organic letters, 2008, 10, 3029

A Chiral Pool Approach to the Synthesis of Optically Active Tetrahalo Norbornyl Building Blocks


Faiz Ahmed Khan* and Ch. Sudheer

Biomaterials Volume 29, Issue 28, October 2008

Biodegradable injectable polyurethanes: Synthesis and evaluation for orthopaedic applications

Raju Adhikari^{a, ,} , Pathiraja A. Gunatillake^a, Ian Griffiths^a, Lisa Tatai^a, Malsha Wickramaratna^b, Shadi Houshyar^a, Tim Moore^a, Roshan T.M. Mayadunne^b, John Field^c, Margaret McGee^d and Tania Carbone^d

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Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable elastomeric polyurethane scaffolds fabricated by the inkjet technique

Changhong Zhang^a, Xuejun Wen^a, Naren R. Vyavahare^a and Thomas Boland^{, a,}

Fig. 7. Photograph of the patterns printed on glass slides by inkjet printing technique. A 50% (V/V) acetic acid water solution in HP 21 cartridge was printed out by one pass on MP530B solution coated glass slide. Patterns immediately formed in 1 s after printing. (A) Separate letters printed on the stand glass slides; (B) contacted O-rings printed on the standard glass slides. All the patterns were computer designed by Microsoft Office software. The letters fixed on the right side of the standard glass slides were used as size control; (C) schematic diagram shows that MP530B in the solution was neutralized and became soluble with pH higher than 8.7, this reaction is revisable with solution pH value adjusted lower than 8.7. This reaction was utilized for the scaffold fabrication by inkjet printer.

Fig. 8. SEM images of the PU scaffold showing, (A) and (B) primary structures at different magnifications show the porous structure with pore size ranging from 10 μm to 30 μm. (C) Secondary structure shows the porous structure with uniform and inter-connective pores, the average size of pores is less than 1 μm. (A) Magnification 400×, (B) magnification 2500×, (C) magnification 20,000×.

BBA 1778 (2008) 1528–1536

The impact of peptides on lipid membranes
Himanshu Khandelia, John H. Ipsen, Ole G. Mouritsen

Chem. Commun. 2008 3178-3180.

Vinyl and ring-opening metathesis polymerization of norbornene with
novel half-sandwich iridium(III) complexes bearing hydroxyindanimine
ligands
Xia Meng, Guang-Rong Tang and Guo-Xin Jin*

Nanoletters, Vol. 8, Issue 6.

From Nanorings to Nanodots by Patterning with Block Copolymers

Soojin Park, Jia-Yu Wang, Bokyung Kim, and Thomas P. Russell.

pp 1667 – 1672.

Chem Rev (vol 108, iss 6, June 2008)

Square-Planar Pd(II), Pt(II), and Au(III) Terpyridine Complexes: Their Syntheses, Physical Properties, Supramolecular Constructs, and Biomedical Activities
Ibrahim Eryazici, Charles N. Moorefield, and George R. Newkome
pp 1834 - 1895

JACS (vol 130, iss 22-25, June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2008)

Molecular Recognition Based on Low-Affinity Polyvalent Interactions: Selective Binding of a Carboxylated Polymer to Fibronectin Fibrils of Live Fibroblast Cells
Reagan L. McRae, Ronnie L. Phillips, Ik-Bum Kim, Uwe H. F. Bunz, and Christoph J. Fahrni
pp 7851 - 7853 (iss 25)



Double-Stranded Helical Polymers Consisting of Complementary Homopolymers
Takeshi Maeda, Yoshio Furusho, Shin-Ichiro Sakurai, Jiro Kumaki, Kento Okoshi, and Eiji Yashima
pp 7938 - 7945 (iss 25)



Functional Mimicry of Carboxypeptidase A by a Combination of Transition State Stabilization and a Defined Orientation of Catalytic Moieties in Molecularly Imprinted Polymers
Jun-qiu Liu and Günter Wulff
pp 8044 - 8054 (iss 25)

Positioning Lipid Membrane Domains in Giant Vesicles by Micro-organization of Aqueous Cytoplasm Mimic
Ann-Sofie Cans, Meghan Andes-Koback, and Christine D. Keating
pp 7400 - 7406 (iss 23)



Electrochemical Recognition of Synthetic Heparin Mimetic at Liquid/Liquid Microinterfaces
Patrick J. Rodgers, Ping Jing, Yushin Kim, and Shigeru Amemiya
pp 7436 - 7442 (iss 23)

