Copper(II) complexes of thiosemicarbazones (TSCs) often exhibit anticancer properties, and their pharmacokinetic behavior can be affected by interaction with blood transport proteins. Interaction copper(II) an {N,N,S} donor α-N-pyridyl TSC (Triapine) {O,N,S} 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde (STSC) human serum albumin (HSA) was investigated UV–visible electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy at physiol...

The structural features of copper(II), nickel(II), cobalt(II) and zinc(II) complexes with the antimicrobial drugs quinolones and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as ligands are discussed. The binding properties of these complexes to biomolecules (calf-thymus DNA, bovine or human serum albumin) are presented and evaluated. The biological activity (antimicrobial, antioxidant and ant...

Assembled structures of dyes have great influence on their coloring function. For example, metal ions added in the dyeing process are known to prevent fading of color. Thus, we have investigated the influence of an addition of copper(II) ion on the surface structure of alkyl-derivatized indigo. Scanning tunneling microscope (STM) analysis revealed that the copper(II) complexes of indigo formed ...

Schiff-base ligands are potential anti-cancer, anti-bacterial and anti-viral agents and this activity tends to increase in metal(II) Schiff-base complexes. Some oxindole-Schiff base copper(II) complexes have shown potential antitumor activity towards deferent cells, inducing apoptosis in a process modulated by the ligand. Here, six novel copper(II) complexes with schiff base ligands were isolat...

4-(p-X-phenyl)thiosemicarbazone of napthaldehyde {where X = Cl (HL¹) and X = Br (HL²)}, thiosemicarbazone of quinoline-2-carbaldehyde (HL³) and 4-(p-fluorophenyl)thiosemicarbazone of salicylaldehyde (H₂L⁴) and their copper(I) {[Cu(HL¹)(PPh₃)₂Br]·CH₃CN (1) and [Cu(HL²)(PPh₃)₂Cl]·DMSO (2)} and copper(II) {[(Cu₂L³₂Cl)₂(μ-Cl)₂]·2H₂O (3) and [Cu(L⁴)(Py)] (4)} complexes are reported herein. The synth...

A new biomimetic model for the heterodinuclear heme/copper center of respiratory oxidases is described. It is derived from iron(III) protoporphyrin IX by covalent attachment of a Gly-L-His-OMe residue to one propionic acid substituent and an amino-bis(benzimidazole) residue to the other propionic acid substituent of the porphyrin ring, yielding the Fe(III) complex 1, and subsequent addition of ...

Copper(II) complexes are extremely labile with typical ligand exchange rate constants on the order of 10(6)-10(9) M(-1) s(-1). As a result, it is often difficult to identify the actual formation mechanism of these complexes. In this work, using UV-vis transient absorption when probing in a broad time range (20 ps to 8 μs) in conjunction with DFT/TDDFT calculations, we studied the dynamics and u...