Thermal activation of terpyridine in the presence of an unsaturated Ir(III) fragment stabilized by a hydrotris(pyrazolyl) borate ligand gives rise to mononuclear complex and binuclear , in which the polypyridine behaves, respectively, as a mono- or a bi-dentate N-heterocyclic carbene.

The binuclear title compound, [Cu(2)(CH(3)CO(2))(4)(C(10)H(9)N(3)S)(2)], comprises a Cu(2)(CH(3)CO(2))(4) paddle-wheel core axially bound by two 2-methyl-sulfanyl-4-(pyridin-4-yl)pyrimidine ligands. The complex mol-ecule has an inversion center lying at the mid-point of the Cu-Cu bond.

A series of binuclear nickel/palladium catalysts C4-C7 with conjugated α-diimine ligands were designed, prepared and fully characterized. The binuclear nickel complexes C6 and C7 were activated by modified methylalumoxanes (MMAO) to generate highly active ethylene polymerization catalysts with activities up to 1050 kg [mol (Ni) h](-1). The activity of C7 is twice that of the mononuclear analogu...

A binuclear copper(II) complex [Cu(L)(NO3)]2 (1), where L is a NSO-donor reduced Schiff base ligand derived from salicylaldehyde and 2-mercaptoethylamine, is prepared, structurally characterized as 1⋅0.5MeCN by single crystal X-ray diffraction method and its DNA binding and photo-induced DNA cleavage activity studied. Complex 1 has a diphenoxobridged binuclear structure with a {Cu2(μ-OAr)2} cor...

The crystals of two binuclear copper-based complexes were obtained. One complex can remarkably induce apoptosis and inhibit angiogenesis to mediate tumour growth at a greater extent. Furthermore, this complex showed a strong energy-dependent and non-endocytotic uptake and exhibited multiple anti-cancer functions by inhibiting the expressions of p-Akt and p-Erk1/2 proteins and by decreasing the ...

The Thouless instability conditions in the binuclear iron complex 1 have been investigated by means of a semiempirical INDO approach. The behaviour of the restricted Hartree-Fock (HF) wave function with respect to singlet, non-singlet and complex variations of the orbitals is studied. The existence of a spin decoupled solution near the diamagnetic closed shell groundstate is demonstrated. The n...

The reactions of a variety of bis(tricyclohexylphosphine)nickel species with C 0 2 have been studied. The product of the reaction is solvent dependent: in toluene the known complex [NiL2(/7 -C02)]-toluene (L = PCy3) is formed while in ether or pentane a binuclear complex [(NiL2)2(?;-C02)] results through the intermediacy of the solvent free species [NiL2(//-C02)] the structure of which has been...

Medium sized molecules endowed with multiple Gd(3+) complexes are efficient high magnetic field MRI contrast agents. The novel ligand Mes(DO3A)(3), presenting three DO3A (1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-N,N',N''-triacetatic acid) units grafted on the methyl positions of a central mesitylene (1,3,5-trimethylbenzene), has been synthesized. Designed as an MRI contrast agent, this ligand is complexe...

The Schiff base hydrazone ligand HL was prepared by the condensation reaction of 7-chloro-4-quinoline with o-hydroxyacetophenone. The ligand behaves either as monobasic bidentate or dibasic tridentate and contain ONN coordination sites. This was accounted for be the presence in the ligand of a phenolic azomethine and imine groups. It reacts with Cu(II), Ni(II), Co(II), Mn(II), UO(2) (VI) and Fe...