We propose new methodologies for stabilizing all-metal antiaromatic clusters like: Al4Li4. We demonstrate that these all-metal species can be stabilized by complexation with 3d-transition metals very similar to its organic counterpart, C4H4. Complexation to transition metal ions reduce the frontier orbital energies and introduces aromaticity. We consider a series of such complexes [η4(Al4Li4)-F...

The crystal structures for metal-oxicam compounds published since the year 2000 are listed and commented in this review. The structural properties are interpreted in order to look for characteristics that might be significant for possible biological activities, for innovative strategies aimed to administering the metal based drugs in vivo. The relevant biological studies are also listed and com...

Kinetically inert metal complexes have arisen as promising alternatives to existing platinum and ruthenium chemotherapeutics. Reported herein, to our knowledge, is the first example of a substitutionally inert, Group 9 organometallic compound as a direct inhibitor of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) dimerization. From a series of cyclometalated rhodium(III) and iridium...

Organometallic complexes have unique physico-chemical properties, which have been widely used in homogenous catalysis, for example, for the synthesis of lead compounds and drug candidates. Over the past two decades, a few scientists from all over the world have extended the use of the specific characteristics of these compounds (e.g. structural diversity, possibility of ligand exchange, redox a...

Coordination polymer (CP) formation is an unexplored area in weak-interaction chemistry due to the difficulty of monitoring the coordination process. By using cold-spray ionization mass spectrometry (CSI-MS), several kinds of coordination compounds were detected when CuI metal and the 4,7-phenanthroline organic bridged ligand were mixed in solution. The observed ion peaks could be reasonably ...

Structural modification of the aromatic fragment significantly affects Cu(i) coordination compounds’ architectures and photophysical properties.

The reactions o f M n(CF3COO)2 (1) with N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (tmen), 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy) and triethanolamine (tea) yield three new mononuclear coordination compounds: rra«5-[Mn(tmen)2(CF3COO)2] (2), cw-[Mn(bipy)2(C F3COO)2] (3), and [Mn(tea)2](CF3COO)2 (4). The X-ray structures o f the compounds 2, 3, and 4 are described. The seven-coordination o f the manganese(II) ion in 4,...

Novel copper(II) coordination compounds with chiral macrocyclic imine ligands derived from R-/S-camphor were asymmetrically synthesized and characterized with the aid of chiroptical spectroscopies. Crystal structures of both enantiomers were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Circular dichroism (CD) spectra were analyzed using a simplified exciton model as well as quantum ...