Elusive lithium–aluminium heterobimetallic dimetallocene synthesized

Elusive lithium–aluminium heterobimetallic dimetallocene synthesized
Monoanionic cluster shows unprecedented communication between the boron centers of opposing substituents
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A sesquiterpenoid natural product isolated from marine soft corals
Improved therapeutic efficacy for both photodynamic therapy and photothermal therapy
Cobalt- and light-mediated method gives α,α-disubstituted ketones
New compound reacts with CO2 and nitriles like a frustrated Lewis pair and with amines and metal complexes via 1,2-addition reactions
Efficient path to furan-2(5H)-one derivatives
Twisted linkers can enhance acceptor aggregation and promote charge transport between molecules
A joint project by BASF and German universities to convert CO2 and sugar into fumarate using microbes found in the stomach of cows