Shields up! Post-synthetic modification of the secondary building units in the metal-organic framework UiO-66 (Zr6O4(OH)4(O2CR)12) by dehydration and subsequent grafting of LiOtBu yields a solid Li(+) electrolyte with a conductivity of 1.8×10(-5) S cm(-1) at 293 K. As the grafting leads to screening of the anionic charge, the activation energy for ionic conduction is significantly lower than when Li(+) is introduced through deprotonation.

Induction of white light emission and chiroptical properties in 2D perovskites is achieved and controlled through the incorporation of chiral cations.

Broadband and white-light emitting materials are sought after for applications such as phosphors and LEDs. Some twodimensional (2D) halide perovskites are promising candidates in this realm. Nevertheless, optimizing their photoluminescence quantum efficiency (PLQY) is highly challenging. Herein, we show a new strategy for optimizing the efficiency of the broadband emission of 2D halide perovskites. Specifically, we show that by a combination of halide bonds and halide mixing, the PLQYs of a novel family of materials with the formula (Br-PEA) 2 PbBr x Cl 4−x (Br-PEA = 4-bromo phenethylammonium) can be improved by one order of magnitude, from 3 to 25%; this approach could be useful to many other 2D perovskites.

The facile preparation of β-diketiminate gallium amides with general formulas of either LGa(NHR) 2 {L = [HC{C(Me)N-(Ar)} 2 ]-, Ar = 2,6-iPr 2 C 6 H 3 ; R = Et (1), iPr (2), nBu (3), Ph (4)} or LGa(NHR)Cl [R = tBu (5); Et (6)] was accomplished by the reaction of LGaCl 2 with the lithium salt of the corresponding amine in 1:2 (1-4) or 1:1 (5, 6) molar ratios. Compounds 1-6 are useful synthons for further synthesis, as the amide substituents are excellent leaving groups, and the resulting amines can be cleanly and easily removed from the reaction matrix. To demonstrate this, compounds 1 and 5 were treated with ethanol, leading to the alcoholysis products LGa(OEt) 2

The unique alumophosphite reagent LAl(SH)(mu-O)P(OEt)2 was prepared and used for the synthesis of the heterobimetallic alumophosphites [{kappa2-S,P-LAl(S)(mu-O)P(OEt)2}2Zn] and [{kappa4-S,O,O-LAl(SLi)(mu-O)P(OEt)2}2]. The first contains a rare example of two carbon-free five-membered heterocycles (Al-S-Zn-P-O) connected in a spiro fashion through the zinc atom, whereas the second possesses an unknown example of a coordination environment of a phosphite unit M-O-P(mu-OEt)2M with an uncoordinated lone electron pair on the phosphorus center.