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View article: Electrocatalytic Ammonia Oxidation with a Highly Preorganized Metal–Metal Cooperative Diruthenium Complex
Electrocatalytic Ammonia Oxidation with a Highly Preorganized Metal–Metal Cooperative Diruthenium Complex Open
View article: Oxidatively Induced Reductive N<sub>2</sub> Binding: A Dinickel-Bridging Bent N<sub>2</sub> Radical Anion and Its Redox-Triggered N<sub>2</sub> Release
Oxidatively Induced Reductive N<sub>2</sub> Binding: A Dinickel-Bridging Bent N<sub>2</sub> Radical Anion and Its Redox-Triggered N<sub>2</sub> Release Open
Nitrogenase accumulates reducing equivalents in hydrides and couples H2 elimination to the reductive binding of N2 at a di-iron edge of its FeMo cofactor (FeMoco). Here, we describe that oxidation of a pyrazolato-base…
View article: Electrocatalytic Ammonia Oxidation with a Highly Preorganized Metal-Metal Cooperative Diruthenium Complex
Electrocatalytic Ammonia Oxidation with a Highly Preorganized Metal-Metal Cooperative Diruthenium Complex Open
The catalytic oxidation of ammonia is relevant in the context of sustainable energy scenarios, for instance in fuels cells or for hydrogen storage. Here we report the diruthenium complex [LRu2(py)4(μ1,2-N2H4)](PF6)3 (1(PF6)3; HL = 3,5-bis(…
View article: Non-Heme Tri-Iron(II) Complex as a Precursor for Dioxygen Activation and Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysis
Non-Heme Tri-Iron(II) Complex as a Precursor for Dioxygen Activation and Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysis Open
Nonheme iron catalysts are attractive for bioinspired aerobic oxidations and oxygenations, as well as for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), although their potential in ORR remains largely underexploited. This study presents a rare examp…
View article: Severely Bent Dinitrogen Bridging in Highly Preorganized Dinuclear Cobalt Complexes Featuring an Intricate Electronic Structure
Severely Bent Dinitrogen Bridging in Highly Preorganized Dinuclear Cobalt Complexes Featuring an Intricate Electronic Structure Open
Preorganized bimetallic complexes could open up new avenues of cooperative substrate activation and transformation of inert dinitrogen (N2). While the most common structural motif in synthetic dinuclear N2 complexes i…
View article: H2-Eliminating Reductive N2 Binding: a Dinickel-Bridging Bent N2 Radical Anion and its Redox-Triggered N2 Release
H2-Eliminating Reductive N2 Binding: a Dinickel-Bridging Bent N2 Radical Anion and its Redox-Triggered N2 Release Open
Nitrogenase accumulates reducing equivalents in hydrides and couples H2 elimination to the reductive binding of N2 at a diiron edge of its FeMo cofactor (FeMoco). Here, we describe that oxidation of a pyrazolato-based dinickel(II) dihydrid…
View article: Cooperativity of Electron Transfer Coupled Spin Transitions in a Tetranuclear Fe/Co Prussian Blue Analogue Revealed by Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Cooperativity of Electron Transfer Coupled Spin Transitions in a Tetranuclear Fe/Co Prussian Blue Analogue Revealed by Ultrafast Spectroscopy Open
Cooperative intermolecular interactions, usually observed in solid state, can confer useful properties to stimuli–responsive spin transition materials. Here, we demonstrate for the first time intramolecular cooperativity between the two Fe…
View article: Cooperativity of Electron Transfer Coupled Spin Transitions in a Tetranuclear Fe/Co Prussian Blue Analogue Revealed by Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Cooperativity of Electron Transfer Coupled Spin Transitions in a Tetranuclear Fe/Co Prussian Blue Analogue Revealed by Ultrafast Spectroscopy Open
Cooperative intermolecular interactions, usually observed in solid state, can confer useful properties to stimuli–responsive spin transition materials. Here, we demonstrate for the first time intramolecular cooperativity between the two Fe…
View article: Iron(III) Complexes with Luminescence Lifetimes of up to 100 ns to Enhance Upconversion and Photocatalysis
Iron(III) Complexes with Luminescence Lifetimes of up to 100 ns to Enhance Upconversion and Photocatalysis Open
Iron is the most abundant transition metal element and would be the ideal replacement for noble metals in many applications that rely on luminescent and long-lived electronically excited states. We show that efficient reversible energy tra…
