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   Acknowledgments 15 February 2015 Pages: 1 - 5

2. A straightforward stereoselective synthesis of cis-10’,14’-diazaspiro [pyrrolidine-3,11’-tetracyclo [8.6.0.0^2,7,0^12,16]hexadecane]-2’(7’),4’, 6’,8’-tetraene-2,5,13’,15’-tetrone derivatives under solvent-free condition

   • PERUMAL PARAMASIVAN THIRUMALAI
   • RAMACHANDIRAN KRISHNAN
   • MURALIDHARAN DORAISWAMY

   BriefCommunication 14 February 2015 Pages: 7 - 12

   

3. Efficient iron(III) porphyrins-catalyzed oxidation of guanidoximes to cyanamides in ionic liquids

   • PRATIBHA KUMARI
   • RITIKA NAGPAL
   • SHIVE M S CHAUHAN

   BriefCommunication 14 February 2015 Pages: 13 - 18

   

4. Synthesis and properties of hectorite/poly(AM/IA) nanocomposite hydrogels with high gel strength

   • LAN WANG
   • WENZHONG CHENG
   • CHUZHANG ZOU

   BriefCommunication 14 February 2015 Pages: 19 - 23

   

5. Ultrasound-assisted dealumination of zeolite Y

   • M HOSSEINI
   • M A ZANJANCHI
   • H GOLMOJDEH

   BriefCommunication 14 February 2015 Pages: 25 - 31

   

6. Recent developments in solar H₂ generation from water splitting

   • SIVARAMAN RAJAAMBAL
   • KUMARSRINIVASAN SIVARANJANI
   • CHINNAKONDA S GOPINATH

   OriginalPaper 14 February 2015 Pages: 33 - 47

   

7. Composition dependent non-ideality in aqueous binary mixtures as a signature of avoided spinodal decomposition

   • SARMISTHA SARKAR
   • SAIKAT BANERJEE
   • BIMAN BAGCHI

   OriginalPaper 14 February 2015 Pages: 49 - 59

   

8. Solvent sorting in (mixed solvent + electrolyte) systems: Time-resolved fluorescence measurements and theory

   • HARUN AL RASIDGAZI
   • HEMANT K KASHYAP
   • RANJIT BISWAS

   OriginalPaper 14 February 2015 Pages: 61 - 70

   

9. Excited electronic state decomposition mechanisms of clusters of dimethylnitramine and aluminum

   • ANUPAM BERA
   • ATANU BHATTACHARYA

   OriginalPaper 14 February 2015 Pages: 71 - 82

   

10. Functionalization of N ₂ to NH ₃ via direct N ≡ N bond cleavage using M(III)(NMe ₂ ) ₃ (M=W/Mo): A theoretical study

    • SAMBATH BASKARAN
    • PERUMAL BALU
    • CHINNAPPAN SIVASANKAR

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2015 Pages: 83 - 94

    

11. Anion-π interactions in layered structures of salts of 5-(hydroxyimino) quinolin-8-one and related salts

    • PRITHIVIRAJ KHAKHLARY
    • JUBARAJ B BARUAH

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2015 Pages: 95 - 102

    

12. Syntheses and solid state structures of zinc (II) complexes with Bi-dentate N-(Aryl)imino-acenapthenone (Ar-BIAO) ligands

    • SRINIVAS ANGA
    • SUPRIYA REJ
    • TARUN K PANDA

    OriginalPaper 15 February 2015 Pages: 103 - 113

    

13. Synthesis and crystal structures of three isophthalato-bridged macrocyclic nickel(II) complexes

    • GUANG-CHUAN OU
    • ZHI-ZHANG LI
    • XIAN-YOU YUAN

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2015 Pages: 115 - 122

    

14. Transition metal-modified polyoxometalates supported on carbon as catalyst in 2-(methylthio)-benzothiazole sulfoxidation

    • ROMINA A FRENZEL
    • GUSTAVO P ROMANELLI
    • LUIS R PIZZIO

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2015 Pages: 123 - 132

    

15. Electrochemical behaviour of Cu(II)/Cu(I) redox couple in 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ionic liquid

    • K SHAKEELA
    • A SRI DITHYA
    • G RANGA RAO

    OriginalPaper 15 February 2015 Pages: 133 - 140

    

16. Electrochemical studies on Li⁺/K⁺ ion exchange behaviour in K₄Fe(CN)₆ cathode material for Li, K-ion battery

    • BIKASH MANDAL
    • I BASUMALLICK
    • SUSANTA GHOSH

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2015 Pages: 141 - 148

    

17. Reactivity of thiazolidine-2-thione towards Cu^I/Cu^II: Synthesis and structures of [3-(2-thiazolin-2-yl)thiazolidine-2-thione]copper(I) bromide and [bis(2,2′-bipyridine)nitratocopper(II)] nitrate

    • TARLOK S LOBANA
    • ANU RANI
    • JERRY P JASINSKI

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2015 Pages: 149 - 153

    

18. Diversity oriented approach to polycyclics via cross-enyne metathesis and Diels–Alder reaction as key steps

    • SAMBASIVARAO KOTHA
    • VITTAL SEEMA
    • MRITYUNJAY KUMAR DIPAK

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2015 Pages: 155 - 162

    

19. Efficient one-pot synthesis of 2-oxazolines from benzoylacetonitrile and β-aminoalcohols mediated by ZnCl₂

    • MEI LUO
    • JING CHENG ZHANG
    • HAO YIN

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2015 Pages: 163 - 166

    

20. SBA-15-Pr–SO₃H: An efficient, environment friendly and recyclable heterogeneous nanoreactor catalyst for the one-pot multicomponent synthesis of β-acetamido ketones

    • KIUMARS BAHRAMI
    • MOHAMMAD M KHODAEI
    • PEYMAN FATTAHPOUR

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2015 Pages: 167 - 172

    

21. Facile fabrication of dendritic silver structures and their surface enhanced Raman spectroscopic properties

    • JISHENG YANG
    • ZHENGDONG JIANG

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2015 Pages: 173 - 176