2012 has been a very fruitful year for ICIQ with more than 120 papers published in high impact international scientific journals. Some of those papers have also received additional media coverage, increasing the visibility and impact of the research developed at ICIQ.

– In 2012, ICIQ research was featured on the cover of different scientific journals:

Metallacarboranes and their interactions: theoretical insights and their applicabilityPau Farràs, Emilio J. Juárez-Pérez, Martin Lepšík, Rafael Luque, Rosario Núñez and Francesc Teixidor
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 3445-3463

Iodine(III)-Promoted Intermolecular Diamination of Alkenes José A. Souto, Yolanda González, Alvaro Iglesias, Debora Zian, Anton Lishchynskyi, Kilian Muniz
Chem. Asian J., 2012, 7, 1103.

Polyatomic Anion Assistance in the Assembly of [2]PseudorotaxanesVirginia Valderrey, Eduardo C. Escudero-Adán, and Pablo Ballester
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 (26), 10733–10736

A highly active Zn(salphen) catalyst for production of organic carbonates in a green CO₂ mediumMasoumeh Taherimehr, Antonello Decortes, Syed M. Al-Amsyar, Warunee Lueangchaichaweng, Christopher J. Whiteoak, Eduardo C. Escudero-Adán, Arjan W. Kleij and Paolo P. Pescarmona
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 2231-2237

Advances in high efficiency dye sensitized solar cells based on Ru(II) free sensitizers and a liquid redox electrolyteJohn N. Clifford , Miquel Planells and Emilio Palomares
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 24195-24201

NHC-stabilized ruthenium nanoparticles as new catalysts for the hydrogenation of aromatics
David Gonzalez-Galvez ,  Patricia Lara ,  Orestes Rivada-Wheelaghan ,  Salvador Conejero ,  Bruno Chaudret ,  Karine Philippot and Piet W. N. M. van LeeuwenCatal. Sci. Technol., 2013,3, 99-105

Transition-Metal Complexes Containing the Dinucleating Tetra-N-Dentate 3,5-Bis(2-pyridyl)pyrazole (Hbpp) Ligand – A Robust Scaffold for Multiple Applications Including the Catalytic Oxidation of Water to Molecular OxygenJordi García-Antón, Roger Bofill, Lluís Escriche, Antoni Llobet, Xavier Sala

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 4475-4789

– SINC (Scientific Information and News Service) covered some of the papers published by ICIQ research groups and consequently, those papers were also highlighted in different media venues, including the magazine ‘Muy Interesante‘.

• Crean la primera molécula artificial que descompone el agua tan rápido como la naturaleza
• Gigantes poliédricos para apresar moléculas
• Diseñan una nueva metodología química para la obtención de supermoléculas
• Resuelven en el laboratorio una ecuación química pendiente desde hace un siglo

– Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN, the American Chemical Society magazine) and Chemistry Views (ChemPubSoc Europe and Wiley-VCH magazine) also selected some of the high impact research published by ICIQ.

• Dabbling In Fluorine
• Copper Continues To Advance Trifluoromethylation
• Reduced Organocatalyst Loadings
• Novel Uranyl Organic Frameworks
• Origin of Compensation in Heterogenous Catalysis
• Low-Cost, Simple, Efficient, Safe Trifluoromethylation

– Several papers were highlighted by the journals in which they were published for being hot, high impact research and most downloaded papers.

• Hot Article: Catalytic Clean Up
• Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular C(sp3)H Amidation
• Heteroditopic Receptors with Peculiar Complexation Properties Toward Ion-Pairs
• First-Time Demonstration of Four-Component Interwoven Molecules – JACS Cover Art Podcast #40
• Trifluoromethylation of ?-Haloketones
• Direct Cupration of Fluoroform
• Green Chemistry Articles of Interest to the Pharmaceutical Industry- Asymmetric Hydrogenations
• Chemical Industry Digest. January 2012-Talent Issue – Grushin et al. JACS, 2011, 133 (28), 10999
• 3rd most downloaded paper in Nature Chemistry 2012: A molecular ruthenium catalyst with water-oxidation activity comparable to that of photosystem II

– Finally, the Top 10 most cited papers, so far, published in 2012 according to Web of Science are the following:

• A molecular ruthenium catalyst with water-oxidation activity comparable to that of photosystem IIL. Duan, F. Bozoglian, S. Mandal, B. Stewart, T. Privalov, A. Llobet, L. Sun

  Nat. Chem. 2012, 4, 418-423

• Dioxindole in asymmetric catalytic synthesis: direct access to 3-substituted 3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles via 1,4-additions to nitroalkenesM. Retini, G. Bergonzini, P. Melchiorre

  Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 3336-3338

• Palladium-catalyzed intermolecular C(sp3)-H amidationA. Iglesias, R. Alvarez, A. R. de Lera, K. Muñiz

  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 2225-2228

• Activation of diboron reagents with Brønsted bases and alcohols: An experimental and theoretical perspective of the organocatalytic boron conjugate addition reactionC. Pubill-Ulldemolins, A. Bonet, C. Bo, H. Gulyás, E. Fernández

  Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 1121-1126

• An integrated approach to Deacon chemistry on RuO2-based catalystsD. Teschner, R. Farra, L. Yao, R. Schlögl, H. Soerijanto, R. Schomäcker, T. Schmidt, L. Szentmiklósi, A. P. Amrute, C. Mondelli, J. Pérez-Ramírez, G. Novell-Leruth, N. López

  J. Catal. 2012, 285, 273-284

• A solid-supported organocatalyst for continuous-flow enantioselective Aldol reactionsC. Ayats, A. H. Henseler, M. A. Pericàs

  ChemSusChem 2012, 5, 320-325

• Iodine(III)-mediated intermolecular allylic amination under metal-free conditionsJ. A. Souto, D. Zian, K. Muñiz

  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 7242-7245

• Multicatalytic asymmetric synthesis of complex tetrahydrocarbazoles via a Diels-Alder/benzoin reaction sequenceY. Liu, M. Nappi, E. C. Escudero-Adán, P. Melchiorre

  Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 1310-1313

• Fluoroform-derived CuCF3 for low-cost, simple, efficient, and safe trifluoromethylation of aryl boronic acids in airP. Novák, A. Lishchynskyi, V. V. Grushin

  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7767-7770

• Promoters in the hydrogenation of alkynes in mixtures: Insights from density functional theoryN. López, C. Vargas-Fuentes

  Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 1379-1391