Archive for November, 2010

Countdown to the Dalton Transactions 40th Anniversary!

Dalton Transactions celebrates the publication of its 40th volume in 2011! Since its first issue was published in 1972, Dalton Transactions has gone from strength to strength with growth in published articles of 122% over the last five years alone and an impact factor now at 4.1 – above 4 for the first time!

During 2011 we have lots of exciting events planned to celebrate…..look out for our special 40th Anniversary issue which will feature articles by Editorial and Advisory Board members ‘old and new ‘ and also our Anniversary Perspective articles from our Editorial Board member.

We will also publish a series of Anniversary Editorials compiled by members of the inorganic and organometallic community charting Dalton Transactions‘ progress in the last 40 years. In addition, many more activities are planned so keep your eyes peeled here on the Dalton Transactions Blog 40th Anniversary Category for more info throughout the year. I would like to invite everyone to provide us with your suggestions for how to celebrate the journal’s anniversary – if you have an idea, why not post it as a comment on the blog?

In anticipation of the beginning of our Anniversary year we have turned to Top of the Pops for inspiration and the Top 40 cited Dalton Transactions articles according to ISI* will be FREE to read until the end of January 2011. What are they you may ask….let the countdown begin…

First installment….Top Cited Dalton Transactions Articles 40-31…

40 New C–N and C–C bond forming reactions catalyzed by titanium complexes
Aaron L. Odom
Dalton Trans., 2005, 225-233 DOI: 10.1039/B415701J, Perspective

39 Bis(bidentate) complexes of iminobis(diphenylphosphine chalcogenides) [M{N(XPPh2)2-X,X′}2](X = S or Se; M = Ni, Pd or Pt)
Pravat Bhattacharyya, Josef Novosad, Julian Phillips, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, David J. Williams and J. Derek Woollins
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1995, 1607-1613 DOI: 10.1039/DT9950001607, Paper

38 A novel two-dimensional rectangular network. Synthesis and structure of {[Cu(4,4′-bpy)(pyz)(H2O)2][PF6]2}n (4,4′-bpy = 4,4′-bipyridine, pyz = pyrazine)
Ming-Liang Tong, Xiao-Ming Chen, Xiao-Lan Yu and Thomas C. W. Mak
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1998, 5-6 DOI: 10.1039/A706363F, Paper

37 Study on composition, structure and formation process of nanotube Na2Ti2O4(OH)2
Jianjun Yang, Zhensheng Jin, Xiaodong Wang, Wei Li, Jingwei Zhang, Shunli Zhang, Xinyong Guo and Zhijun Zhang
Dalton Trans., 2003, 3898-3901 DOI: 10.1039/B305585J, Paper

36 5,5′-Dicyano-2,2′-bipyridine silver complexes: discrete units or co-ordination polymers through a chelating and/or bridging metal–ligand interaction
He-Ping Wu, Christoph Janiak, Gerd Rheinwald and Heinrich Lang
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1999, 183-190 DOI: 10.1039/A807450J, Paper

35 Redox behaviour and reactivity of some di-Schiff base copper(II) complexes towards reduced oxygen species
Maria Lúcia Pires Santos, Izilda Aparecida Bagatin, Eleonice Maria Pereira and Ana Maria Da Costa Ferreira
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2001, 838-844 DOI: 10.1039/B004985I, Paper 

34 Silole-containing σ- and π-conjugated compounds
Shigehiro Yamaguchi and Kohei Tamao
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1998, 3693-3702 DOI: 10.1039/A804491K, Paper 

33 Serendipitous assembly of polynuclear cage compounds
Richard E. P. Winpenny
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2002, 1-10 DOI: 10.1039/B107118C, Perspective 

32 Evidence for hydrogen bonding in solutions of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium halides, and its implications for room-temperature halogenoaluminate(III) ionic liquids
Anthony G. Avent, Penelope A. Chaloner, Martin P. Day, Kenneth R. Seddon and Thomas Welton
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1994, 3405-3413 DOI: 10.1039/DT9940003405, Paper

31 Thermal, pressure and light switchable spin-crossover materials
José Antonio Real, Ana Belén Gaspar and M. Carmen Muñoz
 Dalton Trans., 2005, 2062-2079 DOI: 10.1039/B501491C, Perspective

Next installment 30-21 coming to the Dalton Transactions Blog soon……..

