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The hexachlorocerate(III) anion, [CeCl], was found to be a potent photoreductant in acetonitrile solution with an estimated excited-state reduction potential of -3.45 V versus CpFe. Despite a short lifetime of 22.1(1) ns, the anion exhibited a photoluminescence quantum yield of 0.61(4) and fast quenching kinetics toward organohalogens allowing for its application in the photocatalytic reduction of aryl chloride substrates.

Dynamic covalent networks comprised of tunable thia-Michael bonds result in phase separated networks with tailorable mechanical and adaptive properties.