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From molecules to materials: Dalton Transactions looks at main group chemistry
26 June 2008
Simon Aldridge is guest editor of Dalton Transactions theme issue 'Main group chemistry: from molecules to materials'
Encapsulated hydrides
26 June 2008
Andrew Wheatley describes progress in encapsulating hydrides in lithium clusters
Changing the colour of inorganic materials
17 June 2008
Shoko Kume and Hiroshi Nishihara review photochromic transition metal complexes
Double the metal
17 June 2008
An unusual dimagnesium-carbene complex could make a useful new catalyst, claim UK chemists
New journal news!
12 June 2008
Announcing two new journals for 2009, and the first online articles for Energy & Environmental Science
Metalloprotein sensors revealed
11 June 2008
In his Dalton Transactions Perspective, Shigetoshi Aono explores metalloproteins as sensors.
Gadolinium Contrast Agents
04 June 2008
In their Dalton Transactions Perspective, Ivan Lukes and colleagues discuss MRI contrast agents based on gadolinium(III) complexes.
The Power of QM/MM Methods for the Study of Inorganic Systems
21 May 2008
In their Dalton Transactions Perspective, Carles Bo and Feliu Maseras discuss the current status of QM/MM methods in inorganic chemistry
Putting organometallic vacant sites to use
15 May 2008
Andrew Weller gives his Dalton Transactions European Lecture in York
Livening up lactates
14 May 2008
Thai scientists have devised a faster, environmentally-friendly route to alkyl lactates
Ligand Design for Metallosupramolecular Magnetic Materials
15 May 2008
Miguel Julve and colleagues discuss the 'complex-as-ligand' approach to rational design of metallosupramolecular assemblies
Ionic liquids electrolytes for harnessing solar energy
07 May 2008
Mikhail Gorlov and Lars Kloo review the first generation of ionic liquids as electrolytes for dye-sensitised solar cells
Bowled over by subporphyrins
30 April 2008
In their Dalton Transactions Perspective, Yasuhide Inokuma and Atsuhiro Osuka discuss their recent progress in the new area of subporphyrin chemistry
Nanoparticles relieve the pressure
24 April 2008
Young Keun Chung and Ji Hoon Park show how catalytic nanoparticles can greatly modify conditions for important organic reactions
Supporting molybdenum catalysts
16 April 2008
Kavita Jain and Fritz Kühn look at immobilized molybdenum oxo and carbonyl complexes, important catalysts for epoxidation
Collection of articles dedicated to Professor Ken Wade, F.R.S. in celebration of his seventy-fifth birthday
03 April 2008
Read the articles published to celebrate Professor Ken Wade's 75th birthday
The rise of phosphorus carbenes
01 April 2008
In this Dalton Transactions Perspective, Pascal Le Floch presents recent research devoted to the study of carbene complexes with two phosphorus groups on the carbon atom
Beautiful new single molecule magnets
26 March 2008
In their Dalton Transactions Perspective, Costas Milios, Stergios Piligkos and Euan Brechin discuss targeted structural distortion using oxime-based single molecule magnets
High impact safety measures
25 March 2008
Chemists in France have synthesised new compounds from old, for an alternative for air bag inflation.
Making molecular squares
18 March 2008
Louise Dawe, Tareque Abedin and Laurence Thompson discuss their contributions to the area of square grid synthesis using hydrazone based ligands.
Bottom-up Building Blocks: Metallodendrimers
11 March 2008
Bart Ravoo highlights the potential of metallodendrimers for nanofabrication and possible applications of the resulting devices, such as nanocatalysts and solar cells.
From oxidation to reduction
10 March 2008
Researchers in Portugal have developed high-valent metal oxides for hydrogenating alkynes and sulfoxides, using inexpensive hydrogen
Achieving the impossible
05 March 2008
Takahiro Sasamori and Norihiro Tokitoh outline their success in making "impossible" compounds containing multiple bonds between heavier Group 15 elements.
Preventing Alzheimer's
27 February 2008
Arvi Rauk discusses the identity of the cause of this neurodegenetive disease
The future of metal fluorides?
18 February 2008
Stephan Rudiger and Erhard Kemnitz discuss the recently developed fluorolytic sol-gel route to metal fluorides and new applications stemming from this method.
First Class Delivery
05 February 2008
Michael Sailor and co-workers use microporous silica particles as delivery systems
Forgotten Carbenes?
01 February 2008
Helgard Raubenheimer and Stephanie Cronje examine the forgotten six-membered carbene family
The promise of polyhedral boron hydrides
24 January 2008
Andrey Semioshkin describes new routes to cyclic oxonium derivatives
Pd-catalysed alkoxycarbonylation
11 January 2008
Carmen Claver outlines the latest advances in the development of palladium catalysts for alkoxycarbonylation.
