Latest Articles of Coordination Chemistry Reviews


Thermal and photocatalytic production of hydrogen with earth-abundant metal complexes 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.07.014 2017-08-21 Structural and functional models of [Fe], [FeFe] and [NiFe] hydrogenases using earth abundant metals (Fe and Ni) have been developed for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in relation to the structure and functions of the hy...
Coordination chemistry of neutral mono-oxide, sulfide and selenide bis(diphenylphosphino)amine (DPPA)-based ligands and their N-substituted/functionalized derivatives ☆ 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.07.010 2017-08-21 This review provides a summary, including spectroscopic and structural data, of the metal complexes accessible with mono-oxide, sulfide and selenide bis(diphenylphosphino)amine (DPPA)-based ligands and their N-substituted/functionalized derivatives. The natur...
Phthalocyanines as medicinal photosensitizers: Developments in the last five years 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.08.003 2017-08-18 Owing to their high extinction coefficients, long absorption wavelengths, and modification tunable photophysical and photochemical properties, phthalocyanines (Pcs) have been widely used as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy (PDT). Advances made in the...
Cobalt(II)-catalyzed C H functionalization using an N,N′-bidentate directing group 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.06.018 2017-08-18 This review focuses on cobalt-catalyzed, chelation-assisted C H functionalization reactions in which an N,N′-bidentate directing group is used. Cobalt complexes a...
Benzoquinonediimine ligands: Synthesis, coordination chemistry and properties 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.06.015 2017-08-12 This review covers the synthesis and properties of 2,5-diamino-1,4-benzoquinonediimines (DABQDI), and their use as ligand in coordination chemistry. Although reported more than a century ago, these molecules emerged as highly versatile ligands only from 1998,...
Versatile thiomolybdate(thiotungstate)–copper–sulfide clusters and multidimensional polymers linked by cyanides 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.06.027 2017-08-12 Cyanide (CN) assumes a unique role in the development of coordination chemistry, with the first CN-based coordination polymer dye Prussian blue as a milestone example. In this review, we discuss the structures of a rich class of Mo(W)–Cu–S clusters, cluster-b...
Upconversion nanoprobes for biodetections 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.06.025 2017-08-12 Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanomaterials that convert low energy excitation wavelength to high energy emission have attracted considerable attention due to the advantages of high penetration depth and high resistance to autofluorescence interference capabi...
The role of gold in transition metal carbonyl clusters 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.07.011 2017-08-08 In this review, the authors describe the role of gold in the chemistry of transition metal carbonyl clusters, a field that has been very active over the past fifty years. Both homo- and heteroleptic Au-containing species of metal carbonyl clusters, fully char...
Near-infrared fluorescent probes for peptidases 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.07.009 2017-08-02 Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probes possess a characteristic molecular structure with a highly conjugated polyene or polynuclear system, thus exhibiting a long emission wavelength over 650 nm up to 900 nm. They are of increasing interest owing to their cap...
Open-shell iron hydrocarbyls 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.07.007 2017-08-02 Open-shell iron hydrocarbyl species attract great interests in the recent years for their relevance to the key intermediates of many iron-catalyzed organic transformations, and also their rich electronic structures that might lead to unique physical propertie...

Thermal and photocatalytic production of hydrogen with earth-abundant metal complexes

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.07.014

2017-08-21

Structural and functional models of [Fe], [FeFe] and [NiFe] hydrogenases using earth abundant metals (Fe and Ni) have been developed for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in relation to the structure and functions of the hy...

Coordination chemistry of neutral mono-oxide, sulfide and selenide bis(diphenylphosphino)amine (DPPA)-based ligands and their N-substituted/functionalized derivatives ☆

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.07.010

2017-08-21

This review provides a summary, including spectroscopic and structural data, of the metal complexes accessible with mono-oxide, sulfide and selenide bis(diphenylphosphino)amine (DPPA)-based ligands and their N-substituted/functionalized derivatives. The natur...

Phthalocyanines as medicinal photosensitizers: Developments in the last five years

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.08.003

2017-08-18

Owing to their high extinction coefficients, long absorption wavelengths, and modification tunable photophysical and photochemical properties, phthalocyanines (Pcs) have been widely used as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy (PDT). Advances made in the...

Cobalt(II)-catalyzed C single bond

H functionalization using an N,N′-bidentate directing group

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.06.018

2017-08-18

This review focuses on cobalt-catalyzed, chelation-assisted C H functionalization reactions in which an N,N′-bidentate directing group is used. Cobalt complexes a...

Benzoquinonediimine ligands: Synthesis, coordination chemistry and properties

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.06.015

2017-08-12

This review covers the synthesis and properties of 2,5-diamino-1,4-benzoquinonediimines (DABQDI), and their use as ligand in coordination chemistry. Although reported more than a century ago, these molecules emerged as highly versatile ligands only from 1998,...

Versatile thiomolybdate(thiotungstate)–copper–sulfide clusters and multidimensional polymers linked by cyanides

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.06.027

2017-08-12

Cyanide (CN) assumes a unique role in the development of coordination chemistry, with the first CN-based coordination polymer dye Prussian blue as a milestone example. In this review, we discuss the structures of a rich class of Mo(W)–Cu–S clusters, cluster-b...

Upconversion nanoprobes for biodetections

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.06.025

2017-08-12

Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanomaterials that convert low energy excitation wavelength to high energy emission have attracted considerable attention due to the advantages of high penetration depth and high resistance to autofluorescence interference capabi...

The role of gold in transition metal carbonyl clusters

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.07.011

2017-08-08

In this review, the authors describe the role of gold in the chemistry of transition metal carbonyl clusters, a field that has been very active over the past fifty years. Both homo- and heteroleptic Au-containing species of metal carbonyl clusters, fully char...

Near-infrared fluorescent probes for peptidases

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.07.009

2017-08-02

Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probes possess a characteristic molecular structure with a highly conjugated polyene or polynuclear system, thus exhibiting a long emission wavelength over 650 nm up to 900 nm. They are of increasing interest owing to their cap...

Open-shell iron hydrocarbyls

10.1016/j.ccr.2017.07.007

2017-08-02

Open-shell iron hydrocarbyl species attract great interests in the recent years for their relevance to the key intermediates of many iron-catalyzed organic transformations, and also their rich electronic structures that might lead to unique physical propertie...