Contents list for Chemical Communications, issue 24, 2004
Front Cover
Comment
Comment: 2004
s fastest organic and biomolecular chemistry!
Caroline V. Potter, Sarah Thomas, Janet L. Dean, Adrian P. Kybett, Richard Kidd, Melanie James and Helen Saxton,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2781
DOI: 10.1039/b417565b
Feature Article
Don't forget Langmuir–Blodgett films
Donald H. McCullough, III and Steven L. Regen,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2787
DOI: 10.1039/b410027c
Communications
Excimer formation by interstrand stacked pyrenes
Simon M. Langenegger and Robert Häner,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2792
DOI: 10.1039/b412831a
1,4-Dihydro-1,4-diphosphinine fused with two tetrathiafulvalenes
Narcis Avarvari and Marc Fourmigué,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2794
DOI: 10.1039/b412193g
The dynamic desorption of krypton from the zeolite chabazite
S. P. Cork, G. Cressey, R. H. Jones, S. J. Teat and V. L. Zholobenko,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2796
DOI: 10.1039/b410366c
Biotinylated poly(p-phenylene ethynylene): unexpected energy transfer results in the detection of biological analytes
Juan Zheng and Timothy M. Swager,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2798
DOI: 10.1039/b408478k
Crystalline oligopyrene nanowires with multicolored emission
Liangti Qu and Gaoquan Shi,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2800
DOI: 10.1039/b412638f
Conformation perturbation of p-sulfonatocalix[5]arene via complexation of 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane
Scott J. Dalgarno, Michaele J. Hardie and Colin L. Raston,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2802
DOI: 10.1039/b410242h
Gold and silver nanoparticles functionalized with known numbers of oligonucleotides per particle for DNA detection
Yang Chen, Jenny Aveyard and Robert Wilson,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2804
DOI: 10.1039/b411181h
Directed assembly of metal–organic cubes from deliberately predesigned molecular building blocks
Yunling Liu, Victor Kravtsov, Rosa D. Walsh, Pankaj Poddar, Hariharan Srikanth and Mohamed Eddaoudi,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2806
DOI: 10.1039/b409459j
A discrete dimer of coordination clusters connected through additional bridging ligands
Jianyong Zhang, Mark Nieuwenhuyzen, Jonathan P. H. Charmant and Stuart L. James,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2808
DOI: 10.1039/b409502b
TAT conjugated, FITC doped silica nanoparticles for bioimaging applications
Swadeshmukul
Santra, Heesun Yang, Debamitra Dutta, Jessie T. Stanley, Paul H.
Holloway, Weihong Tan, Brij M. Moudgil and Robert A. Mericle, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2810
DOI: 10.1039/b411916a
Crystal growth, defect structure and magnetism of new Li3N-derived lithium nitridocobaltates
Alexandra G. Gordon, Ronald I. Smith, Claire Wilson, Zlatka Stoeva and Duncan H. Gregory,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2812
DOI: 10.1039/b413022g
Pyramidalization of Gd3N inside a C80 cage. The synthesis and structure of Gd3N@C80
Steven Stevenson, J. Paige Phillips, Jon E. Reid, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Sankar Prasad Rath and Alan L. Balch,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2814
DOI: 10.1039/b412338g
Microwave activation in ionic liquids induces high temperature–high speed electrochemical processes
Ujjal Kumar Sur, Frank Marken, Barry A. Coles, Richard G. Compton and Jaïrton Dupont,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2816
DOI: 10.1039/b410655e
Formation of a chiral NPPN ligand via metallation of acyclic NPNCN systems
Tristram Chivers, May C. Copsey and Masood Parvez,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2818
DOI: 10.1039/b413137a
Amine olefin rhodium(I) complexes: pKa and NH bond strength
Torsten Büttner, Frank Breher and Hansjörg Grützmacher,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2820
DOI: 10.1039/b409981h
Iron(III) salen-type catalysts for the cross-coupling of aryl Grignards with alkyl halides bearing 
-hydrogens
Robin B. Bedford, Duncan W. Bruce, Robert M. Frost, John W. Goodby and Michael Hird,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2822
DOI: 10.1039/b413790f
Hydroamination/Heck reaction sequence for a highly regioselective one-pot synthesis of indoles using 2-chloroaniline
Lutz Ackermann, Ludwig T. Kaspar and Christian J. Gschrei,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2824
DOI: 10.1039/b411571f
