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Front cover
Chem. Commun., 2009, 2953
DOI: 10.1039/b908940n

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Inside front cover
Chem. Commun., 2009, 2954
DOI: 10.1039/b908941c

Contents and Chemical Biology
Chem. Commun., 2009, 2955
DOI: 10.1039/b908942j

Feature Articles

Crystallography of hydrogen-containing compounds: realizing the potential of neutron powder diffraction
Mark T. Weller, Paul F. Henry, Valeska P. Ting and Chick C. Wilson,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 2973
DOI: 10.1039/b821336d
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Ionothermal synthesis—ionic liquids as functional solvents in the preparation of crystalline materials
Russell E. Morris,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 2990
DOI: 10.1039/b902611h
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Communications

A general sequence independent solid phase method for the site specific synthesis of multiple sulfated-tyrosine containing peptides
Anton Bunschoten, John A. W. Kruijtzer, Johannes H. Ippel, Carla J. C. de Haas, Jos A. G. van Strijp, Johan Kemmink and Rob M. J. Liskamp,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 2999
DOI: 10.1039/b823425f
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Intense solid-state blue emission with a small Stokes shift: -stacking protection of the diphenylanthracene skeleton
Azusa Iida and Shigehiro Yamaguchi,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3002
DOI: 10.1039/b901794a
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Conformational isomers of extraordinary stability: carboxamidate-bridged dimetalloorganic compounds
Jian-Hua Xie, Lei Zhou, Peter Zavalij, Michael P. Doyle, Yinxin Sun, Yang Liu and Huai Sun,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3005
DOI: 10.1039/b904095a

Synthesis of substituted pyridines and pyridazines via ring closing metathesis
Timothy J. Donohoe, Lisa P. Fishlock, José A. Basutto, John F. Bower, Panayiotis A. Procopiou and Amber L. Thompson,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3008
DOI: 10.1039/b904363b
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Bile acid-based polyaminocarboxylate conjugates as targeted antitumor agents
Hyun-Soon Chong, Hyun A. Song, Xiang Ma, Sooyoun Lim, Xiang Sun and Santosh B. Mhaske,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3011
DOI: 10.1039/b823000e
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Electrochemical assay of superoxide based on biomimetic enzyme at highly conductive TiO2 nanoneedles: from principle to applications in living cells
Yongping Luo, Yang Tian and Qi Rui,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3014
DOI: 10.1039/b902150g
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1,2,3-Triazole-strapped calix[4]pyrrole: a new membrane transporter for chloride
Matthew G. Fisher, Philip A. Gale, Jennifer R. Hiscock, Michael B. Hursthouse, Mark E. Light, Franz P. Schmidtchen and Christine C. Tong,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3017
DOI: 10.1039/b904089g
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Completely encapsulated oligothiophenes up to 12-mer
Yutaka Ie, Aihong Han, Tetsuo Otsubo and Yoshio Aso,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3020
DOI: 10.1039/b901354g
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Tuning the field-induced magnetic transition in a layered cobalt phosphonate by reversible dehydration-hydration process
Ting-Hai Yang, Yi Liao, Li-Min Zheng, Robert E. Dinnebier, Yan-Hui Su and Jing Ma,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3023
DOI: 10.1039/b903324f
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Polyol synthesis of palladium hydride: bulk powders vs. nanocrystals
Ting-Hao Phan and Raymond E. Schaak,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3026
DOI: 10.1039/b902024a

Copper catalyzed atom transfer radical cascade reactions in the presence of free-radical diazo initiators as reducing agents
Carolynne Ricardo and Tomislav Pintauer,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3029
DOI: 10.1039/b905839g

Chemically-selective surface glyco-functionalization of liposomes through Staudinger ligation
Hailong Zhang, Yong Ma and Xue-Long Sun,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3032
DOI: 10.1039/b822420j
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Efficient copper-catalyzed coupling of aryl chlorides, bromides and iodides with aqueous ammonia
Hanhui Xu and Christian Wolf,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3035
DOI: 10.1039/b904188e

Radiaannulenes: synthesis, electrochemistry, and solid-state structure
Mojtaba Gholami, Manuel N. Chaur, Myron Wilde, Michael J. Ferguson, Robert McDonald, Luis Echegoyen and Rik R. Tykwinski,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3038
DOI: 10.1039/b904762j

Self polymerising ionic liquid gel
Orawan Winther-Jensen, R. Vijayaraghavan, Jiazeng Sun, Bjorn Winther-Jensen and Douglas R. MacFarlane,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3041
DOI: 10.1039/b822905h
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Superimposed molecular keypad lock and half-subtractor implications in a single fluorophore
Subodh Kumar, Vijay Luxami, Rajnish Saini and Damanjit Kaur,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3044
DOI: 10.1039/b900131j
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A novel luciferin-based bright chemiluminescent probe for the detection of reactive oxygen species
Maki Sekiya, Keitaro Umezawa, Akemi Sato, Daniel Citterio and Koji Suzuki,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3047
DOI: 10.1039/b903751a
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Site-specific covalent attachment of DNA to proteins using a photoactivatable Tus–Ter complex
Dahdah B. Dahdah, Isabelle Morin, Morgane J. J. Moreau, Nicholas E. Dixon and Patrick M. Schaeffer,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3050
DOI: 10.1039/b900905a
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Salan ligands assembled around chiral bipyrrolidine: predetermination of chirality around octahedral Ti and Zr centres
Ekaterina Sergeeva, Jacob Kopilov, Israel Goldberg and Moshe Kol,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3053
DOI: 10.1039/b823176a
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Using aptamers evolved from cell-SELEX to engineer a molecular delivery platform
Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Haipeng Liu, Yu Fen Huang, Hui Wang, Dalia Lopez-Colon and Weihong Tan,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3056
DOI: 10.1039/b823258j
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High performance, acene-based organic thin film transistors
Gonzalo Rincon Llorente, Marie-Beatrice Dufourg-Madec, David J. Crouch, Robin G. Pritchard, Simon Ogier and Stephen G. Yeates,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3059
DOI: 10.1039/b901448a
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Nanoporous anodic aluminium oxide membranes with layered surface chemistry
Abdul Mutalib Md Jani, Emily J. Anglin, Steven J. P. McInnes, Dusan Losic, Joe G. Shapter and Nicolas H. Voelcker,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3062
DOI: 10.1039/b901745c

