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{"title":"Correction to: Mono-, Di-, and Trinuclear Complex Anions of RuF5 in Rb[RuF6], Cs[Ru2F11], and [O2][Ru3F16]","authors":"Björn Koch,&nbsp;Tim Graubner,&nbsp;Antti J. Karttunen,&nbsp;Gregor Schnakenburg,&nbsp;Florian Kraus","doi":"10.1002/ejic.70265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.70265","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Original article: <i>Eur. J. Inorg.</i> <i>Chem.</i> <b>2025</b>, 28, e202400767. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202400767</p><p>In the originally published article, the fluoride ion affinities (FIAs) reported in Table 1 for the molecules RuF₅, Ru₂F₁₀, and Ru₃F₁₅ are incorrect, because they were calculated with reference to incorrect ground-state structures of these molecules. In particular, for the mononuclear RuF₅ molecule, a trigonal-bipyramidal structure of <i>D</i>_3<i>h</i> symmetry was assumed, whereas the correct ground-state structure is the distorted square-pyramidal one of <i>C</i>_4<i>v</i> symmetry. Analogously, the structures used for the di- and trinuclear molecules Ru₂F₁₀ and Ru₃F₁₅ were not those of the respective electronic ground states.</p><p>The FIAs were therefore recalculated using the correct ground-state structures at the CCSD(T)/def2-QZVPP level of theory for RuF₅, Ru₂F₁₀, and Ru₃F₁₅, employing the isodesmic COF₂ reference system as described in the original article. The corrected values, with and without a COSMO field to counter the anionic charge, are given in the corrected Table 1, which replaces Table 1 of the original article.</p><p>The discussion of the FIAs in the sections “Quantum-Chemical Considerations” and “Conclusions” of the original article should be read in light of the corrected values given above. All other results and conclusions of the original article, in particular the syntheses and the crystal structures of Rb[RuF₆], Cs[Ru₂F₁₁], and [O₂][Ru₃F₁₆], as well as the vibrational spectroscopic data and the intrinsic bond orbital analyses, remain unaffected by this correction.</p><p>The authors apologize for these errors and for any inconvenience they may have caused.</p><p>The structures of the molecules RuF₅, Ru₂F₁₀, and Ru₃F₁₅ were re-optimized (without symmetry restraints) in their correct electronic ground states with the TURBOMOLE program suite [<span>1</span>, <span>2</span>] using the PBE0 hybrid density functional method (DFT-PBE0) [<span>3</span>, <span>4</span>] and def2-TZVP triple-ζ valence basis sets for the ruthenium and fluorine atoms [<span>5</span>]. For the ruthenium atom, scalar relativistic effects were taken into account using a 28-electron effective core potential (ECP) [<span>6</span>]. Numerical harmonic frequency calculations were performed to confirm that the optimized structures are true local minima on the potential energy surface.</p><p>The FIAs were recalculated as described in the original article.</p><p>The Cartesian coordinates (in Å) of the re-optimized ground-state structures are given below.</p><p>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"29 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejic.70265","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148699885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Auto-Click Synthesis of a Copper(I)–N-Heterocyclic Carbene Porous Organic Polymer and Its Transmetalation to Palladium(II) for Azide–Alkyne Cycloaddition and Cross-Coupling Reactions","authors":"Cyril Nicolay,&nbsp;Anca G. Mirea,&nbsp;Iuliana M. Chirica,&nbsp;Mihaela Florea,&nbsp;Arnaud Gautier,&nbsp;Ion Grosu,&nbsp;Niculina D. Hădade","doi":"10.1002/ejic.70267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.70267","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We report herein the synthesis of a copper(I)–<i>N</i>-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) porous organic polymer (POP), <b>Cu(I)-NHC-POP1</b>, obtained via an “auto-click” strategy, where a preformed azide-decorated Cu(I)–NHC complex acts simultaneously as catalyst and building block for the assembly of the porous framework. Further