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Front cover
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1173
DOI: 10.1039/c001755h

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Inside front cover
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1174
DOI: 10.1039/c001757b

Contents
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1175
DOI: 10.1039/c001759k

Feature Article

Protein–protein coupling and its application to functional red cell substitutes
Ronald Kluger, Jonathan S. Foot and Adelle A. Vandersteen,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1194
DOI: 10.1039/b922694j

Communications

Specific derivatization of lysozyme in aqueous solution with Re(CO)3(H2O)3+
Sarah L. Binkley, Christopher J. Ziegler, Richard S. Herrick and Roger S. Rowlett,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1203
DOI: 10.1039/b923688k

A new system for synthesis of high quality nonpolar GaN thin films
Guoqiang Li, Shao-Ju Shih and Zhengyi Fu,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1206
DOI: 10.1039/b919722b

pH-triggered switchable Mg2+-dependent DNAzymes
Johann Elbaz, Simcha Shimron and Itamar Willner,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1209
DOI: 10.1039/b919417g

Platinum(II) compounds bearing bone-targeting group: synthesis, crystal structure and antitumor activity
Zuqin Xue, Miaoxin Lin, Jianhui Zhu, Junfeng Zhang, Yizhi Li and Zijian Guo,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1212
DOI: 10.1039/b922222g

Confused ionic liquid ions—a liquification and dosage strategy for pharmaceutically active salts
Katharina Bica and Robin D. Rogers,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1215
DOI: 10.1039/b925147b

Highly diastereoselective synthesis of modified nucleosides via an asymmetric multicomponent reaction
Arun K. Ghosh and Jorden Kass,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1218
DOI: 10.1039/b924807b

DNA–polyfluorophore excimers as sensitive reporters for esterases and lipases
Nan Dai, Yin Nah Teo and Eric T. Kool,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1221
DOI: 10.1039/b926338a

A redox-switchable [2]rotaxane in a liquid-crystalline state
Takuma Yasuda, Kana Tanabe, Toru Tsuji, Karla K. Coti, Ivan Aprahamian, J. Fraser Stoddart and Takashi Kato,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1224
DOI: 10.1039/b922088g

The first example of metallocene-like coordination mode of THBQ4-: A mixed-valence heptanucler palladium complex [Pd7(THBQ)2(tben)6](PF6)4
Eiji Asato, Ayano Kyan, Tomokura Madanbashi, Toshihide Tamura, Makoto Tadokoro and Motohiro Mizuno,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1227
DOI: 10.1039/b919854g

Spin crossover characteristics of nanofibrous FeII-1,2,4-triazole complexes in liquid crystals
Keita Kuroiwa, Hirotsugu Kikuchi and Nobuo Kimizuka,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1229
DOI: 10.1039/b920631k

Activation of H2 by a highly distorted Rh II complex with a new C3-symmetric tripodal tetraphosphine ligand
Jeroen Wassenaar, Bas de Bruin, Maxime A. Siegler, Anthony L. Spek, Joost N. H. Reek and Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1232
DOI: 10.1039/b917632b

Dimeric nanocapsule induces conformational change
Andrew K. Maerz, Haunani M. Thomas, Nicholas P. Power, Carol A. Deakyne and Jerry L. Atwood,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1235
DOI: 10.1039/b921911k

From glycerol to allyl alcohol: iron oxide catalyzed dehydration and consecutive hydrogen transfer
Yong Liu, Harun Tüysüz, Chun-Jiang Jia, Manfred Schwickardi, Roberto Rinaldi, An-Hui Lu, Wolfgang Schmidt and Ferdi Schüth,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1238
DOI: 10.1039/b921648k

Enzymatic activation of a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor
Jody L. Major Jourden and Seth M. Cohen,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1241
DOI: 10.1039/b923302d

Highly enantioselective hydroformylation of dihydrofurans catalyzed by hybrid phosphine–phosphonite rhodium complexes
Samir H. Chikkali, Rosalba Bellini, Guillaume Berthon-Gelloz, Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt, Bas de Bruin and Joost N. H. Reek,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1244
DOI: 10.1039/b924046b

Programmed assembly of organic radicals on DNA
Kensuke Maekawa, Shigeaki Nakazawa, Hiroshi Atsumi, Daisuke Shiomi, Kazunobu Sato, Masahiro Kitagawa, Takeji Takui and Kazuhiko Nakatani,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1247
DOI: 10.1039/b913061f

