cis-[Ru(2,9-Me(2)phen)(2)(OH(2))(2)](2+) reacts readily with chlorite at room temperature at pH 4.9 and 6.8. The ruthenium(II) complex can catalyze the disproportionation of chlorite to chlorate and chloride, the oxidation of chlorite to chlorine dioxide, as well as the oxidation of alcohols by chlorite.

Treatment of the pentamethylcyclopentadienylruthenium chloride tetramer [Cp*RuCl]4 with bis(dimethylphosphino)methane (dmpm) in tetrahydrofuran affords three ruthenium(II) phosphine complexes, Cp*Ru(dmpm)Cl, [Cp*Ru(dmpm)(η1-dmpm)]Cl, and Cp*2Ru2(μ-dmpm)2Cl2. Similar treatment of [Cp*RuCl]4 with bis(diphenylphosphino)methane (dppm) in tetrahydrofuran or diethyl ether affords the dinuclear specie...

Luminescent ruthenium(II)-cyanide complex with N-heterocyclic carbene pincer ligand C(∧)N(∧)C = 2,6-bis(1-butylimidazol-2-ylidene)pyridine and 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) shows minimal cytotoxicity to both human breast carcinoma cell (MCF-7) and human retinal pigmented epithelium cell (RPE) in a wide range of concentration (0.1-500 μM), and can be used for the luminescent imaging of endocytosis of th...

The understanding of photoinduced ligand exchange mechanisms in polypyridyl ruthenium(II) complexes operating aqueous solution is crucial importance to rationalize their photoreactivity. Herein, we demonstrate that a synergetic use ab initio molecular dynamics simulations and static calculations, both conducted at the DFT level, can provide full photosubstitution monodentate by solvent water mo...

lambda-Tris(3,4,7,8-tetramethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)ruthenium(II) [lambda-Ru(TMP)2+3] was found to be a distinctive molecular tool to examine the local variations in conformation along the strand. The metal complex binds cooperatively to A-form helices of various base sequences under conditions where little or no binding was found to analogous B-form DNAs. Photoactivated DNA cleavage may be cou...

In the title Ru(II) complex, [RuCl(2)(C(8)H(12))(C(2)H(3)N)(2)]·CH(3)CN, the metal ion is coordinated to the centers of each of the double bonds of the cyclo-octa-diene ligand, to two chloride ions (in cis positions) and to two N-atom donors (from MeCN mol-ecules) that complete the coordination sphere for the neutral complex. The coordination about the Ru(II) atom can thus be considered to be o...

Stoichiometry and stability of antitumor ruthenium(II)-η-p-cymene complexes of picolinic acid and its 6-methyl and 6-carboxylic acid derivatives were determined by pHpotentiometry, H NMR spectroscopy and UV/Vis spectrophotometry in aqueous solution in the presence or absence of coordinating chloride ions. The picolinates form exclusively monoligand complexes in which they can coordinate via the...

A novel spectrophotometric method for the estimation of carbon monoxide at levels from 2 to 250 ppm is presented. The method is empirical and based on formation of a carbonyl complex of ruthenium(II) octaethylporphyrin and measurement of the difference in absorbance at 393.5 nm between this complex and the porphyrin reagent. Oxygen and nitrogen do not interfere and up to 300 ppm of sulphur diox...