November 2011 – Dalton Transactions Blog

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‘Dalton Transactions after 40 volumes’ – Peter Scott

30 Nov 2011

It has been a year of celebration for Dalton Transactions. As many of you will have heard it is 40 years since the journal began publishing works of great inorganic chemistry and as part of these celebrations Peter Scott has written a historical account of his personal experience with the journal. Peter still remembers his first Dalton Transactions paper as an undergraduate and has since seen the abundant changes that have led to the modern day interactive journal that needless to say is still publishing great inorganic chemistry. Peter’s historic perspective is an insightful read.

Dalton Transactions after 40 volumes
Peter Scott
Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT90157E

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Top ten most accessed articles in October

30 Nov 2011

This month sees the following articles in Dalton Transactions that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Self-assembly in inorganic chemistry
Paul E. Kruger and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 12003-12004 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT90162A

The future of metal–organic frameworks
Neil R. Champness
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 10311-10315 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11184A

Metal ion directed self-assembly of sensors for ions, molecules and biomolecules
Jim A. Thomas
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 12005-12016 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10876J

Six new metal–organic frameworks with multi-carboxylic acids and imidazole-based spacers: syntheses, structures and properties
Feng Wang, Xiaohuan Ke, Jinbo Zhao, Kejian Deng, Xiaoke Leng, Zhengfang Tian, Lili Wen and Dongfeng Li
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 11856-11865 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11130B

A chelation enhanced selective fluorescence sensing of Hg2+ by a simple quinoline substituted tripodal amide receptor
B. Nisar Ahamed and Pradyut Ghosh
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 12540-12547 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10923E

Computational chemistry of molecular inorganic systems
Stuart A. Macgregor
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 11065-11065 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT90143E

Structural and metallo selectivity in the assembly of [2 × 2] grid-type metallosupramolecular species: Mechanisms and kinetic control
Artur R. Stefankiewicz, Jack Harrowfield, Augustin Madalan, Kari Rissanen, Alexandre N. Sobolev and Jean-Marie Lehn
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 12320-12332 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11226K

Solvothermal synthesis, crystal structure, and properties of lanthanide-organic frameworks based on thiophene-2,5-dicarboxylic acid
Ya-guang Sun, Bing Jiang, Tian-fang Cui, Gang Xiong, Philippe F. Smet, Fu Ding, En-jun Gao, Tian-yi Lv, Koen Van den Eeckhout, Dirk Poelman and Francis Verpoort
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 11581-11590 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10156K

A comparison between artificial and natural water oxidation
Xichen Li, Guangju Chen, Sandra Schinzel and Per E. M. Siegbahn
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 11296-11307 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11323B

Synthesis, characterization, plasmid cleavage and cytotoxicity of cancer cells by a copper(ii) complex of anthracenyl-terpyridine
Amit Kumar, Jugun Prakash Chinta, Amrendra Kumar Ajay, Manoj Kumar Bhat and Chebrolu P. Rao
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 10865-10872 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10201J

Why not take a look at the articles today and blog your thoughts and comments below.

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Hot Article: Stable ionic liquid-nanofluids

29 Nov 2011

IL-nanofluids were produced in a simple, inexpensive and reproducible manner.

Małgorzata Swadźba-Kwaśny, Peter Nockemann and colleagues from The Queen’s University Belfast describe the one-pot synthesis of ionic liquid-nanofluids in this HOT paper. The ionic-liquid nanofluids consist of copper(II) oxide nanoparticles and copper(I,II), oxide clusters in acetate-based ionic liquids. Combining ionic liquids and nanoparticles can create ionic liquids with additional or significantly improved properties that could then be used as catalysts or as heat transfer fluids.

It’s currently free so do take a look!

