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Derek J. McPhee * and Shu-Kun Lin
MDPI Centre, Matthaeusstrasse 11, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland.
Molecules after 10 Years: the Best is Yet to Come
Molecules 2005, 10, 1-2 (PDF format 129 K)

Special Issue: Macromolecules Applied to Pharmaceutical Chemistry


Claudio J. Salomon
Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquimícas y Farmaceúticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, 2000.
Rosario, Argentina; e-mail: csalomon@fbioyf.unr.edu.ar.
Guest Editorial: Macromolecules Applied to Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Molecules 2005, 10, 3-5 (PDF format 106 K)


Tommasina Coviello ^1,*, Antonio Palleschi ², Mario Grassi ³, Pietro Matricardi ¹, Gianfranco Bocchinfuso ² and Franco Alhaique ¹
1 Department of Chemistry and Technology of Biologically Active Compounds, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, P.le Aldo Moro, 00185 Rome, Italy.
2 Department of Sciences and Chemical Technologies, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via de la Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, Italy.
3 Department of Chemical Engineering, Environment and Raw Materials, University of Trieste, P.le Europa 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: tommasina.coviello@uniroma1.it.
Scleroglucan: A Versatile Polysaccharide for Modified Drug Delivery
Molecules 2005, 10, 6-33 (PDF format 2082 K)


H. Eliyahu ^1,2, Y. Barenholz ² and A. J. Domb ^1,*
1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, Jerusalem, Israel.
2 Laboratory of Membrane and Liposome Research, Department of Biochemistry, The Hebrew University – Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
Review: Polymers for DNA Delivery
Molecules 2005, 10, 34-64 (PDF format 478 K)

Florence Delie ¹ and María José Blanco-Príeto ^2,*
1 School of Pharmacy, 30, Quai E. Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland, Phone: (+41) 22 379 6573, Fax: (+41) 22 379 6567, E-mail: Florence.Delie@pharm.unige.ch.
2 Centro Galénico, Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica, Universidad de Navarra; Ap. 177, 31080 – Pamplona, Spain, Phone: (+34) 948 42 56 00, Fax: (+34) 948 42 56 49.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: mjblanco@unav.es.
Review: Polymeric Particulates to Improve Oral Bioavailability of Peptide Drugs
Molecules 2005, 10, 65-80 (PDF format 2588 K)

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F. Aulenta ¹, M. Drew ¹, A. Foster ², W. Hayes ^{1, *}, S. Rannard ², D. Thornthwaite ² and T. Youngs ¹
1 School of Chemistry, The University of Reading, UK
2 Unilever Research and Development, Port Sunlight Laboratory, UK
Fragrance Release from the Surface of Branched Poly (Amide) S
Molecules 2005, 10, 81-97 (PDF format 342 K)

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R. Quesnel and P. Hildgen*
Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Montréal, Canada.
Synthesis of PLA-b-PEG Multiblock Copolymers for Stealth Drug Carrier Preparation
Molecules 2005, 10, 98-104 (PDF format 167 K)

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V. Nadeau and P. Hildgen*
Laboratoire de Nanotechnologie Pharmaceutique, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Montréal, Canada.
AFM study of a New Carrier Based on PLA and Salen Copolymers for Gene Therapy
Molecules 2005, 10, 105-113 (PDF format 300 K)

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C. Elvira ^1,*, A. Gallardo ¹, J. Roman ¹ and A. Cifuentes ²
1 Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (CSIC), Spain.
2 Institute of Industrial Fermentations (CSIC), Spain.
Review: Covalent Polymer-Drug Conjugates
Molecules 2005, 10, 114-125 (PDF format 253 K)


Juan M. Irache *, María Huici, Monica Konecny, Socorro Espuelas, Miguel Angel Campanero and Pau Arbos
Centro Galénico, Universidad de Navarra, 31080 – Pamplona (Spain). Tel: (+34) 948 425600 x 6478, Fax: (+34) 948 425649.
Bioadhesive Properties of Gantrez Nanoparticles
Molecules 2005, 10, 126-145  (PDF format 953 K)

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J. Park, M. Ye and K. Park*
Department of Pharmaceutics and Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, U.S.A.
Review: Biodegradable Polymers for Microencapsulation of Drugs
Molecules 2005, 10, 146-161 (PDF format 230 K)

