We analyzed the apoptosis and anti-tumour activities of several Mn(III)-salen and -salphen complexes (1-14) towards three different cultured human cancer and non-cancer cells. We demonstrated that most of the Mn(III)-salen and -salphen complexes affect cell viability and induce apoptosis in MCF7 cells. Biochemically active Mn(III)-salen and -salphen complexes induced nuclear fragmentation and r...

Herein, two new iridium(III) complexes, namely Ir2 and Ir3, with a phenyl or triphenylamine (TPA) moiety at the 4-position of ring 2-phenylbenzothiazole, have been synthesized, their emission properties studied systematically compared non-substituted complex Ir1. These three complexes exhibit aggregation-induced (AIE) in H2O/CH3CN. The TPA-substituted Ir3 shows highest AIE activity. All can be ...

Phthalocyanines and subphthalocyanines are attracting attention as functional dyes that are applicable to organic solar cells, photodynamic therapy, organic electronic devices, and other applications. However, phthalocyanines are generally difficult to handle due to their strong ability to aggregate, so this property must be controlled for further applications of phthalocyanines. On the other h...

A series of new heteroleptic chelated copper(II) complexes that encompass N,N-dibezyl substituted derivative of ethylenediamine (X-diamine) and acetylacetonate (acac) were prepared.  The IR and electronic absorption spectra and the molar conductivity of the complexes are presented and discussed.  The molar conductivity values of the complexes in different solvents reveals a predominance of elec...

Four new complexes of the type [LCo ((DO)(DOH) pn) Cl] PF , where (DO) (DOH) pn = N , N '- propanediylbis (2, 3-butanedione2-imine3-oxirne)a nd L =morpholine (mrpln) (I), benzylamine (bzlan) (II), piperidine (pprdn)(III) and pyrrolidine (prldn) (IV) have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses and spectroscopic methods. Approximate values of the angular-overlap parameter, ?, ...

The construction of novel (macrocyclic) multinuclear Co(III)salen catalysts is reported. Olefin metathesis has been used as a key construction tool for the multimetallic structures starting from versatile allyl-substituted salen scaffolds. The Co(III) complexes were tested in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of (rac)-1,2-epoxyhexane and epoxide ring opening reactions using methanol as the nucl...

In an effort to develop new tripodal N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands for small molecule activation, two new classes of tripodal NHC ligands TIME and TIMEN have been synthesized. The carbon-anchored tris(carbene) ligand system TIME (R = Me, t-Bu) forms bior polynuclear metal complexes. While the methyl derivative exclusively forms trinuclear 3:2 complexes [(TIME)2M3] 3+ with group 11 metal ...

The present work describes the studies on the coordination behaviour of 4[N-(benzalidene) amino]antipyrine semicarbazone (BAAPS) (I), 4[N-(furfural)amino]antipyrine semicarbazone (FFAAPS) (II) and 4[N-(cinnamalidene)amino]antipyrine semicarbazone (CAAPS) (III) in presence of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) or diphenyl sulfoxide (DPSO) towards Th4+ and UO22+ salts. All the complexes were isolate...