Journal Club March 2002

D. Fu, L.-T. Weng, B. Du, O.K.C. Tsui, B. Xu Solventless Polymerization at the Gas-Solid Interface to Form Polymeric Thin Films Adv. Mater. 2002, 14(5), 339-343.(JP)

M. Stork, B.S. Gaylord, A.J. Heeger, G.C. Bazan Energy Transfer in Mixtures of Water- Soluble Oligomers: Effect of Charge, Aggregation, and Surfactant Complexation Adv. Mater. 2002, 14(5), 361-366. (JP)

D. Huliová, K. Hosoi, S.-I. Kuroda, H. Abe, A. Oya Carbon Nanotubes Prepared by Spinning and Carbonizing Fine Core-Shell Polymer Microspheres Adv. Mater. 2002, 14(6), 452-455.(JP)

S. Boateng, S.S. Lateef, C. Crot, D. Motlagh, T. Desai, A.M. Samarel, B. Russell, L. Hanley Peptides Bound to Silicone Membranes and 3D Microfabrication for Cardiac Cell Cult Adv. Mater. 2002, 14(6), 461-463. (JP)

Stephan Forster, Thomas Plantenberg From Self-Organizing Polymers to Nanohybrid and Biomaterials Angewandte Chemie Vol. 41, 2002 688-714 (NT)

Zhiqiang Gao, Gary Binyamin, Hyug-Han Kim, Scott Calabrese Barton, Yongchao Zhang, Adam Heller Electrodeposition of Redox Polymers and Co-Electrodeposition of Enzymes by Coordinative Crosslinking Angewandte Chemie Vol. 41, 2002, 810-813 (NT)

Laibin Luo, Adi Eisenberg One-Step Preparation of Block Copolymer Vesicles with Preferentially Segregated Acidic and Basic Corona Chains Angewandte Chemie Vol. 41, 2002, 1001-1004 (NT)

Xian-Ming Zhang, Ming-Liang Tong, Xiao-Ming Chen Hydroxylation of N-Heterocycle Ligands Observed in Two Unusual Mixed-Valence CuI/CuII Complexes Angewandte Chemie Vol. 41, 2002, 1029-1031. (NT)

Lin Feng, Shuhong Li, Huanjun Li, Jin Zhai, Yanlin Song, Lei Jiang, Daoben Zhu Super-Hydrophobic Surface of Aligned Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibers Angewandte Chemie Vol. 41, 2002, 1221-1223. (NT)

Catrin Hasselgren, Susan Jagner, Ian Dance Three-Coordinate [CuIIX3]- (X=Cl, Br), Trapped in a Molecular Crystal Chemistry: A European Journal Vol.8 , 2002, 1269-1278 (GA)

Hubert Wadepohl, Alexander Metz, Hans Pritzkow Cyclopentadienylrhodium Coordination to Alkenylarenes Chemistry: A European Journal, Vol.8 , 2002, 1591-1602 (GA)

Valentin Valtchev Core-Shell Polystyrene/Zeolite A Microbeads Chem. Mater. 2002, 14(3), 956-958. (JP)

Cheolmin Park, John E. McAlvin, Cassandra L. Fraser, and Edwin L. Thomas Iron Cluster and Microstructure Formation in Metal-Centered Star Block Copolymers: Amphiphilic Iron Tris(bipyridine)-Centered Polyoxazolines Chem. Mater. 2002, 14(3), 1225-1230. (JP)

I. Tissot, J. P. Reymond, F. Lefebvre, and E. Bourgeat-Lami SiOH-Functionalized Polystyrene Latexes. A Step toward the Synthesis of Hollow Silica Nanoparticles Chem. Mater. 2002, 14(3), 1325-1331. (JP)

Santo Lanza, Francesco Nicolò, Giuseppe Tresoldi Synthesis, Stereochemistry and Ligating Properties of Tetraalkyl-Substituted Ethanedithioamides - Evidence for the Lowering of High-Energy Rotation Barriers under the trans Influence of Pt--Bonded Aryl Groups European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2002 1049-1055 (TP)

Renata Diniz, Heitor A. de Abreu, Wagner B. de Almeida, Maria T. C. Sansiviero, Nelson G. Fernandes X-ray Crystal Structure of Triaquacopper(II) Dihydrogen 1,2,4,5- Benzenetetracarboxylate Trihydrate and Raman Spectra of Cu2+, Co2+, and Fe2+ Salts of 1,2,4,5-Benzenetetracarboxylic (Pyromellitic) Acid European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2002 1115-1123 (TP)