Facile in situ synthesis of nanofluids based on ionic liquids and copper oxide clusters and nanoparticles
Małgorzata Swadźba-Kwaśny, Léa Chancelier, Shieling Ng, Haresh G. Manyar, Christopher Hardacre and Peter Nockemann
Dalton Trans., 2012
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11578B

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Hot Communication: Exploring the metal-mediated reactivity of 2-pyridinealdehyde oxime

28 Nov 2011

The reactivity of ligands upon coordination to a metal ion is currently a very exciting area.

Read about the rare and novel transformations of the oxime ligand, 2-pyridinealdehyde oxime, when it is reacted with Zn(II) sources, in this HOT communication from Annie Powell, Spyros Perplepes et al.

It’s currently free to access so do take a look!

Metal ion-assisted transformations of 2-pyridinealdoxime and hexafluorophosphate
Konstantis F. Konidaris, Christina D. Polyzou, George E. Kostakis, Anastasios J. Tasiopoulos, Olivier Roubeau, Simon J. Teat, Evy Manessi-Zoupa, Annie K. Powell and Spyros P. Perlepes
Dalton Trans., 2012
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11881A

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Diol-type ligands as central ‘players’ in the chemistry of high-spin molecules and single-molecule magnets
Anastasios J. Tasiopoulos and Spyros P. Perlepes
Dalton Trans., 2008, 5537-5555
DOI: 10.1039/B805014G

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Call for papers: Frustrated Lewis Pairs

28 Nov 2011

We are pleased to announce an upcoming themed issue on Frustrated Lewis Pairs, guest edited by Doug Stephan. It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute to this themed issue.

The concept of Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLPs) was formulated in 2006/2007. Since then, an explosive array of creative applications in stoichiometric and catalytic reactivity have been developed based on this simple concept. Activation of a variety of small molecules has garnered much interest and utility in fields including metal-free hydrogenations, green-house gas chemistry, hydrogen storage and organic synthesis have also emerged. A number of these systems have prompted insightful computational studies targeting a deeper understanding of this novel reactivity. Moreover the notion of FLPs has broadened well beyond the initial phosphine/borane systems, with extensions to a variety of main group and transition metal systems as well as organic reagents. This themed issue aims to grasp the current momentum in FLP chemistry and hopes to bring together contributions from experts across the field.

How to submit? All types of manuscript, Communications, Full Papers and Perspectives, will be considered for publication. We aim to publish this themed issue in summer 2012 and therefore would like to receive manuscripts by 16th February 2012. The manuscript should be prepared according to the format for regular articles and should be submitted via our online system. All invited manuscripts will be subjected to the normal refereeing procedure.

Deadline for Submission: 16th February 2012.

Please indicate on submission that your manuscript is intended for this themed issue and direct any questions to the Dalton Transactions Editorial Office.

You might also be interested to read some recent research on FLPs:

Perspective: Organometallic frustrated Lewis pair chemistry
Gerhard Erker
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 7475-7483 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10152H

Hot Article: Chloro- and phenoxy-phosphines in frustrated Lewis pair additions to alkynes
Christopher B. Caputo, Stephen J. Geier, Eva Y. Ouyang, Christoph Kreitner and Douglas W. Stephan
Dalton Trans., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11196E

Reactivity of Lewis pairs (R2PCH2AlMe2)2 with carbon dioxide
Josée Boudreau, Marc-André Courtemanche and Frédéric-Georges Fontaine
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 11131-11133 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC14641F

Perspective: Frustrated Lewis pairs: a new strategy to small molecule activation and hydrogenation catalysis
Douglas W. Stephan
Dalton Trans., 2009, 3129-3136 DOI: 10.1039/B819621D

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Ligand duality in Oxygen Atom Transfer

25 Nov 2011

The dual nature of donor ligands is explored in Oxygen Atom Transfer (OAT) in this hot article by Adam Veige and co-workers. In this study, donor ligands enhance the rate of OAT by hindering µ-O dimer formation; however, the addition of a too strongly coordinating ligand can actually prevent OAT by
making the transfer thermodynamically unfavorable.

