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Contents list for Chemical Communications, issue 43, 2008
Cover
Front cover
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5441
DOI: 10.1039/b817831n
Front/Back Matter
Contents and Chemical Science
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5443
DOI: 10.1039/b817832c
Feature Articles
Design of chiral bifunctional secondary amine catalysts for asymmetric enamine catalysis
Taichi Kano and Keiji Maruoka,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5465
DOI: 10.1039/b809301f
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1-Azadienes in cycloaddition and multicomponent reactions towards N-heterocycles
Bas Groenendaal, Eelco Ruijter and Romano V. A. Orru,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5474
DOI: 10.1039/b809206k Enhanced HTML article available
Communications
Single-molecule fluorescence spectroelectrochemistry of cresyl violet
Chenghong Lei, Dehong Hu and Eric J. Ackerman,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5490
DOI: 10.1039/b812161c Enhanced HTML article available
Covalent surface modification of a metal–organic framework: selective surface engineering via CuI-catalyzed Huisgen cycloaddition
Tendai Gadzikwa, Guang Lu, Charlotte L. Stern, Scott R. Wilson, Joseph T. Hupp and SonBinh T. Nguyen,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5493
DOI: 10.1039/b805101a
Identification of oligo(p-phenylene vinylene)–naphthalene diimide heterocomplexes by scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy at the liquid–solid interface
Inge De Cat, Cornelia Röger, Cameron C. Lee, Freek J. M. Hoeben, Maarten J. Pouderoijen, Albertus P. H. J. Schenning, Frank Würthner and Steven De Feyter,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5496
DOI: 10.1039/b811961a
Greatly reduced amino acid alphabets in directed evolution: making the right choice for saturation mutagenesis at homologous enzyme positions
Manfred T. Reetz and Sheng Wu,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5499
DOI: 10.1039/b813388c Enhanced HTML article available
A genetic selection system for evolving enantioselectivity of enzymes
Manfred T. Reetz, Horst Höbenreich, Pankaj Soni and Layla Fernández,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5502
DOI: 10.1039/b814538e Enhanced HTML article available
Enhanced carbohydrate structural selectivity in ion mobility-mass spectrometry analyses by boronic acid derivatization
Larissa S. Fenn and John A. McLean,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5505
DOI: 10.1039/b810421b Enhanced HTML article available
Coordination networks derived from germanium(II) thioether macrocyclic complexes—the first authenticated chalcogenoether complexes of Ge(II)
Fei Cheng, Andrew L. Hector, William Levason, Gillian Reid, Michael Webster and Wenjian Zhang,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5508
DOI: 10.1039/b809444f
Templating effect of silk fibers in the oriented deposition of aragonite
Cheng Cheng, Yuhong Yang, Xin Chen and Zhengzhong Shao,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5511
DOI: 10.1039/b810337b
Self-assembly of a neutral luminescent Au12 cluster with D2 symmetry
Qing-Fu Sun, Terence Kwok-Ming Lee, Pei-Zhou Li, Liao-Yuan Yao, Jing-Jing Huang, Jing Huang, Shu-Yan Yu, Yi-Zhi Li, Eddie Chung-Chin Cheng and Vivian Wing-Wah Yam,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5514
DOI: 10.1039/b808646j
The first synthesis of N-acetylneuraminic acid 1,7-lactone
Raffaele Colombo, Mario Anastasia, Paola Rota and Pietro Allevi,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5517
DOI: 10.1039/b810447f Enhanced HTML article available
Chemiluminescence thrombin aptasensor using high-activity DNAzyme as catalytic label
Tao Li, Erkang Wang and Shaojun Dong,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5520
DOI: 10.1039/b809296f Enhanced HTML article available
