With the aim of expanding the structure-activity relationship investigation, the series of Ru(II) half sandwich coordination compounds of the type [Ru([9]aneS3)(chel)(L)](n+) previously described by us (where [9]aneS3 is the neutral face-capping ligand 1,4,7-trithiacyclononane, chel is a neutral or anonic chelating ligand, L = Cl(-) or dmso-S, n = 0-2) was extended to 1,4,7-triazacyclononane ([...

Vanadium(IV) and -(III) complexes of a tetradentate N(2)OS Schiff base ligand H(2)L [derived from methyl 2-((beta-aminoethyl)amino)cyclopent-1-ene-1-dithiocarboxylate and salicylaldehyde] are reported. In all the complexes, the ligand acts in a bidentate (N,O) fashion leaving a part containing the N,S donor set uncoordinated. The oxovanadium(IV) complex [VO(HL)(2)] (1) is obtained by the reacti...

Results on the autooxidative decomposition of the transition metal B-diketonates (1-3) suggested the possibility of these chelates acting as initiators for the radical polymerization of vinyl monomers. Research in this field soon revealed the importance of the central metal atom as well as the ligand structure (4-10). Of a series of metal acetylacetonate~-Mn(Acac)~, M n ( A ~ a c ) ~ , Fe( A ~ ...

Dinuclear compounds [L2Ru(μ-E)RuL2](n) where L is acetylacetonate (acac(-), 2,4-pentanedionate), 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy), or 2-phenylazopyridine (pap) and EH4 is ellagic acid, an antioxidative bis-catechol natural product, were studied by voltammetric and spectroelectrochemical techniques (UV-vis-NIR and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)). The electronic structures of the isolated forms (NBu4...

Three dinuclear [Ln2H2OL(1)2(acac)2]·solvent (1, Ln = Gd, solvent = 2CH2Cl2; 2, Ln = Tb, no solvent; 3, Ln = Er, solvent = (C2H5)2O), and two tetranuclear lanthanide clusters [Ln4(μ3-OH)2L(2)2(acac)6]·2(solvent) (4, Ln = Tb, solvent = CH3OH; 5, Ln = Dy, solvent = CH3CN) were characterized in terms of structure, fluorescence and magnetism. The dinuclear lanthanide complexes were constructed by a...

Even though aluminium is not considered to be a heavy metal like lead, silver, arsenic and cadmium, it can be toxic when taken in excessive amounts and even in small amounts if deposited in the brain. Glutathione, a major antioxidant in the cells, so its depletion weakens the tissue resistance to oxidant. Glutathione is the sulfhydryl (-SH) antioxidant, antitoxin and enzyme cofactor which plays...