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Front cover
Chem. Commun., 2009, 4305
DOI: 10.1039/b912623f

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Inside front cover
Chem. Commun., 2009, 4306
DOI: 10.1039/b912624b

Contents and Highlights in Chemical Biology
Chem. Commun., 2009, 4307
DOI: 10.1039/b912625m

Feature Articles

New generation of metal string complexes: strengthening metal–metal interaction via naphthyridyl group modulated oligo--pyridylamido ligands
Isiah Po-Chun Liu, Wen-Zhen Wang and Shie-Ming Peng,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4323
DOI: 10.1039/b904719k
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Aggregation-induced emission: phenomenon, mechanism and applications
Yuning Hong, Jacky W. Y. Lam and Ben Zhong Tang,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4332
DOI: 10.1039/b904665h
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Communications

A four-shell, 136-metal 3d-4f heterometallic cluster approximating a rectangular parallelepiped
Xiang-Jian Kong, La-Sheng Long, Rong-Bin Huang, Lan-Sun Zheng, T. David Harris and Zhiping Zheng,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4354
DOI: 10.1039/b822609a
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Remarkable regioselectivity in the preparation of the first heterotrimetallic MoWCr chain
Michael Nippe, George H. Timmer and John F. Berry,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4357
DOI: 10.1039/b907402c
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Organic conducting wire formation on a TiO2 nanocrystalline structure: towards long-lived charge separated systems
Yasuhiro Tachibana, Satoshi Makuta, Yasuhide Otsuka, Jun Terao, Susumu Tsuda, Nobuaki Kambe, Shu Seki and Susumu Kuwabata,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4360
DOI: 10.1039/b905690d

Single-molecule magnet Fe9 supramolecular dimers: a theoretical approach to intramolecular and intermolecular exchange interactions
Silvia Gómez-Coca, Eliseo Ruiz and Jens Kortus,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4363
DOI: 10.1039/b905950d

A facile approach to hexanary chalcogenoborate featuring a 3-D chiral honeycomb-like open-framework constructed from rare-earth consolidating thiogallate-closo-dodecaborate
Sheng-Ping Guo, Guo-Cong Guo, Ming-Sheng Wang, Jian-Ping Zou, Hui-Yi Zeng, Li-Zhen Cai and Jin-Shun Huang,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4366
DOI: 10.1039/b906124j

A tailored spirooxazine dimer as a photoswitchable binding tool
Satish Kumar, Davita L. Watkins and Tomoko Fujiwara,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4369
DOI: 10.1039/b909496b

Stable diarylnitroxide diradical with triplet ground state
Andrzej Rajca, Kouichi Shiraishi and Suchada Rajca,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4372
DOI: 10.1039/b909741d

Formation of linear main-chain polypseudorotaxanes with supramolecular polymer backbones via two self-sorting host–guest recognition motifs
Feng Wang, Bo Zheng, Kelong Zhu, Qizhong Zhou, Chunxi Zhai, Shijun Li, Ning Li and Feihe Huang,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4375
DOI: 10.1039/b905837k

Octahedral Fe3O4 nanoparticles and their assembled structures
Luhui Zhang, Jiajia Wu, Hanbin Liao, Yanglong Hou and Song Gao,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4378
DOI: 10.1039/b906636e

A micrometer-size TiO2 single-crystal photocatalyst with remarkable 80% level of reactive facets
Dieqing Zhang, Guisheng Li, Xianfeng Yang and Jimmy C. Yu,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4381
DOI: 10.1039/b907963g

Monolithic aerogels of silver modified cadmium sulfide colloids
Simerjeet K. Gill and Louisa J. Hope-Weeks,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4384
DOI: 10.1039/b903044a

First structurally characterized mono- and dinuclear ruthenium complexes derived from zwitterionic quinonoid ligands
Hari Sankar Das, Atanu Kumar Das, Roberto Pattacini, Ralph Hübner, Biprajit Sarkar and Pierre Braunstein,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4387
DOI: 10.1039/b907710c

Optical detection of glucose by CdS quantum dots immobilized in smart microgels
Weitai Wu, Ting Zhou, Jing Shen and Shuiqin Zhou,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4390
DOI: 10.1039/b907348e

Ag nanowires enhanced upconversion emission of NaYF4:Yb,Er nanocrystals via a direct assembly method
Wei Feng, Ling-Dong Sun and Chun-Hua Yan,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4393
DOI: 10.1039/b909164e

Asymmetric autocatalysis induced by meteoritic amino acids with hydrogen isotope chirality
Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Masako Shimizu, Daisuke Nishiyama, Masateru Ito, Hitomi Ozawa and Kenso Soai,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4396
DOI: 10.1039/b908754k

Two-directional ring-opening cross-metathesis
Stephen J. Roe, Jean-Christophe Legeay, Diane Robbins, Pooja Aggarwal and Robert A. Stockman,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4399
DOI: 10.1039/b906301c