Thermoresponsive dendronized polymers with tunable lower critical solution temperatures
Wen Li, Afang Zhang and A. Dieter Schlüter,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5523
DOI: 10.1039/b811464a
Tandem conjugate addition–elimination reaction promoted by chiral pyrrolidinyl sulfonamide (CPS)
Junye Xu, Xiao Fu, Ruijuan Low, Yong-Peng Goh, Zhiyong Jiang and Choon-Hong Tan,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5526
DOI: 10.1039/b810905m
Palladium-catalysed direct synthesis of benzo[b]thiophenes from thioenols
Kiyofumi Inamoto, Yukari Arai, Kou Hiroya and Takayuki Doi,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5529
DOI: 10.1039/b811362a Enhanced HTML article available
A robust strategy for the preparation of libraries of metallopeptides. A new paradigm for the discovery of targeted molecular imaging and therapy agents
Andrea F. Armstrong, Nick Oakley, Shannon Parker, Patrick W. Causey, Jennifer Lemon, Alfredo Capretta, Craig Zimmerman, John Joyal, Francis Appoh, Jon Zubieta, John W. Babich, Gurmit Singh and John F. Valliant,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5532
DOI: 10.1039/b810706h
Azaarene cis-dihydrodiol-derived 2,2
-bipyridine ligands for asymmetric allylic oxidation and cyclopropanation
Derek R. Boyd, Narain D. Sharma, Lenuta Sbircea, Deirdre Murphy, Tayeb Belhocine, John F. Malone, Stuart L. James, Christopher C. R. Allen and John T. G. Hamilton,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5535
DOI: 10.1039/b814678k Enhanced HTML article available
Chemoenzymatic synthesis of chiral 4,4-bipyridyls and their metal–organic frameworks
Lenuta Sbircea, Narain D. Sharma, William Clegg, Ross W. Harrington, Peter N. Horton, Michael B. Hursthouse, David C. Apperley, Derek R. Boyd and Stuart L. James,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5538
DOI: 10.1039/b812366g Enhanced HTML article available
Phase transition and conductive acceleration of phosphonium-cation-based room-temperature ionic liquid
Shiro Seki, Yasuhiro Umebayashi, Seiji Tsuzuki, Kikuko Hayamizu, Yo Kobayashi, Yasutaka Ohno, Takeshi Kobayashi, Yuichi Mita, Hajime Miyashiro, Nobuyuki Terada and Shin-ichi Ishiguro,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5541
DOI: 10.1039/b809309a
Enzyme-mediated sol–gel processing of alkoxysilanes
Mark Frampton, Ateeya Vawda, Jackie Fletcher and Paul M. Zelisko,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5544
DOI: 10.1039/b812389f
An unprecedented lanthanide phosphinidene halide: synthesis, structure and reactivity
Peng Cui, Yaofeng Chen, Xin Xu and Jie Sun,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5547
DOI: 10.1039/b813075b
Sensitive liposomes encoded with oligonucleotide amphiphiles: a biocompatible switch
Arnaud Gissot, Carmelo Di Primo, Isabelle Bestel, Gregory Giannone, Hubert Chapuis and Philippe Barthélémy,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5550
DOI: 10.1039/b812398e
Synthesis of Fe3O4/PdO heterodimer nanocrystals in silica nanospheres and their controllable transformation into Fe3O4/Pd heterodimers and FePd nanocrystals
Jongmin Shin, Hakwon Kim and In Su Lee,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5553
DOI: 10.1039/b812690a
Sn(IV) phosphonates as catalysts in solvent-free Baeyer–Villiger oxidations using H2O2
Sharath Kirumakki, Sandani Samarajeewa, Robert Harwell, Atashi Mukherjee, Rolfe H. Herber and Abraham Clearfield,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5556
DOI: 10.1039/b807938b
A diastereoselective route to 2,6-syn-disubstituted tetrahydropyrans: synthesis of the civet compound (+)-2-((2S,6S)-6-methyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl) acetic acid
Matthew O
Brien, Shane Cahill and Lyndsay A. Evans,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5559
DOI: 10.1039/b810231g Enhanced HTML article available
Flexible total synthesis of biphenomycin B
Herbert Waldmann, Yu-Peng He, Hao Tan, Lars Arve and Hans-Dieter Arndt,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5562
