Meet the Board of ChemistryOpen: Thomas Wirth

Thomas Wirth is Professor of organic chemistry at Cardiff University. He received the Werner Prize from the New Swiss Chemical Society in 2000, the Wolfson Research Merit Award from the Royal Society, and the Bader Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2016. He is an elected fellow of The Learned Society of Wales and currently serves as Chair of the Editorial Board for ChemistryOpen.     

Two new triterpenoids from Gardenia jasminoides fruits

A new cycloartane triterpenoid, named gardenolic acid C (1), a new ursane triterpenoid, named 3β,16β,21β,23,24-pentahydroxy urs-12,18,20-trien-28-oic acid γ-lactone (2), together with three know triterpenoids, gardenolic acid A (3), gardenolic acid B (4), and 3α,16β,23,24-tetrahydroxy-28-nor-ursane-12,17,19,21-tetraen (5) were isolated from the fruits of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis. The structures of these compounds were elucidated by analyses of spectroscopic data. All isolates were evaluated for their neuroprotective effects in vitro.

     

Meet the Board of ChemistryOpen: Sheshanath V. Bhosale

Sheshanath V. Bhosale received his PhD from Freie University Berlin (Germany) in supramolecular chemistry under the supervision of Prof. J. H. Fuhrhop in 2004. He then pursued his postdoctoral studies with Prof. S. Matile at University of Geneva (Switzerland) under the auspices of a Roche Foundation Fellowship. This was followed by a stay at Monash University (Australia) for 5 years as an ARC-APD Fellow. He worked at RMIT University, Melbourne (Australia) for 6 years as ARC-Future Fellowship. Currently, Prof. Bhosale is working at the Department of Chemistry, Goa University (India) as a UGC-FRP Professor, His research interests lie in the design and synthesis of π-functional materials, especially small molecules, for sensing, biomaterials, and supramolecular chemistry applications. So far, Prof. Bhosale has produced 185 research articles and his work has been cited more than 4400 times, giving him an h-index of 32. He currently serves as an active Editorial Board member for ChemistryOpen.     

Laser-Assisted Synthesis of Non-Equilibrium Nanoalloys

Vincenzo Amendola is Professor of Physical Chemistry at Padova University, where he established and directs the Laser-Assisted Synthesis and Plasmonics (LASP) lab. He obtained a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering in 2008 and the Italian qualification as Full Professor in 2017, after research experience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cambridge University. He is part of the Program Committee of the ANGEL conference series and he is a current member of the ChemPhysChem Editorial Advisory Board.     

Correction: Click activated protodrugs against cancer increase the therapeutic potential of chemotherapy through local capture and activation

Correction for ‘Click activated protodrugs against cancer increase the therapeutic potential of chemotherapy through local capture and activation’ by Kui Wu et al., Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 1259–1271, DOI: 10.1039/D0SC06099B.

The authors regret that the reference to the bond-breaking bioorthogonal chemistry, termed ‘click-to-release’ was omitted from the original article. In addition, we would like to include a reference describing the synthesis of compound 1, which is an intermediate to the protodrugs described in the original article. These references are listed below as ref. 1 and 2.The Royal Society of Chemistry apologizes for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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Photochemistry, Volume 18. Senior Reporter–D. Bryce-Smith. The Royal Society of Chemistry, London, August 1987
Department of Chemistry Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology P. O. Box 150 Chongyangni Seoul 130–650, Korea
Photochemistry, Volume 19. Senior Reporter–D. Bryce-Smith and A. Gilbert. The Royal Society of Chemistry, London, July 1988
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The Science of Photobiology. Second Edition. Edited by Kendric Smith. Plenum Press, New York, NY
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Reaction Dynamics in Extreme Environments and Astrochemistry

Ralf I. Kaiser is Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Director of the W.M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa (USA). He is a current member of the ChemPhysChem Editorial Board.     

Correction: Cu-catalyzed C–C bond formation of vinylidene cyclopropanes with carbon nucleophiles

Correction for ‘Cu-catalyzed C–C bond formation of vinylidene cyclopropanes with carbon nucleophiles’ by Jichao Chen et al., Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 10601–10606.

We regret that in the original article the structure of compound 1 in Tables 1–3 was incorrect. The correct structure is given below.The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.     

Correction: Development of a structure-based computational simulation to optimize the blocking efficacy of pro-antibodies

Correction for ‘Development of a structure-based computational simulation to optimize the blocking efficacy of pro-antibodies’ by Bo-Cheng Huang et al., Chem. Sci., 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1SC01748A.

The authors regret that a funding source was omitted from the original article. The following funding information should have been acknowledged: Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST 109-2627-M-037-001) and Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan (KMU-DK(B)11000-4).The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.     

Correction: A hybrid blue perovskite@metal–organic gel (MOG) nanocomposite: simultaneous improvement of luminescence and stability

Correction for ‘A hybrid blue perovskite@metal–organic gel (MOG) nanocomposite: simultaneous improvement of luminescence and stability’ by Samraj Mollick et al., Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 10524–10530, DOI: 10.1039/C9SC03829A.

The authors regret that the formula used for the 2D perovskite EAPbBr₃ throughout the text is incorrect. The formula should read EA₂PbBr₄.The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.