Two new cyclen derivatives, H(2)do2nph and H(2)cb-do2nph, containing two trans-2-methyl-4-nitrophenol pendant arms and the latter including also an ethylene cross-bridge, were prepared in good yields using the bisaminal synthetic route. The two ligands were studied comparatively regarding their metal complexation behaviour. The copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes of H(2)do2nph and H(2)cb-do2nph w...

Interactions of the azachalcone derived substrate Aza with copper(II) complexes in the presence and absence of st-DNA were studied in detail by UV/Vis absorption, EPR and Raman and (UV and vis) resonance Raman spectroscopies. The binding of Aza to the Lewis acidic copper(II) complexes, which results in activation of the substrate, was established spectroscopically. It was shown that the binding...

The copper(I) complexes of diphenylglycoluril basket receptors 1 and 2, appended with bis(2-ethylpyridine)amine (PY2) and tris(2-methylpyridine)amine (TPA), respectively, and their dioxygen adducts were studied with low temperature UV-vis and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The copper(I) complex of 1, [1-Cu(I)2] or 1a, forms a ^-n2:^2 dioxygen complex, whereas the copper(I) complex of 2, [...

The copper(I) complexes of diphenylglycoluril basket receptors and , appended with bis(2-ethylpyridine)amine (PY2) and tris(2-methylpyridine)amine (TPA), respectively, and their dioxygen adducts were studied with low-temperature UV-vis and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The copper(I) complex of, [.Cu(I)2] or, forms a micro-eta2:eta2 dioxygen complex, whereas the copper(I) complex of, [.Cu...

Six series of structurally different mono- and binuclear copper(II) complexes 5-10 were obtained by reacting N-(2-pyridyl)imidazolidin-2-ones (1a-l), N,N'-bis(2-pyridyl)imidazolidin-2-ones (2a,b), N-acyl-N'(2-pyridyl)imidazolodin-2-ones (3a-j) and N-(2-pyridyl)imidazolidine-2-thiones (4a-g) with copper(II) chloride at an ambient temperature. The coordination modes of the complexes obtained were...

Two molecular structures of the copper(II) complex, Cu(H2TETA), have been determined by X-ray crystallography. The Jahn–Teller distortion differs between the two structures; occurring either along the axis of the pendant acetate arms or across the macrocyclic ring. An analysis of deposited data from over one hundred copper(II) cyclam X-ray structures in the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) r...

Two molecular structures of the copper(II) complex, Cu(H(2)TETA), have been determined by X-ray crystallography. The Jahn-Teller distortion differs between the two structures; occurring either along the axis of the pendant acetate arms or across the macrocyclic ring. An analysis of deposited data from over one hundred copper(II) cyclam X-ray structures in the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD)...

Several cobalt(II), copper(II) and nickel(II) complexes of nicotinoylhydrazine-derived compounds were prepared and characterised by physical, spectral and analytical data. These compounds and their complexes have proven to be antibacterial. The screening data show the metal complexes to be more potential/bactericidal than the uncomplexed compounds against one or more bacterial species.

Oxygen Evolution Catalysts Copper complexes, as a kind of molecular catalysts bio-inspired from the copper O2-activating enzymes, are attractive targets for water oxidation, which could undergo facile and reversible O-O bond formation cleavage under mild conditions. In article number 2201018, Jing-Xin Jian, Qing-Xiao Tong, co-workers investigate three copper(II) complexes oxygen evolution in ph...

The copper(I) complexes of N,N-diimine, N,O- and/or N, S-bidentate systems perform significant dose-dependent anticancer activity toward various cell lines viz. MCF-7, LNCap, PSN-1, A431, BxPC3, H157, A2780, HeLa, MDA-MB231, MGC-803 etc. can cross the cellular plasmalemma that results in accumulation copper ion cancer cells, exhibit effect and overcome multidrug resistance because these slightl...