Ferric ion (Fe[III]) catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) into strong oxidants such as hydroxyl radical ((•)OH) and ferryl ion (Fe[IV]) through the redox cycling of the iron couple (Fe[II]/Fe[III]). The use of these reactions for the catalytic oxidation of organic compounds is usually limited to the acidic pH region due to the low solubility of Fe(III) and the low efficie...

The new iron carbonyl cyanide trans-[Fe(CN)(2)(CO)(3)](2)(-), [2](2)(-), forms in high yield via photosubstitution of Fe(CO)(5) with 2 equiv of Et(4)NCN. Protonation of [2](2)(-) generated [HFe(CN)(2)(CO)(3)](-), [2H](-), the first H-Fe-CN-CO species. Further protonation gives dihydrogen. This simple system provides insights into hydrogen evolution by the hydrogenase enzymes, which also feature...

1-(2-tryptanthrinylaminoacetoxy)-14-(1-pyrenecarboxy)-3,6,9,12-tetraoxatetradecane (T2NH-P5P) was synthesized as a fluorescent chemosensor for metal ions. We investigated the metal-ion recognition of T2NH-P5P by separately adding Mg(2+), Ca(2+), Ba(2+), Fe(2+), Fe(3+), Co(2+), Ni(2+), Cu(2+), Ag(+), Zn(2+), Cd(2+), Hg(2+), Al(3+), and Pb(2+) in an acetonitrile solution. When using excitation at...

Reaction of the mononuclear Ni(II) thiolate complexes [Ni(L)] [L, L(1), H2L(1), bis(2-mercaptoethyl)-1,2-dimercaptoethane; L(2), H2L(2), N,N'-dimethyl-N,N'-bis(2-mercaptoethyl)-bis(aminoethyl)sulfide] with [FeCp(CO)2I] gives the dithiolate-bridged heterobimetallic species, [Ni(L(1))FeCp(CO)]PF6, 1, and [Ni(L(2))FeCp]I, 2, respectively. Binding of a Fe(CO)3 fragment via reaction of square-planar...

The title compound, [Fe(C(4)H(2)N(2)S(2))(C(3)H(9)P)(2)(CO)(2)], was obtained as a mononuclear by-product during the treatment of [Fe(2)(μ-S(2)C(4)N(2)H(2))(CO)(6)] in excess trimethyl-phosphane. The Fe atom is six-coordinated by two thiol-ate S atoms, two phosphane P atoms and two carbonyl C atoms in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The average Fe-C(O) distance (1.771 Å) is relatively shorter...

Reported are complexes of the formula Fe(dithiolate)(CO)2(diphos) and their use to prepare homo- and heterobimetallic dithiolato derivatives. The starting iron dithiolates were prepared by a one-pot reaction of FeCl2 and CO with chelating diphosphines and dithiolates, where dithiolate = S2(CH2)22- (edt2-), S2(CH2)32- (pdt2-), S2(CH2)2(C(CH3)2)2- (Me2pdt2-) and diphos = cis-C2H2(PPh2)2 (dppv), C...

The treatment of Fe(ClO(4))(2)·6H(2)O or Fe(ClO(4))(3)·9H(2)O with a benzimidazolyl-rich ligand, N,N,N',N'-tetrakis[(1-methyl-2-benzimidazolyl)methyl]-1,2-ethanediamine (medtb) in alcohol/MeCN gives a mononuclear ferrous complex, [Fe(II)(medtb)](ClO(4))(2)·½CH(3)CN·½CH(3)OH (1), and four non-heme alkoxide-iron(III) complexes, [Fe(III)(OMe)(medtb)](ClO(4))(2)·H(2)O (2, alcohol = MeOH), [Fe(III)(...

Dibenzothienyl Schiff bases, DBT-NN and DBT-NP, were derived from condensation of 4-formyldibenzothiophene with N,N-dimethylethylenediamine and 2-(diphenylphosphino)ethylamine, respectively. A photochemical reaction of [Fe(CO)5] with DBT-NN produced diiron complexes, [Fe2(μ-DBT-NN)(CO)6] (1) and [{Fe(μ-BPT-NN-κ(3)S,C,N)(CO)2}Fe(CO)3] (2). Complex 1 has π coordination of a Schiff base C=N bond a...

The reaction of NiBr(2)(EtOH)(4) with a 1:2-3 mixture of FeBr(2)(CO)(4) and Na(SPh) generated a linear trinuclear Fe-Ni-Fe cluster (CO)(3)Fe(mu-SPh)(3)Ni(mu-SPh)(3)Fe(CO)(3), 1, whereas the analogous reaction system FeBr(2)(CO)(4)/Na(S(t)Bu)/NiBr(2)(EtOH)(4) (1:2-3:1) gave rise to a linear tetranuclear Fe-Ni-Ni-Fe cluster [(CO)(3)Fe(mu-S(t)Bu)(3)Ni(mu-Br)](2), 2. By using this tetranuclear clus...

Although (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) has been reported to induce apoptosis in a variety of tumor cells, detailed mechanisms remain to be explored. In the present study, we investigated the antitumor mechanism of EGCG by using human T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia Jurkat cells. We focused on the involvement of reactive oxygen species, as we found previously that EGCG caused apoptotic...