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Keywords:

  • cluster compounds;
  • framework materials;
  • polyoxometalates;
  • redox chemistry;
  • self-assembly
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Like a revolving door that can easily open, close, and return to the start, the first framework material that can undergo reversible electron-transfer reactions is described by L. Cronin et al. in their Communication on page 6881 ff. The solid contains large pockets in which the redox reagents can reside; the manganese(II)/(III)-containing framework is able to move between these oxidation states and is the first in a new class of redox solids.