December 2019

Chemistry – An Asian Journal:
Special Issue: 18th Asian Chemical Congress

Enjoy free access until December 31, 2019

On the occasion of the 18th general meeting of the Asian Chemical Conference (ACC) and 20th general assembly of the Federation of the Asian Chemical Societies (FACS), Chemistry – An Asian Journal set up a Special Issue featuring papers by the plenary, keynote and invited speakers at this event. This Special Issue is guest-edited by the congress chairperson, Professor Reuben Jih-Ru Hwu (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan).

 

What Makes Metal–Organic Frameworks Beautiful?

Susumu Kitagawa, Editorial Board Chair of Chemistry – An Asian Journal and Co-Chair of ChemNanoMat, has been interviewed on ChemistryViews. If you’d like to hear about what he thinks makes metal-organic frameworks special then check out the video here.

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November 2019

Chemistry – An Asian Journal: Article Highlights

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Very Important Paper

Title: Designing and Constructing a High-Temperature Molecular Ferroelectric by Anion and Cation Replacement in a Simple Crown Ether Clathrate
Authors: Yu-Hui Tan et al. from China
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asia.201901265

Minireviews

Title: Synthetic Strategies for (−)‐Cannabidiol and Its Structural Analogs
Authors: Byunghuck Jung, Insung S. Choi et. al. from South Korea
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asia.201901179

Title: Reductive Activation of Small Molecules by Anionic Coinage Metal Atoms and Clusters in the Gas Phase
Authors: Satoru Muramatsu and Tatsuya Tsukuda from Japan
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asia.201901156

Title: Electron Transfer in DNA at Electrified Interfaces
Authors: Elena E. Ferapontova from Denmark
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asia.201901024

Title: Recent Advances in the Deoxydehydration of Vicinal Diols and Polyols
Authors: Stephen P. Thomas, Jason B. Love et. al. from the UK
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asia.201901274

Title: Electroluminochromic Materials and Devices Based on Metal Complexes
Authors: Shujuan Liu, Qiang Zhao et al. from China
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asia.201901209

Title: Recent Advances in Chiral Guanidine‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Reactions
Authors: Dasheng Leow, Choon-Hong Tan et al. from Singapore
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asia.201901183

 

Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry: Article Highlights

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Very Important Paper

Title: A Highly Stable Porous Viologen Polymer for the Catalysis of Debromination Coupling of Benzyl Bromides with High Recyclability
Authors: Dan-Wei Zhang, Zhan-Ting Li et al. from China
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajoc.201900435

Minireviews

Title: Recent Advances in Natural Products Synthesis Using Bifunctional Organocatalysts Bearing a Hydrogen-Bonding Donor Moiety
Authors: Minami Odagi and Kazuo Nagasawa from Japan
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajoc.201900459

Title: Metal-Catalyzed Dehydration of Primary Amides to Nitriles
Authors: Mohammed H. Al-Huniti and Mitchell P. Croatt from the USA
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajoc.201900343

Title: Enantioselective Synthesis of Alkyl Azaarenes
Authors: Marta Meazza and Ramon Rios from the UK
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajoc.201900363

Title: Catalytic Asymmetric Syntheses of 2-Aryl Chromenes
Authors: Rui Guo, Jun Wang et. al. from China
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajoc.201900360

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October 2019

Chemistry – An Asian Journal: Special Issue on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Applications

Guest-edited by Parimal Kanti Bharadwaj (IIT Kanpur, India), Pingyun Feng (University of California, Riverside), Stefan Kaskel (Technische Universität Dresden and Fraunhofer IWS), and Qiang Xu (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), this Special Issue serves as a portal to the field of MOFs and their various applications in the field of chemistry and materials science. Enjoy free access until the end of December 2019

Very Important Paper

Title: Two Stable Heterometal-MOFs as Highly Efficient and Recyclable Catalysts in the CO₂ Coupling Reaction with Aziridines
Authors: Bin Zhao et al. from Nankai University, China
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/asia.201900712

Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry: Special Issue dedicated to researchers in Korea

AsianJOC, the official journal of the Korean Society of Organic Synthesis (KSOS), organized a special issue to honor the outstanding work of organic chemists in South Korea. The issue was published online right on time for the 124th General Meeting of Korean Chemical Society (KCS), held in Changwon, South Korea, from October 16 to 18, 2019, and it was guest edited by Professor Hyun-Joon Ha, President of the KCS and AsianJOC Editorial Board member. The entire issue is free to read until the end of 2019.

Conference Blog

The editors of AsianJOC regularly represent the journal at conferences around the world, to connect with the organic chemistry community on a personal level. Apart from the usual live interactions on Twitter (@AsianJOrgChem, @AndreiXDragan), a conference blog was put together, to summarize some of the key points. Check it out here!

ChemNanoMat: Very Important Paper

ChemNanoMat recently published a VIP paper from Apurba K. Das (Indian Institute of Technology Indore) entitled "Electrochemically Facile Hydrogen Evolution Using Ruthenium-Encapsulated Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks". Read all about this top research here.

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September 2019

Chemistry – An Asian Journal, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, ChemNanoMat: Explore top papers by country

The ACES journals Chemistry – An Asian Journal, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, and ChemNanoMat are committed to scientific excellence and the highest standard in publication. You can now explore the research from top-accessed authors in your country and the rest of the world. Click here and enjoy free access until December 31, 2019.

 

Chemistry – An Asian Journal: Very Important Papers

Enjoy free access until the end of October 2019!

Title: Monitoring Fluorescence Response of Amphiphilic Flapping Molecules in Compressed Monolayers at the Air–Water Interface
Authors: Waka Nakanishi, Shohei Saito and Katsuhiko Ariga et al. from Japan
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/asia.201900769

Title: Metallosupramolecular Architectures of Ambivergent Bis(Amino Acid) Biphenyldiimides
Authors: Stephanie A. Boer and David R. Turner from Australia
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/asia.201900665

Title: Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Induced by Near-Infrared Light
Authors: Shigeyuki Masaoka et al. from Japan
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/asia.201900863

Title: PBA@POM Hybrids as Efficient Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Authors: Huan Pang et al. from China
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/asia.201900791

Readers’ Choice 2019

The ACES journals have recently published a new series of Special Collections showcasing the most-important articles published in Chemistry – An Asian Journal, the Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, and ChemNanoMat. The 2019 editions provide quick access to the most-read and most-cited articles from 2017 and 2018. All articles in these collections will be free to read until the end of 2019.

• Readers' Choice Chemistry – An Asian Journal
• Readers' Choice Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry
• Readers' Choice ChemNanoMat

Chemistry – An Asian Journal: The First Asian Conference on Porphyrins, Phthalocyanines and Related Materials

From left to right: Prof. Yongshu Xie, Dr. Qizhao Li, Prof. Jianfeng Li, Prof. Junlong Zhang, Dr. Eric Wang

The First Asian Conference on Porphyrins, Phthalocyanines and Related Materials (ACPP-1) was held successfully at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing between 23-26 August. Chemistry – An Asian Journal was involved in giving out three awards: two Wiley-ACES Excellent Young Professor awards (Prof. Jianfeng Li 李剑峰, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. Junlong Zhang 张俊龙, Peking University) and one Wiley-ACES Rising Star award (Dr. Qizhao Li 李其兆, East China University of Science and Technology).