This study deals with the synthesis and evaluation of salen based derivatives as fire retardants in thermoplastic polyurethane. Salens, hydroxysalens and their first row transition metal complexes (salen-M) were synthesized (Copper, Manganese, Nickel and Zinc). They were then incorporated in thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) with a loading as low as 10:1 weight ratio. The thermal stability as we...

Manganese-salen complexes (Mn-Salen), including EUK-8 [manganese N,N'-bis(salicylidene)ethylenediamine chloride] and EUK-134 [manganese 3-methoxy N,N'-bis(salicylidene)ethylenediamine chloride], have been reported to possess combined superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase mimetic functions. Because of this SOD/catalase mimicry, EUK-8 and EUK-134 have been investigated as possible therapeutic a...

The theoretical study of Mn(salen) catalysts has been traditionally performed under the assumption that Mn(acacen') (acacen' = 3,3'-(ethane-1,2-diylbis(azanylylidene))bis(prop-1-en-olate)) is an appropriate surrogate for the larger Mn(salen) complexes. In this work, the geometry and the electronic structure of several Mn(salen) and Mn(acacen') model complexes were studied using Density Function...

The synthesis of the polyaromatic aldehyde 1-hydroxybenz[a]anthracene-2-carboxaldehyde is reported via a seven step protocol from 9,10-dihydroanthracene, with an overall yield of 30%. Two equivalents of the aldehyde are condensed with (R)-1,1'-binaphthyl-2,2'-diamine to produce a new binaphthyl-salen ligand, which is subsequently complexed to iron(II) and zinc(II) ions. The ligand and complexes...

We have successfully prepared an unsymmetrical analogue of a Katsuki-type salen ligand having a hydroxyalkyl group at the 6-position of just one of the binaphthyl units in the ligand, and also several Mn(III) complexes; these complexes have been attached to a polymer by an ester link and such polymer catalysts have been shown to be highly enantioselective and recoverable catalysts for the epoxi...

Alkane functionalization using safe and low-energy processes is of great interest to industry academia. Aiming contribute the process saturated hydrocarbon functionalization, we have studied a set three manganese(III) complexes as catalysts for promoting oxidation hydrocarbons (cyclohexane methylcyclohexane) in presence hydrogen peroxide or trichloroisocyanuric acid (TCCA). The mononuclear comp...

Salen Mn complexes, including EUK-134, EUK-189 and a cyclized analog EUK-207, are synthetic superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase mimetics that are beneficial in many models of oxidative stress. Though not designed to target the mitochondria, salen Mn complexes show "mito-protective" activity, that is, an ability to attenuate mitochondrial injury, in various experimental systems. Treatment wi...

1, 8-dioxo-octahydroxanthene derivatives have efficiently been synthesized from dimedone and aromatic aldehydes using [fe(iii)(salen)cl] complex as an efficient and homogeneous catalyst in molten tetrabutyl ammonium bromide. this methodology offers several advantages, such as good yields, short reaction times, simple procedure, and mild conditions.