Dalton Transactions Blog

We are at Dalton Transactions Top 20 most cited articles* now with the penultimate installment of our Top 40 Anniversary Countdown! We have made articles 20-11 FREE for you to read until the end of January – check them out below. Did you miss the previous installments of the countdown – catch up: Articles 40-31 and Articles 30-21.

Also Christoph Janiak, Stuart Batten, George Chen and Keith Murray tell us more about their Top 40 papers and Dalton Transactions last 40 years in their blog comments- read their views. Or why not join in the discussion yourself by posting a comment on this blog post below? Do you remember reading or citing any of these articles – let us know!

20 Covalent radii revisited
Beatriz Cordero, Verónica Gómez, Ana E. Platero-Prats, Marc Revés, Jorge Echeverría, Eduard Cremades, Flavia Barragán and Santiago Alvarez
Dalton Trans., 2008, 2832-2838    DOI: 10.1039/B801115J, Paper

19 Metal-based antitumour drugs in the post genomic era
Paul J. Dyson and Gianni Sava
Dalton Trans., 2006, 1929-1933   DOI: 10.1039/B601840H, Frontier 

18 Hydrothermal syntheses, structures and properties of terephthalate-bridged polymeric complexes with zig-zag chain and channel structures
Daofeng Sun, Rong Cao, Yucang Liang, Qian Shi, Weiping Su and Maochun Hong
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2001, 2335-2340   DOI: 10.1039/B102888J, Paper

17 Inorganic nanotubes
C. N. R. Rao and Manashi Nath
Dalton Trans., 2003, 1-24   DOI: 10.1039/B208990B, Perspective

16 Extended networks via hydrogen bond cross-linkages of [M(bipy)] (M = Zn2+ or Fe2+; bipy = 4,4′-bipyridyl) linear co-ordination polymers
Lucia Carlucci, Gianfranco Ciani, Davide M. Proserpio and Angelo Sironi
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1997, 1801-1804    DOI: 10.1039/A702146A, Paper

15 The bite angle makes the difference: a practical ligand parameter for diphosphine ligands
Peter Dierkes and Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1999, 1519-1530  DOI: 10.1039/A807799A, Paper

14 Hydrothermal synthesis and crystal structures of three-dimensional co-ordination frameworks constructed with mixed terephthalate (tp) and 4,4′-bipyridine (4,4′-bipy) ligands: [M(tp)(4,4′-bipy)] (M = CoII, CdII or ZnII)
Jun Tao, Ming-Liang Tong and Xiao-Ming Chen
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2000, 3669-3674  DOI: 10.1039/B005438K, Paper

13 Molecular architecture of cyclic nanostructures: use of co-ordination chemistry in the building of supermolecules with predefined geometric shapes
Bogdan Olenyuk, Andreas Fechtenkötter and Peter J. Stang
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1998, 1707-1728   DOI: 10.1039/A801057I, Paper

12 Alkane C–H activation and functionalization with homogeneous transition metal catalysts: a century of progress—a new millennium in prospect
Robert H. Crabtree
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2001, 2437-2450   DOI: 10.1039/B103147N, Perspective

11 Solvent extraction of strontium nitrate by a crown ether using room-temperature ionic liquids
Sheng Dai, Y. H. Ju and C. E. Barnes
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1999, 1201-1202   DOI: 10.1039/A809672D, Paper 

Top 10 coming soon on the Dalton Transactions Blog! What will be at number one?

*Top cited articles according to ISI on the 17th November 2010 – please note ISI data includes articles published from 1993-2010 only.

Continuing the countdown of the Top 40 cited Dalton Transactions articles…..

We are celebrating the Dalton Transactions 40^th ‘Ruby’ Anniversary in 2011 with a countdown of the Top 40 cited articles*. The next installment appears below featuring articles in spots 30-21. All of these papers are FREE to access until the end of January 2011.