*Top cited articles according to ISI on the 17th November 2010 – please note ISI data includes articles published from 1993-2010 only.

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Dalton Transactions International Symposium a resounding success!

The successful 2nd Dalton Transactions International Symposium took place in China last week.  The Symposium, organised as a joint venture between Dalton Transactions and the RSC International Programme, took place over two days, in two venues in Asia. The first day of the Symposium (16th November) was organised as part of the 11th Conference on Solid State Chemistry and Inorganic Synthesis, held in Shanghai.  Professor Jiesheng Chen from the host university, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, was the local organiser, and his meticulous planning ensured the smooth running of the event.

2nd Dalton Transactions International Symposium

2nd Dalton Transactions International Symposium

An impressive line of speakers provided an excellent day of presentations, highlighting some of the best inorganic chemistry being researched today.

The speakers in Shanghai

The speakers in Shanghai

Professor Lee Cronin

Professor Lee Cronin

Professor Annie Powell (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) began the day with an account of her work on the use of coordination chemistry to construct nanostructured materials from a bottom up approach.  Annie was followed by Professor Song Gao (Peking University, China), who introduced some of his work on single molecule magnets.  Professor Hiroki Oshio (University of Tsukuba, Japan) then took us up to lunchtime with his inspiring presentation on multinuclear magnetic complexes.  After lunch, Professor Yong Zhao presented the work he has been doing with Professor Lei Jiang at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Professor Lee Cronin (University of Glasgow, UK) ended the day with a fascintating presentation on his work on adaptive inorganic materials.

Three of the speakers (Professors Cronin, Oshio and Powell) then travelled to Hong Kong, for the second day of the Symposium (18th November).  Hosted by the University of Hong Kong, the speakers were joined by three local speakers, Professor Vivian Yam (University of Hong Kong) , who gave a fascintating presentation on her elegant research on  photofunctional metal-based molecular materials , Professor Zuowei Xie (Chinese University of Hong Kong) , who described his work with hypervalent carbon in metal-carbon bonds and Professor Wai Yeung Wong (Hong Kong Baptist University) ended the day with his presentation on the use of organometallic compounds for OLEDs .

The speakers in Hong Kong

The speakers in Hong Kong

Both events were very well attended, with a combined audience of over 400!  Many thanks to the local organisers, Professors Jiesheng Chen and Vivian Yam, to the speakers, and to all who attended and helped the Symposium to be a resounding success!

Watch this space for the announcement of the next Dalton Transactions International Symposium…

 

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Hot Article: Ru borate sandwiches as biomarkers

In their Dalton Transactions Hot Article Nils Metzler-Nolte and colleagues make a mixed-ligand tris(pyrazolyl)-
borate sandwich compound, using microwave-assisted synthesis, which is the first example of ruthenium Tp sandwich bioconjugate.

Microwave-assisted synthesis of the Tp sandwich compound TpRu(p-Br-C6H4Tp) and application of its benzoic acid derivative TpRu(p-(CO2H)-C6H4Tp) in the covalent labelling of biomolecules 
Johannes Zagermann, Mariusz Molon and Nils Metzler-Nolte
Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01121E , Communication

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Hot Article: Radiation-activated hypoxia activated prodrugs

Hypoxia activated prodrugs target regions of tumor hypoxia within tumor cells. In this paper David Ware and colleagues investigate new cobalt cylen-based complexes containing the cytotoxic ligand, 8-quinolinate – a study which lays the groundwork for preparation of radiation-activated hypoxia activated prodrugs.

