Synthesis and Crystal Structures of Two Di-Cu(Ⅱ) Complexes Based on an Asymmetric Dinucleating Ligand

Two new dicopper(II) complexes [Cu2L(OAc)2](ClO4)·H2O(1) and [Cu2L(BPP)2]-(ClO4)(2) using an asymmetric dinucleating ligand HL and auxiliary ligands such as acetate(OAc) and bisphenyl phosphate(BPP) have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Complex 1 crystallizes as blue single crystals that belong to the triclinic crystal system and P1 space group, while complex 2 crystallizes in a monoclinic P21/c space group. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that the two copper ions in complexes 1 and 2 reside within the adjacent ligand compartments and are bridged by the endogenous phenoxo-O from ligand L and the introduction of two desired exogenous carboxylates or phosphates in the bidentate μ-1,3-bridged mode. The coordination geometries of Cu(1) and Cu(2) are both distorted square pyramids.     

Synthesis, Thermal, Electrical and Catalytic Studies of Some Transition Metal Polychelates of Bis-bidentate Schiff Base

Polychelates of Mn（Ⅱ）, Fe（Ⅱ）, Co（Ⅱ）, Ni（Ⅱ）, Cu（Ⅱ）, Zn（Ⅱ） and Cd（Ⅱ） with the bis salen-type ligand derived from 4,4＇-bis[（salicylaldehyde-5）azo]biphenyl and 1,4-diaminobutane have been synthesized. All the polychelalls have been characllrized by elemental analysis, magnetic susceptibility measurements, IR, electronic spectra and thennogravirncuic studies. All the complexes isolated in solid stall are dark coloured and insoluble in water and common organic solvents. The ligand behaves as a bis-bidentall molecule coordinating through the phenolic oxygen and azomethine nitrogen atoms. The thermal decomposition of these metal complexes was investigated by thermogravimetric analysis and data have been analyzed for kinetic parameters using Broido equation. The solid-state electrical conductivity of the ligand and its polychelalls in the form of compressed pellet was studied in the temperaturc range from 313 to 413 K All the polychelalls were found to show semiconducting nature. The Mn（Ⅱ）, Fe（Ⅱ）, Co（Ⅱ） and Ni（Ⅱ） polychelalls have been assessed for the catalytic epoxidation of styrene.     

Novel Isatin-Schiff Base Cu （Ⅱ） and Ni（Ⅱ） Complexes. X-ray Crystal Structure of Bis[3-（4-hexylphenylimino）-1H-indol-2（3H）-one]- dichlorocopper（Ⅱ） Complex

Schiff base ligand （HL） derived from 4-hexylaniline with isatin （1H-indole-2,3-dione） and its complexes with Cu（Ⅱ）, Ni（Ⅱ） were prepared and characterized by analytical, spectroscopic （IR, UV-Vis, Mass） techniques, electrical conductivity, magnetic and thermal measurements. The crystal and molecular structure of [Cu（HL）2Cl2] was determined by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study. The molecular structure of the title compound has an inversion center on the Cu atom.     

Synthesis and Characterization of New Macrocyclic Cu（Ⅱ） Complexes from Various Diamines, Copper（Ⅱ） Nitrate and 1,4-Bis（2-formylphenoxy）butane

Six new macrocyclic complexes were synthesized by a template reaction of 1,4-bis（2-formylphenoxy）butane with diamines and Cu（NO3）2·3H2O and their structures were proposed on the basis of elemental analysis, FT-IR, UV-Vis, magnetic susceptibility measurements, molar conductivity measurements and mass spectra. The metal to ligand molar ratios of the Cu（Ⅱ） complexes were found to be 1 ： 1. The Cu（Ⅱ） complexes are 1 ： 2 electrolytes as shown by their molar conductivities （∧m） in DMF at 10^-3 mol·L^-1. Due to the existence of free ions the Cu（Ⅱ） complexes are electrically conductive. Their configurations were proposed to be probably distorted octahedral.     

Effects of some Nitrogen Bases on the Oxygenation of Tetralin with Sodium Periodate Catalyzed by Manganese（Ⅲ）meso- Tetraphenylporphyrin as a Model Compound of Cytochrome P-450

The effect of some nitrogen bases on the oxygenation of tetralin by sodium periodate, catalyzed by Mn（TPP）OAc, was evaluated. A series of eight bases, including imidazole, pyridine, and quinuclidine, was used. Binding of axial ligand to the four-coordinate Mn（Ⅲ）-center influenced the efficiency and selectivity of the catalytic oxygenation system.     

New Transition and Actinide Metal Complexes of 2‐Carboxy‐phenylhydrazo‐Benzoylacetone Ligand: Synthesis,Characterization and Biological Study

A new series of binary mononuclear complexes were prepared from the reaction of the hydrazone ligand, 2-carboxyphenylhydrazo-benzoylacetone (H2L), with the metal ions, Cd(II), Cu(II), Ni(II), Co(II), Th(IV) and UO2(VI). The binary Cu(II) complex of H2L was reacted with the ligands 1,10-phenanthroline or 2-aminopyridine to form mixed-ligand complexes. The binary complexes of Cu(II) and Ni(II) are suggested to have octahedral configurations. The Cd(II) and Co(II) complexes are suggested to have tetrahedral and/or square-planar geometries, respectively. The Th(IV) and UO2(VI) complexes are suggested to have octahedral and dodecahedral geometries, respectively. The mixed-ligand complexes have octahedral configurations. The structures of all complexes and the corresponding thermal products were elucidated by elemental analyses, conductance, IR and electronic absorption spectra, magnetic moments, 1H NMR and TG-DSC measurements as well as by mass spectroscopy. The ligand and some of the metal complexes were found to activate the enzyme pectinlyase.     

