Exchange coupling across the cyanide bridge in a series of novel cyanometalate complexes with CuII-NC-MIII (M = Cr and low-spin Mn, Fe) fragments has been studied using the broken-symmetry DFT approach and an empirical model, which allows us to relate the exchange coupling constant with sigma-, pi-, and pi*-type spin densities of the CN- bridging ligand. Ferromagnetic exchange is found to be do...

Copper and zinc play important roles in Alzheimer disease pathology with recent reports describing potential therapeutics based on modulation of metal bioavailability. We examined the ability of a range of metal bis(thiosemicarbazonato) complexes (MII(btsc), where M=CuII or ZnII) to increase intracellular metal levels in Chinese hamster ovary cells overexpressing amyloid precursor protein (APP-...

The present work is focused on the effect of water NH3 adsorption over Cu-CHA SCR catalysts. For this purpose, samples characterized by different SAR (SiO2/Al2O3) ratios and Cu loadings were studied under both dry wet conditions. H2O adversely affects Lewis acid sites (Cu ions) all tested catalysts, as indicated decreased desorption at low temperature during TPD. Interestingly, NH3/Cu ratio, he...

In the title Schiff base complex, [Ni(C(24)H(22)N(2)O(4))], the Ni(II) atom shows a square-planar geometry. The dihedral angles between the central benzene ring and the two outer rings are 4.79 (15) and 7.54 (15)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules are connected through inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bond, resulting in chains extending along the c axis. The crystal structure is further stabilized by i...

Schiff base denotes a reaction product of a primary amine and a carbonyl compound. Schiff bases possess a wide variety of biological activity specially antibacterial and antifungal properties. Metal complexes of Schiff base have been studied for their biological activities. This review articles provide a summary of medicinal chemistry features of Schiff base and various reports published on bio...

A family of terbium probes was synthesized and evaluated for the luminescence detection of copper and zinc in water at neutral pH. Each probe incorporates a terbium ion chelated by a macrocyclic polyaminocarboxylate and conjugated to either one, two, or three phenanthridine antennas via a diamine linker. All three probes, Tb-1Phen, Tb-2Phen, and Tb-3Phen, exhibit similar responses toward copper...

In the crystal of the title complex, [Cu(C7H6NO4S)2(C6H6N2O)2(H2O)], the CuII cation and the O atom of the coordinated water mol-ecule reside on a twofold rotation axis. The CuII ion is coordinated by two carboxyl-ate O atoms of the two symmetry-related 4-sulfamoylbenzoate (SB) anions and by two N atoms of the two symmetry-related nicotinamide (NA) mol-ecules at distances of 1.978 (2) and 2.025...

The cyclotriveratrylene-type ligands (±)-tris(iso-nicotinoyl)cyclotriguaiacylene L1 (±)-tris(4-pyridylmethyl)cyclotriguaiacylene L2 and (±)-tris{4-(4-pyridyl)benzyl}cyclotriguaiacylene L3 all feature 4-pyridyl donor groups and all form coordination polymers with CuI and/or CuII cations that show a remarkable range of framework topologies and structures. Complex [CuI4CuII1.5(L1)3(CN)6]·CN·n(DMF)...

A visual pigment is composed of retinal bound to its apoprotein by a protonated Schiff base linkage. Light isomerizes the chromophore and eventually causes the deprotonation of this Schiff base linkage at the meta II stage of the bleaching cycle. The meta II intermediate of the visual pigment is the active form of the pigment that binds to and activates the G protein transducin, starting the vi...

The tridentate Schiff base ligand of the title complex, [V(C(15)H(12)N(2)O(4))O(C(12)H(8)N(2))]·C(3)H(7)NO, was derived from the condensation of 2-hy-droxy-1-naphthaldehyde and l-asparagine. The central V(IV) atom is six-coordinated by one oxide O atom, two N atoms from 1,10-phenanthroline and one N atom and two O atoms from the Schiff base ligand in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. In the cry...