Cover Feature: Introducing Weakly Ligated Tris(trifluoromethyl)copper(III) (ChemistryEurope 3-4/2024)

Abstract

An elusive T-shaped high-valent Cu^III derivative, Cu(CF₃)₃ which is depicted on the cover, was stabilized in the form of solvates and theoretically studied. In their Research Article, V. Motornov, X. Ribas, P. Beier, and co-workers report the synthesis of solvates Cu(CF₃)₃⋅2DMF and Cu(CF₃)₃⋅MeCN, which were fully characterized including X-ray crystallography. Ligand substitution in these solvates enables access to a variety of new high-valent Cu^III complexes. The authors would like to thank Tomáš Belloň for creating the artwork.