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A new class of entangled nanocarbons obtained via dynamic C–C bond formation is reported in @J_A_C_S. CSD Entry HUTVOL showcases these perplexanes in a fully covalent, interwoven, and interlocked manner. 🔗 #FeaturedStructureFriday
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From @SoGroup_NTU, a carbene-stabilized four-membered silicon(0) cluster. Formed via reduction of carbene-SiCl4, the cluster is a source of silicon through fragmentation and isomerization reactions. 🔗CSD Entry VUZYOI: #FeaturedStructureFriday @J_A_C_S
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Hot off the press! The first single crystal structure of capsaicin, the spicy compound found in chilli peppers, has been reported in @ActaCrystC.🌶️. 🔗 CSD Entry FABVAF02: #FeaturedStructureFriday #Crystallography
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Evidence reported in @angew_chem suggests that in high-valent W-oxo bis(dithiolene) complexes, the dithiolene-S site can engage in hydrogen bonding with a proton source, acting as a proton relay. 🔗CSD entry JUVNUN: #FeaturedStructureFriday
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We’re honouring the late George Sheldrick, whose SHELX suite revolutionized crystal structure determination. His earliest structure in the CSD: a mercury-cobalt carbonyl complex (1968). 🔗 CSD Entry FUYNAO: #FeaturedStructureFriday #Crystallography
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A range of metal-centred planar [15]annulenes (@Nature). In the D5h symmetric structure, the osmium ion is within the same plane as the annulene ligand and involved in the structure’s aromaticity. 🔗 CSD Entry QUQRED: #FeaturedStructureFriday
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A series of Ni(0) complexes featuring monodentate boron-based Z-type ligands are reported in @J_A_C_S. CSD Entry RUCQIT reveals a square-planar geometry stabilized by a Ni–B bond with mixed covalent/dative character. 🔗 #FeaturedStructureFriday
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The first combined solid and solution state analysis of a sigma alkane complex has been reported in @angew_chem by the @KrossingGroup. CSD entry FUZZEJ contains the first sigma alkane complex to be crystallized from solution. 🔗 #FeaturedStructureFriday
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The first free N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) stable in liquid water is reported in @ScienceMagazine. CSD Entry SUZJEG reveals how steric shielding from chlorinated carborane clusters protects the reactive carbene centre. 🔗 #FeaturedStructureFriday
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Tripodal silanolate ligands are reported in @J_A_C_S, whose use led to the discovery of the first pair of Mo(III) complexes for which both monomers [MoX3] and metal-metal bonded dimers [X3Mo≡MoX3] exist. 🔗 CSD Entry TUSROS: #FeaturedStructureFriday
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An in crystallo Wolff rearrangement has been reported by @schneider_lab in @J_A_C_S. Crystal matrix isolation enabled characterization of a Wolff metallocarbene intermediate (a component of CSD entry CUMVIT). 🔗 #FeaturedStructureFriday
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The synthesis and characterization of two-coordinate beryllium complexes with unprecedented Be–N and Be–O triple bonds are reported in @J_A_C_S. CSD Entry WUYMIQ demonstrates the first s-block metal–oxygen multiple bond. 🔗 #FeaturedStructureFriday
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A rare Mg–Yb complex that exemplifies s-block metal-Ln interactions is reported in @J_A_C_S. CSD Entry NUQJES confirms major electrostatic Mg0-M2+ bonding and establishes that Yb can act as a 3-electron reductant. 🔗 #FeaturedStructureFriday
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From @LabBraunschweig and @maxi_michel_, the first boron-carbon triple bond (@NatureSynthesis). As well as isolating the neutral uncoordinated boryne, the molecule was also demonstrated as a pi ligand. 🔗 CSD Entry BUSWIZ: #FeaturedStructureFriday
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From @acboggiano, @f_orbitals, and co-workers, the first crystal structures of Pr(v) complexes. The 5+ state was achieved through oxidation of the tetravalent imidophosphorane complex. 🔗 CSD Entry TUNXOT: #FeaturedStructureFriday @NatureChemistry
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The synthesis of three N-heterocyclic carbene phosphinidene (NHCP) substituted chlorotetrylene dimers is reported in @angew_chem. CSD Entry XUWVIY reveals the shortest P–Pb bond in a two‐coordinate system. 🔗 #FeaturedStructureFriday
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Researchers from @LabBraunschweig have reported alkali metal salts of 1,2,3-benzodiazaborines in @ChemicalScience. These salts provide a route to late-stage N-functionalization of isoquinoline isoteres. 🔗 CSD Entry MURNOG: #FeaturedStructureFriday
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A one-step synthesis for unsymmetrical perarylated borirenes using boroles and diynes is reported in @angew_chem. CSD Entry CUHYIR confirms the formation of a three-membered boracycle stabilized by π-delocalization. 🔗 #FeaturedStructureFriday
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From @YangjianQUAN, a route to a range of strained, air-stable boracycles. Like larger rings, less common, strained four-membered boracycles are prepared by photochemical cyclization. 🔗CSD Entry WUSDIB: #FeaturedStructureFriday @NatureChemistry
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Researchers at @GhoshLaB_IITM have reported the first closo-titanaboranes having bridging hydrides in @ChemCommun. Ti…Ti interactions play a pivotal role in defining their shapes and electron counts. 🔗 CSD Entry CUKHID: #FeaturedStructureFriday
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