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    Notwithstanding their success as strongly σ-donating and π-accepting ligands, to date no chelating bis[cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes] have been reported. Here the authors describe a chelating, C2-symmetric bis[cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene] ligand, as well as its pseudotetrahedral complexes with iron, cobalt, nickel, and zinc dihalides.

    • Braulio M. Puerta Lombardi
    • , Morgan R. Faas
    •  & Roland Roesler

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    Hong et al. report 2D perovskite lateral homojunction consists of ordered and disordered phases, achieved by organic cation doping induced phase pinning, built upon which they develop tuneable optical properties under external stimuli and directional exciton diffusion in the homojunctions.

    • Huilong Hong
    • , Songhao Guo
    •  & Yongping Fu

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    This study introduces a Eu(II) single molecule magnet that exhibits slow magnetic relaxation at low temperatures. These results highlight the importance of the lanthanide ion’s crystal field in unlocking the magnet-like properties of Eu(II).

    • Dylan Errulat
    • , Katie L. M. Harriman
    •  & Muralee Murugesu

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    Chemical reduction of alkali cations to their metals is extremely challenging. Here, the authors synthesized a series of redox-active borate anions stabilized by bipyridine ligands which can reduce lithium ions generating elemental lithium metal and borate radicals.

    • Haokun Li
    • , Jiachen Yao
    •  & Zhenpin Lu

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    Many alkyl fluorides are readily available, but the synthetic applications trail behind the widely accepted utility of other halides. Here, the authors report a practical Csp3-F bond functionalization method that expands the currently restricted synthetic space of unactivated C(sp3)-F bonds, but also uses benzylic, propargylic and acyl fluorides.

    • D. Lucas Kane
    • , Bryan C. Figula
    •  & Christian Wolf

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    Coordination-induced bond weakening (CIBW) by redox-active metals is used to weaken bonds in water and ammonia to facilitate proton-coupled electron transfer but achieving CIBW using aluminium as abundant metal is challenging. Here, the authors report a system that uses aluminum with a redox non-innocent ligand to achieve CIBW of O-H and N-H bonds.

    • Soumen Sinhababu
    • , Roushan Prakash Singh
    •  & Neal P. Mankad

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    Many MOFs feature carboxylate ligands with strong coordination bonds, hindering thermal melting. Here, authors present a meltable carboxylate MOF designed with a thermodynamically favored component.

    • Minhyuk Kim
    • , Hwa-Sub Lee
    •  & Hoi Ri Moon

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    The pursuit of all-solid-state batteries has motivated advancements in materials design. Here, the authors present a methodology demonstrating that ionic potential effectively captures crucial interactions within halide materials, guiding the design of the new materials with enhanced performance.

    • Qidi Wang
    • , Yunan Zhou
    •  & Marnix Wagemaker

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    Low temperature ionic conducting materials such as OH- and H+ ionic conductors are important electrolyte materials. Here the authors report the discovery of fast mixed OH- /H+ conductors in ceramic materials, SrZr0.8Y0.2O3-δ and CaZr0.8Y0.2O3-δ, for potential use as electrolytes in fuel cells.

    • Peimiao Zou
    • , Dinu Iuga
    •  & Shanwen Tao

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    Exploration of molybdenum complexes as homogeneous hydrogenation catalysts has garnered significant attention, but hydrogenation of unactivated olefins under mild conditions are scarce. Here, the authors report the synthesis of a cationic Mo(II) complex, which exhibits intriguing reactivity toward C2H2 and H2 under ambient pressure.

    • Minghui Xue
    • , Zhiqiang Peng
    •  & Wenguang Wang

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    Trimetallic carbido clusterfullerenes (CCFs) represent the simplest metal carbido complexes with the ligands being only carbon atoms, but the formation prerequisite is unclear. Herein, the authors report the syntheses of three novel vanadium(V)-based CCFs featuring high vanadium valence state and propose a supplemental Octet Rule

    • Runnan Guan
    • , Jing Huang
    •  & Su-Yuan Xie

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    The mechanism of calcium carbonate formation has been of interest for decades, but additive-controlled systems are poorly understood. Here the authors show that polycarboxylates facilitate bicarbonate entrapment and thereby inhibit nucleation. Distinct water environments in amorphous calcium carbonate nanoparticles arise from colloidal formation pathways and lead to mineral conductivity.

    • Maxim B. Gindele
    • , Sanjay Vinod-Kumar
    •  & Guinevere Mathies

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    Shortening the inter-spin distance is an effective way to enhance magnetic coupling. However, it is typically challenging to change the inter-ion distance in most magnetic systems. Here, Huang et al present a strategy for enhancing magnetic interactions, by confining a molecular magnetic system inside a carbon fullerene cage, leading to enhanced magnetic properties.

    • Chenli Huang
    • , Rong Sun
    •  & Song Gao

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    Here the authors demonstate that counter to expectation provided by the relevant standard reduction potentials, a chloroberyllate, [{SiNDipp}BeClLi]2, reacts with the group 1 elements (M = Na, K, Rb, Cs) to provide the respective heavier alkali metal analogues, [{SiNDipp}BeClM]2.

    • Kyle G. Pearce
    • , Han-Ying Liu
    •  & Michael S. Hill

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    Heterogeneous electron donor–acceptor (EDA) catalysis has seen limited progress to date. Here, the authors showcase a significant improvement in EDA interaction by employing a metal-organic framework (MOF) as the donor catalyst, underscoring the potential of MOFs in catalytic processes.

