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IUPAC survey: Coordination polymers or MOFs?

30 Mar 2011

The IUPAC task group on “Coordination polymers and metal organic frameworks: terminology and nomenclature guidelines” invite you to take part in a questionnaire on CP/MOF terminology. Click to enter the questionnaire.

The field of coordination polymers and metal organic frameworks research has expanded rapidly in the last 15 years. Currently naming of the networks obtained and terminology practices are not consistent among research groups, sometimes causing confusion and unnecessary conflicts.

This IUPAC project aims to create a glossary of terms and nomenclature in the area of coordination polymers and they need your input! More information about this project can be found on the group’s IUPAC webpage.

Comments are also invited directly to the group’s chairman Lars Öhrström.

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Dalton Transactions issue 14

28 Mar 2011

Dalton Transactions issue 14 is now available online

The outside cover article features a Perspective by Mahdi M. Abu-Omar and descibes how manganese(V) imido complexes of 5,10,15-tris(pentafluorophenyl)corrole (H₃tpfc) can be prepared by the reaction of Mn^III(tpfc) and organic nitrene generated from either photolytic or thermal activation of organic azides.

Read more about the cover article at:
High-valent iron and manganese complexes of corrole and porphyrin in atom transfer and dioxygen evolving catalysis.
Mahdi M. Abu-Omar
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 3435-3444
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01341B, Perspective

The inside cover features research by the Braunschweig group in Germany on the reactivity of a platinum-substituted borirene.

For the full story read in more depth at:
Reactivity of a platinum-substituted borirene
Holger Braunschweig, Qing Ye, Krzystof Radacki and Thomas Kupfer
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 3666-3670
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01694B

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RSC Publishing Recognises Outstanding Dalton Transactions Achievements in China

25 Mar 2011

This week Dr James Milne (RSC Publishing) presented a certificate of achievement to Professor Hongjie Zhang, at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry.

Our friend Hongjie was recognised for his prolific published research over the last year. RSC has published 17 of Professor Zhang’s papers – making him the most successful author from China during the year and a number of these papers were published in Dalton Transactions.

Read Professor Zhang’s excellent work published in Dalton Transactions:

Tetracarboxylate-based Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) three-dimensional coordination polymers: syntheses, structures and magnetic properties
Shengqun Su, Zhiyong Guo, Guanghua Li, Ruiping Deng, Shuyan Song, Chao Qin, Chengling Pan, Huadong Guo, Feng Cao, Song Wang and Hongjie Zhang
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 9123-9130

Lanthanide doped Y6O5F8/YF3 microcrystals: phase-tunable synthesis and bright white upconversion photoluminescence properties
Song Wang, Ruiping Deng, Hailing Guo, Shuyan Song, Feng Cao, Xiyan Li, Shengqun Su and Hongjie Zhang
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 9153-9158

Cubic spinel In4SnS8: electrical transport properties and electrochemical hydrogen storage properties
Yongqian Lei, Guanhua Wang, Liang Zhou, Wen Hu, Shuyan Song, Weiqiang Fan and Hongjie Zhang
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 7021-7024

Fabrication and characterization of magnetic mesoporous silica nanospheres covalently bonded with europium complex
Jing Feng, Wei-Qiang Fan, Shu-Yan Song, Ying-Ning Yu, Rui-Ping Deng and Hong-Jie Zhang
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 5166-5171

Room temperature, template-free synthesis of BiOI hierarchical structures: Visible-light photocatalytic and electrochemical hydrogen storage properties
Yongqian Lei, Guanhua Wang, Shuyan Song, Weiqiang Fan, Min Pang, Jinkui Tang and Hongjie Zhang
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 3273-3278

Dr Milne and Dr Daping Zhang (RSC Publishing Editor) are on a tour of China where they will visit seven universities/institutes and four companies in Beijing, Changchun, Shanghai and Xiamen.

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Sign up to the Dalton Transactions blog RSS Feed

14 Mar 2011

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International Women’s Day at Dalton Transactions

08 Mar 2011

As the 8th March is International Women’s Day Dalton Transactions is highlighting the first published advanced article of the day by a female corresponding author.

Congratulations to Susannah L. Scott, who investigates how pincer-ligated iridium complexes with a phosphinite substituent can be immobilised onto a support to form an effective catalyst for the dehydrogenation of alkanes.