Spontaneous Generation of Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Micelles with Multiple Morphologies through Interfacial Instabilities
Jintao Zhu and Ryan C. Hayward
pp 7496 - 7502 (iss 23)



Vesicles and Organogels from Foldamers: A Solvent-Modulated Self-Assembling Process
Wei Cai, Gui-Tao Wang, Yun-Xiang Xu, Xi-Kui Jiang, and Zhan-Ting Li
pp 6936 - 6937 (iss 22)

Macromolecular Rapid Commun 11/08

Nothing fancy this month.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 26-28/08

Sweet Talking Double Hydrophilic Block Copolymer Vesicles
George Pasparakis and Cameron Alexander

Helicity Inversion in Responsive Foldamers Induced byAchiral Halide ion Guests
Robert M. Meudtner and Stefan Hecht

Foldamers.... still not quite dead.

Biocompatible Carbon Nanotubes Generated by Functionalization with Glycodendrimers (p 5022-5025)
Peng Wu, Xing Chen, Nancy Hu, Un Chong Tam, Ola Blixt, Alex Zettl, Carolyn R. Bertozzi

Organogelation of Sheet-Helix Diblock Copolypeptides (p 5160-5162)
Matthew I. Gibson, Neil R. Cameron

Biomaterials Volume 29, Issues 24-25, August-September 2008, Pages 3400-3407

Bone substitute: Transforming β-tricalcium phosphate porous scaffolds into monetiteFig. 2. DCP crystals seen at macropore surfaces. These photos show that large changes of crystal size and shape are found within the same sample: (a) a ruptured surface shows the size and shape of DCP crystals in two different macropores (left and right side of the photo); (b) size and shape of DCP crystals within a macropore.

Biomaterials Volume 29, Issues 24-25, August-September 2008, Pages 3393-3399

Conducting polymers for neural interfaces: Challenges in developing an effective long-term implant
Rylie A. Green^a, Nigel H. Lovell^a, Gordon G. Wallace^b and Laura A. Poole-Warren

Advanced Materials

Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers for Lithography-Free Nanopatterning
Bong Hoon Kim ¹, Dong Ok Shin ¹, Seong-Jun Jeong ¹, Chong Min Koo ², Sang Chul Jeon ³, Wook Jung Hwang ³, Sumi Lee ⁴, Moon Gyu Lee ⁴, Sang Ouk Kim

Advanced Materials

Electron-Conducting Block Copolymers: Morphological, Optical, and Electronic Properties
Michael Sommer, Sven Hüttner, Stefanie Wunder, Mukundan Thelakkat

Advanced Functional Materials

Volume 18 Issue 9, Pages 1459 - 1469
An Engineered Mannoside Presenting Platform: Escherichia coli Adhesion under Static and Dynamic Conditions
Katrin A. Barth ¹, Géraldine Coullerez ^{1 *}, Lina M. Nilsson ², Riccardo Castelli ³, Peter H. Seeberger ³, Viola Vogel ², Marcus Textor

Chem. Eur. J.

Mutual Responsive Hydrazide-Based Low Molecular-Mass Organic Gelators: Probing Gelation on the Molecular Level (p NA)
Yong Yang, Ting Chen, Jun-Feng Xiang, Hui-Juan Yan, Chuan-Feng Chen, Li-Jun Wan

Chem Comm

Isolation of calcium phosphate crystals from complex biological fluids using bisphosphonate-modified superparamagnetic beads
Aaron Hernandez-Santana, Alexander Yavorskyy, Adedayo Olinyole, Geraldine M. McCarthy and Gillian P. McMahon, Chem. Commun., 2008, 2686

organic letters, 2008, 10, 2055

Alkenol-Alkyne Cross Metathesis

Daniel A. Clark, Joseph R. Clark, and Steven T. Diver*

ORGANIC letters, 2008, 10, 2007

Unexpected Photooxidation of H-Bonded Tetracene


Zhixiong Liang,† Wei Zhao,† Shenglong Wang,‡ Qin Tang,† Sheung-Chuen Lam,†
and Qian Miao*,†

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2008, Vol. 52, No. 6, p. 2120-2129

Inhibition of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infection by Cationic β-Peptides

Radeekorn Akkarawongsa, Terra B. Potocky, Emily P. English, Samuel H. Gellman, and Curtis R. Brandt

New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 790 - 793

Synthesis and structures of luminescent ladder-like lanthanide coordination polymers of 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate

Xiaoping Yang, Joseph H. Rivers, W. Jeffrey McCarty, Michael Wiester and Richard A. Jones

Reaction of sodium 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate dihydrate (NaL·2H2O) with LnCl3·6H2O (3 1) in refluxing methanol gives the novel isomorphous 1-D framework compounds {[LnL3(H2O)2]·2H2O} (Ln = Tb, Er and Yb) in 46–60% yields; the structures of the compounds have been determined by X-ray crystallography and their luminescence properties determined.

