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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.

MicroED elucidates the structural basis of mechanochromic luminescence in copper nanoclusters via transitions between crystalline and amorphous states, reversible by solvent exposure.

An efficient palladium-catalyzed cyanation of aryl (pseudo)halides has been demonstrated using a readily accessible and redox-active electrophilic cyanating reagent.

We present a regioselective C(sp²)-carboboration of 1,3-diynes using Cu(I)/Pd(0) cooperative catalysis, enabling access to a diverse range of conjugated aryl-substituted boryl enynes.

D–A conjugated polymers show superior homogeneous phase photocatalysis in ‘good’ solvents due to efficient ROS generation and multiple recycling via heterogenization by adding ‘poor’ solvents.

Triphenyl phosphonium conjugated amphiphilic peptides are self-assembled into micelles that show potential antimicrobial activity against drug resistant strains.

Unprecedented reactivity of 4-methyl thiazolium salt was presented to synthesize trisubstituted pyrroles and chiral trisubstituted 4,5-dihydropyrroles via organocatalytic domino 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition/ring-opening/C–N and C–S bond cleavage.

Electrospray-driven transformation of 2D materials to 0D structures within the reactive environment of charged water microdroplets.

Superior pyroelectric (PY) and photo-PY properties are reported from a hydrogen-bonded supramolecular polymer of an acceptor–donor–acceptor-type ambipolar π-system.

A Pd₂L₄-type cage having exohedral coordination sites at specific positions forms [Pd(Pd₂L₄)]_n-type 2D nanosheets upon the addition of Pd(II) and reverts to a cage upon the addition of the ligand.

Unusual hypoelectronic closo-titanaboranes such as icosahedral and tetracapped tetrahedral clusters comprising bridging hydrides have been synthesized and structurally characterized.

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%.