Dalton Transactions Blog

In this new Hot article from Hans de Vries and coworkers they investigate the preparation and catalytic activity of iron nano particles by Grignard reduction:

At the frontier between heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis: hydrogenation of olefins and alkynes with soluble iron nanoparticles
Claudine Rangheard, César de Julián Fernández, Pim-Huat Phua, Johan Hoorn, Laurent Lefort and Johannes G. de Vries
Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00177E

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In this HOT article from Michael Grätzel and colleagues they describe how iridium based triplet emitters can be negatively affected by thermal treatments:

An inconvenient influence of iridium(III) isomer on OLED efficiency
Etienne Baranoff, Henk J. Bolink, Filippo De Angelis, Simona Fantacci, Davide Di Censo, Karim Djellab, Michael Grätzel and Md. Khaja Nazeeruddin
Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00414F

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In this hot article Cameron Jones (Monash University) and colleagues investigate zinc halide complexes as precursers to Zn(I)-Zn(I) containing compounds:

Bulky guanidinato and amidinato zinc complexes and their comparative stabilities
Cameron Jones, Leigh Furness, Sharanappa Nembenna, Richard P. Rose, Simon Aldridge and Andreas Stasch
Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00589D

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This hot article describes highly sensitive ferrocene-based chemosensors, capable of detecting both lead and mercury:

Ferrocene-based multichannel molecular chemosensors with high selectivity and sensitivity for Pb(II) and Hg(II) metal cations
María Alfonso, Alberto Tárraga and Pedro Molina, Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00450B

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In this hot article David Rankin and co-workers synthesise a possible precursor to the elusive silicon-silicon triple bond:

The gas-phase structure and some reactions of the bulky primary silane (Me₃Si)₃CSiH₃ and the solid-state structure of the bulky dialkyl disilane [(Me₃Si)₃CSiH₂]₂
Sarah L. Masters, David W. H. Rankin, David B. Cordes, Karin Bätz, Paul D. Lickiss, Neil M. Boag, Alan D. Redhouse and Stephen M. Whittaker, Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00100G

This article is to be published in the upcoming themed issue entitled ‘New Horizon of Organosilicon Chemistry‘, which has been Guest Edited by Mitsuo Kira (Tohoku University, Japan) and is due to be published online next month.

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In this Hot article Mark Ogden (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) describes cluster control in oligouranyl complexes:

Cluster control in oligouranyl complexes of p-t-butylcalix[8]arene
Jack M. Harrowfield, Mark I. Ogden, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00667J

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Dalton Transactions Editorial Board Member Lars Kloo (KTH, Sweden) describes the synthesis of polycationic clusters with a new solvent in this Hot article: 

Dichloromethane as solvent for the synthesis of polycationic clusters at room temperature – a link to standard organometallic chemistry
Josefin Åkerstedt, Riccardo Zaffaroni and Lars Kloo, Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00769B

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In this hot  Communication article the synthesis and magnetic properties of triangular nickle/lanthanide complexes are presented:

Initial employment of di-2-pyridyl ketone as a route to nickel(II)/lanthanide(III) clusters: triangular Ni2Ln complexes
Constantinos G. Efthymiou, Anastasia N. Georgopoulou, Constantina Papatriantafyllopoulou, Aris Terzis, Catherine P. Raptopoulou, Albert Escuer and Spyros P. Perlepes, Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00493F

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In this hot article 4 new metal supramolecular frameworks are described as well as their reversible crystal-to-amorphous chromotropism and crystal-to-crystal transformation accompanying the uptake of water:

Water-induced reversible structural phase transformation with chromotropism in metal supramolecular frameworks containing aminopyrazine and sulfate anions
Jaursup Boonmak, Motohiro Nakano, Narongsak Chaichit, Chaveng Pakawatchai and Sujittra Youngme, Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C002556A

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