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4th Dalton Transactions International Symposium

23 Nov 2012

This year’s Dalton Transactions International Symposium was held in November in Singapore and Shanghai, with the theme of organometallic chemistry and catalysis.

Day One of the Symposium was held in a hot and humid Singapore, at the A* Star Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), where local host Professor TS Andy Hor welcomed both local and overseas speakers. After an opening welcome by Andy and Editor Jamie Humphrey, Professor Pak-Hing Leung, from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in the west of Singapore began the scientific talks, with his presentation entitled ‘Palladacycle-catalysed asymmetric hydrophosphination: direct and efficient synthesis of functionalised chiral tertiary phosphines’. After the morning coffee break, served Singapore style, Professor Philip Mountford (University of Oxford, UK, and Dalton Transactions Editorial Board Chair) gave a talk about ‘New terminal titanium hydrazido complexes: exploring the chemistry of the Ti=N-NR2 functional group’ and Professor JJ Vittal, from the National University of Singapore (NUS), took us up to lunch by describing his research on the ‘Design and reactivity of coordination polymers’.

Following lunch, Professor Aaron Sadow (Iowa State University) began the afternoon session, sporting his new Singapore haircut which he had the day before, presenting his talk on ‘Main group compounds supported by oxazolinylborate ligands in catalysis’. Aaron was followed by Professor Kuo-Wei Huang (King Abdullah University of Science & Technology), speaking about ‘A new class of PN3-pincer ligands for metal-ligand cooperative catalysis’. The final session of the day included a presentation by Professor Jean-Francois Carpentier ( University of Rennes), on ‘Discrete complexes of alkaline- and rare-earth elements: useful catalysts for cyclic esters polymerisations and hydroelementation reactions’ and Professor Han Vinh Huynh (NUS), speaking about ‘Non-classical NHC ligands and a new electronic parameter for the determination of ligand donor strengths’.

: Philip Mountford and Jamie Humphrey visit the clean room at IMRE

After the formal end of the Symposium, the speakers were given a tour of the facilities at IMRE, including a tour of the clean room (with a very strict dress code…). Day One of the Symposium was a great success, with a series of excellent scientific talks and many opportunities for those attending the Symposium to meet and discuss science with the speakers.

The next day the travelling speakers flew to Shanghai, where even though the weather was rather chilly, they received the warmest of welcomes, from local host Professor Guo-Xin Jin and other friends, beginning with a welcome dinner at the Jin Mao Tower in the Pudong district of Shanghai.

Day Two of the Symposium saw the return to the exact same venue where we had organised the very first Dalton Transactions International Symposium in 2009, the Fuxian Hotel at Fudan University. Following the same pattern of Day One of the Symposium, local host Professor Guo-Xin Jin welcomed those in attendance and opened the scientific sessions.

Professor Kuiling Ding (Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry) began with a presentation on ‘Chiral catalyst evolution: rational design and serendipity’, and was joined by Professors Mountford, Sadow and Carpentier, and local speakers Professor Jie-Sheng Chen (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, ‘Electron transfer and its effects in porous solid’), Professor Aiwen Lei (Wuhan University, ‘Oxidative coupling: chemistry between two “nucleophiles” ‘) and Professor Tao Tu (Fudan University, ‘Synthesis, aggregation and applications of pincer type organometallics’). The day concluded with some closing remarks by Jamie Humphrey and dinner in the Fuxian Hotel.

The 4th Dalton Transactions International Symposium brought together world class organometallic chemists, allowing old friends to be reunited and new friendships to be made. It was great to see so many discussions during the breaks, and especially to see local students discussing chemistry with the speakers.

Very many thanks are due to the local hosts, Professors Andy Hor in Singapore and Guo-Xin Jin in Shanghai, for their tireless efforts to ensure a successful Symposium, to the co-sponsoring host organisations, IMRE and the Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (SNIC) and Fudan University, for their generous financial support, and to all 11 speakers!

