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HOT Article: Anti-microbials that target destabilised DNA

21 Feb 2012

Dinuclear ruthenium complex ΔΔ-Rubb7 selectively binds a destabilised segment of DNA

Richard Keene and colleagues report an inert dinuclear polypyridylruthenium(II) groove binding metal complex that exhibits slow exchange DNA binding in this HOT article. Such compounds have potential as anti-microbial agents as they can block the interaction of important proteins with DNA.

For more details, download the article which is free to access for 4 weeks.

An approach to therapeutic agents through selective targeting of destabilised nucleic acid duplex sequences
Fangfei Li, Daniel K. Weber, Joy L. Morgan, J. Grant Collins and F. Richard Keene
Dalton Trans., 2012
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT12146H

This paper is part of forthcoming themed issue on Application of Inorganic Chemistry for non-Cancer Therapeutics. Here are some other articles due to be published in this issue….

Interference of a new cyclometallated Pt compound with Cu binding to amyloid-ß peptide
Isabelle Sasaki , Christian Bijani , Sonia Ladeira , Valérie Bourdon , Peter Faller and Christelle Hureau
Dalton Trans., 2012
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT12177H

In vitro inhibitory properties of ferrocene-substituted chalcones and aurones on bacterial and human cell cultures
Keshri Nath Tiwari, Jean-Philippe Monserrat, Arnaud Hequet, Carine Ganem-Elbaz, Thierry Cresteil, Gérard Jaouen, Anne Vessières, Elizabeth A. Hillard and Claude Jolivalt
Dalton Trans., 2012
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT12180H

Polyanionic N-donor ligands as chelating agents in transition metal complexes: synthesis, structural characterization and antiviral properties against HIV
Sandra García-Gallego, Javier Sánchez Rodríguez, José Luis Jiménez, Michela Cangiotti, Maria Francesca Ottaviani, M. Ángeles Muñoz-Fernández, Rafael Gómez and F. Javier de la Mata
Dalton Trans., 2012
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT11793B

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Porphyrinic MOFs

13 Feb 2012

If you’re interested in finding out more about MOFs, and in particular those based on metalloporphyrins, then look no further… Chao Zou and Chuan-De Wu’s recent Perspective article provides an interesting overview of these functional materials. The researchers from Zhejiang University, China, discuss synthetic strategies and applications ranging from hydrogen storage to photocatalysis. Although the application of porphyrinic MOFs is considerably underdeveloped compared to other porphyrinic materials, say Zou and Wu, this article demonstrates that metalloporphyrins are an ideal choice for designing crystalline solid frameworks.

To read more, download the article now – it’s free to access.
Functional porphyrinic metal–organic frameworks: crystal engineering and applications

This Perspective article is part of the upcoming themed issue on Coordination Chemistry in the Solid State, guest edited by Dalton Transactions Associate Editor, Russell Morris. Keep your eyes peeled for many of our other coordination chemistry articles which have already been published, including Burnett and Choe’s Perspective article on “Sequential self-assembly in metal–organic frameworks”.

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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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Call for papers: Frustrated Lewis Pairs

28 Nov 2011

We are pleased to announce an upcoming themed issue on Frustrated Lewis Pairs, guest edited by Doug Stephan. It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute to this themed issue.

The concept of Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLPs) was formulated in 2006/2007. Since then, an explosive array of creative applications in stoichiometric and catalytic reactivity have been developed based on this simple concept. Activation of a variety of small molecules has garnered much interest and utility in fields including metal-free hydrogenations, green-house gas chemistry, hydrogen storage and organic synthesis have also emerged. A number of these systems have prompted insightful computational studies targeting a deeper understanding of this novel reactivity. Moreover the notion of FLPs has broadened well beyond the initial phosphine/borane systems, with extensions to a variety of main group and transition metal systems as well as organic reagents. This themed issue aims to grasp the current momentum in FLP chemistry and hopes to bring together contributions from experts across the field.

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 summer 2012 and therefore would like to receive manuscripts by 16th 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 subjected to the normal refereeing procedure.

Deadline for Submission: 16th February 2012.

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

You might also be interested to read some recent research on FLPs:

Perspective: Organometallic frustrated Lewis pair chemistry
Gerhard Erker
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 7475-7483 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10152H

Hot Article: Chloro- and phenoxy-phosphines in frustrated Lewis pair additions to alkynes
Christopher B. Caputo, Stephen J. Geier, Eva Y. Ouyang, Christoph Kreitner and Douglas W. Stephan
Dalton Trans., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11196E

Reactivity of Lewis pairs (R2PCH2AlMe2)2 with carbon dioxide
Josée Boudreau, Marc-André Courtemanche and Frédéric-Georges Fontaine
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 11131-11133 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC14641F

Perspective: Frustrated Lewis pairs: a new strategy to small molecule activation and hydrogenation catalysis
Douglas W. Stephan
Dalton Trans., 2009, 3129-3136 DOI: 10.1039/B819621D

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Themed issue now online: Self-assembly in inorganic chemistry

15 Nov 2011

Dalton Trans., 2011, 40(45): 11985-12396

Our themed issue on self-assembly in inorganic chemistry is now online. Guest editors Paul Kruger and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson introduce the issue in their editorial.

