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Professor Philip P. Power (University of California, Davis) turned 65 in April 2018 and in honour of this anniversary and his immense influence on the field of organometallic chemistry we’re pleased to introduce a new cross-journal themed collection. 

Guest edited by Roland C. Fischer, Michael S. Hill, and David J. Liptrot, the collection brings together 27 of Professor Power’s key RSC papers with specially commissioned work for Dalton Transactions and Chem. Commun. by over 45 by his coworkers and protégés.

Read the editorial, in which the guest editors give an overview of Professor Power’s career and highlight some of his contributions to the study of low coordinate systems, multiple bonding, small molecule activation, and London dispersion forces, or read on to check out some of the many hot articles inspired by his work.

1,3,2-Diazaborole-derived carbene complexes of boron

Hunter P. Hickox, Yuzhong Wang, Kaitlin M. Luedecke, Yaoming Xie, Pingrong Wei, Deidrah Carrillo, Nathaniel L. Dominique, Dongtao Cui, Henry F. Schaefer, III and Gregory H. Robinson

Dalton Trans., 2018,47, 41-44 10.1039/C7DT04079B   1,3,2-Diazaborole-derived carbene complexes of boron were synthesized via 1,2-hydrogen migration.

A snapshot of inorganic Janovsky complex analogues featuring a nucleophilic boron center

Di Wu, Yongxin Li, Rakesh Ganguly and Rei Kinjo 

Neutral two-dimensional organometallic–organic hybrid polymers based on pentaphosphaferrocene, bipyridyl linkers and CuCl

M. Elsayed Moussa, B. Attenberger, E. V. Peresypkina and  M. Scheer 

Dalton Trans., 2018,47, 1014-1017 10.1039/C7DT04286H   The reaction of the Pn ligand complex [Cp*Fe(η5-P5)] (1: Cp* = η5-C5Me5) with CuCl in the presence of 4,4′-bipyridine or 1,2-di(4-pyridyl)ethylene leads to the formation of three unprecedented neutral 2D organometallic–organic hybrid networks.

C–H and H–H activation at a di-titanium centre

Nikolaos Tsoureas, Jennifer C. Green and  F. Geoffrey N. Cloke 

Divergent reactivity of nucleophilic 1-bora-7a-azaindenide anions

Matthew M. Morgan, J. Mikko Rautiainen, Warren E. Piers, Heikki M. Tuononen and Chris Gendy 

Dalton Trans., 2018,47, 734-741 10.1039/C7DT04350C   The reactions of 1-bora-7a-azaindenide anions, prepared in moderate to excellent yields by reduction of the appropriate 1-bora-7a-azaindenyl chlorides with KC8 in THF, with alkyl halides and carbon dioxide were studied.

Carbodiimides as catalysts for the reduction of a cadmium hydride complex

D. J. Webb, C. M. Fitchett, M. Lein and J. R. Fulton

All articles in this collection will be free to access until the 19th of June. 

The 2017 Dalton Transactions University of California, Berkeley Lecture is Professor Jillian L Dempsey, at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Lecture recognizes independent early career researchers who have made a significant contribution to the field of inorganic chemistry.

The academic selected to give the lecture receives the opportunity to present at UC Berkeley, a plaque, a $500 honorarium, a dinner and an invitation to publish in Dalton Transactions.

Jillian Dempsey (center) receiving her award plaque from Dalton Transactions Editorial Board Chair John Arnold (left) and Executive Editor Andrew Shore (right)

Professor Dempsey’s lecture was entitled Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Processes Underpinning the Production of Renewable Fuels:

Jillian began her career with a degree at MIT, with undergraduate research supervised by Daniel G. Nocera, and went on to do a PhD with Harry Gray at Caltech. This was followed by a post-doc with Daniel R Gamelin before she began her independent career at UNC.

We spoke to Professor Dempsey about what drew her to a career in research:

And when asked about the secret behind her successful publication record, she had this advice to offer:

Previous recipients include Kit Cummins, John Hartwig, Geoff Coates, Paul Chirik, Dan Mindiola, Teri Odom, Daniel Gamelin, Trevor Hayton, Christine Thomas, Mircea Dinca, and Alison Fout.

An online collection of recent Dalton Transactions papers by recipients of the lecture can be found here.

Graphical abstract of Jillian L Dempsey’s recent publication in Dalton Transactions. DOI: 10.1039/c6dt00302h

Last month saw the occasion of the 15^th European Workshop in Phosphorus Chemistry (EWPC). Hosted by Andreas Orthaber and Editorial Board member Sascha Ott at Uppsala University, and Chris Slootweg at University of Amsterdam, the workshop featured internationally renowned keynote speakers alongside a large number of speaking slots reserved for PhD students. 