Nature Reviews Microbiology, June 2008, Vol. 6, 6, p. 415

Immune Evasions: Overcoming Defensins

Asher Mullard

Acc. Chem. Res., 41 (5), 629–639, 2008

Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis and Transformations using Benign Reaction Media

Vivek Polshettiwar and Rajender S. Varma

A nonclassical heating technique using microwaves, termed “Bunsen burner of the 21st century”, is rapidly becoming popular and is dramatically reducing reaction times. The significant outcomes of microwave (MW)-assisted green chemistry endeavors, which have resulted in the development of synthetic protocols for drugs and fine chemicals synthesis that are relatively more sustainable, are summarized. The use of emerging microwave-assisted chemistry techniques in conjunction with greener reaction media is dramatically reducing chemical waste and reaction times in several organic syntheses and chemical transformations. A brief historic account of our own experiences in developing MW-assisted organic transformations, which involve various benign alternatives, such as solid-supported reagents, and greener reaction media, namely, aqueous, ionic liquid, and solvent-free, for the synthesis of various heterocycles, coupling reactions, oxidation–reduction reactions, and some name reactions are described.

PNAS | May 13, 2008 | vol. 105 | no. 19 | 6813-6818

Platinum-based inhibitors of amyloid-β as therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's disease

Kevin J. Barnham, Vijaya B. Kenche, Giuseppe D. Ciccotosto, David P. Smith, Deborah J. Tew, Xiang Liu, Keyla Perez, Greg A. Cranston, Timothy J. Johanssen, Irene Volitakis, Ashley I. Bush, Colin L. Masters, Anthony R. White, Jeffrey P. Smith, Robert A. Cherny, and Roberto Cappai

PNAS 2008 105: 7353-7358

Synthesis of linked carbon monolayers: Films, balloons, tubes, and pleated sheets

Mitchell J. Schultz, Xiaoyu Zhang, Sakulsuk Unarunotai, Dahl-Young Khang, Qing Cao, Congjun Wang, Changhui Lei, Scott MacLaren, Julio A. N. T. Soares, Ivan Petrov, Jeffrey S. Moore, and John A. Rogers

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol 46, Iss 12 (June 08)

A facile route to hollow superparamagnetic magnetite/polystyrene nanocomposite microspheres via inverse miniemulsion polymerization
Song Yang, Huarong Liu, Zhicheng Zhang
p 3900-3910

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol 46, Iss 11 (June 08)

ROMP based photoinitiator-coinitiator systems with improved migration stability
Martina Sandholzer, Monika Schuster, Franz Varga, Robert Liska, Christian Slugovc
p 3648-3661

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Vol 209, Iss 11 (June 08)

A Facile Approach for Transferring Hydrophobic Magnetic Nanoparticles into Water-Soluble Particles
Ziyong Cheng, Shuhua Liu, Haitao Gao, Wolfgang Tremel, Ning Ding, Ruili Liu, Patrick W. Beines, Wolfgang Knoll
p 1145-1151

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)

Binding and interactions of L-BABP to lipid membranes studied
by molecular dynamic simulations
Marcos Ariel Villarreal, Massimiliano Perduca, Hugo L. Monaco, Guillermo G. Montich
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1778 (2008) 1382–1389

pH and monovalent cations regulate cytosolic free Ca2+ in E. coli
Riffat Naseem, I. Barry Holland, Annick Jacq, Kenneth T. Wann and Anthony K. Campbell
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1778 (2008) 1415–1422

Cholesterol, lanosterol, and ergosterol attenuate the membrane association of
LL-37(W27F) and temporin L
Rohit Sood, Paavo K.J. Kinnunen
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1778 (2008) 1460–1466

Controlled release mechanisms of spontaneously forming unilamellar vesicles
Mu-Ping Nieh, John Katsaras, Xiaoyang Qi
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1778 (2008) 1467–1471

Nanoletters, Vol. 8, Issue 5.

