View the latest issue of Dalton Transactions or read this week’s cover article, a Paper by Ingo Krossing and colleagues from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, on the preparation of four new trihalocarbenium salts by a silver salt metathesis route.
Cover article:
CCl3+ and CBr3+ salts with the [Al(ORF)4]– and [(FRO)3Al–F–Al(ORF)3]– anions
(RF = C(CF3)3)
Anna J. Lehner, Nils Trapp, Harald Scherer and Ingo Krossing
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 1448-1452
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01076F, Paper
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View the latest issue of Dalton Transactions or read this week’s cover article, a Perspective by Wolfdieter Schenk on the coordination chemistry of the sulfur oxides, thioformaldehyde and its oxides.
Cover article:
The coordination chemistry of small sulfur-containing molecules: a personal perspective
Wolfdieter A. Schenk
Dalton Trans, 2011, 40, 1209-1219
DOI: 10.1039/c0dt00975j, Perspective
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The successful 2nd Dalton Transactions International Symposium took place in China last week. The Symposium, organised as a joint venture between Dalton Transactions and the RSC International Programme, took place over two days, in two venues in Asia. The first day of the Symposium (16th November) was organised as part of the 11th Conference on Solid State Chemistry and Inorganic Synthesis, held in Shanghai. Professor Jiesheng Chen from the host university, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, was the local organiser, and his meticulous planning ensured the smooth running of the event.
2nd Dalton Transactions International Symposium
An impressive line of speakers provided an excellent day of presentations, highlighting some of the best inorganic chemistry being researched today.
The speakers in Shanghai
Professor Lee Cronin
Professor Annie Powell (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) began the day with an account of her work on the use of coordination chemistry to construct nanostructured materials from a bottom up approach. Annie was followed by Professor Song Gao (Peking University, China), who introduced some of his work on single molecule magnets. Professor Hiroki Oshio (University of Tsukuba, Japan) then took us up to lunchtime with his inspiring presentation on multinuclear magnetic complexes. After lunch, Professor Yong Zhao presented the work he has been doing with Professor Lei Jiang at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Professor Lee Cronin (University of Glasgow, UK) ended the day with a fascintating presentation on his work on adaptive inorganic materials.
Three of the speakers (Professors Cronin, Oshio and Powell) then travelled to Hong Kong, for the second day of the Symposium (18th November). Hosted by the University of Hong Kong, the speakers were joined by three local speakers, Professor Vivian Yam (University of Hong Kong) , who gave a fascintating presentation on her elegant research on photofunctional metal-based molecular materials , Professor Zuowei Xie (Chinese University of Hong Kong) , who described his work with hypervalent carbon in metal-carbon bonds and Professor Wai Yeung Wong (Hong Kong Baptist University) ended the day with his presentation on the use of organometallic compounds for OLEDs .
The speakers in Hong Kong
Both events were very well attended, with a combined audience of over 400! Many thanks to the local organisers, Professors Jiesheng Chen and Vivian Yam, to the speakers, and to all who attended and helped the Symposium to be a resounding success!
Watch this space for the announcement of the next Dalton Transactions International Symposium…
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An IUPAC task group has recently published their recommendations for the definition for the hydrogen bond.
“The hydrogen bond is an attractive interaction between a hydrogen atom from a molecule or a molecular fragment X–H in which X is more electronegative than H, and an atom or a group of atoms in the same or a different molecule, in which there is evidence of bond formation.”
The recommendations continue with a list of experimental and theoretical criteria that can be used as evidence for the presence of the hydrogen bond, and finish with characteristics that are typical of hydrogen bonded systems.
For more information on the task group and to view the provisional recommendation see the IUPAC report.
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A new synthetic methodology for the catalytic C–H functionalisation of 2-pyrones is described in this Dalton Transactions ‘Hot Article’. Insight into the reaction mechanism which provides rapid and efficient entry into fused furanopyrone products, regioselectively, is given by the team from the University of York in the UK.
READ FOR FREE! Until November 19th.
Pd-catalysed regioselective C–H functionalisation of 2-pyrones
Michael J. Burns, Robert J. Thatcher, Richard J. K. Taylor and Ian J. S. Fairlamb
Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
Professor Chris Orvig, Chair of the Dalton Transactions Editorial Board, has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
The citation for Chris’ election reads:
Chris Orvig, amongst the world’s foremost medicinal inorganic chemists, is also one of Canada’s best-known inorganic chemists. He studies metal ions in the etiology, diagnosis, and therapy of disease, making seminal contributions, both fundamental and applied, to the understanding of metal ions in biological processes.
Professor Chris Orvig, FRSC
Chris has been the Chair of the Dalton Transactions Editorial Board since 2008 and, working together with the Editorial Board and Editorial Office, has overseen some significant developments for the journal, culminating this year with the journal’s impressive rise in impact factor to 4.1!
We are delighted with this well-deserved election to Canada’s foremost learned society. Well done Chris!
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