{"title":"Switching of magnetic and polarization characteristics in response to intramolecular ligand-metal electron transfer in dinuclear [FeCo] compounds.","authors":"Serghei Ostrovsky, Sophia Klokishner","doi":"10.1039/d6dt01478j","DOIUrl":"10.1039/d6dt01478j","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A theoretical model has been developed to describe the spin transformation in the [(Fe(<i>RR</i>-cth))(Co(<i>SS</i>-cth))(μ-dhbq)](AsF<sub>6</sub>)<sub>3</sub> compound, accompanied by a change in macroscopic polarization caused by electron density redistribution due to reversible intramolecular electron transfer between the μ-dhbq ligand and Fe ion. In this model, the states of a single complex arising from its three configurations are accounted: low-spin-Fe<sup>3+</sup>-dhbq<sup>3-</sup>-low-spin-Co<sup>3+</sup>, high-spin-Fe<sup>3+</sup>-dhbq<sup>3-</sup>-low-spin-Co<sup>3+</sup> and high-spin-Fe<sup>2+</sup>-dhbq<sup>2-</sup>-low-spin-Co<sup>3+</sup>. Due to the molecular structure of the compound demonstrating this transformation, the interaction between the molecular modes forming the spectrum of a single complex and the crystalline modes assuring cooperativity in the system is assumed to be responsible for the spin transformation. This model also includes the dipole-dipole interaction between complexes in the whole crystal responsible for electron density redistribution caused by electron transfer. The problem of interacting complexes is solved in the mean field approximation. On the basis of the developed model, a comprehensive explanation of the magnetic and polarization characteristics of the [(Fe(<i>RR</i>-cth))(Co(<i>SS</i>-cth))(μ-dhbq)](AsF<sub>6</sub>)<sub>3</sub> compound is given. The inclusion of the intermediate excited configuration high-spin Fe<sup>3+</sup>-dhbq<sup>3-</sup>-low-spin-Co<sup>3+</sup>, along with the ground and final configurations of the FeCo dimeric complex in the model, allows for the explanation of the unusual increase in the macroscopic polarization observed after the low-spin → high-spin transition in the iron ion is completed.</p>","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":" ","pages":"14384-14393"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149101052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>Archaeoglobus fulgidus</i> CbiX<sup>S</sup> is a promiscuous chelatase with a broad substrate scope.","authors":"Bruce S Lickey, Matthew D Liptak","doi":"10.1039/d6dt01532h","DOIUrl":"10.1039/d6dt01532h","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Organisms biosynthesize square planar metal tetrapyrrole cofactors containing Mg, Fe, Co, and Ni using chelatase enzymes, which selectively insert the correct metal into a specific organic ligand. <i>Archaeoglobus fulgidus</i> CbiX<sup>S</sup> has been proposed to be an \"ancestral\" chelatase enzyme; in this work we have evaluated its substrate scope to ascertain whether this enzyme is a promising starting point for synthetic chelatase design. Size-exclusion chromatography revealed that CbiX<sup>S</sup> is a tetramer in solution regardless of the metalation state of the enzyme, in contrast to the dimeric structure of the nickel chelatase CfbA. Reaction conditions that minimize enzyme-free metal insertion into tetrapyrroles were determined, which revealed that many of the <i>in vitro</i> activity assays reported in the literature for chelatase enzymes may be plagued by non-enzymatic metal insertion. Under these conditions that minimize uncatalyzed metal insertion, CbiX<sup>S</sup> was observed to catalyze metal insertion for six different combinations of metal and tetrapyrrole. Based upon the turnover numbers of these reactions, CbiX<sup>S</sup> is most effective at catalyzing metal insertion for reactants similar to its native substrates: cobalt and sirohydrochlorin. Kinetic analysis for reactions with varying substrate concentrations revealed that CbiX<sup>S</sup> may be substrate-inhibited for non-native substrates. In addition, the kinetic data identifies metal-ligand bond formation as the rate-limiting step of the enzyme. Due to its broad substrate scope, CbiX<sup>S</sup> is an encouraging starting point for synthetic chelatase design that could yield non-natural metal tetrapyrroles for use in the biotechnology sector.</p>","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":" ","pages":"14614-14624"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149101105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