Three-Dimensionally-Patterned Submicrometer-Scale Hydrogel/Air Networks That Offer a New Platform for Biomedical Applications

Ji-Hyun Jang, Shalin J. Jhaveri, Boris Rasin, ChoengYang Koh, Christopher K. Ober, and Edwin L. Thomas, pp 1456 – 1460.

Nature, Vol. 453, Number 7192.

Materials science: Supramolecular polymers

Tom F. A. de Greef & E. W. Meijer, p171.

Macromol. Rapid Commun 10/08

Enzyme-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Unsubstituted -Lactam (p 794-797)
Leendert W. Schwab, Renee Kroon, Arend Jan Schouten, Katja Loos

Enzymatic polymerization

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 22/08-25/08

Converting Sequences of Aromatic Amino Acid Monomers into Functional Three-Dimensional Structures: Second-Generation Helical Capsules (p 4153-4156)
Chunyan Bao, Brice Kauffmann, Quan Gan, Kolupula Srinivas, Hua Jiang, Ivan Huc

Foldamers are not quite dead yet...

Nanoribbons Self-Assembled from Triblock Peptide Polymers and Coordination Polymers (p 4192-4195)
Yun Yan, Aernout A. Martens, Nicolaas A. M. Besseling, Frits A. de Wolf, Arie de Keizer, Markus Drechsler, Martien A. Cohen Stuart

Polypeptide structures


A Metallacryptand-Based Manganese(II)-Cobalt(II) Ferrimagnet with a Three-Dimensional Honeycomb Open-Framework Architecture (p 4211-4216)
Emilio Pardo, Danielle Cangussu, Marie-Claire Dul, Rodrigue Lescouëzec, Patrick Herson, Yves Journaux, Emerson F. Pedroso, Cynthia L. M. Pereira, M. Carmen Muñoz, Rafael Ruiz-García, Joan Cano, Pedro Amorós, Miguel Julve, Francesc Lloret

Magnets!!!

Photochemical Surface Patterning by the Thiol-Ene Reaction (p 4421-4424)
Pascal Jonkheijm, Dirk Weinrich, Maja Köhn, Hans Engelkamp, Peter C. M. Christianen, Jürgen Kuhlmann, Jan C. Maan, Dirk Nüsse, Hendrik Schroeder, Ron Wacker, Rolf Breinbauer, Christof M. Niemeyer, Herbert Waldm


Host-Guest Driven Self-Assembly of Linear and Star Supramolecular Polymers (p 4504-4508)
Roger M. Yebeutchou, Francesca Tancini, Nicola Demitri, Silvano Geremia, Raniero Mendichi, Enrico Dalcanale

Filamentous Artificial Virus from a Self-Assembled Discrete Nanoribbon (p 4525-4528)
Yong-beom Lim, Eunji Lee, You-Rim Yoon, Myeong Sup Lee, Myongsoo Lee

Pincer Click Ligands (p 4555-4558)
Elaine M. Schuster, Mark Botoshansky, Mark Gandelman

It seems there's nothing that you can't do with a 1,3 bipolar cycloaddition

Supramolecular Capsules with Gated Pores from an Amphiphilic Rod Assembly (p 4662-4666)
Jung-Keun Kim, Eunji Lee, Yong-beom Lim, Myongsoo Lee


Toroidal Nanoobjects from Rosette Assemblies of Melamine-Linked Oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene)s and Cyanurates (p 4691-4694)
Shiki Yagai, Sankarapillai Mahesh, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Kanako Unoike, Takashi Karatsu, Akihide Kitamura, Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh

Have a donut....

Biomaterials Volume 29, Issue 22, August 2008, Pages 3185-3194

Synthesis and water-swelling of thermo-responsive poly(ester urethane)s containing poly(ε-caprolactone), poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(propylene glycol)


Xian Jun Loh^{a, b, c}, Kian Boon Colin Sng^c and Jun Li

Biomaterials Volume 29, Issue 22, August 2008, Pages 3175-3184

Thermoresponsive nanocomposite hydrogels with cell-releasing behavior


Yaping Hou^a, Andrew R. Matthews^a, Ashley M. Smitherman^a, Allen S. Bulick^b, Mariah S. Hahn^b, Huijie Hou^c, Arum Han^c and Melissa A. Grunlan
Fig. 2. SEM micrographs of (A) pure PNIPAAm hydrogel a; (B) nanocomposite hydrogel b (containing 0.5 wt% nanoparticles); (C) nanocomposite hydrogel e (containing 2.0 wt% nanoparticles); and (D) nanocomposite hydrogel b.

