A four-coordinate, sixteen-electron Ru(0) complex containing the tetradentate diamino-diolefin ligand (±)-trans-N,N-bis(5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5-yl)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane (trop2dach) has been synthesised. Deprotonation of one amino N-H functional group generates an unprecedented four-coordinate ruthenate species which has been characterised in solution and in the solid state. The newly for...

The reaction of [Fe(II)(tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine, TPA)(NCCH(3))(2)](2+) with 1 equiv. peracetic acid in CH(3)CN at -40 degrees C results in the nearly quantitative formation of a pale green intermediate with lambda(max) at 724 nm ( epsilon approximately 300 M(-1).cm(-1)) formulated as [Fe(IV)(O)(TPA)](2+) by a combination of spectroscopic techniques. Its electrospray mass spectrum shows a pro...

Accepted on 25 th August 2014 _____________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT Synthesis of symmetrical Schiff bases (1-4) employed by using condensation methods. Purity was monitored by TLC and column chromatographic techniques. In this present study cyclic voltammetric behavior of symmetrical Schiff bases (1-4) were studied. The cyclic voltammetric studie...

Thirtyfive siderophore producing fungi were categorized for their hydroxamate, catecholate or carboxylate nature by chemical and bioassays. Out of 35 fungi, 30 were hydroxamates and 5 showed carboxylate nature. However, none of the fungi produced catecholate type of siderophores. Eighteen out of 29 fungi were trihydroxamate and the rest 11 fungi were dihydroxamates. Twenty-three fungi were hexa...

Dedicated to Professor Heribert Offermanns on the occasion of his 75th birthday The title compound (H2tpsac) was synthesized from 6-bromosaccharin and 3,3′′-bis(bromomethyl)-m-terphenyl. The ability of tpsac to serve as a tetradentate bis-bridging ligand was demonstrated by the formation of the dinuclear ruthenium(I,I) complexes [Ru2(CO)5(μ ,μ-tpsac)]2, [Ru2(CO)4(μ ,μ-tpsac)]n, [Ru2(CO)4(PPh3)2...

A platinum(II) complex of a monoanionic, tetradentate β-diketiminate (BDI) ligand with pendant quinoline arms, BDI(QQ)H, is reported. The complex, [Pt(BDI(QQ))]Cl, is emissive in DMSO, but non-emissive in aqueous buffer. Upon binding DNA in buffer, however, a 150-fold turn-on in emission intensity occurs. Dynamic light scattering and (1)H NMR spectroscopy indicate that [Pt(BDI(QQ))]Cl forms non...

The title copper(II) complex of a pyridine-containing macrocycle (PyMAC), [Cu(C16H28N4)](ClO4)2, has been prepared. The crystal structure reveals the Cu(II) atom to be octahedrally coordinated by a tetradentate aminopyridine macrocyclic ligand surrounding the metal cation in a square-planar geometry. Two weakly bound perchlorate counter-ions occupy the axial sites above and below the macrocycli...

In the title compound, {[NiWO(4)(C(16)H(36)N(4))]·4H(2)O}(n), the Ni(II) ion lies on an inversion center and is octahedrally coordinated by four N atoms of the tetradentate macrocyclic 5,5,7,12,12,14-hexa-methyl-1,4,8,11-tetra-aza-cyclo-tetra-decane (L) ligand in the equatorial plane and two O atoms of [WO(4)](2-) anions in axial positions. Each [WO(4)](2-) anion bridges two adjacent [NiL](2+) ...

The title compound, [Co(C(14)H(6)N(2)O(4))(H(2)O)(3)]·2H(2)O, has two-fold crystallographic symmetry. The Co(II) atom is in a distorted penta-gonal-bipyramidal coordination environment with two N atoms and two O atoms from a tetradentate 1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxyl-ate ligand and one O atom from a water mol-ecule forming the penta-gonal plane, and two O atoms from two water mol-ecules oc...