McKinley A Prager, Sunil Shrestha, Phuong Q H Nyugen, Natalie McNurlin, Stephen Kim, Craig M Jensen
{"title":"Mechanism of the dehydrogenation of Mg(BH<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>·THF<sub>0.25</sub> to Mg(B<sub>10</sub>H<sub>10</sub>): role of the THF solvate.","authors":"McKinley A Prager, Sunil Shrestha, Phuong Q H Nyugen, Natalie McNurlin, Stephen Kim, Craig M Jensen","doi":"10.1039/d6dt02098d","DOIUrl":"10.1039/d6dt02098d","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dehydrogenation of Mg(BH<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>·THF<sub><i>x</i></sub> (1·THF) at 180 °C has been previously found to produce primarily a mixture of Mg(B<sub>3</sub>H<sub>8</sub>)<sub>2</sub> (2) and Mg(B<sub>10</sub>H<sub>10</sub>) (3). It has now been found that dehydrogenation under a H<sub>2</sub> back pressure of 20 bar suppresses the formation of 2 and results in very high (>95%) selectivity for 3. The production of 3 is not inhibited by hydrogen pressure. This demonstrates that the reaction pathway leading to its formation does not involve reversible, rate limiting H<sub>2</sub> elimination and is divergent from the pathway leading to 2. Unlike the pathway leading to the formation of 2, the dehydrogenation of 1·THF to 3 is irreversible under moderate conditions. Concurrent with the dehydrogenation reaction, THF is slowly converted to Mg(OBu<sub><i>n</i></sub>)<sub>2</sub>, curtailing the production 3. However, the dehydrogenation process is revived by addition of a fresh aloquate of THF to the reaction mixtures. It is hypothesized that THF enables the production of 3 by stabilizing the key intermediate, [B<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>]<sup>-</sup> and by the low melting point (<100 °C) of 1·THF which allows long-range diffusion of borane anions at much lower energies than those required for their transport in the solid-state.</p>","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":" ","pages":"14521-14525"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149101060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hiroki Horita, Eunji Lee, Mari Ikeda, Shunsuke Kuwahara, Yoichi Habata
{"title":"A biphenyl-bridged bis(cyclen) cyclophane: Ag(I)-induced conformational reorganization and successive Ag(I) binding.","authors":"Hiroki Horita, Eunji Lee, Mari Ikeda, Shunsuke Kuwahara, Yoichi Habata","doi":"10.1039/d6dt02170k","DOIUrl":"10.1039/d6dt02170k","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A biphenyl-bridged bis(cyclen) cyclophane L containing two argentivorous Ag(I)-binding sites was synthesized, and its Ag(I)-binding behavior was investigated in the solid state and in solution. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction and spectroscopic studies showed a pronounced Ag(I)-induced conformational reorganization from an open free-ligand structure to a compact, helically wrapped di-Ag(I) complex, while NMR, CSI-MS, and equilibrium analysis showed that the mono-Ag(I) intermediate does not accumulate substantially. These results suggest that conformational reorganization accompanying the first Ag(I)-binding event may facilitate subsequent uptake of the second Ag(I) ion.</p>","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":" ","pages":"14339-14343"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149163360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jerin Joseph, Archana P V, Alex P Andrews, Ganping Wang, Laurent Maron, Ajay Venugopal
{"title":"A tris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borate-supported germanium(IV) Lewis acid.","authors":"Jerin Joseph, Archana P V, Alex P Andrews, Ganping Wang, Laurent Maron, Ajay Venugopal","doi":"10.1039/d6dt01955b","DOIUrl":"10.1039/d6dt01955b","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The synthesis of a germanium(IV) Lewis acid bearing tris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borate (Tp<sup>Me2</sup>) and its ability to promote phosphine oxide reduction is presented. A reaction between GeCl<sub>4</sub> and KTp<sup>Me2</sup> resulted in Tp<sup>Me2</sup>GeCl<sub>3</sub>, which upon treatment with AgOSO<sub>2</sub>CF<sub>3</sub> yielded Tp<sup>Me2</sup>Ge(OSO<sub>2</sub>CF<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub>. Despite possessing similar Lewis acidity compared to the previously reported Sn(IV) analogue, Tp<sup>Me2</sup>Ge(OSO<sub>2</sub>CF<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub> exhibits higher efficiency in promoting the reduction of phosphine oxides to the corresponding phosphines using phenylsilane as the reductant.</p>","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":" ","pages":"14334-14338"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149163726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Concentration-driven faceting of MgO polyhedra boosts glucose isomerization in water.","authors":"Kaiyue Cheng, Lin Gan, Meiqi Zheng, Wenying Shi, Xianggui Kong, Mingfei Shao","doi":"10.1039/d6dt02360f","DOIUrl":"10.1039/d6dt02360f","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A sustainable synthesis of polyhedral MgO exposing [200] facets is developed by modulating the raw concentration without organic solvents. The optimized catalyst exhibited 90.8% fructose selectivity and a yield of 43.3% in aqueous glucose isomerization. This work highlights crystal facet engineering as a promising strategy for biomass conversion catalysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":" ","pages":"14344-14348"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149101030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Glen R Hebberd, Toby J Blundell, Leon Bowen, Stewart J Clark, Emma E McCabe
{"title":"Topochemical synthesis of ternary metal sulfides including new LaAgS<sub>2</sub>.","authors":"Glen R Hebberd, Toby J Blundell, Leon Bowen, Stewart J Clark, Emma E McCabe","doi":"10.1039/d6dt02059c","DOIUrl":"10.1039/d6dt02059c","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ternary sulfides are increasingly sought after for applications as battery materials, photovoltaics and photocatalysts as a result of their small band gaps and good electrical conductivities but their synthesis is often more challenging than that of oxides. We report here the low temperature synthesis of new sulfide LaAgS<sub>2</sub> by an anionic redox topochemical reaction, alongside the synthesis of LaCuS<sub>2</sub> by mechanochemical topochemical reaction. Our computational work indicates that reaction enthalpies to form LaAgS<sub>2</sub>, with structure closely related to that of LaCuS<sub>2</sub>, are relatively small, consistent with our synthetic work. Structural analysis suggests this is due to the larger size of the Ag<sup>+</sup> ion compared with Cu<sup>+</sup>. Diffuse reflectance measurements indicate that both sulfides have band gaps ∼2.1(2) eV.</p>","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":" ","pages":"14601-14613"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13639657/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149101041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ionic-Liquid-Regulated Interfacial Coordination Reconstruction of Uranyl(VI) Species during Tributyl Phosphate Extraction","authors":"Zongtai Wang,Jie Jiang,Xin Wang,Xuesong Peng,Linghui Meng,Yaqiang Li,Ruopeng Li,Liudong Hou,Maozhong An,Jing Ma","doi":"10.1039/d6dt01773h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6dt01773h","url":null,"abstract":"The extraction and separation of uranyl species from nitric acid media are critical processes in nuclear fuel reprocessing, while the molecular-level coordination mechanism remains insufficiently understood. Herein, the extraction behavior and mechanism of U(VI) in the tributyl phosphate (TBP)/tributylmethylphosphonium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ([P1444][NTf2]) ionic liquid system were systematically investigated by combining experiments with molecular simulations. The results demonstrate efficient U(VI) extraction, rapid kinetics, and good temperature adaptability. Slope analysis and ion competition experiments reveal that extraction involves TBP-assisted coordination coupled with cation-exchange contributions, indicating dynamic solvation and coordination reconstruction during phase transfer. Electrostatic potential and dipole moment analyses indicate that the ionic-liquid environment modifies the electronic distribution of TBP and increases its polarization, particularly around the phosphoryl (P=O) group, potentially influencing its interactions with uranyl species. Molecular dynamics simulations reveal a sequential extraction process involving