Ligand-enforced geometric constraints and associated reactivity in p-block compounds

TJ Hannah, SS Chitnis - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The geometry at an element centre can generally be predicted based on the number of
electron pairs around it using valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory …

Metallaaromatic chemistry: history and development

D Chen, Y Hua, H **a - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Since the prediction of the existence of metallabenzenes in 1979, metallaaromatic chemistry
has developed rapidly, due to its importance in both experimental and theoretical fields …

Tuning an electrode work function using organometallic complexes in inverted perovskite solar cells

J Wang, J Li, Y Zhou, C Yu, Y Hua, Y Yu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Low-work-function (WF) metals (including silver (Ag), aluminum (Al), and copper (Cu)) used
as external cathodes in inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs) encounter oxidation caused …

Unique properties and emerging applications of carbolong metallaaromatics

M Luo, D Chen, Q Li, H **a - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Aromatic compounds are important in synthetic chemistry, biomedicines, and
materials science. As a special type of aromatic complex, transition-metal-based …

Periodic Single‐Metal Site Catalysts: Creating Homogeneous and Ordered Atomic‐Precision Structures

T Zhang, D Wang, J Liu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Heterogeneous single‐metal‐site catalysts (SMSCs), often referred to as single‐atom
catalysts (SACs), demonstrate promising catalytic activity, selectivity, and stability across a …

Combining copper and zinc into a biosensor for anti-chemoresistance and achieving osteosarcoma therapeutic efficacy

YY Lim, AMA Zaidi, A Miskon - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to its built-up chemoresistance after prolonged usage, the demand for replacing
platinum in metal-based drugs (MBD) is rising. The first MBD approved by the FDA for …

Condensed Osmaquinolines with NIR‐II Absorption Synthesized by Aryl C− H Annulation and Aromatization

FH Cui, Q Li, LH Gao, K Ruan, K Ma… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The structural design and tuning of properties of metallaaromatics are crucial in materials
and energy science. Herein, we describe the rapid synthesis of tetracyclic metallaaromatics …

Synthesis, structure and aromaticity of metallapyridinium complexes

Y Wang, Y Sun, W Bai, Y Zhou, X Bao, Y Li - Dalton Transactions, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The first rhena-analogues of pyridinium (cyclopropametalla-2-isoquinolinium complexes)
are obtained from o-ethynyl benzonitriles. Structural analysis and DFT calculations confirm …

NIR-responsive metal-containing polymer hydrogel for light-controlled microvalve

X Lin, W **e, Q Lin, Y Cai, Y Hua, J Lin, G He… - Polymer …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal-containing polymers have drawn considerable interest because of their unexpected
and fantastic properties, and can be applied for preparing functional hydrogels. However …

One-pot syntheses of rhena-2-benzopyrylium complexes with a fused metallacyclopropene unit

X Bao, Y Li, W Bai, Y Zhou, Y Wang, Y Sun… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
A convenient synthetic route to polycyclic metallaaromatics containing main-group
heteroatoms has been developed. The first cyclopropametalla-2-benzopyrylium complexes …