A plasmonic Au@Au3Pd catalyst that integrates visible-light-driven hot electron generation with bimetallic electronic tuning to steer the selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde toward propylbenzene is reported. Localized surface plasmon resonance excitation modulates reaction pathways on tailored Au-Pd interfaces, enabling product selectivity under mild conditions.

[Research Article]
Sana Frindy, Shiqi Wang, Sam Sullivan-Allsop, Rongsheng Cai, Thomas J. A. Slater, Sarah J. Haigh, Pedro H. C. Camargo
ChemSusChem, https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202501054. Read article.

HgCl2(C3N6H6), a layered hybrid material, is obtained by combining mercury(II) chloride and melamine in a hydrothermal synthesis. It crystallizes in a non-centrosymmetric structure and exhibits strong second-harmonic generation. The thermally stable compound features a distorted octahedral coordination environment of mercury ions. Structural, spectroscopic, and density functional theory analyses highlight its potential as a nonlinear optical material.

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Melena Groß, Patrick Schmidt, Carl P. Romao, David Enseling, Thomas Jüstel, Mykhailo Brytskyi, Scott Kroeker, Hans-Jürgen Meyer
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202500256. Read article.

Non-noble metal complexes are employed as co-catalysts of m-TiO2 to improve the photocatalytic production of green hydrogen from water photolysis. Six new copper(I) pyridinium-selenolate complexes have been fully characterized and utilized for the development of photocatalysts intended for heterogeneous photocatalysis.

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Leonardo Carneiro Lanes, Rodrigo Cervo, Robert Alan Burrow, Bernardo Almeida Iglesias, Natália de Freitas Daudt, Ernesto Schulz Lang, Bárbara Tirloni, Roberta Cargnelutti
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202500295. Read article.

Partial replacement of Br− with S2− in LiAlBr4 improves polyhedral connectivity, promotes Li+ redistribution, and lowers the activation energy for ion transport. The cost-effectiveness and high-rate performance of Li1.2AlBr3.8S0.2 make it a strong electrolyte candidate for all-solid-state batteries.

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Ifeoluwa P. Oyekunle, Tej P. Poudel, Yudan Chen, Erica Truong, Islamiyat A. Ojelade, Pawan K. Ojha, Md. Mahinur Islam, Yongkang Jin, Yan-Yan Hu
ChemSusChem, https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202501192. Read article.

Enaminomaleimides are versatile building blocks for the construction of functionalized heterocycles. Their unique nucleophilic character, contrasting with the classical electrophilic nature of maleimides, enables diverse synthetic applications, showing promising potential in both materials science and medicinal chemistry. This review discusses their synthesis, chemical reactivity, and applications, while also highlighting emerging trends and future perspectives in this evolving field.

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Adrián López-Francés, Birane Diop, Xingyu Jiang, Jean Rodriguez, Muriel Amatore, Thierry Constantieux
ChemistryEurope, https://doi.org/10.1002/ceur.202500220. Read article.

In this study, 20 metal catalysts are studied at elevated pressures and temperatures for their ability to perform electrochemical CO2 reduction. Medium catalysts at ambient conditions can become excellent at the proper operating conditions with nearly 100% Faradaic efficiency, but inferior catalysts at ambient conditions do not become excellent by changing the operating conditions.

[Research Article]
Rafaël Enro Vos, Marc T. M. Koper
ChemistryEurope, https://doi.org/10.1002/ceur.202500223. Read article.

A pH-programmable site-selective cysteine modification in peptides is reported using a triazine-thiol exchange, termed TriTEx. At acidic pH, internal cysteines are targeted while preserving N-terminal sites; at neutral pH, N-terminal cysteines are selectively modified via an irreversible S-N shift. This strategy provides defined molecular control over cysteine functionalization for precision peptide engineering.

[Research Article]
Katerina Gavriel, Daniel Deißenbeck, Thomas J. Rutjes, Daniëlle W. T. Geers, Jan Meisner, Kevin Neumann
ChemistryEurope, https://doi.org/10.1002/ceur.202500273. Read article.

