Inorganic Chemistry is pleased to present a Forum on Functional Inorganic Materials. A recent workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation highlighted these materials and their technological impact (Prog. Solid State Chem. 2008, 36, 1-133). As the report makes clear, we are presently at the halfway point of the solid-state century [The Solid State Century. Sci Am. 1997, 8 (1)], in whic...

Data are considered about the structure and complexation of many compounds of tin and mercury, obtained by the present authors and other investigators by means of n.m.r. spectroscopy of "9Sn and '99Hg. In the case of tin compounds important information can bc derived from thc values of chemical shifts ö(' '9Sn) and spin—spin coupling constants J("9SnC—'H), J("9Sn—C—'9F) and 3(1 '9Sn-' 3C). Conc...

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Organocatalyst and metal provide different products: a catalyst-controlled switchable phosphination of α-diazoesters has been developed by using DBU and copper as catalysts. It provided an efficient synthetic method for the construction of various phosphorus compounds via the formation of N-P and C-P bonds.

An overview is given on the ways databases can be employed to aid in the prediction of chemical compounds, in particular inorganic crystalline compounds. Methods currently employed and possible future approaches are discussed.