Here are this month’s referee-recommended hot articles – all free to download until 13th April:
High gas storage capacities and stepwise adsorption in a UiO type metal–organic framework incorporating Lewis basic bipyridyl sites
Liangjun Li, Sifu Tang, Chao Wang, Xiaoxia Lv, Min Jiang, Huaizhi Wu and Xuebo Zhao
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2304-2307
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC48275H, Communication
Hydrosilylation catalysis by an earth alkaline metal silyl: synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of bis(triphenylsilyl)calcium
Valeri Leich, Thomas P. Spaniol, Laurent Maron and Jun Okuda
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2311-2314
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49308C, Communication
Nano-sized heterometallic macrocycles based on 4-pyridinylboron-capped iron(II) clathrochelates: syntheses, structures and properties
Ying-Ying Zhang, Yue-Jian Lin and Guo-Xin Jin
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2327-2329
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49038F, Communication
Structural analysis and reactivity of unusual tetrahedral intermediates enabled by SmI2-mediated reduction of barbituric acids: vinylogous N-acyliminium additions to α-hydroxy-N-acyl-carbamides
Michal Szostak, Brice Sautier and David J. Procter
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2518-2521
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC48932A, Communication
The genesis of a heterogeneous catalyst: in situ observation of a transition metal complex adsorbing onto an oxide surface in solution
Antoine Hervier, Juliette Blanchard, Guylène Costentin, John Regalbuto, Catherine Louis and Souhir Boujday
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2409-2411
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC48838A, Communication
A visible light responsive rhodium and antimony-codoped SrTiO3 powdered photocatalyst loaded with an IrO2 cocatalyst for solar water splitting
Rikako Asai, Hiroaki Nemoto, Qingxin Jia, Kenji Saito, Akihide Iwase and Akihiko Kudo
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2543-2546
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49279F, Communication
An unsolvated buckycatcher and its first dianion
Alexander V. Zabula, Yulia V. Sevryugina, Sarah N. Spisak, Lesya Kobryn, Renata Sygula, Andrzej Sygula and Marina A. Petrukhina
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2657-2659
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49451A, Communication
Femtogram detection of cytokines in a direct dot-blot assay using SERS microspectroscopy and hydrophilically stabilized
Au–Ag nanoshells Yuling Wang, Mohammad Salehi, Max Schütz and Sebastian Schlücker
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2711-2714
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC48633H, Communication
La-doped Al2O3 supported Au nanoparticles: highly active and selective catalysts for PROX under PEMFC operation conditions
Qingquan Lin, Botao Qiao, Yanqiang Huang, Lin Li, Jian Lin, Xiao Yan Liu, Aiqin Wang, Wen-Cui Li and Tao Zhang
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2721-2724
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49193E, Communication
Environmental control of nucleophilic catalysis in water
Geetika Chadha and Yan Zhao
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2718-2720
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49593K, Communication
Helicene-grafted vinyl- and carbene-osmium complexes: an example of acid–base chiroptical switching
Emmanuel Anger, Monika Srebro, Nicolas Vanthuyne, Christian Roussel, Loïc Toupet, Jochen Autschbach, Régis Réau and Jeanne Crassous
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2854-2856
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47825D, Communication
Facile assembly of n-SnO2 nanobelts–p-NiO heterojunctions with enhanced ultraviolet photoresponse
Siya Huang, Hui Wu, Kohei Matsubara, Jing Cheng and Wei Pan
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2847-2850
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47860B, Communication
Coexistence of cages and one-dimensional channels in a porous MOF with high H2 and CH4 uptakes
Jiandong Pang, Feilong Jiang, Mingyan Wu, Daqiang Yuan, Kang Zhou, Jinjie Qian, Kongzhao Su and Maochun Hong
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2834-2836
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC48381A, Communication
A tuned affinity-based staurosporine probe for in situ profiling of protein kinases
Xiamin Cheng, Lin Li, Mahesh Uttamchandani and Shao Q. Yao
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2851-2853
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC00184B, Communication
Synthesis of a water-soluble pillar[9]arene and its pH-responsive binding to paraquat
Zhengtao Li, Jie Yang, Guocan Yu, Jiuming He, Zeper Abliz and Feihe Huang
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2841-2843
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49535C, Communication
Tetrahydro[5]helicene-based imide dyes with intense fluorescence in both solution and solid state
Meng Li, Yingli Niu, Xiaozhang Zhu, Qian Peng, Hai-Yan Lu, Andong Xia and Chuan-Feng Chen
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2993-2995
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49680E, Communication
Amino acid-based multiresponsive low-molecular weight metallohydrogels with load-bearing and rapid self-healing abilities
Subhadeep Saha, Jürgen Bachl, Tanay Kundu, David Díaz Díaz and Rahul Banerjee
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 3004-3006
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49869G, Communication
Syntheses of lactosyl ceramide analogues carrying novel bifunctional BODIPY dyes directed towards the differential analysis of multiplexed glycosphingolipids by MS/MS using iTRAQ
Sang-Hyun Son, Shusaku Daikoku, Atsuko Ohtake, Katsuhiko Suzuki, Kazuya Kabayama, Yukishige Ito and Osamu Kanie
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 3010-3013
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC00112E, Communication
Enhanced stereoselectivity in a di-Ru(II) complex of an achiral bis-bidentate ligand
Amlan K. Pal, Philippe D. Ducharme and Garry S. Hanan
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 3303-3305
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47856D, Communication
Boron-doped graphene as a high-efficiency counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells
Haiqiu Fang, Chang Yu, Tingli Ma and Jieshan Qiu
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 3328-3330
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC48258H, Communication
Unusual formation of a N-heterocyclic germylene via homolytic cleavage of a C–C bond
Yan Li, Kartik Chandra Mondal, Peter Stollberg, Hongping Zhu, Herbert W. Roesky, Regine Herbst-Irmer, Dietmar Stalke and Heike Fliegl
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 3356-3358
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC00251B, Communication
Highly efficient aerobic oxidation of various amines using Pd3Pb intermetallic compounds as catalysts
Shinya Furukawa, Akifusa Suga and Takayuki Komatsu
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 3277-3280
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC00024B, Communication
Imaging in living cells using νB–H Raman spectroscopy: monitoring COSAN uptake
Màrius Tarrés, Elisabetta Canetta, Clara Viñas, Francesc Teixidor and Adrian J. Harwood
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 3370-3372
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49658A, Communication
Tuning porosity and activity of microporous polymer network organocatalysts by co-polymerisation
Johannes Schmidt, Dipti Sankar Kundu, Siegfried Blechert and Arne Thomas
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 3347-3349
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49220F, Communication
Tunable acid-sensitive ester protecting groups in oligosaccharide synthesis
Yao Li and Xinyu Liu
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 3155-3158
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49205B, Communication