Copper (II) complexes of three phosphonate ligands were prepared and fully characterized by elemental analysis, spectral and thermal studies. The IR spectral data showed that the phosphonate compounds behave as bidentate ligands coordinating to the copper ion through the P=O and NH groups. The electronic spectroscopic data support a distorted octahedral geometry around copper ion. The activity ...

the copper(ii) complex [cu(pic)2]·2h2o was synthesized with 2-picolinic acid (hpic) and copper acetate as reactants by room temperature solid-solid reaction. the composition and structure of the complex was characterized by elemental analyses, single crystal x-ray diffraction, x-ray powder diffraction, ft-ir spectroscopy and thermogravimetry-differential scanning calorimetry. the crystal struct...

Copper and hexavalent chromium are heavy metals that are harmful to human health. Natural adsorbent chitosan, due to its considerable properties such as the presence of functional groups of –NH2 and -OH, non-toxicity, low cost, and biocompatibility, has gained much attention in pollutant removal. Therefore, in the present study, adsorption of chromium (VI) and copper (II) ions was conducted in ...

The utility of the extensible systematic force field (ESFF) was tested for copper(II) binding to a 34-amino-acid Cu(II) peptide, which includes five histidine residues and is the putative copper-binding site of lysyl oxidase. To improve computational efficiency, distance geometry calculations were used to constrain all combinations of three histidine ligands to be within bonding distance of the...

The crystal structure of the title compound, [Cu(2)(C(2)H(3)O(2))(4)(C(10)H(14)N(2)O)(2)], reveals a dinuclear Cu(II) complex located about a center of inversion. The coordination environment of each Cu(II) cation is distorted octa-hedral, composed of four bridging acetate ligands, an apical pyridine donor and is completed by a Cu-Cu bond. The amide H atom forms intra-molecular hydrogen bonds t...

Using carbon monoxide as a probe molecule for the oxidation state of Cu ions, we demonstrated that anchored polynuclear charge-transfer complexes consisting of Ce(III) ions and Cu(II)-substituted Keggin-type polyoxotungstates function as efficient visible-light-driven multielectron-transfer catalysts.

This study evaluated the effectiveness of emetic compounds (lithium chloride and cupric sulfate) in honey baits as a technique for preventing black bear damage in fenced beeyards. LiCl and CuSO4 in honey baits did not reduce black bear damage at beeyards. Our experience indicates that LiCl is not a suitable emetic for producing taste aversions in free-ranging black bears.

In the title compound, [Cu(C(13)H(9)NO(3))(C(5)H(5)N)], the Cu(II) atom is coordinated in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry, with two N and two O atoms in the basal positions and one O atom in the apical position. The apical Cu-O bond [2.3520 (16) Å] is much longer than the basal Cu-O and Cu-N bonds [1.9139 (14)-2.0136 (17) Å]. The carboxyl-ate group bridges Cu(II) atoms, forming a zigzag c...

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Cu(2)(C(18)H(14)Cl(4)N(2)O(2))(2)](n), contains two independent Cu(II) ions which are bridged by a pair of 4,4',6,6'-tetra-chloro-2,2'-[butane-1,4-diylbis(nitrilo-methanylyl-idene)]diphenolate ligands, forming a dinuclear unit. One of the Cu(II) ions is coordinated in a distorted square-planar environment and the other is coordinated in a distorted sq...