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Front cover
Chem. Commun., 2009, 6497
DOI: 10.1039/b921027j

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Inside front cover
Chem. Commun., 2009, 6498
DOI: 10.1039/b921028h

Contents and Highlights in Chemical Science
Chem. Commun., 2009, 6499
DOI: 10.1039/b921029f

Feature Articles

Animal silks: their structures, properties and artificial production
Chengjie Fu, Zhengzhong Shao and Vollrath Fritz,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6515
DOI: 10.1039/b911049f
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The long-overlooked enzymology of a nonribosomal peptide synthetase-independent pathway for virulence-conferring siderophore biosynthesis
Daniel Oves-Costales, Nadia Kadi and Gregory L. Challis,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6530
DOI: 10.1039/b913092f
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Communications

Site-selective scission of human genome by artificial restriction DNA cutter
Kenichiro Ito, Hitoshi Katada, Narumi Shigi and Makoto Komiyama,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6542
DOI: 10.1039/b911208a
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Homologous recombination in human cells using artificial restriction DNA cutter
Hitoshi Katada, Hsuan Jung Chen, Narumi Shigi and Makoto Komiyama,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6545
DOI: 10.1039/b912030k
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High-throughput confinement and detection of single DNA molecules in aqueous microdroplets
Monpichar Srisa-Art, Andrew J. deMello and Joshua B. Edel,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6548
DOI: 10.1039/b917721c

In situ oxidation synthesis of Ag/AgCl core–shell nanowires and their photocatalytic properties
Yingpu Bi and Jinhua Ye,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6551
DOI: 10.1039/b913725d
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An asymmetric organocatalytic approach towards allylic amines and -keto amino compounds
Christian Borch Jacobsen, Lennart Lykke, David Monge, Martin Nielsen, Lars Krogager Ransborg and Karl Anker Jørgensen,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6554
DOI: 10.1039/b915439f
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Carbohydrate sensing using a fluorescent molecular tweezer
Marcus D. Phillips, Thomas M. Fyles, Nicholas P. Barwell and Tony D. James,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6557
DOI: 10.1039/b909230g
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Bio-reversible polyPEGylation
Lei Tao, Jingquan Liu, Jiangtao Xu and Thomas P. Davis,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6560
DOI: 10.1039/b915512k

SERRS fiber probe: fabrication of silver nanoparticles at the aperture of an optical fiber used for SNOM
Yasutaka Kitahama, Tamitake Itoh, Jun-ichi Aoyama, Kentaro Nishikata and Yukihiro Ozaki,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6563
DOI: 10.1039/b909603e

Photochemical fabrication of hierarchical Ag nanoparticle arrays from domain-selective Ag+-loading on block copolymer templates
Yuanjun Liu, Longbin He, Changhui Xu and Min Han,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6566
DOI: 10.1039/b911173e

Skeletal rearrangement of all-carbon spiro skeletons mediated by a Lewis acid
Fei Zhao, Chao Wang, Lantao Liu, Wen-Xiong Zhang and Zhenfeng Xi,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6569
DOI: 10.1039/b914619a

Nitrile insertion into a boryl-substituted five-membered zirconacycloallenoid: unexpected formation of a zwitterionic boratirane product
Juri Ugolotti, Gerald Kehr, Roland Fröhlich, Stefan Grimme and Gerhard Erker,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6572
DOI: 10.1039/b915924j

Original use of the same heterogeneous chiral catalyst batch to promote different asymmetric reactions
Anaïs Zulauf, Mohamed Mellah and Emmanuelle Schulz,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6574
DOI: 10.1039/b913516b

Catalytic enantioselective boron conjugate addition to cyclic carbonyl compounds: a new approach to cyclic -hydroxy carbonyls
Xinhui Feng and Jaesook Yun,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6577
DOI: 10.1039/b914207j

