A series of unsymmetrical magnesium(i) complexes have been synthesized and used as highly active pre-catalysts for various hydroboration reactions.

A magnesium(i) complex was employed as a highly efficient precatalyst for the hydroboration of carbonates and esters under mild conditions.

Hierarchical N-doped porous carbon has been prepared by assembling N-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) onto a carbonized metal–organic framework (cMOF-5) and used as an electrode material for supercapacitors.

An ortho-selective rhodium-catalyzed direct C-H arylation of 1,1'-bi-2-naphthol (BINOL), to deliver the widely used but not easily available 3,3'-diaryl BINOL, has been developed. This highly efficient one-step synthetic approach is the shortest route to date and is greatly facilitated by the newly developed ligand system comprising tBu PCl, Ph -cod, and Cy P⋅HBF . In addition, the same procedure can facilitate the challenging syntheses of 3-bulkyaryl BINOLs in good to excellent yields.