The influence of the polypyridyl ligand on the photophysics of fac-[Re(CO)3(NN)(bpa)](+), bpa = 1,2-bis-(4-pyridyl)ethane and NN = 1,10-phenanthroline (phen), pyrazino[2,3-f][1,10]-phenanthroline (dpq), and dipyrido[3,2-a:2'3'-c]phenazine (dppz) has been investigated by steady state and time-resolved emission spectroscopy combined with theoretical calculations using time-dependent density funct...

Transition metal complexes provide a promising avenue for the design of therapeutic and diagnostic agents, but the limited understanding of their cellular uptake is a roadblock to their effective application. Here, we examine the mechanism of cellular entry of a luminescent ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complex, Ru(DIP) 2dppz (2+) (where DIP = 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline and dppz = dipyridophe...

The synthesis, characterization, binding to calf thymus DNA, and plasmid DNA photocleavage studies of two ruthenium(II) pteridinylphenanthroline complexes are reported where the new pteridinylphenantholine ligands in these complexes are additions to a larger family designed to resemble DNA bases. [Ru(bpy)(2)(L-keto)](PF(6))(2)1 is synthesized from ligand substitution of Ru(bpy)(2)Cl(2) by 4-ket...

Two novel water soluble ruthenium(II) complexes [Ru(bpy)(2)(bqbg)](2+) and [Ru(phen)(2)(bqbg)](2+) have been structurally characterized and their DNA condensation activity, cytotoxicity, and cellular uptake studies of DNA condensates as potential non-viral DNA carriers were evaluated.

New mononuclear ruthenium complexes with general formula [Ru(bid)(B)(Cl)] (bid is (1Z,3Z)-1,3-bis(pyridin-2-ylmethylene)isoindolin-2-ide; B = bidentate ligand 2,2'-bipyridine or R(2)-bpy, where R = COOEt or OMe) were synthesized and tested as precatalysts for the hydrogenative reduction of CO(2) in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE) as solvent with added NEt(3). Significant amounts of formic acid wer...