“Lanthanide orbitals spring a reaction surprise” by Mark Peplow
Work Mentioned: “4f-orbital covalency enables a single-crystal-to-single-crystal ring-opening isomerization in a CeIV–cyclopropenyl complex.” Vincenzini, B. D.; Yu, X.; Paloc, S.; Smith, P. W.; Gupta, H.; Pandey, P.; Kent, G. T.; Ordonez, O.; Keller, T.; Gau, M. R.; et al. Nat. Chem. 2025. DOI: 10.1038/s41557-025-01791-2. Link ->