The event was a huge success, and Dalton Transactions & Wiley were on hand to offer awards to exceptional early career researchers.

Dalton Transactions Award for Best Chair: Tobias Eder (University of Muenster)       Dalton Transactions Outstanding Oral Presentations: Gabriele Hierlmeier (University of Regensburg) Zita Radai (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)     Dalton Transactions Outstanding Poster Presentation: Pawel Löwe (University of Muenster)     Wiley Outstanding Poster Presentation:  Nicolas D’Imperio (Uppsala University)

We’d like to offer all a hearty congratulations to all prize winners. For more information about the event, including photos of the award presentations, see the event webpages:

http://www.kemi.uu.se/ewpc15/ 

Registration is now open for the Silicon Nanoparticles workshop in Bertinoro, Italy, 1-3 October 2018. Visit the website for more details. 

Registration is now open for this year’s EuCheMS conference on nitrogen ligands – being held in Lisbon, September 4th – 7th. Find out more, with details for registration and abstract submission, at the website:

http://n-ligands2018.com/

The study of organometallic compounds continues to push the boundaries of coordination chemistry, exploring the bonding and electronic structures of metals in unusual oxidation states, developing new ligands with unique binding motifs, and offering insights into related fields such as catalysis, bioinorganic, and single molecule magnetism. Here are some of the highest cited papers on organometallic chemistry from Dalton Transactions in 2017.

Most Cited Articles:

This original research is off to a great start, as some of our most cited work these papers and communications are already being recognized by the organometallic chemistry community.

Palladacycles of sulfated and selenated Schiff bases of ferrocene-carboxaldehyde as catalysts for O-arylation and Suzuki–Miyaura coupling

Alpesh K. Sharma, Hemant Joshi, Renu Bhaskar, Satyendra Kumara and Ajai K. Singh

Dalton Trans., 2017,46, 2485-2496  DOI: 10.1039/C7DT00083A   Palladacycles of Schiff-bases having a ferrocene core catalyze O-arylation of ArBr and Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of ArBr/Cl with a yield up to 93%.

Bifunctional colorimetric chemosensing of fluoride and cyanide ions by nickel-POCOP pincer receptors

María K. Salomón-Flores, Iván J. Bazany-Rodríguez, Diego Martínez-Otero, Marco A. García-Eleno, Jorge J. Guerra-García, David Morales-Morales and Alejandro Dorazco-González

Dalton Trans., 2017,46, 4950-4959 DOI: 10.1039/C6DT04897H   Ni(II)-POCOP pincer complexes [NiCl{C6H2-4-OH-2,6-(OPR2)2}] (R = Ph (1), tBu (2), iPr (3)) were studied as bifunctional molecular sensors for inorganic anions.

Unsymmetrical NCN-pincer mononuclear and dinuclear nickel(II) complexes of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC): synthesis, structure and catalysis for Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling

Shaojin Gu, Jiehao Du, Jingjing Huang, Yun Guo, Ling Yang, Weilin Xu and Wanzhi Chen

Dalton Trans., 2017,46, 586-594 DOI: 10.1039/C6DT03944H   Both two rare [(NHC)2Ni2-OH] type complexes and pincer-type [(NCNHCN)Ni-Cl] complexes were synthesized using the same synthetic methodology by slight modulation of the N-substituents on the N-heterocyclic carbene ring.

Most Cited Reviews:

These Frontier and Perspective articles are receiving a lot of attention online, reviewing the advances and trends that are making waves in the organometallic chemistry community.

A unified ligand electronic parameter based on ¹³C NMR spectroscopy of N-heterocyclic carbene complexes

Qiaoqiao Teng and Han Vinh Huynh

Alkynyl-protected gold and gold–silver nanoclusters

Zhen Lei, Xian-Kai Wan, Shang-Fu Yuan, Jia-Qi Wanga and Quan-Ming Wang

Synthesis of vanadium–alkylidene complexes and their use as catalysts for ring opening metathesis polymerization

Kotohiro Nomura and Xiaohua Hou

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Coordination Chemistry is one of the cornerstones of inorganic chemistry. Novel combinations of metals and ligands can reveal interesting features of both, and result in complexes with new reactivity and magnetic or spectroscopic properties. Here are some of the highest cited papers on coordination chemistry from Dalton Transactions in 2017.

Most Cited Articles:

This original research is off to a great start, as some of our most cited work these papers and communications are already being recognized by the coordination chemistry community.

A multi-responsive luminescent sensor for organic small-molecule pollutants and metal ions based on a 4d–4f metal–organic framework

Huili Ma, Lu Wang, Jinghuo Chen, Xuejing Zhang, Liang Wang, Na Xu, Guangming Yang and Peng Cheng

Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 3526-3534 DOI: 10.1039/C7DT00159B   A multi-responsive luminescent sensor for organic small-molecule pollutants and metal ions based on a metal–organic framework is reported.