Hiroko Shibata ¹, Shinsaku Nakagawa ¹ and Yasuo Tsutsumi ^1,2,*
1Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University. 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
2 National Institute of Health Sciences, Osaka Branch Fundamental Research Laboratories for Development of Medicine. 7-6-8 Saito-Asagi, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085 Japan.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: tsutsumi@phs.osaka-u.ac.jp, ytsutsumi@nihs.go.jp.
Review: Optimization of Protein Therapies by Polymer-Conjugation as an Effective DDS
Molecules 2005, 10, 162-180 (PDF format 320 K)

Special Issue: Hypervalent Iodine


Antigoni Kotali
Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, College of Engineering, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GR-54124, Greece.
Tel: +302310996253, Fax: +302310996253, e-mail: kotali@eng.auth.gr
Guest Editorial: Hypervalent Iodine
Molecules 2005, 10, 181-182 (PDF format 98 K)


Tomohito Abo, Masanori Sawaguchi, Hisanori Senboku and Shoji Hara*
Division of Molecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan. 
Tel. +81-11-706-6556, Fax +81-11-706-6556.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed, e-mail: hara@org-mc.eng.hokudai.ac.jp.
Stereoselective Synthesis of 5-7 membered Cyclic Ethers by Deiodonative Ring-Enlargement Using Hypervalent Iodine Reagents
Molecules 2005, 10, 183-189 (PDF format 212 K)


Agnieszka Zielinska and Lech Skulski ^*
Chair and Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, 1 Banacha Street, PL 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
^† This short paper was presented at the Seventh Electronic Conference of Synthetic Organic Chemistry.
(ECSOC-7, http://www.mdpi.net/ecsoc-7),  November 1-30, 2003 (paper A001).
^* To whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: lechskulski@yahoo.com; Tel./Fax: (+48) 22 5720643.
Easy and Safe Preparations of (Diacetoxyiodo) arenes from Iodoarenes, with Urea-Hydrogen Peroxide Adduct (UHP) as the Oxidant and the Fully Interpreted ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR Spectra of the Products^†
Molecules 2005, 10, 190–194 (PDF format 154 K)

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T. Sueda, Y. Takeuchi, T. Suefuji and M. Ochiai *
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokushima, Japan.
Addition to Electron Deficient Olefins of α-Oxy Carbon- Centered Radicals, Generated from Cyclic Ethers and Acetals by the Reaction with Alkylperoxy- λ³-iodane
Molecules 2005, 10, 195-200 (PDF format 217 K)

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S. Quideau,* L. Pouységu, A. Ozanne and J. Gagnepain
Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie and Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Végétales, Centre de Recherche en Chimie Moléculaire, Université Bordeaux 1, France.
Oxidative Dearomatization of Phenols and Anilines via λ³- and λ⁵-Iodane-Mediated Phenylation and Oxygenation
Molecules 2005, 10, 201–216 (PDF format 291 K)
 

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M. Justik and G. Koser*
Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, USA.
Application of [Hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodo]benzene in the Wittig-Ring Expansion Sequence for the Synthesis of β‑Benzocyclo-alkenones from α-Benzocycloalkenones
Molecules 2005, 10, 217-225 (PDF format 210 K)

Konstantina Spagou, Elizabeth Malamidou-Xenikaki and Spyros Spyroudis*

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Department, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece.
Tel.: (+30) 2310-997833, Fax: (+30) 2310-997679.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: sspyr@chem.auth.gr.

A Survey on the Reactivity of Phenyliodonium Ylide of 2-Hydroxy-1,4-Naphthoquinone with Amino Compounds

Molecules 2005, 10, 226-237 (PDF format 236 K)

Shengj-Jun Luo, Yong-Xiang Ma* and Yong-Min Liang
State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China.
Tel.: (+86) 0931-8911121, Fax: (+86) 0931-8611688.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: mayx@lzu.edu.cn.
Pd-Catalyzed Carbonyl Insertion Coupling Reactions of a Hypervalent Iodoheterocycle with Alcohols and Amines
Molecules 2005, 10, 238-243   (PDF format 171 K)

Regular papers

Takeshi Sunakawa and Chiaki Kuroda*
Department of Chemistry, Rikkyo University, Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan. Tel.: (+81)339852396, Fax: (+81)359923434.

