Contents list for Chemical Communications, issue 7, 2004
Front Cover
Feature Article
Beyond
crystallography: the study of disorder, nanocrystallinity and
crystallographically challenged materials with pair distribution
functions
Simon J. L. Billinge and M. G. Kanatzidis,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 749
DOI: 10.1039/b309577k
Communications
Synthesis and self-assembly of giant porphyrin discs
Marga
C. Lensen, Sandra J. T. van Dingenen, Johannes A. A. W. Elemans, Harm
P. Dijkstra, Gerard P. M. van Klink, Gerard van Koten, Jan W.
Gerritsen, Sylvia Speller, Roeland J. M. Nolte and Alan E. Rowan,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 762
DOI: 10.1039/b401324g
Synthesis of a 
-diiminate iridium tetrahydride for arene C–H bond activation
Wesley H. Bernskoetter, Emil Lobkovsky and Paul J. Chirik,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 764
DOI: 10.1039/b315817a
Molecular satellite dishes: attaching parabolic and planar arenes to heterofullerenes
Frank Hauke, Stefan Atalick, Dirk M. Guldi, James Mack, Lawrence T. Scott and Andreas Hirsch,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 766
DOI: 10.1039/b316139k
Cooperation of multiple CH
interactions to stabilize polymers in aromatic nanochannels as indicated by 2D solid state NMR
Piero Sozzani, Angiolina Comotti, Silvia Bracco and Roberto Simonutti,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 768
DOI: 10.1039/b316855g
Novel model peptide for Atx1-like metallochaperones
Olivier Sénèque, Serge Crouzy, Didier Boturyn, Pascal Dumy, Michel Ferrand and Pascale Delangle,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 770
DOI: 10.1039/b315489k
Ozonized single-walled carbon nanotubes investigated using NEXAFS spectroscopy
Sarbajit
Banerjee, Tirandai Hemraj-Benny, Mahalingam Balasubramanian, Daniel A.
Fischer, James A. Misewich and Stanislaus S. Wong, Chem. Commun., 2004, 772
DOI: 10.1039/b315390h
Coordinative
and electrostatic forces in action: from the design of differential
chromogenic anion sensors to selective carboxylate recognition
Beatriz
García-Acosta, Xavier Albiach-Martí, Eduardo García, Luis Gil, Ramón
Martínez-Máñez, Knut Rurack, Félix Sancenón and Juan Soto, Chem. Commun., 2004, 774
DOI: 10.1039/b314997h
Solvent
templated synthesis of metal–organic frameworks: structural
characterisation and properties of the 3D network isomers
{[Mn(dcbp)]·½DMF}n and {[Mn(dcbp)]·2H2O}n
Eithne Tynan, Paul Jensen, Paul E. Kruger and Anthea C. Lees,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 776
DOI: 10.1039/b315483a
Synthesis of Cu2O coated Cu nanoparticles and their successful applications to Ullmann-type amination coupling reactions of aryl chlorides
Seung Uk Son, In Kyu Park, Jongnam Park and Taeghwan Hyeon,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 778
DOI: 10.1039/b316147a
UV photopatterning of a highly metallized, cluster-containing poly(ferrocenylsilane)
Alison Y. Cheng, Scott B. Clendenning, Guocheng Yang, Zheng-Hong Lu, Christopher M. Yip and Ian Manners,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 780
DOI: 10.1039/b316656b
Eu(III)–cyclen–phen conjugate as a luminescent copper sensor: the formation of mixed polymetallic macrocyclic complexes in water
Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Joseph P. Leonard, Katell Sénéchal and Andrew J. Harte,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 782
DOI: 10.1039/b316176e
Nanoprobe implantation into mammalian cells by cationic transfection
Yan Zhao, Bryce Sadtler, Min Lin, Gregory H. Hockerman and Alexander Wei,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 784
DOI: 10.1039/b317061f
Patterning of DNA nanostructures on silicon surface by electron beam lithography of self-assembled monolayer
Guo-Jun Zhang, Takashi Tanii, Takashi Funatsu and Iwao Ohdomari,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 786
DOI: 10.1039/b315278b
Crystalline molecular alloys
Sylvie Ferlay and Wais Hosseini,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 788
DOI: 10.1039/b400295b
An efficient method to perform milliliter-scale PCR utilizing highly controlled microwave thermocycling
Kristina Orrling, Peter Nilsson, Mats Gullberg and Mats Larhed,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 790
DOI: 10.1039/b317049g
