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The photoreactions of OsN and dihydroxybenzenes lead to C–O bond cleavage of H2Q/H2Cat, accompanied by the conversion of the coordinated CN− into CO.

A pair of structurally-similar and stable 8-coordinate high-spin Fe(ii) and Fe(iii) compounds have been obtained. Both compounds exhibit field-induced slow magnetic relaxation behaviour. The Fe(iii) compound represents the first example of 8-coordinate Fe(iii) single-molecule magnets (SMM).

The iron(II) complex bearing the 2,2′:6′,2′′:6′′,2′′′:6′′′,2′′′′-quinquepyridine (qnpy) ligand, [Fe(qnpy)(H2O)2]2+, is a highly efficient and robust catalyst for photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO in aqueous acetonitrile solution. A turnover number (TON) for CO of up to 14 095 with 98% selectivity can be achieved using Ru(phen)3Cl2 (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) as the photosensitizer and BIH (1,3-dimethyl-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[d]imidazole) as the sacrificial reductant in a CO2-saturated MeCN/H2O (1 : 1, v/v) solution under visible light irradiation. This Fe complex is state-of-the-art for CO2 visible-light-driven catalysis.

Mn(v) nitrido complex [Mn(N)(CN)4](2-) is an efficient catalyst for visible-light induced oxidation of alkenes and alcohols in water using [Ru(bpy)3](2+) as a photosensitizer and [Co(NH3)5Cl](2+) as a sacrificial oxidant. Alkenes are oxidized to epoxides and alcohols to carbonyl compounds.

An iron(iii) complex bearing a cross-bridged cyclam ligand (4,11-dimethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazabicyclo[6.6.2]hexadecane) is an efficient catalyst for the oxidation of both water and alcohols using sodium periodate as the oxidant. In catalytic water oxidation a maximum turnover number (TON) of 1030 is achieved, while in catalytic alcohol oxidation >95% conversions and yields can be obtained.

A series of osmium(VI) nitrido complexes supported by quinolinolato ligands have been prepared and they exhibit promising in vitro anti-cancer activities. These results establish that Os(VI)≡N is a potentially versatile and promising platform for the design of a variety of high-valent anti-cancer drugs.

The manganese(V) nitrido complex (PPh(4))(2)[Mn(N)(CN)(4)] is an active catalyst for alkene epoxidation and alcohol oxidation using H(2)O(2) as an oxidant. The catalytic oxidation is greatly enhanced by the addition of just one equivalent of acetic acid. The oxidation of ethene by this system has been studied computationally by the DFT method.

Reaction of [Ru(II)(PPh(3))(3)Cl(2)] with HQ and KCN produces a new dicyanoruthenium(III) building block, [Ru(III)(Q)(2)(CN)(2)](-). It reacts with hydrated CoCl(2) in MeOH or DMF to produce a trinuclear compound 2 or a 1-D zigzag chain 3.

Reaction of Ru(VI)≡N complexes bearing 8-quinolinolato ligands with NCCH(2)CN/piperidine and NaTCNE afford novel ruthenium(ii) dicyanoimine and diimine/imino-oxazolone complexes, respectively.

A chiral iron-sexipyridine complex-hydrogen peroxide mixture is a highly efficient catalytic system for styrene epoxidation with excellent reactivity (3 min, 95% yield) and chemoselectivity (98%).

A neutral trans-dioxoosmium(VI) complex [OsO 2 (CN) 2 (dpphen)] (dpphen = 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline) is prepared and characterized by X-ray crystal analysis; the excited state is long-lived, emissive and oxidizing[E°(Os VI–V ) = 2.15 V vs. NHE; lifetime = 0.95 µs; quantum yield = 5 × 10 - 4 ; λ em (max.) = 650 nm]; under UV–VIS irradiation and in the presence of dioxygen, cyclohexane is oxidized to cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone with a turnover number of 16; secondary C–H bonds of propane and primary C–H bonds of n-hexane are also oxidized.