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail kuroda@rikkyo.ac.jp.
Substrate Dependence in Aqueous Diels-Alder Reactions of Cyclohexadiene Derivatives with 1,4-Benzoquinone
Molecules 2005, 10, 244–250 (PDF format 200 K)

Ján Hirsch ¹, Vratislav Langer ² and Miroslav Koóš ^1,*
1 Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-845 38 Bratislava, Slovakia, Tel. +421 2 59410254, Fax +421 2 59410222.
2 Department of Environmental Inorganic Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Göteborg, Sweden.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: chemmiro@savba.sk.
Synthesis and Molecular Structure of Methyl 4-O-methyl-α-D-glucopyranuronate
Molecules 2005, 10, 251–258 (PDF format 268 K)

Yanjie Xu ¹, Xuemin Duan ¹, Meiling Li ¹, Liqin Jiang ¹, Guangle Zhao ¹, Yi Meng ² and Ligong Chen ^1,*
1 College of Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P.R. China.
2 Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, Shenzhen University Town, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China.

Synthesis of the Key Precursor of Hirsutellide A
Molecules 2005, 10, 259-264 (PDF format 184 K)

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D. Branowska *
Institute of Chemistry, University of Podlasie, Poland.
Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Annulated 2,2’-Bipyridine Analogues with Attached Cycloalkene and Piperidine Rings via Sequential Diels-Alder Reaction of 5,5’-bi-1,2,4-triazines^†
Molecules 2005, 10, 265-273 (PDF format 216 K)

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D. Branowska*
Institute of Chemistry, University of Podlasie, Poland.
A Direct Route to 6,6’-Disubstituted-2,2’-Bipyridines by Double Diels-Alder/retro Diels-Alder Reaction of 5,5’-bi-1,2,4-Triazines^†

Molecules 2005, 10, 274-278 (PDF format 177 K)

Jelena Blažević Šafarik, Jasna Dogan Koružnjak † and Grace Karminski-Zamola ^*

Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
† Present address: PLIVA - Research and Development Ltd., Prilaz baruna Filipovića 29, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
*Author to whom the correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: gzamola@fkit.hr.
Chemical and Photochemical Synthesis of Substituted Dihydro-thieno[2',3':4,5]thieno[2,3-c]quinolin-6-ones and Tetrahydro-dithieno[2,3-b:2',3'-d]thieno[2'',3''c:2'',3''c^’]diquinolin-6,14-dione
Molecules 2005, 10, 279-288 (PDF format 207 K)

Abdelouahab Beziane, Thierry Terme and Patrice Vanelle *
Laboratoire de Chimie Organique Pharmaceutique, CNRS–UMR 6517, Faculté de Pharmacie, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cx 5, France.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: patrice.vanelle@pharmacie.univ-mrs.fr.
An Electron Transfer Approach to the Preparation of Highly Functionalized Anthraquinones

Molecules 2005, 10, 289–294 (PDF format 189 K)

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M. Ramírez-Osuna ¹, D. Chávez ¹, L. Hernández ², E. Molins ³, R. Somanathan ¹ and G. Aguirre ^1,*
1 Centro de Graduados e Investigación, Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana, México.
2 Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México.
3 Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona (CSIC), Spain.
Synthesis of Analogs of Amathamide A and Their Preliminary Antimicrobial Activity
Molecules 2005, 10, 295-301 (PDF format 172 K)

Ali Akbar Khandar ¹, Kamellia Nejati ^2,* and Zolfaghar Rezvani ³
1 Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran.
2 Payam Noor University -Tabriz Center, Emamieh ,Hakimnezami Street, Tabriz, Iran.
3 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Azarbaijan University of Tarbiat Moallem, Tabriz, Iran.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: Fax: (+98) 411 5412108; Tel: (+98) 411 5412117; e-mail: nejati_k@yahoo.com.
Syntheses, Characterization and Study of the Use of Cobalt (II) Schiff–Base Complexes as Catalysts for the Oxidation of  Styrene by Molecular Oxygen
Molecules 2005, 10, 302-311 (PDF format 350 K)

