CSIRO PUBLISHING | Australian Journal of Chemistry

Ten years ago, the Australian Journal of Chemistry entered into an agreement with the Royal Australian Chemical Institute to publish a yearly Open Access issue with contributions authored by recipients of the Institute’s awards and medals. This showcasing opportunity was also extended to the Australian Academy of Science’s chemistry-related awardees.

The current RACI and AAS Awards collection features contributions covering a wide variety of subjects, including the synthesis of 1-D coordination polymers, marine natural products, adamantanoid drugs, organic radical polymers, N-heterocyclic Ru complexes, peptide–antimony bicycles, oxidation of hydroxymethylfuran, a Bayesian approach to smell identification, and more.

Guest Editor:
Curt Wentrup (School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland)

Last Updated: 09 Jul 2024

CH24073Structural diversity in nudibranch chemistry: elucidation of norditerpenes with a dendrillane scaffold from the Australian nudibranch Goniobranchus coi

Louise C. Forster

, Gregory K. Pierens

, James J. De Voss

and Mary J. Garson

Chemical structures of norditerpenes superimposed on a photograph of a nudibranch.

The nudibranch Goniobranchus coi sequesters and concentrates antifeedant oxygenated diterpenes into its mantle dermal formations to utilise as a chemical weapon when attacked by predators. Through chemical correlation, high-field NMR spectroscopy and molecular modelling new oxygenated metabolites were identified and elucidated. (Image credit: Louise C. Forster.)

This article belongs to the collection 10th Anniversary Collection of RACI and AAS Award papers.

CH24031Chiral 1-D coordination polymer chains featuring 1,1′-binaphthyl

Hui Min Tay

, Shannon Thoonen

and Carol Hua

Schematic depicting the synthesis and structures of four 1-D chain coordination polymers containing bent 1,1′-binaphthyl ligands and NiII, CuII or AgI.

Chiral supramolecular compounds containing 1,1′-binapthyl are increasingly explored for chiroptical techniques including fluorescence-based sensing. Careful design of these compounds can yield systems with accessible voids and complimentary intermolecular interactions that can be tailored as a function of the 1,1′-binapthyl’s steric hinderance and hydrogen bonding ability. (Image credit: Carol Hua.)

This article belongs to the collection 10th Anniversary Collection of RACI and AAS Award papers