Syntheses of 8-quinolinolatocobalt(III) complexes containing cyclen based auxiliary ligands as models for hypoxia-activated prodrugs 
John Yu-Chi Chang, Ralph J. Stevenson, Guo-Liang Lu, Penelope J. Brothers, George R. Clark, William A. Denny and David C. Ware
Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01142H , Paper

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Hot Article: Cheap iron catalysts enantioselective?

Richard Catlow and co-workers, based at the University College London, have used DFT to reveal new insights into the catalytic properties of cheap Fe complexes and have compared them to their more expensive and toxic Ru counterparts. The group look spectifically at these catalysts in ketone/alcohol hydrogen transfer reaction and show that the Fe compounds could be viable in these pharmaceutically important reactions. Read this group’s recent Dalton Transactions Hot Article for more info.

trans-FeII(H)2(diphosphine)(diamine) complexes as alternative catalysts for the asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones? A DFT study 
Hsin-Yi Tiffany Chen, Devis Di Tommaso, Graeme Hogarth and C. Richard A. Catlow
Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article    DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00820F
 

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Call for papers: d0 Organometallics in Catalysis

Dalton Transactions is delighted to announce an upcoming themed issue entitled ‘d0 Organometallics in Catalysis’, with guest editors John Arnold and Peter Scott. It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute to this issue.

Why is this themed issue important?

The discovery of homogeneous catalysts for Ziegler-type polymerisation of olefins led to immense interest in the synthesis of well-defined early transition metal (TM) complexes, starting with metallocenes but extending into a vast array of new complexes with a broad spectrum of supporting ligand environments. This led to synergistic growth in the application of such complexes to organic transformations, both as catalysts and stoichiometric agents. These Lewis acidic metal centres are capable of mediating migratory insertion reactions, often at immense rates. Reactions involving early TM-element multiple bonds have been known for some time but are becoming increasing important. Controlling the coordination sphere of these compounds for chemo- and stereoselective processes continues to be a challenge, but with the appropriate combination of metal center and supporting ligand environment, superb selectivities in demanding transformations are possible. Recent highlights include hydroelementation reactions involving B-H, C-H, P-H and S-H bonds and small molecule activation.

Deadline for Submission: 18th January 2011

With this themed issue focussing on d0 organometallics, we are aiming to highlight contributions from leading experts of the field.  All types of manuscript, Communications, Full Papers, Perspectives and Frontiers, will be considered for publication. The issue will include articles from Doug Stephan, Robert Bergman and Laurel Schafer.

The manuscript should be prepared according to the format for regular articles and will be subjected to the normal refereeing procedure.  Please indicate on submission that your manuscript is intended for this themed issue. Submit your manuscript for the themed issue online now using our submission system!

We would be delighted to hear from you at dalton-rsc@rsc.org if you are interested in contributing to this themed issue or if you would like any further info.

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DD12: Catalytic C-H and C-X Bond Activation issue online now

We have recently published the Dalton Discussion 12 (DD12) themed issue on the topic of C-H and C-X bond activation in Dalton Transactions.  This themed issue highlighting the importance of catalytic bond activation in cross-coupling chemistry features Perspective articles from Hans de Vries, Jennifer Love and Aiwen Lei. The issue also includes topical articles from Steve Nolan, Zhang-Jie Shi and William Jones.

Check out these great DD12 articles and more in Dalton Transactions issue 43, 2010!

The mechanism of the modified Ullmann reaction
Elena Sperotto, Gerard P. M. van Klink, Gerard van Koten and Johannes G. de Vries
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 10338-10351 DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00674B

Arylation of unactivated arenes
Aiwen Lei, Wei Liu, Chao Liu and Mao Chen
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 10352-10361  DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00486C

Cross coupling reactions of polyfluoroarenes via C–F activation
Alex D. Sun and Jennifer A. Love
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 10362-10374  DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00540A

Find out more about Dalton Discussion meetings and further exploits at DD12 itself in my recent Dalton Transactions Blog post.

