Three thioether bridged diimidazolium dibromides with different steric and electronic properties have been synthesized as precursors to carbene-based CSC pincer ligands. Palladation afforded CSC Pd(II) pincer complexes for bulky and electron rich ligand systems, whereas the least donating ligand led to the formation of a pseudo-pincer complex. All complexes have been fully characterized by mult...

A series of luminescent fac-[Re(CO)3(L)(NN)](+) complexes, where L is a pyridine or an imidazole and NN is the 1,10-phenanthroline subunit of mixed donor pentadentate thioether crowns have been synthesised and their luminescence properties have been analysed. Then, heterometallic Re(i)/Au(i) complexes, with the Au(i) fragment bonded directly to the imidazole ligand, and heterometallic Re(i)/Ag(...

Chiral 1,4-diphenylphosphines 5-7 as well as thioether 8 were synthesized from tartrates employing Ley's "BDA" and "Dispoke" methodologies as the key step. Rhodium(I) complexes with 5-7 are efficient catalysts for the asymmetric hydrogenation of beta-substituted enamides and MOM-protected beta-hydroxyl enamides, which furnished chiral amines or beta-amino alcohols with 94-->99% ee. These result...

Cysteine plays a key role as a metal ligand in metalloproteins. In all well-recognized cases, however, it is the anionic cysteinate that coordinates. Several cysteinate-ligated heme proteins are known, but some fail to retain thiolate ligation in the ferrous state, possibly following protonation to form neutral cysteine. Ligation by cysteine thiol in ferrous heme proteins has not been documente...

A simple method for synthesizing diphosphine monosulfide species was developed utilizing lithium sulfide and chlorophosphine starting materials. This afforded 1,1,2,2-tetraphenyldiphosphine monosulfide (1), as well as 1,1,2,2-tetracyclohexyldiphosphine monosulfide (2), which could be used as convenient ligand precursors. Upon addition of 1 or 2 to the ruthenium compound Ru(C5Me5)(cod)Cl, the di...

(103)Rhodium(III) complexes derived from seven acyclic tetradentate N(2)S(2) ligands (one diaminedithiol and six diaminedithioether ligands) have been synthesized and characterized. Structural variations in the ligand include the length of carbon backbone between the coordinating atoms (222; 232; 323; 333), the presence or absence of gem-dimethyl groups α to sulfur, and the nature of the organi...

At present, thiol ligands are generally used whenever the classical Brust-Schiffrin two-phase method is employed to prepare metal nanoparticles. In general, the previous research was mainly focused on utilizing small molecular thiol compounds or thiol polymers as the stabilizers in organic phase to obtain small sized and uniform gold nanoparticles (Au NPs). Such preparations are usually associa...

Light-activated ruthenium polypyridyl anticancer prodrugs often suffer from poor water solubility, poor selectivity, and/or ill-defined intracellular targets. Coordination of the d- or l-glucose thioether ligand 3 (2-(2-(2-(methylthio)ethoxy)ethoxy)ethyl-β-glucopyranoside) to the highly lipophilic ruthenium complex [Ru(tpy)(dppn)(H2 O)]2+ ([1]2+ ; dppn=benzo[i]dipyrido-[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine,...

Complexes [RhCl(diene)(P,SR)] with chiral ferrocenyl phosphine-thioethers ligands (diene = norbornadiene, NBD, 1(R), or 1,5-cyclooctadiene, COD, 3(R); P,SR = CpFe(1,2-η(5)-C(5)H(3)(PPh(2))(CH(2)SR); R = tBu, Ph, Bz, Et) and the corresponding [Rh(diene)(P,SR)][BF(4)] (diene = NBD, 2(R); COD, 4(R)) have been synthesized from [RhCl(diene)](2) and the appropriate P,SR ligand. The molecular structur...

Mixed-Ligand Complexes, Stacking Interactions, 2,2'-Bipyridyl, 3-Phenylpropionate, Carboxymethyl Aryl Sulfides The stability constants of ternary Cu2+ and Zn2+ complexes, each of which contains 2,2'-bipyridyl and a carboxymethyl aryl sulfide, were determined in 50% aqueous dioxane. A comparison of the stability of these ternary complexes with those formed with simple carboxylates demonstrates a...