Ligand-metal coordination complexes constitute a central theme in inorganic and materials chemistry, uniting metal centres with organic or inorganic ligands through coordinate covalent bonds. The ...

Electron donor–acceptor (EDA) complexes arise from the reversible association of electron-rich donors and electron-deficient acceptors through weak interactions such as dipole–dipole or halogen bonds.

In an article published in the journal Trends in Biochemical Sciences, Alicia Kowaltowski, full professor at the University of São Paulo's Institute of Chemistry (IQ-USP) in Brazil, advocates the ...