Read a selection of recent Dalton Transactions articles by the Symposium speakers by following the links below:

Site selectivity and reversibility in the reactions of titanium hydrazides with Si–H, Si–X, C–X and H⁺ reagents: Ti Nα 1,2-silane addition, Nβ alkylation, Nα protonation and σ-bond metathesis
Pei Jen Tiong, Ainara Nova, Andrew D. Schwarz, Jonathan D. Selby, Eric Clot and Philip Mountford
Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 2277-2288
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT12359B

Unusual structural motif in a zwitterionic Fe(II) complex of a tetradentate phosphine
Barun Jana, Megan Hovey, Arkady Ellern, Oleg Pestovsky, Aaron D. Sadow and Andreja Bakac
Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 12781-12785
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31437A

Allyl strontium compounds: synthesis, molecular structure and properties
Phillip Jochmann, Julien P. Davin, Stefanie Maslek, Thomas P. Spaniol, Yann Sarazin, Jean-Francois Carpentier and Jun Okuda
Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 9176-9181
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT30743J

One-step entry to olefin-tethered N,S-heterocyclic carbene complexes of ruthenium with mixed ligands
Nini Ding, Wenhua Zhang and T. S. Andy Hor
Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 5988-5994
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT12354A

Palladium(IV) chemistry supported by pincer type ligands
Heng Zhang and Aiwen Lei
Dalton Trans., 2011,40, 8745-8754
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10373C

A precursor route to single-crystalline WO3 nanoplates with an uneven surface and enhanced sensing properties
Xiao-Xin Zou, Guo-Dong Li, Pei-Pei Wang, Juan Su, Jun Zhao, Li-Jing Zhou, Yu-Ning Wang and Jie-Sheng Chen
Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 9773-9780
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT30748K

Chiral cyclopalladated complex promoted asymmetric synthesis of diester-substituted P,N-ligands via stepwise hydrophosphination and hydroamination reactions
Ke Chen, Sumod A. Pullarkat, Mengtao Ma, Yongxin Li and Pak-Hing Leung
Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 5391-5400
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT12379G

Correlation of spectroscopically determined ligand donor strength and nucleophilicity of substituted pyrazoles
Jan Christopher Bernhammer and Han Vinh Huynh
Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 8600-8608
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT30526G

Bottom-up synthesis of coordination polymers based on carborane backbones and Cu₂(CO₂)₄paddle-wheel: ligand metathesis with metallotecons
Sheng-Li Huang, Lin-Hong Weng and Guo-Xin Jin
Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 11657-11662
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT30708A

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Talking inorganic chemistry in Toronto

30 Jul 2012

Growing herbs at the University of Toronto

The conference series International Symposium on Advancing the Chemical Sciences was launched in 2010, to celebrate the launch of the RSC’s new flagship journal, Chemical Science. ISACS8 was the eighth meeting in the series, and the second to have a focus on challenges in inorganic and materials chemistry. This year’s meeting was held at the University of Toronto, Canada.

A slight break in some unusually hot weather meant that for our time in Toronto, we were blessed with perfect weather – neither too hot nor too cold, but just right! The good weather was clearly being utilised by some members of the university , as was evident in the very healthy looking herbs being growing in the courtyard just outside lecture theatre. I was very good, and did not help myself to any (but I was sorely tempted!).

The conference began on the Thursday evening with an extra special event – a lecture by Profesor Joan Valentine , who was recently awarded an RSC Honorary Fellowship. Her award lecture ‘Manganese and superoxide: Curiosity-driven research at the inorganic chemistry-biology interface’, was a perfect way to open the meeting.

