Nature - An unusual new material, NiTTFtt, is reported that is structurally amorphous, precluding a classical band structure, but detailed characterization reveals high conductivity and a metallic...

The use of supporting ligands that can store either protons or electrons has emerged as a powerful strategy in catalysis. While these strategies are potent individually, natural systems mediate...

High-valent transition metal–oxo, −peroxo, and −superoxo complexes are crucial intermediates in both biological and synthetic oxidation of organic substrates, water oxidation, and oxygen reduction....

Alkyne semihydrogenation is a broadly important transformation in chemical synthesis. Here, we introduce an electrochemical method for the selective semihydrogenation of terminal alkynes using a...

Near-infrared (NIR)-emitting molecules are promising candidates for biological sensing and imaging applications; however, many NIR dyes are large conjugated systems which frequently have issues with...

Despite the broad importance of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in oxidative transformations, there are comparatively few viable routes for its production. The majority of commercial H2O2 is currently...

Deoxygenation of nitrous oxide (N2O) has significant environmental implications, as it is not only a potent greenhouse gas but is also the main substance responsible for the depletion of ozone in the...

Magnetic exchange coupling (J) between different spin centers plays a crucial role in molecule-based magnetic materials. Direct exchange coupling between an organic radical and a metal is frequently...

Near-infrared (NIR) lumiphores are promising candidates for numerous imaging, communication, and sensing applications, but they typically require large, conjugated scaffolds to achieve emission in...

Enhanced rates and selectivity in enzymes are enabled in part by precisely tuned electric fields within active sites. Analogously, the use of charged groups to leverage electrostatics in molecular...

Two-dimensional (2D) inorganic materials have emerged as exciting platforms for (opto)electronic, thermoelectric, magnetic, and energy storage applications. However, electronic redox tuning of these...

We report the synthesis of a series of pseudo-1D coordination polymer (CP) materials with the formula FeyCo1–yBTT (BTT = 1,3,5-benzenetrithiolate). These materials were structurally characterized by...

Iron–sulfur clusters play essential roles in biological systems, and thus synthetic [Fe4S4] clusters have been an area of active research. Recent studies have demonstrated that soluble [Fe4S4]...

Here we describe the combination of an archetypal redox-active metal sulfide cluster, Fe4S4, with an organic linker, 1,4-benzenedithiolate, to prepare coordination polymers containing infinite chains...

The synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of two novel, pseudo-one-dimensional (1D) chromium thiolate coordination polymers (CPs), CrBTT and Cr2BDT3, are reported. The structures of these...

Recently, there have been several experimental demonstrations of how the rates of concerted proton electron transfer (CPET) are affected by stepwise thermodynamic parameters of only proton (ΔG°PT) or...

There has been recent interest about how the rates of concerted proton electron transfer (CPET) are affected by the thermodynamic parameters of intermediates from stepwise PT or ET reactions....

Biology employs exquisite control over proton, electron, H-atom, or H2 transfer. Similar control in synthetic systems has the potential to facilitate efficient and selective catalysis. Here we report...

Coordination polymers (CPs) and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted significant research interest in the past several decades due to their reticular structures and modularity. However,...

While metal–oxygen clusters are widely used as secondary building units in the construction of coordination polymers or metal–organic frameworks, multimetallic nodes with heavier chalcogenide atoms...

Sulfur K-edge XAS data provide a unique tool to examine oxidation states and covalency in electronically complex S-based ligands. We present sulfur K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy on a discrete...

Transition metal oxo species are key intermediates for the activation of strong C–H bonds. As such, there has been interest in understanding which structural or electronic parameters of metal oxo...

Here we report that capping the molecule TTFtt (TTFtt = tetrathiafulvalene-2,3,6,7-tetrathiolate) with dialkyl tin groups enables the isolation of a stable series of redox congeners and facile...

Photothermoelectric (PTE) materials are promising candidates for solar energy harvesting and photodetection applications, especially for near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths. Although the processability...

C–H activation by transition metal oxo complexes is a fundamental reaction in oxidative chemistry carried out by both biological and synthetic systems. This centrality has motivated efforts to...

A family of bis(neocuproine) complexes of Fe2+ and Co2+ have been investigated for neocuproine redox noninnocence. A series of redox isomers of M(neocuproine)2n+ (where n = 2, 1, 0 for Co and n = 2,...

Reaction of CS2 with [(dtbpe)Ni]2(η2,μ-C6H6) (1; dtbpe =1,2-bis(di-tert-butylphosphino)ethane) in toluene gives the carbon disulfide complex (dtbpe)Ni(η2-CS2) (2), characterized by standard spectro...