Cover Feature: Targeting Manganese Amidinate and ß‐Ketoiminate Complexes as Precursors for Mn‐Based Thin Film Deposition (Chem. Eur. J. 45/2024)

While targeting new metalorganic precursors for chemical vapor deposition of Mn-based thin-film materials, the choice of all-nitrogen and mixed oxygen–nitrogen coordinated ligands yielded volatile, reactive and thermally stable Mn precursors. Experimental findings on the structure and reactivity of the new Mn complexes towards co-reactants were supported by density functional theory calculations. The cover features a simplified energy diagram for two representative Mn complexes and illustrates the interaction energy levels of MnII compounds with oxygen. More information can be found in the Research Article by A. Devi and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401275).