A new series of photo-luminescent Zn(II) and Mg(II) Schiff base complexes were prepared by treatment of the arylethynyl-substituted salicylaldehydes obtained from the Sonogashira reaction with the metal salt followed by addition of the different diamines. Most square-planar Zn(II) complexes exhibited good quantum efficiencies. The Mg(II) complexes displayed even higher quantum yields than the c...

A tetranuclear dysprosium Schiff base complex was isolated by reacting chloride with 2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde and 2-(aminomethyl)pyridine in-situ under basic conditions. The Dy(III) characterized elemental analyses, single crystal X-ray diffraction molecular spectroscopy. crystallizes in the triclinic space group P-1 unit cell parameters of a = 10.2003 (4), b 13.8602 (5), c 14.9542 (6), ...

A Schiff base was prepared from the interaction of ethanolic solutions of 2-hydroxy-1– naphthaldehyde and butylenediamine. The complexes were synthesized by refluxing the mixture of ethanolic solutions of the Schiff base and respective metal (II) chloride. Their solubility, melting point/decomposition temperature, molar conductance, elemental analysis and IR were carried out. The melting point ...

The vanadium(V) complexes have been investigated as potential anticancer agents which makes it essential to evaluate their toxicity for safe use in the clinic. large-scale synthesis and acute oral mice of oxidovanadium(V) Schiff base catecholate complex, abbreviated [VO(HSHED)dtb] containing a redox-active ligand with tridentate (HSHED = N-(salicylideneaminato)-N’-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1,2-ethylened...

Prostate cancer cells control energy metabolism by chelating intracellular zinc. Thus, zinc delivery has been a popular therapeutic approach for prostate cancer. Here, we propose the use of the membrane-penetrating peptide Novicidin connected to zinc-Schiff base as a carrier vehicle for the delivery of zinc to prostate cells. Mass spectrometry, electrochemistry and spectrophotometry confirmed t...