Self-assembly in inorganic chemistry
Paul E. Kruger and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 12003-12004
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT90162A

The front cover highlights work from Gale, Light, Ogden et al. examining the coordination of 2,5-dicarbothioamidopyrroles. De Cola et al. feature on the inside front cover with their description of a new class of water soluble metallosurfactant molecules based on luminescent neutral iridium(III) complexes. Both cover articles will be free for 6 weeks so do take a look.

Further insight into the coordination of 2,5-dicarbothioamidopyrroles: the case of Cu and Co complexes
Louise E. Karagiannidis, Philip A. Gale, Mark E. Light, Massimiliano Massi and Mark I. Ogden
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 12097-12105
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10441A

Aggregation induced colour change for phosphorescent iridium(III) complex-based anionic surfactants
Matteo Mauro, Gabriele De Paoli, Matthias Otter, Daniela Donghi, Giuseppe D’Alfonso and Luisa De Cola
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 12106-12116
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11251A

The perspective by Jim Thomas gives an overview of research on sensor systems featuring discrete metal ion directed self-assembled architectures.

Metal ion directed self-assembly of sensors for ions, molecules and biomolecules
Jim A. Thomas
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 12005-12016
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10876J

Also in the issue is the HOT communication from Stephen Faulkner and co-workers. You can read Helen’s previous blog post on this article here.

Self-assembly between dicarboxylate ions and a binuclear europium complex: formation of stable adducts and heterometallic lanthanide complexes
James A. Tilney, Thomas Just Sørensen, Benjamin P. Burton-Pye and Stephen Faulkner
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 12063-12066
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11103E

We’d like to thank the Guest Editors and all the authors for their contributions – it really is a fantastic issue and we hope you enjoy reading it. Why not take a look at the articles today and blog your comments below.

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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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HOT Article: 1-borabenzonitrile

23 Sep 2011

In this HOT article, Cade and Hill describe the synthesis of a salt of the 1-borabenzonitrile anion as its tetrabutylammonium salt and a preliminary exploration of its coordination chemistry in which it behaves as neither a conventional nitrile nor an isonitrile. The authors present computational, spectroscopic and crystallographic evidence for the heterocycle and a ruthenium complex containing the anion as an “arene” ligand.

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1-Borabenzonitrile (B-cyanoboratabenzene)
Ian A. Cade and Anthony F. Hill
Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10849B

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Call for papers: Themed issue – Coordination Chemistry in the Solid State

02 Sep 2011

We are pleased to announce an upcoming themed issue on the topic of Coordination Chemistry in the Solid State, guest edited by Dalton Transactions Associate Editor Russell Morris. It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute to this themed issue.

Over the last decade or so there has a tremendous explosion of coordination chemistry in the solid state, with a particular focus on coordination polymers and metal-organic frameworks. Such materials offer great promise for many applications – from gas storage, separation and catalysis to biomedicine. In this themed issue we aim to highlight the importance of coordination chemistry in the solid state to all aspects of this field, with contributions from experts in the field involved in either the fundamental synthesis of new solids or in the multidisciplinary application of these fascinating materials, and any coordination polymer chemistry anywhere in between.

How do I submit?

All types of manuscript, Communications, Full Papers and Perspectives, will be considered for publication. We aim to publish this themed issue in early 2012 and therefore would like to receive manuscripts by 20th October 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: 20th October 2011

Please indicate on submission that your manuscript is intended for this themed issue and direct any questions to the Dalton 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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HOT Article: Towards new lanthanide architectures

24 Aug 2011

In this HOT article, Faulkner and co-workers describe the self-assembly between di-carboxylate ions and a binuclear europium compound and some stable adducts and heterometallic lanthanide complexes. The synthetic approach may shed light on the design and synthesis of other new lanthanide architectures by spatial matching the interactions between two kinetically stable complexes or by well designed building blocks.

This article is part of a forthcoming themed issue on self assembly in inorganic chemistry, with Guest Editors Paul Kruger (University of Canterbury) and Thorri Gunnlaugsson (Trinity College Dublin).

Read more for FREE about these developments in self assembly at:
Self-assembly between dicarboxylate ions and a binuclear europium complex: formation of stable adducts and heterometallic lanthanide complexes
James A. Tilney, Thomas Just Sørensen, Benjamin P. Burton-Pye and Stephen Faulkner
Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11103E

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Getting the lead in!

24 Jun 2011

Getting the lead (Pb that is) into radiotherapeutics! In their Dalton Transactions Perspective article Martin Brechbiel and Kwon Yong tell us how lead can be used to target and kill tumour cells. They discuss recent uses and strategies for 212Pb as a potential radiotherapeutic and discusses pre-clinical trials, with an emphasis on the development of 212Pb towards clinical translation.

READ THE REVIEW: Towards translation of 212Pb as a clinical therapeutic; getting the lead in!
Kwon Yong and Martin W. Brechbiel
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 6068-6076 DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01387K

This article is part of the themed issue: Radiopharmaceuticals for imaging and therapy – investigate this issue here!

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