Issue 11, 2009

The transmetallation of lithiated tetrazoles and click chemistry with isocyanide addition to gold azide yield tetrazolyl complexes of gold(I). Subsequent alkylation produces unprecedented bis- and mono-tetazolylidene complexes of gold(I). Image copyright ARTSILENSEcom, 2009. Used under license from Shutterstock.com.
DOI: 10.1039/b907022b

Issue 10, 2009

Ionogels are able to keep ionic liquids confined in silica matrices cast as pellets. Chemical reactions were shown to take place within the confined ionic liquid phase encapsulating a metal catalyst without leaching.

Issue 10, 2009, Inside Cover

Models of some chemical systems predict non-obvious and paradoxical behaviour under thermal cycling conditions. These models may inspire interesting new chemistry.

Issue 9, 2009

The painting on this Attic red-figure skyphos (ancient Greek two-handled deep wine-cup) represents a winged female figure, probably Iris, holding a caduceus (Greek vase painter, between 470 and 450 BC at Athens). The vase is in the cabinet des me´dailles de la Bibliothe`que nationale de France, Paris, France
DOI: 10.1039/b901054h

Issue 9, 2009, Inside Cover

Chalcones down-regulate thrombin-mediated interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 release from A549 lung epithelial cells in a dose-dependent manner. Computational analyses show that planarity and electron deficient and carbonyl carbons could be critical to their mechanism of action. The cover artwork shows Molecular Electrostatic Potential (MEP) maps of the chalcones and confocal images of the lung epithelial cells.
DOI: 10.1039/b916522n

Issue 8, 2009

In acidic medium the N,N'-bis(4-methoxybenzyl)- N,N'-diaza-18-crown-6 is subjected to essential conformational rearrangements estimated by X-ray and DFT facilities.
DOI: 10.1039/b902953b

Issue 8, 2009, Inside Cover

Molecular imprinted polymer-coated titania photocatalysts bring about a breakthrough to highly efficient and selective photocatalytic removal of toxic organic pollutants.
DOI: 10.1039/B914041g

Issue 7, 2009

New chalcogen atom-containing BODIPY dyes covering a large range of the visible to near infrared absorption spectrum. The periodic table on the left highlights the chalcogen atoms used.
DOI: 10.1039/b911720m

Issue 7, 2009, Inside Cover

Sol-gel-derived SiO₂ beads encapsulating highly luminescent semiconductor nanocrystals can additionally disperse other materials, such as magnetic nanocrystals, in a specially prepared hollow part within the bead to achieve dual functionality.
DOI: 10.1039/b911721K

Issue 6, 2009

Highly efficient mass transport in an azobenzene-containing film is achieved utilizing a photoinduced liquid crystalline-isotropic phase transition. The relief structure is drastically stabilized by an additional UV curing process.
DOI: 10.1039/b909806m

Issue 6, 2009, Inside Cover

Dy(III) triangles are non-magnetic at low temperature due to an almost toroidal magnetic moment in the ground state. A new ab initio methodology successfully predicts and explains this novel magnetic state.
DOI: 10.1039/b909807K

Issue 5, 2009

Comparative complexation and coordination sphere characterization between early actinides and iron with an aspartyl-rich pentapeptide ligand: an X-ray absorption spectroscopic investigation.
DOI: 10.1039/b907899C

Issue 5, 2009, Inside Cover

Controlled fabrication of conjugated polymer P3HT nanorod arrays using AAO templates.
DOI: 10.1039/B907900A

Issue 4, 2009

Superhydrophobic (SH) coatings with high chemical stabilities and good anti-corrosive properties have been fabricated on Al foil. The SH properties can be maintained for water droplets with a wide range of pH values (from 2 to 12).
DOI: 10.1039/b905356P

Issue 4, 2009, Inside Cover

Polyenes dressed by cyano groups provide strong superacids, whcih upon deprotonation give stable, weakly coordinated anions.
DOI: 10.1039/B905357N

Issue 3, 2009

This fish has hexagonal patterned skin reminiscent of the 2D hexagonal silicas used in our article. The schemes are superimposed on a picture of a Lactoria comuta.
DOI: 10.1039/b903239H

Issue 3, 2009, Inside Cover

Experimental and computational studies demonstrate the ability of benzene derivatives, the prototypical aromatic compounds, to experience cycloaddition reactions towards tetracyanoethylene oxide to give synthetically valuable tetrahydroisobenzofuranes and arylmalononitriles.
DOI: 10.1039/B903240C

Issue 2, 2009

While the popular Quartier of "La Petite France" in Strasbourg with its thirteenth century towers has been serving as an inspiration to artists all around the world, the Sauvage group was our inspiration to bring a battery of redox-driven switches to the fore.
DOI: 10.1039/b901157a

Issue 2, 2009, Inside Cover

Under photo-irradiation, inert Pt(II)-pyridine (or Ru(II)-pyridine) bonds become liable, allowing the components to be transformed into thermodynamically most stable structures via self-assembly. Pt(II)-clipped macrocycles and cages, which show remarkable stability, can be prepared by this approach. Based on this principle, a metal-containing ring slides into a catenane.
DOI: 10.1039/b901158g

Issue 1, 2009

A very strong inter- and intra- molecular hydrogen bonding solid, 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene, can be dissolved and recrystallized in a 3-ethyl-1-methylimidazolium acetate-DMSO co-solvent system.
DOI: 10.1039/B821997B

Issue 1, 2009, Inside Cover

Organic dyes from industrial waste water effluents can cause large scale pollution of natural rivers. Simple metal ions catalyze the oxidative degradation of such dyes and rapidly clean the polluted water.
DOI: 10.1039/B821998M