Chemical Science Blog

We are happy to present a selection of our HOT articles over the past month. To see all of our HOT referee-recommended articles from 2018, please find the collection here.

As always, Chemical Science articles are free to access.

Enhanced annihilation electrochemiluminescence by nanofluidic confinement
Hanan Al-Kutubi, Silvia Voci, Liza Rassaei, Neso Sojic and Klaus Mathwig
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC03209B, Edge Article

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Mechanistic investigation into the C(sp3)–H acetoxylation of morpholinones
Cornelia S. Buettner, Darren Willcox, Ben. G. N. Chappell and Matthew J. Gaunt
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC03434F, Edge Article

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Ir(III)-catalyzed ortho C–H alkylations of (hetero)aromatic aldehydes using alkyl boron reagents
Xiao-Yang Chen and Erik J. Sorensen
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC03606C, Edge Article

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Direct observation of the intermediate in an ultrafast isomerization
Tyler M. Porter, Jiaxi Wang, Yingmin Li, Bo Xiang, Catherine Salsman, Joel S. Miller, Wei Xiong and Clifford P. Kubiak
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC03258K, Edge Article

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Structural control of polyelectrolyte/microemulsion droplet complexes (PEMECs) with different polyacrylates
Miriam Simon, Patrick Krause, Leonardo Chiappisi, Laurence Noirez and Michael Gradzielski
Chem. Sci., 2019, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC04013C, Edge Article

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Reversibility and reactivity in an acid catalyzed cyclocondensation to give furanochromanes – a reaction at the ‘oxonium-Prins’ vs. ‘ortho-quinone methide cycloaddition’ mechanistic nexus
Christian D.-T. Nielsen, Wouter J. Mooij, David Sale, Henry S. Rzepa, Jordi Burés and Alan C. Spivey
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC04302G, Edge Article

We are happy to present a selection of our HOT articles over the past month. To see all of our HOT referee-recommended articles from 2018, please find the collection here.

As always, Chemical Science articles are free to access.

Selective and catalytic carbon dioxide and heteroallene activation mediated by cerium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes
Polly Louise Arnold, Ryan Kerr, Catherine Weetman, Scott Doherty, Julia Rieb, Kai Wang, Christian Jandl, Max McMullon, Alexander Pöthig, Fritz Elmar Kühn and Andrew D Smith
Chem. Sci., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC03312A, Edge Article

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Ratiometric fluorescent probes for capturing endogenous hypochlorous acid in the lungs of mice
Xinfu Zhang, Weiyu Zhao, Bin Li, Wenqing Li, Chengxiang Zhang, Xucheng Hou, Justin Jiang and Yizhou Dong
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC03226B, Edge Article

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Surprising solvent-induced structural rearrangements in large [N⋯I+⋯N] halogen-bonded supramolecular capsules: an ion mobility-mass spectrometry study
Ulrike Warzok, Mateusz Marianski, Waldemar Hoffmann, Lotta Turunen, Kari Rissanen, Kevin Pagel and Christoph A. Schalley
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC03040E, Edge Article

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Advanced microRNA-based cancer diagnostics using amplified time-gated FRET
Xue Qiu, Jingyue Xu, Jiajia Guo, Akram Yahia-Ammar, Nikiforos-Ioannis Kapetanakis, Isabelle Duroux-Richard, Julia J. Unterluggauer, Nicole Golob-Schwarzl, Christophe Regeard, Catherine Uzan, Sébastien Gouy, Michael DuBow, Johannes Haybaeck, Florence Apparailly, Pierre Busson and Niko Hildebrandt
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC03121E, Edge Article

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Atomic structure of boron resolved using machine learning and global sampling
Si-Da Huang, Cheng Shang, Pei-Lin Kang and Zhi-Pan Liu
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC03427C, Edge Article

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Spontaneous growth of 2D coordination polymers on functionalized ferromagnetic surfaces 
Michele Mattera, Víctor Rubio-Giménez, Sophie Delprat, Richard Mattana, Pierre Seneor, Sergio Tatay, Alicia Forment-Aliaga and Eugenio Coronado
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC03067G, Edge Article

The 14th Annual Tri-Institutional Chemical Biology Symposium took place on 11th September at The Rockefeller University in New York. The Symposium was a great success and we look forward to supporting it again next year.