A mercury bis(tricarbido) complex: [Hg{C
C–CW(CO)2Tp}2(dmso)4](dmso)2(Tp = hydrotrispyrazolylborate)
Rian D. Dewhurst, Anthony F. Hill and Anthony C. Willis,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2826
DOI: 10.1039/b412972e
Fabrication of nanowires with polymer shells using treated carbon nanotube bundles as macro-initiators
Yuyang Liu, Jing Tang and J. H. Xin,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2828
DOI: 10.1039/b412282h
Efficient immobilisation of Rh-MonoPhos on the aluminosilicate AlTUD-1
Chrétien Simons, Ulf Hanefeld, Isabel W. C. E. Arends, Adriaan J. Minnaard, Thomas Maschmeyer and Roger A. Sheldon,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2830
DOI: 10.1039/b411506f
Controlled assembly of luminescent racks based on heteroleptic dinuclear lanthanide complexes
M. Margarita Castaño-Briones, Andrew P. Bassett, Linette L. Meason, Peter R. Ashton and Zoe Pikramenou,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2832
DOI: 10.1039/b412999g
Boron–nitrogen macrocycles: a new generation of calix[3]arenes
Victor Barba, Herbert Höpfl, Norberto Farfán, Rosa Santillan, Hiram I. Beltran and Luis S. Zamudio-Rivera,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2834
DOI: 10.1039/b410148k
Synthesis of self-standing mesoporous nanocrystalline titania–phosphorus oxide composite films
Hui-suk Yun, Haoshen Zhou and Itaru Honma,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2836
DOI: 10.1039/b412396d
A heartwood norlignan, (E)-hinokiresinol, is formed from 4-coumaryl 4-coumarate by a Cryptomeria japonica enzyme preparation
Shiro Suzuki, Masaomi Yamamura, Mikio Shimada and Toshiaki Umezawa,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2838
DOI: 10.1039/b409686j
Lyotropic liquid crystalline phases formed in an ionic liquid
Luyan Wang, Xiao Chen, Yongcun Chai, Jingcheng Hao, Zhenming Sui, Wenchang Zhuang and Zhenwen Sun,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2840
DOI: 10.1039/b411163j
Phosphinine stabilised gold nanoparticles; synthesis and immobilisation on mesoporous materials
Audrey Moores, Frédéric Goettmann, Clément Sanchez and Pascal Le Floch,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2842
DOI: 10.1039/b412553c
A novel clean catalytic method for waste-free modification of polysaccharides by oxidation
Svetlana L. Kachkarova-Sorokina, Pierre Gallezot and Alexander B. Sorokin,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2844
DOI: 10.1039/b411694a
Stereochemistry of contiguous cyclopropane formation from cascade cyclization of a skipped dienyl homoallyl triflate
Christopher M. Lincoln, James D. White and Alexandre F. T. Yokochi,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2846
DOI: 10.1039/b412811g
Monitoring the formation of biosilica catalysed by histidine-tagged silicatein
Muhammad
Nawaz Tahir, Patrick Théato, Werner E. G. Müller, Heinz C. Schröder,
Andreas Janshoff, Jian Zhang, Joachim Huth and Wolfgang Tremel, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2848
DOI: 10.1039/b410283e
Self-assembled arrays of zinc oxide nanoparticles from monolayer films of diblock copolymer micelles
Seong Il Yoo, Byeong-Hyeok Sohn, Wang-Cheol Zin, Sung-Jin An and Gyu-Chul Yi,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2850
DOI: 10.1039/b409934f
Molten salts bearing anion receptor
Noriyoshi Matsumi, Masafumi Miyake and Hiroyuki Ohno,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2852
DOI: 10.1039/b408839e
Highly ordered hybrid mesoporous bifunctional thin films
Galo J. A. A. Soler-Illia, Paula C. Angelomé and Patricia Bozzano,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2854
DOI: 10.1039/b413260b
A simple low-temperature growth of ZnO nanowhiskers directly from aqueous solution containing Zn(OH)42– ions
Ping Li, Yu Wei, Hui Liu and Xinkui Wang,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2856
DOI: 10.1039/b409425e
Formation of racemic crystals of transition metal complexes by grinding 1 
1 mixtures of enantiomeric crystals
Asao Nakamura, Tomohiro Sato and Reiko Kuroda,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2858
DOI: 10.1039/b409006c
Anti-Stokes delayed fluorescence from metal–organic bichromophores
Denis V. Kozlov and Felix N. Castellano,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2860
DOI: 10.1039/b412681e
Multiple functional group cooperation in phosphate diester cleavage promoted by Zn(II) complexes
Monica Livieri, Fabrizio Mancin, Umberto Tonellato and Jik Chin,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2862
DOI: 10.1039/b412111b
Monolithic catalysts for the fixed-bed hydrogenation of polymers
