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ChemSocRev Impact Factor rises to a record high – 30.4!

31 Jul 2014

Thomson Reuters have just released their latest citation data and Chemical Society Reviews’ (Chem Soc Rev) Impact Factor has risen to a record high of 30.425!

With a truly international authorship publishing accessible and reader-friendly articles, Chem Soc Rev really is the home of high impact reviews from across the chemical sciences. You can read our most highly cited review articles listed below.

Thank you to all who have contributed to the journal’s success so far – our authors, referees, readers and Editorial and Advisory Boards – we are very grateful for your support.

Find out how other Royal Society of Chemistry journals are ranked in the latest Impact Factor release

Top cited Chem Soc Rev reviews:

Reviews

Graphene-based composites
Xiao Huang, Xiaoying Qi, Freddy Boey and Hua Zhang

A review of electrode materials for electrochemical supercapacitors
Guoping Wang, Lei Zhang and Jiujun Zhang

Graphene-based semiconductor photocatalysts
Quanjun Xiang, Jiaguo Yu and Mietek Jaroniec

C–C, C–O and C–N bond formation via rhodium(III)-catalyzed oxidative C–H activation
Guoyong Song, Fen Wang and Xingwei Li
From themed collection C-H Functionalization

Upconversion nanophosphors for small-animal imaging
Jing Zhou, Zhuang Liu and Fuyou Li

The golden age: gold nanoparticles for biomedicine
Erik C. Dreaden, Alaaldin M. Alkilany, Xiaohua Huang, Catherine J. Murphy and Mostafa A. El-Sayed
From themed collection Nanomedicine

Fluorescent indicators based on BODIPY
Noël Boens, Volker Leen and Wim Dehaen

Mechanochemistry: opportunities for new and cleaner synthesis
Stuart L. James, Christopher J. Adams, Carsten Bolm, Dario Braga, Paul Collier, Tomislav Friščić, Fabrizia Grepioni, Kenneth D. M. Harris, Geoff Hyett, William Jones, Anke Krebs, James Mack, Lucia Maini, A. Guy Orpen, Ivan P. Parkin, William C. Shearouse, Jonathan W. Steed and Daniel C. Waddell

Tutorial Reviews

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles in biomedical applications
Zongxi Li, Jonathan C. Barnes, Aleksandr Bosoy, J. Fraser Stoddart and Jeffrey I. Zink
From themed collection Nanomedicine

Organocatalytic umpolung: N-heterocyclic carbenes and beyond
Xavier Bugaut and Frank Glorius

Mesoporous metal–organic framework materials
Weimin Xuan, Chengfeng Zhu, Yan Liu and Yong Cui

*The Impact Factor provides an indication of the average number of citations per paper. Produced annually, Impact Factors are calculated by dividing the number of citations in a year, by the number of citeable articles published in the preceding two years. Data based on 2013 Journal Citation Reports^®, (Thomson Reuters, 2014).

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Hot Chem Soc Rev articles for July

22 Jul 2014

All of the referee-recommended articles below are free to access until 19th August 2014

Learning from photobiology how to design molecular devices using a computer
S. Gozem, F. Melaccio, H. L. Luk, S. Rinaldi and M. Olivucci
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014,43, 4019-4036
DOI: 10.1039/C4CS00037D, Tutorial Review
From themed collection Supramolecular photochemistry

Pyrene-fused pyrazaacenes: from small molecules to nanoribbons
Aurelio Mateo-Alonso
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CS00119B, Review Article

Water adsorption in MOFs: fundamentals and applications
Jérôme Canivet, Alexandra Fateeva, Youmin Guo, Benoit Coasne and David Farrusseng
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CS00078A, Review Article
From themed collection Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs)

Design, synthesis and excited-state properties of mononuclear Ru(II) complexes of tridentate heterocyclic ligands
Amlan K. Pal and Garry S. Hanan
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CS00123K, Tutorial Review

Recycling of carbon dioxide to methanol and derived products – closing the loop
Alain Goeppert, Miklos Czaun, John-Paul Jones, G. K. Surya Prakash and George A. Olah
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CS00122B, Review Article

Smart chemistry in polymeric nanomedicine
Rong Tong, Li Tang, Liang Ma, Chunlai Tu, Ryan Baumgartner and Jianjun Cheng
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CS00133H, Review Article

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Developments in bioorthogonal protein chemistry

11 Jul 2014

This review article by Chen et al., based at Peking University in Beijing, encompasses a wide range of recent work on bioorthogonal protein chemistry mediated by transition metals in living cells.

The definition of bioorthogonal chemistry is a reaction which can take place inside a living system without disrupting the biological processes surrounding it. The reactants must be inert to any molecules or biomolecules in the surrounding environment, selective in their reaction with each other and non-toxic. The aim of bioorthogonal reactions is to label or influence a key biomolecule so that either it, or its effects, can be tracked. Successful bioorthogonal reactions will allow for the study of biomolecules such as proteins within living systems, in real time. This review focuses on recent work by groups who have significantly contributed to protein chemistry and have widened the scope of bioorthogonal reactions.

Unsurprisingly, most reaction conditions do not meet the strict criteria of bioorthogonal reactions. The use of transition metals is discussed with a focus on the well-known Cu(I)-catalysed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) which is described as a ‘hallmark of bioorthogonal chemistry’ due to its high specificity, reaction rate and selectivity. The triazole product is stable and unreactive but this reaction is prevented from being bioorthogonal by the toxicity of the Cu(I) ions.