Within a few hours, reactions in alkaline hydroflux yield large transparent single crystals of 16 new rare-earth chromates, molybdates, and tungstates. Most of them crystallize in two only slightly different monoclinic structure types, which are related by a common supergroup. The compounds are hygroscopic, but can be heated to 300 °C in air without decomposing.

[Research Article]
Yuxi Li, Michael Ruck
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202500317. Read article.

Particulate and isolated palladium species (Pd0 and Pd2+) supported on poly(triazine imide) prisms synergistically drive photocatalytic CO2 reduction with H2O. Pd0 and Pd2+ sites selectively capture photoexcited electrons and holes to drive CO2 reduction and H2O oxidation, respectively. Upon hole capture, Pd2+ is oxidized to Pd4+ that mediates H2O oxidation to O2, while bestowing H* to assist CO2 reduction on neighboring Pd0 particles.

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Xinyu Xu, Dr. Bo Su, Prof. Sibo Wang, Dr. Wandong Xing, Dr. Sung-Fu Hung, Dr. Zhiming Pan, Prof. Yuanxing Fang, Guigang Zhang, Prof. Huabin Zhang, Prof. Xinchen Wang
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202512386. Read article.

Two luminescent radicals have been synthesized that feature through-space charge-transfer (TSCT) excited states. The spatial separation and non-bonding character between the donor and radical units suppress electron-vibrational coupling, resulting in CZP-FR-TTM showing a photoluminescence quantum efficiency (PLQE) of 64.3% and an ultralow non-radiative decay rate of 1.3 × 10⁶ s−1. Weak orbital coupling leads to non-Aufbau electronic structures, thereby enhancing the radical stability.

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Yaoyu Xie, Shengxiong Wu, Zihao Zhu, Jingmin Wang, Zhiyuan Kuang, Dr. Lintao Zhang, Prof. Dr. Alim Abdurahman, Prof. Qiming Peng, Prof. Dr. Xin Ai
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202515346. Read article.

Experimental design and applied modeling of the dissolution kinetics of poly(vinyl chloride) containing di-isononyl-1,2-cyclohexaandicarboxylaat (DINCH) plasticizer, with varying temperature (T), plastic particle size (dp), and solvents.

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Ruben Denolf, Jordy C. Doolaege, Elina Selmurzaeva, Dave Manhaeghe, Tobias De Somer, Muhammad Haris, Nils Vermeeren, Rita Kol, Joël Hogie, Steven De Meester
ChemSusChem, https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202401756. Read article.

Layered crystal structure of Li2ZnSi with honeycomb-like [ZnSi]2− networks and interlayer Li atoms forming a Lonsdaleite-type substructure. Despite local stacking faults corresponding to 60° rotations of individual layers, the average structure retains P63/mmc symmetry. The Zintl phase forms congruently from the melt and features metallic conductivity.

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Xian-Juan Feng, Alim Ormeci, Yurii Prots, Matej Bobnar, Ulrich Burkhardt, Marcus Schmidt, Mitja Krnel, Bodo Böhme, Frank. R. Wagner, Michael Baitinger, Ulrich Schwarz
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202500276. Read article.

Crowned! Herein we describe a complete series of crown ether coordinated alkali metal phosphides from lithium to cesium, including solid state structures, detailed investigations in solution and extensive quantum chemical investigation of the bonding situation.

[Research Article]
Dr. Felix Krämer, Michelle H. Crabbe, Dr. Alan R. Kennedy, Dr. Catherine E. Weetman, Prof. & Dr. Israel Fernández, Prof. & Dr. Robert E. Mulvey
Chemistry ? A European Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202502127. Read article.

An array of spectroscopic methods including femto-nanosecond optical transient absorption and nanosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopies resolve the singlet intraligand charge transfer (1ILCT) and triplet (3ILCT) states in a family of Monomeric, Dimeric, and Trimeric Zn-based photosensitizers with phenanthroline-derived ligands. These results are crucial toward suggesting designs of new Zn-based complexes that can be employed for energy transfer and photoredox catalytic reactions.

