Two polypyridyl copper(II) complexes, [Cu(phen)(phen-dione)Cl]Cl (1) and [Cu(bpy) (phen-dione)Cl]Cl (2), (where Phen =1,10-phenanthroline, bpy =2,2'-bipyridine and Phen-dione = 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione), were used as efficient catalysts for the oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde. The effects of various parameters such as reaction temperature, reaction time, etc. were studied. The ...

Incorporation of biquinoline ligands into Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes produces light-activated systems that eject a ligand and photobind DNA after irradiation with visible and near-IR light. Structural analysis shows that distortion facilitates the photochemistry, and gel shift and cytotoxicity studies prove the compounds act as anti-cancer photodynamic therapy (PDT) agents in the tissue penet...

A synthetic route with two consecutive coordination chemistry steps on a solid support affords tris-heteroleptic ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes with high purity and in good yields. As an application we report the identification of a nanomolar acetylcholinesterase inhibitor from a small ruthenium complex library synthesized on Lanterns.

Polypyridyl complexes of Ru(II) and Ir(III) incorporating a boronic acid substituent undergo cross-coupling with bromo-substituted complexes, and a sequential coupling-bromination-coupling strategy permits the controlled synthesis of a luminescent Y-shaped heterometallic assembly, in which efficient energy transfer to the terminus occurs.

Artificial photosynthesis: A novel amphiphilic cobalt(II) polypyridyl complex (CoC12) and an ruthenium photosensitiser (RuC12) were immobilised on liposomes to perform photocatalytic H2 generation in the presence of ascorbate (Hasc?) tris-2-carboxyethylphosphine hydrochloride (TCEP) as sacrificial electron donors. In such conditions, CoC12 was found be photostable, while optimised turnover numb...

Rates of electrocatalytic water oxidation to oxygen by Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes are enhanced by added NaCl. Observations based on the single-site catalyst [Ru(II)(Mebimpy)(bpy)(OH2)](2+) (Mebimpy is 2,6-bis(1-methylbenzimidazol-2-yl)pyridine; bpy is 2,2'-bipyridine) at pH 7.0 in a phosphate buffer suggest a mechanism involving initial oxidation of the catalyst to Ru(V)(O)(3+) followed by Cl...

A systematic approach to the deuteriation of polypyridyl type ligands is reported. A range of isotopologues of heteroaromatic compounds containing pyrazyl, pyridyl, 1,2,4-triazole, thienyl, methyl, and phenyl moieties, have been prepared in a cost-effective manner, using a range of methods based on subcritical aqueous media. Selectively and fully deuteriated ligands are characterized by mass sp...

A new synthetic procedure for the efficient preparation of dinuclear ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes is reported. The compounds synthesized are [(bpy)2Ru(BPBT)Ru(bpy)2](PF6)2 and [(bpy)2Ru(BPZBT)Ru(bpy)2](PF6)2. (bpy = 2,2’bipyridine; H2BPBT = 5,5’-bis(pyridin-2-yl)-3,3’-bis(1,2,4-triazole); H2BPZBT = 5,5’bis(pyrazin-2-yl)-3,3’-bis(1,2,4-triazole). Electrochemical experiments show that the ...

A series of polypyridyl ruthenium(II) complexes has been synthesized and characterized by 1H-NMR, electronic absorption voltammetric techniques. Among this series, hexafluorophosphate salts eight were newly prepared. Due to the well-known ability class compounds assist electro- photocatalytic reductive processes (such as reduction CO2, H+ NAD(P)+ models), particular attention paid investigate n...