post-synthetic transmetalation of Cu(I) to Pd(II) afforded <b>Pd(II)-NHC-POP1</b>, enabling access to two distinct catalysts from the same NHC scaffold. The materials were characterized by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, N₂ adsorption−desorption isotherms, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Catalytic tests indicated that <b>Cu(I)-NHC-POP1</b> promotes copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition with high conversion, under air conditions, and catalyzes Ullmann-type C–N and C–O couplings. Following transmetalation, <b>Pd(II)-NHC-POP1</b> was found to be active in Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling, achieving excellent conversions with aryl iodides and moderate activity with aryl bromides. Although metal leaching limits recyclability under the tested conditions, the NHC-based polymer can be remetalated or transmetalated to restore metal content and switch catalytic function. These results highlight the material as a reconfigurable metal–NHC polymer platform.</p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"29 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejic.70267","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148699848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mechanistic Pathways in the Thermal and Photochemical Conversion of (TTP)Mo(η2-O2)2 to (TTP)MoO2 (TTP = Tetratolylporphyrin)","authors":"Chance W. Lander,&nbsp;James W. Herndon III,&nbsp;Jeremy Zink,&nbsp;Alexander S. Drena,&nbsp;A. Andrew Pacheco,&nbsp;Yihan Shao,&nbsp;Kenneth M. Nicholas","doi":"10.1002/ejic.70264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.70264","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The reaction pathway for the thermal and photochemical oxygen dissociation from (TTP)Mo(η²-O₂)₂ (<b>1a</b>) to produce <i>cis</i>-dioxo (TTP)MoO₂ (<b>2a</b>) is probed experimentally and computationally. The reaction of <b>1a</b> is initiated photochemically by absorption at the Soret band (445 nm), but no transient intermediate was detected in the microsecond time domain. The photochemical process for the <b>1a</b> to monoperoxo intermediate (TTP)Mo(O₂) <b>(3a)</b> conversion is addressed via time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) and is suggested to occur via excitation of singlet reactant <b>1a</b> to an excited state singlet with weakened Mo–O₂ binding, causing O₂ dissociation to the monoperoxo <b>3a</b>. DFT studies of the thermal reaction from (POR)Mo(η²-O₂)₂ (<b>1b</b>) reveal that it dissociates O₂ via a superoxo-like transition state (TS) (POR)Mo(η¹-O₂)(η²-O₂)*, leading to the monoperoxo complex (<b>3b</b>). <b>3b</b>, both in the singlet and triplet state, is suggested to convert to the <i>cis</i>-dioxomolybdenum(VI) product <b>2b</b> by a novel electronic reorganization. On the singlet surface, the <b>3b</b>/<b>2b</b> conversion proceeds via an asynchronous concerted process with an unsymmetrical TS and an activation energy of 19.5 kcal/mol. On the triplet surface, the <b>3b/2b</b> conversion proceeds through a symmetrical maximum with an approximate barrier of 16.4 kcal/mol, followed by spin crossover to reach the singlet dioxo product <b>2b</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"29 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148615378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"2-Aminopyridyl Complexes with d-Block Metal Ions: A Scaffold for Catalytic Applications","authors":"Joanna Strzelec,&nbsp;Bartłomiej Szarłan,&nbsp;Martyna Mateja-Pluta,&nbsp;Jolanta Brzezinska,&nbsp;Marcin K. Chmielewski","doi":"10.1002/ejic.202600001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202600001","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The <i>N</i>-(2-pyridyl)aminoethanol (L¹) was employed as a ligand to form functional complexes with selected d-block metal ions, including Pd(II), Rh(II), and Cu(II). The resulting complexes [PdL¹₂(OAc)₂] (<b>1</b>), [Rh₂L¹₂(OAc)₄] (<b>2</b>), [Cu₂L¹₂(OAc)₄] (<b>3</b>), [CuL¹₂(OAc)₂] (<b>4</b>), and the nitrate salt L¹·NO₃ (<b>5</b>) were synthesized and