Read more about this ligand duality for FREE until 13th December 2012:

The influence of reversible trianionic pincer OCO^3– µ-oxo Cr^IV dimer formation ([Cr^IV]₂(µ-O)) and donor ligands in oxygen-atom-transfer (OAT)
Matthew E. O’Reilly, Trevor J. Del Castillo, Khalil A. Abboud and Adam S. Veige
Dalton Trans., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11104C

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Gaseous silanetriols: partners or loners?

24 Nov 2011

Silanetriols are compounds of the general formula Si(OH)₃R which readily form polysiloxanes by condensation, by substituting R for condensation resistant ligands a range of crystal structures have been identified for different solid state silanetriol compounds. Norbert W. Mitzel and colleagues have been investigating the intermolecular forces of gaseous silanetriols, the first investigation of its kind, with the aim of discovering if tert-butylsilanetriol [tBuSi(OH)₃] dimerises via H-bonds or remains monomeric when in the gas state.

Intrigued? To find out more about the teams findings, including the taste of their silanetriol, read the full HOT article which is free to access until the 20^th of December

Silanetriols in the gas phase: single molecules vs. hydrogen-bonded dimers

Stefan Spirk, Raphael J. F. Berger, Christian G. Reuter, Rudolf Pietschnig and Norbert W. Mitzel
Dalton Trans., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11740H, Communication

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HOT Article: Catalysing the Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling

23 Nov 2011

The Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling of aryl halides with organoboronic acids is an important tool for synthetic organic chemistry. A range of palladium complexes with different ligands can been used to catalyse this interesting reaction and Ajai Kumar Singh and co-workers have synthesised four new ligands (selenated Schiff bases) to investigate the influence alkyl chain lengths have on the [Pd(L–H)Cl] complexes and their catalytic efficiency. Their remarkable results indicate there is a correlation between ligand alkyl chain length and catalytic efficiency, however, as their Dalton Transactions HOT Article details, the Pd(II) complexes are pre-catalysts which generate in situ real catalytic species of approx. 3 nm Pd(0) nanoparticles, protected by organoselenium species……….

To find out more about this fascinating discovery read the full article which is free to access until the 20th Decemeber.

Palladium(II)-selenated Schiff base complex catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling: Dependence of efficiency on alkyl chain length of ligand
Gyandshwar Kumar Rao, Arun Kumar, Bharat Kumar, Dinesh Kumar and Ajai Kumar Singh
Dalton Trans., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11695A

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Challenges in Inorganic and Materials Chemistry (ISACS8)

22 Nov 2011

We are proud to announce that the International Symposia on Advancing the Chemical Sciences (ISACS) series will return in 2012 to include Challenges in Inorganic and Materials Chemistry (ISACS8) on 19 – 22 July in Toronto, Canada.

A range of topics will be covered including catalysis, organometallic chemistry, porous materials, main group chemistry, magnetism and materials for energy.

Full details surrounding the confirmed speakers and abstract submission process can be found on the dedicated webpage for this significant global conference.

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Poster prize winner Dr Subash Sahoo at the ACC3

16 Nov 2011

We are very pleased to report that at the 3rd Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ACC-3), Dr Subash Sahoo, from the group of Prof. Rahul Banerjee of the National Chemical Laboratory in Pune, was awarded the Dalton Transactions poster prize! His winning poster focussed on chiral coordination networks and proton conductivity along helical chains of hydrogen-bonded water molecules. More details of the conference can be found here.

Professor P. K. Bharadwaj (left) accepting the poster prize on behalf of Dr Subash Sahoo. The prize was awarded by Professor Mike Ward (right), Editor-in-Chief of RSC Advances

Dr Sahoo was awarded a Dalton Transactions certificate and a copy of the book Coordination polymers: design, analysis and application, which unfortunately he could not receive in person, but was accepted on his behalf by Prof. P. K. Bharadwaj.

The RSC Advances poster prize was awarded to Sandeep Kumar Dey for his poster on anion binding and host-guest chemistry with tripodal ligands, details for which can be found on the RSC Advances Blog.

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