Femtosecond spectroscopy was applied to study the ultrafast dynamics for the excited states of dithiolate Cu(ii) and Ni(ii) complexes. The detailed information on the initial steps after the absorption of a photon by the metal complexes is of fundamental importance to understand the mechanism of photochemical reactions. The fast processes for the dithiolate complexes have hardly been studied. I...

In recent years there has been a significant interest to design luminescent materials detect explosives with great degree of selectivity, sensitivity, and fast response time. Two new compounds, [Cu(Biphen)(Meim)(H2O)] 1 [Co(BDC)(Meim)2]n 2 (where HBiphen = biphenyl-4-carboxylic acid, H2BDC 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid Meim 1-methylimidazole) were synthesized under solvothermal reflux conditions...

The synthesis of two new polyaminocarboxylate macrocycles incorporating one or two intracyclic phenol units (H4L1 and H8L2, respectively) is described. The 12-membered H4L1 macrocycle leads to soluble and stable mononuclear LnIII complexes of [(L1)Ln(H2O)2]- composition (Ln = Eu, Tb and Gd) in aqueous solutions. In Tris buffer (pH 7.4), the [(L1)Tb(H2O)2]- complex displays a suitable efficiency...

Three novel, bifunctional triazine-based ligands, namely , and , containing both a TEMPO and a bipyridine moiety have been synthesized. These bpy/TEMPO-based molecules have been used as catalyst precursors for the copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones, in the presence of tert-BuOK as co-catalyst. The complexes obtained in situ from ligands and with copper(II) b...

Chemical reaction of [Ru(III)(acac)(2)(CH(3)CN)(2)]ClO(4) (1) with 2-methylthioaniline, HL(1) in ethanol under basic conditions yielded three new complexes Ru(II)(acac)(2)(L(1b)) (1b), (L(1b) = 4-imino-3-(methylsulfanyl)cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-one), Ru(III)(acac)(2)(L(1c)) (1c), (HL(1c) = N-(2-methylthiophenyl)formamide) and (acac)(2)Ru(II)(μ-L(1d))Ru(II)(acac)(2) (1d), (L(1d) = 1,4-bis(2-methylth...

The reactions of Ru(bpy)2(CO3) (bpy=2,2 -bipyridine) and Ru(phen)2(CO3) (phen=1,10-phenanthroline) with the binucleating phenolato diimine function, OH C6H4 C(CH3) N CH2 C6H4 CH2 N (CH3)C C6H4 OH, H2L in ethanol solvent under dinitrogen atmosphere result in ruthenium bipyridine/phenanthroline heterochelates [Ru(bpy)2/(phen)2L ](ClO4) 1 where L corresponds to the ketonic imine function O C6H4C(C...

A series of M(PyED)·X (X = 2Cl-, SO42-) pyridine-metalloenediyne complexes [M = Cu(II), Fe(II), or Zn(II)] and their independently synthesized, cyclized analogs have been prepared to investigate their potential as radical-generating DNA-damaging agents. All complexes possess a 1:1 metal-to-ligand stoichiometry as determined by electronic absorption spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. Solution s...

Semiconductor materials have been successfully used as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-active substrates, providing SERS technology with a high flexibility for application in a diverse range of fields. Here, we employ a dye-sensitized semiconductor system combined with semiconductor-enhanced Raman spectroscopy to detect metal ions, using an approach based on the “turn-off” SERS strateg...