Direct synthesis of large-pore ethane-bridged mesoporous organosilica functionalized with carboxylic groups
Sonia Fiorilli, Beatrice Camarota, Daniela Perrachon, Maria Concetta Bruzzoniti, Edoardo Garrone and Barbara Onida,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4402
DOI: 10.1039/b905348d
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Amino-functionalized carbon nanotubes as solid basic catalysts for the transesterification of triglycerides
Alberto Villa, Jean-Philippe Tessonnier, Olivier Majoulet, Dang Sheng Su and Robert Schlögl,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4405
DOI: 10.1039/b906123a
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Use of 4-piperidones in one-pot syntheses of novel, high-molecular-weight linear and virtually 100%-hyperbranched polymers
Alfredo R. Cruz, Mikhail G. Zolotukhin, Salvador L. Morales, Jorge Cardenas, Gerardo Cedillo, Serguei Fomine, Manuel Salmon and Maria P. Carreón-Castro,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4408
DOI: 10.1039/b907042g

A novel biodegradable and thermosensitive polymer with PEG-analogue macromolecular structure
Lei Feng, Jianyuan Hao, Chengdong Xiong and Xianmo Deng,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4411
DOI: 10.1039/b907056g

Zirconocene-mediated ligand-switched selective cleavage of active and inert carbon–carbon bonds in allylcyclopropanes
Chao Wang, Liang Deng, Jun Yan, Hailin Wang, Qian Luo, Wen-Xiong Zhang and Zhenfeng Xi,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4414
DOI: 10.1039/b908803b
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A cryptand based chemodosimetric probe for naked-eye detection of mercury(II) ion in aqueous medium and its application in live cell imaging
Atanu Jana, Jong Seung Kim, Hyo Sung Jung and Parimal K. Bharadwaj,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4417
DOI: 10.1039/b907646h

Photoisomerization of an azobenzene gel by pulsed laser irradiation
Kingo Uchida, Shintaro Yamaguchi, Hirofumi Yamada, Masako Akazawa, Tetsuro Katayama, Yukihide Ishibashi and Hiroshi Miyasaka,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4420
DOI: 10.1039/b908303k
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Solubility adjustable nanoparticles stabilized by a novel PVP based family: synthesis, characterization and catalytic properties
Ning Yan, Jia-guang Zhang, Yinyin Tong, Siyu Yao, Chaoxian Xiao, Zichen Li and Yuan Kou,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4423
DOI: 10.1039/b905625d

Blue to green shifted fluorescence in inter- and intramolecular hydrogen bonded di(benzimidazol-2-yl)benzene
Bijayalaxmi Jena and S. Sundar Manoharan,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4426
DOI: 10.1039/b907745f

Remarkable effect of 2,2-bipyridyl: mild and highly chemoselective deprotection of methoxymethyl (MOM) ethers in combination with TMSOTf (TESOTf)–2,2-bipyridyl
Hiromichi Fujioka, Ozora Kubo, Kento Senami, Yutaka Minamitsuji and Tomohiro Maegawa,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4429
DOI: 10.1039/b907910f

Bonding mode of a new bis-phosphine-borane alkyl ligand to a Rh(I) species
Matthias Blug, Dan Grünstein, Gilles Alcaraz, Sylviane Sabo-Etienne, Xavier-Frederic Le Goff, Pascal Le Floch and Nicolas Mézailles,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4432
DOI: 10.1039/b907813d

The organocatalytic addition of bis(arylsulfonyl)methane to ,-unsaturated aldehydes and the synthesis of optically-enriched 3-methyl-alkanols
José Luis García Ruano, Vanesa Marcos and José Alemán,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4435
DOI: 10.1039/b908963b

Hydrodechlorination of chlorophenols at low temperature on a novel Pd catalyst
Zhonghao Jin, Chao Yu, Xingyi Wang, Ying Wan, Dao Li and Guanzhong Lu,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4438
DOI: 10.1039/b907846k

Structure–energy relations in hen egg white lysozyme observed during refolding from a quenched unfolded state
Theresa Y. Cho, Nolene Byrne, David J. Moore, Brian A. Pethica, C. Austen Angell and Pablo G. Debenedetti,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4441
DOI: 10.1039/b907656e

A DNA-binding Gd chelate for the detection of cell death by MRI
Elisabeth Garanger, Scott A. Hilderbrand, Joseph T. Blois, David E. Sosnovik, Ralph Weissleder and Lee Josephson,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4444
DOI: 10.1039/b907375b

Hydrophilic multi-walled carbon nanotubes decorated with magnetite nanoparticles as lymphatic targeted drug delivery vehicles
Dong Yang, Feng Yang, Jianhua Hu, Jiang Long, Changchun Wang, Deliang Fu and Quanxing Ni,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4447
DOI: 10.1039/b908012k
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Iron-catalyzed thioetherification of thiols with aryl iodides
Jhih-Ru Wu, Che-Hung Lin and Chin-Fa Lee,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4450
DOI: 10.1039/b907362k

An easily prepared hypersensitive water-soluble fluorescent probe for mercury(II) ions
Hong-Wei Li, Yue Li, Yong-Qiang Dang, Li-Jun Ma, Yuqing Wu, Guangfeng Hou and Lixin Wu,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4453
DOI: 10.1039/b907386h

Surface mediated synthesis of 2D covalent organic frameworks: 1,3,5-tris(4-bromophenyl)benzene on graphite(001), Cu(111), and Ag(110)
Rico Gutzler, Hermann Walch, Georg Eder, Stephan Kloft, Wolfgang M. Heckl and Markus Lackinger,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 4456
DOI: 10.1039/b906836h
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Back cover
Chem. Commun., 2009, 4459
DOI: 10.1039/b912626k