2013 Publications

Deciphering the Protonation and Tautomeric Equilibria of Firefly Oxyluciferin by Molecular Engineering and Multivariate Curve Resolution
Rebarz, Mateusz; Kukovec, Boris-Marko; Maltsev, Oleg V.; Ruckebusch, Cyril, Hintermann, Lukas*; Naumov, Panče*; Sliwa, Michel*
Chemical Science (2013) 4, 3803—3809. (Edge Article, selected as the cover article)

Isomorphous Phase Transition of 1,2,4,5-tetrabromobenzene Jumping Crystals Studied by Brillouin Light Scattering
Ko, Jae-Hyeon; Lee, Kwang-Sei*; Sahoo, Subash Chandra; Naumov, Panče,
Solid-State Communications (2013) 173, 46—50.

Kinematic and Mechanical Profile of the Self-Actuation of Thermosalient Crystal Twins of 1,2,4,5-Tetrabromobenzene: A Molecular Crystalline Analog of a Bimetallic Strip
Sahoo, Subash Chandra; Sinha, Shashi Bhushan; Kiran, M. S. R. N.; Ramamurty, Upadrasta; Dericioglu, Arcan F.; Reddy, Malla C.*; Naumov, Panče*
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2013) 135, 13843—13850. (cover article, highlighted on the JACS website, JACS Spotlight, and a podcast). Highlight: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ja4093727

Dynamic Single Crystals: Kinematic Analysis of Photoinduced Crystal Jumping (The Photosalient Effect)
Naumov, Panče*; Sahoo, Chandra, Subash; Zakharov, Boris A.; Boldyreva, Elena V.*
Angewandte Chemie, International Edition (2013), 52, 9990—9995. (back cover article). Highlights: Nature Middle East, Angewandte Chemie (press release), New Scientist, Chemistry World, Nanowerk, Scattenblick, Cosmos, Sciences et Avenir, Innovations Report, Laboratory-Journal.com, News Analytik, and others.
Nature Middle East (Highlight): http://www.nature.com/nmiddleeast/2013/130730/full/nmiddleeast.2013.117.html;
Angewandte Chemie (Germany)-Press Release: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1521-3773/homepage/press/201330press.html;
New Scientist (US)-Highlight: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24003-light-makes-crystals-leap-1000-times-their-own-length.html; Printed edition: New Scientist, August 10, 2013, p. 16;
Chemistry World (Royal Society of Chemistry, UK)-Highlight: http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/08/mystery-jumping-crystals-solved;
Nanowerk (US)-Highlight: http://www.nanowerk.com/news2/newsid=31606.php;
Scattenblick (Germany)-Highlight: http://www.schattenblick.de/infopool/natur/fakten/nfme0145.html

Biomimetic Crystalline Actuators: Structure-Kinematic Aspects of the Self-Actuation and Motility of Thermosalient Crystals
Sahoo, Chandra, Subash; Panda, Manas K.; Nath, Naba K.; Naumov, Panče*
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2013) 135, 12241—12251. (Highlights: Chemik)

On the Influence of Water on the Electronic Structure of Firefly Oxyluciferin Anions from Absorption Spectroscopy of Bare and Monohydrated Ions in Vacuo
Støchkel, Kristian; Nygaard Hansen, Christian; Houmøller, Jørgen; Munksgaard Nielsen, Lisbeth; Anggara, Kelvin; Linares, Mathieu; Norman, Patrick; Nogueira, Fernando; Maltsev, Oleg V.; Hintermann, Lukas; Brøndsted Nielsen, Steen*; Naumov, Panče*; Milne, Bruce F.*
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2013) 135, 6485—6493.

The Elusive Crystal Structure of the Neuraminidase Inhibitor Tamiflu (Oseltamivir Phosphate): Molecular Details of Action
Naumov, Panče*; Yasuda, Nobuhiro; Rabeh, Wael M.; Bernstein, Joel
Chemical Communications (2013) 49, 1948—1950.

Organocatalytic Stereoisomerization versus Alkene Isomerization: Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of 1-Hydroxy-trans-2,5-diphenylphospholane 1-Oxide
Hintermann, Lukas*; Schmitz, Marco; Maltsev, Oleg V.; Naumov, Panče
Synthesis (2013) 45, 308—325. (Feature Article (review))

Panče Naumov, Subash C. Sahoo,  Direct Evidence of Solid-State Tautomerism by Diffraction Methods: Isomers, Equilibria, and Kinetics. In "Tautomerism: Methods and Theories" (editor: L. Antonov), Wiley-VCH 197-212, 2013