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Inorganic Chemistry Award Symposium – 25th Nov, Liverpool

An Inorganic Chemistry Awards Symposium will take place at the Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool on the 25th November 2010. The event, organised by Dr Jon Iggo, will feature 2010 prize and award winners: Professor Wai-Yeung Wong (Chemistry of the Transition Metals Award), Professor Jon Dilworth (2009 Applied Inorganic Chemistry Award), Dr Scott Dalgarno (Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize) and Professor Dermot O’Hare (Ludwig Mond Award). More details and info on registration can be found here.

Would you like to know more about these Award Winners? Check out some recent Dalton Transactions articles from the winners to find out more about their research:

One and two photon fluorescent complexes of rhenium and their technetium analogues 
Stanley Botchway, Jonathan R. Dilworth and Maria Salichou
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 5219-5220        DOI: 10.1039/B927506A , Communication

New dioxo–molybdenum(VI) and –tungsten(VI) complexes with N-capped tripodal N2O2 tetradentate ligands: Synthesis, structures and catalytic activities towards olefin epoxidation
Yee-Lok Wong, Lok H. Tong, Jonathan R. Dilworth, Dennis K. P. Ng and Hung Kay Lee
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 4602-4611         DOI: 10.1039/B926864B, Paper

Heteroleptic ruthenium complexes containing uncommon 5,5′-disubstituted-2,2′-bipyridine chromophores for dye-sensitized solar cells
Feng-Rong Dai, Wen-Jun Wu, Qi-Wei Wang, He Tian and Wai-Yeung Wong
Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article       DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01043J, Paper

Formation of μ-dinitrogen (salen)osmium complexes via ligand-induced NN coupling of (salen)osmium(VI) nitrides
Wai-Lun Man, Gui Chen, Shek-Man Yiu, Lam Shek, Wai-Yeung Wong, Wing-Tak Wong and Tai-Chu Lau
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 11163-11170     DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00481B, Paper

A new family of Mn6 SMMs using phosphinate ligands
Ross Inglis, Scott J. Dalgarno and Euan K. Brechin
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 4826-4831       DOI: 10.1039/B927303D, Paper

Versatile assembly of p-carboxylatocalix[4]arene-O-alkyl ethers
Stuart Kennedy, Simon J. Teat and Scott J. Dalgarno
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 384-387          DOI: 10.1039/B914133B, Paper

Bis(permethylpentalene)uranium
F. Mark Chadwick, Andrew Ashley, Gregory Wildgoose, Jose M. Goicoechea, Simon Randall and Dermot O’Hare
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 6789-6793        DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00012D, Paper

Resin-assisted solvothermal synthesis of transition metal–organic frameworks
Yi Du, Amber L. Thompson, Nicola Russell and Dermot O’Hare
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 3384-3395       DOI: 10.1039/B919675G, Paper

 

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HOT Article: Diiron complexes to oxidise methane

Alexander B. Sorokin and colleagues at the University of Lyon, France, continue their work on metallophthalocyanines by looking at N-bridged diiron complexes with an Fe–N–Fe core unit.

Having previously discovered these types of compound are capable of the catalytic oxidation of organic substrates (read their earlier paper here), in this Dalton Transactions Hot article Sorokin explains the high reactivity of this species, and how the system can efficiently oxidizing methane at extremely mild conditions.

