Cover Feature: Cooperativity‐Driven Reactivity of a Dinuclear Copper Dimethylglyoxime Complex (Chem. Eur. J. 22/2023)

Abstract

Cooperativity at the crossroad: The two copper centers in the dinuclear copper(II) dimethylglyoxime complex work in concert to facilitate ligand hydrolysis that yields butane‐2,3‐dione monoxime and NH2OH. The fate of NH2OH depends on the solvent used, in CH3CN, for example, NH2OH is oxidized to N2O yielding [Cu(CH3CN)4]+ as reduced species. In ethanol, however, NH2OH is reduced to NH4+, which in turn yields acetaldehyde as oxidized species. More information can be found in the Research Article by S. Becker and co‐workers (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203438).