.1.1.1.1.1)
Masaaki Suzuki, Ryuichiro Taniguchi and Atsuhiro Osuka,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2682
DOI: 10.1039/b410011e
Coordination polymers with macrocyclic cages and pockets within their backbones
Moonhyun Oh, Charlotte L. Stern and Chad A. Mirkin,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2684
DOI: 10.1039/b408084j
Crystallography and magnetism of radicals with hindered hydroxyl groups: 2-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole-3-oxide-1-oxyl and 2-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole-1-oxyl
Patrick Taylor and Paul M. Lahti,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2686
DOI: 10.1039/b411574k
Influence of EDA- interactions in drug encapsulation using nanospheres
Sunil
K. Sharma, Rajesh Kumar, Sumit Kumar, Ravi Mosurkal, Virinder S.
Parmar, Lynne A. Samuelson, Arthur C. Watterson and Jayant Kumar,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2689
DOI: 10.1039/b408993f
Enzymatic
preparation of biotinylated naturally-occurring sialylglycan and its
molecular recognition on a quartz-crystal microbalance
Toshiaki Mori, Yoshimi Sekine, Kenji Yamamoto and Yoshio Okahata,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2692
DOI: 10.1039/b411082j
Selenocatalytic 
-halogenation
Chao Wang and Jon Tunge,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2694
DOI: 10.1039/b410576a
Donor-rich and acceptor-rich pyridine-phosphadiazonium adducts: Diversifying the Lewis acceptor chemistry of phosphorus(III)
Neil Burford, Heather A. Spinney, Michael J. Ferguson and Robert McDonald,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2696
DOI: 10.1039/b412267d
Chemical routes to GeS2 and GeSe2 nanowires
Manashi Nath, Amitava Choudhury and C. N. R. Rao,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2698
DOI: 10.1039/b412056f
Attachment of glycosaminoglycan oligosaccharides to thiol-derivatised gold surfaces
Mark A. Skidmore, Susannah J. Patey, Nguyen T. K. Thanh, David G. Fernig, Jeremy E. Turnbull and Edwin A. Yates,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2700
DOI: 10.1039/b411726c
Synthesis of C-arylglycosides via Ru(II)-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition
Yoshihiko Yamamoto, Tomoaki Saigoku, Takashige Ohgai, Hisao Nishiyama and Kenji Itoh,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2702
DOI: 10.1039/b411442f
Supramolecular control of complexation-induced fluorescence change of water-soluble, 
-cyclodextrin-modified CdS quantum dots
Kumaranand Palaniappan, Stephen A. Hackney and Jian Liu,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2704
DOI: 10.1039/b409075f
Flexible enzymatic and chemo-enzymatic approaches to a broad range of uridine-diphospho-sugars
James C. Errey, Balaram Mukhopadhyay, K. P. Ravindranathan Kartha and Robert A. Field,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2706
DOI: 10.1039/b410184g
Synthesis and characterization of multiferroic BiFeO3 nanotubes
Tae-Jin Park, Yuanbing Mao and Stanislaus S. Wong,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2708
DOI: 10.1039/b409988e
CeZSM-5—a designer's catalyst for selective synthesis of octahydroacridine
A. Ratnamala, V. Durga Kumari, M. Subrahmanyam and N. Archana,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2710
DOI: 10.1039/b409413a
Ruthenium-
and gold-catalysed sequential reactions: a straightforward synthesis of
substituted oxazoles from propargylic alcohols and amides
Marilyn Daisy Milton, Youichi Inada, Yoshiaki Nishibayashi and Sakae Uemura,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2712
DOI: 10.1039/b411180j
Aqueous hydrogenation of carbon dioxide catalysed by water-soluble ruthenium aqua complexes under acidic conditions
Hideki Hayashi, Seiji Ogo and Shunichi Fukuzumi,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2714
DOI: 10.1039/b411633j
[Ru(