3D oxalato-bridged lanthanide(III) MOFs with magnetocaloric, magnetic and photoluminescence properties

Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar, Yan-Cong Chen, Murad A. AlDamen and Ming-Liang Tong

Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 116-124 DOI: 10.1039/C6DT03843C   Four isostructural 3D lanthanide(III) metal–organic frameworks with the general formula (H6edte)0.5[LnIII(ox)2(H2O)] (Ln = Gd (1), Tb (2), Dy (3) and Ho (4); H4edte = N,N,N′,N′-tetrakis(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine) and ox = oxalate have been synthesized from oxalate.

Transitions of two magnetic interaction states in dinuclear Dy(III) complexes via subtle structural variations

Kun Zhang, Dan Liu, Veacheslav Vieru, Lei Hou, Bin Cui, Fu-Sheng Guo, Liviu F. Chibotaru and Yao-Yu Wang

Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 638-642 DOI: 10.1039/C6DT04490E   Herein we explored the transitions of two magnetic interaction states (antiferromagnetic or ferromagnetic) upon structural variations in two dinuclear Dy(III) complexes.

Most Cited Reviews:

These Frontier and Perspective articles are receiving a lot of attention online, reviewing the advances and trends that are making waves in the coordination chemistry community.

Actinide ion extraction using room temperature ionic liquids: opportunities and challenges for nuclear fuel cycle applications

Prasanta Kumar Mohapatra

Alkynyl-protected gold and gold–silver nanoclusters

Zhen Lei, Xian-Kai Wan, Shang-Fu Yuan, Jia-Qi Wanga and Quan-Ming Wang

Hydroxo-bridged diiron(III) and dimanganese(III) bisporphyrins: modulation of metal spins by counter anions

Firoz Shah Tuglak Khan, Tapas Guchhait, Sujit Sasmal and Sankar Prasad Rath

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Inorganic materials and nanoparticles are being applied to many of the most pressing challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. They are currently being investigated for their applications in batteries, solar cells, photocatalysts for water splitting and pollutant degradation, and medical theragnostics. Here are some of the most impactful papers in solid state inorganic chemistry from Dalton Transactions in 2017.

Most Downloaded Reviews:

These Frontier and Perspective articles are receiving a lot of attention online, reviewing the advances and trends that are making waves in the solid-state inorganic chemistry community.

Thioborates: potential nonlinear optical materials with rich structural chemistry 

Yu-kun Lian, Li-Ming Wu and Ling Chen

Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 4134-4147 DOI: 10.1039/C6DT04767J   This review summarizes thioborates and their structural motifs ranging from zero-dimension to three-dimension. The most commonly observed building units of these examples are planar-triangle BS3 and tetrahedron BS4. Thioborates possess advantages with respect to their structural diversity, optical nonlinearity, laser-induced damage threshold and transparency range, and represent potentially a rich supply of new nonlinear optical materials.

A chemical approach to perovskite solar cells: control of electron-transporting mesoporous TiO₂ and utilization of nanocarbon materials

Tomokazu Umeyama and Hiroshi Imahori

Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 15615-15627 DOI: 10.1039/C7DT02421E   This Perspective highlights recent chemical approaches to perovskite solar cells, including the control of electron-transporting mesoporous TiO2 and the utilization of nanocarbon materials.

Engineering transition metal phosphide nanomaterials as highly active electrocatalysts for water splitting

Yanmei Shi and Bin Zhang

Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 16770-16773 DOI: 10.1039/C7DT03648E   This Frontier article will highlight recent advances in engineering the composition and structure of TMPs for higher water electrolysis performances.

Most Cited Articles:

This original research is off to a great start, as some of our most cited work these papers and communications are already being recognized by the nanomaterials and solid-state chemistry community.

Novel p–n heterojunction BiOI/CeO₂photocatalyst for wider spectrum visible-light photocatalytic degradation of refractory pollutants

Xiao-Ju Wen, Cheng-Gang Niu, Lei Zhang and Guang-Ming Zeng

All-inorganic perovskite quantum dot/mesoporous TiO₂ composite-based photodetectors with enhanced performance

Lin Zhou, Kai Yu, Fan Yang, Jun Zheng, Yuhua Zuo, Chuanbo Li, Buwen Cheng and Qiming Wang

Na_2.32Co_1.84(SO₄)₃ as a new member of the alluaudite family of high-voltage sodium battery cathodes

Debasmita Dwibedi, Ritambhara Gond, Allumolu Dayamani, Rafael B. Araujo, Sudip Chakraborty, Rajeev Ahuja and Prabeer Barpanda

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