Science, VOL 320, ISSUE 5880, 30 MAY 2008

Books
SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION: Sharing Data, Constructing Science
K. L. Hahn
pg. 1162-1163

Education Forum
DIVERSITY: Culture, Gender, and Math
L. Guiso, F. Monte, P. Sapienza, and L. Zingales
pg. 1164-1165

Organic Letters, 2008, 10(10), 1967

Alternating Iodonium-Mediated Reaction Cascades Giving Indole- And Quinoline-Containing Polycycles

Chem. Rev. May 2008 (vol 108, is 5)

Engineering Biomaterials for Synthetic Neural Stem Cell Microenvironments
Lauren Little, Kevin E. Healy, and David Schaffer
pp 1787 - 1796

JACS for May 2008 (vol 130, no 18-21)

Janus Micelles Induced by Olefin Metathesis
Frederik Wurm, Hannah M. König, Stefan Hilf, and Andreas F. M. Kilbinger
pp 5876 - 5877 (no 18)

Asymmetric Droplet Interface Bilayers
William L. Hwang, Min Chen, Bríd Cronin, Matthew A. Holden, and Hagan Bayley
pp 5878 - 5879 (no 18)

Noncovalent Cell Surface Engineering: Incorporation of Bioactive Synthetic Glycopolymers into Cellular Membranes
David Rabuka, Martin B. Forstner, Jay T. Groves, and Carolyn R. Bertozzi
pp 5947 - 5953 (no 18)

PEG-Detachable Polyplex Micelles Based on Disulfide-Linked Block Catiomers as Bioresponsive Nonviral Gene Vectors
Seiji Takae, Kanjiro Miyata, Makoto Oba, Takehiko Ishii, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Keiji Itaka, Yuichi Yamasaki, Hiroyuki Koyama, and Kazunori Kataoka
pp 6001 - 6009 (no 18)

Fluidic and Air-Stable Supported Lipid Bilayer and Cell-Mimicking Microarrays
Yang Deng, Yini Wang, Bryan Holtz, Jingyi Li, Nathan Traaseth, Gianluigi Veglia, Benjamin J. Stottrup, Robert Elde, Duanqing Pei, Athena Guo, and X.-Y. Zhu
pp 6267 - 6271 (no 19)

Synthesis of Fluorine-18 Functionalized Nanoparticles for use as in vivo Molecular Imaging Agents
John B. Matson and Robert H. Grubbs
pp 6731 - 6733 (no 21)

Adv. Mater. 2008, 9999, 1–5

Polystannanes: Polymers of a Molecular, Jacketed Metal–Wire Structure

Fabien Choffat, Paul Smith, and Walter Caseri

J. Mater. Chem., 2008, 18, 1997 - 2002

Nanocomposite membranes as highly selective and sensitive mercury(II) detectors

Ce´sar Dı´ez-Gil,ab Rosario Martı´nez,c Imma Ratera,ab Alberto Ta´rraga,c Pedro Molina*c and Jaume Veciana*ab

Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 1619–1623

Substrate-Independent Layer-by-Layer Assembly by Using Mussel-Adhesive-Inspired Polymers

Haeshin Lee, Yuhan Lee, Andrea R. Statz, Junsung Rho, Tae Gwan Park, and
Phillip B. Messersmith

Macromolecules 2008, 41, 2771-2777

Supramolecular Self-Assembled Ni(II), Fe(II), and Co(II) ABA Triblock Copolymers

Manuela Chiper, Michael A. R. Meier, Daan Wouters, Stephanie Hoeppener,
Charles-André Fustin, Jean-François Gohy, and Ulrich S. Schubert

Laboratory of Macromolecular Chemistry and Nanoscience, EindhoVen UniVersity of Technology and Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB EindhoVen, The Netherlands; Unité CMAT and CERMIN, UniVersité catholique de LouVain, Place L. Pasteur 1, 1348 LouVain-la-NeuVe, Belgium; and Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-UniVersität Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany

Macromolecules 2008, 41, 3219-3227

Poly(propylene oxide)-Poly(phenylene ethynylene) Block and Graft Copolymers

Marco A. Balbo Block and Stefan Hecht

Bioconjugate Chem. 2008, 19, 911–919

Fully Acid-Degradable Biocompatible Polyacetal Microparticles for Drug Delivery

Sergey E. Paramonov,† Eric M. Bachelder,† Tristan T. Beaudette, Stephany M. Standley,Cameron C. Lee,Jesse Dashe, and Jean M. J. Fréchet