The winner of the Chemical Science poster prize was Chen Chen, pictured below.  Congratulations to Chen!

You can keep up to date with the plans for 2019 by following the TPCB website here.

This August saw the occasion of the 14th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EuroBIC), held at the University of Birmingham in the UK. With an excellent line up of internationally renowned plenary and keynote speakers the event was a huge success, attracting around 400 attendees.

The Royal Society of Chemistry was pleased to support the event, offering poster prizes of books and book vouchers. The winners of RSC vouchers were:

• Raul Berrocal-Martin (University of Glasgow) – Dalton Transactions Poster Prize
• Wilma Neumann (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) – Metallomics Poster Prize
• Ying Zhou (University of Hong Kong) – ChemComm Poster Prize
• Leon Jenner (University of East Anglia) – Chemical Science Poster Prize

The following presenters also won the RSC Highly Commended Poster Awards:

• Gloria Vigueras Bautista (University of Murcia)
• Nicolai Burzlaff (Friedrich-Alexander University)
• Samya Banerjee (University of Warwick)
• Riccardo Bonsignore (Cardiff University)
• Philip Ash (University of Oxford)

Dalton Transactions associate editor Nils Metzler-Nolte (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) and Chemical Science assistant editor William King were on hand to award the prizes.

Raul Berrocal-Martin (left) receiving the Dalton Transactions prize from Nils Metzler-Nolte (right)	Ying Zhou (left) receiving the ChemComm prize from Nils Metzler-Nolte (right)
Leon Jenner (left) receiving the Chemical Science prize from William King (right)	Gloria Vigueras Bautista (left) receiving a Highly Commended Poster Prize from William King (right)
Riccardo Bonsignore (left) receiving a Highly Commended Poster Prize from William King (right)	Philip Ash (left) receiving a Highly Commended Poster Prize from William King (right)

The RSC offers a hearty congratulations to all poster prize winners!

Next year the 19th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC 19) will be held in Interlaken, Switzerland – August 11th to 16th. The next European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EuroBIC 15) will be held in Reykjavik, Iceland, in August 2020. 

We are happy to present a selection of our HOT articles over the past month. To see all of our HOT referee-recommended articles from 2018, please find the collection here.

As always, Chemical Science articles are free to access.

Conformational selectivity and high-affinity binding in the complexation of N-phenyl amides in water by a phenyl extended calix[4]pyrrole
L. Escobar, A. Díaz-Moscoso and P. Ballester
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC03034K, Edge Article

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ZrMOF nanoparticles as quenchers to conjugate DNA aptamers for target-induced bioimaging and photodynamic therapy
Yuan Liu, Weijia Hou, Lian Xia, Cheng Cui, Shuo Wan, Ying Jiang, Yu Yang, Qiong Wu, Liping Qiu and Weihong Tan
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC02210K, Edge Article

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Oxidative dehalogenation and denitration by a flavin-dependent monooxygenase is controlled by substrate deprotonation
Panu Pimviriyakul, Panida Surawatanawong and Pimchai Chaiyen
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC01482E, Edge Article

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Biocatalyst–artificial metalloenzyme cascade based on alcohol dehydrogenase
Simone Morra and Anca Pordea
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC02371A, Edge Article

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Design and synthesis of a 4-aminoquinoline-based molecular tweezer that recognizes protoporphyrin IX and iron(III) protoporphyrin IX and its application as a supramolecular photosensitizer
Yosuke Hisamatsu, Naoki Umezawa, Hirokazu Yagi, Koichi Kato and Tsunehiko Higuchi
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC02133C, Edge Article

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Genome Mining, Isolation, Chemical Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of a Novel Lanthipeptide, Tikitericin and N-Truncated Analogues, from the Extremophilic Microorganism Thermogemmatispora Strain T81
Margaret A Brimble, Buzhe Xi, Emma Aitken, Benjamin Baker, Claire Turner, Joanne Harvey, Matthew Stott, Jean Power, Paul Harrs and Rob Keyzers
Chem. Sci., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC02170H, Edge Article

We are happy to introduce Professor Stephen Goldup as Chemical Science Associate Editor, handling submissions in the area of supramolecular chemistry.

