RSC – Dalton Trans. latest articles- Ln3TCAS2-polyethyleneimine supramolecular nanogels: A platform for neutron capture therapy and complementary magnetic resonance imaging (Ln = lanthanide, TCAS = thiacalix[4]arene-p-tetrasulfonate) April 29, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6DT00584E, PaperNanaho Shindo, Ryota Sawamura, Ryunosuke Karashimada, Shan Gao, Yoshikazu Ozawa, Kensuke Osada, Ichio Aoki, Minoru Suzuki , Nobuhiko IkiSupramolecular nanogels with high drug-loading capacity were prepared via electrostatic crosslinking of cationic polyethyleneimine (PEI) with hepta-anionic lanthanide complexes, Ln3TCAS2 (Ln = Tb, Gd; TCAS = thiacalix[4]arene-p-tetrasulfonate), which act as...The content […]Nanaho Shindo
- Steric tuning of OH-functionalised N,N-manganese(I) complexes for the transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds April 29, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6DT00709K, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Samuel J. Prettyman, Saad Alqahtani, Mona H. Alhalafi, Kuldip Singh, Gregory A. SolanMn(I) complexes bearing sterically variable OH-functionalised imino-pyridines are able to mediate the transfer hydrogenation of a range of aryl ketones at low […]Samuel J. Prettyman
- Structurally characterized Ni(II) complex exhibiting potent anti-Candida activity: Biomolecular interaction mechanism and in silico ADMET insights April 29, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6DT00455E, PaperAlipe Saha, Ribhu Maity, Gurupada Dhara, Paula Brandão, Satyajit Pattanayak, Tithi Maity, Keka Sarkar, Bidhan Chandra SamantaThe current study reports the synthesis, structural interpretation, biomolecular interaction, and antifungal appraisal of a Ni(II) Schiff base complex demonstrating effective activity against Candida albicans. The complex, formulated as [Ni(L)₂],...The content of this […]Alipe Saha
- Structure-Performance Relationship in Copper Phthalocyanine-Based Supercapacitor Electrodes: Influence of Substituent Geometry from Molecular Design to Electrochemical Function April 29, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5DT02965A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Sirin Siyahjani Gultekin, Arın Öztürmen, Damla Sahin, Gülsah Yılmaz, Bahar Tosun Ercan, Burak Gültekin, Zekeriya BıyıklıoğluThis work investigates how substituent position governs the structure-performance relationship of copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) derivatives used as supercapacitor electrodes. […]Sirin Siyahjani Gultekin
- Five tripodal CMPO ligands with varying degrees of hydrophobicity: influence on f-element extraction ability and lanthanide luminescence April 29, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6DT00184J, PaperBrianna M. Gordon, Brandon G. Wackerle, Nancy A. Martinez, Katherine Mast, Faith M. Carlson, Caroline C. Graham, Thea Matter, Colin Carter, Katie Colesa, Emily G. Esqueda, Eric J. Werner, Shannon M. BirosFive tripodal ligands bearing carbamoylmethylphosphine oxide (CMPO) groups have been synthesized and characterized. Their ability to sensitize lanthanide […]Brianna M. Gordon
- Evidence of aggregation-assisted antibacterial photodynamic activity against S. aureus and E. coli using amphiphilic Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes April 29, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6DT00689B, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Athanasios Sakellariou, Sofia Alexandra Tsoni, Despoina Varna, Maria Nikopoulou, Eleni Pavlidou, Rigini Papi, Sylvestre Bonnet, Theodore LazaridesAntimicrobial resistance represents a critical public health challenge, driving the search for therapeutic strategies that bypass conventional resistance […]Athanasios Sakellariou
- CO2 Photoreduction by 4-Ferrocenyl Appended Bipyridine Coordinated Re(I) Complexes April 28, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6DT00728G, CommunicationShriya Saha, Dolores Gema Gil-Gavilán, Matthias J Gutmann, Debasish Manna, Souvik Roy, Raja Mitra4-ferrocenyl-bipyridine ligands (2a-d) and their respective [Re(L)(CO)3Br] (L = 2a-d) complexes were synthesised and investigated for CO2 photoreduction. The single-crystal analysis revealed the formation of a by-product, 2d′, and its...The content of this RSS Feed (c) […]Shriya Saha
- Redox-active first-row transition metal complexes of metformin: Structure, DNA binding and therapeutic potential April 28, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5DT02729B, PerspectiveParteek Prasher, Sudhanshu Naithani, Mousmee Sharma, Sushil KumarMetformin (Met), a widely prescribed antidiabetic drug, has gained growing attention in oncology because of its dual roles in metabolic regulation and metal coordination. Its biguanide moiety offers a flexible...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryParteek Prasher
- Activation of N2O, CO2 , and CO at a sterically protected phosphorus center April 28, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6DT00986G, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.John Wenger, William J Rowe, Meera MehtaFunctionalization of a sterically encumbered phosphorus precursor enables varied activation pathways for N2O, CO2, and CO. The potasssium phosphanide salt, [K(crypt)][(MsFluInd*)PH] (crypt = 2.2.2.cryptand; MsFluInd* = a sterically […]John Wenger
- Photoactive four-coordinate copper(I) complexes based on chelating diimine, diphosphine, and diisocyanide ligands with high excited-state energies April 28, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6DT00545D, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Tim H. Eggenweiler, Alessandro Prescimone, Daniel Häussinger, Oliver S. WengerA series of homo- and heteroleptic copper(I) complexes showing how chelating diisocyanide ligands can be used to tune photophysical and photochemical properties of photoactive copper(I) […]Tim H. Eggenweiler