During the next three days, we covered a diverse range of inorganic and materials topics: main group chemistry, materials for chemistry, magnetism, porous materials and catalysis. The conference featured 16 Plenaries, by Warren Piers, Francois Gabbai, Viola Birss, Sossina Haile, Clare Grey, Simon Aldridge, Joe Hupp, George Christou, Russell Morris, Annie Powell, Noritaka Mizuno, Tom Baker, Kyoko Nozaki, Paul Chirik, Roberta Sessoli and William Dichtel. The conference programme was completed with a number of contributed talks. As you might expect from ISACS conferences, all the talks were of the highest quality. Snippets of information I learnt from the conference are that Uranium is the Jekyll and Hyde of the Periodic Table, Chemical Science Editors work on Christmas Eve and that we need about 80 of the elements to live our lives.

One of the social highlights of the meeting for me was the speakers’ dinner, held at the top of the CN Tower. With great food and stunning views, the evening was an excellent way to round off the first full day of the conference. The conference was a good size ( about 150 delegates) and this allowed many opportunities to meet new friends and catch up with old ones at the poster sessions, coffee/tea breaks and lunchtimes. It was good to see a number of people at the conference who I have not seen for a while, including previous Dalton Transactions Development Editor, Anna Roffey, who left the Editorial Office to study for a PhD at UCL, UK over a year ago!

Many thanks to the organisers for arranging a great meeting, in particular local host Doug Stephan and Rachel Thompson from RSC, who in addition to ensuring a well organised meeting, also ensured that we had plenty of sweet treats to keep us going though the day (I have never seen so many cookies…)

Read some articles by the Plenary speakers by following the links below:

Probing the influence of steric bulk on anion binding by triarylboranes: comparative studies of FcB(o-Tol)2, FcB(o-Xyl)2 and FcBMes2, Inke Siewert, Philip Fitzpatrick, Alexander E. J. Broomsgrove, Michael Kelly, Dragoslav Vidovic and Simon Aldridge Dalton Trans., 2011,40, 10345 DOI=10.1039/C1DT10185D

Cyclisation of α,ω-dienes promoted by bis(indenyl)zirconium sandwich and ansa-titanocene dinitrogen complexes, Doris Pun, Donald J. Knobloch, Emil Lobkovsky and Paul J. Chirik Dalton Trans., 2011,40, 7737 DOI=10.1039/C1DT10149H

“Squaring the clusters”: a MnIII4NiII4 molecular square from nickel(II)-induced structural transformation of a MnII/III/IV12 cage Dimitris I. Alexandropoulos, Manolis J. Manos, Constantina Papatriantafyllopoulou, Shreya Mukherjee, Anastasios J. Tasiopoulos, Spyros P. Perlepes, George Christou and Theocharis C. Stamatatos Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 4744 DOI=10.1039/C2DT00030J

Structural and dynamical aspects of alkylammonium salts of a silicodecatungstate as heterogeneous epoxidation catalysts Sayaka Uchida, Keigo Kamata, Yoshiyuki Ogasawara, Megumi Fujita and Noritaka Mizuno Dalton Trans., 2012, Advance Article, DOI=10.1039/C2DT30492A

Metal–organic frameworks for the storage and delivery of biologically active hydrogen sulfide Phoebe K. Allan, Paul S. Wheatley, David Aldous, M. Infas Mohideen, Chiu Tang, Joseph A. Hriljac, Ian L. Megson, Karena W. Chapman, Guy De Weireld, Sebastian Vaesen and Russell E. Morris Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 4060 DOI=10.1039/C2DT12069K

Using the flexible ligand bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino–tris (hydroxymethyl)methane (“bis–tris”) to access a family of 3d–4f MnIII4Ln4 complexes Amin Khan, Yanhua Lan, George E. Kostakis, Christopher E. Anson and Annie K. Powell Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 8333 DOI=10.1039/C2DT30127J

Magnetic and optical bistability in tetrairon(III) single molecule magnets functionalized with azobenzene groups Thazhe Kootteri Prasad, Giordano Poneti, Lorenzo Sorace, Maria Jesus Rodriguez-Douton, Anne-Laure Barra, Petr Neugebauer, Luca Costantino, Roberta Sessoli and Andrea Cornia Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 8368 DOI=10.1039/C2DT30172E

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95th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition

06 Jun 2012

May 25th 2012, and Calgary welcomed chemists from Canada and further afield to the 95th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CSC2012). With the Canadian Rockies providing a stunning backdrop, and with blue skies and glorious sunshine, the city was the perfect venue for this gathering.

About 2000 chemists arrived in Calgary to share research, catch up with old acquaintances and make new friends. This was my third CSC meeting, and the conference is a highlight of my year. I therefore was not expecting the question I was asked at immigration; ‘Why would you travel all the way to Calgary from the UK to attend a conference?’ ‘He’s clearly not been to a CSC meeting’, I thought to myself as I collected my passport back and entered Canada, looking forward to my next few days at the conference.

Calgary Tower

The CSC meeting covers all branches of chemistry however, I attended mainly for the inorganic sessions. The meeting programme provided an excellent range of inorganic themes, including hydrogen activation, physical methods for coordination chemistry, main group chemistry, solar fuels, metals in biology, ligand design, inorganic molecular modelling, optical and electronic materials, solid state chemistry, and catalysis. Reflecting the impact that inorganic chemistry has on many different areas of chemical research, 9 of these symposia were arranged jointly with other Canadian Society for Chemistry divisions. Two chemists were honoured at CSC2012 by Symposia in their name: Barry Lever and Howard Alper.

Of course, the conference was not all hard work and there was some hard partying as well! Highlights included the Bruker event on Sunday night and, my favourite, the inorganic mixer on Tuesday night (which Dalton Transactions sponsored). I even found time during my stay in Calgary to have dinner in the revolving restaurant at the top of the Calgary Tower!

Keeping up with the conference was helped by a number of people using Twitter to spread the excitement of the event (#CSC2012 if you want to take a look on Twitter), and Twitter was used to good effect. Anyone not able to attend could get the flavour of the meeting from the tweets, and those at the meeting could make sure they did not miss out on anything that had just been announced (free frisbees available in the Exhibition!). The organisers also posted photos from the conference on Flickr.

The Canadian Chemistry Conference is an excellent showcase for the best inorganic chemical research taking place in Canada and this year’s meeting provided an enjoyable and stimulating five days. Credit and thanks are due to the conference chair, Warren Piers (University of Calgary) and the other members of the organising committee for all their hard work and efforts in putting together an excellent programme of scientific and social events. I am looking forward to seeing what next year’s meeting in Quebec City brings!

Don’t miss these two inorganic conferences in Canada in July

6th International Symposium on Bioorganometallic Chemistry

Challenges in Inorganic and Materials Chemistry (ISACS8)

To get a flavour of CSC meeting, take a look at these recent articles from some of the delegates at the conference.

Cycloruthenated sensitizers: improving the dye-sensitized solar cell with classical inorganic chemistry principles
Kiyoshi C. D. Robson, Paolo G. Bomben and Curtis P. Berlinguette
Dalton Trans., 2012, Advance Article
DOI=10.1039/C2DT30825H

Synthesis and reactivity of 2-azametallacyclobutanes
Alexander Dauth and Jennifer A. Love
Dalton Trans., 2012, Advance Article
DOI=10.1039/C2DT30639E

Non-innocent ligand behaviour of a bimetallic Cu complex employing a bridging catecholate
Tim J. Dunn, Linus Chiang, Caterina F. Ramogida, Michael I. Webb, Didier Savard, Miyuki Sakaguchi, Takashi Ogura, Yuichi Shimazaki and Tim Storr
Dalton Trans., 2012, Advance Article
DOI=10.1039/C2DT30444A

Rigid NON- and NSN-ligand complexes of tetravalent and trivalent uranium: comparison of U–OAr2 and U–SAr2 bonding
Balamurugan Vidjayacoumar, Sougandi Ilango, Matthew J. Ray, Terry Chu, Kristopher B. Kolpin, Nicholas R. Andreychuk, Carlos A. Cruz, David J. H. Emslie, Hilary A. Jenkins and James F. Britten
Dalton Trans., 2012, Advance Article
DOI=10.1039/C2DT30247K

Heterobimetallic lanthanide–gold coordination polymers: structure and emissive properties of isomorphous [nBu4N]2[Ln(NO3)4Au(CN)2] 1-D chains
Ryan J. Roberts, Xiaobo Li, Tye F. Lacey, Zhong Pan, Howard H. Patterson and Daniel B. Leznoff
Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 6992-6997
DOI=10.1039/C2DT30156C

Ni(II), Pd(II) and Pt(II) complexes of PNP and PSP tridentate amino–phosphine ligands
Michael J. Sgro and Douglas W. Stephan
Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 6791-6802
DOI=10.1039/C2DT30373F

Were you at the CSC meeting? Share your stories of the conference with us in the comments below.

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Call for Papers: Polyoxometalates

05 Jan 2012

We are pleased to announce an upcoming themed issue on Polyoxometalates, guest edited by Leroy Cronin and Deliang Long. It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute to this themed issue.

During the last few years, poloyoxometalate (POM) chemistry has growth significantly. Thanks to its versatile nature in terms of structure, size, redox chemistry, photochemistry, and charge distribution, POM chemistry is one of the areas in inorganic chemistry that is developing most rapidly. Today, developments in POM research continue at a great pace, and new areas are emerging that are multidisciplinary, and exploit the great structural and electronic diversity of POM-based systems. The future of POM chemistry has many exciting new dimensions, interacting with materials, nanotechnology, biology, surfaces, catalysis, supramolecular materials, colloid science, and electronic materials. This Dalton Transactions themed issue will highlight to the inorganic research community the latest and very best research in POM chemistry.

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 the second half of 2012 and therefore would like to receive manuscripts by 28th 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 subject to the normal refereeing procedure.

Read some recently published polyoxometalate articles:

Exploring the rotational isomerism in non-classical Wells–Dawson anions {W18X}: a combined theoretical and mass spectrometry study
Laia Vilà-Nadal, Scott G. Mitchell, De-Liang Long, Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea, Xavier López, Josep M. Poblet and Leroy Cronin
Dalton Trans., 2012, DOI: 10.1039/C2DT11919F

Water oxidation catalyzed by a new tetracobalt-substituted polyoxometalate complex: [{Co4(μ-OH)(H2O)3}(Si2W19O70)]11−
Guibo Zhu, Yurii V. Geletii, Paul Kögerler, Helmut Schilder, Jie Song, Sheri Lense, Chongchao Zhao, Kenneth I. Hardcastle, Djamaladdin G. Musaev and Craig L. Hill
Dalton Trans., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11211B

New trends in polyoxometalate photoredox chemistry: From photosensitisation to water oxidation catalysis
Carsten Streb
Dalton Trans., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11220A

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Jonathan Nitschke delivers his Dalton Transactions lecture

23 Dec 2011

Professor Jonathan Nitschke (University of Cambridge, UK), who earlier this year received the 2011 Dalton Transactions Lectureship for Europe, recently presented his lecture ‘Hide-and-seek in container molecules: new capsules and chemistry inside’ during the RSC Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Meeting, held at the University of Bath, UK 19-20 December. Chemical Science Deputy Editor, Joanne Thomson, was on hand to present Jonathan with his Lectureship certificate after his excellent presentation.

Jonathan Nitschke receives his Lectureship certificate from Chemical Science Deputy Editor, Joanne Thomson

Jonathan was awarded the 2011 Lectureship in recognition of his outstanding research. In his first four years as an independent researcher, he published 16 papers on Cu(I) mediated assembly processes in high impact journals, a significant achievement when starting up an independent lab. During his time at Cambridge University, he has focussed his research on how to manipulate complex mixtures of interchanging compounds, and the useful functions exhibited by these new systems.