DOI: 10.1039/b811583d
Complete oxidation of acetaldehyde and toluene over a Pd/WO3 photocatalyst under fluorescent- or visible-light irradiation
Takeo Arai, Masumi Horiguchi, Masatoshi Yanagida, Takahiro Gunji, Hideki Sugihara and Kazuhiro Sayama,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5565
DOI: 10.1039/b811657a
Quantifying the fraction of glycine and alanine in 
-sheet and helical conformations in spider dragline silk using solid-state NMR
Gregory P. Holland, Janelle E. Jenkins, Melinda S. Creager, Randolph V. Lewis and Jeffery L. Yarger,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5568
DOI: 10.1039/b812928b Enhanced HTML article available
Fabrication of chiral silver nanoparticles and chiral nanoparticulate film via organogel
Yuangang Li and Minghua Liu,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5571
DOI: 10.1039/b812567h
Sonication treatment of CdTe/CdS semiconductor nanocrystals and their bio-application
Seung Jae Lee, Kyung Nam Kim, Pan Kee Bae, Hyun Ju Chang, Yong-Rok Kim and Joung Kyu Park,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5574
DOI: 10.1039/b812317a
Facile synthesis of aminophenylboronic acid-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles for selective separation of glycopeptides and glycoproteins
Wei Zhou, Ning Yao, Guoping Yao, Chunhui Deng, Xiangmin Zhang and Pengyuan Yang,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5577
DOI: 10.1039/b808800d
Reversible fluorescence modulation through energy transfer with ABC triblock copolymer micelles as scaffolds
Jian Chen, Fang Zeng, Shuizhu Wu, Jianqing Zhao, Qiming Chen and Zhen Tong,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5580
DOI: 10.1039/b810677k
New functional materials for heavy metal sorption: 
Supramolecular
attachment of thiols to mesoporous silica substrates
Timothy G. Carter, Wassana Yantasee, Thanapon Sangvanich, Glen E. Fryxell, Darren W. Johnson and R. Shane Addleman,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5583
DOI: 10.1039/b810576f
Snowman-like silver alkynyl cluster consolidated by templating chloride and peripheral trifluoroacetates
Shu-Dan Bian and Quan-Ming Wang,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5586
DOI: 10.1039/b812451e
Synthesis of 3-hydroxy-1-alkenylboronates via phosphine stabilized borylzirconacyclopropenes
Abed Al Aziz Al Quntar, Alina Botvinik, Abraham Rubinstein and Morris Srebnik,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5589
DOI: 10.1039/b811287h Enhanced HTML article available
First synthesis of N-[(aziridin-2-yl)methyl]benzimidazolequinone and analysis of toxicity towards normal and Fanconi anemia cells
Liz ODonovan, Michael P. Carty and Fawaz Aldabbagh,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5592
DOI: 10.1039/b814706j Enhanced HTML article available
Interaction of lithium hydride and ammonia borane in THF
Zhitao Xiong, Yong Shen Chua, Guotao Wu, Weiliang Xu, Ping Chen, Wendy Shaw, Abhi Karkamkar, John Linehan, Tricia Smurthwaite and Thomas Autrey,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5595
DOI: 10.1039/b812576g
Molecularly imprinted cavities template the macrocyclization of tetrapeptides
Dar-Fu Tai and Yee-Fung Lin,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5598
DOI: 10.1039/b813439a
A general precipitation strategy for large-scale synthesis of molybdate nanostructures
Cheng Peng, Lian Gao, Songwang Yang and Jing Sun,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5601
DOI: 10.1039/b812033a
Cymantrene conjugation modulates the intracellular distribution and induces high cytotoxicity of a cell-penetrating peptide
Ines Neundorf, Jan Hoyer, Katrin Splith, Robert Rennert, Harmel W. Peindy NDongo and Ulrich Schatzschneider,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5604
DOI: 10.1039/b812799a Enhanced HTML article available
Crystal structure of the new FeSe1-x superconductor
