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This highlight article summarizes the complete development of photodecarboxylative functionalization of free carboxylic acids via a concerted single electron transfer (SET) or energy transfer (ET) pathways.

This article highlights the catalytic methods leading to the asymmetric synthesis of dual axial chiral biaryl ethers and related scaffolds.

This review introduces tetrazoles as the building blocks. The tetrazole ring offers four nitrogens, thereby assisting in multiple binding sites. The consequence is usually polymeric networks, but meticulous stratagem can form discrete cages as well.

A transition metal-free synthesis of spirocycles has been delineated by Huisgen cycloaddition on 3,3-disubstituted-2-oxindoles, enabling quick access to tetracyclic spirooxindoles and natural product analogues.

In this work, we report a new 2D halide double perovskite material based on a halogenated A-site linker that exhibits anisotropic ferroelectric and conduction properties.

Sulfite reductases (SiRs) catalyze the reduction of SO₃²⁻ to H₂S in biosynthetic sulfur assimilation and dissimilation of sulfate.

We report a simple synthesis of a new lead-free zero-dimensional (0D) hybrid halide compound, (5P1)InBr₅·2H₂O [(5P1) = NH₃C₆H₁₂NH₃], which shows dual emission coming from band-to-band and STE state.

We report the synthesis and properties of a π-extended indeno[2,1-a]fluorene derivative which is an antiaromatic diradicaloid exhibiting small diradical character despite showing a small singlet–triplet energy gap.

We report a new donor-free bismuthenium cation and its use as an efficient catalyst for the cyanosilylation of ketones.

In this report, we have developed a novel CA interface between crystalline and amorphous nickel sulfide which required a low overpotential of 15 mV for 10 mA cm⁻² with the intrinsic activation for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction.

We report the first mass photometric characterization of nanoaggregates of atomically precise nanoclusters (NCs) in solution.

The metal–organic framework confined mononuclear pyridylimine-ligated iridium(I)-hydride is an active catalyst for chemoselective monoborylation of methane using bis(pinacolato)diboron to afford methyl boronic acid pinacol ester in 98% yield.

A unified strategy is disclosed that builds on successfully engaging the aniline nitrogen of 1,3-amphoteric γ-aminocyclopentenone for a tandem annulation with electron-poor alkynes, solely assisted by the H-bonding network of HFIP.

A binuclear Ni complex with N,O donors catalyzes CO₂ reduction via its Ni(I) state.

Machine learning inverse design of electronic absorption spectra to molecular structures of DHICA melanin.

An efficient and general method for the synthesis of 2- and 3-acylindoles has been achieved with high regioselectivity from o-acylanilines and α-hydroxycarbonyl or its equivalent.

Weakly coordinating enaminone functionality has been leveraged for C–H activation strategy under ruthenium catalysis for the regioselective annulative coupling of arenes with diazonaphthoquinones, offering polycyclic benzocoumarins in high yields.

We demonstrate the potential of Ni(COD)(DQ), a bench-stable Ni⁰ complex, as a catalyst for the reductive coupling of aldehydes with alkynes and ynamides, providing silylated allyl alcohols with excellent yields and regioselectivities.

Triphenylamine–anthraquinone based donor–acceptor polymers show visible light-driven photocatalysis of various phenylboronic acids to phenols with an excellent yield of up to 96%.