characterized using ESI–HRMS, UV–vis, and IR spectroscopy. Elemental analysis was performed for complexes (<b>1</b>–<b>4</b>), whereas ¹H and ¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy were employed for all diamagnetic compounds. Importantly, the palladium complexes showed high catalytic activity in benchmark C–C coupling Mizoroki–Heck reaction, affording high yields under mild conditions. In parallel, a new decomposition mechanism was observed for complexes with the ligand L² (the carbonate analog of L¹), which undergoes intramolecular cyclization in the presence of Cu(II) ions, without involving the nitrogen atom from the pyridine ring. The resulting product of this decomposition, 3-(pyridin-2-yl)oxazolidin-2-one (<b>6</b>) was characterized by SCXRD, 1D and 2D NMR techniques (¹H, ¹³C, ¹H–¹H COSY, ¹H–¹³C HSQC, ¹H–¹³C HMBC). This observation suggests that symmetric carbonates, like aminoalcohols, can form stable complexes with metal ions, where temperature-induced triggers initiate the reorganization of the complex.</p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"29 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148616041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Front Cover: Bis(heteroaryl)amino-Substituted Phenanthrolines and Their Ru(II) Complexes for the Synthesis of Dinuclear Bimetallic Complexes (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 22/2026)","authors":"Nikolay A. Korinskiy,&nbsp;Yury P. Levashev,&nbsp;Violetta A. Ionova,&nbsp;Alexey V. Rybalchenko,&nbsp;Konstantin A. Lyssenko,&nbsp;Vitaly A. Roznyatovsky,&nbsp;Alexei D. Averin,&nbsp;Anton S. Abel,&nbsp;Alexey A. Goryunkov,&nbsp;Irina P. Beletskaya","doi":"10.1002/ejic.70290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.70290","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>The Front Cover</b> illustrates the interaction between ruthenium complexes and nickel ions. Luminescent ruthenium complexes are depicted as fireflies attracted to a flower symbolizing nickel. Due to the bis(heteroaryl)amine substituent, the studied compounds are capable of forming bimetallic Ru–Ni complexes, the ligand structure of which offers a handle for modulating the Ni-centered reduction potential, while the Ru-centered properties remain largely unaffected. More information can be found in the Research Article by A. V. Rybalchenko, A. S. Abel and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/ejic.70249).\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"29 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejic.70290","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148616667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gold(I) Phosphine/Phosphido-Borohydride Complexes","authors":"Matthew J. G. Sinclair,&nbsp;Marc-Etienne Moret,&nbsp;Luke A. Wilkinson,&nbsp;Adrian B. Chaplin","doi":"10.1002/ejic.202500271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202500271","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A homologous series of linear, mononuclear gold(I) phosphine/phosphido-borohydride complexes, encompassing [Au(PR₃)₂]⁺ <b>1</b>, [Au(PR₃)(PR₂BH₃)] <b>2</b> and [Au(PR₂BH₃)₂]^– <b>3</b> (R = <i>t</i>Bu, Ad), has been prepared and structurally characterized. Strong intramolecular dispersion interactions are evident in the complexes with Ad-substituted ligands, which adopt eclipsed conformations in the solid state exclusively while there is no clear preference for the <i>t</i>Bu-substituted analogues. Despite the disparate donor properties of the phosphine and phosphido-borohydride ligands, there are no statistically significant differences in Au–P bond length (≈2.33 Å) across the series. This difference is, however, manifested in the redox characteristics of the gold(I) complexes, which are more readily oxidized in the order <b>1</b> &lt; <b>2</b> &lt; <b>3</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"29 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejic.202500271","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148615260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Main Group Metals in