- Pyrolysis of an amorphous cobalt(II) cubane-like coordination polymer towards tunable structurally disordered materials April 27, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6DT00142D, PaperSara Frank, Mads Folkjær, Melissa J. Marks, Simon J. L. Billinge, Nina LockThe pyrolysis of an amorphous Co(II) cubane-like 1D coordination polymer was tracked ex situ and in situ and enables structural tailoring of the pyrolysis products.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form […]Sara Frank
- N-Heterocyclic Silylene Complexes of Group VI Transition Metal Carbonyls April 27, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6DT00663A, PaperEduard Glok, Moritz Schanbacher, Christian Luz, Udo RadiusThe reactivity and coordination behavior of several N-heterocyclic silylenes R2NHSi (R = tBu, Mes, Dipp) with respect to group VI transition metal acetonitrile carbonyl complexes fac-[M(CO)3(MeCN)3] (M = Cr, Mo)...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryEduard Glok
- Effect of lanthanide (III) complexation on the radiolytic stability of Macropa April 27, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6DT00671J, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Alexandre Gaspar, Julie Hostier, Dominique Guillaumont, Claude Berthon, Xavier Hérès, Briscese Luca, Bertrand Kuhnast, Laurence BerthonThe growing use of radionuclides in nuclear medicine for therapy and diagnosis requires the development of chelators that combine […]Alexandre Gaspar
- Two-component bimetallic sulfides Enhancing OER Activity April 27, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6DT00794E, CommunicationChengjie Liao, Ting Liu, Hui Chang, Fengyu Li, Jin Lu, Dexiang Zhang, Tian Wen, Zhi-Qiang JiangA bimetallic sulfide, specifically Fe₀.₈Co₀.₂S@FeCoS, was synthesized through doping and sulfidation calcination using Co(II)based metal-organic frameworks(MOFs), demonstrating excellent oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalytic activity attributed to the synergistic interaction between...The content of this RSS […]Chengjie Liao
- Pd(II) complexes of meso-tetraaryl triphyrin(2.1.1)s: synthesis and studies April 27, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6DT00703A, PaperGayathri Sekar, Akrti Sharma, Mangalampalli RavikanthPd(II) complexes were synthesized by refluxing the free base triphyrin with PdCl2. X-ray analysis showed square-planar coordination of Pd(II) ion to pyrrole nitrogens of dipyrroethene unit with two axial Cl− ions, adopted a saddle-shaped distortion.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use […]Gayathri Sekar
- Crystal Structure and Properties of Acetamidinium Lead Bromide: A New Member of the A3PbBr5 Halide Family April 27, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6DT00721J, PaperHuanzhou Wang, Andrey A. Petrov, Mingming Li, Andrey Petrov, Sergey A. FateevA new hybrid lead bromide, acetamidinium lead bromide (Aca3PbBr5), representing a previously unreported member of the A3PbBr5 halide family, has been synthesized and characterized. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals a monoclinic...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal […]Huanzhou Wang
- Predictive simulation of effectively emitting mesogenic binuclear lanthanide(III) complexes by DFT, molecular dynamics, and the Judd-Ofelt theory April 27, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5DT03105B, PaperKsenia A. Romanova, Nikolai Chtchelkatchev, Yuriy G. GalyametdinovThis article represents the results of quantum-chemical simulation of the molecular structure and luminescence characteristics of some mesogenic binuclear lanthanide(III) (Ln(III)) complexes with substituted β-diketones and several bridging ligands using...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryKsenia A. Romanova
- Exploring the noncovalent chemistry in the catalytic centers of Snake Venom Metalloproteinases: A computational perspective April 27, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6DT00716C, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Carles Jaume Rodríguez, Catalina Nicolau, Antonio BauzaSnakebite envenoming is a major neglected tropical disease, in which snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) are key drivers of local tissue damage, microvascular disruption, and hemostatic imbalance. Closely related […]Carles Jaume Rodríguez
- Broadband infrared-transparent crystals enabled by heterologous isomorphic substitution April 27, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6DT00568C, CommunicationBo Yang, Ziqi Chen, Zhenjiang Lu, Juanjuan LuReplacing GaS4 with ZnCl4 enhances bandgap while preserving structure. Parent Ba3GaS4I has 3.84 eV. Substituting Ba with K, Rb, NH4 yields A3ZnCl4I (A = Rb, K, NH4) with bandgap 5.020–5.254 eV, showing narrow-to-wide bandgap transition.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the […]Bo Yang
- Synthesis of hydroxo-bridged Dy(III) dimers supported by crown ethers through C-H activation and oxygen-atom transfer of Me3NO April 26, 2026Dalton Trans., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6DT00818F, PaperZiyi Gu, Jun Li, Xuan Zhang, Yangjuan Li, Yu GongMe3NO is well known to undergo oxygen-atom transfer reaction, while the C-H activation of Me3NO with organometallic complexes is far less explored. Herein, we reported the synthesis and characterization of...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of […]Ziyi Gu
- Ln3TCAS2-polyethyleneimine supramolecular nanogels: A platform for neutron capture therapy and complementary magnetic resonance imaging (Ln = lanthanide, TCAS = thiacalix[4]arene-p-tetrasulfonate) April 29, 2026
