A novel hydrogen migration from the phenyl ring to the pyridine ring of an yttrium pyridyl complex supported by a 1,1'-ferrocene diamide ligand is reported. Density functional theory calculations were instrumental in probing the mechanism for this transformation.

A new strategy to access macrocyclic enynes was developed. To block undesired ene-yne cyclization pathways, alkynes were protected via bromination and the resultant acyclic vic-(E)-dibromotrienes participated in selective ene-ene ring closing metathesis reactions. Zinc-promoted deprotection of (E)-dibromodienes provided macrocyclic enynes in high yields.

Poly[1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane(2+) [hepta-mu-sulfido-trisulfidohexaantimony(III)]], {(C10H26N4)[Sb6S10]}n, consists of novel [Sb6S10]2- layers containing Sb2S2, Sb4S4 and Sb7S7 hetero-rings, which are separated by macrocyclic amine molecules. The macrocyclic amine molecules are disordered over two crystallographically distinct positions and are diprotonated in order to balance the charg...

An organometallic molecular turnstile composed of a stator based on an α,ω-diphosphine bearing, in a symmetric fashion, the 2,6-pyridyl diamide moiety as a central tridentate chelating unit and a rotor composed of Pt(II) equipped with two pyridyl groups in trans configuration was designed. The switching between its open and closed states using Pd(II) was investigated both in solution and in the...

An unprecedented octahedral {Cd(30)} nanocage supported by twelve pendant-armed tetraacetate macrocyclic ligands was synthesized through the reaction of macrocyclic tetraethyl ester and Cd(OAc)(2)·2H(2)O in a 1 : 2 stoichiometry, where the surface photovoltage and photoluminescent properties have been studied for the nanocage.

Two types of secondary building units of CuI (Cu2I2 and Cu4I4) were shown to generate 2D-coordination networks of (4,4)-topology (non-interpenetrated and interpenetrated) with exo-bidentate ligands that contain diamide as spacer.