Cover Feature: Noninnocent Deep Eutectic Solvents Enable Selective, Sustainable Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Couplings to Diarylmethanes (ChemSusChem 18/2026)

Abstract

The Cover Feature shows a galaxy of reactivity unfolding in choline chloride/urea, where nickel catalysis brings aryl iodides and benzyl chlorides together. More than a solvent, the DES orchestrates radical generation, nickel speciation, and interfacial electron transfer, enabling selective cross-electrophile coupling under aerobic, heterogeneous conditions. More information can be found in the Research Article by M. Durandetti, F. M. Perna, V. Capriati and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.70970). Background image: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al.; adapted by Vito Capriati.