3-2-C3H4Me)(CO)(dppf)][SbF6]: a mononuclear 16e– ruthenium(II) catalyst for propargylic substitution and isomerization of HC
CCPh2(OH)
Victorio Cadierno, Josefina Díez, Sergio E. García-Garrido and José Gimeno,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2716
DOI: 10.1039/b410812d
A 
Nitrate Route
for the low temperature Fast SCR reaction over a V2O5–WO3/TiO2 commercial catalyst
Cristian Ciardelli, Isabella Nova, Enrico Tronconi, Daniel Chatterjee and Brigitte Bandl-Konrad,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2718
DOI: 10.1039/b411613e
Manipulation of the stereochemical outcome and product distribution in the Henry reaction using CO2 pressure
Andrew J. Parratt, Dave J. Adams, Anthony A. Clifford and Christopher M. Rayner,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2720
DOI: 10.1039/b409451d
The electrochemically tuneable recognition properties of an electropolymerised flavin derivative
Graeme Cooke, James Garety, Suhil Mabruk, Vincent Rotello, Gheorghe Surpateanu and Patrice Woisel,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2722
DOI: 10.1039/b411297k
A facile chemical route to semiconductor metal sulfide nanocrystal superlattices
Zhaoping Liu, Jianbo Liang, Dan Xu, Jun Lu and Yitai Qian,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2724
DOI: 10.1039/b409825k
Magnetic nanochains of metal formed by assembly of small nanoparticles
Chen-Min Liu, Lin Guo, Rong-Ming Wang, Yuan Deng, Hui-Bin Xu and Shihe Yang,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2726
DOI: 10.1039/b411311j
Synthesis and photocleavage of a new dimeric bis(o-nitrobenzyl) diether tether
Nandita Madhavan and Mary S. Gin,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2728
DOI: 10.1039/b408482a
Thermally stable macroporous zirconium phosphates with supermicroporous walls: a self-formation phenomenon of hierarchy
Tie-Zhen Ren, Zhong-Yong Yuan and Bao-Lian Su,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2730
DOI: 10.1039/b410763b
Dimerization of terminal alkynes catalyzed by a nickel complex having a bulky phosphine ligand
Sensuke Ogoshi, Mizu Ueta, Masa-aki Oka and Hideo Kurosawa,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2732
DOI: 10.1039/b409851j
A (H2O)4/crown ether network spanned between organometallic complex metal fragments
Cristina Wippert Rodrigues, Christian Limberg and Hans Pritzkow,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2734
DOI: 10.1039/b407475k
Chemical reactions of double bonds in activated carbon: microwave and bromination methods
Vitaliy L. Budarin, James H. Clark, Stewart J. Tavener and Karen Wilson,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2736
DOI: 10.1039/b411222a
Bent metal carbene geometries in amido N-heterocyclic carbene complexes
Shaheed A. Mungur, Stephen T. Liddle, Claire Wilson, Mark J. Sarsfield and Polly L. Arnold,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2738
DOI: 10.1039/b410074c
Chiral recognition by proton transfer reactions with optically active amines and alcohols
Habib Bagheri, Hao Chen and R. Graham Cooks,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2740
DOI: 10.1039/b410882e
A first oxalamidino complex of samarium via reduction-coupling of carbodiimine: synthesis and molecular structure of [4-C2(NR)4][(MeC5H4)2Sm(HMPA)]2·2THF (R = Pri, Cy)
Mingyu Deng, Yingmin Yao, Yong Zhang and Qi Shen,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2742
DOI: 10.1039/b410599k
Enhanced
fluorescence quenching in receptor-containing conjugated polymers: a
calix[4]arene-containing poly(phenylene ethynylene)
Jordan H. Wosnick and Timothy M. Swager,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2744
DOI: 10.1039/b411489b
Biomimetic thermo-responsive star diblock gelators
Yuting Li, Ravin Narain, Yinghua Ma, Andrew L. Lewis and Steven P. Armes,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2746
DOI: 10.1039/b410150b