Highly enantioselective -chlorination of cyclic -ketoesters catalyzed by N,N-Dioxide using NCS as the chlorine source
Yunfei Cai, Wentao Wang, Ke Shen, Jun Wang, Xiaolei Hu, Lili Lin, Xiaohua Liu and Xiaoming Feng,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1250
DOI: 10.1039/b922769e

Serendipity strikes again—efficient preparation of lithium tetramethylcuprate(III) via rapid injection NMR
Erika R. Bartholomew, Steven H. Bertz, Stephen K. Cope, Michael D. Murphy, Craig A. Ogle and Andy A. Thomas,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1253
DOI: 10.1039/b924000d

Organocuprate(III) chemistry: synthesis and reactivity of amido, cyano, phosphido and thiolato ate complexes of copper(III)
Steven H. Bertz, Michael D. Murphy, Craig A. Ogle and Andy A. Thomas,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1255
DOI: 10.1039/b921412g

Silver nanoclusters as fluorescent probes for selective and sensitive detection of copper ions
Guo-Yu Lan, Chih-Ching Huang and Huan-Tsung Chang,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1257
DOI: 10.1039/b920783j

Aldehyde allylation with allylboronates providing -addition products
Sh Kobayashi, Toshimitsu Endo, Uwe Schneider and Masaharu Ueno,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1260
DOI: 10.1039/b924527h
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Synthesis of a new fluorescent conjugated polymer microsphere for chemical sensing in aqueous media
A. Salinas-Castillo, M. Camprubí-Robles and R. Mallavia,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1263
DOI: 10.1039/b918784g

A novel dipeptidomimetic containing a cyclic threonine
Frank Sicherl, Tommaso Cupido and Fernando Albericio,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1266
DOI: 10.1039/b915220b

Ag-containing all-carbon 1,3-dipoles: generation and formal cycloaddition for furo[3,2-b]-/-lactams
Zhiguo Zhang, Qian Zhang, Zhikun Ni and Qun Liu,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1269
DOI: 10.1039/b917856b

An improved synthesis of 1,2-benzisoxazoles: TBAF mediated 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrile oxides and benzyne
Christian Spiteri, Pallavi Sharma, Fengzhi Zhang, Simon J. F. Macdonald, Steve Keeling and John E. Moses,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1272
DOI: 10.1039/b922489k
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Asymmetric organocatalytic formal double-arylation of azomethines for the synthesis of highly enantiomerically enriched isoindolines
Chao Wang, Xiao-Hua Chen, Shi-Ming Zhou and Liu-Zhu Gong,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1275
DOI: 10.1039/b917246g

Controlled mineralization by extracellular matrix: monodisperse, colloidally stable calcium phosphate-hyaluronan hybrid nanospheres
Zhenhua Chen, Huihui Zhou, Xiaoliang Wang, Lin Sang, Caihong Wang, Jianfeng Ma and Xudong Li,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1278
DOI: 10.1039/b918835e

Mukaiyama aldol addition to -chloro-substituted aldehydes. Origin of the unexpected syn selectivity
Tessie Borg, Jakob Danielsson and Peter Somfai,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1281
DOI: 10.1039/b922954j
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Electrochemical hydroxylation of organoboron compounds
Kohei Hosoi, Yu Kuriyama, Shinsuke Inagi and Toshio Fuchigami,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1284
DOI: 10.1039/b914093j

Mineralization of organic acids in aqueous suspensions of gold nanoparticles supported on cerium(IV) oxide powder under visible light irradiation
Hiroshi Kominami, Atsuhiro Tanaka and Keiji Hashimoto,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1287
DOI: 10.1039/b919598j

A catalytic nanostructured cobalt oxide electrode enables positive potential operation for the cathodic electrogenerated chemiluminescence of Ru(bpy)32+ with dramatically enhanced intensity
Weiling Guo, Yifeng E, li Gao, Louzhen Fan and Shihe Yang,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1290
DOI: 10.1039/b919370g

Host–guest interactions in azafullerene (C59N)-single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) peapod hybrid structures
Yoko Iizumi, Toshiya Okazaki, Zheng Liu, Kazu Suenaga, Takeshi Nakanishi, Sumio Iijima, Georgios Rotas and Nikos Tagmatarchis,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1293
DOI: 10.1039/b917619e

Metallo-supramolecular diblock copolymers based on heteroleptic cobalt(III) and nickel(II) bis-terpyridine complexes
Clément Mugemana, Pierre Guillet, Stephanie Hoeppener, Ulrich S. Schubert, Charles-André Fustin and Jean-François Gohy,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1296
DOI: 10.1039/b923270b

