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Scholarship holders of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie recently met in Karlsruhe at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry for a local meeting. We had a wonderful scientific workshop and all participants gratefully acknowledge the support by the FCI.

2D ¹H,⁸⁹Y heteronuclear shift correlation through scalar coupling has been applied to chemical shift determination on a set of yttrium complexes of various nuclearities. This method allows the determination of ⁸⁹Y NMR data in short time.

In a recent collaborative paper with the group of Peter Roesky we investigated in detail the redox chemistry of N-2,6-diisopropylphenylimino-2-pyridine, including cyclic voltammetry. Bulk samples of alkali metal salts of monoanionic radical and dianionic iminopyridine were synthesized and characterized by various methods. The radical form was fully investigated by magnetic measurements, EPR spectroscopy, and DFT calculations (See also spotlight on this paper)

A structural, EPR spectroscopic and electrochemical study on some copper complexes of tripodal N-donor ligands has been published recently. The paper was dedicated to Prof. Dr. W. Kaim on occasion of his 60^th birthday.

In a recent tutorial review we have summarized early findings and recent developments in the area of heavy [1.1.1]propellanes of group 14. More than 20 years after the first member of this family has been published, several contributions to this area have impressively extended the spectrum of these “non-classical” molecules. Still in its infancy, further perspectives are now arising.

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