High-valent diiron species generated from N-bridged diiron phthalocyanine and H2O2
Pavel Afanasiev, Evgeny V. Kudrik, Jean-Marc M. Millet, Denis Bouchu and Alexander B. Sorokin
Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00958J , Paper

READ FOR FREE until 15th December

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Inorganic Materials in Dalton Transactions

Do you work in the field of inorganic materials and solid state chemistry or perhaps you just have an interest in the area? If so, you should check out the following selection of Dalton Transactions articles from the area of inorganic materials and solid state chemistry which you can access for FREE until the 22nd December 2010:

Use of plasma-activated gases in synthesis of solid-state nitrides
Grigori V. Vajenine
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 6013-6017   DOI: 10.1039/C000361A

Ferroelectric and ferromagnetic properties of Pb(Ti0.8Fe0.2)O3−δ thin film
Ce Sun, Jinguo Wang, Huajun Kang, Jun Chen, Moon J. Kim and Xianran Xing
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 9952-9955   DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00681E

Thermal spin-crossover in the [M3Zn6Cl6L12] (M = Zn, FeII; L = 5,6-dimethoxy-1,2,3-benzotriazolate) system: structural, electrochemical, Mössbauer, and UV-Vis spectroscopic studies
Shyam Biswas, Markus Tonigold, Harald Kelm, Hans-Jörg Krüger and Dirk Volkmer
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 9851-9859   DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00556H

Unique assembly of low-dimensional viologen iodoplumbates and their improved semiconducting properties
Yang Chen, Zi-Ou Wang, Zhou Yang, Zhi-Gang Ren, Hong-Xi Li and Jian-Ping Lang
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 9476-9479   DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00757A

Facile hydrothermal synthesis and observation of bubbled growth mechanism in nano-ribbons aggregated microspherical Covellite blue-phosphor
Nirupam Banerjee and S. B. Krupanidhi
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 9789-9793   DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00386G

Photochemical behavior of (diphosphine)(η2-tolane)Pt0 complexes. Part A: Experimental considerations in solution and in the solid state
Thomas Weisheit, Daniel Escudero, Holm Petzold, Helmar Görls, Leticia González and Wolfgang Weigand
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 9493-9504   DOI: 10.1039/B925562A 

Increasing the dimensionality of hybrid vanadium oxyfluorides using ionothermal synthesis
Farida Himeur, Phoebe K. Allan, Simon J. Teat, Richard J. Goff, Russell E. Morris and Philip Lightfoot
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 6018-6020   DOI: 10.1039/C000318B

Factors controlling material deposition in the CVD of nickel sulfides, selenides or phosphides from dichalcogenoimidodiphosphinato complexes: deposition, spectroscopic and computational studies
Arunkumar Panneerselvam, Ganga Periyasamy, Karthik Ramasamy, Mohammad Afzaal, Mohammad A. Malik, Paul O’Brien, Neil A. Burton, John Waters and Bart E. van Dongen
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 6080-6091   DOI: 10.1039/C002928A

Topotactic reduction as a synthetic route for the preparation of low-dimensional Mn(II) oxide phases: The structure and magnetism of LaAMnO4-x (A = Sr, Ba)
Helen J. Kitchen, Ian Saratovsky and Michael A. Hayward
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 6098-6105   DOI: 10.1039/B923966A

Syntheses and characterization of some solid-state actinide (Th, U, Np) compounds
Daniel E. Bugaris and James A. Ibers
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 5949-5964   DOI: 10.1039/B927026D

You may also find it interesting to look at some of the recent Dalton Transactions topical themed issues from your field:

Frontiers of synthetic solid state chemistry – Issue 26, 2010
Guest edited by Professor Duncan Gregory, University of Glasgow
Highlighting and celebrating the diversity of modern synthetic solid state chemistry.
 
Thermoelectric Materials – Issue 4, 2010
Guest Editor: Andrei Shevelkov, Moscow State University
The development of thermoelectric materialsis surveyed in the selection of papers written by experts in the field for this themed issue of Dalton Transactions.
 
Nanomaterials for Alternative Energy Sources – issue 40, 2008
Guest Editor: Andrew Barron, Rice University
Featuring the synthesis and development of inorganic materials to provided solutions to meet the energy needs of the world.
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