A catalytic and iterative route to -substituted esters via highly enantioselective conjugate addition of dimethylzinc to unsaturated malonates
Julia Schuppan, Adriaan J. Minnaard and Ben L. Feringa,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 792
DOI: 10.1039/b315871c
Facile fabrication of polymer and carbon nanocapsules using polypyrrole core/shell nanomaterials
Jyongsik Jang, Xiang Li Li and Joon Hak Oh,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 794
DOI: 10.1039/b316881f
Anatase
assemblies from algae: coupling biological self-assembly of 3-D
nanoparticle structures with synthetic reaction chemistry
Raymond R. Unocic, Frank M. Zalar, Peter M. Sarosi, Ye Cai and Kenneth H. Sandhage,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 796
DOI: 10.1039/b400599f
Photoassisted oxygenation of alkane catalyzed by ruthenium complexes using 2,6-dichloropyridine N-oxide under visible light irradiation
Motowo Yamaguchi, Takashi Kumano, Dai Masui and Takamichi Yamagishi,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 798
DOI: 10.1039/b316970g
A simple route to micropatterned polymer surfaces
Yong Wang, Zhimin Liu, Buxing Han, Haixiang Gao, Jianling Zhang and Xun Kuang,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 800
DOI: 10.1039/b314970f
Direct synthesis and aqueous solution properties of Y-shaped, stimulus-responsive block copolymer surfactants
Yuanli Cai, Carine Burguiere and Steven P. Armes,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 802
DOI: 10.1039/b400161c
Preparation of metal sulfide–polymer composite microspheres with patterned surface structures
Yu Fang, Chaoliang Bai and Ying Zhang,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 804
DOI: 10.1039/b314533f
Stable -dimer of a tetrathiafulvalene cation radical encapsulated in the cavity of cucurbit[8]uril
Albina Y. Ziganshina, Young Ho Ko, Woo Sung Jeon and Kimoon Kim,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 806
DOI: 10.1039/b316651a
Synthesis of poly(glycolide) in supercritical carbon dioxide in the presence of a hydrocarbon stabiliser
Daniel Bratton, Malcolm Brown and Steven M. Howdle,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 808
DOI: 10.1039/b313358c
Fabrication of Ni nanoparticles by selective oxidation of permalloy thin film during imidization of polyamic acid
Sung K. Lim, Chong S. Yoon and Chang K. Kim,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 810
DOI: 10.1039/b316386e
Aminative rearrangement of 2-alkoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrans: a novel stereocontrolled route to substituted pyrrolidines
Alan Armstrong, Graham R. Cumming and Kurt Pike,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 812
DOI: 10.1039/b316554j
Photosensitized NADH formation system with multilayer TiO2 film
Takashi Sagawa, Ryota Sueyoshi, Mikako Kawaguchi, Mayu Kudo, Hirotaka Ihara and Katsutoshi Ohkubo,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 814
DOI: 10.1039/b315382g
Asymmetric
synthesis of secondary alcohols from primary alcohols via
intramolecular carbenoid C–H insertion catalyzed by rhodium(II) 3-phenylcholestane-2-carboxylate
Cheol Hee Hwang, You Hoon Chong, Sue Yeon Song, Hyo Shin Kwak and Eun Lee,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 816
DOI: 10.1039/b316984g
The enhancement of photoswitching in a diarylethene derivative by the incorporation of cyanobiphenyl groups
Michel Frigoli and Georg H. Mehl,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 818
DOI: 10.1039/b316146c
Novel label-free DNA sensors based on poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)
K. Krishnamoorthy, Rajesh S. Gokhale, Aliasgar Q. Contractor and Anil Kumar,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 820
DOI: 10.1039/b316794a
Use of allene in 1,3-dipolar addition to a carbonyl ylide: syntheses of 3-hydroxy-cis-nemorensic acid and nemorensic acid
David M. Hodgson and Frédéric Le Strat,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 822
DOI: 10.1039/b316908a
Exciplex formation between pyrene and guanine in highly polar solvents
Takahiro Kawai, Masashi Ikegami and Tatsuo Arai,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 824
DOI: 10.1039/b316315f
Mesoporous iron phosphate as an active, selective and recyclable catalyst for the synthesis of nopol by Prins condensation
