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National Chemistry Week 2006

In celebration of National Chemistry Week, ACS Publications has listed over 100 current “Hot Papers” as recognized by Thomson ISI®’s Essential Science Indicators. Hot Papers are articles published within the last 2 years receiving the most citations over the most recent 2-month period. For the current two month period, the ISI® recognizes 244 total Hot Papers in chemistry alone, with ACS Publications accounting for 41 of the top 100, or more than 40% of the ‘hottest’ papers in chemistry!

Listed below are the Hot Papers from Journal of the American Chemical Society for September-October 2006:

  1. Hydrogen Sorption in Functionalized Metal-Organic Frameworks
    Jesse L. C. Rowsell, Andrew R. Millward, Kyo Sung Park, and Omar M. Yaghi
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2004; 126(18) pp 5666 - 5667; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja049408c
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  2. Nanotube Molecular Transporters: Internalization of Carbon Nanotube-Protein Conjugates into Mammalian Cells
    Nadine Wong Shi Kam, Theodore C. Jessop, Paul A. Wender, and Hongjie Dai
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2004; 126(22) pp 6850 - 6851; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja0486059
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  3. Catalysts for Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Processes: Scope and Studies of the Effect of Ligand Structure
    Timothy E. Barder, Shawn D. Walker, Joseph R. Martinelli, and Stephen L. Buchwald
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(13) pp 4685 - 4696; (Article); DOI: 10.1021/ja042491j
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  4. Room Temperature, High-Yield Synthesis of Multiple Shapes of Gold Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solution
    Tapan K. Sau and Catherine J. Murphy
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2004; 126(28) pp 8648 - 8649; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja047846d
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  5. Chiral Brnsted Acid-Catalyzed Direct Mannich Reactions via Electrophilic Activation
    Daisuke Uraguchi and Masahiro Terada
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2004; 126(17) pp 5356 - 5357; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja0491533
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  6. Platinum- and Gold-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization Reactions of Hydroxylated Enynes
    Victor Mamane, Tobias Gress, Helga Krause, and Alois Fürstner
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2004; 126(28) pp 8654 - 8655; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja048094q
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  7. Perfluoropentacene: High-Performance p-n Junctions and Complementary Circuits with Pentacene
    Youichi Sakamoto, Toshiyasu Suzuki, Masafumi Kobayashi, Yuan Gao, Yasushi Fukai, Youji Inoue, Fumio Sato, and Shizuo Tokito
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2004; 126(26) pp 8138 - 8140; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja0476258
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  8. Enantio- and Diastereoselective Michael Reaction of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds to Nitroolefins Catalyzed by a Bifunctional Thiourea
    Tomotaka Okino, Yasutaka Hoashi, Tomihiro Furukawa, Xuenong Xu, and Yoshiji Takemoto
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(1) pp 119 - 125; (Article); DOI: 10.1021/ja044370p
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  9. Structure and Reactivity of "Unusual" N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Palladium Complexes Synthesized from Imidazolium Salts
    Hélène Lebel, Marc K. Janes, André B. Charette, and Steven P. Nolan
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2004; 126(16) pp 5046 - 5047; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja049759r
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  10. Photovoltaic Cells Using Composite Nanoclusters of Porphyrins and Fullerenes with Gold Nanoparticles
    Taku Hasobe, Hiroshi Imahori, Prashant V. Kamat, Tae Kyu Ahn, Seong Keun Kim, Dongho Kim, Atsushi Fujimoto, Tsutomu Hirakawa, and Shunichi Fukuzumi
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(4) pp 1216 - 1228; (Article); DOI: 10.1021/ja047768u
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  11. EXAFS Spectroscopic Evidence for an Fe=O Unit in the Fe(IV) Intermediate Observed during Oxygen Activation by Taurine:-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase
    Pamela J. Riggs-Gelasco, John C. Price, Robert B. Guyer, Jessica H. Brehm, Eric W. Barr, J. Martin Bollinger, Jr., and Carsten Krebs
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2004; 126(26) pp 8108 - 8109; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja048255q
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  12. Synthesis of 2-Cyclopentenones by Gold(I)-Catalyzed Rautenstrauch Rearrangement
    Xiaodong Shi, David J. Gorin, and F. Dean Toste
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(16) pp 5802 - 5803; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja051689g
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  13. Designing PbSe Nanowires and Nanorings through Oriented Attachment of Nanoparticles
    Kyung-Sang Cho, Dmitri V. Talapin, Wolfgang Gaschler, and Christopher B. Murray
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(19) pp 7140 - 7147; (Article); DOI: 10.1021/ja050107s
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  14. Gold-Catalyzed Assembly of Heterobicyclic Systems
    Liming Zhang and Sergey A. Kozmin
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(19) pp 6962 - 6963; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja051110e
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  15. Copper(I)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Azoles. DFT Study Predicts Unprecedented Reactivity and Intermediates
    Fahmi Himo, Timothy Lovell, Robert Hilgraf, Vsevolod V. Rostovtsev, Louis Noodleman, K. Barry Sharpless, and Valery V. Fokin
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(1) pp 210 - 216; (Article); DOI: 10.1021/ja0471525
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  16. Gold(I)-Catalyzed Intermolecular Addition of Phenols and Carboxylic Acids to Olefins
    Cai-Guang Yang and Chuan He
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(19) pp 6966 - 6967; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja050392f