Mechanism of hydrogen transfer to imines from a hydroxycyclopentadienyl ruthenium hydride. Support for a stepwise mechanism
Joseph S. M. Samec, Alida H. Éll and Jan-E. Bäckvall,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2748
DOI: 10.1039/b410698a
Liquid poly(ethylene glycol) and supercritical carbon dioxide as a biphasic solvent system for lipase-catalyzed esterification
Manfred T. Reetz and Wolfgang Wiesenhöfer,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2750
DOI: 10.1039/b412049c
A p-phosphinophenolate ligand for the palladium-catalysed arylation of alkenes
Eiji Shirakawa, Keijiro Ishii and Teruhisa Tsuchimoto,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2752
DOI: 10.1039/b411125g
Electrodeposition of monodispersed Fe nanocrystals from an ionic liquid
C. L. Aravinda and W. Freyland,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2754
DOI: 10.1039/b409861g
Polystyryl-supported TBD as an efficient and reusable catalyst under solvent-free conditions
Francesco Fringuelli, Ferdinando Pizzo, Carla Vittoriani and Luigi Vaccaro,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2756
DOI: 10.1039/b409808k
Self-assembled zinc(II) Schiff base polymers for applications in polymer light-emitting devices
Chi-Chung Kwok, Sze-Chit Yu, Iona H. T. Sham and Chi-Ming Che,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2758
DOI: 10.1039/b412762e
Selective synthesis of isomeric heterodinuclear complexes with switched metal arrangements via proton-induced reversible metal migration
Christian Dubs, Akiko Inagaki and Munetaka Akita,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2760
DOI: 10.1039/b409514f
Preparation of ordered large pore SBA-15 silica functionalized with aminopropyl groups through one-pot synthesis
Xueguang Wang, Kyle S. K. Lin, Jerry C. C. Chan and Soofin Cheng,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2762
DOI: 10.1039/b408022j
Adduct formation by photo-induced electron transfer between photo-oxidising Ru(II) complexes and tryptophan
Etienne Gicquel, Arnaud Boisdenghien, Eric Defrancq, Cécile Moucheron and Andrée Kirsch-De Mesmaeker,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2764
DOI: 10.1039/b411686k
Spherical
carbon capsules with hollow macroporous core and mesoporous shell
structures as a highly efficient catalyst support in the direct
methanol fuel cell
Geun Seok Chai, Suk Bon Yoon, Jung Ho Kim and Jong-Sung Yu,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2766
DOI: 10.1039/b412747c
Cu+(H2) and Na+(H2) adducts in exchanged ZSM-5 zeolites
Giuseppe
Spoto, Evgueni Gribov, Silvia Bordiga, Carlo Lamberti, Gabriele
Ricchiardi, Domenica Scarano and Adriano Zecchina, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2768
DOI: 10.1039/b411053f
Communications
First example of chiral N-heterocyclic carbenes as catalysts for kinetic resolution
Yumiko Suzuki, Kaori Yamauchi, Kazuyuki Muramatsu and Masayuki Sato, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2770
DOI: 10.1039/b411855c
Micro-particle sorting by Newton-ring device
Masahiro Hatta, Hideaki Monjushiro and Hitoshi Watarai, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2772
DOI: 10.1039/b411995a
Low temperature 1,1,1-trichloroethane dehydrochlorination over Pt catalysts: from model surfaces to the real world
Adam F. Lee, Paul A. Carr and Karen Wilson, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2774
DOI: 10.1039/b408745c
An improved palladium-based DMFCs cathode catalyst
Huanqiao Li, Qin Xin, Wenzhen Li, Zhenhua Zhou, Luhua Jiang, Shaohua Yang and Gongquan Sun, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2776
DOI: 10.1039/b409539a
Asymmetric synthesis of 2-alkyl- and 2-aryl-3-aminopropionic acids (
2-amino acids) from (S)-N-acryloyl-5,5-dimethyloxazolidin-2-one SuperQuat derivatives
James E. Beddow, Stephen G. Davies, Andrew D. Smith and Angela J. Russell, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2778
DOI: 10.1039/b410938d