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5 is the number of ChemComm symposia held to date. We’ve brought together scientists in stimulating and friendly environments in Japan, China and Korea to disseminate the latest hot research and foster collaborations between the researchers and the universities involved.
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Congratulations to Hui-Chen Wang, from the University of Bath, who won the Chemical Science poster prize at the RSC Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Meeting in Bath on 19th-20th December 2011. Her poster was entitled ‘New Boronic Acid Based Fluorescence Sensors’.
Well done also to Eric A. Appel (University of Cambridge) for his poster on ‘Aqueous Supramolecular Materials via Host-Guest Complexation with Cucurbit[8]uril’, for which he was awarded the ChemComm poster prize.
Hui-Chen and Eric receive a one-year personal subscription to Chemical Science and ChemComm respectively. Thank you to Paul Raithby, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Bath, for awarding the prize certificates.
Did you know…? Paul Raithby has published more than 100 articles in ChemComm. He told me how his research has evolved into ‘making molecular movies’ in his ChemComm interview published in issue 1, 2012.
This month sees the following articles in ChemComm that are in the top ten most accessed:-
Fe-catalysed oxidative C-H functionalization/C-S bond formation
Haibo Wang, Lu Wang, Jinsai Shang, Xing Li, Haoyuan Wang, Jie Gui and Aiwen Lei
Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 76-78, DOI: 10.1039/C1CC16184A
1,3,5-Triphenylbenzene fluorophore as a selective Cu2+ sensor in aqueous media
Sakan Sirilaksanapong, Mongkol Sukwattanasinitt and Paitoon Rashatasakhon
Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 293-295, DOI: 10.1039/C1CC16148B
Advanced fabrication of metal-organic frameworks: template-directed formation of polystyrene@ZIF-8 core-shell and hollow ZIF-8 microspheres
Hee Jung Lee, Won Cho and Moonhyun Oh
Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 221-223, DOI: 10.1039/C1CC16213F
A novel ‘turn-on’ fluorescent chemosensor for the selective detection of Al3+ based on aggregation-induced emission
Tianyu Han, Xiao Feng, Bin Tong, Jianbing Shi, Long Chen, Junge Zhi and Yuping Dong
Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 416-418, DOI: 10.1039/C1CC15681K
Ratiometric fluorescence detection of cyanide based on a hybrid coumarin-hemicyanine dye: the large emission shift and the high selectivity
Xin Lv, Jing Liu, Yunlong Liu, Yun Zhao, Yuan-Qiang Sun, Pi Wang and Wei Guo
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 12843-12845, DOI: 10.1039/C1CC15721C
Synthesis of isoindolinones via palladium-catalyzed C-H activation of N-methoxybenzamides
Dan-Dan Li, Ting-Ting Yuan and Guan-Wu Wang
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 12789-12791, DOI: 10.1039/C1CC15897J
Convenient and mild synthesis of nitroarenes by metal-free nitration of arylboronic acids
Xiao-Feng Wu, Johannes Schranck, Helfried Neumann and Matthias Beller
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 12462-12463, DOI: 10.1039/C1CC15484B
One-step synthesis of amino-functionalized fluorescent carbon nanoparticles by hydrothermal carbonization of chitosan
Yunhua Yang, Jianghu Cui, Mingtao Zheng, Chaofan Hu, Shaozao Tan, Yong Xiao, Qu Yang and Yingliang Liu
Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 380-382, DOI: 10.1039/C1CC15678K
Porphyrin based porous organic polymers: novel synthetic strategy and exceptionally high CO2 adsorption capacity
Arindam Modak, Mahasweta Nandi, John Mondal and Asim Bhaumik
Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 248-250, DOI: 10.1039/C1CC14275E
Metal-assisted salphen organic frameworks (MaSOFs) with high surface areas and narrow pore-size distribution
Michael Mastalerz, Hans-Jochen S. Hauswald and Raphael Stoll
Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 130-132, DOI: 10.1039/C1CC14805B
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Researchers from the University of Birmingham have developed a radical cascade process for rapid access to intermediates, which are important for the synthesis of alkaloids related to the stephacidin family.
Stephacidin A (1), along with other structurally related compounds, has been shown to possess activity against a number of tumour cell lines.
The group of Nigel Simpkins have demonstrated an elegant approach to the synthesis of the indoline core 3, present in a number of naturally occurring alkaloids.
Commencing from 4 (available in five steps from tryptophan), a one-pot prenylation and sulfenylation sequence afforded cyclisation precursor 5 in good yield. Treatment of sulfenyl diketopiperazine 5 with Bu3SnH and ACCN facilitated a double radical cyclisation to provide 6a and 6b. Pleasingly, isomers possessing the correct C6 stereochemistry represented the major products (4.6–3:1 depending on R group), and desired product 1 could be obtained following deprotection of 6a and 6b and subsequent purification.
This work represents an efficient entry into the stephacidin alkaloids and a potentially powerful method for the synthesis of other medicinally relevant analogues.
To read more on Simpkin’s indoline synthesis, download the ChemComm article.
UK scientists have developed a cheap way of cleaning tarnished metals in industry to prevent corrosion using a UV activated photocatalyst ink. The dirty surface can then simply be washed away with water.
Stainless steel corrosion in industry costs the UK around 4 per cent of gross national product each year. The corrosion is caused by a build up of metal oxides on the metals’ surfaces, which can become contaminated with corrosion products. Currently, aggressive chemicals such as strong acids and chelating agents are used to remove the oxides.
Andrew Mills and David Hazafy from Queen’s University, Belfast, have made anatase titania (TiO2) films to apply to the metal surfaces to clean them. The team was initially interested in titania’s ability to drive ‘useful photo-reduction reactions’, says Mills. It was while preparing TiO2 photocatalyst films on stainless steel as part of a water-splitting photo diode project that they noticed that the appearance of tarnish was diminished.
TiO2 is a well known photocatalyst used in the redox reductions of metal oxides. When it is exposed to ultraviolet light, conduction band electrons and valence band holes are produced. The electrons and holes can either recombine or move to the surface of the film where they undergo redox reactions with adsorbed chemical species. But, on introduction of an electron donor, such as ethanol, the donor reacts with the holes, leaving the electrons free to react with metal oxides.
A stainless steel sample without (A) and with (B) the ink on its surface. (C): irradiation of sample B with UV light through a brass TiO2 template. (D): washing off the ink using water. The bronze coloured oxide coating has been removed by the illuminated section of the ink
Read the full story in Chemistry World
Link to journal article
UV-activated photocatalyst films and inks for cleaning tarnished metals
Andrew Mills and David Hazafy
Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 525-527
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC15774D
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24% of the articles published in ChemComm this year were from China.
This is almost three times as much as the proportion 5 years ago – in 2007, Chinese articles only made up 9% of publications in the journal. This represents the explosion of chemistry research in China over the last decade.
