New platinum(II) complexes [PtCl(O,O'-acac)(L)] (1) and [Pt(O,O'-acac)(γ-acac)(L)] (2) (L = DMSO, a; DMS, b) containing a single chelated (O,O'-acac) (1), or one chelated and one σ-bonded (γ-acac) acetylacetonate (2) have been synthesized. The new Pt(II) complexes exhibited high in vitro cytotoxicity on cisplatin sensitive and resistant cell lines and showed negligible reactivity with nucleobas...

Um eletrodo na forma de fio modificado com acetilacetonato de zinco(II) como agente ionóforo, mostrou um comportamento de íon-seletivo exibindo uma resposta linear Nernstiana com uma inclinação igual a –59.6 ± 1.0 mV/década para uma ampla faixa de concentração (1.0 × 10-1.0 × 10 mol L). O eletrodo apresentou um limite de detecção igual a 5.0 × 10 mol L e tempo de resposta entre 5 a 10 s para at...

A series of M2W2(O)2(acac)2(OMe)10 [M = Co (1), Ni(2), Mg (3), Zn (4)] have been synthesised and structurally characterised by X-ray crystallography. All the compounds share common structural features which are identical to the analogous molybdenum species, with four edge-sharing octahedra situated in the same plane, and incorporating two 3-bridging and four 2-bridging methoxide groups. The d...

The crystallization of [Mn(acac)(2)(H(2)O)(2)](+) from solutions containing excess nitrate leads to the formation of four polymorphs. All polymorphs contain two different types of complex ions, one containing essentially coplanar acac ligands and the other in which the two acac ligands together assume a chair conformation. Molecular modelling using DFT (density-functional theory) calculations s...

A novel class of derivatized acetylacetonate (acac) linkers for robust functionalization of TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) under aqueous and oxidative conditions is reported. The resulting surface adsorbate anchors are particularly relevant to engineering photocatalytic and photovoltaic devices since they can be applied to attach a broad range of photosensitizers and photocatalytic complexes and are ...

Biodegradable crosslinked polyurethane (cPU) was synthesized using polyethylene glycol (PEG), L-lactide (L-LA), and hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI), with iron acetylacetonate (Fe(acac)3) as the catalyst and PEG as the extender. Chemical components of the obtained polymers were characterized by FTIR spectroscopy, (1)H NMR spectra, and Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC). The thermodynamic prope...

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted tremendous attentions due to its high performance and rapid efficiency promotion. Compact layer plays a crucial role in transferring electrons and blocking charge recombination between the perovskite layer and fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) in PSCs. In this study, compact TiO2 layers were synthesized by spin-coating method with three different titani...

The reaction of Mn(X)(CO)5 (X = Cl, Br, I) with 2 equivalents of tri(1-cyclohepta-2,4,6trienyl)phosphane, P(C7H7)3 ((1); [P] if coordinated to a metal) led stepwise first to cis{Mn(X)(CO)4[P]} (X = Cl (4a), Br (4b), I (4c)) and then to mer,trans-{Mn(X)(CO)3[P]2} (X = Cl (5a), Br (5b), I (5c)). Nucleophilic displacement of the bromo ligand from (5b) by one-, threeor five-electron ligands gave th...

A family of supported bimetallic samples was prepared by the reactions of Rh(C2H4)(acac) (acac = acetylacetonate) and Os3(CO)12 with MgO. The samples were characterized by infrared and extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopies, before and after various treatments with hydrogen at temperatures up to 393 K. The spectra identify the following combinations of supported species: (a) [O...

We report a general approach to NiAu alloy nanoparticles (NPs) by co-reduction of Ni(acac)2 (acac = acetylacetonate) and HAuCl4·3H2O at 220 °C in the presence of oleylamine and oleic acid. Subject to potential cycling between 0.6 and 1.0 V (vs reversible hydrogen electrode) in 0.5 M H2SO4, the NiAu NPs are transformed into core/shell NiAu/Au NPs that show much enhanced catalysis for hydrogen ev...