– In 2011, ICIQ research was featured in the covers of different scientific journals. Check out the arty covers and click on them if you want to read the corresponding article.
– Some of the more than 120 papers published by ICIQ researchers in 2011were selected by …
Editors’ Choice Science: Product Placement – Paolo Melchiorre, Atsushi Urakawa et al.
Chemistry Views: Ambient CO2 Fixation –Arjan Kleij et al.
Synfacts: Proline-Derived Aminotriazole Ligands: Preparation and Use in the Ruthenium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation – Miquel Pericàs et al.
Synfacts: Cooperative Organocatalysis for the Asymmetric γ?Alkylation of α-Branched Enals – Paolo Melchiorre et al.
Synfacts: A Solid-Supported Organocatalyst for Highly Stereoselective, Batch, and Continuous-Flow Mannich Reactions – Miquel Pericàs et al.
Synfacts: Simple, Stable, and Easily Accessible Well-Defined CuCF3 Aromatic Trifluoromethylating Agents – Vladimir Grushin et al.
Synfacts and Synform: Ni-Catalyzed Reduction of Inert C−O Bonds: A New Strategy for Using Aryl Ethers as Easily Removable Directing Groups – Rubén Martín et al.
Chemical Science: HOT paper: Mechanically locked capsule captures oppositely charged guests – Pau Ballester et al.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.: HOT paper: Enantioselective Metal-Free Diamination of Styrenes – Kilian Muñiz et al.
– Kilian Muñiz got an author profile in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, where he published his 10th paper entitled ‘An Intermolecular Palladium-Catalyzed Diamination of Unactivated Alkenes’ since 2000.
– Finally, the Top Ten (+1) most cited ICIQ articles published in 2011 (according to Web of Knowledge) are:
Aromatic Trifluoromethylation with Metal Complexes
Vladimir Grushin et al., Chem. Rev. 111, 8, 4475-4521
Mechanism of the gold-catalyzed cyclopropanation of alkenes with 1,6-enynes
Feliu Maseras, Antonio Echavarren et al., Chem. Sci. 2, 1, 141-149
Multiple approaches to enantiopure spirocyclic benzofuranones using organocatalytic cascade reactions
Paolo Melchiorre et al., Chem. Comm. 47, 1, 233-235
Factors controlling charge recombination under dark and light conditions in dye sensitised solar cells
Emilio Palomares et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13, 8, 3547-3558
Increasing the efficiency of zinc-phthalocyanine based solar cells through modification of the anchoring ligand
Emilio Palomares et al., Energy Environ. Sci. 4, 1, 189-194
Phosphite-Containing Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis
Piet van Leeuwen et al., Chem. Rev. 111, 3, 2077-2118
Effective Chirogenesis in a Bis(metallosalphen) Complex through Host-Guest Binding with Carboxylic Acids
Arjan Kleij et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50, 3, 713-716
Tunable single-site ruthenium catalysts for efficient water oxidation
Antoni Llobet et al., Chem. Comm., 47, 28, 8058-8060
Chemical, Electrochemical, and Photochemical Catalytic Oxidation of Water to Dioxygen with Mononuclear Ruthenium Complexes
Antoni Llobet et al., ChemSusChem. 4, 2, 197-207
Catalytic Batch and Continuous Flow Production of Highly Enantioenriched Cyclohexane Derivatives with Polymer-Supported Diarylprolinol Silyl Ethers
Miquel Pericàs et al., SynLett. 4, 464-468
Energy levels, charge injection, charge recombination and dye regeneration dynamics for donor-acceptor pi-conjugated organic dyes in mesoscopic TiO(2) sensitized solar cells
Nuria Lopez, Emilio Palomares et al., Energy Environ. Sci. 4, 5, 1820-1829
Another very successful year for ICIQ research. Hopefully, 2012 will be even better.