The rigid Schiff‐base ligand cis,trans‐1,3,5‐tris(pyridine‐2‐carboxaldimino) cyclohexane is synthesized, and its complexation to copper(II) salts at a range of stoichiometries is investigated. L. Cronin et al. show that the complexation reaction leads to the crystallization of transition‐metal complexes with nuclearities of 1, 2, and 4, and the formation of the complexes can be followed stepwise, in real time, using electrospray mass spectrometry. For more information, see their Full Paper on page 681 ff.
Electroosmotic‐flow‐driven droplet generation integrated with capillary electrophoresis (CE) allows the molecular components separated by CE to be compartmentalized into a stream of droplets, as reported by D. T. Chiu and co‐workers in their Communication on page 2719 ff. and illustrated on the cover picture. After separation and droplet compartmentalization, the droplet‐confined bands either can be docked and studied on‐chip or removed off‐chip for a second‐dimension separation and further analysis.
Density functional theory and fragment‐energy analysis have been used to probe the mechanism of the halogen–zinc exchange reaction. In their Full Paper on page 5686 ff. , M. Uchiyama, S. Nakamura et al. discuss three important factors in this reaction: The effect of the halogen species, the effect of the alkyl ligand on zinc, and the effect of the substrate nature.
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