Probing the reactivity of a transient Al(I) species with substituted arenes.

With only a handful of compounds known, opportunities to explore the structure and reactivity of dialumenes and related dialumene adducts have been limited. For the first time, a series of dialumene-arene adducts have been synthesised; adduct formation has been probed experimentally and through DFT, and their reactivity investigated.

Enhancing the Air Stability of Dimolybdenum Paddlewheel Complexes: Redox Tuning through Fluorine Substituents.

The optical and electrochemical properties of quadruply bonded dimolybdenum paddlewheel complexes (MoPWCs) make them ideal candidates for incorporation into functional materials or devices, but one of the greatest bottlenecks for this is their poor stability toward atmospheric oxygen. By tuning the potential at which the Mo core is oxidized, it was possible to increase the tolerance of MoPWCs to air. A series of homoleptic MoPWCs bearing fluorinated formamidinate ligands have been synthesized and their electrochemical properties studied.