Ferrocenyl-β-diketone ligands have been synthesised by the reaction of (ferrocenyl methyl) trimethyl ammonium iodide (FcCH2N Me3I ), where Fc=C5H5FeC5H4 – with sodium salt of -β-diketone [Na+CH-(COR1) (COR2), where R1= R2=CH 3, R1= CH 3 , R2=Ph, R1= R2=CMe 3 ]. The formula of the ligands (1-3) are FcCH 2 CH(COCH 3 )(COCH 3 ), FcCH 2 CH(COCH 3 )(COPh) and FcCH 2 CH(COCMe 3 ) 2 respectively. The ...

Multiple-stranded helicates are of interest in respect of their simplicity in geometry and significance in biology and materials. Bis-β-diketones have shown their advantage in terms of structure and geometry in the construction of multiple-stranded helicates, but further studies on their properties are limited due to their poor crystallization. In this study, solvents are found to play a decisi...

In order to study the effect of halogen bond on tautomerism in β-diketones solid-state, we have prepared a series cocrystals derived from an asymmetric β-diketone, benzoyl-4-pyridoylmethane (b4pm), as acceptor and perfluorinated iodobenzenes: iodopentaflourobenzene (ipfb), 1,2-, 1,3- 1,4-diiodotetraflorobenzene (12tfib, 13tfib 14tfib) 1,3,5-triiodo-2,4,6-trifluorobenzene (135titfb). All five ar...

A plant cuticle forms a hydrophobic layer covering plant organs, and plays an important role in plant development and protection from environmental stresses. We examined epicuticular structure, composition, and a MYB-based regulatory network in two Australian wheat cultivars, RAC875 and Kukri, with contrasting cuticle appearance (glaucousness) and drought tolerance. Metabolomics and microscopic...

We report a combined solid-state (1H, 2H, 13C, 17O) NMR and plane-wave density functional theory (DFT) computational study of the O···H···O low-barrier hydrogen bonds (LBHBs) in two 1,3-diketone compounds: dibenzoylmethane (1) and curcumin (2). In the solid state, both 1 and 2 exist in the cis-keto-enol tautomeric form, each exhibiting an intramolecular LBHB with a short O···O distance (2.435 Å...