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Over the years, spectroscopic, electrochemical and structural studies of [FeFe] hydrogenases have provided ‘pieces’ of information to complete the ‘puzzle’ of their catalytic cycle. However, there are still missing pieces that we need to fill in.

Developments in methods to increase the oxidative capacity of ArIL₂ reagents are discussed, with a focus on an understanding of these species' behaviour from the perspective of the iodine.

Functionalisation of polyfluorocarbon positions generally suffers from over-defluorination. Frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) offer a unique solution to this problem allowing direct access to a wide range of 2nd generation fluorocarbon products.

Ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) excited states showcase promise in enabling photochemical reactions. This article details design principles to enable low energy LMCT excited states and notable examples that drivereactions from these states.

Enzyme-mediated synthesis using one or a combination of two substrates produced biocombinatorial mixtures of multimeric linear and macrocyclic hydroxamic acid chelators. Screening the pools with Ga(III) or Zr(IV) revealed new coordination chemistry..

Effective degradation of non-natural phosphate triesters (PTs) widely used in pesticides and warfare agents is of paramount relevance for human and environmental safety, particularly under acidic conditions where they are highly stable.

Versatile activation modes of borane have been illustrated utilising MLC in osmium based bis-κ²-N,S-chelated species.

The emergence of a peculiar molecular phenomenon, the single-centered, but multiple Lewis acidity, is uncovered among Lewis acidic boranes with appropriate steric crowding and symmetry design.

Dehydrogenation of the ligand backbone of a bis(amido)bis(phosphine) Co complex is achieved through hydrogen atom abstraction. The new unsaturated backbone of the tetradentate ligand renders the ligand in the resulting Co complex redox-active.

A comprehensive investigation shows that the replacement of a cyclopentadienyl ligand with fluorenyl increases the adsorption energy of the [FluTi(cot)] spin-qubit candidate on Au(111) without loss of spin density toward the surface.

Enabling coherent spin-control in integer spin complexes with molecular color center design.

We present effective manipulation of the emissive excited states in a Cu₁₄ cluster through the surface engineering of secondary ligands.

There exists an interplay between borane and a Lewis base in their adducts.

The kinetics study herein experimentally demonstrates that an inner-sphere ET mechanism is involved in the conversion of triplet O₂ into a powerful oxidant by an RS–Fe complex. Hydrogen-bond donors are shown to destabilize the transition-state.

[Ni(bpy)₃]²⁺ soft landed on surfaces dissociates spontaneously. Codeposition of stable anions with cations enables preservation of the structure of [Ni(bpy)₃]²⁺.

Actinide doping enhances redox chemistry of polyoxomolybdate-alkoxide clusters; the first isolable U(V) polyoxometalate cluster is reported.

In situ monitoring and reaction sampling (IR, NMR, EPR, Mössbauer spectroscopy) and structural characterisation of isolable species allows detailed mechanistic insight into the scission/homologation of CO by two-coordinate iron terphenyl complexes.

The complex [Ru(phen)₂phi]²⁺ creates a bulge site when crystallised with a DNA dodecamer which includes the Pribnow box sequence.

Neutral inverse-sandwich rare-earth metal complexes of the parent benzene tetraanion with an [M³⁺–(C₆H₆)⁴⁻–M³⁺] core electronic structure were synthesized and characterized. They behave as a four-electron reductant to reduce unsaturated substrates.

Benzo[d]dithieno[b,f]borepins exhibited reddish room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) despite the absence of heavy atoms and oxygen atoms.

The first selenite fluorosilicate, Pb₂(SeO₃)(SiF₆), modified with perfluorinated groups, features a broad transparency range, large birefringence, high LIDT, and excellent environmental stability, marking it a potential birefringent material.

A protein-based model of carbon monoxide dehydrogenase displays distinct X-ray absorption, EPR, and vibrational signatures upon CO and CN⁻ binding that support ligand-dependent electronic rearrangement throughout the nickel–iron–sulfur core.

An inexpensive DFT-based strategy has been identified for the prediction of valence tautomerism in neutral and cationic Co–dioxolene complexes, including prediction of the interconversion temperature and variation with solvent.

The extremely challenging deprotonation of the amine (tBu₃Si)₂NH led to a range of s-block metal complexes with superbulky (tBu₃Si)₂N⁻. Depending on metal and solvent, (tBu₃Si)₂N⁻ can be classified as a halogen-free weakly coordinating anion.

To accelerate the discovery of novel metalloantibiotics we applied combinatorial synthesis to the preparation of 420 novel manganese tricarbonyl complexes.

The second coordination sphere, Asp721, participates in a hydrogen bond with an iron-coordinated water molecule, thus compensating for the missing facial triad carboxylate in AspH and enabling stereoselective C–H oxidation.

Jahn–Teller (JT) distorted Cu^II-containing compounds often display interesting structural and functional behaviour upon compression.

We report relaxation and ligand hyperfine effects in an isostructural series of early lanthanide substituted cyclopentadienyl complexes, [Ln(Cp^tt)₃] (Ln = Ce, Nd, Sm; Cp^tt = C₅H₃^tBu₂-1,3), by pulsed EPR spectroscopy.

The new zirconium fluoride, K₃Ba₂Zr₆F₃₁, is reported, featuring unprecedented acentric cis-[Zr₆F₃₄]¹⁰⁻ clusters composed of ZrF₈ units, which display a moderate second-harmonic generation response (0.5 × KH₂PO₄) and short UV cutoff edge (below 200 nm).