With the goal to study the mechanisms of dinuclear metalloenzymes, new synthetic and computational models for such proteins were prepared and studied. Multidentate ligands based on a central phenolate and with imidazoleand carboxylate-containing donor moieties were synthesized to simulate carboxylate-rich ligand environments. The two ligands that were found to be the most useful, were the symme...

new hetero-binuclear hg-cu schiff base complexes were prepared by reaction of 2,2'-[1,1'-(2,2-‎dimethylpropane-1,3-diyldinitrilo)-diethyldyne]diphenolato}copper(ii) (cul1) and 6,6'-x-2,2'-[(2,2-‎dimethylpropane-1,3-diyl)bis(nitrilomethanylylidene)]diphenolato copper(ii) [(x = ethoxy (cul2) and ‎methoxy (cul3)], with hgcl2 to give [cu(l1)hgcl2] (1), [cu(l2)hgcl2] (2), and [cu...

new hetero-binuclear hg-cu schiff base complexes were prepared by reaction of 2,2'-[1,1'-(2,2-‎dimethylpropane-1,3-diyldinitrilo)-diethyldyne]diphenolato}copper(ii) (cul1) and 6,6'-x-2,2'-[(2,2-‎dimethylpropane-1,3-diyl)bis(nitrilomethanylylidene)]diphenolato copper(ii) [(x = ethoxy (cul2) and ‎methoxy (cul3)], with hgcl2 to give [cu(l1)hgcl2] (1), [cu(l2)hgcl2] (2), and [cu(l3)hgcl2] (3), ‎res...

The preparation and characterization of a series of 8-hydroxyquinoline ligands and their complexes with Ti(IV), Al(III) and Zn(II) centres is presented. The complexes are characterized using NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis and, in some cases, by single crystal X-ray diffraction experiments. The complexes are compared as initiators for the ring-opening polymerization of racemic-lactide; all...

Unspecified DOI: 10.1021/ja993704l Posted at the Zurich Open Repository and Archive, University of Zurich ZORA URL: http://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-65632 Submitted Version Originally published at: Kaminskaia, N V; Spingler, Bernhard; Lippard, S J (2000). Hydrolysis of beta-lactam antibiotics catalyzed by dinuclear zinc(II) complexes: Functional mimics of metallo-beta-lactamases. Journal of the Ameri...

Three different tetraazamacrocyclic ligands containing four amide substituents that feature groups (namely allyl, styryl and propargyl groups) suitable for polymerisation have been synthesised. Gadolinium(III) complexes of these three ligands have been prepared as potential monomers for the synthesis of polymeric MRI contrast agents. To assess the potential of these monomers as MRI contrast age...

A highly isotactic stereoblock PLA has been obtained using the achiral heteroscorpionate zwitterionic zinc complexes as catalysts, for the first time, via a chain-end control mechanism.

The synthesis and X-ray crystal structures of copper(II) nitrate, copper(I) iodide and zinc(II) bromide complexes of the chiral ligand 2 are described.

Asymmetric amplification in the copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and carbon dioxide was demonstrated using chiral zinc complexes, prepared from diethylzinc, diphenyl(pyrrolidin-2-yl)methanol, and ethanol.

New metalloporphyrins bearing one or two aryl-aza-crown ether moieties at meso-positions have been synthesized using a palladium catalyzed amination reaction and fully characterized by spectral techniques. X-Ray structural data have been presented for the zinc and copper complexes of mono-substituted aza-crown ether appended metalloporphyrins. UV-Vis and (1)H NMR spectroscopic studies showed th...