Holding on to heavy metals
08 January 2008
Structurally simple ligands that selectively bind to mercuric chloride could help remove this toxic salt from the environment, say scientists from India
Boranes as building blocks
04 January 2008
Professor Guo-Xin Jin assembles supramolecules using carboranes
Modifying gold nanoparticles
05 December 2007
Professor James Wilton-Ely reflects on the modification of gold nanoparticles with metal complexes
Dalton Transactions shines the spotlight on catalysis
28 November 2007
Take a look at the Dalton Transactions themed issue 'Emerging Strategies in Catalysis', now published!
New Chair of the Dalton Transactions Editorial Board appointed
26 November 2007
RSC Publishing is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Chris Orvig as Dalton Transactions Editorial Board Chair.
Nature shows the way for hydrogen production
26 November 2007
Vincent Artero and Marc Fontecave describe efforts to prepare metal complexes, using naturally occurring hydrogenases as inspiration
Life after metallocenes
06 November 2007
Elena Smolensky and Moris Eisen look at alternative group IV catalysts for polymerization and organic synthesis.
Dalton Discussion 10: Applications of Metals in Medicine and Healthcare
30 October 2007
Read the papers from the latest Dalton Discussion meeting here!
OH to be in a position of power
25 October 2007
French scientists are unravelling the anticancer secrets of ferrocenyl phenols
Making microporous materials
21 October 2007
Paul Wheatley explores routes to microporous solids using macrocycles
Catalyst problems dissolve away
15 October 2007
The products of an important industrial reaction have been found to dissolve the catalysts themselves, dispensing with the need for co-solvents.
Lanthanides get to the bones of the matter
10 October 2007
Lipophilic wrapping paper is helping lanthanides cross into cells and could lead to osteoporosis treatments.
New phosphorus-containing ligands
09 October 2007
Christian Müller and Dieter Vogt explore the potential of phosphinines in homogeneous catalysis.
Nanoarchitectures charge up battery power
09 October 2007
Yi Xie and Changzheng Wu describe recent advances in nanoarchitectured electrodes for use in rechargeable lithium ion batteries.
Hydroamination catalysts
02 October 2007
Emmanuelle Schultz and colleagues review some of the latest catalysts for asymmetric hydroamination reactions.
Metallopolymers: the best of both worlds?
28 September 2007
Wai-Yeung Wong looks at the major advances and future challenges in the field of luminescent organometallic polymers.
Nitrogen rises to the challenge!
28 September 2007
Nathan Jones and Christine Caputo highlight the role nitrogen containing ligands have in asymmetric catalysis
A new role for carboranes
17 September 2007
John F. Valliant and Andrea F. Armstrong highlight future medicinal uses for carboranes
Zinc - nature's favourite metal!
10 September 2007
Heinrich Vahrenkamp investigates why nature prefers zinc.
Flavo-diiron enzymes - twice as nice for some bacteria
07 September 2007
Donald M Kurtz, Jr explores the dual function of some flavo-diiron enzymes.
Microperoxidases - a window into iron porphyrin chemistry
30 August 2007
Helder Marques explores the use of microperoxidases as haemoprotein mimics.
Cobalt takes a chaperoning role
22 August 2007
Trevor Hambley and colleagues explore drug chaperoning in cobalt pharmaceuticals.
Growing nanoparticles to order
08 August 2007
C. N. R. Rao and co-workers consider the latest developments in the production of nanomaterials
The anticancer potential of titanocene dichloride
20 July 2007
Margaret Harding and Manohari Abeysinghe explore the anticancer activity of titanocene dichloride and derivatives.
Perhalophenyl groups - a versatile ligand
20 July 2007
Babil Menjón and colleagues take a closer look at homoleptic organotransition-metal compounds and in particular the case of perhalophenyl ligands.
Dalton Discussion 11: The Renaissance of Main Group Chemistry
Registration now open for this meeting in Berkeley, USA in June 2008. Registration deadline - 23 May.
The pros and cons of iron chelators
11 July 2007
Paul Bernhardt gives an overview of the current state of chelators for the treatment of iron overload disorders.
Nature's metal regulators
03 July 2007
David Giedroc and Alphonse Arunkumar discuss nature's use of proteins to regulate metal ions in living systems.
Can we save the world and make a profit?
03 July 2007
Michele Aresta and Angela Dibenedetto explore ways of effectively reducing the levels of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere.
Carbon dioxide at metal centres
27 June 2007
Read the latest Perspective article which has been added to the Dalton Transactions web theme issue, tackling the crucial task of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Macrocycles for medicine
14 June 2007
Rita Delgado and colleagues take a close look at some of the macrocyclic chelators that can be used to make radiopharmaceuticals.
A hydrogen source par excellence?
07 June 2007
Tom Baker discusses chemical storage of hydrogen in ammonia borane.
A unique reagent
01 June 2007
Frieder Jäkle tells us why he finds organocopper species intriuging and some of the latest advances in the chemistry of pentafluorophenyl copper.
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