Jean-Paul Lange, Lodewijk Schoon, Alan Villena and Wouter de Jong,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2864
DOI: 10.1039/b410123e
Light-induced inhibition of chymotrypsin using photocleavable monolayers on gold nanoparticles
Nicholas O. Fischer, Ralph Paulini, Ulf Drechsler and Vincent M. Rotello,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2866
DOI: 10.1039/b408972c
A germanium zeotype with a three-dimensional net of interconnected 14-, 12- and 12-ring channels. Ge13O26(OH)4[C6N2H16]2(H2O)1.5
Manuela E. Medina, Enrique Gutiérrez-Puebla, M. Angeles Monge and Natalia Snejko,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2868
DOI: 10.1039/b409668a
Methyl,
hydrochalcogenido, and phenylchalcogenolate complexes of zinc in a
sulfur rich coordination environment: syntheses and structural
characterization of the tris(2-mercapto-1-tert-butylimidazolyl)hydroboratozinc complexes [TmBut]ZnMe, [TmBut]ZnEH (E = S, Se) and [TmBut]ZnEPh (E = O, S, Se, Te)
Jonathan G. Melnick, Arefa Docrat and Gerard Parkin,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2870
DOI: 10.1039/b412218f
Fabrication and electrochemical properties of novel nanoporous platinum network electrodes
Xinsheng Peng, Kallum Koczkur, Stephanie Nigro and Aicheng Chen,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2872
DOI: 10.1039/b412677g
Direct intramolecular arylation of unactivated arenes: application to the synthesis of aporphine alkaloids
Marc Lafrance, Nicole Blaquière and Keith Fagnou,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2874
DOI: 10.1039/b410394g
Construction of a protein array on amyloid-like fibrils using co-assembly of designed peptides
Hiroyuki Kodama, Sachiko Matsumura, Taro Yamashita and Hisakazu Mihara,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2876
DOI: 10.1039/b409641j
Ring-opening
reactions of methylenecyclopropanes with diphenyl diselenide upon
heating; formation of 3-phenylselenyl-2,5-dihydrofuran derivatives
Le-Ping Liu and Min Shi,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2878
DOI: 10.1039/b412823k
A novel catalyst with high activity for polyhydric alcohol oxidation: nanosilver/zeolite film
Jiang Shen, Wei Shan, Yahong Zhang, Junming Du, Hualong Xu, Kangnian Fan, Wei Shen and Yi Tang,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2880
DOI: 10.1039/b412986e
Zeolite nanoparticles with immobilized metal ions: isolation and MALDI-TOF-MS/MS identification of phosphopeptides
Yahong Zhang, Xijuan Yu, Xiaoyan Wang, Wei Shan, Pengyuan Yang and Yi Tang,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2882
DOI: 10.1039/b411336e
A new route to fullerene substituted phenylalanine derivatives
Jianzhong Yang and Andrew R. Barron,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2884
DOI: 10.1039/b411118d
Block copolymer libraries: modular versatility of the macromolecular Lego® system
Bas G. G. Lohmeijer, Daan Wouters, Zhihui Yin and Ulrich S. Schubert,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2886
DOI: 10.1039/b411777h
Zeolite coated ATR crystals for new applications in FTIR-ATR spectroscopy
Zheng Wang, Margareta L. Larsson, Mattias Grahn, Allan Holmgren and Jonas Hedlund,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2888
DOI: 10.1039/b410314a
Reactivity of a N-heterocyclic
carbene, 1,3-di-(1-adamantyl) imidazol-2-ylidene, with a pseudo-acid:
structural characterization of Claisen condensation adduct
Gabriela A. Grasa, Rohit Singh, Natalie M. Scott, Edwin D. Stevens and Steven P. Nolan,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2890
DOI: 10.1039/b410986d
Direct two-step spin-crossover through [HS–HS]
[LS–LS] at the plateau in dinuclear diiron(II) complex [{Fe(NCBH3)(4phpy)}2(µ-bpypz)2]
Keisaku Nakano, Satoshi Kawata, Ko Yoneda, Akira Fuyuhiro, Takashi Yagi, Saburo Nasu, Syotaro Morimoto and Sumio Kaizaki,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2892
DOI: 10.1039/b411190g
Tandem Michael addition–carbene insertion reaction of 1-alkynyl(aryl)(tetrafluoroborato)-
3-bromanes: 1-(phenylsulfonyl)- and 1-(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)cyclopentene annulation
Masahito Ochiai, Norihiro Tada, Yoshio Nishi and Kentaro Murai,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2894
DOI: 10.1039/b410830b
Phosphonyl
transfer by the elimination-addition mechanism: accelerated formation
of an alkylidineoxophosphorane (phosphene) intermediate when a P–O
single bond is replaced by P–S
Martin J. P. Harger,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 2896
DOI: 10.1039/b412036a