Macromolecular gadolinium (Gd)(III) complexes have a prolonged blood circulation time and can preferentially accumulate in solid tumors, depending on the tumor blood vessel hyperpermeability, resulting in superior contrast enhancement in magnetic resonance (MR) cardiovascular imaging and cancer imaging as shown in animal models. Unfortunately, safety concerns related to these agents' slow elimi...

Four new complexes of the type [LCo ((DO)(DOH) pn) Cl] PF , where (DO) (DOH) pn = N , N '- propanediylbis (2, 3-butanedione2-imine3-oxirne)a nd L =morpholine (mrpln) (I), benzylamine (bzlan) (II), piperidine (pprdn)(III) and pyrrolidine (prldn) (IV) have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses and spectroscopic methods. Approximate values of the angular-overlap parameter, ?, ...

Bismuth vanadate (BiVO(4)), which is a visible-light responsive heterogeneous photocatalyst, was combined with homogeneous ruthenium complexes to increase the overall photocatalytic reactivity for water oxidation with a one-electron oxidant, [Co(III)(NH(3))(5)Cl](2+). Photoinduced electron transfer from the excited state of ruthenium(II) complexes to [Co(III)(NH(3))(5)Cl](2+) affords ruthenium(...

Surprising silver: The binary silver(I) halides, AgX, are well-known chemical species. In contrast, the only halide of silver(III) currently known is fluoride AgF3. CF3 group provides a suitable frame to stabilise compounds with every halogen; these have been isolated and thoroughly characterised. Multistage unimolecular fragmentation experiments demonstrate that Ag−X bond surprisingly robust. ...

The synthesis and photophysical characterization of a new family of luminescent water-soluble ionic iridium(iii) complexes of the general formula [(ppy)2Ir(bpy)]X are reported. The Ir(iii) complexes incorporate a cyclometalated 2-phenylpyridine (ppy), the ancillary ligand 2,2'-bipyridyl (bpy) and different counterions (X- = EtO-, OH-, EtOCH2CO2-, MeOCH2CO2-). These complexes were obtained start...