Inorganic Chemistry

The reductive addition of small molecules to low-valent main-group centers has recently started to emerge, yet their redox labeling is often inferred from qualitative electronegativity arguments and partial-charge trends. Here, we use a recent representative example, i.e., Zn-Zn bond cleavage by Si^II and Al^I main-group carbene analogues as a motivating case study and place i…

By incorporating electroactive triphenylamine units into a hexacarboxylate linker, two zinc-based metal-organic frameworks with 3,24-connected <i>rht</i> net were constructed, demonstrating unique anion-dependent intermolecular charge/electron and energy transfer. The crystals of <b>Zn-MOF-1</b> incorporating nitrate anions within the framework are red and do not show fluorescence at all, while <…

Boron materials, particularly boron allotropes, have emerged as appealing potential hard and superconducting species for practical applications due to their abundant building blocks, robust chemical bonding patterns, and peculiar electron structures induced by an electron deficiency. However, the boron isomers that simultaneously exhibit superhardness above 40 GPa and superior superconductivity h…

A novel in situ impregnation conversion method was proposed for constructing hierarchical porous metal-orgainc framework (MOF) films. This approach relies on the conversion of a Cu(OH)₂@PVA precursor film into a Cu-MOF film via a controlled in situ growth process. The resulting MOF films exhibited high accessibility to active sites and robust free-standing properties.

Two-coordinate plumbyliumylidene ions constitute a rare class of highly electron-deficient cationic Pb(II) species. Herein, we report the synthesis and structural characterization of iminophosphonamido-supported plumbyliumylidene ions bearing two different borate counteranions, {B[(4-^<i>t</i>BuMe₂Si)C₆F₄]₄}^- and [B(C₆F<s…

Rare-earth materials are commonly described as "industrial vitamins" since they are mainly employed as structural or electronic modifiers rather than as direct catalytic centers. This is because their highly shielded 4f electrons prevent them from effectively participating in interfacial charge transfer. In this work, we break this long-standing limitation by engineering atomically dispersed lant…

Birefringent crystals can manipulate the phase and polarization of light, and are therefore widely used as key components in various optical devices. In this study, the hydrogen-bonding interactions between the [C₈H₆FN₂O]⁺ donor and the anionic acceptors, namely [SiF₆]^2- and Cl^-, were utilized to achieve a high degree of…