    • Jiaxin Lin
    • , Jing Ouyang
    •  & Yangjian Quan

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    Using highly sensitive and selective in situ techniques to investigate the dynamics of intermediates formation is key to better understand reaction mechanisms but investigating the early stages of solid-state reactions or transformations is still challenging. Here the authors use in situ fluorescence spectroscopy to observe the evolution of intermediates during a two-step [2 + 2] photocycloaddition process in a coordination polymer.

    • Meng-Fan Wang
    • , Yun-Hu Deng
    •  & Jian-Ping Lang

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    The structure of GeO2 melt has been debated for decades due to several unexplained bands present in the GeO2 melt Raman spectra. Here authors present a promising way to analyse melt structures from Raman spectra and they demonstrate threefold coordinated germanium is formed in the GeO2 melt.

    • Songming Wan
    • , Shujie Zhang
    •  & Jinglin You

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    The ability to control defects offers the opportunity to design porous materials with desired properties. Here the authors present a strategy to control the generation and growth of periodic missing cluster vacancies in UiO-66 frameworks and analyze their impact on the physical properties and catalytic activity.

    • Sergio Tatay
    • , Sonia Martínez-Giménez
    •  & Carlos Martí-Gastaldo

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    Three-component dehydrogenative coupling reactions represent important and practical methodologies for forging new C–N bonds and C–C bonds but achieving all-in-one dehydrogenative coupling functionalization by a single catalytic system remains a great challenge. Here, the authors develop a rigid flexible-coupled copper using a tridentate N-heterocyclic carbene ligand to achieve dehydrogenative coupling using a single catalyst system.

    • Teng Jia
    • , Yi-Xin Li
    •  & Shuang-Quan Zang

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    Deep-blue emitters and corresponding light-emitting devices are still in the progress to meet industrial standards. Here, the authors report catalytic interconversion of isomeric iridium(III) complexes and achieve true-blue emission and operational half-lifetime of over 10,000 h for tandem devices.

    • Jie Yan
    • , Dong-Ying Zhou
    •  & Yun Chi

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    Azulene-based conjugated systems are of great interests due to their unusual structures and photophysical properties but incorporation of a transition metal into azulene skeleton presents remains elusive. Here, the authors describe an efficient [5 + 2] annulation reaction for the rapid construction of a metalla-dual-azulene.

    • Hai-Cheng Liu
    • , Kaidong Ruan
    •  & Haiping Xia

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    The introduction of metal sites into polyoxometalates is key for tuning their structure and reactivity but the complex mechanisms which govern metal functionalization of polyoxometalates are still poorly understood. Here, the authors report a coupled set of light-dependent and light-independent reaction equilibria controlling the mono- and di- metal-functionalization of a prototype molecular vanadium oxide cluster

    • Stefan Repp
    • , Moritz Remmers
    •  & Carsten Streb

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    The synthesis and isolation of d-block metallocenes with more than 18-electron is challenging since metal–carbon bonds become weaker with increasing deviation from the 18-electron configuration. Here the authors report a formal 21-electron cobaltocene derivative by coordination of a two-electron donor to a 19-electron cobaltocene derivative while maintaining the cobalt-carbon bonds.

    • Satoshi Takebayashi
    • , Jama Ariai
    •  & Kazunobu Sato

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    Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with adjustable porosity and tunable functionality have attracted considerable attention, but the directional control of intermolecular and intramolecular motion of TPE-based ligands in the non-interpenetrated flexible MOFs has not yet been studied. Here, the authors report a non-interpenetrated tetraphenylethylene-based MOF with anisotropic flexibility.

    • Sha-Sha Meng
    • , Ming Xu
    •  & Zhi-Yuan Gu

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    Classical metalation reactions in organic synthesis typically involve metal-halogen exchange. Here, the authors introduce a metal-carbon exchange strategy that enables the skeletal editing of biologically relevant lactams by a Ni(0) compound.

    • Hongyu Zhong
    • , Dominic T. Egger
    •  & Bill Morandi

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    The development of dynamic DNA nanodevices, whose configuration and function are regulated by specific chemical inputs, represents a rapidly growing area in molecular science. Herein, the authors report the concept of metal-mediated base-pair switching to induce inter- and intramolecular DNA strand displacement in a metal-responsive manner.

    • Yusuke Takezawa
    • , Keita Mori
    •  & Mitsuhiko Shionoya

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    Understanding the intermetallic synergy and the structure-performances relationships of catalysts remains challenging. Here, the authors demonstrate a relationship between both the rates, selectivity and the s-block metal acidity in a series of heterodinuclear catalysts based on Co(III) in combination with alkali and alkaline earth metals for three different polymerization reactios.

    • Francesca Fiorentini
    • , Wilfred T. Diment
    •  & Charlotte K. Williams

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    Understanding and exploiting the redox properties of uranium is of great importance but stabilizing both low and high valent uranium ions in a preserved ligand environment remains challenging. Here, the authors report the synthesis and characterisation of a series of uranium(II–VI) complexes supported by a tripodal tris(amido)arene ligand.

    • Chong Deng
    • , Jiefeng Liang
    •  & Wenliang Huang

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    CS2 promises easy access to degradable sulfur-rich polymers, but ring-opening copolymerisation using CS2 is challenging due to low linkage selectivity and small-molecule by-products. Here, the authors report a cooperative Cr(III)/K catalyst which selectively delivers poly(dithiocarbonates) from CS2 and oxetanes.

    • Christoph Fornacon-Wood
    • , Bhargav R. Manjunatha
    •  & Alex J. Plajer

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