We report the synthesis and reactivity of 1,2,3-triazolin-5-imine type mesoionic imines (MIIs). The MIIs are accessible by a base-mediated cycloaddition between substituted acetonitrile an aromatic azide, methylation established routes subsequent deprotonation. C=O-stretching frequencies in MII-CO2 Rh(CO)2Cl complexes were used to determine overall donor strength. stronger donors than N-heteroc...

In numerous reports on selective solid-phase extraction (SPE) of uranium, the extraction of uranium is generally accepted as a direct coordination of the ligands on the solid matrix with the uranyl, in which the critical effect of the hydration shell on the uranyl is neglected. The related mechanism in the extraction process remains unclear. Herein, the detailed calculation of activation energy...

In the next two decades, the world is expected to see around 20 million cases of cancer. Moreover, the types of cancer will vary considerably from country to other. Therefore, all efforts will be needed to face such a vast diversity of problems. With current annual sales of about $500 millions, the platinum(II) complex known as cisplatin [cis-(NH3)2PtCl2] is still one of the most effective drug...

A series of mixed alkoxyalkoxo chloro complexes of vanadium(V), [VOCl2(OCH2CH2OR)]2 (R = Me, Et, iPr, Bz), [VOCl2(OCMe2CH2OMe)]2 and [VOCl2(OCH2(cyclo-C4H7O)]2, were synthesised and characterised. The title compounds can be obtained either from VOCl3 and the alkoxyalcohols by HCl elimination or from the corresponding lithium alkoxides and VOCl3 by salt metathesis reaction. X-Ray diffraction stu...

Four Pb(ii) complexes of (iso)nicotinohydrazide-based ligands and different anionic coligands (azide, nitrate, acetate and iodide) have been synthesized and characterized by structural, analytical and spectroscopic methods. The mono-deprotonated or neutral forms of the ligands coordinate in a tridentate fashion via two nitrogen and one oxygen donor atoms to the Pb. Single-crystal X-ray crystall...

There is current interest in the bioinorganic chemistry of gallium owing to the extensive use of the element in medicine both as a therapeutic and diagnostic agent [1]. After numerous studies of simple gallium(III) salts [2, 3] recent investigations have focussed on coordination compounds of gallium halides with bio-relevant ligands including also many of the common nitrogen heterocycles [3, 4]...