“…temperature, pressure, or light irradiation). Even though systems based on Co II , − Mn III , − and Fe III − have been increasingly investigated in the past few years thanks to considerable synthetic efforts, those based on the Fe(II) ion (d 6 electronic configuration) are by far, the most reported systems. − However, while SCO complexes are, for the most part, either cationic or neutral, the few SCO anionic systems reported up today are, to the best of our knowledge, restricted to Fe(III) − and Fe(II) ,,− metal ions. Such anionic complexes are however essential for the design of multifunctional materials such as fluorescent or conducting switchable materials, , since they could allow, through appropriate metathesis syntheses, the possibility of introducing functional cations such as fluorescent cations or tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) derivative electron-donor molecules.…”