Redox Catalysis","authors":"Olympia Mouriki,&nbsp;Alba Martinez-Bascuñana,&nbsp;Oriol Planas","doi":"10.1002/ejic.70263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.70263","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Main group metal redox catalysis is no longer a curiosity; it is a credible challenger to transition metal chemistry. Heavy <i>p</i>-block elements, once dismissed as redox-inert or limited to Lewis acid reactivity, now can execute the core elementary steps of catalysis, including coordination, oxidative addition, reductive elimination, transmetalation, and single-electron transfer events. This review surveys recent advances across groups 13–15, focusing on aluminum, germanium, tin, antimony, and bismuth, the elements that have begun to deliver genuine metal-centered redox catalytic performance. Reactivity is unlocked not by formal oxidation state alone, but by careful ligand design and through ambiphilicity, weak bonding, element–ligand cooperation, and access to open-shell manifolds. The field is advancing fast, but unevenly. Group 13 is just getting started, whereas Ge, Sn, Sb, and especially Bi already operate across both two-electron and radical regimes. Beyond summarizing progress, this review identifies emerging design principles, exposes mechanistic gaps, and highlights opportunities that are likely to decide what comes next. Heavy <i>p</i>-block elements are no longer just substitutes to transition metals. They are competitors, and increasingly, they are setting the terms for sustainable catalysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"29 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejic.70263","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148617224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dioxomolybdenum(VI) Complexes Supported by Fluxional Bis(amide)-Functionalized Aminophenolate Ligands","authors":"Pasi Vikberg,&nbsp;Anssi Peuronen,&nbsp;Manu Lahtinen,&nbsp;Ari Lehtonen","doi":"10.1002/ejic.70262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.70262","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Benchtop-stable dioxomolybdenum(vi) complexes supported by the new bis(amide) functionalized aminophenolate proligands <b>H</b>_<b>3</b><b>L</b>_<b>a</b> and <b>H</b>_<b>3</b><b>L</b>_<b>b</b> are reported. Using [MoO₂(acac)₂], <b>H</b>_<b>3</b><b>L</b>_<b>a</b> forms the mononuclear complex <b>Mo1a</b> in MeOH and the dinuclear, μ-oxo–bridged complex <b>Mo2a</b> in aprotic solvents. In contrast, the more sterically hindered ligand <b>H</b>_<b>3</b><b>L</b>_<b>b</b> produces the dinuclear complex <b>Mo2b</b> regardless of the solvent used. Heavy-oxygen labelling of <b>Mo2a</b> with H₂¹⁸O confirms that water promotes oxo ligand exchange and μ-oxo bridge formation, as evidenced by IR shifts of approximately 50 cm^–1 to a lower wavenumber for the ν(Mo¹⁸O) and ν(Mo<span></span>¹⁸O<span></span>Mo) stretching vibrations. <b>Mo1a</b> has a distorted octahedral Mo centre with an O₃N donor set from <b>H</b>_<b>2</b><b>L</b>_<b>a</b>⁻, two oxides and a methanolate. One of the amide arms remains non-coordinating. <b>Mo2a</b> and <b>Mo2b</b> have similar coordination spheres, with methanolate replaced by a μ-oxo bridge. <b>Mo1a</b> shows hydrolytic instability and poor solubility. Contrarily, the more stable <b>Mo2a</b> is fluxional in solution at room temperature (RT) and decomposes above 65 °C. However, low-temperature (–45 °C to –85 °C) ¹H NMR reveals distinct signals for the coordinated and non-coordinating amide arms. Tungsten analogues <b>W1a</b> (mononuclear) and <b>W2b</b> (dinuclear) are isostructural with their molybdenum counterparts. In all complexes, the ligand platform exhibits hemilabile behaviour and solvent-dependent nuclearity.</p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"29 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejic.70262","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148617223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Syntheses, Crystal Structures, and Magnetic Properties of Two Heterobridged Butterfly-Type Tetranickel(II)-Azido Systems Derived From Acyclic Compartmental Schiff Base Ligands: Experimental and Theoretical Exploration","authors":"Shuvankar Mandal,&nbsp;Rampada Das,&nbsp;Luca M. Carrella,&nbsp;Suraj Mondal,&nbsp;Eva Rentschler,&nbsp;Sasankasekhar Mohanta","doi":"10.1002/ejic.70245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.70245","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This investigation deals with the syntheses, single crystal X-ray structures and the experimental as well as density functional theory (DFT) magnetic properties of two tetranuclear complexes of composition [Ni^II₄(L¹)₂(μ_1,1-N₃)₂(μ_1,1,1-N₃)₂(MeOH)₂] (<b>1</b>) and [Ni^II₄(L²)₂(μ_1,1-N₃)₂(μ_1,1,1-N₃)₂(MeOH)₂] (<b>2</b>). These complexes are derived from two bi-compartmental ligands, H₂L¹ and H₂L², which are 1:2 condensation products of 3-methoxysalicylaldehyde and 3-ethoxysalicylaldehyde, respectively, with 1,4-diaminobutane. In terms of coordination to the metal ions, the N(imine)₂O(phenoxido)₂ compartment behaves as two subcompartments. The tetranuclear 10-atom core is a defective dicubane (butterfly-type) where the bridging pattern is as follows: μ-phenoxido-μ_1,1-azido for two pairs, μ_1,1-azido-μ_1,1,1-azido for two pairs, and bis(μ_1,1,1-azido) for one pair. Variable-temperature and variable-field magnetic measurements reveal overall ferromagnetic interaction in both <b>1</b> and <b>2</b>. A three-<i>J</i> model has been utilized to fit the two sets of magnetic data, giving weak to moderate values of all three exchange integrals. DFT calculations have been carried out to model the observed magnetic properties. The observed and DFT-computed <i>J</i> values are well matched. Observed/DFT <i>J</i> values (in cm⁻¹): 18.75/20.35, 1.88/3.88, and 8.60/10.10 in <b>1</b> and 21.80/25.24, 1.21/3.31, and 9.15/9.98 in <b>2</b>. The nature of interaction has been enlightened from the spin density values and nonorthogonal magnetic orbitals. Rare/unique features in the titled compounds have been discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"29 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148617301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bis(heteroaryl)amino-Substituted Phenanthrolines and Their Ru(II) Complexes for the Synthesis of Dinuclear Bimetallic Complexes","authors":"Nikolay A. Korinskiy,&nbsp;Yury P. Levashev,&nbsp;Violetta A. Ionova,&nbsp;Alexey V. Rybalchenko,&nbsp;Konstantin A. Lyssenko,&nbsp;Vitaly A. Roznyatovsky,&nbsp;Alexei D. Averin,&nbsp;Anton S. Abel,&nbsp;Alexey A. Goryunkov,&nbsp;Irina P. Beletskaya","doi":"10.1002/ejic.70249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.70249","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The efficient synthesis of ditopic <i>N</i>-ligands via Pd-catalyzed <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-diarylation of 5-amino-1,10-phenanthroline with various 2-halogenosubstituted heteroarenes is reported. A series of 1,10-phenanthroline ligands containing dipyridylamine (dpa) or its analog at position 5 as an additional chelating site was obtained. Photoactive mononuclear Ru(II) and Ir(III) complexes of these ligands were prepared and characterized. X-ray diffraction and NMR spectroscopy showed that the metal in these complexes is coordinated only to the phenanthroline moiety. The chelating substituent was found not to have any significant effect on the photophysical properties of the Ru(II) center. Three Ni(II) complexes with dpa ligands, including the binuclear complexes [(bpy)₂Ru(<b>L</b>)NiCl₂](PF₆)₂ (<b>L</b> = bis(pyridin-2-yl)amino-1,10-phenanthroline), were prepared and characterized. It has been shown that these bridging ligands allow to adjust the optical and electrochemical properties of Ni(II) and Ru(II) metal centers independently, which makes them perspective for systematic modulating the Ni-centred reduction potential, while the properties of the Ru-center remain largely unaffected.</p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"29 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148615403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}