Stephen K. Hashmi, Marc A. Grundl, Jan W. Bats, Michael Bolte Different Diastereoselectivities in the Stereoselective Oxidative Cyclization of Two Cyclopropenes at Palladium(0) European Journal of Organic Chemistry Volume 2002, Issue 7, 2002, 1263-1270 (TP)

F. Duchemin, A. Macedo and H. Cheradame Cationic polymerization of 1,3-pentadiene; IV. Initiation by aluminum chloride in an apolar solvent: effect of various electron donors, European Polymer Journal Vol. 38 issue 3, 2002 Pages 587-596 (TP)

Bidyut K. Santra, Pattubala A. N. Reddy, Munirathinam Nethaji, and Akhil R. Chakravarty Structural Model for the CuB Site of Dopamine -Hydroxylase: Crystal Structure of a Copper(II) Complex Showing N3OS Coordination with an Axial Sulfur Ligation Inorganic Chemistry 2002 pp 1328-1332 (TP)

Jack Y. Lu and Amy M. Babb A Simultaneous Reduction, Substitution, and Self-Assembly Reaction under Hydrothermal Conditions Afforded the First Diiodopyridine Copper(I) Coordination Polymer Inorganic Chemistry 2002 pp 1339 - 1341 (TP)

Seiji Yokota, Yoshimitsu Tachi, and Shinobu Itoh Oxidative Degradation of -Diketiminate Ligand in Copper(II) and Zinc(II) Complexes Inorganic Chemistry 2002 pp 1342 - 1344 (TP)

Pinghua Ge, Arnold L. Rheingold, and Charles G. Riordan Nickel Complexes of Bidentate [S2] and [SN] Borato Ligands Inorganic Chemistry 2002 pp 1383 - 1390(TP)

Shigeru Yamago, Kazunori Iida, and Jun-ichi Yoshida. Organotellurium Compounds as Novel Initiators for Controlled/Living Radical Polymerizations. Synthesis of Functionalized Polystyrenes and End-Group Modifications J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124(12), 2874-2875. (AN)

Virgil Percec, Anatoliy V. Popov, Ernesto Ramirez-Castillo, Michael Monteiro, Bogdan Barboiu, Oliver Weichold, Alexandru D. Asandei, and Catherine M. Mitchell Aqueous Room Temperature Metal-Catalyzed Living Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Chloride J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124(18), 4940-4941(AN)

Andrew D. Bolig and Eugene Y.-X. Chen Isotactic-b-Syndiotactic Stereoblock Poly(methyl methacrylate) by Chiral Metallocene/Lewis Acid Hybrid Catalysts J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124(20), 5612-5613. (AN)

Ashoka Kandegedara , Ksenia Krylova , Timothy J. Nelson , Ronald R. Schroeder , L. A. Ochrymowycz and D. B. Rorabacher Electron-transfer kinetics and equilibria of copper(II/I) complexes with 1,4,7-trithiacyclononane. A square scheme mechanism involving ligand addition Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions 2002, 5, 792 - 801 (TS)

Shigeyoshi Sakaki, Takahiro Kuroki and Taisuke Hamada Synthesis of a new copper(I) complex, [Cu(tmdcbpy)2]+ (tmdcbpy = 4,4 ,6,6 -tetramethyl-2,2 -bipyridine-5,5 -dicarboxylic acid), and its application to solar cells Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions 2002, 6, 840 - 842 (TS)

Miguel Vázquez, Manuel R. Bermejo , Jesús Sanmartín , Ana M. García-Deibe, Carlos Lodeiro and José Mahía Metal complexes with a chiral N4 symmetrical Schiff base. Crystal structures of the ligand and its Cu(II) and Ni(II) mono-helicates Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions 2002, 6, 870 - 877
(TS)

Anton Neubrand , Florian Thaler , Manuela Körner , Achim Zahl , Colin D. Hubbard and Rudi van Eldik Mechanism of water exchange on five-coordinate copper(II) complexes Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions 2002, 6, 957 - 961 (TS)

Goutam Kumar Patra and Israel Goldberg Coordination polymers of transition metal ions with polydentate imine ligands. Syntheses, materials characterization, and crystal structures of polymeric complexes of copper(I), silver(I) and zinc(II) Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions 2002, 6, 1051 - 1057 (TS)

