In this Density Functional Theory study, it became apparent that astaxanthin (ASTA) may form metal ion complexes with metal cations such as Ca⁺², Cu⁺², Pb⁺², Zn⁺², Cd⁺² and Hg⁺². The presence of metal cations induces changes in the maximum absorption bands which are red shifted in all cases. Therefore, in the case of compounds where metal ions are interacting with ASTA, they are redder in color...

Bioinorganic medicinal chemistry remains a hot field for research aimed at developing novel anti-cancer treatments. Discovery of metal complexes as potent antitumor chemotherapeutics such as cisplatin led to a significant shift of focus toward organometallic/ bioinorganic compounds containing transition metals and their chelates as novel scaffolds for drug discovery. In that way, transition met...

In this article cloud-point extraction (CPE) was used with chelating agent to extract uranium from aqueous solutions. The methodology used is based on the formation of metal complexes soluble in a micellar phase of surfactant. The metal ions complexes are then extracted into the surfactant-rich phase at a temperature above the cloud-point temperature. The effect of type of surfactants and ligan...

According to the strong application background of bioflavonoid and metal-flavonoid complexes, novel electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MSn) was applied to investigate the structure and fragmentation mechanism of transition metal-rutin complexes. In the full-scan mass spectra, different stoichiometric ratios of rutin-metal complexes were found. In the reaction between rutin an...

A comparative research has been developed for acidity and stability constants of M(TTA) and M(Asp) complexes which have been determined by potentiometric pH titration. Depending on metal ion–binding properties, vital differences in building complex were observed. The present study shows that in M(TTA) complexes, metal ions are coordinated to the carboxyl groups, but in M(Asp) some metal ions ar...

Complexes of several transition metal ions with alpha-oximinoacetoacetyl pyridine-4-phenylthiosemicarbazone (H3OAPT) have been prepared. Attempts were made to elucidate their geometries by elemental analysis, molar conductance, magnetic measurements and by some spectroscopic (IR, ESR and electronic) techniques. All the investigated metal ions form mononuclear complexes except for CuII, which fo...

Cu (II) and Ni (II) complexes of general composition [ML2]X2 (M = Cu(II), Ni(II); X = Cl, NO3) were synthesized by the condensation of metal salts with semicarbazone / thiosemicarbazone derived from pdimethylaminobanzaldehyde. The metal complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, molar conductance, magnetic susceptibility measurements, IR and atomic absorption spectral studies. On the b...

A new macrocyclic Schiff base complexes were prepared in the presence of lanthanide metal ion[La(III), Ce(III) and Gd(III)] by the reaction of 2,6 – diamino pyridine, benzoyl aceton and metal ion as template effect in the molar ratio of 2: 2: 1 respectively. The lanthanide metal complexes were characterized and investigated by using; 1 HNMR, FTIR, UV/Visible spectroscopy, Elemental analysis (C....

A series of transition metal complexes of Cu(II), Ru(II), Fe(II), Mo(II) with a tetradentate ligand, bis (2-hydroxy benzylidene) benzidine prepared by the condensation of 2-hydroxy benzaldehyde and benzidine. Metal complexes are reported and characterized based on elemental analysis IR, HNMR, Magnetic moment, molar conductance and thermal analysis. The synthesized ligands in comparison to their...

2-[3-(2-formylnaphthoxy)-2-hydroxypropoxy] naphthaldehyde (1) have been prepared by reaction of 2-hydroxynaphthaldehyde with 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol. new n2o3 macro-acyclic ligands (l1, l2) synthesized from the reaction of (1) with aniline or cyclohexylamine. ni (ii), co (ii) and cu (ii) complexes was prepared from reaction of schiff-bases with metal chloride and nitrate salts. all of these com...