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Chemical Communications

Urgent high quality communications from across the chemical sciences.



ChemComm Focus Articles



In the past, ChemComm has published Focus Articles.  These short and highly readable articles covered subjects of topical interest or of cross-disciplinary appeal and were written by a leading expert in the field.  Their target audience was researchers in both academia and industry.

For 2005, the Focus section was replaced by a series of celebratory 40th anniversary articles from some of the most outstanding chemists in their fields.

ChemComm's 40th anniversary articles

These specially commissioned articles review the latest ideas and opinions from across the chemical sciences.

Single-site photocatalytic solids for the decomposition of undesirable molecules
Masakazu Anpo and John Meurig Thomas, Chem. Commun., 2006, 3273
DOI: 10.1039/b606738g

New challenges in fullerene chemistry
Nazario Martín, Chem. Commun., 2006, 2093
DOI: 10.1039/b601582b

New chemistry on old CDs
Hua-Zhong Yu, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2633
DOI: 10.1039/b412784f

Mechanistic analogies amongst carbohydrate modifying enzymes
Luke L. Lairson and Stephen G. Withers, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2243
DOI: 10.1039/b406490a

A challenge for green chemistry: designing molecules that readily dissolve in carbon dioxide
E. J. Beckman, Chem. Commun., 2004, 1885
DOI: 10.1039/b404406c

Ligand-free Heck reactions using low Pd-loading
Manfred T. Reetz and Johannes G. de Vries, Chem. Commun., 2004, 1559
DOI: 10.1039/b406719n

The quest for the chemical roots of life
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1247
DOI: 10.1039/b401124b

Medicinal chemistry in academia: molecular recognition with biological receptors
Fraser Hof and François Diederich, Chem. Commun., 2004, 477
DOI: 10.1039/b314081b

Materials that naturally assemble themselves
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1
DOI: 10.1039/b310010n

Enzymatic hydrogen atom abstraction from polyunsaturated fatty acids
Chris M. McGinley and Wilfred A. van der Donk, Chem. Commun., 2003, 2843
DOI: 10.1039/b311008g

Crystal engineering, Where from? Where to?
Dario Braga, Chem. Commun., 2003, 2751
DOI: 10.1039/b306269b

The photonic opal – the jewel in the crown of optical information processing
Chem. Commun., 2003, 2639
DOI: 10.1039/b306771h

Radicals with a controlled lifestyle
JoAnne Stubbe, Chem. Commun., 2003, 2511
DOI: 10.1039/b307617m

Catalytic reduction of dinitrogen under mild conditions
Richard R. Schrock, Chem. Commun., 2003, 2389
DOI: 10.1039/b307784p

Catalysis and nanoscience
Jeff Grunes, Ji Zhu and Gabor A. Somorjai, Chem. Commun., 2003, 2257
DOI: 10.1039/b305719b

The splice is right: how protein splicing is opening new doors in protein science
Edmund C. Schwartz, Tom W. Muir and Amy B. Tyszkiewicz, Chem. Commun., 2003, 2087
DOI: 10.1039/b304989m

How can enzymes be so efficient?
Dudley H. Williams, Elaine Stephens and Min Zhou, Chem. Commun., 2003, 1973
DOI: 10.1039/b305544m

Nonenzymatic peptide-based catalytic asymmetric phosphorylation of inositol derivatives
Bianca R. Sculimbrene, Adam J. Morgan and Scott J. Miller, Chem. Commun., 2003, 1781
DOI: 10.1039/b304015c

Towards artificial muscles at the nanometric level
Maria Consuelo Jimenez-Molero, Christiane Dietrich-Buchecker and Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Chem. Commun., 2003, 1613
DOI: 10.1039/b302326p

Pizzas, polymorphs and pills
R. J. Davey, Chem. Commun., 2003, 1463
DOI: 10.1039/b303125j

What can time-resolved diffraction tell us about transient species?: excited-state structure determination at atomic resolution
Philip Coppens, Chem. Commun., 2003, 1317
DOI: 10.1039/b301371p

From curiosities to commodities: ionic liquids begin the transition
James H. Davis, Jr.,Phillip A. Fox, Chem. Commun., 2003, 1209
DOI: 10.1039/b212788a

Metallo-enzyme catalysis
R. J. P. Williams, Chem. Commun., 2003, 1109
DOI: 10.1039/b211281g

Diamond will shine brightly for chemistry
Chem. Commun., 2003, 1021
DOI: 10.1039/b300209h

Chemistry of materials under extreme high pressure-high-temperature conditions
Paul F. McMillan, Chem. Commun., 2003, 919
DOI: 10.1039/b300963g

Bringing inorganic chemistry to life
Achim Müller, Chem. Commun., 2003, 803
DOI: 10.1039/b300207c

Creating complexity – the beauty and logic of synthesis
K. C. Nicolaou, Chem. Commun., 2003, 661
DOI: 10.1039/b212248k

Are crystal structures predictable?
Jack D. Dunitz, Chem. Commun., 2003, 545
DOI: 10.1039/b211531j

A chemists approach to biochemical complexity
Chem. Commun., 2003, 445
DOI: 10.1039/b211529h

Enantioselective catalysis in fine chemicals production
Hans-Ulrich Blaser, Chem. Commun., 2003, 293
DOI: 10.1039/b209968n

Catalytic enantioselective allylation with chiral Lewis bases
Scott E. Denmark and Jiping Fu, Chem. Commun., 2003, 167
DOI: 10.1039/b208065f

Twenty-five years of conducting polymers
Hideki Shirakawa, Alan McDiarmid and Alan Heeger, Chem. Commun., 2003, 1
DOI: 10.1039/b210718j

Changes in the chemical industry: the perspective of a catalyst supplier
Chem. Commun., 2002, 2926
DOI: 10.1039/b207791b

Determining the structure of active sites, transition states and intermediates in heterogeneously catalysed reactions
John Meurig Thomas, C. Richard A. Catlow and Gopinathan Sankar, Chem. Commun., 2002, 2921
DOI: 10.1039/b210679p

Developing tools and standards in molecular informatics
Robert Glen and Susan Aldridge, Chem. Commun., 2002, 2745
DOI: 10.1039/b207793k

Molecules that add up
Gareth J. Brown, A. Prasanna De Silva and Sara Pagliari, Chem. Commun., 2002, 2461
DOI: 10.1039/b207795g

Chemistry and biology in the new age
Nina Hall, Chem. Commun., 2002, 2185
DOI: 10.1039/b207557c