Molecular crowding of the cosolutes induces an intramolecular i-motif structure of triplet repeat DNA oligomers at neutral pH
Arivazhagan Rajendran, Shu-ichi Nakano and Naoki Sugimoto,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1299
DOI: 10.1039/b922050j

Ammonia oxide makes up some 20% of an aqueous solution of hydroxylamine
Anthony J. Kirby, John E. Davies, David J. Fox, David R. W. Hodgson, Andrés E. Goeta, Marcelo F. Lima, Jacks P. Priebe, J. Arturo Santaballa and Faruk Nome,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1302
DOI: 10.1039/b923742a

Mn based olivine electrode material with high power and energy
Jongsoon Kim, Dong-Hwa Seo, Sung-Wook Kim, Young-Uk Park and Kisuk Kang,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1305
DOI: 10.1039/b922133f

A new kind CO2/CH4 separation material: open ended nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes formed by direct pyrolysis of metal organic frameworks
Yongming Shen and Junfeng Bai,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1308
DOI: 10.1039/b913820j

Fluorescence turn-on detection of Cu2+ in water samples and living cells based on the unprecedented copper-mediated dihydrorosamine oxidation reaction
Weiying Lin, Lingliang Long, Bingbing Chen, Wen Tan and Wensha Gao,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1311
DOI: 10.1039/b919531a

Facile and rapid manipulation of DNA surface density on gold nanoparticles using mononucleotide-mediated conjugation
Wenting Zhao and I-Ming Hsing,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1314
DOI: 10.1039/b920696e

Controlled drug release from porous materials by plasma polymer deposition
Spomenka Simovic, Dusan Losic and Krasimir Vasilev,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1317
DOI: 10.1039/b919840g

Ultramicropore formation in PAN/camphor-based carbon nanofiber paper
Eun Ju Ra, Tae Hyung Kim, Woo Jong Yu, Kay Hyeok An and Young Hee Lee,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1320
DOI: 10.1039/b919055d

Highly enhanced electrochemiluminescence of novel gold/silica/CdSe-CdS nanostructures for ultrasensitive immunoassay of protein tumor marker
Gui-Fen Jie, Ping Liu and Shu-Sheng Zhang,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1323
DOI: 10.1039/b919186k

Dextran based pH-activated near-infrared fluorescence nanoprobe imaging the acidic compartments in cancer cells
Cong Li, Kai Li, Huihui Yan, Guanghui Li, Jinsong Xia and Xunbin Wei,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1326
DOI: 10.1039/b917368d

An unusual case of symmetry-preserving isomerism
Daofeng Sun, Shengqian Ma, Jason M. Simmons, Jian-Rong Li, Daqiang Yuan and Hong-Cai Zhou,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1329
DOI: 10.1039/b920995f

End-to-end assembly of gold nanorods by means of oligonucleotide–mercury(II) molecular recognition
Yi Wang, Yuan Fang Li, Jian Wang, You Sang and Cheng Zhi Huang,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1332
DOI: 10.1039/b921464j

High performance organic photosensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells
Hunbae Im, Sukwon Kim, Chanmoo Park, Seok-Hoon Jang, Chang-Ju Kim, Kyungkon Kim, Nam-Gyu Park and Chulhee Kim,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1335
DOI: 10.1039/b917065k

On the tuning of electric conductance of extended metal atom chains via axial ligands for [Ru3(3-dpa)4(X)2]0/+ (X = NCS-, CN-)
Kai-Neng Shih, Min-Jie Huang, Hao-Cheng Lu, Ming-Dung Fu, Ching-Kuo Kuo, Gin-Chen Huang, Gene-Hsiang Lee, Chun-hsien Chen and Shie-Ming Peng,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1338
DOI: 10.1039/b916677g

Macroscopic evidence of strong cation– interactions in a synthetic polymer system
Ruomiao Wang and Tao Xie,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1341
DOI: 10.1039/b916204f

Emulsion-assisted synthesis of monodisperse binary metal nanoparticles
Zhen Yin, Ding Ma and Xinhe Bao,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1344
DOI: 10.1039/b920169f

Direct dehydrative cross-coupling of tautomerizable heterocycles with alkynes via Pd/Cu-catalyzed phosphonium coupling
Fu-An Kang, James C . Lanter, Chaozhong Cai, Zhihua Sui and William V. Murray,  Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1347
DOI: 10.1039/b917777a

Back matter
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1350
DOI: 10.1039/c001762k

Back cover
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1351
DOI: 10.1039/c001760b