Luminescent silver cluster-based coordination polymers composed of Ag10 or Ag12 cluster cores and multidentate pyridine linkers were synthesized as well luminescent polymorphic silver(I)-based polymers. It was found that these exhibit highly sensitive luminescence quenching effect to nitrobenzene, attributed the π–π stacking interactions between nitrobenzene electron-withdrawing character nitro...

The enzyme-directed synthesis is an emerging fragment-based lead discovery approach in which the biological target is able to assemble its own multidentate ligands from a pool of building blocks. Here, we report for the first time the use of the human acetylcholinesterase (AChE) as an enzyme for the design and synthesis of new potent heterodimeric huprine-based inhibitors. Both the specific cli...

The importance of unsymmetrical N-heterocyclic carbenes (uNHCs) as ligands in metal-catalyzed reactions is undeniable. While uNHCs show similar properties as compared with symmetrical NHCs, dissymmetrization allows for further fine-tuning. The introduction of chelatization, hemilability, bifunctionality, shielding effects, and chirality-transfer influences the catalyst's stability, reactivity, ...

A new, general strategy for the synthesis of biologically active multivalent arrays displaying diverse functionality has been developed. This method exploits the ability of ring-opening metathesis polymerizations to produce polymers of defined lengths. By incorporating N-hydroxysuccinimide esters into the polymers, recognition epitopes bearing nucleophilic functional groups, in this case an R-m...

The multiple bonding between multinuclear zinc(II)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane (cyclen, a 12-membered tetraamine) complexes and multidentate ligands is an effective method for constructing supramolecular complexes having well defined and distinct structures in aqueous solution. Herein we present examples of supramolecular D(3h) prisms formed by self-assembly of linearly dimeric or trimeric z...

In contrast to the extraordinary achievements of cation complexation in host-guest chemistry, only recently has anion complexation by compounds containing electrondeficient atoms such as boron, mercury, tin and silicon received attention. We here present a new class of carborane-supported macrocyclic multidentate Lewis acid hosts which bind nucleophilic species to form isolable host-guest compl...

Bi- and multidentate ligands form part of the tools commonly used for designing coordination and supramolecular complexes with desired stereochemistries. Parameters and concepts usually employed include the normalized bite of bidentate ligands, their cis- or trans-coordinating ability, their rigidity or flexibility, or the duality of some ligands that can act in chelating or dinucleating modes....

In the title complex, {[Ag(C(8)H(7)N(5))]ClO(4)·H(2)O}(n), the multidentate dipyrazin-2-ylamine acts as a μ(2)-bridging link with an anti-syn configuration, assembling the Ag(I) ions into a zigzag chain structure. The Ag(I) ion is linearly coordinated by two dipyrazin-2-ylamine ligands through two pyrazine N atoms. (ClO(4) (-))⋯π(pyrazine) [O⋯centroid distances of 3.612 (3) and 3.664 (1) Å] and...