Front Cover: A Novel Family of Luminescent Pyrenyl-(N-Heterocyclic Carbene)- Halogenated Coinage Metal Complexes: Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Optical Properties (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 27/2024)

The Front Cover illustrates the synthesis of a family of pyrenyl-(NHC)MCl coinage metal complexes, M=Cu^I, Ag^I and Au^I, (NHC=N-heterocyclic carbene). These compounds are stable and were obtained in high yields. The molecular structures of all complexes were ascertained by X-ray diffraction studies. The use of the chromophoric-(NHC) ligand endows these complexes with emissive properties in the blue region at a similar wavelength to the magical natural blue light created by phytoplankton on the surface of the ocean at nightfall. More information can be found in the Research Article by H. Amouri and co-workers.