Unnikrishnan R. Pillai and Endalkachew Sahle-Demessie,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 826
DOI: 10.1039/b313747c
Ionic liquids based on N-alkyl-N-methylmorpholinium salts as potential electrolytes
Ki-Sub Kim, Sukjeong Choi, D. Demberelnyamba, Huen Lee, Jaeseung Oh, Byoung-Bae Lee and Su-Jin Mun,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 828
DOI: 10.1039/b400198b
On the relative migratory aptitudes of carbon and heteroatoms in borate complexes. A surprising 
-thia effect
Jonathan M. Stoddard and Kenneth J. Shea,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 830
DOI: 10.1039/b311292f
Noncovalent attachment of oxide nanoparticles onto carbon nanotubes using water-in-oil microemulsions
Jing Sun, Lian Gao and Mikio Iwasa,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 832
DOI: 10.1039/b400817k
Long-term pervaporation performance of microporous methylated silica membranes
Jean Campaniello, Charles W. R. Engelen, Wim G. Haije, Paul P. A. C. Pex and Jaap F. Vente,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 834
DOI: 10.1039/b401496k
Linear antiferromagnetism in Ba2CoS3
T. Baikie, A. Maignan and M. G. Francesconi,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 836
DOI: 10.1039/b400084f
Ti–Mo heterobimetallic thiacalix[4]arene complex containing an unusual -agostic µ2-
5:2-cyclopentadienyl ligand
Shin Takemoto, Shinpei Tanaka, Yasushi Mizobe and Masanobu Hidai,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 838
DOI: 10.1039/b316972c
Reduction of Pt usage in fuel cell electrocatalysts with carbon nanotube electrodes
Taketoshi
Matsumoto, Toshiki Komatsu, Kazuya Arai, Takahisa Yamazaki, Masashi
Kijima, Harukazu Shimizu, Yosuke Takasawa and Junji Nakamura, Chem. Commun., 2004, 840
DOI: 10.1039/b400607k
Novel heteroditopic chelate for self-assembled gadolinium(III) complex with high relaxivity
Robert Ruloff, Gerard van Koten and André E. Merbach,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 842
DOI: 10.1039/b400169a
An organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite containing copper paddle-wheel clusters linking perovskite layers : [Cu(O2C–(CH2)3–NH3)2]PbBr4
Nicolas Mercier and Amédée Riou,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 844
DOI: 10.1039/b316847f
Different morphologies of silver nanoparticles as catalysts for the selective oxidation of styrene in the gas phase
R. J. Chimentão, I. Kirm, F. Medina, X. Rodríguez, Y. Cesteros, P. Salagre and J. E. Sueiras,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 846
DOI: 10.1039/b400762j
Growth of poly(pseudorotaxane) on gold using host-stabilized charge-transfer interaction
Kyungpil Kim, Dongwoo Kim, Jae Wook Lee, Young Ho Ko and Kimoon Kim,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 848
DOI: 10.1039/b400783b
Functionalized carbo- and heterocycles via Pt-catalyzed asymmetric alkoxycyclization of 1,6-enynes
Lise Charruault, Véronique Michelet, Rossana Taras, Serafino Gladiali and Jean-Pierre Genêt,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 850
DOI: 10.1039/b400908h
Cross-metathesis reactions of vinyl-chlorins and -porphyrins catalyzed by a 
second generation
Grubbs' catalyst
Xin Liu, Ethan Sternberg and David Dolphin,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 852
DOI: 10.1039/b400001c
Destruction of perfluoroalkyl surfactant aggregates by -cyclodextrin
Gaëlle M. Nicolle and André E. Merbach,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 854
DOI: 10.1039/b315681h
Building block syntheses of site-isolated vanadyl groups in silicate oxides
Narendra N. Ghosh, Jason C. Clark, Geoffrey T. Eldridge and Craig E. Barnes,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 856
DOI: 10.1039/b316184f
An efficient iron-based catalyst bearing N-alkyl-2-pyridylmethanimine ligand for atom transfer radical polymerisation
Huiqi Zhang and Ulrich S. Schubert,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 858
DOI: 10.1039/b316736d
cis-Cyclopentyl PNA (cpPNA) as constrained chiral PNA analogues: stereochemical dependence of DNA/RNA hybridization
T. Govindaraju, Vaijayanti A. Kumar and Krishna N. Ganesh,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 860
DOI: 10.1039/b317000d
Green-enzymatic synthesis of pegylated phenolic macromer and polymer
Rajesh
Kumar, Ferdinando Bruno, Virinder S. Parmar, Jayant Kumar, Arthur C.
