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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

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.