Molecular beacon-functionalized gold nanoparticles as probes in dry-reagent strip biosensor for DNA analysis
Xun Mao, Hui Xu, Qingxiang Zeng, Lingwen Zeng and Guodong Liu,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3065
DOI: 10.1039/b822582f
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High-ion conducting solidified hybrid electrolytes by the self-assembly of ionic liquids and TiO2
U-Hwang Lee, Tetsuichi Kudo and Itaru Honma,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3068
DOI: 10.1039/b903034d
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Iron–sulfur cluster biosynthesis: role of a semi-conserved histidine
Jia Huang and J. A. Cowan,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3071
DOI: 10.1039/b902676b
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Templating silver nanoparticle growth using phosphonated calixarenes
Karel J. Hartlieb, Martin Saunders and Colin L. Raston,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3074
DOI: 10.1039/b823067f
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Sensitive turn-on fluorescent detection of cyanide based on the dissolution of fluorophore functionalized gold nanoparticles
Li Shang, Lihua Jin and Shaojun Dong,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3077
DOI: 10.1039/b902216c

Transition-metal-catalyzed regioselective aroyl- and trifluoro-acetylthiolation of alkynes using thioesters
Yasunori Minami, Hitoshi Kuniyasu, Kiyoshi Miyafuji and Nobuaki Kambe,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3080
DOI: 10.1039/b900492k
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Diphenylprolinol silyl ether as a catalyst in an asymmetric, catalytic and direct -benzoyloxylation of aldehydes
Hiroaki Gotoh and Yujiro Hayashi,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3083
DOI: 10.1039/b902287b
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The first liquid crystalline phthalocyanine derivative capable of edge-on alignment for solution processed organic thin-film transistors
Shaoqiang Dong, Hongkun Tian, De Song, Zhenhua Yang, Donghang Yan, Yanhou Geng and Fosong Wang,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3086
DOI: 10.1039/b822819a
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New chemical hydrogen storage materials exploiting the self-sustaining thermal decomposition of guanidinium borohydride
Thomas J. Groshens and Richard A. Hollins,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3089
DOI: 10.1039/b900376b
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Asymmetric tandem Michael addition–ylide olefination reaction for the synthesis of optically active cyclohexa-1,3-diene derivatives
Long-Wu Ye, Shou-Bing Wang, Qing-Gang Wang, Xiu-Li Sun, Yong Tang and Yong-Gui Zhou,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3092
DOI: 10.1039/b900048h
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Synthesis and characterisation of polyamide dendrimers with systematically varying surface functionality
Helen Willcock, Andrew I. Cooper, Dave J. Adams and Steve P. Rannard,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3095
DOI: 10.1039/b903190a
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The ratio of cholesterol 5,6-secosterols formed from ozone and singlet oxygen offers insight into the oxidation of cholesterol in vivo
Anita D. Wentworth, Byeong-Doo Song, Jorge Nieva, Asher Shafton, Sangeetha Tripurenani and Paul Wentworth Jr.,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3098
DOI: 10.1039/b821584g
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Intramolecular aryl transfer to thionium ions in an approach to -arylacetamides
Caroline Ovens, Johannes C. Vogel, Nathaniel G. Martin and David J. Procter,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3101
DOI: 10.1039/b904577e
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In situ simultaneous synthesis of WC/graphitic carbon nanocomposite as a highly efficient catalyst support for DMFC
Ruihong Wang, Chungui Tian, Lei Wang, Baoli Wang, Hengbin Zhang and Honggang Fu,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3104
DOI: 10.1039/b901089k
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Elemental mass spectrometry: a powerful tool for an accurate characterisation at elemental level of quantum dots
Antonio R. Montoro Bustos, Jorge Ruiz Encinar, María T. Fernández-Argüelles, José M. Costa-Fernández and Alfredo Sanz-Medel,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3107
DOI: 10.1039/b901493d

The exceptional activity of a phosphazenium hydroxide catalyst incorporated onto silica in the transesterification of tributyrin with methanol
Mi-Young Kim, Gon Seo, O Zoon Kwon and Duk Rye Chang,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3110
DOI: 10.1039/b903969d
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A porous 3D heterometal-organic framework containing both lanthanide and high-spin Fe(II) ions
Bin Zhao, Xiao-Yan Chen, Zhi Chen, Wei Shi, Peng Cheng, Shi-Ping Yan and Dai-Zheng Liao,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3113
DOI: 10.1039/b821496d
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Design of hybrid titania nanocrystallites as supports for gold catalysts
Violaine Mendez, Valérie Caps and Stéphane Daniele,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3116
DOI: 10.1039/b902606a
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The non-covalent assembly of benzene-bridged metallosalphen dimers: photoconductive tapes with large carrier mobility and spatially distinctive conduction anisotropy
Long Chen, Lu Wang, Xingfa Gao, Shigeru Nagase, Yoshihito Honsho, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki and Donglin Jiang,  Chem. Commun., 2009, 3119
DOI: 10.1039/b904337c
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Back matter
Chem. Commun., 2009, 3122
DOI: 10.1039/b908950k

Back cover
Chem. Commun., 2009, 3123
DOI: 10.1039/b908943h