The cover of Cat
alysis Science & Technology this month shows a small boy playing with various items such as spoons and forks with a mirror reflecting his play.
The image was made by Kazuaki Ishihara and colleagues from Nagoya University, the Sekisui Medical Co., and the Japan Science and Technology Agency. The cover image illustrates the research from their Catalysis Science & Technology paper in Issue 7 on ‘Catalytic enantioselective alkyl and aryl addition to aldehydes and ketones with organozinc reagents derived from alkyl Grignard reagents or arylboronic acids’ Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, 1, 1149-1158
More about Professor Ishihara’s work can be found on his webpage.
The inside cover is by Liqiang Xu and co-workers from Shandong University, China and illustrates their work on ‘High yield synthesis of novel boron nitride submicro-boxes and their photocatalytic application under visible light irradiation’ Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, 1, 1159-1165
See the full issue, which contains 2 perspectives, 7 communications and 16 full papers: Catalysis Science & Technology Issue 7
Did you see the cover of Issue 6? Read the explanation of the artwork by one of the authors in our earlier blog:
n the catalytic uses of imidazolium derivatives grafted on to silicas, including metal catalysts (complexes and nanoparticles) and metal-free ones. It is intended to help in inspiring future developments and interest in the growing field of catalysis by supported imidazolium salts and NHC (N-heterocyclic carbenes) complexes based on organosilicas.
In this HOT article, the efforts of Graham Hutchings and co-workers to produce efficient catalysts based on gold and gold palladium nanoparticles supported on a variety of supports for the clean transformation of 1,2-propanediol (important in the synthesis of fine chemicals) to methyl lactate and methyl pyruvate are described.
Bruce Gates and colleagues from the University of California look at the conversion of lignin-derived bio-oils by a platinum-aluminium oxide catalyst in this Catalysis Science & Technology Hot article.
