The title compound, [Zn(2)(C(42)H(38)N(9)O(3))(2)(NO(3))(2)]·2CH(3)CN·0.5H(2)O, is a bis-phenolate-bridged dinuclear Zn(II) complex. The asymmetric unit comprises half the zinc complex (the full complex is completed by the application of a centre of inversion), one acetonitrile solvent mol-ecule and a quarter of a water mol-ecule (located on a twofold axis with half-occupancy; H atoms were not ...

Quantum dots are fluorescent nanoparticles used to detect and image proteins and nucleic acids. Compared with organic dyes and fluorescent proteins, these nanocrystals have enhanced brightness, photostability, and wavelength tunability, but their larger size limits their use. Recently, multidentate polymer coatings have yielded stable quantum dots with small hydrodynamic dimensions (≤10 nm) due...

Inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) is a diphosphate tetra-anion P2O7 4− that is ubiquitous in nature. PPi plays a central role in a variety of bioenergetic processes, the –P–O–P– moiety acting, for instance, as the main chemical form in which energy is circulated in living cells. Pyrophosphate has also been shown to be pivotal in certain catalytic processes such as the conversion of butane to maleic...

A series of multidentate N-donor ligands have been synthesised all containing pyridyl and pyridyl/thiazole units and their coordination behaviour is described. The ligands are classified into four types; i) terpyridine containing pyridyl/thiazole ligands (L); ii) pyridyl/thiazole ligands containing a 3,3′-disubstituted bipyridine core. (L); iii) 2,2′-bipyridine containing a crown ether moiety (...

A new family of single-pocket metal complexes bearing O,N,O-tridentate and O,N-bidentate chelating members {Cu, 1b (P21/n); Ni, 1c (C2/c); Mn, 1d (I2/a); Cu, 2b; 2c (both P21/c)}, starting from synthesized fully characterized Zn(II) (1a; I2/a) Cu(II) (2a; C2) precursors, were conveniently prepared via cation-induced solvent-assisted ligand-induced transformations. Herein, we show multistep tran...

A family of heteroleptic complexes of zinc and magnesium supported by bulky multidentate amino-ether phenolate ligands has been developed; in combination with external chain transfer agents, they constitute efficient binary catalytic systems for the immortal ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters.