Cover Feature: Perfluoropyridine as an Efficient, Tunable Scaffold for Bis(pyrazol‐1‐yl)pyridine Copper Complexes (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 18/2020)

Abstract

The Cover Feature shows 2,6‐bis(pyrazol‐1‐yl)pyridine ligands prepared by a unique strategy of utilizing pentafluoropyridine for the pyridine core to synthesize a ligand that reacts readily with copper(II) triflate to form the corresponding salts. Similar to skiers on a lift choosing their preferred routes, pentafluoropyridine allows one also to regioselectively access tailorable ligands for custom Cu complexes without the use of conventional Pd‐based aryl–aryl coupling. More information can be found in the Full Paper by S. T. Iacono, W. T. Pennington et al.