A new and highly flexible biscarbene ligand with two imidazolin-2-ylidene moieties in 6,6'-position of a 2,2'-bipyridine was prepared and structurally characterised by X-ray analysis. Various silver complexes were prepared from the imidazolium salts. Depending on the counterion, the coordination mode of the ligand can be mono- or bidentate. Pd complexes are feasible directly from the imidazolium salt using palladium(II)-acetate or via transmetallation from silver carbene complexes with [PdCl(2)(CH(3)CN)(2)] or [PdCl(2)(COD)]. Controlled by the structure of the silver complexes the biscarbenebipyridine ligand is a di- or tetracoordinating ligand forming mono- or dinuclear complexes. The high flexibility of this ligand is confirmed by transmetallation from silver to copper, which results in formation of a dinuclear copper complex with two bridging biscarbene ligands.

MoVing on up: AgMoVO6, a new crystalline catalyst for the gas‐phase oxidation of o‐xylene, with a remarkably high selectivity to value products, has been developed by high‐throughput experimentation. Doping of the catalyst with elements such as P results in further enhancement of the catalytic properties.

C 12 H 22 CdN4O14, triclinic, P¯ (no. 2), a = 7.188(2) Å, b = 8.895(3) Å, c = 9.771(3) Å, α = 63.148(3)°, β = 76.750(3)°, γ = 66.225(3)°, V = 509.2(3) Å 3 , Z = 1, Rgt(F) = 0.0253, wR ref (F 2 ) = 0.0676, T = 296(2) K. CCDC no.: 1484775The crystal structure is shown in the gure. Tables 1 and 2 contain details of the measurement method and a list of the atoms including atomic coordinates and displacement parameters. Source of materialThe title compound was synthesized by a hydrothermal method under autogenous pressure. A mixture of CdCl 2 ·H 2 O

Coupling of uronium salts with in situ generated N-heterocyclic carbenes provides straightforward access to symmetrical [4](2+) and unsymmetrical bis-imidazolium salts [6](2+) and [9](2+) . As indicated by cyclic and square-wave voltammetry, [6](2+) and [9](2+) can be (irreversibly) reduced by one electron. The initially formed radicals [6](.+) and [9](.+) undergo further reactions, which were probed by EPR spectroscopy and density functional calculations. The final products of the two-electron reduction are the two carbenes. Upon irradiation with UV light both [6](2+) and [9](2+) emit at room temperature in solution but with dramatically different characteristics. The different fluorescence behavior is analyzed by emission spectroscopy and interpreted by using time-dependent density functional calculations as largely due to different excited-state dynamics of [6](2+) and [9](2+) . The geometries of both radicals [6](.+) and [9](.+) and excited states {[6](2+) }* and {[9](2+) }* are substantially different from those of the parent ground-state molecules.

Reduction of Dipyrido Ureas via 6-Alkyloxydipyrido[1,2-c;2',1'-e]imidazolium Salts. -Reduction of dipyrido uronium salts (VI), which are readily synthesized by alkylation of dipyrido ureas (IV) with Meerwein's reagent, offers a new and mild synthetic route to dipyridoimidazolium salts (VII). The uronium salts also act as weak alkylating agents. -(KUNZ*, D.; DEISSLER, C.; GIERZ, V.; ROMINGER, F.; OESER, T.; Z. Naturforsch., B: Chem. Sci. 65 (2010) 7, 861-872 ; Inst. Anorg.