Haruaki Ishiyama, Masashi Tsuda, Tadashi Endo and Jun’ichi Kobayashi*
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan. Tel: (+81) 11-706-4985, Fax: (+81) 11-706-4989.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: jkobay@pharm.hokudai.ac.jp.
Asymmetric Synthesis of Double Bond Isomers of the Structure Proposed for Pyrinodemin A and Indication of Its Structural Revision
Molecules 2005, 10, 312–316 (PDF format 192 K)

Correction : Publication Note Concerning Molecules 2002, 7, 717-720
Molecules 2005, 10, 317 (PDF format 80 K)

Special Issue: Sulfur-Nitrogen Heterocycles (Molecules 2005, 10, 318-375)

Maria García-Valverde and Tomás Torroba*
Department of Chemistry, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain, Tel. (+34)-947-258088, Fax: (+34)-947-258087.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: ttorroba@ubu.es.
Guest Editorial: Sulfur-Nitrogen Heterocycles
Molecules 2005, 10, 318-320 (PDF format 24 K)

F. Dumitrascu ^1,*, M. R. Caira ², C. Draghici ¹, M. T. Caproiu ¹ and A. Badoiu ¹
1 Centre of Organic Chemistry "C. D. Nenitzescu", Romanian Academy, Spl. Independentei 202B, Bucharest 060023, Romania.
2 Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.
1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions of 1-(4-Phenylphenacyl)-1,10-phenanthrolinium N-Ylide with Activated
Alkynes and Alkenes
Molecules 2005, 10, 321-326 (PDF format 104 K)

Christian Roussel *, Federico Andreoli, Mihaela Roman, Maria Hristova and Nicolas Vanthuyne
UMR “Chirotechnologies: Catalyse et Biocatalyse”, Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III, 13397 Marseille CEDEX 20 France.
New Route to 3-Alkylthiazolo[3,2-a]benzimidazole Derivatives
Molecules 2005, 10, 327-333 (PDF format 52 K)

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F. Torrens*
Institut Universitari de Ciència Molecular, Universitat de València, Spain.
Valence Topological Charge-Transfer Indices for Reflecting Polarity: Correction for Heteromolecules
Molecules 2005, 10, 334-345 (PDF format 151 K)

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P. Koutentis*
Department of Chemistry, University of Cyprus, Cyprus.
The Preparation and Characterization of 5-Substituted-4-chloro-1,2,3-dithiazolium Salts and their Conversion
into 4-Substituted-3-chloro-1,2,5-thiadiazoles
Molecules 2005, 10, 346-359 (PDF format 133 K)

Mino R. Caira ^1,*, Florea Dumitrascu ², Constantin Draghici ², Denisa Dumitrescu² and Mihaela Cristea ²
1 Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.
2 Centre of Organic Chemistry “C. D. Nenitzescu”, Romanian Academy, Spl. Independentei 202B,Bucharest 060023, Romania.
Synthesis and X-ray Structure of a New Pyrrolo[1,2-b]-pyridazine Derivative
Molecules 2005, 10, 360-366 (PDF format 158 K)

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P, Stanetty,* M. Turner, and M. Mihovilovic
Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Austria.
Synthesis of Pyrrolo[2,3-d][1,2,3]thiadiazole-6-carboxylates via the Hurd-Mori Reaction. Investigating the Effect of the
N-Protecting Group on the Cyclization
Molecules 2005, 10, 367-375 (PDF format 67 K)

Regular Papers

Bahittin Kahveci
Department of Chemistry, Rize Faculty of Arts and Science, Karadeniz Technical University, 53100,Rize, Turkey.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: bahittin@yahoo.com
Synthesis of 4-Amino-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazole-5-ones and their Isatin-3-imine Derivatives
Molecules 2005, 10, 376-382 (PDF format 130 K)

