Chemiluminescence (CL) of a metal–phthalocyanine complex was studied, and an analytical application of CL detection-flow injection analysis (FIA) of L-tyrosine was developed. The CL reaction of iron (III)–phthalocyanine tetrasulfonic acid (Fe–PTS) was examined using eight metals (Cu, Fe, Ni, Co, Mg, Pd, Pt and Zn)–phthalocyanine complexes. The CL signal immediately appeared, when the Fe-PTS aqu...

Highly ordered discrete assemblies of chlorophylls that are found in natural light-harvesting antennae are key to photosynthesis, which converts light energy to chemical energy and is the principal producer of organic matter on Earth. Porphyrins and phthalocyanines, which are analogues of chlorophylls, exhibit a strong absorbance of visible and near-infrared light, respectively. A highly ordere...

Two novel homologous series of phthalocyanines were prepared from 2,2-dialkylindane and 2,2-dialkyl-1,3-benzodioxole precursors. It was anticipated that attaching alkyl chains to five-membered rings, fused to the peripheral sites of the phthalocyanine ring, would result in the adoption of an out-of-plane configuration and thereby discourage cofacial aggregation, to provide an analogy with picke...

in this research different types of al2o3 were used as supports to prepare catalysts for dehydrogenation of isobutane to isobutene. these supports were al2o3 from merck, axen and gamma al2o3 synthesized from al(oh)3. sn/pt/al2o3 catalysts were prepared by sequential impregnation, at first pt and then sn was deposited. characterization of catalysts was performed by x-ray powder diffraction (xrd)...

The present study reports on the preparation and the cell viability assay of two nanoemulsions loaded with magnetic nanoparticle and chloroaluminum phthalocyanine. The preparations contain equal amount of chloroaluminum phthalocyanine (0.05 mg/mL) but different contents of magnetic nanoparticle (0.15 10 or 1.50 10 particle/mL). The human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell line was used as the mo...

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an important signaling molecule that exerts action on various bioinorganic targets. Despite this importance, few studies have investigated the differential reactivity of the physiologically relevant H2S and HS(-) protonation states with metal complexes. Here we report the distinct reactivity of H2S and HS(-) with zinc(II) and cobalt(II) phthalocyanine (Pc) complexes an...

In recent years, Pillared InterLayered Clays (PILCs) have been widely used in several applications; in particular in adsorption and catalysis. The research interest in this family of solids has increased considerably. Clay minerals provide distinct nanometer-scaled layers and interlayers for engineering them as active catalysts. As such, strategic design and preparation has led to a variety of ...

We here report our experimental study of the quantum size effect modulated metalation reaction of phthalocyanine (H(2)Pc) by low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. When iron atoms were deposited onto Pb(111) thin films (2-5 nm thick) precovered by a self-assembled H(2)Pc monolayer, a surface metalation reaction to iron phthalocyanine (FePc) was observed. The amount of the FePc products ...

Despite the great advantages of peptidomimetic scaffolds, there are only a few examples their application in field asymmetric catalysis. Peptidomimetic scaffolds offer numerous related to easy preparation, modular and tunable structures, biomimetic features, which make them well suited as chiral catalysts. This review underlines structure–function relationship for catalytic properties towards e...

Recently mesoporous materials have drawn great attention in fuel cell related applications, such as preparation of polymer electrolyte membranes and catalysts, hydrogen storage and purification. In this mini-review, we focus on recent developments in mesoporous electrocatalysts for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, including metallic and metal-free catalysts for use as either anode or ca...