The pH-dependent electrochemical behavior for a Co(II) complex, [Co(Py5)(OH(2))](ClO(4))(2) (1; Py5 = 2,6-(bis(bis-2-pyridyl)methoxymethane)pyridine), indicates consecutive (proton-coupled) oxidation steps furnish a Co(IV) species that catalyzes the oxidation of water in basic media.

Ag(6)L(6)-type coordination nanotubular structures have been assembled from 6 Ag(I) ions and 6 T-shaped ligands, 4-(3,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)phenyl)pyridine; the nanotubes represent a discrete molecular architecture of a number of polymeric structures assembled from dimeric building blocks.

The first charge-neutral Lewis base adducts of tin(IV) tetraazide, [Sn(N3)4(bpy)], [Sn(N3)4(phen)] and [Sn(N3)4(py)2], and the salt bis{bis(triphenylphosphine)iminium} hexa(azido)stannate [(PPN)2Sn(N3)6] (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine; phen = 1,10-phenanthroline; py = pyridine; PPN = N(PPh3)2) have been prepared using covalent or ionic azide-transfer reagents and ligand-exchange reactions. The azides w...

In the title dinuclear Cu(II) complex, [Cu(2)(C(7)H(3)NO(4))(2)(C(12)H(10)N(2))(H(2)O)(2)]·2H(2)O, the water-coordinated Cu(II) cation is O,N,O'-chelated by a pyridine-2,6-dicarboxyl-ate (pdc) dianion, and one pyridine N atom from a 1,2-bis-(4-pyrid-yl)ethene ligand coordinates to the Cu(II) cation, completing the CuN(2)O(3) distorted square-pyriamidial geometry. The Cu-O(water) bond [2.388 (4)...

Aromatic diols containing bis (azo) and bis (o-nitrobenzyl) chromophores viz., (4hydroxyphenylazo)-2,2/-dinitrodiphenylmethane, 4-hydroxy-3-methylphenylazo-4/-hydroxyphenylazo-2,2/-dinitrodiphenyl methane and bis (4-hydroxy-3-methylphenylazo)-2-dinitrodiphenyl methane were synthesized from 4,4-diamino-2,2/-dinitrodiphenylmethane and phenol/0-cresol. As a result of photolysis, the azo group of t...

Two isostructural NiII compounds, bis-{N-[1-(pyridin-2-yl-κN)eth-ylidene]pyridine-4-carbohydrazonato-κ2N',O}nickel(II)-2,5-di-chloro-terephthalic acid (1/1), [Ni(C13H11N4O)2](C8H4Cl2O4), and bis-{N-[1-(pyridin-2-yl-κN)eth-ylidene]pyridine-4-carbohydrazonato-κ2N',O}nickel(II)-2,5-di-bromo-terephthalic acid (1/1), [Ni(C13H11N4O)2](C8H4Br2O4), were synthesized and their crystal structures determin...

Reaction of [RuVI(N)(L1)(MeOH)]+ (L1 ) N,N′-bis(salicylidene)-o-cyclohexylenediamine dianion) with excess pyridine in CH3CN produces [Ru(L)(py)2] and N2. The proposed mechanism involves initial equilibrium formation of [RuVI(N)(L1)(py)]+, which undergoes rapid N · · · N coupling to produce [(py)(L1)RuIIINtN-RuIII(L1)(py)]2+; this is followed by pyridine substituion to give the final product. Th...