A series of uranyl(VI) dihalide complexes UO2X2L2 (X = Cl, Br) supported by organic amide ligands (L = R'C(O)NR2; R' = i-Pr; R = i-Pr, i-Bu, s-Bu) offers the versatile combination of facile synthesis using benchtop methods, air-stable crystalline solids obtained in high yield, high solubility in common organic solvents and tunable steric/electronic properties.

The bpeb ligands aligned in a slip-stacked manner in a two-fold interpenetrated non-porous metal-organic framework (MOF) [Zn2(bpeb)(bdc)(fa)2] undergo [2+2] cycloaddition reaction in a single-crystal to single-crystal manner to a non-interpenetrated 3D structure with a new topology comprising an organic polymer ligand and a 2D coordination polymer.

This work presents the synthesis and studies of a red-NIR luminescent liquid crystal compound based on an octahedral metallic cluster core orthogonally bounded to six non-mesogenic organic ligands. It evidences synergetic effects between the organic and inorganic parts of the hybrid, resulting in the generation of liquid crystal properties on cooling from the isotropic melt.

Fused azolate ligands are hydrolytically-stable linkers for metal–organic frameworks. Their unique geometries and capacity functionalisation have opened new pathways at the convergence of simple N-heterocycles biologically relevant purines.

The design of dissymmetric organic ligands has been exploited to produce heterometallic dinuclear and trinuclear lanthanide-based coordination compounds with the requirements act as logical quantum gates for spin-based computing.

The distributions of dissolved iron and organic iron-binding ligands were examined in water column profiles and deckboard incubation experiments in the southern California Current System (sCCS) along a transition from coastal to semi-oligotrophic waters. Analysis of the iron-binding ligand pool by competitive ligand exchange-adsorptive cathodic stripping voltammetry (CLE-ACSV) using multiple an...