Chen and co-workers review research focused on overcoming the toxicity problems seen with Cu(I), including the strain-promoted azide-alkyne cycloaddition (SPAAC). This work developed by Bertozzi et al. is a ‘copper-free’ version of the CuAAC reaction. Chen et al. additionally discuss their own work, on ligand-assisted CuAAC reactions, using a BTTAA ligand (2-[4-({bis[(1-tert-butyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methyl]amino}methyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl]acetic acid) to reduce toxicity. The authors also assess the use of other transition metals, such as palladium, as replacements for copper in bioorthogonal conjugation reactions, both on the cell surface and within an intracellular environment.

Ligand-assisted CuAAC labelling of proteins in the bacterial periplasm.

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Transition metal-mediated bioorthogonal protein chemistry in living cells

Maiyun Yang, Jie Li and Peng R. Chen

DOI: 10.1039/C4SC00646A

This article is part of the Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigators themed issue, which showcases up-and-coming scientists who are internationally recognised for making outstanding contributions to their respective fields.

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Applied Computational Chemistry Themed Issue

11 Jul 2014

We are delighted to introduce Issue 14 as a themed issue on Applied Computational Chemistry, published in honour of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, which was awarded to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems.

The issue’s foreword is written by Kendall N. Houk and guest editors Israel Fernández and Fernando P. Cossío who introduce the themed issue in their editorial.

Over the last decades, computations chemistry had become a powerful tool in Chemistry, so we hope you enjoy reading the issue. For the full collection, click on the link below:

Applied Computational Chemistry
Chemical Society Reviews
Issue 14
Page 4897 to 5142

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Molecular Capsules from Resorcinol derived Calixarenes: Host-Guest Chemistry

03 Jul 2014

In this Chem. Soc. Rev. review article, Kenji Kobayashi and Masamichi Yamanaka from Shizuoka University, Japan, give a detailed account of the host guest chemistry of a particular type of calixarene. Simple calixarenes are usually derived from, for example, a phenol and formaldehyde in an electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction. This yields a puckered basket structure containing a ring of methylene spaced phenols groups.

Calixarenes based on 1,3-dihydroxybenzene, also known as resorcinol (calix[4]resorcinarenes) are derived from similar chemistry and are described in this review. Capsule like materials containing covalently bound spacers between pairs of calix[4]resorcinarene units are briefly mentioned, while the majority of the review is devoted to capsules (or cavitands) containing substitutents capable of hydrogen bonding, metal coordination and other dynamic bonding, resulting in powerful, self-assembled host-guest interactions. The calix-[4]-resorcinarenes have extra rigidity in their structure, due to methylene bridging between the resorcinol oxygens of neighbouring units, with functional groups at the in-between 2-position.

Functionality introduced includes carboxylic acids, nitriles, halides, boronic acids, aldehdyes, alcohols and even a biypridyl unit. For example, a cavitand, containing phenol groups, not involved with other bonding, can be deprotonated to neatly bind pyrazine, in a hydrogen bound network, resulting in a dimeric self assembled cavitand.

Generic calix[4resorcinarene structures and a host-guest interaction with pyrazine]

Other examples are provided with mixed donors such as phenols and pyrdine groups in the same material. These heterodimeric cavitands can give access to a more advanced level of specificity, in these cases, for a variety of organic guests. Stronger bound capsule systems are described based on metal coordination. A nitrile substituted calix-[4]-resorcinarene and its palladium, platinum and counter-anion host-guest chemistry are briefly described, while examples self-assembled capsules with coordinating bipyridyl and dithiocarbamate units are also included.

The molecular and synthetic variety in this review is impressive. It is an enjoyable read, and should prove valuable to researchers in many disciplines. The application of such designed and potentially specific calix[4]resorcinarenes, and their mode of action in self-assembling and modifying guest reactivity is a fascinating research area!

Read this Chem. Soc. Rev., Review Article today for free:

Self-assembled capsules based on tetrafunctionalized calix[4]resorcinarene cavitands
Kenji Kobayashi and Masamichi Yamanaka
DOI: 10.1039/C4CS00153B

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Supramolecular Photochemistry Themed Issue

03 Jul 2014

Chemical Society Reviews is delighted to present a themed issue on supramolecular photochemistry, dedicated to Professor Nick Turro, who sadly passed away in 2012. To celebrate Turro’s enormous contribution to photochemical sciences, guest editor Alberto Credi has gathered together the most prominent, recent advances in photochemistry at its frontiers with supramolecular chemistry, materials science, and biochemistry.

To read the full collection, click on the link below:

Chemical Society Reviews, Issue 12, Supramolecular Photochemistry
Guest Editor: Alberto Credi

We hope you enjoy reading this collection as much as we did!

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Archive for July, 2014

ChemSocRev Impact Factor rises to a record high – 30.4!

Hot Chem Soc Rev articles for July

Developments in bioorthogonal protein chemistry

Applied Computational Chemistry Themed Issue

Molecular Capsules from Resorcinol derived Calixarenes: Host-Guest Chemistry

Supramolecular Photochemistry Themed Issue

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