Efficient ruthenium-catalyzed synthesis of [3]dendralenes from 1,3-dienic allylic carbonates
Kassem Beydoun, Hui-Jun Zhang, Basker Sundararaju, Bernard Demerseman, Mathieu Achard, Zhenfeng Xi and Christian Bruneau,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6580
DOI: 10.1039/b913595b
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Bromomaleimides: new reagents for the selective and reversible modification of cysteine
Lauren M. Tedaldi, Mark E. B. Smith, Ramiz I. Nathani and James R. Baker,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6583
DOI: 10.1039/b915136b
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DNA templated nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions for fluorogenic sensing of oligonucleotides
Aya Shibata, Hiroshi Abe, Mika Ito, Yuko Kondo, Shigeru Shimizu, Kyoko Aikawa and Yoshihiro Ito,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6586
DOI: 10.1039/b912896d
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Facile synthesis of Nafion-stabilized iridium nanoparticles and their direct use for fuel cells and water electrolyzers
Yining Zhang, Huamin Zhang, Yu Zhang, Yuanwei Ma, Hexiang Zhong and Haipeng Ma,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6589
DOI: 10.1039/b915014e

First symmetrical banana compounds exhibiting SmAPR mesophase and unique transition between two orthogonal polar phases
Kinga Gomola, Lingfeng Guo, Ewa Gorecka, Damian Pociecha, Jozef Mieczkowski, Ken Ishikawa and Hideo Takezoe,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6592
DOI: 10.1039/b912150a

Multi-responsive amphiphilic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) protected by poly(ether amine) (PEA)
Yanna Wen, Xuesong Jiang, Guilin Yin and Jie Yin,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6595
DOI: 10.1039/b913932j

Intermolecular aurophilic interactions facilitate assembly of a complex rotaxane in solution
Ulrike E. I. Horvath, Jean M. McKenzie, Stephanie Cronje, Helgard G. Raubenheimer and Leonard J. Barbour,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6598
DOI: 10.1039/b914073e

A facile method to clickable sensing polymeric nanoparticles
Katharina Welser, M. D. Ayal Perera, Jonathan W. Aylott and Weng C. Chan,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6601
DOI: 10.1039/b914358k

Iridium-catalyzed regio- and enantioselective allylic alkylation of fluorobis(phenylsulfonyl)methane
Wen-Bo Liu, Sheng-Cai Zheng, Hu He, Xiao-Ming Zhao, Li-Xin Dai and Shu-Li You,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6604
DOI: 10.1039/b914315g

Mesoporous zirconium oxide nanomaterials effectively enrich phosphopeptides for mass spectrometry-based phosphoproteomics
Cory A. Nelson, Jeannine R. Szczech, Qingge Xu, Mathew J. Lawrence, Song Jin and Ying Ge,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6607
DOI: 10.1039/b908788e

A new route to high yield sugars from biomass: phosphoric–sulfuric acid
Mark A. Harmer, Analine Fan, Ann Liauw and Ravinash Krishna Kumar,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6610
DOI: 10.1039/b916048e
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Single-phase aqueous approach toward Pd sub-10 nm nanocubes and Pd–Pt heterostructured ultrathin nanowires
Qiang Yuan, Jing Zhuang and Xun Wang,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6613
DOI: 10.1039/b913974e

Colour modification action of an upconversion photonic crystal
Zhen-Xing Li, Le-Le Li, Huan-Ping Zhou, Quan Yuan, Cheng Chen, Ling-Dong Sun and Chun-Hua Yan,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6616
DOI: 10.1039/b911734b

Highly sensitive and selective detection of silver ions and silver nanoparticles in aqueous solution using an oligonucleotide-based fluorogenic probe
Yen-Hsiu Lin and Wei-Lung Tseng,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6619
DOI: 10.1039/b915990h

Photocontrolled nucleobase binding to an organometallic RuII arene complex
Soledad Betanzos-Lara, Luca Salassa, Abraha Habtemariam and Peter J. Sadler,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6622
DOI: 10.1039/b914153g

