Inside Cover: Homo- and Heterodinuclear Ir and Rh Imine-functionalized Protic NHC Complexes: Synthetic, Structural Studies, and Tautomerization/Metallotropism Insights (Chem. Eur. J. 8/2016).

The potentially chelating imino group of imine‐functionalized Ir and Rh imidazole complexes influences the formation of functionalized protic N‐heterocyclic carbene complexes by tautomerization/metallotropism sequences. Dinuclear complexes were obtained by double metallation of the azole ring (at both C2 and N3), and a new Rh(I)–Ir(I) heterodinuclear complex was prepared in a stepwise manner; this allowed the chemoselectivity of the synthetic approach to be investigated and understood. More information can be found in the Full Paper by A. A. Danopoulos, P. Braunstein et al. on page 2658 ff. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]