A chiral Mn(salen) complex exhibiting two lactam binding sites at two rigid 1,5,7-trimethyl-3-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-2-one skeletons is capable of enantioselective sulfoxidation due to spatially remote substrate hydrogen bonding.

A new lipophilic Ru salen complex with cholesterol groups can be efficiently incorporated into liposome bilayers, allowing the photoinduced release of nitric oxide (NO) and the membrane transport of NO to coexisting liposomes.

A dynamic supramolecular system involving hydrogen bonding between a Mn(III) salen catalyst and a Zn(II) porphyrin receptor exhibits selectivity for pyridine appended cis-beta-substituted styrene derivatives over phenyl appended derivatives in a catalytic epoxidation reaction.

Schiff bases and their metal complexes in the mixtures of ionic liquid (IL) + organic solvent have shown great potential in attractive oxidation catalytic processes. The efficiency of such a process is strongly dependent on the various molecular interactions occurring between components. Thermodynamic properties of these systems can provide valuable information about structural interactions. Th...

The trans-selective catalytic asymmetric formation of β-lactones constitutes an attractive surrogate for anti-aldol additions. Recently, we have reported the first catalyst which is capable of forming trans-β-lactones with high enantioselectivity from aliphatic (and aromatic) aldehyde substrates by cyclocondensation with acyl bromides. In that previous study the concepts of Lewis acid and organ...

Two coumarin salen-based sensors CS1 and CS2 can exhibit a pronounced fluorescence enhancement response toward Mg(2+) as high as 36-fold (CS1) and 111-fold (CS2) in the presence of Na(+) as a synergic trigger. More importantly, the fluorescent color of CS1 was bright green instead of weak yellow after the addition of Mg(2+) and Na(+) together, which can be easily detected by the naked eye.

New bimetallic Zn/Zr salen-type systems were employed as catalysts in the asymmetric intramolecular hydroamination reaction. High enantioselectivity for the formation of piperidines of up to 98% ee were observed.

The formation of a borate-bridged dimeric aluminum Schiff-base compound [salen(Bu)Al]2O2BOMe [salen=N,N’-ethylenebis(salicylidenimine) (1) has been reported. Complex 1 crystallizes in a triclinic P space group with a=14.57, b=15.15, c=15.84 Å and a=96.92, b=90.82, g=105.538. The crystal structure shows the presence of a metaborate (MeOBO2 2– ) bridge between two five-coordinate aluminum atoms w...

The hydroboration of aldehydes, ketones and CO2 is demonstrated using a cheap air stable [Fe(salen)]2-μ-oxo pre-catalyst with pinacolborane (HBpin) as the reductant under mild conditions.