Bioconjugate Chem. 2008, 19, 876–881

Enhanced Cell Penetration of Acid-Degradable Particles Functionalized with Cell-Penetrating Peptides

Jessica L. Cohen,† Adah Almutairi,† Joel A. Cohen,† Matt Bernstein,‡ Steven L. Brody,‡ Daniel P. Schuster,‡ and Jean M. J. Fréchet*,†

Biochemistry 2008, 47, 3822–3831

Vancomycin Derivative with Damaged D-Ala-D-Ala Binding Cleft Binds to
Cross-linked Peptidoglycan in the Cell Wall of Staphylococcus aureus
Sung Joon Kim, Shigeru Matsuoka, Gary J. Patti, and Jacob Schaefer

Biochemistry 2008, 47, 3525–3533

Three-Dimensional Structure/Hydrophobicity of Latarcins Specifies Their Mode of
Membrane Activity
Peter V. Dubovskii, Pavel E. Volynsky, Anton A. Polyansky, Dmitry V. Karpunin, Vladimir V. Chupin, Roman G. Efremov, and Alexander S. Arseniev

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 18-2008/21-2008

Green Pyrotechnics: A Chemists' Challenge (p 3330-3347)
Georg Steinhauser, Thomas M. Klapötke

A Porous Coordination-Polymer Crystal Containing One-Dimensional Water Chains Exhibits Guest-Induced Lattice Distortion and a Dielectric Anomaly (p 3376-3380)
HengBo Cui, Biao Zhou, La-Sheng Long, Yoshinori Okano, Hayao Kobayashi, Akiko Kobayashi

On-Chip Synthesis and Label-Free Assays of Oligosaccharide Arrays (p 3396-3399)
Lan Ban, Milan Mrksich


Pseudopolyanions Based on Poly(NIPAAM-co--Cyclodextrin Methacrylate) and Ionic Liquids (p 3435-3437)
Sadik Amajjahe, Soowhan Choi, Maricica Munteanu, Helmut Ritter

Click-Click-Click: Single to Triple Modification of DNA (p 3442-3444)
Philipp M. E. Gramlich, Simon Warncke, Johannes Gierlich, Thomas Carell

Glycodynamers: Fluorescent Dynamic Analogues of Polysaccharides (p 3556-3559)
Yves Ruff, Jean-Marie Lehn

A Bioluminescent Molecular Switch For Glucose (p 3718-3721)
Krystal Teasley Hamorsky, C. Mark Ensor, Yinan Wei, Sylvia Daunert

Protein-Cross-Linked Polymeric Materials through Site-Selective Bioconjugation (p 3751-3754)
Aaron P. Esser-Kahn, Matthew B. Francis

Synthesis of a Paramagnetic Polymer by Ring-Opening Polymerization of a Strained [1]Vanadoarenophane (p 3826-3829)
Holger Braunschweig, Christopher J. Adams, Thomas Kupfer, Ian Manners, Robert M. Richardson, George R. Whittell

Supramolecular Block Copolymers with Cucurbit[8]uril in Water (p 3950-3953)
Urs Rauwald, Oren A. Scherman

Macromolecular Rapid Communications 08-2008 & 09-2008

For the Gel people:

Thermo-Responsive Hydrogels with Nanodomains: Rapid Shrinking of a Nanogel-Crosslinking Hydrogel of Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) (p 672-676)
Nobuyuki Morimoto, Takafumi Ohki, Kimio Kurita, Kazunari Akiyoshi

A Thermosensitive and Biodegradable Physical Gel with Chemically Crosslinked Nanogels as the Building Block (p 751-756)
Zigang Yang, Jiandong Ding


For the ROMP people: Hydrogenation of ROMP backbones - be sure not to miss this one!

Poly(phenylethylnorbornene)s and their Hydrogenated Derivatives (p 713-718)
John P. Bishop, Richard A. Register

Chemistry - A European Journal

Terpyridine-Lanthanide Complexes Respond to Fluorophosphate Containing Nerve Gas G-Agent Surrogates
Raja Shunmugam, Gregory N. Tew
The significant problem of nerve gas poisoning requires new methods of detection, which are sensitive and selective. A new G-type agent chemical sensor is reported that exploits terpyridine-lanthanide emission. A detection limit of 6 ppb is obtained and the selectivity for reactive surrogates over a variety of other close chemical analogs is demonstrated.