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Inorganic Chemistry Symposium

03 Nov 2016

24th October: Inorganic Chenmistry Symposium at Kyushu University hosted by Professor Yoshio Hisaeda

Our flagship inorganic chemistry journal Dalton Transactions was proud to co-present the Inorganic Chemistry Symposium which took place on the 24^th October in Fukuoka, Japan. The symposium was co-presented with Kyushu University, Osaka University and the Tokyo Institute of Technology. It was also supported by Chemical Science, ChemComm, Chemical Society Reviews, and Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers.

Amongst those speaking at the symposium were Dalton Transactions Executive editor, Dr Andrew Shore (Royal Society of Chemistry, UK) who gave a talk on: Publishing your research in high impact journals and Dalton Editorial board member: Professor Polly Arnold (University of Edinburgh, UK) whose talk was on: Architectural control of f-block organometallics for small molecule activation. The full list of speakers can be found here.

26th October: Osaka University, symposium hosted by Professor Shinobu Itoh (Front row, far right: Dalton Transactions Executive Editor, Andrew Shore. Second row, second left: RSC Japan representative Hiromitsu Urakami)

The symposium brought together leading international scientists, delivering lectures which covered the broad scope of Dalton Transactions, from inorganic, organometallic, bioinorganic chemistry to photochemistry and inorganic materials.

28th October: Symposium hosted by Professor Osamu Ishitani

With three locations combined (Fukuoka, Osaka and Tokyo), there were over 260 attendees with 3 international speakers from the UK, China and US. The Royal Society of Chemistry also had one representative speaker and there were 19 Japanese speakers from 10 difference institutions.

Further information about the symposium including a full list of speakers can be found on the website.

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MICRA2016 poster prize winner

11 Oct 2016

Many congratulations to Dalton Transactions poster prize winner Dr Sophie Benjamin who was awarded at the MICRA2016 – Meeting of Inorganic Chemists Recently Appointed which took place at the University of Bath from the 5^th– 7^thSeptember.

The meeting takes place every two years and brings together the UK’s community of early career researchers in inorganic chemistry along with experienced colleagues. The aim is to strengthen the UK’s inorganic community by helping junior academics to develop into successful, independent researchers through exchange of experiences and networking.

Further information about the meeting can be found on the webpage.

Dalton Transaction poster prize winner Dr Sophie Benjamin

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ISBOMC 16

11 Aug 2016

Dalton Transactions will be providing sponsorship in the form of poster prizes for the 8th International Symposium on Bioorganometallic Chemistry which will take place in Moscow, Russia from the 4^th– 8^thSeptember 2016. This will be the first time it has taken place in Russia. The symposium aims to consider all fields of Bioorganometallic Chemistry, from fundamental to applied areas, including multidisciplinary approaches.

Further information about the conference including speakers, registration, the advisory board can be found on the official website here.

conference logo

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GEQO2016

10 Aug 2016

Dalton Transactions will be supporting the XXXIV Congress of the Organometallic Chemistry Specialized Group of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (XXXIV GEQO meeting) that will take place in Girona, Catalonia (Spain) from the 7^th– 9^thSeptember 2016 at the Girona Auditorium and Conference Center.

The biennial GEQO has an outstanding reputation for excellence and highly engaged discussion, and has long been a focal point for scientists at the forefront of organometallic and homogeneous catalysis to present and discuss their latest developments. The meeting also aims at promoting new collaborations.

Registration can be made on the official website.

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Poster prize winners at ICOMC 2016 Conference

03 Aug 2016

Here’s to the Dalton Transactions best poster prize winners: Mr Ramaraj Ayyappan (Indian Institute of Science, India) and Ms Sabrina Khoo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) at the 27^thInternational Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC 2016).

Dalton poster prize winners (left to right): Mr Ramaraj Ayyappan, (Indian Institute of Science, India) and Ms Sabrina Khoo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

The conference took place in Melbourne, Australia from the 17^th– 22^ndJuly with the aim of forming a successful meeting point for scientists active in various fields of organometallic chemistry and all related disciplines and applications worldwide.

Plenary guest speakers included former Dalton Transactions Chair Professor Philip Mountford amongst others and our newest Associate Editor, Richard Layfield attended as a keynote speaker. Our Editorial Board member, Polly Arnold was also in attendance to give a keynote talk.

Further details about the conference can be found here along with information about the next conference which will take place in Florence, Italy in 2018.

