Novel copper(ii) complexes bearing 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) derivatives with adenine, thymine and uracil nucleobases [Cu(L(1))Cl(2)].2H(2)O (1), [Cu(L(2))Cl(2)] (2) and [Cu(L(3))Cl(2)].H(2)O (3) (L(1) = 5,5'-Di[N9-adenylmethyl]-2,2'-bipyridine, L(2) = 5,5'-Di[N1-thyminylmethyl]-2,2'-bipyridine and L(3) = 5,5'-Di[N1-uracilmethyl]-2,2'-bipyridine) were synthesized and characterized. Structure simula...

In the title compound, C(14)H(13)NO(4)S·0.5C(10)H(8)N(2), the two benzene rings are nearly perpendicular to each other [dihedral angle = 83.21 (10)°]. The bipyridine mol-ecule is centrosymmetric, the mid-point of the C-C bond linking the pyridine rings being located on an inversion center. Inter-molecular N-H⋯O and O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds and weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds are present i...

Reaction of AlCl(3)·6H(2)O with 2,2'-bipyridine-5,5'-dicarboxylic acid (H(2)bpydc) affords Al(OH)(bpydc) (1, MOF-253), the first metal-organic framework with open 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) coordination sites. The material displays a BET surface area of 2160 m(2)/g and readily complexes metals to afford, for example, 1·xPdCl(2) (x = 0.08, 0.83) and 1·0.97Cu(BF(4))(2). EXAFS spectroscopy performed on...

In the title 1/2 adduct, C(10)H(8)N(2)·2C(7)H(6)O(2)S, the dihedral angle between the pyridine rings is 18.41 (11)°. In the thio-phene-acrylic acid mol-ecules, the dihedral angles between the respective thio-phene and acrylic acid units are 5.52 (17)° and 23.92 (9)°. In the crystal, the components are linked via O-H⋯N hydrogen-bonding inter-actions, forming units of two 3-thio-phene-acrylic aci...

The hydro-thermal reaction of butane-1,2,3,4-tetra-carboxylic acid (H(4)butca), 4,4'-bipyridine (bipy) and Mn(SO(4))(2)·H(2)O afforded a new co-crystal, C(8)H(10)O(8)·2C(10)H(8)N(2) or H(4)butca·2(bipy), in which strong O-H⋯N hydrogen-bonding and weak π-π stacking [centroid-centroid distance = 3.8459 (19) Å] inter-actions assemble the organic mol-ecules into a three-dimensional supra-molecular ...

The complex [Ir(ppy)(2)(dpbpy)][PF(6)] (Hppy = 2-phenylpyridine, dpbpy = 6,6'-diphenyl-2,2'-bipyridine) has been prepared and evaluated as an electroluminescent component for light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs); the complex exhibits two intramolecular face-to-face pi-stacking interactions and long-lived LECs have been constructed; the device characteristics are not significantly improve...

In title complex, [Mn(C(2)N(3))(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)], the Mn(II) ion is coordinated in a slightly distorted octa-hedral geometry by six N atoms. Four of the N atoms are from two chelating bipyridine ligands and two are from a pair of cis-coordinated dicyanamide ligands. The dihedral angle formed by the mean planes of the bipyridine rings is 85.93 (14)°. The central N atom of one of the dicyana...

The synthesis of three new homoleptic trischelate ruthenium(ii) complexes bearing new 2,2'-bipyridine ligands, 5,5'-dibenzylamido-2,2'-bipyridine () and 5-benzylamido-2,2'-bipyridine (L1) has been achieved. In the case of [Ru(L2)(3)](2+), the mer and fac isomers have been separated. (1)H NMR spectroscopic anion binding studies indicate that the two C(3)-symmetric pockets provided by [Ru(L1)(3)]...

The single electron transfer (SET) reactivity of metal alkyls and hydrides is currently receiving growing attention [1-3]. Thus, it has been demonstrated that aluminum species AIX3 (X = R [4], H [5], Cl [6]) can react with reducible carbonyl compounds to form aluminium containing radical complexes [4-6]. Besides carbonyl compounds, certain N-heterocycles can also be used as electron transfer su...