Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Metal-Metal Bonds: From Fundamentals to ApplicationsT he year 2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of Prof. F. Albert Cotton, who described the first metal-metal multiple bonds in 1964. 1 Cotton's contributions to our understanding of metal-metal bonds were undeniably monumental, but nobody could claim that this field has died with him.Quite the contrarythe past 10 years have seen a renewed interest in metal-metal bonds, especially from a growing cadre of younger scientists in the early stages of their careers.Bonds between metals continue to expand beyond quadruple to bond orders of 5 or 6. 2 Synthetic chemists have applied their creativity to design compounds featuring new subclasses of metal-metal bonds that have heretofore not been seen, be they bonds among the transition metals, main-group elements, or even the long-overlooked f-block elements.From experimental to spectroscopic to computational, the development of new tools to study the electronic structure of metal-metal-bonded compounds continues to enlighten our understanding of bonding.This evolving perspective of metal-metal bonding allows for the use of metal-metalbonded compounds in important applications: as structural subunits of metal-organic frameworks, molecular-scale conductors, photosensitizers, and catalysts.This virtual issue http://pubs.acs.org/page/vi/metal-metal-bondshighlights recent publications from Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Organometallics, among others, that survey the breadth of current activity that involves metalmetal bonds.We hope that our readers will be inspired by the articles in this virtual issue and, despite the specialized focus on metal-metal bonds, learn new lessons of relevance, interest, and importance to the larger chemistry community.
Source: Inorganic Chemistry
Authors: John F. Berry, Connie C. Lu
Institutions: University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Minnesota
Language: English
Subfield: Inorganic Chemistry
Field: Chemistry
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2734764430