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Front cover
Chem. Commun., 2009, 4133
DOI: 10.1039/b912366k

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Inside front cover
Chem. Commun., 2009, 4134
DOI: 10.1039/b912367a

Contents
Chem. Commun., 2009, 4135
DOI: 10.1039/b912368g

Feature Articles

Total synthesis and study of myrmicarin alkaloids
Alison E. Ondrus and Mohammad Movassaghi,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4151
DOI: 10.1039/b903995n
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Copper-catalyzed cyclization reactions for the synthesis of alkaloids
Gwilherm Evano, Mathieu Toumi and Alexis Coste,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4166
DOI: 10.1039/b905601g
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Communications

Structural analysis of the Gly-rich region in spider dragline silk using stable-isotope labeled sequential model peptides and solid-state NMR
Erika Yamaguchi, Kazuo Yamauchi, Terry Gullion and Tetsuo Asakura,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4176
DOI: 10.1039/b906145b

Enhanced fluorescence sensing of hydroxylated organotins by a boronic acid-linked Schiff base
Shun-Hua Li, Fei-Ran Chen, Yue-Feng Zhou, Jia-Ni Wang, Hong Zhang and Jin-Gou Xu,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4179
DOI: 10.1039/b906467b

Design and construction of a box-shaped 3D-DNA origami
Akinori Kuzuya and Makoto Komiyama,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4182
DOI: 10.1039/b907800b

Hydrogen generation: catalytic acceleration and control by light
Björn Loges, Albert Boddien, Henrik Junge, James R. Noyes, Wolfgang Baumann and Matthias Beller,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4185
DOI: 10.1039/b908121f
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Upconverting luminescent nanomaterials: application to in vivo bioimaging
Scott A. Hilderbrand, Fangwei Shao, Christopher Salthouse, Umar Mahmood and Ralph Weissleder,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4188
DOI: 10.1039/b905927j
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Water co-encapsulation in an inverted molecular capsule
Agnieszka Szumna,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4191
DOI: 10.1039/b908833d
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Hydrogen-bonded multilayer of pH-responsive polymeric micelles with tannic acid for surface drug delivery
Byeong-Su Kim, Hyung-il Lee, Yunhong Min, Zhiyong Poon and Paula T. Hammond,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4194
DOI: 10.1039/b908688a
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Substituent-dependent exchange mechanisms in highly fluxional RSn93- anions
F. Sanem Kocak, Peter Y. Zavalij, Yiu-Fai Lam and Bryan W. Eichhorn,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4197
DOI: 10.1039/b905239a

Bio-inspired chemical reactors for growing aligned gold nanoparticle-like wires
Zhe-Xue Lu, Lynn F. Wood, Dennis E. Ohman and Maryanne M. Collinson,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4200
DOI: 10.1039/b906250e

Carbon–titania composite substrates for fuel cell catalyst applications
Suresh Donthu, Mei Cai, Marty Ruthkosky and Ion Halalay,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4203
DOI: 10.1039/b906265c

Interplay of metal–allyl and metal–metal bonding in dimolybdenum allyl complexes
Ryan J. Trovitch, Kevin D. John, Richard L. Martin, Stephen J. Obrey, Brian L. Scott, Alfred P. Sattelberger and R. Thomas Baker,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4206
DOI: 10.1039/b908032e

Water-soluble nanorods self-assembled via pristine C60 and porphyrin moieties
Maher Fathalla, Shao-Chun Li, Ulrike Diebold, Alina Alb and Janarthanan Jayawickramarajah,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4209
DOI: 10.1039/b908050c

Organic nanotubes assembled from isophthalamides and their application as templates to fabricate Pt nanotubes
Yun-Xiang Xu, Xin Zhao, Xi-Kui Jiang and Zhan-Ting Li,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4212
DOI: 10.1039/b900843h

Exciplex quenching of a luminescent cyclometallated platinum complex by extremely poor Lewis bases
M. Dolores Perez, Peter I. Djurovich, Azad Hassan, Grace Y. Cheng, Tim J. Stewart, Kristen Aznavour, Robert Bau and Mark E. Thompson,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4215
DOI: 10.1039/b901510h

Sulfur-tagged metal–organic frameworks and their post-synthetic oxidation
Andrew D. Burrows, Christopher G. Frost, Mary F. Mahon and Christopher Richardson,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4218
DOI: 10.1039/b906170c
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Alloyed semiconductor nanocrystals with broad tunable band gaps
Daocheng Pan, Ding Weng, Xiaolei Wang, Qiangfeng Xiao, Wei Chen, Chuanlai Xu, Zhengzhong Yang and Yunfeng Lu,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4221
DOI: 10.1039/b905151a

Glycine and L-serine crystalline perhydrates
Andrei V. Churakov, Petr V. Prikhodchenko, Judith A. K. Howard and Ovadia Lev,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4224
DOI: 10.1039/b906801e

Sandwich nanohybrid of single-walled carbon nanohorns–TiO2–porphyrin for electrocatalysis and amperometric biosensing towards chloramphenicol
Wenwen Tu, Jianping Lei, Lin Ding and Huangxian Ju,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4227
DOI: 10.1039/b906876g

Mismatch DNA-specific enzymatic cleavage employed in a new method for the electrochemical detection of genetic mutations
Byoung Yeon Won, Sung Chul Shin, Won-young Chung, Sujeong Shin, Dae-Yeon Cho and Hyun Gyu Park,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4230
DOI: 10.1039/b907268c

Probing a sialyltransferases recognition domain to prepare (2,8)-linked oligosialosides and analogs
Ping Zhang, Amir J. Zuccolo, Wenling Li, Ruixiang Blake Zheng and Chang-Chun Ling,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4233
DOI: 10.1039/b908933k