Host–guest transformational correlations for a gas inclusion co-crystal on changing gas pressure and temperature
Satoshi Takamizawa, Yuichi Takasaki and Ryosuke Miyake,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6625
DOI: 10.1039/b914922h

Ionothermal synthesis of hexagonal-phase NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+/Tm3+ upconversion nanophosphors
Xiaomin Liu, Junwei Zhao, Yajuan Sun, Kai Song, Yi Yu, Chuang Du, Xianggui Kong and Hong Zhang,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6628
DOI: 10.1039/b915517a

BN tubular layer-sheathed CaS:Eu2+ nanowires as stable red-light-emitting nanophosphors
Jing Lin, Yang Huang, Yoshio Bando, Chengchun Tang and Dmitri Golberg,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6631
DOI: 10.1039/b911215d

Reverse vesicles formed by hydrogen bonded arylamide-derived triammonium cyclophanes and hexaammonium capsule
Xiao-Na Xu, Lu Wang and Zhan-Ting Li,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6634
DOI: 10.1039/b914030a

The regioselective photochemical rearrangement of -[PNtBu]4
Henrike Bladt, Silvia Gonzalez Calera, Jonathan M. Goodman, Robert J. Less, Vesal Naseri, Alexander Steiner and Dominic S. Wright,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6637
DOI: 10.1039/b914370j

Detection of DNA using bioactive paper strips
M. Monsur Ali, Sergio D. Aguirre, Yaqin Xu, Carlos D. M. Filipe, Robert Pelton and Yingfu Li,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6640
DOI: 10.1039/b911559e

A tetranuclear iridium(III) complex with a flavin analogue as a bridging ligand in different coordination modes and exchangeable anion encapsulation in a supramolecular cage
Takahiko Kojima, Yuji Inui, Soushi Miyazaki, Motoo Shiro and Shunichi Fukuzumi,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6643
DOI: 10.1039/b911033j

Effect of chirality of L/D-proline and prochiral glycine as the linker amino acid in five-atom linked thymidinyl-(-amino acid)-thymidine dimers
Seema Bagmare, Moneesha DCosta and Vaijayanti A. Kumar,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6646
DOI: 10.1039/b913546d

Europium complexes with high total photoluminescence quantum yields in solution and in PMMA
Omar Moudam, Brenda C. Rowan, Mohammed Alamiry, Patricia Richardson, Bryce S. Richards, Anita C. Jones and Neil Robertson,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6649
DOI: 10.1039/b914978c

Dynamic kinetic resolution in the asymmetric synthesis of atropisomeric biaryl[4] and [5]helicene quinones
Alfonso Latorre, Antonio Urbano and M. Carmen Carreño,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6652
DOI: 10.1039/b907653k

m-Terphenyl-modified carbazole host material for highly efficient blue and green PHOLEDS
Hisahiro Sasabe, Yong-Jin Pu, Ken-ichi Nakayama and Junji Kido,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6655
DOI: 10.1039/b908139a
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A generic route to fluoroalkyl-containing phosphanes
Alan K. Brisdon and Christopher J. Herbert,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6658
DOI: 10.1039/b909749j

In situ preparation of network forming gold nanoparticles in agarose hydrogels
Erwan Faoucher, Paola Nativo, Kate Black, John B. Claridge, Mhairi Gass, Simon Romani, Andrew L. Bleloch and Mathias Brust,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6661
DOI: 10.1039/b915787e

Synthesis of superparamagnetic iron(III) oxide nanowires in double-walled carbon nanotubes
Carmen-Mihaela Tîlmaciu, Brigitte Soula, Anne-Marie Galibert, Petar Lukanov, Lucien Datas, Jesús González, Luis Fernández Barquín, Jesús Rodríguez Fernández, Fernando González-Jiménez, Jose Jorge and Emmanuel Flahaut,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 6664
DOI: 10.1039/b909035e

Back cover
Chem. Commun., 2009, 6667
DOI: 10.1039/b921032f