Shinichi Nakatsuji, Takeo Ojima, Hiroki Akutsu, and Jun-ichi Yamada Anthracene Derivatives and the Corresponding Dimers with TEMPO Radicals Journal of the Organic Chemistry 2002 (GA)

Toshiki Nishino, Toshihisa Watanabe, Mitsuo Okada, Yutaka Nishiyama, and Noboru Sonoda Reduction of Organic Halides with Lanthanum Metal: A Novel Generation Method of Alkyl Radicals Journal of the Organic Chemistry 2002 (GA)

Volker Lorenz, Axel Fischer, Frank T. Edelmann Silsesquioxane chemistry. Part 10. Silsesquioxane silanolate complexes of samarium and scandium Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 647 (2002) 245-249
(GA)

Kyung-Youl Baek, Masami Kamigaito, Mitsuo Sawamoto Synthesis of star-shaped copolymers with methyl methacrylate and n-butyl methacrylate by metal-catalyzed living radical polymerization: Block and random copolymer arms and microgel cores Journal of Polymer Science: Part A, Polymer Chemistry 2002 Volume 40, Issue 5, 633-641 (JFL)

Luigi D'Agnillo, J. B. P. Soares, A. Penlidis Round-robin experiment in high-temperature gel permeation chromatography Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Volume 40, Issue 10, 2002 905-921 (BK)

Xin Liu, K. G. Neoh, Luping Zhao, and E. T. Kang Surface Functionalization of Glass and Polymeric Substrates via Graft Copolymerization of Viologen in an Aqueous Medium Langmuir 2002, 18(YI)

Min-Hui Li, Patrick Keller, Eric Grelet, Philippe Auroy Liquid-Crystalline Polymethacrylates by Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization at Ambient Temperature Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics Volume 203, Issue 4, 619-626(JFL)

Sunny Skaria, Mario Smet, Holger Frey Enzyme-Catalyzed Synthesis of Hyperbranched Aliphatic Polyesters Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2002, 23, 292-296 (AN)

Xiao-Shuang Feng and Cai-Yuan Pan Block and Star Block Copolymers by Mechanism Transformation. 7. Synthesis of Polytetrahydrofuran/Poly(1,3-dioxepane)/Polystyrene ABC Miktoarm Star Copolymers by Combination of CROP and ATRP Macromolecules 2002, 35, 2084-2089 (TS)

Huiqi Zhang, Bert Klumperman, and Rob van der Linde Synthesis of Anthracene End-Capped Poly(methyl methacrylate)s via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Its Kinetic Analyses Macromolecules 2002, 35, 2261-2267 (TS)

Wenli Huang, Robert Chiarelli, Bernadette Charleux, Andre Rassat, and Jean-Pierre Vairon Unique Behavior of Nitroxide Biradicals in the Controlled Radical Polymerization of Styrene Macromolecules 2002, 35, 2305-2317 (TS)

Betul Kirci, Jean-Francois Lutz, and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Synthesis of Well-Defined Alternating Copolymers Poly(methyl methacrylate-alt-styrene) by RAFT Polymerization in the Presence of Lewis Acid Macromolecules 2002, 35, 2448-2451 (TS)

Eric Drockenmuller and Jean-Marie Catala Synthesis of a New Stable -Sulfinyl Nitroxide and the Corresponding Alkoxyamine for Living/Controlled Radical Polymerization of Styrene: Kinetic and ESR Studies Macromolecules 2002, 35, 2461-2466 (TS)

Sophie Robin, Olivier Guerret, Jean-Luc Couturier, and Yves Gnanou Synthesis of Stars and Starlike Block Copolymers from a Trialkoxyamine Used as Initiator Macromolecules 2002, 35, 2481-2486 (TS)

Antonio Zucca, Angelino Doppiu, Maria Agostina Cinellu, Sergio Stoccoro, Giovanni Minghetti, and Mario Manassero Multiple C-H Bond Activation. Threefold-Deprotonated 6-Phenyl-2,2'-bipyridine as a Bridging Ligand in Dinuclear Platinum(II) Derivatives Organometallics 2002 pp 783 - 785.