Read more about Jonathan’s research here, and read his recent Chemical Science review by following the link below:

Reactivity modulation in container molecules
Boris Breiner, Jack K. Clegg and Jonathan R. Nitschke
Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 51-56
DOI: 10.1039/C0SC00329H

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3rd Dalton Transactions International Symposium – Bioinorganic Chemistry

01 Dec 2011

The 3^rd Dalton Transactions International Symposium was held at Osaka University and International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I²CNER) at Kyushu University, Japan from the 14^th-16^th November. The aim of the event was to bring together scientists from around the world to discuss the exciting and ever expanding subject of bioinorganic chemistry and the symposium certainly delivered!

The conference began at Osaka University with a lecture titled ‘Reactivity of Mononuclear Copper Active-Oxygen Complexes’, by Shinobu Itoh (Osaka University) who examined the catalytic mechanism of the copper monooxygenases. This was followed by an overview of ligand design and metal complexes for use as diagnostic tools and therapeutic agents by Chris Orvig (University of British Columbia, Canada). Shun Hirota (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan) gave an insightful look into ‘Structural Changes of Metalloproteins and Metal-Peptide Complexes’ before we briefly broke for lunch. Rejuvenated, Erwin Reisner (University of Cambridge, UK) spoke on solar fuel-producing hybrid systems and the prospects for replacing enzymes with synthetic catalysts, he was followed by Takashi Hayashi (Osaka University) speaking on the ‘Construction of Supramolecular Hemoprotein Self-Assembly Systems’. Nils Metzler-Nolte (Ruhr University, Germany) began the final session of the day with a talk on ’Bioorganometallic Chemistry: Synthetic Strategies and Biomedical Applications for Metal-Peptide Bioconjugates’ with some interesting results on cell delivery and organelle localisation. The day in Osaka was then concluded by Kazuya Kikuchi (Osaka University) discussing his work into designing fluorogenetic labelling systems.

Professors Seiji Ogo, Yoshio Hisaeda, Tsutomu Katsuki and Dr Jamie Humphrey

Professor Seiji Ogo, Professor Yoshio Hisaeda, Dr Jamie Humphrey and Professor Tsutomu Katsuki enjoying dinner in Fukuoka

The Symposium then moved onto Fukuoka on Kyushu island, to 1²CNER at Kyushu University, where the day was opened with a welcome by the Director of 1²CNER, Professor Petros Sofronis. The scientific sessions began with Seiji Ogo (I²CNER, Kyushu University), who discussed his research into an [NiFe]hydrogenase mimic as a potential catalyst for electron extraction from hydrogen. Research into a range of novel nanomaterials containing Vitamin B₁₂ activity was then discussed by Yoshio Hisaeda (Kyushu University). The bioinspired system his team have developed works under irradiation with visible light and can be applied to the degradation of organic halide pollutants. Chris Orvig, Erwin Reisner and Nils Metzler-Nolte were able to maximise their contribution to the symposium by joining us again at Kyushu University and sharing their expertise in their fields. The event was then rounded off by two excellent discussions; Yoshinori Naruta’s (Kyushu University) lecture on ‘Oxygen Activation with Bio-Inspired Molecular Catalysts’ and ‘Oxygen Atom Transfer and Dehydrogenation Reactions using Molecular Oxygen as Oxidant’ presented by Tsutomu Katsuki (Kyushu University).

The symposium was a great event for which we owe much thanks and gratitude to the local hosts, in particular Dalton Transactions Regional Associate Editor Shinobu Itoh, in Osaka and Advisory Board member Profesor Seiji Ogo in Fukuoka and all the speakers. For more information about the symposium, including a full programme about the 2 day event see the website.

On the topicof one of the topics covered by the Symposium, next year Dalton Transactions will be publishing a themed issue ‘Application of inorganic chemistry for non-cancer therapeutics’, with guest editor Professor Kathy Franz (Duke University, NC, USA).

