Water-soluble multinuclear complexes based on ruthenium 2,2′-bipyridine-6,6′-dicarboxylate (bda) and ditopic bipyridine linker units are investigated in three-component visible light-driven water oxidation catalysis. Systematic studies revealed a strong enhancement of the catalytic efficiency absence organic co-solvents with increasing oligomer length. In-depth kinetic morphological investigati...

Citromicrobium bathyomarinum is a bacteriochlorophyll a-containing aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of C. bathyomarinum JL354, which was the first C. bathyomarinum strain isolated from a euphotic marine environment. The JL354 genome sequence reveals, for the first time, the coexistence of two different photosynthetic operons in a single strain.

Functionalisation of 2,2'-bipyridine or acetylacetone with an alkyleneoxycyanobiphenyl group induces liquid-crystalline properties in simple metal complexes.

In the title complex, {[Co(C(10)H(8)N(2))(H(2)O)(4)](C(11)H(10)O(5))}(n), the unique Co(II) ion lies on an inversion center and is coordinated by two N atoms from two 4,4'-bipyridine ligands and four O atoms from four water mol-ecules in a slightly distorted octa-hedral coordination geometry. The 4,4'-bipyridine ligands bridge Co(II) ions into a one-dimensional chain structure. In the crystal s...

In the crystal structure of the title compound, [Cu(2)(N(3))(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))](n), each Cu(I) atom is coordinated by two symmetry-related azide anions and 4,4'-bipyridine (bipy) ligands in a strongly distorted tetra-hedral geometry. The Cu atom and the azide anion occupy general positions while the bipy mol-ecule is located on a centre of inversion. Each two symmetry-related copper(I) cations ...

In the title complex mol-ecule, [CdBr(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)], the Cd(II) ion is six-coordinated by two cis-arranged bromide anions and four N atoms of two bidentate 2,2'-bipyridine ligands in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The dihedral angle formed by the mean planes through the bipyridine ligands is 87.01 (11)°. In the crystal packing, π-π stacking inter-actions [centroid-centroid distances ...

In the crystal structure of the title compound, {[Cu(C(6)H(2)O(5))(C(10)H(8)N(2))(H(2)O)]·2H(2)O}(n), an infinite chain parallel to [110] is formed by the linking of Cu(H(2)O)(2,2'-bipyridine) units through a furan-2,5-dicarboxyl-ate bridge. The Cu(II) atom shows a square-pyramidal geometry, with one furan-2,5-dicarboxyl-ate O atom in the apical position. The dihedral angle between the planes o...

In the title compound, [Pb(C(8)H(7)O(2))(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))], the Pb(II) ion is coordinated by two N atoms from one 2,2'-bipyridine ligand and four O atoms from two 4-methyl-benzoate anions in a distorted pseudo-square-pyramidal environment, considering one of the carboxyl-ate anions as an apical ligand. Pairs of complex mol-ecules related by inversion centers are organized into dimers via pairs...

The title compound, {[Cu(C(12)H(6)N(2)O(4))(H(2)O)(3)]·H(2)O}(n), was synthesized under hydro-thermal conditions. The Cu(2+) ion is six-coordinated by three water O atoms, and two N atoms and one O atom of the 2,2'-bipyridine-3,3'-dicarboxyl-ate bridging ligand in a sligthly distorted octa-hedral environment. The 2,2-bipyridine-3,3'-dicarboxyl-ate bridges link the Cu(2+) ions into chains along ...