Katja Heinze, Robert Naumann, and Steven Sittel (Mainz) synthesized a series of chromium(III) chromophores with identical optical properties but systematically tunable redox behavior to study photoredox mechanisms

J. Voigtland and M. Ludwig, TU Munich, show how main-group elements like Al and Si can fine-tune transition-metal reactivity, offering new ways to activate CO₂

B(C₆F₄Br)₃, prepared via silver-to-boron transmetalation, represents a new soft Lewis superacid with potential applications in catalysis and materials chemistry

Under base conditions, thiadiazoles generate alkynylthiolates that smoothly substitute α-carbonyl bromides, yielding diverse S-containing tetrasubstituted carbon stereocenters

Chemistry Europe and Wiley-VCH have named Dr. Axel Straube as Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

French chemists capture and study long-sought di-n-butylcalcium, showing it can perform useful reactions when kept ice-cold

Walter Thiel Medal winner Felix Plasser, UK, and colleagues studied how molecules in solid organic materials interact, focusing on the influence of π-stacking and explaining under what circumstances their chromophores couple to form H- or J-aggregates

ChemElectroChem marks its 10th anniversary with a Special Collection featuring contributions from leading authors, reviewers, and board members

B. Terzi and W. Teich (LMU Munich) report the first light-sensitive m⁷Gp₄G RNA cap analogs that enable precise, light-controlled regulation of RNA translation

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