ICIQ Papers Highlighted in 2011

– 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.

Arjan Kleij et al. 
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 713-716

Carles Bo, Piet van Leeuwen et al. 
Catal. Sci. Technol. 2011, 401-407

Anton Vidal-Ferran et al. 
Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 13978-13982

Miquel Pericàs et al.  
ChemMedChem 2011, 6, 1792-1795

Antoni Llobet et al. 
ChemSusChem 2011, 4, 197-207

Carles Bo et al.  
Isr. J. Chem. 2011, 51, 228-237

Feliu Maseras et al.  
Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 11089-11094

Arjan Kleij et al.  
Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 3352-3364

Emilio Palomareset al. 
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.
2011, 4509-4526

– 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.