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Dalton Transactions Lecture at the University of California, Berkeley 2016

22 Jun 2016

Professor Mircea Dincă (MIT, USA)

The 2015 Dalton Transactions Lecture awardee – Professor Mircea Dincă (MIT, USA) – delivered his presentation at UC Berkeley in March 2016. This Lecture is awarded annually to an exceptional young inorganic chemist in the Americas. Previous recipients are:

2014 Christine Thomas (Brandeis University)

2013 Trevor Hayton (UCSB)
2012 Teri Odom (Northwestern University)
2011 Daniel Gamelin (U Washington)
2010 Paul Chirik (Princeton University)
2009 Francois Gabbai (Texas A & M University)
2008 Dan Mindiola (Indiana University)
2007 Geoff Coates (Cornell University)
2006 John Hartwig (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
2005 Kit Cummins (MIT)

Each Dalton Transactions Lecture awardee is provided with an honorarium and a commemorative plaque.

Professor Dincă is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the functional chemistry of inorganic and metal-organic materials, with a current emphasis on porous materials and high-nuclearity metal clusters.

Congratulations to Professor Dincă for his Dalton Transactions Lecture award!

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Carbon dioxide reduction put under the spotlight

22 Jun 2016

A team of scientists in China and France has made a rhenium-based catalyst that reduces carbon dioxide under visible light, providing a practical alternative to UV-sensitive catalysts.

By tuning the complex's ligands, researchers designed a rhenium catalyst that reduces carbon dioxide under visible light

With atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations increasing, scientists are searching for ways to halt the rise. One method is to capture the gas and convert it to chemical feedstock. But significant energy is required for its conversion. Considerable effort has, therefore, been devoted to developing catalysts for carbon dioxide’s electrochemical or photochemical reduction.

Interested? The full article can be read in Chemistry World.

The original article can be read below:

Photochemical and electrochemical catalytic reduction of CO₂ with NHC-containing dicarbonyl rhenium(I) bipyridine complexes
Antoine Maurin, Chi-On Ng, Lingjing Chen, Tai-Chu Lau, Marc Robert* and Chi-Chiu Ko*
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT01686C

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All-metal sandwich inspires a theoretical following

13 May 2016

In the wake of the first experimentally isolated all-metal sandwich complex last year,¹ two independent groups from China have put forward their theoretical take on this inorganic rarity.²^,³

Researchers analysed the molecular orbitals holding the unusual all-metal sandwich complex together

Sandwich complexes are a class of inorganic compounds, typified by ferrocene. They feature a metal ion sandwiched between two aromatic ligands, which are bound to the central metal through haptic covalent bonds. Structurally similar species to ferrocene, with different metals or coordinating ligands, are generally termed metallocenes.

Interested in reading further? The full article can be read in Chemistry World.

The original articles can be read below and are free to access until 21^stJune 2016

On the nature of chemical bonding in the all-metal aromatic [Sb3Au3Sb3]3− sandwich complex
Xue-Rui You, Wen-Juan Tian, Da-Zhi Li,* Ying-Jin Wang, Rui Li, Lin-Yan Feng and Hua-Jin Zhai*
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 13423-13431
DOI: 10.1039/C6CP00101G

Theoretical studies on the bonding and electron structures of a [Au₃Sb₆]³⁻ complex and its oligomers
Wan-Lu Li, Cong-Qiao Xu, Shu-Xian Hu and Jun Li*
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT00602G

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Scientists explore arsoles’ off-colour behaviour

03 May 2016

Various 2,5-diarylarsoles showed unexpected mechanochromic properties

Alongside inspiring puns for infantile chemistry journalists, scientists in Japan have experimentally demonstrated that a class of heteroles known as arsoles can change colour under pressure.

Theorists predicted that these arsenic-containing compounds could form interesting optical and electronic materials, based on their low aromaticity and the high barrier to structural inversion. However, the bottom line in arsole synthesis is that volatile toxic arsenic intermediates have always limited their investigation…

The full story can be read in Chemistry World.

The original article can be read below and is free to access until the 13^th June 2016.:

An experimental study on arsoles: structural variation, optical and electronic properties, and emission behavior
Makoto Ishidoshiro, Hiroaki Imoto, Susumu Tanaka and Kensuke Naka*
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT01010E

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Goodbye borazine, hello hydrogen

03 May 2016

The ruthenium catalyst produces 2.7 equivalents of hydrogen from ammonia borane

Scientists are a step closer to ammonia borane-powered fuel cells thanks to a ruthenium catalyst that yields an unprecedented amount of hydrogen.

In theory, each molecule of ammonia borane, H₃NBH₃, can release three hydrogen molecules. This high hydrogen density makes ammonia borane an ideal fuel cell material.

Interested? The full story can be read in Chemistry World.

The original article can be read below and is free to access until 8^thJune 2016:

Dehydrogenation of ammonia borane through the third equivalent of hydrogen
Xingyue Zhang, Lisa Kam and Travis J. Williams*
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT00604C

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