View article: Axial Ligand Lability and Coordination Induced Spin State Variations of Tetracarbene Iron(II) Thiolato Complexes
Axial Ligand Lability and Coordination Induced Spin State Variations of Tetracarbene Iron(II) Thiolato Complexes Open
Starting from the six‐coordinate tetracarbene iron(II) bis(acetonitrile) complexes, a series of structurally characterized iron(II) thiolato complexes [(MTC)Fe II (SR)(NCMe)]OTf (R= t Bu, Ada) was synthesized based on the equatorial macroc…
View article: Two Plus Four Equals Three–Iron(II)/Iron(IV) Comproportionation as an Additional Pathway for Iron(IV)-Oxido Reactions
Two Plus Four Equals Three–Iron(II)/Iron(IV) Comproportionation as an Additional Pathway for Iron(IV)-Oxido Reactions Open
Iron enzymes are ubiquitous in nature. In particular, enzymes with iron-oxygen cofactors as active sites perform a vast variety of reactions. Both iron(III)-hydroxido and iron(IV)-oxido species have been observed to play a catalytically ac…
View article: Synthesis and Reactivity of an Iron–Tin Complex with Adjacent Stannylidyne and Ferriostannylene Units
Synthesis and Reactivity of an Iron–Tin Complex with Adjacent Stannylidyne and Ferriostannylene Units Open
Heavier transition metal carbyne analogs hold significant potential for cooperative activation of small molecules. However, complexes containing more than one heavier tetrylidyne ligand RE (E = Si, Ge, Sn, Pb) are rare due to the high olig…
View article: Intramolecular Agostic Interactions and Dynamics of a Methyl Group at a Preorganized Dinickel(II) Site
Intramolecular Agostic Interactions and Dynamics of a Methyl Group at a Preorganized Dinickel(II) Site Open
Alkyl nickel intermediates relevant to catalytic processes often feature agostic stabilization, but relatively little is known about the situation in oligonickel systems. The dinickel(I) complex K[LNiI2], which is bas…
View article: Bis(amidophenolate)-supported pnictoranides: Lewis acid-induced electromerism in a bismuth complex
Bis(amidophenolate)-supported pnictoranides: Lewis acid-induced electromerism in a bismuth complex Open
Coordination of 10-Pn-4 bis(amidophenolate)-supported pnictoranide anions to [CpFe(CO) 2 ] + delivers 10-Pn-5 complexes for P, As and Sb, while for Bi a 12-Bi-5 species is isolated.
View article: Photocatalytic oxidation of biologically relevant reducing agents by [Ru(bpy)<sub>3</sub>](PF<sub>6</sub>)<sub>2</sub>
Photocatalytic oxidation of biologically relevant reducing agents by [Ru(bpy)<sub>3</sub>](PF<sub>6</sub>)<sub>2</sub> Open
Ascorbate is the privileged small biological electron donator to light activated Ru(BiPy) 3 and drives the production of reduced oxygen species.
View article: Who Are We? This Is Your Editorial Team at <i>Inorganic Chemistry</i>
Who Are We? This Is Your Editorial Team at <i>Inorganic Chemistry</i> Open
View article: From a P‐Bridging Phosphaketene to μ‐Phosphinidenide and μ‐Diphosphaurea Units at a Dinickel Core
From a P‐Bridging Phosphaketene to μ‐Phosphinidenide and μ‐Diphosphaurea Units at a Dinickel Core Open
Salt metathesis of dinickel(II) complex LNi 2 Br ( 1 ; L is a dinucleating pyrazolate ligand with two β‐diketiminato chelate arms) with Na(OCP) ⋅ (dioxane) 2.5 yielded LNi 2 (PCO) ( 2 ) with a P‐bridging phosphaethynolate. Further reaction…
View article: Structural Snapshots, Trajectory and Thermodynamics of the Reversible μ‐1,2‐Peroxo/μ‐1,1‐Hydroperoxo Dicopper(II) Interconversion
Structural Snapshots, Trajectory and Thermodynamics of the Reversible μ‐1,2‐Peroxo/μ‐1,1‐Hydroperoxo Dicopper(II) Interconversion Open
Hydrogen bonds involving the oxygen atoms of intermediates that result from copper‐mediated O 2 activation play a key role for controlling the reactivity of Cu x /O 2 active sites in metalloenzymes and synthetic model complexes. However, s…
View article: Isostructural Series of a Cyclometalated Iron Complex in Three Oxidation States
Isostructural Series of a Cyclometalated Iron Complex in Three Oxidation States Open
An isostructural series of FeII, FeIII, and FeIV complexes [Fe(ImP)2]0/+/2+ utilizing the ImP 1,1'-(1,3-phenylene)bis(3-methyl-1-imidazol-2-ylidene) ligand, combining N-heterocy…
View article: Cooperative Sulfur Transformations at a Dinickel Site: A Metal Bridging Sulfur Radical and Its H-Atom Abstraction Thermochemistry
Cooperative Sulfur Transformations at a Dinickel Site: A Metal Bridging Sulfur Radical and Its H-Atom Abstraction Thermochemistry Open
