Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics

Chemical etching creates quasi-single-crystalline (110)-oriented lithium metal anodes that suppress dendrite growth and enable stable cycling for over 3,000 hours.

Asymmetric Michael addition constructs N-N atropisomers from indole-derived maleimides with simultaneous generation of multiple stereocenters, achieving 99% yield and exceptional stereoselectivity.

Researchers achieve synthesis of the decalin core of pyrroindomycin natural products, enabling full structural determination and biosynthetic pathway elucidation.

Novel decarboxylative metal-halogen exchange mechanism enables mild carboxylation of aryl halides using bench-stable potassium carboxylate salts without pressurized equipment or organometallic.

A scalable three-layer synthesis strategy rapidly produces thiazolo-hydantoins and diketopiperazines in under 3 hours without chromatography, enabling one-pot processing and late-stage modification.

Study reveals how strong-coordination salts and solvents paradoxically improve low-temperature lithium-metal battery performance through cluster solvate formation and optimized charge distribution.

Novel one-pot synthesis of 3-alkenyl(propargyl)sulfanyl-indeno[1,2-e][1,2,4]triazin-9-ones with selective heterocyclization through halogenation.

Machine learning models predict channel structures in ternary lithium-metal-silicide intermetallics, enabling experimental discovery of new LiRESi phases for energy storage.

Computational analysis of titanium complexes reveals that adjacent positively charged nitrogen atoms form stable bonds with unusually low interaction energies.

Experimental pKa values of P-H bonds in triorganophosphonium bistriflimides determined in toluene using spectroscopy and DFT, providing guidelines for catalytic phosphine generation.

Study of cyclometalated platinum compounds formed via competing C-H and C-X bond activation pathways, with mechanistic insights from computational and spectroscopic analysis.

Tetraethynyl dioxotriangulene derivatives synthesized via C–O activation demonstrate n-type semiconductor properties through π-stacking and radical anion stabilization in field-effect transistors.

Oxoammonium-catalyzed desymmetrization of meso-pyrrolidines via enantioselective hydride transfer with over 90% ee, featuring mechanistic insights from isolated intermediates.

Additive covalent radii for sixfold metal-metal bonded dimers across transition metals and actinides with 12 valence electrons in (1σ)²(2σ)²π⁴δ⁴ configuration.

Synthesis of fused-azepine- and 1H-azocine-bridged NiII porphyrin dimers via Pictet-Spengler cyclization and oxidative transformations, yielding NIR-absorbing and fluorescent complexes.

Organocatalytic metal-free esterification of phosphoryl compounds with alcohols via catalytic Mitsunobu protocol, yielding phosphinate esters with broad functional group tolerance.

Stereochemical assignment of N,N-dialkyl trifluoroacetamides using integrated analysis of through-space 1H···19F spin-spin couplings and aromatic solvent-induced shifts in 1H-NMR spectroscopy.

Carbon-bonding donors induce asymmetric induction via noncovalent interaction, demonstrated through oxa-Pictet-Spengler cyclization with oxocarbenium intermediates.

Narrative review of lithium carbonate use in psychiatric emergencies, examining clinical indications, toxicity management, and organizational requirements for safe application in acute care settings.

Thiolate-mediated cyclization protocol for synthesis of 2-quinolones and 2-aza-quinolones from aminocinnamic acid derivatives with broad substrate scope and gram-scale scalability.