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\title{Foreword to the French/Nordic special issue on materials and coordination chemistry}

\author{\firstname{Claude P.} \lastname{Gros}\CDRorcid{0000-0002-6966-947X}}
\address{Institut de Chimie Mol\'eculaire de l'Universit\'e de
Bourgogne (ICMUB), UMR CNRS 6302, Universit\'e de Bourgogne, 9 Avenue
Alain Savary, BP 47870, 21078 Dijon Cedex, France}
\email[C. P. Gros]{claude.gros@u-bourgogne.fr}

\author{\firstname{Abhik} \lastname{Ghosh}\CDRorcid{0000-0003-1161-6364}}
\address{Department of Chemistry, UiT -- The Arctic University of
Norway, Troms\o{} N-9037, Norway}
\email[A. Ghosh]{abhik.ghosh@uit.no}

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French--Nordic relations have long been characterized by deep mutual
admiration, wide-ranging cultural exchange, and collaboration in the
scientific-technological arena. The nations in question dedicate
substantial amounts of funds annually to international collaboration
and to French--Nordic collaboration in particular. Both France and the
Nordic countries are home to unique large-scale facilities such as the
ESRF and MAXLAB, historic and legendary universities, as well as
world-class research groups at smaller universities in spectacular
settings. The world's northernmost university UiT---The
Arctic University of Norway at 70\textdegree\ N, home base of one of the guest
editors (in Troms\o{}), is an example of the latter. This Special Issue
of \textit{Comptes \mbox{Rendus} Chimie} celebrates French--Nordic
collaboration in coordination chemistry and materials chemistry and/or
research groups interested or engaged in such\break collaboration. 

Herein, Piligkos et~al.\ 
(doi:\href{https://doi.org/10.5802/crchim.282}{10.5802/crchim.282})
describe the influence of long aliphatic side chains on the magnetic
properties of tris(salen)-type lanthanide (Tb-Tm and Y) complexes.

Cattey and Plasseraud
(doi:\href{https://doi.org/10.5802/crchim.260}{10.5802/crchim.260})
investigate the reactivity of the hydroxo
di-\textit{n}-butyltin-trifluoromethanesulfonato dimer complex
towards 1,10-phenanthroline leading to novel
1,10-phenanthroline-complexed, mono- and binuclear organotin(IV)
derivatives.


Henrichsen, Bendix, and Weihe
(doi:\href{https://doi.org/10.5802/crchim.266}{10.5802/\break crchim.266})
present and interpret the parallel-mode X-band EPR spectra of the
hexaaquamanganese(II) ion, assisted by the species' exact
$T_{\mathrm{d}}$ ({tetrahedral})
crystallographic symmetry.


Abou-Fayssal, Poli, Philippot, Riisager, and Manoury
(doi:\href{https://doi.org/10.5802/crchim.301}{10.5802/crchim.301})
review polymeric nanoreactors for catalytic applications, including a
recent nanoreactor used in biphasic catalysis.


Pascal, Zaborova, and Siri
(doi:\href{https://doi.org/10.5802/crchim.292}{10.5802/crchim.\break 292})
report the synthesis and characterization of two nickel complexes based
on 1,2,4-triamino-5-nitrobenzene as air-stable aromatic polyamines,
highlighting the importance of intramolecular hydrogen-bonding
interactions and the influence of the nitro group on the stability of
the complexes.


Devillers and coworkers
(doi:\href{https://doi.org/10.5802/crchim.307}{10.5802/crchim.307})
describe a synthesis of
\textit{meso}-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)\-porphyrins based on the
nucleophilic attack by (pyridin-2-ylmethyl)lithium on a porphyrin with
one free \textit{meso}-position.


Lioret and Decr\'eau
(doi:\href{https://doi.org/10.5802/crchim.335}{10.5802/crchim.335})
present a proof of concept of a novel approach to in vivo
imaging involving Cherenkov Radiation Energy Transfer (CRET) from
\tsup{18}F-fluorodeoxyglucose to subphthalocyanine
fluorophores.


Using relativistic DFT calculations, Ghosh and Conradie
(doi:\href{https://doi.org/10.5802/crchim.264}{10.5802/crchim.264})
shed new light on gold(II) porphyrins, rare mononuclear Au(II) species
that were isolated and structurally characterized only a few years ago.
A key feature of these complexes is a wave deformation of the
porphyrin, a reflection of a noninnocent porphyrin macrocycle.


Also focusing on gold complexes, Orthaber et~al.\ 
(doi:\href{https://doi.org/10.5802/crchim.328}{10.5802/crchim.328})
describe the use of the semi-rigid
\textit{cis}-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethene ligand, which favors
the formation of mononuclear, as opposed to binuclear, Au(I)
complexes.


Finally, guest editors Ghosh and Gros and their coworkers
(doi:\href{https://doi.org/10.5802/crchim.299}{10.5802/crchim.299})
introduce hypsochlorins, named by analogy with hypsoporphyrins, which
exhibit blue-shifted optical spectra relative to their normal
counterparts.

It is worth mentioning that this special issue is being published
shortly after the 1st \AA{}sgard Horizon
French-Norwegian Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Symposium, which
took place May 30--31, 2024, in Dijon, France. The second edition of
this symposium will be held in Troms\o{}, Norway, in June, 2025. Both
events were organized under the auspices of the \textit{Institut
Fran\c{c}ais de Norv\`{e}ge}, whose support we deeply appreciate.

We are also grateful to the French \textit{Acad\'{e}mie des Sciences}
and to Dr Pierre Braunstein, Editor-in-Chief of the \textit{Comptes
Rendus Chimie}, as well as to Mr. Julien Desmarets for his efficient
handling of the submitted manuscripts. We trust that this issue will
encourage many others, from exchange students to senior scientists, to
take advantage of the wide-ranging opportunities afforded by
French--Nordic collaboration.\looseness=1

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