Starting from the dinickel(II) dihydride complex [ML(Ni-H)2] (1M), where L3- is a bis(tridentate) pyrazolate-bridged bis(β-diketiminato) ligand and M+ is Na+ or K+
View article: Record Quantum Tunneling Time in an Air-Stable Exchange-Bias Dysprosium Macrocycle
Record Quantum Tunneling Time in an Air-Stable Exchange-Bias Dysprosium Macrocycle Open
In recent years, dysprosium macrocycle single-molecule magnets (SMMs) have received increasing attention due to their excellent air/thermal stability, strong magnetic anisotropy, and rigid molecular skeleton. However, they usually display …
View article: Synthesis and Semi‐Synthesis of Alpha‐Synuclein: Insight into the Chemical Complexity of Synucleinopathies
Synthesis and Semi‐Synthesis of Alpha‐Synuclein: Insight into the Chemical Complexity of Synucleinopathies Open
The chemical rules governing protein folding have intrigued generations of researchers for decades. With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), prediction of protein structure has improved tremendously. However, there is still a level…
View article: Hourglass-Shaped Homo- and Heteronuclear Nonanuclear Lanthanide Clusters: Structures, Magnetism, Photoluminescence, and Theoretical Analysis
Hourglass-Shaped Homo- and Heteronuclear Nonanuclear Lanthanide Clusters: Structures, Magnetism, Photoluminescence, and Theoretical Analysis Open
Synthesis of nonameric cationic clusters [Dy9(acac)16(μ3-OH)8(μ4-OH)2]OH·6H2O (1), [Dy8Tb (acac)16(μ3-OH)8(μ
View article: Testing functional anchor groups for the efficient immobilization of molecular catalysts on silver surfaces
Testing functional anchor groups for the efficient immobilization of molecular catalysts on silver surfaces Open
View article: Chromium–Thiolate Complex Undergoing C–S Bond Cleavage
Chromium–Thiolate Complex Undergoing C–S Bond Cleavage Open
The cleavage of C-S bonds represents a crucial step in fossil fuel refinement to remove organosulfur impurities. Efforts are required to identify alternatives that can replace the energy-intensive hydrodesulfurization process currently in …
View article: Bifurcation of Excited-State Population Leads to Anti-Kasha Luminescence in a Disulfide-Decorated Organometallic Rhenium Photosensitizer
Bifurcation of Excited-State Population Leads to Anti-Kasha Luminescence in a Disulfide-Decorated Organometallic Rhenium Photosensitizer Open
We report a rhenium diimine photosensitizer equipped with a peripheral disulfide unit on one of the bipyridine ligands, [Re(CO)3(bpy)(S-Sbpy4,4)]+ (1+, bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine,
View article: Iron(III) Carbene Complexes with Tunable Excited State Energies for Photoredox and Upconversion
Iron(III) Carbene Complexes with Tunable Excited State Energies for Photoredox and Upconversion Open
Substituting precious elements in luminophores and photocatalysts by abundant first-row transition metals remains a significant challenge, and iron continues to be particularly attractive owing to its high natural abundance and low cost. M…
View article: Ferromagnetically Coupled Chromium(III) Dimer Shows Luminescence and Sensitizes Photon Upconversion
Ferromagnetically Coupled Chromium(III) Dimer Shows Luminescence and Sensitizes Photon Upconversion Open
There has been much progress on mononuclear chromium(III) complexes featuring luminescence and photoredox activity, but dinuclear chromium(III) complexes have remained underexplored in these contexts until now. We identified a tridentate c…
View article: Oxygen-Donor Metalloligands Induce Slow Magnetization Relaxation in Zero Field for a Cobalt(II) Complex with {CoO<sub>4</sub>} Motif
Oxygen-Donor Metalloligands Induce Slow Magnetization Relaxation in Zero Field for a Cobalt(II) Complex with {CoO<sub>4</sub>} Motif Open
Most 3d metal-based single-molecule magnets (SMMs) use N-ligands or ligands with even softer donors to impart a particular coordination geometry and increase the zero-field splitting parameter |D|, while complexes with hard O-donor …
View article: <i>ACS Organic & Inorganic Au</i>’s 2023 Rising Stars Unveiled
<i>ACS Organic & Inorganic Au</i>’s 2023 Rising Stars Unveiled Open
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ARTICLES ASAPPREVEditorialNEXTACS Organic & Inorganic Au's 2023 Rising Stars UnveiledFranc MeyerFranc MeyerMore by Franc Meyerhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8613-7862, P. Shiv HalasyamaniP. Shiv HalasyamaniMore by P. S…