Serena Riela, Carmela Aprile, Michelangelo Gruttadauria,* Paolo Lo Meo and Renato Noto
Dipartimento di Chimica Organica “E. Paternò”, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Parcod’Orleans II, Pad. 17, 90128, Palermo, Italy.
Tel. (+39) 091 596919, Fax (+39) 091 596825.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail mgrutt@unipa.it
Diastereoselective Synthesis of 2-Phenylselenenyl-1,3-anti-Diols and 2-Phenylselenenyl-1,3-anti-Azido-Alcohols via Hydroxyand
Azido-Selenenylation Reactions
Molecules 2005, 10, 383-393 (PDF format 145 K)

Barbara Krassowska-Swiebocka, Grazyna Prokopienko and Lech Skulski*
Chair and Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, Banacha 1, PL02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
† This short paper was presented at the Eighth Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry
(ECSOC-8, http://www.mdpi.net/ecsoc-8), November 1-30, 2004 (paper A023).
* To whom the correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: lechskulski@yahoo.com; Tel./Fax: +(48)22-5720643
An Aromatic Iodination Method, with Iodic Acid Used as the Only Iodinating Reagent†
Molecules 2005, 10, 394-400 (PDF format 114 K)

Maciej Sosnowski and Lech Skulski *
Chair and Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, 1 Banacha Street, PL 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
† This short paper was presented at the Eighth Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry
(ECSOC-8, http://www.mdpi.net/ecsoc-8), November 1-30, 2004 (paper E006).
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: lechskulski@yahoo.com Tel./Fax: +(48) 225720643.
A Comparison of Microwave-Accelerated and Conventionally Heated Iodination Reactions of Some Arenes and Heteroarenes,
Using ortho-Periodic Acid as the Oxidant†
Molecules 2005, 10, 401-406 (PDF format 46 K)

Rita Vaickelioniene ¹, Vytautas Mickevicius ¹ and Gema Mikulskiene ^2,*
1 Department of Organic Chemistry, Kaunas University of Technology, Radvilenu pl. 19, LT-50299 Kaunas, Lithuania, Tel. (+370) 37 456 561, Fax (+370) 37 300 152.
2 Institute of Biochemistry, LT-08662 Vilnius, Mokslininku 12, Lithuania, Tel. (+370) 5 272 9195, Fax (+370) 5 272 9196.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: gemam@bchi.lt.
Synthesis and Cyclizations of N-(2,3-, 3,4- and 3,5-Dimethylphenyl)-β-alanines
Molecules 2005, 10, 407-416 (PDF format 85 K)

Yunfei Bai, Qinyu Ge, Jinke Wang, Tongxiang Li, Quanjun Liu and Zuhong Lu*
Chien-Shiung Wu Laboratory, Department of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, P.R. China.
Investigation of DNA-protein Sequence-Specific Interactions with a ds-DNA Array
Molecules 2005, 10, 417-426 (PDF format 186 K)

You-Quan Zhu, Chang-Sheng Yao, Xiao-Mao Zou, Fang-Zhong Hu , Bin Liu, Yong-Hong Li and
Hua-Zheng Yang *
State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P.R. China.
The Synthesis and Herbicidal Activity of 1-Alkyl-3-(α-hydroxysubstituted benzylidene)pyrrolidine-2,4-diones
Molecules 2005, 10, 427-434 (PDF format 215 K)
 

Alejandra Salerno and Isabel A. Perillo*
Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Junín 956 (1113), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fax: 5411-49648250.
¹H- and ¹³C-NMR Analysis of a Series of 1,2-Diaryl-1H-4,5-dihydroimidazoles
Molecules 2005, 10, 435-443 (PDF format 130 K)

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I. Zhuravel *, S. Kovalenko, S. Vlasov and V. Chernykh
National Pharmaceutical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Solution-phase Synthesis of a Combinatorial Library of 3-[4-(Coumarin-3-yl)-1,3-thiazol-2-ylcarbamoyl]propanoic acid Amides
Molecules 2005, 10, 444–456 (PDF format 248 K)

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Y. Alvarado ^1,*, J. Peña-Suárez ¹, N. Cubillán ^1,*, P. Labarca ¹, J. Caldera-Luzardo ¹ and F. López-Linares ²
1 Laboratorio de Electrónica Molecular, Departamento de Química, Facultad Experimental de Ciencias, La Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela
2 Laboratorio de Química de los Metales de Transición, Centro de Química, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas Altos de Pipe, Venezuela.
Influence of the Dielectric Medium on the Carbonyl Infrared Absorption Peak of Acetylferrocene
Molecules 2005, 10, 457-474 (PDF format 274 K)