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Maxime Sauvan, Lucia Velasco, Dr. Leonel Llanos Silva, Dr. Asterios Charisiadis, Dr. Pedro Levín, Dr. Saül Garcia-Orrit, Dr. Victor Vega-Mayoral, Dr. Juan Cabanillas-Gonzalez, Dr. Xiaoyi Zhang, Dr. Daniel Aravena, Dr. Luis Lemus, Dr. Dooshaye Moonshiram
Chemistry ? A European Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202501682. Read article.

GA: The very first sulfatotungstates and sulfatomolybdates with two- and three-dimensional condensed anions show a remarkable thermal stability and may open the door to a new class of condensed antenna phosphors with reduced vibrational quenching. We also focus on their optical properties and their phase-pure synthesis at comparably mild temperatures.

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Vivien Wessels, Fabian Kraus, Lkhamsuren Bayarjargal, Hans-Albrecht Krug von Nidda, Georg Eickerling, Henning A. Höppe
ChemistryEurope, https://doi.org/10.1002/ceur.202500275. Read article.

Multifunctional-group molecules (MGM) with folded configuration engage in multisite Zn2+ coordination in the solvation shell, effectively minimizing active water molecules to suppress parasitic reactions, while their configuration transition to straight-chain architecture enables multisite parallel adsorption on Zn anode interface, thus accelerating desolvation kinetics and steering (002)-facet-dominated Zn deposition.

[Research Article]
Mengke Su, Prof. Haozhen Dou, Jinliang Yan, Sitong Liu, Mi Xu, Chuangwei Liu, Prof. Xin Wang, Prof. Zhongwei Chen
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202511685. Read article.

2-Fluoropyrroles are synthesized via the [4 + 1] cycloaddition of α,β-unsaturated imines with difluorocarbene, generated in situ from trimethylsilyl 2,2-difluoro-2-(fluorosulfonyl)acetate (TFDA). The α,β-unsaturated imines are treated with TFDA in the presence of a Proton Sponge catalyst. The resulting difluorocarbene underwent [4 + 1] cycloaddition, yielding 5,5-difluoropyrrolines, whose dehydrofluorination with 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]-7-undecene produced the desired products.

[Research Article]
Kohei Fuchibe, Takaya Miura, Junji Ichikawa
European Journal of Organic Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202500586. Read article.

We reveal a striking finding: Fullerene (C60), beyond its classical role as an electron buffer, can directly serve as a molecular active site for CO₂ reduction. Through data mining, ab initio simulations, and pH-field coupled microkinetics, we uncover that C60’s unique curvature induces strong dipole responses, stabilizing COOH* intermediates and enabling a pH-dependent volcano. This work redefines the catalytic nature of curved carbon materials.

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Si-Wei Ying, Yuhang Wang, Peng Du, Qiang Wang, Changming Yue, Di Zhang, Zuo-Chang Chen, Jian-Wei Zheng, Su-Yuan Xie, Hao Li
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202511924. Read article.

A systematic matrix approach reveals exponential cathode electrolyte interphase (CEI) growth between 3.7 and 3.9 V versus In/InLi in LiNi0.83Co0.11Mn0.06O2│Li6PS5Cl cells. The matrix enables targeted state-of-charge analysis and highlights a potential hold as a noninvasive CEI formation strategy.

[Research Article]
Melina Witt, Martin A. Lange, Wolfgang G. Zeier
ChemElectroChem, https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202500237. Read article.

A comparative study of group I tert-amylate precatalysts for hydrophosphination demonstrates increasing reactivity down the group to the first examples of rubidium and cesium in this reaction. Catalytic activity with lighter and more abundant elements, typified by potassium, can be enhanced with a crown ether, demonstrating the importance of ion separation in this nucleophilic catalysis.

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Dr. Diego R. Javier-Jiménez, Dr. Matthew B. Reuter, Emma J. Finfer, Gavin A. Sicard, Prof. Dr. Rory Waterman
ChemCatChem, https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202500752. Read article.