We have recently demonstrated that complexation with (η(6)-arene)Ru(II) fragments confers 4-anilinoquinazoline pharmacophores a higher potential for inducing cellular apoptosis while preserving the highly inhibitory activity of 4-anilinoquinazolines against EGFR and the reactivity of the ruthenium centre to 9-ethylguanine (Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 10224-10226). Reported herein are the synthesis...

Heterobimetallic complexes in which half-sandwich complexes of ruthenium(), rhodium() and iridium() are connected by three bromo-bridges to Re(CO)3 have been prepared from metathesis reactions of [RuBr(μ-Br)(arene)]2 (arene = C6H6, C6H3Et3-1,3,5 or p-cymene) or [MBr(μ-Br)Cp*]2 (M = Rh or Ir) with [Re(μ-Br)(CO)3(C4H8O)]2. The crystal structures of [(arene)Ru(μ-Br)3Re(CO)3] (arene = C6H6 ...

We have synthesized a pillar[6]arene in high yield and a co-pillar[6]arene using chlorocyclohexane as a solvent.

In the title compound, C(90)H(120)O(18)·2CH(3)CN, the calix[6]arene has a 1,2,3-alternate conformation and possesses inversion symmetry. It crystallizes as an acetonitrile disolvate, with a half-mol-ecule of calix[6]arene and one mol-ecule of solvent in the asymmetric unit. In the crystal, the two solvent mol-ecules are enclosed in voids between the calix[6]arene mol-ecules. They form weak C-H⋯...

The first synthesis of a monohydroxy pillar[5]arene has been carried out, by controlling the de-O-methylation of per-methylated pillar[5]arene. Using monohydroxy pillar[5]arene as an intermediate, mono-guest-functionalized pillar[5]arene was prepared. It formed a self-inclusion complex in CDCl(3) whereas in acetone-d(6) dethreading of the guest moiety took place.

Interactions between three hexacationic arene ruthenium metallaprisms, [(p-cymene)6Ru6(tpt)2(dhnq)3](6+), [(p-cymene)6Ru6(tpt)2(dhbq)3](6+) and [(p-cymene)6Ru6(tpt)2(oxa)3](6+), and a series of human proteins including human serum albumin, transferrin, cytochrome c, myoglobin and ubiquitin have been studied using NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and circular dichroism spectroscopy. All data ...

This study reveals the intriguing modulations in the photophysics of quinizarin (QZ) on its interaction with p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene (SCX4) and p-sulfonatocalix[6]arene (SCX6) hosts. While the SCX6-QZ system shows the usual reduction in both fluorescence intensity and lifetime, the SCX4-QZ system shows a contrasting effect of enhancement in the fluorescence intensity and reduction in the fluor...

quantum chemical calculations, based on density functional theory (dft) method, were performed on calix[4]arene and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (pcdds) in gas and liquid phases for comparison purposes. the simulation results show the 1,2,3,4, 6,7,8,9-octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (ocdd) is quite a reactive dioxin. this paper attempts to examine the possibility of dioxin adsorption by calix[n...