Redox-inactive metal ions play pivotal roles in regulating the reactivities of high-valent metal-oxo species in a variety of enzymatic and chemical reactions. A mononuclear non-heme Mn(IV)-oxo complex bearing a pentadentate N5 ligand has been synthesized and used in the synthesis of a Mn(IV)-oxo complex binding scandium ions. The Mn(IV)-oxo complexes were characterized with various spectroscopi...

A series of new pentadentate thioether-oximes (TtoxH2, MeTtoxH2, OdtoxH2) were synthesized along with their Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexes. BF2 -bridging is accomplished by reaction of the H-bonded oxime complex with BF3·OEt2, though when Cu(BF4)2 is used as the Cu(II) salt, direct macrocyclization occurs during the metal complexation reaction. Crystallographic studies reveal: [Cu(TtoxH)]ClO4 has ...

A series of pentacoordinate Ni(ii) complexes of the general formula [Ni(L5)] () with various pentadentate Schiff base ligands H2L5 (originating in a condensation of aromatic ortho-hydroxy-aldehydes and aliphatic triamines) was synthesized and characterized by X-ray structure analysis and magnetometry. The alternations of substituents on the H2L parent ligand resulted in the complexes with the g...

Tri- and hexa-cyanoethyl functionalized 17- () and 42-membered () macrocyclic compounds were obtained by [1 + 1] (for ) or [2 + 2] (for ) cyclocondensation of the corresponding dialdehyde and diethylenetriamine, followed by hydrogenation by KBH4 and subsequent cyano-functionalization with acrylonitrile. They react with silver nitrate, leading to the formation of [AgL(1)](NO3) () and of the meta...

The pentadentate N4S ligands, methyl ((2-(â-bis((3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)methyl)amino)ethyl)amino)cyclopent-1-ene1-dithiocarboxylate (Hmmecd) and its propyl homologue (Hmmpcd)1 with pendent pyrazolyl groups, offer interesting variations in their coordination behavior with the available metal ion types. With copper(II), zinc(II), and cobalt(II) ions, the ligands use all five potential donor sit...

Solvothermal reactions of elements Ge and Se with Ln(2)O(3) in a pentadentate polyamine, tetraethylenepentamine (tepa), produced novel neutral lanthanide-selenidogermanate polymers [{Ln(tepa)(μ-OH)}(2)(μ-Ge(2)Se(8))](n) (Ln = Eu 1, Gd 2, Dy 3). The reaction with Dy(2)O(3) in ethylenediamine (en) afforded an ionic selenidogermanate [{Dy(en)(3)}(2)(μ-OH)(2)]Ge(2)Se(6) (4). In compounds 1-3, the L...

A dimanganese(II) bis-aquo complex [Mn2(cmep)2(H2O)2](ClO4)2, (cmep = N-carboxymethylN’-methyl-N,N’-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-1,2-ethandiamine), catalyzes the oxidation of water by butylhydrogenperoxide (TBHP) to dioxygen with many turnovers and without degradation. O isotope labelling shows the reaction is highly specific: One oxygen atom in the product dioxygen is derived from water, the other is ...