Self-assembly of bent-core liquid crystals: formation of a modulated smectic phase with p2gg lattice to escape anticlinic tilt
R. Amaranatha Reddy, Ute Baumeister and Carsten Tschierske,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4236
DOI: 10.1039/b907536d

Surface texturing of porous silicon with capillary stress and its superhydrophobicity
Fuguo Wang, Shiyong Song and Junyan Zhang,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4239
DOI: 10.1039/b905769b

Jahn–Teller distortions of six-coordinate CuII compounds: cis or trans?
Jorge Echeverría, Eduard Cremades, Angelo J. Amoroso and Santiago Alvarez,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4242
DOI: 10.1039/b903867a

Engineering noncovalent spin–spin interactions in an organic-pillared spin cage
Yusuke Ozaki, Masaki Kawano and Makoto Fujita,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4245
DOI: 10.1039/b906674h

Molecular recognition at the liquid–liquid interface of colloidal microcapsules
Debabrata Patra, Chiara Pagliuca, Chandramouleeswaran Subramani, Bappaditya Samanta, Sarit S. Agasti, Nada Zainalabdeen, Stuart T. Caldwell, Graeme Cooke and Vincent M. Rotello,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4248
DOI: 10.1039/b906458c

Highly enantioselective organocatalytic Michael addition of nitroalkanes to 4-oxo-enoates
Hai-Hua Lu, Xu-Fan Wang, Chang-Jiang Yao, Jian-Ming Zhang, Hong Wu and Wen-Jing Xiao,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4251
DOI: 10.1039/b905033g

Prenucleation and coalescence of cobalt nanoclusters mediated by multivalent calixarene complexes
Jie Liu and Alexander Wei,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4254
DOI: 10.1039/b903954f

The molecular form of mercury in biota: identification of novel mercury peptide complexes in plants
E. M. Krupp, A. Mestrot, J. Wielgus, A. A. Meharg and J. Feldmann,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4257
DOI: 10.1039/b823121d

Phosphate-assisted peptide ligation
Gemma L. Thomas and Richard J. Payne,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4260
DOI: 10.1039/b906492c
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Efficient synthesis of 2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrazoles via a highly selective Pd(0)-catalyzed coupling-cyclization reaction of terminal 2-substituted 2,3-allenyl hydrazines with aryl iodides
Xin Cheng and Shengming Ma,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4263
DOI: 10.1039/b903634b
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Highly asymmetric cobalt-catalyzed aziridination of alkenes with trichloroethoxysulfonyl azide (TcesN3)
Velusamy Subbarayan, Joshua V. Ruppel, Shifa Zhu, Jason A. Perman and X. Peter Zhang,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4266
DOI: 10.1039/b905727g

A heterocyclic organogallium peroxide with two dialkylgallium groups bridged by a peroxide dianion
Werner Uhl, Mohammad Reza Halvagar and Marcus Layh,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4269
DOI: 10.1039/b906392g

A macrocyclic coumarin-containing tripeptide via CuAAC chemistry
Sander S. van Berkel, Bas van der Lee, Floris L. van Delft and Floris P. J. T. Rutjes,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4272
DOI: 10.1039/b906762k

Synthetic studies on vincorine: access to the 3a,8a-dialkyl-1,2,3,3a,8,8a-hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indole skeleton
Yoshizumi Yasui, Tomoyo Kinugawa and Yoshiji Takemoto,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4275
DOI: 10.1039/b907210a

Luminescent, water-soluble gold nanoparticles functionalised with 3MLCT emitting rhenium complexes
Andrew J. Hallett, Paul Christian, Jennifer E. Jones and Simon J. A. Pope,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4278
DOI: 10.1039/b905692k

Fluorescent -cyclodextrin as a chemosensor for halomethanes
Hiroshi Ikeda and Akihiko Ueno,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4281
DOI: 10.1039/b907629h

Nickel-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of arynes and an unactivated alkene: synthesis of 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene derivatives
Nozomi Saito, Kengo Shiotani, Atsushi Kinbara and Yoshihiro Sato,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4284
DOI: 10.1039/b907476g

Synthesis of highly stable pure-silica thin-walled hexagonally ordered mesoporous material
Pieter Verlooy, Alexander Aerts, Oleg I. Lebedev, Gustaaf Van Tendeloo, Christine Kirschhock and Johan A. Martens,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4287
DOI: 10.1039/b901796h

Superconducting TaS2-xIy hierarchical nanostructures
Xing-Cai Wu, You-Rong Tao, Qi-Xiu Gao, Chang-Jie Mao and Jun-Jie Zhu,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4290
DOI: 10.1039/b905168f

Regioselective formation of interlocked dicarba bridges in naturally occurring cyclic peptide toxins using olefin metathesis
Andrea J. Robinson, Bianca J. van Lierop, Rebecca D. Garland, Euneace Teoh, Jomana Elaridi, Jayamini P. Illesinghe and W. Roy Jackson,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4293
DOI: 10.1039/b909056h

Highly active new chiral Co(III) salen catalysts immobilized by electrostatic interaction with sulfonic acid linkages on ordered mesoporous SBA-16 silica
Yong-Suk Kim, Xiao-Feng Guo and Geon-Joong Kim,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4296
DOI: 10.1039/b906350a

Encapsulated binding sites—synthetically simple receptors for the binding and transport of HCl
Keith J. Winstanley, Sarah J. Allen and David K. Smith,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4299
DOI: 10.1039/b906737j
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Back matter
Chem. Commun., 2009, 4302
DOI: 10.1039/b912369p

Back cover
Chem. Commun., 2009, 4303
DOI: 10.1039/b912372p