Multimetallic Complexes and Coordination Compounds

Dear Colleagues,

Multimetallic complexes have been intriguing coordination chemists for a long time. The potential for properties exceeding the possibilities of complexes with only a single metal centre has sparked interest in various areas of both fundamental and applied research.

Over the decades, the interaction of multiple metal atoms has challenged our understanding of chemical bonding and aided in its development and refinement. Beyond intermetallic bonding, the study of magnetic properties of multimetallic complexes provides important advances in the field of molecular magnetism, which is a key research area in the development of high-density data storage devices. The lessons we have learned from enzymatic processes that work through the cooperation of two or more metal centres to accomplish challenging chemical reactions under mild conditions provide fertile ground for the fast growing field of biomimetik chemistry. Furthermore, the underlying principles are also the foundation for the development of industrial processes based on cooperative catalysis as energy- and resource-efficient alternatives to contemporary production methods. These are merely a few selected areas in which multimetallic coordination compounds have exhibited properties and reactivities unprecedented in the chemistry of monometallic complexes.

With this Special Issue, we aim to highlight the progress in the research into the chemistry of di-, tri-, and multimetallic complexes and coordination compounds and, thus, provide an account of current trends and activities in this rapidly expanding field.

Dr. Johann Hlina
Prof. Dr. Christoph Marschner
Guest Editors

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