interfacial enrichment, coordination reconstruction, and phase transfer. At the aqueous–organic interface, U(VI)-containing species undergo partial dehydration and accumulate at the interface. TBP progressively enters the first coordination sphere of U(VI), replacing some coordinated water molecules, while some nitrate ligands remain in the first coordination sphere. Upon transfer into the ionic liquid phase, TBP becomes the dominant coordinating ligand and stabilizes TBP-rich uranium complexes. Overall, this work demonstrates that U(VI) extraction in the TBP/[P1444][NTf2] system is governed by an ionic-liquid-regulated interfacial coordination reconstruction process, where electronic modulation and dynamic ligand exchange collectively promote efficient uranium transfer.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149225809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acid medium effects on scandium extraction and coordination chemistry with an amine-triamide extractant for red mud processing","authors":"Xueyu Wang,Shimeng Li,Qiao Yu,Yiting Wang,Yan Zhao,Songdong Ding","doi":"10.1039/d6dt02047j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6dt02047j","url":null,"abstract":"The recovery of scandium from red mud meets two intertwined challenges: the overwhelming abundance of coexisting impurities, which renders conventional extractants poorly selective, and the lack of a systematic understanding of how the acid medium modulates extractant coordination chemistry and, consequently, separation efficiency. To address this, we comprehensively investigated the extraction and coordination of Sc3+ with the tripodal amine-triamide extractant NTAamide(n Oct) (denoted as L) in HNO3, HCl, and H2SO4 media. Slope analysis and spectroscopic titration consistently confirm the formation of stable 1:2 Sc:L complexes in all three systems. Mechanistic studies further reveal that the ligand affinity toward Sc3+ decreases in the order NO3– > Cl⁻ > SO42⁻, which originates from the varying strength of Sc3+-anion interactions, and together with differences in anion hydration energies, leads to the extraction efficiency sequence of HNO3 > HCl > H2SO4. Notably, in the most favorable HNO3 system, the separation factors of Sc3+ over common impurities (Na+, Mg2+, Al3+, Ca2+, Ti4+, Mn2+, Fe3+, and Y3+) reach 102–104 at 0.01 mol/L HNO3 and remain remarkably high even at 5.0 mol/L, substantially outperforming conventional extractants. To fill this critical knowledge gap, we establish, for the first time, a direct correlation between the acid medium, the coordination chemistry of N,O-donor extractants, and the resulting extraction performance, thereby providing a rational and predictive framework for selecting optimal acid media for this class of extractants in red mud processing.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149225840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dan Liu,Changjiang Wu,Qiang Liu,Huayi Fang,Yin-Shan Meng
{"title":"Field-induced single-molecule magnetism in aminyl radical bridged trinuclear lanthanide clusters","authors":"Dan Liu,Changjiang Wu,Qiang Liu,Huayi Fang,Yin-Shan Meng","doi":"10.1039/d6dt01945e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6dt01945e","url":null,"abstract":"Lanthanide single-molecule magnets (Ln-SMMs) are considered potential candidates for constructing nanoscale magnetic devices. Previous studies have demonstrated that the delocalized radical bridges can potentially induce strong magnetic exchange and suppress the QTM. In this work, we report a series of isostructural trinuclear lanthanide complexes 1-Ln bridged by aminyl radicals (-[NH]•-). Magnetic studies reveal that 1-Dy and 1-Er behave as field-induced SMMs, with their relaxation following the Orbach mechanism, while 1-Tb only exhibits field-induced magnetic relaxation. Ab initio calculations demonstrate that the three inequivalent DyIII sites possess different coordination distortion degrees, non-collinear easy axes and diverse spin state compositions. Their large ground-state transverse magnetic moments trigger intrinsic QTM and block relaxation via excited states. This work unveils the unique structure and the distinct magnetic coupling mode of the -[NH]•- radical bridge, providing insights for designing funtioncal magnetic materials by introducing new radical bridges.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}