Steve obtained an MChem degree from the University of Oxford where he began his research career with a Part II project in the group of Sir Prof. Jack Baldwin. He continued his research training with a PhD in natural product synthesis under the supervision of Prof. Tony Barrett before shifting focus to apply his synthetic skills to the realisation of mechanically interlocked non-natural products during post doctoral work with Prof. David Leigh at the University of Edinburgh where in 2007 he was appointed as Fixed Term Lecturer in Organic Chemistry. In 2008 he moved to Queen Mary with the award of a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship and in October 2009 he was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship.

In October 2014 the group moved to the University of Southampton where Steve took up the position of Associate Professor. In August 2017, Steve was promoted to Professor of Chemistry. Research in the Goldup Group focusses on the synthesis of novel mechanically interlocked molecules and their application as sensors, catalysts and materials.

Steve is keen to receive submissions in his area of expertise, particularly in supramolecular chemistry, interlocked molecules, molecular machines, stimuli responsive systems, and sensing. Below is a list of Chemical Science articles which Steve would like to highlight – all free to read! We hope you enjoy them.

Variations in the fuel structure control the rate of the back and forth motions of a chemically fuelled molecular switch
Chiara Biagini, Simone Albano, Rachele Caruso, Luigi Mandolini, José Augusto Berrocal and Stefano Di Stefano
Chem. Sci., 2018,9, 181-188
DOI: 10.1039/C7SC04123C, Edge Article

Self-assembled orthoester cryptands: orthoester scope, post-functionalization, kinetic locking and tunable degradation kinetics
Henrik Löw, Elena Mena-Osteritz and Max von Delius
Chem. Sci., 2018,9, 4785-4793
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC01750F, Edge Article

Interfacing porphyrins and carbon nanotubes through mechanical links
Leire de Juan-Fernández, Peter Münich, Arjun Puthiyedath, Belén Nieto-Ortega, Santiago Casado, Luisa Ruiz-Gonzales, Emilio M Perez and Dirk M. Guldi
Chem. Sci., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC02492H, Edge Article

White-light emission from a single organic compound with unique self-folded conformation and multistimuli responsiveness
Dengfeng Li, Wende Hu, Jie Wang, Qiwei Zhang, Xiao-Ming Cao, Xiang Ma and He Tian
Chem. Sci., 2018,9, 5709-5715
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC01915K, Edge Article

Mechanochemistry of the mechanical bond
Guillaume De Bo
Chem. Sci., 2018,9, 15-21
DOI: 10.1039/C7SC04200K, Minireview

We would like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Science in 2017, as selected by the editorial team, for their significant contribution to the journal. The reviewers have been chosen based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.

We would like to say a big thank you to those individuals listed here as well as to all of the reviewers that have supported the journal. Each Outstanding Reviewer will receive a certificate to give recognition for their significant contribution.

Dr Lutz Ackermann, Georg-August-Universitaet, ORCID: 0000-0001-7034-8772
Dr Mircea Dinca, MIT, ORCID: 0000-0002-1262-1264
Professor Frank Glorius, University of Muenster
Dr Takashi Hisatomi, The University of Tokyo, ORCID: 0000-0002-5009-2383
Professor Rei Kinjo, Nanyang Technological University, ORCID: 0000-0002-4425-3937
Professor Jun Kubota, Fukuoka University
Professor Akihiko Kudo, Tokyo University of Science
Dr Armido Studer, WWU Muenster, ORCID: 0000-0002-1706-513X
Dr Bo Tang, Shangdong Normal University, ORCID: 0000-0002-8712-7025
Dr Jay Winkler, California Institute of Technology

We would also like to thank the Chemical Science Board and the general chemical sciences community for their continued support of the journal, as authors, reviewers and readers.

If you would like to become a reviewer for our journal, just email us with details of your research interests and an up-to-date CV or résumé. You can find more details in our author and reviewer resource centre.