Watterson, Kethinni G. Chittibabu and Lynne A. Samuelson, Chem. Commun., 2004, 862
DOI: 10.1039/b400404c
ZnS bubble clusters with onion-like structures
Eleonora Spanó, Said Hamad and C. Richard A. Catlow,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 864
DOI: 10.1039/b314104g
Efficient electrophilic catalysis of 1,5-anhydrocellobiitol hydrolysis by AlIII; implications for the conservation of rosin-alum sized paper
John Baty and Michael L. Sinnott,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 866
DOI: 10.1039/b316417a
Detecting proximities between quadrupolar nuclei by double-quantum NMR
Gregor Mali and Francis Taulelle,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 868
DOI: 10.1039/b316807g
Synthesis of the stable UO2I2, the last of the uranyl dihalides. X-Ray crystal structure of [UO2I2(py)3]
Jean-Claude Berthet, Martine Nierlich and Michel Ephritikhine,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 870
DOI: 10.1039/b400717d
Tetracyanoresorcin[4]arene ion channel shows pH dependent conductivity change
Wen-Hua Chen, Masanori Nishikawa, Song-De Tan, Mika Yamamura, Akiharu Satake and Yoshiaki Kobuke,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 872
DOI: 10.1039/b312952g
Formation of monolithic silica gel microhoneycombs (SMHs) using pseudosteady state growth of microstructural ice crystals
Shin R. Mukai, Hirotomo Nishihara and Hajime Tamon,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 874
DOI: 10.1039/b316597c
Titanium complexes with imidazolin-2-iminato ligands
Matthias Tamm, Sören Randoll, Thomas Bannenberg and Eberhardt Herdtweck,
Chem. Commun., 2004, 876
DOI: 10.1039/b401041h
A mixed-bridging ligand nonanuclear Ru(II) dendrimer containing a tris- chelating core. Synthesis and redox properties
Julien
Leveque, Cécile Moucheron, Andrée Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, Frédérique
Loiseau, Scolastica Serroni, Fausto Puntoriero, Sebastiano Campagna,
Hélène Nierengarten and Alain Van Dorsselaer, Chem. Commun., 2004, 878
DOI: 10.1039/b400311j
Communications
On/off regulation of catalysis by allosteric control of metal complex nuclearity
Larisa Kovbasyuk, Hans Pritzkow, Roland Krämer and Igor O. Fritsky, Chem. Commun., 2004, 880
DOI: 10.1039/b316225g
A
facile synthesis of polypyrrole nanotubes using a template-mediated
vapor deposition polymerization and the conversion to carbon nanotubes
Jyongsik Jang and Joon Hak Oh, Chem. Commun., 2004, 882
DOI: 10.1039/b316083a
Palladium-catalyzed reaction of 4-cyclopentene-1,3-diol monoacetate with Grignard reagents producing hitherto unreachable cis-1,2-isomers
Hatsuhiko Hattori, Ashraf A. Abbas and Yuichi Kobayashi, Chem. Commun., 2004, 884
DOI: 10.1039/b316596e
Diiminoisoindoline: tautomerism, conformations, and polymorphism
Zhi-Qin Zhang, Jeffrey M. Njus, Daniel J. Sandman, Chengyun Guo, Bruce M. Foxman, Peter Erk and Richard van Gelder, Chem. Commun., 2004, 886
DOI: 10.1039/b400111g
Synthesis of aryl azides and vinyl azides via proline-promoted CuI-catalyzed coupling reactions
Wei Zhu and Dawei Ma, Chem. Commun., 2004, 888
DOI: 10.1039/b400878b
Solvent-drop grinding: green polymorph control of cocrystallisation
Andrew V. Trask, W. D. Samuel Motherwell and William Jones, Chem. Commun., 2004, 890
DOI: 10.1039/b400978a
A QM/MM study of a nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction catalyzed by 4-chlorobenzoyl-CoA dehalogenase
Dingguo Xu, Hua Guo, Jiali Gao and Qiang Cui, Chem. Commun., 2004, 892
DOI: 10.1039/b401159g
Zirconium catalysed enantioselective hydroamination/cyclisation
Paul D. Knight, Ian Munslow, Paul N. O'Shaughnessy and Peter Scott, Chem. Commun., 2004, 894
DOI: 10.1039/b401493f
First intramolecular enantioselective iridium-catalysed allylic aminations
Carolin Welter, Oliver Koch, Gunter Lipowsky and Günter Helmchen, Chem. Commun., 2004, 896
DOI: 10.1039/b400023d
Post-synthesis deposition of V-zeolitic nanoparticles in SBA-15
V. Meynen, E. Beyers, P. Cool, E. F. Vansant, M. Mertens, H. Weyten, O. I. Lebedev and G. Van Tendeloo, Chem. Commun., 2004, 898
DOI: 10.1039/b400636d
Hydrovapothermal conversion of tetraethoxysilane vapor to polycrystalline zeolite layer by in situ gelation
Anupam Mitra, Shinichi Ichikawa, Eiichi Kikuchi and Masahiko Matsukata, Chem. Commun., 2004, 900
DOI: 10.1039/b400207p
DNA-templated catalysis using a metal-cleavable linker
Felix H. Zelder, Jens Brunner and Roland Krämer, Chem. Commun., 2004, 902
DOI: 10.1039/b400983e
A highly efficient oxidation of cyclohexane over Au/ZSM-5 molecular sieve catalyst with oxygen as oxidant
Rui Zhao, Dong Ji, Gaomeng Lv, Guang Qian, Liang Yan, Xiaolai Wang and Jishuan Suo, Chem. Commun., 2004, 904
DOI: 10.1039/b315098d