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July 2017 issue

Cover illustration: The heterometallic coordination compound [Cu(Lys)(phen)]2V4O12·4H2O (Lys is the amino acid lysine, C6H14N2O2, and phen is 1,10-phenanthroline, C12H8N2) lies across an inversion centre and features the [V4O12]4- polyoxovanadate anion acting as a bridging ligand for two [Cu(lysine)(1,10-phenanthroline)]2+ fragments. The [V4O12]4- ring system is of interest in coordination chemistry, given that this anion may behave as a bridging ligand, providing an entry to heterometallic complexes. Within the sub-set of heterometallic complexes containing V and Cu as transition metals for which an X-ray characterization is available, this compound is the first one including an amino acid, namely lysine. See: Giron-Moreno, Lara-Sánchez, Moreno-Martínez, Pastor-Ramírez, Sánchez-Lara & Sánchez-Morales [IUCrData (2017). 2, x171050].
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