Serena Margadonna, Yasuhiro Takabayashi, Martin T. McDonald, Karolina Kasperkiewicz, Yoshikazu Mizuguchi, Yoshihiko Takano, Andrew N. Fitch, Emmanuelle Suard and Kosmas Prassides,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5607
DOI: 10.1039/b813076k
Crystallographic characterization and identification of a minor isomer of C84 fullerene
Lars Epple, Konstantin Amsharov, Kalin Simeonov, Ina Dix and Martin Jansen,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5610
DOI: 10.1039/b811872h
In vivo studies of a platinum(II) metallointercalator
Dianne M. Fisher, Ronald R. Fenton and Janice R. Aldrich-Wright,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5613
DOI: 10.1039/b811723c
In situ synthesis of Cu nanocatalysts on ZnO whiskers embedded in a microstructured paper composite for autothermal hydrogen production
Hirotaka Koga, Takuya Kitaoka and Hiroyuki Wariishi,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5616
DOI: 10.1039/b812216d
A two-step spin crossover mononuclear iron(II) complex with a [HS–LS–LS] intermediate phase
Sylvestre Bonnet, Maxime A. Siegler, José Sánchez Costa, Gábor Molnár, Azzedine Bousseksou, Anthony L. Spek, Patrick Gamez and Jan Reedijk,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5619
DOI: 10.1039/b811746b
Developing DNA tiles for oligonucleotide hybridization assay with higher accuracy and efficiency
Yonggang Ke, Jeanette Nangreave, Hao Yan, Stuart Lindsay and Yan Liu,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5622
DOI: 10.1039/b811332g
A simple route to novel D spherosilicones; the first crystallographic structures of D6 and D8 cages
Alan R. Bassindale, Zhihua Liu, Peter G. Taylor, Peter N. Horton and Michael B. Hursthouse,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5625
DOI: 10.1039/b808456d
Stabilization of CeO2 nanoparticles in a CO2 rich solvent
Martin J. Hollamby, Kieran Trickett, Ana Vesperinas, Carl Rivett, David C. Steytler, Zoe Schnepp, Jon Jones, Richard K. Heenan, Robert M. Richardson, Otto Glatter and Julian Eastoe,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5628
DOI: 10.1039/b811563j
Fabrication of porous carbon nanotube network
Jun-Wei Su, Shu-Juan Fu, Shangjr Gwo and Kuna-Jiuh Lin,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5631
DOI: 10.1039/b812868e
4-(Pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-2-yl thioglycosides as bidentate ligands for oligosaccharide synthesis via temporary deactivation
Papapida Pornsuriyasak, Nigam P. Rath and Alexei V. Demchenko,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5633
DOI: 10.1039/b810569c
Highly enantio- and diastereoselective organocatalytic cascade aza-Michael–Michael reactions: a direct method for the synthesis of trisubstituted chiral pyrrolidines
Hao Li, Liansuo Zu, Hexin Xie, Jian Wang and Wei Wang,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5636
DOI: 10.1039/b812464g
A facile strategy to control polymer topology by variation of controlled radical polymerization mechanisms
Wen-Ming Wan and Cai-Yuan Pan,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5639
DOI: 10.1039/b811618k
A total loss of innocence: double ortho-metallation of bis(triphenylphosphano)iminium cation, [N(PPh3)2]+, by tris(
-naphthalene)tantalate(1-)
Victor J. Sussman and John E. Ellis,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5642
DOI: 10.1039/b811320c
(
2-P,S)Pt(benzyl) complexes derived from 1/3-PiPr2-2-StBu-indene: facile synthesis of carbanion- and borate-containing zwitterions
Kevin D. Hesp, Robert McDonald, Michael J. Ferguson, Gabriele Schatte and Mark Stradiotto,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5645
DOI: 10.1039/b813421a
Cobalt ferrite nanorings: Ostwald ripening dictated synthesis and magnetic properties
Hui Zhang, Chuanxin Zhai, Jianbo Wu, Xiangyang Ma and Deren Yang,
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5648
DOI: 10.1039/b812752b
Front/Back Matter
Back cover
Chem. Commun., 2008, 5651
DOI: 10.1039/b817833j