Any surprises so far in the top cited article countdown? Did one of these articles help to inspire or aid your research? We invite you to tell us your thoughts by posting a comment on the blog below!

Did you miss installment one ‘articles 40-31’? Catch up and find out more about the forthcoming Ruby Anniversary journal activities in my recent blog post! 

 The second installment….Top Cited Dalton Transactions Articles 30-21…

 30 Luminescent platinum(II) complexes. Electronic spectroscopy of platinum(II) complexes of 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine (terpy) and p-substituted phenylterpyridines and crystal structure of [Pt(terpy)CI][CF3SO3] Hon-Kay Yip, Luk-Ki Cheng, Kung-Kai Cheung and Chi-Ming Che
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1993, 2933-2938 DOI: 10.1039/DT9930002933, Paper

29 Multinucleating 2,2′ : 6′,2″-terpyridine ligands as building blocks for the assembly of co-ordination polymers and oligomers
Edwin C. Constable and Alexander M. W. Cargill Thompson
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1992, 3467-3475  DOI: 10.1039/DT9920003467, Paper

28 Ability of terephthalate (ta) to mediate exchange coupling in ta-bridged copper(II), nickel(II), cobalt(II) and manganese(II) dinuclear complexes
Juan Cano, Giovanni De Munno, José Luis Sanz, Rafael Ruiz, Juan Faus, Francesc Lloret, Miguel Julve and Andrea Caneschi
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1997, 1915-1924  DOI: 10.1039/A700323D, Paper

27 Rectangular grid two-dimensional sheets of copper(II) bridged by both co-ordinated and hydrogen bonded 4,4′-bipyridine (4,4′-bipy) in [Cu(µ-4,4′-bipy)(H2O)2(FBF3) 2]·4,4′-bipy
Alexander J. Blake, Stuart J. Hill, Peter Hubberstey and Wan-Sheung Li
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1997, 913-914  DOI: 10.1039/A700036G, Paper 

26 A unifying mechanism for all high-temperature Heck reactions. The role of palladium colloids and anionic species
Johannes G. de Vries
Dalton Trans., 2006, 421-429 DOI: 10.1039/B506276B, Perspective

25 Ammonia–borane: the hydrogen source par excellence?
Frances H. Stephens, Vincent Pons and R. Tom Baker
Dalton Trans., 2007, 2613-2626 DOI: 10.1039/B703053C, Perspective

24 Hydrogen bonding in imidazolium salts and its implications for ambient-temperature halogenoaluminate(III) ionic liquids
Ahmed Elaiwi, Peter B. Hitchcock, Kenneth R. Seddon, Narmatha Srinivasan, Yu-May Tan, Thomas Welton and Jalal A. Zora
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1995, 3467-3472 DOI: 10.1039/DT9950003467, Paper

23 Electrochemical molecular recognition: pathways between complexation and signalling
Paul D. Beer, Philip A. Gale and George Z. Chen
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1999, 1897-1910 DOI: 10.1039/A901462D, Paper

22 Modified silicas for clean technology
Peter M. Price, James H. Clark and Duncan J. Macquarrie
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2000, 101-110 DOI: 10.1039/A905457J, Perspective 

21 Syntheses, structures and magnetism of α-Mn(dca)2, [Mn(dca)2(H2O)2]·H2O, [Mn(dca)2(C2H5OH)2]·(CH3)2CO, [Fe(dca)2(CH3OH)2] and [Mn(dca)2(L)2], where L = pyridine, CH3OH or DMF and dca– = dicyanamide, N(CN)2–
Stuart R. Batten, Paul Jensen, Cameron J. Kepert, Mohamedally Kurmoo, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray and David J. Price
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1999, 2987-2997 DOI: 10.1039/A903487K, Paper 

 All important Top 20 – coming soon! Keep an eye out for installment 20-11 here on the Dalton Transactions Blog…..

*Top cited articles according to ISI on the 17th November 2010 – please note ISI data includes articles published from 1993-2010 only.