A new dinuclear copper complex and several Cu-amino acid complexes inhibit protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B competitively at submicromolar levels, suggesting that copper complexes may interfere with cellular signaling pathways by inhibiting protein tyrosine phosphatases.

A series of mono- and dinuclear alkynylplatinum(II) terpyridine complexes containing the hydrophilic oligo(para-phenylene ethynylene) with two 3,6,9-trioxadec-1-yloxy chains was designed and synthesized. The mononuclear alkynylplatinum(II) terpyridine complex was found to display a very strong tendency toward the formation of supramolecular structures. Interestingly, additional end-capping with...

The B- to Z-DNA transition was very efficiently induced by dinuclear nickel and copper complexes based on the 1,3-bis(1,5,9-triazacyclododecyl) propane ligand but not by the corresponding mononuclear complexes. This dramatically different behaviour is explained by the formation of a macrochelate of the dinuclear complexes to the DNA.

Oxidation of acyclic Schiff-base dipyrromethanes cleanly results in dipyrrins, whereas the macrocyclic 'Pacman' analogues either decompose or form new dinuclear copper(ii) complexes that are inert to ligand oxidation; the unhindered hydrogen substituent at the meso-carbon allows new structural motifs to form.

The copper-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of an azide to a terminal alkyne (CuAAC) is one of the most popular chemical transformations, with applications ranging from material to life sciences. However, despite many mechanistic studies, direct observation of key components of the catalytic cycle is still missing. Initially, mononuclear species were thought to be the active catalysts, but l...

The title compounds, μ-oxalato-κ(4) O (1),O (2):O (1'),O (2')-bis-[[4-(2-amino-eth-yl)-1H-imid-azole-κ(2) N (3),N (4)](azido-κN (1))copper(II)], [Cu2(C2O4)(N3)2(C5H9N3)2], (I), and μ-ox-al-ato-κ(4) O (1),O (2):O (1'),O (2')-bis-[[4-(2-amino-eth-yl)-1H-imidazole-κ(2) N (3),N (4)](dicyanamido-κN (1))copper(II)], [Cu2(C2O4)(C2N3)2(C5H9N3)2], (II), are two oxalate-bridged dinuclear copper complexes...

Mixed ligand copper(II) complexes containing derivatives of salicylic acid and heterocyclic ligands with nitrogen donor atoms have been the subject of various studies and reviews. In this paper, synthesis and characterization of the ternary copper(II) complexes of neocuproine (2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline, Neo) and salicylate ligands (Sal) are reported. In addition, the crystal structures o...

The ability of mononucleating and dinucleating macrocylic polyamines and their novel nickel, copper and zinc complexes to induce the left-handed form of poly d(GC) was evaluated. The influence of the nuclearity, the presence or absence of metals ions, the linker length in the case of dinucleating ligands and the metal ion was determined. Almost all dinuclear metal complexes efficiently induced ...

The copper(I) complexes of diphenylglycoluril basket receptors and , appended with bis(2-ethylpyridine)amine (PY2) and tris(2-methylpyridine)amine (TPA), respectively, and their dioxygen adducts were studied with low-temperature UV-vis and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The copper(I) complex of, [.Cu(I)2] or, forms a micro-eta2:eta2 dioxygen complex, whereas the copper(I) complex of, [.Cu...

The copper(I) complexes of diphenylglycoluril basket receptors 1 and 2, appended with bis(2-ethylpyridine)amine (PY2) and tris(2-methylpyridine)amine (TPA), respectively, and their dioxygen adducts were studied with low temperature UV-vis and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The copper(I) complex of 1, [1-Cu(I)2] or 1a, forms a ^-n2:^2 dioxygen complex, whereas the copper(I) complex of 2, [...