Assembly of strongly phosphorescent hetero-bimetallic and -trimetallic [2]catenane structures based on a coinage metal alkynyl system† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental details. CCDC 1499658 (1), 1499630 (2), 1499654 (3), 1554172 (4), 1554173 (5), 1554171 (6), and 1554174 (7). For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c7sc03529b

Side-on coordination of boryl and borylene complexes to cationic coinage metal fragments† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental; details of X-ray crystallographic and computational studies. CCDC 1033284-1033294. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c5sc00211g

Thorium–ligand multiple bonds via reductive deprotection of a trityl group† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Further experimental details, figures, spectral data, converged Cartesian coordinates, total energies, maximum force at converged geometries for 6, 6-U, 7 and 7-U, and crystallographic data for 1, [Na(THF)4.5][Th(Cl)2(NR2)3], 2, 4–7. CCDC 1057750–1057756. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c5sc01248a

Mixed valence mono- and hetero-metallic grid catenanes† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Details of the CSD database search, additional crystallographic information on 3–6 with relevant tables, EDS analysis and EDS plots. CCDC 1054509–1054512. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c5sc01851j Click here for additional data file. Click here for additional data file.

Here, we report on the multicomponent self-assembly and single crystal X-ray diffraction study of a series of three interlocked mixed valence monoand hetero-metallic [2]-catenanes made of [2 2] metallo-grids. They show unique structural features and highlight the essential roles of both the Cu(II)/Cu(I) pair and of the conformationally adaptable organic ligands for achieving catenation of grids.

Persistent four-coordinate iron-centered radical stabilized by π-donation† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental, crystallographic, computational details, and crystal data for 2, 4, 5 and 8. CCDC 1057111–1057113 and 1425703. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c5sc02601f Click here for additional data file. Click here for additional data file.

Institute for Materials Chemistry and Kasugakoen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Ja Department of Chemistry, Graduate Schoo Sendai 980-8578, Japan Institute for Materials Chemistry and En Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan CREST, Japan Science and Technology Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan † Electronic supplementary informati crystallographic, computational details, a 1057111–1057113 and 1425703. For ESI other electro...

A series of tetraazalene radical-bridged M2 (M = CrIII, MnII, FeII, CoII) complexes with strong magnetic exchange coupling† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental details, UV/Vis/NIR spectra for 2–8, additional magnetic data for 4–8, crystallographic data, selected bond distances, and crystallographic information files (CIFs) for 1, 2·0.4THF, 3·2.5THF, 4·2.5THF, and 5·2.9MeCN (CCDC 1414648–1414652). For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c5sc02725j