We report protein surface binding of dendritic ruthenium(ii) tris(bipyiridine) complexes to alpha-chymotrypsin, resulting in a 1 : 1 and 1 : 2 protein complex formation as well as inhibition of the enzyme activity.

The fluorinated dendritic chiral mono-N-tosylated 1,2-diphenylethlenediamine, FTsDPEN, has been synthesized and applied in the ruthenium(ii) complex-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of prochiral ketones in aqueous media.

A first investigation into the application of a luminescent osmium(ii) bipyridine complex to live cell imaging is presented. Osmium(ii) (bis-2,2-bipyridyl)-2(4-carboxylphenyl) imidazo[4,5f][1,10]phenanthroline was prepared and conjugated to octaarginine, a cell penetrating peptide. The photophysics, cell uptake and cytotoxicity of this osmium complex conjugate were performed and compared with i...

A binuclear ruthenium(II) dimer (BiRD) bridged by an alkene linker was synthesized that was labile to reactive oxygen species generated by another photosensitizer. Compared to the monomeric Ru(II) complex, the BiRD had attenuated fluorescence and singlet oxygen production which could be restored by a longer-wavelength photosensitizer. This two-step amplification strategy demonstrates proof-of-p...

The photocatalytic formation of a non-heme oxoiron(IV) complex, [(N4Py)Fe(IV)(O)](2+) [N4Py = N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-N-bis(2-pyridyl)methylamine], efficiently proceeds via electron transfer from the excited state of a ruthenium complex, [Ru(II)(bpy)(3)](2+)* (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) to [Co(III)(NH(3))(5)Cl](2+) and stepwise electron-transfer oxidation of [(N4Py)Fe(II)](2+) with 2 equiv of [Ru(...

To develop a fluorescent ruthenium complex for biosensing, we synthesized a novel sulfhydryl-reactive compound, 4-bromophenanthroline bis-2,2'-dipyridine Ruthenium bis (hexafluorophosphate). The synthesized Ru(II) complex was crosslinked with thiol-modified protein G to form a universal reagent for fluorescent immunoassays. The resulting Ru(II)-protein G conjugates were identified by sodium dod...

A series of bimetallic N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ruthenium(II) complexes were synthesized, which comprise two [RuCl(2)(cymene)(NHC)] units that are interlinked via the NHC nitrogens by alkyl chains of different length. Electrochemical characterization revealed two mutually dependent oxidation processes for the complex with a methylene linker, indicating moderate intramolecular electronic cou...

A new tert-butanol solvate of [{((i)PrC(6)H(4)Me)RuCl}(2){μ-2,5-pyz(COO)(2)}] (pyz = pyrazine) has been crystallized and structurally characterized. The solvate, [Ru(2)(C(10)H(14))(2)(C(6)H(2)N(2)O(4))Cl(2)]·2C(4)H(10)O, contains one half-mol-ecule of the ruthenium(II) complex and one mol-ecule of tert-butanol in the asymmetric unit. The complex mol-ecule lies on an inversion centre with the tw...

Two ruthenium carbonyl complexes with the 4'-chloro-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine ligand (tpy-Cl, C15H10ClN3), i.e. [RuCl(tpy-Cl)(CO)2][RuCl3(CO)3] (I) [systematic name: cis-di-carbonyl-chlorido(4'-chloro-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine-κ3N)ruthenium(II) fac-tricarbonyltri-chlorido-ruthenate(II)], and [RuCl2(tpy-Cl)(CO)2] (II) [cis-dicarbonyl-trans-di-chlorido(4'-chloro-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine-κ2N1,N1')ruthe...