Chiral recognition at single-molecule level for small active molecules is important, as exhibited by many nanostructures and molecular assemblies in biological systems, but it presents a significant challenge. We report a simple and rapid sensing strategy to discriminate all enantiomers of natural aromatic amino acids (AAA) using a metal-organic complex-functionalized protein nanopore, in which...

The crystal structure and the magnetic properties of a heterodinuclear complex, [LCu(Me2CO)Gd(NO3)3]2 (L=N,N’-bis(2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylidene)-1,3-diaminopropane) are reported: [(C19H20N2O4)Cu(C3H6O)Gd(NO3)3]2, triclinic, space group P1, with a = 12.118.3(9), b = 13.562(3), c = 9.391(3) Å, α = 93.03(3), β = 107.65(2), γ = 73.07(2)◦ , V = 1406.0(7) Å3, Z = 1. The crystal structure consists of...

Fabrication and electrochemical characteristics of the meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) self-assembled monolayer modified gold electrode were described. The modified electrode exhibited increased sensitivity and selectivity for CuII compared to the bare gold electrode by stripping voltammetry and the peak current was proportional to the concentration of CuII in the range of 8.0 10–7 1.2 ...

This report describes the dimerisation of glutathione, and by extension, other cysteine-containing peptides or protein fragments, with a 5, 5'-disubstituted-2, 2'-bipyridine or 6, 6"-disubstituted-2, 2':6',2"-terpyridine unit. The resulting bipy-GS2 and terpy-GS2 were investigated as potential metal ion dependent switches in aqueous solution, and were found to predominantly adopt the transoïd c...

A new oxy(ether)tris(amine) macrocycle, MC has been synthesized for CuII complex formation within the cavity of the macrocyclic wheel in endotopic fashion. This complex is further reacted with the bidentate chelating ligands, 1,10-phenanthroline (L1), 2,2′-bipyridyl (L2), 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridyl (L3) and 5,5′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridyl (L4) to achieve the pseudorotaxanes PRT1–PRT4, respective...

A rare homotrinuclear CuII salamo-based complex [Cu3(L)2(?-OAc)2(H2O)2]·2CHCl3·5H2O was prepared through the reaction of a non-symmetric ligand H2L and Cu(OAc)2·H2O, validated by elemental analyses, UV-Visible absorption, fluorescence infrared spectra, molecular simulation single-crystal X-ray analysis techniques. It is shown that three atoms two wholly deprotonated (L)2? moieties form together...

Through the strategic design of ligands based on amino acids, structural diversity in chiral coordination architectures of CuII is demonstrated with six new examples: {[Cu(L-HTyrbenz)2]·CH3OH·H2O}n (1), {[Cu(L-HSerbenz)2]·3H2O}n (2), {[Cu(L-HTyrthio)2]·H2O}n (3), [Cu(L-HTyr4-pyr)2(H2O)]·2H2O (4), [Cu(L-HSerthio)2(H2O)] (5), and [Cu(L-Phethio)2(H2O)]·3H2O (6) [where L-H2Tyrbenz = L-N-(benzyl)-ty...

The unusual mixed valence CuII/CuI coordination polymer based on 2,5-bis(pyridine-2-yl)-1,3,4-thiadiazole [CuI3CuIIL2(SCN)5]n has been prepared by reaction between the thiadiazole ligand (L), CuCl2·2H2O and KSCN in H2O/CH3CN solution. title complex characterized using single-crystal X-ray diffraction, spectroscopic measurements, as well Hirshfeld surface analysis. TGA analysis magnetic measurem...

In the title compound, [Cu(C7H3NO4)(C3H4N2)(H2O)]·2H2O, the CuII atom is coordinated by three O atoms and two N atoms, provided by a tridentate pyridine-2,6-di-carboxyl-ate (pdc), one pyrazole and one water ligand, forming a slightly distorted square-pyramidal geometry [range of O-Cu-O and O-Cu-N bond angles = 79.55 (8)-166.22 (10)°]. The water mol-ecule is positioned at the apical position. In...