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  17. Observation of a Quadrupole Plasmon Mode for a Colloidal Solution of Gold Nanoprisms
    Jill E. Millstone, Sungho Park, Kevin L. Shuford, Lidong Qin, George C. Schatz, and Chad A. Mirkin
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(15) pp 5312 - 5313; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja043245a
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  18. Highly Efficient Access to Strained Bicyclic Ketals via Gold-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of Bis-homopropargylic Diols
    Sylvain Antoniotti, Emilie Genin, Véronique Michelet, and Jean-Pierre Genêt
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(28) pp 9976 - 9977; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja0530671
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  19. Gold(I)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Acetylenic Schmidt Reaction
    David J. Gorin, Nicole R. Davis, and F. Dean Toste
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(32) pp 11260 - 11261; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja053804t
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  20. Copper(I) 1,2,4-Triazolates and Related Complexes: Studies of the Solvothermal Ligand Reactions, Network Topologies, and Photoluminescence Properties
    Jie-Peng Zhang, Yan-Yong Lin, Xiao-Chun Huang, and Xiao-Ming Chen
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(15) pp 5495 - 5506; (Article); DOI: 10.1021/ja042222t
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  21. Asymmetric Mannich Reactions of -Keto Esters with Acyl Imines Catalyzed by Cinchona Alkaloids
    Sha Lou, Brandon M. Taoka, Amal Ting, and Scott E. Schaus
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(32) pp 11256 - 11257; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja0537373
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  22. Platinum-Functionalized Random Copolymers for Use in Solution-Processible, Efficient, Near-White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
    Paul T. Furuta, Lan Deng, Simona Garon, Mark E. Thompson, and Jean M. J. Fréchet
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2004; 126(47) pp 15388 - 15389; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja0446247
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  23. Carbon Nanotubes with Covalently Linked Porphyrin Antennae: Photoinduced Electron Transfer
    Durairaj Baskaran, Jimmy W. Mays, X. Peter Zhang, and Matthew S. Bratcher
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(19) pp 6916 - 6917; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja0508222
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  24. Selective Zinc Sensor Molecules with Various Affinities for Zn2+, Revealing Dynamics and Regional Distribution of Synaptically Released Zn2+ in Hippocampal Slices
    Kensuke Komatsu, Kazuya Kikuchi, Hirotatsu Kojima, Yasuteru Urano, and Tetsuo Nagano
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(29) pp 10197 - 10204; (Article); DOI: 10.1021/ja050301e
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  25. Asymmetric Multicomponent Domino Reactions and Highly Enantioselective Conjugated Addition of Thiols to ,-Unsaturated Aldehydes
    Mauro Marigo, Tobias Schulte, Johan Franzén, and Karl Anker Jrgensen
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(45) pp 15710 - 15711; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja055291w
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  26. Enantioselective Organo-Cascade Catalysis
    Yong Huang, Abbas M. Walji, Catharine H. Larsen, and David W. C. MacMillan
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(43) pp 15051 - 15053; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja055545d
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  27. Gold(I)-Catalyzed Intra- and Intermolecular Hydroamination of Unactivated Olefins
    Junliang Zhang, Cai-Guang Yang, and Chuan He
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2006; 128(6) pp 1798 - 1799; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja053864z
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  28. Gold(I)-Catalyzed Stereoselective Olefin Cyclopropanation
    Magnus J. Johansson, David J. Gorin, Steven T. Staben, and F. Dean Toste
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(51) pp 18002 - 18003; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja0552500
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  29. Direct Asymmetric anti-Mannich-Type Reactions Catalyzed by a Designed Amino Acid
    Susumu Mitsumori, Haile Zhang, Paul Ha-Yeon Cheong, K. N. Houk, Fujie Tanaka, and Carlos F. Barbas, III
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2006; 128(4) pp 1040 - 1041; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja056984f
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  30. A General Organocatalyst for Direct -Functionalization of Aldehydes: Stereoselective C-C, C-N, C-F, C-Br, and C-S Bond-Forming Reactions. Scope and Mechanistic Insights
    Johan Franzén, Mauro Marigo, Doris Fielenbach, Tobias C. Wabnitz, Anne Kjærsgaard, and Karl Anker Jrgensen
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(51) pp 18296 - 18304; (Article); DOI: 10.1021/ja056120u
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  31. Efficient Synthesis of Cyclopentenones from Enynyl Acetates via Tandem Au(I)-Catalyzed 3,3-Rearrangement and the Nazarov Reaction
    Liming Zhang and Shaozhong Wang
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2006; 128(5) pp 1442 - 1443; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja057327q
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  32. Oxidative Cyclizations in a Nonpolar Solvent Using Molecular Oxygen and Studies on the Stereochemistry of Oxypalladation
    Raissa M. Trend, Yeeman K. Ramtohul, and Brian M. Stoltz
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(50) pp 17778 - 17788; (Article); DOI: 10.1021/ja055534k
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  33. Organization of Acenes with a Cruciform Assembly Motif
    Qian Miao, Xiaoliu Chi, Shengxiong Xiao, Roswitha Zeis, Michael Lefenfeld, Theo Siegrist, Michael L. Steigerwald, and Colin Nuckolls
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2006; 128(4) pp 1340 - 1345; (Article); DOI: 10.1021/ja0570786
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  34. Catalytic Enantioselective Aza-Henry Reaction with Broad Substrate Scope
    Claudio Palomo, Mikel Oiarbide, Antonio Laso, and Rosa López
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(50) pp 17622 - 17623; (Communication); DOI: 10.1021/ja056594t
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