M. Koparır *, A. Çetin and A. Cansız
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Fırat University, 23119, Elazıg, Turkey.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: mkoparir@hotmail.com
5-Furan-2yl[1,3,4]oxadiazole-2-thiol, 5-Furan-2yl-4H [1,2,4] triazole-3-thiol and Their Thiol-Thione Tautomerism
Molecules 2005, 10, 475-480 (PDF format 106 K)
(This paper becomes Open Access since 29 December 2006)

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C. Chiriac*, F. Tanasa and M. Onciu
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry “Petru Poni”, Romania.
A Novel Approach in Cinnamic Acid Synthesis: Direct Synthesis of Cinnamic Acids from Aromatic Aldehydes and Aliphatic
Carboxylic Acids in the Presence of Boron Tribromide
Molecules 2005, 10, 481–487 (PDF format 53 K)

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R. Sears, R. Carpenter and C. Whitlock*
Department of Chemistry, Georgia Southern University, USA.
A General Synthesis of Tris-Indole Derivatives as Potential Iron Chelators
Molecules 2005, 10, 488–491 (PDF format 99 K)

Abdel-Rahman S. Ferwanah ¹, and Adel M. Awadallah  ^2,*
1Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University of Gaza, P.O. Box-1277, Gaza, Palestine. Fax: (+970) 8-2823180, e-mail: ferwanah@hotmail.com.
2 Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Islamic University of Gaza, P.O. Box-108, Gaza, Palestine. Fax: (+970) 8-2823310.
Review: Reaction of Nitrilimines and Nitrile Oxides with Hydrazines, Hydrazones and Oximes
Molecules 2005, 10, 492–507 (PDF format 163 K)

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A. Lanver and H.-G. Schmalz*
Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität zu Köln, Germany.
Microwave-Assisted Amination of a Chloropurine Derivative in the Synthesis of Acyclic Nucleoside Analogues
Molecules 2005, 10, 508–515 (PDF format 166 K

Special Issue: Synthesis and Chemistry of Chiral Metallocenes

Oleksiy Vassylyev
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8058, USA.
Tel. +1 (732)-445-4943, Fax: +1 (732)-445-2581, e-mail oleksiy@rci.rutgers.edu.
Guest Editorial: Synthesis and Chemistry of Chiral Metallocenes
Molecules 2005, 10, 585-586 (PDF format 19 K)

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O. Vassylyev, A. Panarello and J. Khinast*
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, USA.
Review: Enantioselective Hydrogenations with Chiral Titanocenes
Molecules 2005, 10, 587-619 (PDF format 337 K)

Yuushou Nakayama * and Takeshi Shiono
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: yuushou@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
Developments of Chiral Metallocenes as Polymerization Catalysts
Molecules 2005, 10, 620-633 (PDF format 321 K)

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Q. Song ^1,*, R. Lin ¹, Z. Yang ¹ and C. Qi ²
1 College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, P. R. China.
2 The Institute of Applied Chemistry, Shaoxing College of Arts and Sciences, P. R. China.
Pd-catalyzed Synthesis of β-Biarylacryl Ferrocenes via Suzuki Cross-coupling
Molecules 2005, 10, 634-639 (PDF format 133 K)

Wai-Yeung Wong *
Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, P.R. China. Tel. (+84) 852-3411-7074, Fax: (+84) 852-3411-7348.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: rwywong@hkbu.edu.hk.
Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a New Triosmium Alkylidyne Carbonyl Cluster Containing a Chiral Ferrocenylphosphine Ligand
Molecules 2005, 10, 640-648 (PDF format 147 K)

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V. Sokolov*, L. Troitskaya, and V. Bondareva-Don
“Nesmeyanov”  Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation.
Synthesis and Asymmetric Mono-cyclopalladation of 1,1’-Di(α-dimethylamino)ethylferrocene
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O. Pandey*, S. Sengupta  and C. Tripathi
Chemistry Department, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, India.
Reactions of Cp₂MCl₂ (M=Ti or Zr) with Imine-Oxime Ligands. Formation of Metallacycles
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