Read the full article to find out more…

Reactions of phosphinites with oxide surfaces: a new method for anchoring organic and organometallic complexes
Brian C. Vicente, Zheng Huang, Maurice Brookhart, Alan S. Goldman and Susannah L. Scott
Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01369B, Paper

For more information on Professor Scott’s work visit her webpage.

Other recent articles by Susannah Scott can be found below:

Catalytic disassembly of an organosolv ligninviahydrogen transfer from supercritical methanol
Katalin Barta, Theodore D. Matson, Makayla L. Fettig, Susannah L. Scott, Alexei V. Iretskii and Peter C. Ford
Green Chem., 2010, 12, 1640-1647

Wavelet transform EXAFS analysis of mono- and dimolybdate model compounds and a Mo/HZSM-5 dehydroaromatization catalyst
Robert O. Savinelli and Susannah L. Scott
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 5660-5667

Electronic structure of alumina-supported monometallic Pt and bimetallic PtSn catalysts under hydrogen and carbon monoxide environment
Jagdeep Singh, Ryan C. Nelson, Brian C. Vicente, Susannah L. Scott and Jeroen A. van Bokhoven
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 5668-5677

Highly dispersed clay–polyolefin nanocomposites free of compatibilizers, via the in situ polymerization of α-olefins by clay-supported catalysts
Susannah L. Scott, Brian C. Peoples, Cathleen Yung, René S. Rojas, Vikram Khanna, Hironari Sano, Toru Suzuki and Fumihiko Shimizu
Chem. Commun., 2008, 4186-4188

Catalytic ring expansion, contraction, and metathesis-polymerization of cycloalkanes
Ritu Ahuja, Sabuj Kundu, Alan S. Goldman, Maurice Brookhart, Brian C. Vicente and Susannah L. Scott
Chem. Commun., 2008, 253-255

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Hot Article: Molecular sensors for picric acid

04 Mar 2011

A new class of heterometallic squares possessing a metal-based donor via the self-assembly approach have been synthesised and found to be useful for molecular sensing of aromatics particularly picric acid. Further studies are underway of the host–guest chemistry involved together with detailed photophysical studies.

Read the full story at:
Self-assembled molecular squares containing metal-based donor: synthesis and application in the sensing of nitro-aromatics
Vaishali Vajpayee, Hyunuk Kim, Anurag Mishra, Partha Sarathi Mukherjee, Peter J. Stang, Min Hyung Lee, Hwan Kyu Kim and Ki-Whan Chi
Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01481H, Communication

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2011 Call for Nominations! Dalton European/African Lectureship

25 Feb 2011

I am delighted to announce that nominations are now invited for the 2011 Dalton Transactions European/African Lectureship Award. This annual award was established to recognise the achievements of a young African or European inorganic chemist.

Key features of the award
The recipient of the award will be asked to present a lecture and the Dalton Transactions Editorial Office will provide the sum of £1500 to the recipient for travel and accommodation costs. The recipient will also be asked to contribute a Perspective article to the journal and will have their work showcased on the back cover of the issue in which their article is published. There will be just one recipient of the award each year.

Qualification
The recipient of the award should be in the earlier stages of their scientific career, i.e. in the first 12 years of receiving their doctorate or equivalent degree.

Selection
The recipient of the lectureship will be selected by the Dalton Transactions Editorial Board.

Nomination
Nominations should consist of a nomination letter, a letter seconding the nomination, a cv (maximum 5 pages) and a statement from the candidate (not more than one page) describing their most significant research contributions. Those wishing to make a nomination should send details by email to the Dalton Transactions Editorial Office by 22nd April 2011.

Previous winners of the Dalton Transactions European/African Lectureship Award include:
2010 Lectureship Karsten Meyer
2009 Lectureship Simon Aldridge
2008 Lectureship Kay Severin
2007 Lectureship Andrew Weller

Help us find this year’s winner by nominating now! Any questions about the 2011 Dalton Transactions European/African Lectureship Award can be directed to the Dalton Transactions Editorial Office.

