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The first-ever crystalline, monomeric diboryl diazene is reported in @jacs.acspublications.org.

CSD Entry UNEWOD reveals a remarkably linear B–N–N–B skeleton and an exceptionally short N=N bond, signatures of a cumulenic BN=N=B framework.

🔗 dx.doi.org/10.5517/ccdc...

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November 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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From the UIUC, three coordinate mononuclear palladium(i) halide complexes (@jacs.acspublications.org).

Rarely isolated, these structures are proposed as critical intermediates in photochemical Pd chemistry.

🔗 CSD Entry EQOLOP: dx.doi.org/10.5517/ccdc...

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November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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The first crystalline Bi(II) radical anion has been reported by @joshabbenseth.bsky.social and co-workers in Angewandte Chemie.

Spectroscopic analysis revealed localization of the unpaired electron at the bismuth centre.

🔗 CSD Entry OPESOV: dx.doi.org/10.5517/ccdc...

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October 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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A novel carborane-based 2D #MOF that exhibits exceptional C₂H₂/CO₂ separation performance is reported in @pubs.acs.org.

CSD Entry MUTCIR features a unique wavy sql layer with pores precisely tuned for C₂H₂ adsorption.

🔗 dx.doi.org/10.5517/ccdc...

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October 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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From the University of Osaka, a carbon nanoring featuring alternating anthracene and phenylene groups (@jacs.acspublications.org).

Due to ring strain, the anthracene units are bent and the molecule has a quinoidal structure.

🔗 CSD Entry ENIHES: dx.doi.org/10.5517/ccdc...

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October 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM