Invited for the cover of this issue is Lechosław Latos-Grażyński and co-workers at University of Wrocław. The image depicts cobalt(II) azuliporphyrin as a magical organometallic platform to perform other types of chemistry, that is, dioxygen activation, aromaticity control, and construction of intermetallic communication motifs. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/chem.201903215.

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