Damien Reardon, Ghazar Aharonian, Sandro Gambarotta, and Glenn P. A. Yap Mono- and Zerovalent Manganese Alkyl Complexes Supported by the b,b'-Diiminato Pyridine Ligand: Alkyl Stabilization at the Expense of Catalytic Performance Organometallics 2002 pp 786 - 788 (TS)

Dominik Hermann, Mark Gandelman, Haim Rozenberg, Linda J. W. Shimon, and David Milstein Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of New Rhodium and Iridium Complexes, Bearing a Highly Electron-Donating PNP System. Iridium-Mediated Vinylic C-H Bond Activation Organometallics 2002 pp 812 - 818 (TS)

Samantha D. Drouin, Dino Amoroso, Glenn P. A. Yap, and Deryn E. Fogg Multifunctional Ruthenium Catalysts: A Novel Borohydride-Stabilized Polyhydride Complex Containing the Basic, Chelating Diphosphine 1,4-Bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)butane and Its Application to Hydrogenation and Murai Catalysis Organometallics 2002 pp 1042 - 1049 (TS)

Theodora C. Krasia and Costas S. Patrickios Synthesis and aqueous solution characterization of amphiphilic diblock copolymers containing carbazole, Polymer Pages 2917-2920 (AN)

Aggeliki I. Triftaridou, Maria Vamvakaki and Costas S. Patrickios Amphiphilic diblock and ABC triblock methacrylate copolymers: synthesis and aqueous solution characterization, Polymer Pages 2921-2926 (AN)

Gabriel Rokicki and Anna Piotrowska A new route to polyurethanes from ethylene carbonate, diamines and diols, Polymer Pages 2927-2935 (AN)

Daniela Bianchini, Kátia Messias Bichinho and João Henrique Zimnoch dos Santos Polyethylenes produced with zirconocene immobilized on MAO-modified silicas, Polymer Pages 2937-2943
(AN)

Chen Zhang, Zhongjie Du, Hangquan Li and Eli Ruckenstein Acrylonitrile-co-vinyl acetate with uniform composition via adiabatic, self-heating copolymerization in a concentrated emulsion, Polymer Pages 2945-2951(AN)

Qisheng Zhang, Xufeng Ni, Zhiquan Shen Copolymerization of butadiene with styrene using a rare-earth metal compound - dialkylmagnesium - halohydrocarbon catalytic system Polymer International Mar. 2002 (SC)

G. Zamfirova, J. M. Pereña, R. Benavente, E. Pérez, M. L. Cerrada, And E. Nedkov Mechanical Properties of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Obtained with Different Cocatalyst Systems Polymer Journal, 34(3), 125 (BK)

T. He, Y.-F. Zou, And C.-Y. Pan Controlled/"Living" Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization of 5,6-Benzo-2-methylene-1,3-dioxepane Based on Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Mechanism Polymer Journal, 34(3), 138 (BK)

S. Kawaguchi, M. Maniruzzaman, K. Katsuragi, H. Matsumoto, Iriany, K. Ito, N. Hugenberg, And M. Schmidt Fluorescence Probe and Scanning Force Microscopic Studies of Water Soluble Comb-Shaped Copolymers Consisting of a Hydrophobic Poly(p-alkylstyrene) Main Chain and Hydrophilic Poly(ethylene oxide) Grafted Chains Polymer Journal, 34(4), 253 (BK)

Xiangxu Chen, Matheus A. Dam, Kanji Ono, Ajit Mal, Hongbin Shen, Steven R. Nutt, Kevin Sheran, and Fred Wudl A Thermally Re-mendable Cross-Linked Polymeric Material Science 2002 March 1; 295: 1698-1702.(GA)

Margherita Citroni, Matteo Ceppatelli, Roberto Bini, and Vincenzo Schettino Laser-Induced Selectivity for Dimerization Versus Polymerization of Butadiene Under Pressure Science 2002 March 15; 295: 2058-2060. (GA)

Olli Ikkala and Gerrit ten Brinke Functional Materials Based on Self-Assembly of Polymeric Supramolecules Science 2002 March 29; 295: 2407-2409. (GA)

Takashi Kato Self-Assembly of Phase-Segregated Liquid Crystal Structures Science 2002 March 29; 295: 2414-2418. (GA)

Mohler, Debra L.; Chen, Daitao; Reddy, Ven B A Facile Synthesis of Homologous 4,4'-Dialkanoic Acid Substituted 2,2'-Bipyridines Synthesis No 6, 2002, 745 (NT)