Some recent Dalton Perspectives which may also be of interest include

Approaches to efficient molecular catalyst systems for photochemical H2 production using [FeFe]-hydrogenase active site mimics, Mei Wang, Lin Chen, Xueqiang Li and Licheng Sun, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11166C

Synthesis and bio-functionalization of magnetic nanoparticles for medical diagnosis and treatment Thomas D. Schladt, Kerstin Schneider, Hansjörg Schild and Wolfgang Tremel,Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 6315-6343, DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00689K

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Professor Philip Mountford announced as new Dalton Transactions Editorial Board Chair

10 Nov 2011

Professor Philip Mountford

We are delighted and thrilled to announce that Professor Philip Mountford, from the University of Oxford, UK, has been appointed as the new Chair of the Dalton Transactions Editorial Board, with effect from 1st January 2012.

Philip’s research interests centre around studies of the bonding and stoichiometric and catalytic reactivity of organometallic and related compounds of the early transition and lanthanide metals, and, more recently, the alkaline earth metals. This research has a particular emphasis on compounds with metal-nitrogen multiple bonds, olefin polymerization and ring-opening polymerization towards “green” polymers. Philip is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a past recent recipient of the RSC’s Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship. He has been a Visiting Professor at several European universities and recently served as Acting Head of Inorganic Chemistry in Oxford.

Of his forthcoming role, Philip says: “I am delighted and honored to be taking over from Chris Orvig as Chair of the Editorial Board of Dalton Transactions at such an exciting time in the journal’s history. During my period as Chair, I will strive, together with Jamie Humphrey and the RSC editorial team, the Editorial Board and the Advisory Board, to not only maintain but to exceed Dalton Transactions’ current position and its reputation for quality papers, fair and robust refereeing, excellent technical support and impressive submission to publication times.”

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the outgoing Chair, Professor Chris Orvig, who has successfully led the Editorial Board through a period of significant achivements for the journal. Chris’ term of office finishes at the end of 2011.

Read some of Philip Mountford’s recently published articles by following the links below:

The First Group 4 Metal Bis(imido) and Tris(imido) Complexes†
Andrew Schwarz, A J Nielson, Philip Mountford and Nikolas Kaltsoyannis
Chem. Sci., 2011, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C1SC00786F

Titanium alkoxyimido (Ti=N–OR) complexes: reductive N–O bond cleavage at the boundary between hydrazide and peroxide ligands
Andrew D. Schwarz, Ainara Nova, Eric Clot and Philip Mountford
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 4926-4928
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10862J
Low-coordinate rare-earth complexes of the asymmetric 2,4-di-tert-butylphenolate ligand prepared by redox transmetallation/protolysis reactions, and their reactivity towards ring-opening polymerisation
Lawrence Clark, Glen B. Deacon, Craig M. Forsyth, Peter C. Junk, Philip Mountford and Josh P. Townley
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 6693-6704
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00023J

Synthesis and ethylene trimerisation capability of new chromium(II) and chromium(III) heteroscorpionate complexes
Alexander F. R. Kilpatrick, Shaneesh Vadake Kulangara, Michael G. Cushion, Robbert Duchateau and Philip Mountford
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 3653-3664
DOI: 10.1039/B926333K

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40th Birthday Issue of Dalton Transactions now online!

06 Oct 2011

Issue 40 of the 40th volume of Dalton Transactions has now been published online!

This celebratory issue showcases work from current and past Editorial and Advisory Board Members from across the field of inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry and bioinorganic chemistry. Dalton Transactions is a fantastic journal to be involved in, with its long history, growing impact factor and size and enthusiastic readers and authors. We are particularly appreciative of all the dedication and hard work put in by our Editorial Board members over the years, which has made Dalton Trans. the journal it is today.