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Meet The Team: Conferences in 2011

25 Feb 2011

The Dalton Transactions team are planning to attend a number of conferences this year:

06/03/2011, GRC: Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms, Galveston, TX, USA, Meet Ruth
27/03/2011, ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Anaheim, California, USA, Meet Jamie
11/04/2011, First EuCheMS Inorganic Chemistry Conference, Manchester, UK, Meet Jamie
03/07/2011, EuCOMC XIX, Toulouse, France, Meet Ruth
07/07/2011, Coordination Chemistry Discussion Group, Norwich, UK, Meet Ruth
10/07/2011, GRC: Organometallic, Newport, RI, USA, Meet Ruth
07/08/2011, International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Vancouver, Canada, Meet Jamie
04/09/2011, EuCheMS Conference on Nitrogen Ligands , Granada, Spain, Meet Jamie

Jamie and Ruth would love to meet you, if you’re attending any of these conferences, please let us know!

Ruth Doherty, Dalton Transactions Deputy Editor

Jamie Humphrey, Dalton Transactions Editor

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Top Ten most-read Dalton Transactions articles in January

24 Feb 2011

Read the most-read Dalton Transactions articles of January 2011, listed below:

The role of coordination chemistry in the development of copper and rhenium radiopharmaceuticals

Paul S. Donnelly, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 999-1010
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01075H

The first metal–organic framework containing an unprecedented in situ-generated C-substituted hexamethylenetetramine ligand

Zhao-Peng Deng, Li-Hua Huo, Hui Xu, Hui Zhao, Seik Weng Ng and Shan Gao, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 1224-1226
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01153C

Iron tetrasulfophthalocyanine immobilized on metal organic framework MIL-101: synthesis, characterization and catalytic properties

Olga V. Zalomaeva, Konstantin A. Kovalenko, Yurii A. Chesalov, Maxim S. Mel’gunov, Vladimir I. Zaikovskii, Vasily V. Kaichev, Alexander B. Sorokin, Oxana A. Kholdeeva and Vladimir P. Fedin, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 1441-1444
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01474E

Isolation of four new Co^II/Co^III and Ni^II complexes with a pentadentate Schiff base ligand: syntheses, structural descriptions and magnetic studies

Sambuddha Banerjee, Madhusudan Nandy, Soma Sen, Sandip Mandal, Georgina M. Rosair, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Carlos J. Gómez García, Juan M. Clemente-Juan, Ennio Zangrando, Nicol Guidolin and Samiran Mitra, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 1652-1661
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00923G

Luminescence tuning of imidazole-based lanthanide(III) complexes [Ln = Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy]

Chihiro Kachi-Terajima, Katsuya Yanagi, Toru Kaziki, Takafumi Kitazawa and Miki Hasegawa, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 2249-2256
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01046D

Synthesis, crystal structure and antiradical effect of copper(II) Schiff base complexes containing five-, six- and unusual seven-membered rings

Zita Puterová, Jindra Valentová, Zuzana Bojková, Jozef Kožíšek and Ferdinand Devínsky, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 1484-1490
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00901F

Copper(II)-terbium(III) Single-Molecule Magnets linked by photochromic ligands

Takuya Shiga, Hitoshi Miyasaka, Masahiro Yamashita, Masakazu Morimoto and Masahiro Irie, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 2275-2282
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01119C

Heterobimetallic complexes containing an N-heterocyclic carbene based multidentate ligand and catalyzed tandem click/Sonogashira reactions

Shaojin Gu, Daichao Xu and Wanzhi Chen, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 1576-1583
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01211D

When is a metallopolymer not a metallopolymer? When it is a metallomacrocycle

Edwin C. Constable, Kate Harris, Catherine E. Housecroft and Markus Neuburger, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 1524-1534
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01216E

Recent developments in transition metal diaryl chemistry

Deborah L. Kays, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 769-778
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01247E

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Paul Chirik presents Dalton Transactions Americas Lecture in Berkeley

21 Feb 2011

Associate Editor for the Americas John Arnold presents Paul Chirik with Dalton Transactions Lectureship Award

Professor Paul Chirik, who was last year awarded the 2010 Dalton Transactions Americas Lectureship, has just presented his Award Lecture at UC Berkeley, USA. Paul presented his lecture on Friday 18th February on the topic: ‘Iron Catalysis: Fundamentals and Applications’.

Paul was awarded the 2010 Lectureship in recognition of his internationally recognised contributions to the field of homogeneous catalysis. Read last year’s blog post for further info on the 2010 Dalton Transactions Americas Lectureship and you can find out more about Professor Paul Chirik on his website at Cornell University!

Why don’t you nominate your choice candidate for this year’s Dalton Transactions European-African Lectureship? Closing date for nominations is 22nd April 2011. Nominate now.

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