Themed collection Most popular 2025 inorganic chemistry articles

25 Years after the discovery of the most influential NHC ligand, we revisit and highlight studies involving IPr that have shaped the field of NHC-transition metal catalysis.

This perspective covers the 99 years of work towards the isolation of a cyclopentadienyl cation, from observation of fleeting compounds to the 2024 X-ray crystal structure of a room temperature stable Cp⁺ cation.

FLP-type stabilization affords unprecedented N₂O-based radicals with marked N-centered character, whose steric shielding confers remarkable persistence in solution under N₂.

Detailed molecular understanding on the electroreduction of a molecular rhodium complex and its electrocatalytic behaviour in H⁺ and CO₂ reduction is obtained by multinuclear spectroelectrochemical NMR.

Ligand K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) studies conducted at the B K-edge reveal covalent three-center, two electron M–H–B bonding in Zr and Hf trihydroborate complexes.

Strong magnetic exchange coupling in a tetraazanaphthalene radical-bridged dinuclear dysprosium complex enables magnetic memory with a coercive field of 1.373 T, more than twice that of any other organic radical-bridged single-molecule magnet (SMM).

Heterobimetallic compounds offer unique opportunities for activating substrates through cooperative interactions between two distinct metal centers, illustrated here on molybdenym–iridium species promoting a cascade of bond breaking/forming events.

The C-functionalized carborane-dithiol facilitated TiS-cluster formation via C–S bond cleavage, while the B-functionalized carborane-dithiol yielded a coordination complex through B–H bond activation within the carborane cage.

The reaction of phosphine (tmg)₃P with C₆₀ leads to isolable zwitterionic phosphonium fullerides with reversible P–C dative bonds and increased negative charge on the C₆₀ core, enabling further electrophilic functionalization.

The first example of oxidant-free SNArH reaction on benzene that is mediated by a piano-stool transition metal complex.

We report the first synthesis of [SiW₁₂O₂₈Se₁₂]⁴⁻via site-selective oxygen-to-selenium substitution in [SiW₁₂O₄₀]⁴⁻. The properties are controllable by varying 12 terminal atoms (O, S, or Se).

Low-lying phonons associated with the specific bending motion of cluster atoms with high spin-phonon coupling play a crucial role in the system's relaxation dynamics.

We present a method for the generation of boron-containing unsaturated small molecules via hexamethylbenzene elimination.

This work reports the photophysical and photochemical studies of binuclear Pd^II complexes with ³MMLCT excited state and their applications as OLED emitter and photocatalyst.

[Dy(SeCN)₂(NO₃)(depma)₂(4-hpy)₂] (1DySeCN) and its dilute sample (1DySeCN@Y) can undergo photodimerization at temperature as low as 200 K, along with exhibiting notable changes in magnetic and luminescent properties.

The incorporation of ylide substituents into acyclic aminosilylenes leads to enhanced donor abilities, enabling the isolation of a remarkably stable silanone and compounds with extended π-conjugated units.

A series of novel reactions of the complexes [Cp*(CO)₂MSi–Tbb] (M = Cr – W) are presented substantiating the synthetic potential of metal-silicon triple bonds.

Pincer palladium complexes with an appended naphthalene-diimide unit show ‘fluoride-induced’ redox switchable behavior in a series of Pd(II)/Pd(IV) related stoichiometric and catalytic processes.

In celebration of our 15th anniversary and some of our most popular articles, Douglas W. Stephan and Rebecca L. Melen reflect on the area of frustrated Lewis pairs, building on the paper published in Chemical Science (D. W. Stephan et al., Chem. Sci., 2011, https://doi.org/10.1039/C0SC00398K).