Our Editorial Board Chair, Professor Chris Orvig is the guest editor of this issue and I’d recommend reading his editorial introducing this collection of great articles – Chris has been the chair of Dalton Transactions for four years now, and it has been a pleasure for all of us here in the Editorial Office to work with him during this time!

The issue contains four Perspective articles by Peter Scott, Ekke Hahn, Lars Kloo and Seiji Ogo, a Frontier article by Neil Champness, two communications and an excellent collection of full research papers from internationally recognised inorganic chemists. Read Issue 40 online today!

Visit the Dalton Transactions Blog 40th Anniversary category to find out more about our celebrations.

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Call for papers: Themed issue – Application of inorganic chemistry for non-cancer therapeutics

23 Sep 2011

We are pleased to announce an upcoming themed issue on the topic of the application of inorganic chemistry for non-cancer therapeutics, guest edited by Kathy Franz. It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute to this themed issue.

In this issue we seek to showcase the many ways in which principles of inorganic chemistry can be applied to tackle challenges in human health and disease. Recent themed issues of Dalton Transactions have explicitly covered metal anticancer compounds (2009) and radiopharmaceuticals (2011). This themed issue will emphasize other arenas where the creativity of inorganic chemists can contribute to the development of novel therapeutic agents.

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 2012 and therefore would like to receive manuscripts by 15th November 2011. 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: 15th November 2011

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

We invite you to also check out previous themed issues featuring in Dalton Transactions. Read them here now.

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Jamie Humphrey reports from ICBIC 15

12 Aug 2011

This week I attended the 15th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC), organised under the auspices of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry.

This was my fourth ICBIC, and as I have been before at previous meetings, I was very impressed with both the quality of the science presented, and the breadth of science covered. There were too many session headings to list here (the full programme can be found on the conference website), but to give an idea of the breadth of biological inorganic chemistry presented, the different sessions covered therapeutics (treatments for malaria, cancer and Alzheimer’s); enzymes (nitrogenase, oxygenase, peroxidase); trafficking (Cu, Ni, Fe); imaging; sensing; bioorganometallic chemistry; and metallomics – with all this great chemistry to cover, the conference spanned 6 days. Sadly, I was only able to attend the first half of the conference.

I knew to expect a warm welcome for delegates at this conference: the biological inorganic chemistry community is very friendly and welcoming. However, we were also blessed to be welcomed by perfect weather in the beautiful city of Vancouver. We could not have wished for a better location for the meeting – I had heard some very good things about Vancouver, but the reality surpassed the imagination!

With about 700 delegates, ICBIC15 was busy enough to have a buzz about it, but not too busy to feel anonymous (and to ensure everyone could have one of the great cakes served during the morning coffee break – I noticed that I am not the only one with a weakness for cinnamon buns).

The organisers had made a conscious decision to open up the presentations, by having a larger number of contributed talks than there has been in recent ICBICs. This seemed to have worked very well, as it helped to encourage a good number of talks by early career members of the community. While it is always a pleasure to listen to more established chemists, there is something particularly special about hearing from those who are just starting to build their scientific presence and reputation.

The first ICBIC was held 35 years ago, and to celebrate, a number of Jade Anniversary lectures were given by Harry Gray, Ed Solomon, Ken Raymond, Jan Reedijk and David Garner, to name but a few. The Jade speakers had the significant challenge of covering 35 years of chemistry in 20-30 minutes, but they were all up to the challenge!

The organising committee, in particular Chris Orvig, are to be congratulated for selecting an exciting programme of scientific talks and social events for us all to enjoy, and Sheri and Alison for ensuring all worked well behind the scenes for the week. Everything ran smoothly and seemingly effortlessly, a sure sign of excellent organisation.

You know when you have attended a good conference when you feel reluctant to leave and say goodbye, to the friends who you saw again and to those you met for the first time. 2013 seems too long to wait for the next ICBIC… ICBIC16 will be held 14-19 July 2013 in Grenoble, France.

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