A family of terbium probes was synthesized and evaluated for the luminescence detection of copper and zinc in water at neutral pH. Each probe incorporates a terbium ion chelated by a macrocyclic polyaminocarboxylate and conjugated to either one, two, or three phenanthridine antennas via a diamine linker. All three probes, Tb-1Phen, Tb-2Phen, and Tb-3Phen, exhibit similar responses toward copper...

The reaction of di-2-pyridyl ketone with copper dichloride dihydrate and tartaric acid in water afforded the title compound, [Cu(C(11)H(10)N(2)O(2))(2)]C(4)H(4)O(6). The Cu(II) atom lies on an inversion center N,O,N'-chelated by two di-2-pyridylmethane-diol ligands in a tetragonally distorted octa-hedral geometry. The tartrate anion is also located on an inversion center and has disordered hydr...

The title compound, [Cu(C(5)H(3)N(2)O(2))(2)], was prepared in a water-ethanol solution containing 2-cyano-pyrimidine, malonic acid and copper(II) nitrate trihydrate. The Cu(II) ion, located on an inversion center, is chelated by two pyrimidine-2-carboxyl-ate anions in a CuO(2)N(2) square-planar geometry. The uncoordinated carboxyl-ate O atom and pyrimidine N atoms are linked to adjacent pyrimi...

Copper-catalyzed cross-coupling of ferrocenyl ketone-derived N-tosylhydrazones with benzo[d]oxazole leads to the direct C-H bond functionalization by a secondary ferrocenyl alkyl group. This direct C-H bond alkylation of azoles with N-tosylhydrazones bearing a ferrocenyl group uses inexpensive CuBr as the catalyst without any ligand. The reaction is operationally simple and conducted under mild...

In the title compound, [Cu(2)(C(15)H(12)N(2)O(4))(2)(C(6)H(5)N)(2)], each Cu(II) atom is chelated by the tridentate doubly deprotonated Schiff base and a pyridine mol-ecule in a nearly planar environment (r.m.s. deviation for all non-H atoms = 0.107 Å). The metal ions are bridged by one O atom from the symmetry-related Schiff base ligands, forming a centrosymmetric dinuclear copper(II) complex....

The bleomycins are a group of antibiotics produced by Streptomyces verticillus and their therapeutic effect against the squamous cell carcinoma has been proved by clinical studies. In our laboratory, eight products, viz. bleomycin A1, demethyl-A2, A-a, A-b, B2, A5 and B4 have been isolated in the pure state. Structures of the various bleomycins have been elucidated and it has been observed that...