Transesterification Reaction of Dimethyl Terephthalate by 2-Ethylhexanol in the Presence of Heterogeneous Catalysts under Solvent-free Condition

In this study, the synthesis of bis-（2-ethylhexyl） terephthalate, via the transesterification reaction of dimethyl terephthalate （DMT） by 2-ethylhexanol in the presence of different heterogeneous catalysts, such as Pb（OAc）2·3H2O, Cd（OAc）2·2H2O, Zn（OAc）2·2H2O, Hg（OAc）2·Ca（OAc）2·H2O, Cu（OAc）2·H2O, NaOAc, CaCO3, CaO, ZnSO4·7H2O, and sulfated zirconia, has been investigated. The reactivity of the catalysts in the reaction progress has been studied and compared. It was found that, hydrated cadmium acetate and sulfated zirconia were reactive catalysts to this reaction. The extent of transesterification of methyl ester groups reached up to 93% and 85.6% using these catalysts, respectively.     

Structures and Spectroscopic Properties of(1)Dipyridine Quinoxaline with Hg(Ⅱ), Cu(Ⅰ) and Ag(Ⅰ)

The interaction of Hg(Ⅱ), Cu(Ⅰ) and Ag(Ⅰ) with dipyridine quinoxaline ligand 2,3-bis(2-pyridyl)quinoxaline(DPQ) were investigated, and three new complexes have been synthesized and characterized. Complex 1 exhibits a 0D dual-core structure, complex 2 is a 0D tetra nuclear case based on a dual-core Cu unit, and complex 3 shows a one-dimensional pipeline structure. Furthermore, the optical properties of complex and DPQ were also investigated, and the results showed that the fluorescence intensity of complexes was weaker than that of ligand DPQ.     

The synthesis and structure of pyridine-oxadiazole iridium complexes and catalytic applications:Non-coordinating-anion-tuned selective C—N bond formation

Several novel pyridine-oxadiazole iridium complexes were synthesized and characterized through X-ray crystallography.The designed iridium.complexes revealed surprisingly high catalytic activity in C-N bondformation of amides and benzyl alcohols with the assistance of non-coordinating anions.In an attempt to achieve borrowing hydrogen reactions of amides with benzyl alcohols,N,N'-(phenylmethylene)dibenzamide products we re unexpectedly isolated under non-coordinating anion conditions,whereas N-benzylbenzamide products were achieved in the absence of non-coordinating anions.The mechanism explorations excluded the possibility of"silver effect"(silver-assisted or bimetallic catalysis)and revealed that the reactivity of iridium catalyst was varied by non-coordinating anions.This work provided a convenient and useful methodology that allowed the iridium complex to be a chemoselective catalyst and demonstrated the first example of non-coordinating-anion-tuned selective C-N bond formation.     

Hydrogen-bond-assisted transition-metal-free catalytic transformation of amides to esters

The amide C-N cleavage has drawn a broad interest in synthetic chemistry,biological process and pharmaceutical industry.Transition-metal,luxury ligand or excess base were always vital to the transformation.Here,we developed a transition-metalfree hydrogen-bond-assisted esterification of amides with only catalytic amount of base.The proposed crucial role of hydrogen bonding for assisting esterification was control experiments,density functional theory(DFT)calculations and kinetic studies.Besides broad substrate scopes and excellent functional groups tolerance,this base-catalyzed protocol complements the conventional transition-metal-catalyzed esterification of amides and provides a new pathway to catalytic cleavage of amide C–N bonds for organic synthesis and pharmaceutical industry.     

Electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometric studies to probe the interaction of Cu(II) with amoxicillin简

This study describes the application of electrospray ionization mass spectrometry(ESI-MS) to investigate copper ion interaction with amoxicillin. ESI mass spectra of Cu–amoxicillin complexes show complex ions at m/z 828, 792, 753, 731, 428, 388 and 366 corresponding to [63Cu+(2A-H)+2H2 O]+, [63Cu+(2A-H)]+, [2A+Na]+, [2A+H]+, [63Cu+(A-H)]+, [A+Na]+and [A+H]+(where A = amoxicillin). Based on the observed m/z values of Cu–amoxicillin complex ions, it is found that the Cu–amoxicillin ratios are 1:1 and 1:2, and the copper ions exhibited three feasible coordination numbers(2, 4 and 6) with amoxicillin complexes. The structures and coordination numbers of copper–amoxicillin complex ions were probed from their collisionally activated dissociation(CAD) spectra. Based on these results, it is confirmed that the copper ions could form stable tetrahedral and octahedral complexes with amoxicillin. This study validates the applicability of ESI-MS for probing copper–amoxicillin complex ions.     

The Study on the Stability Constant and Species Distribution of Eu （Ⅲ） and Tb （Ⅲ） Complexes with BDBPH

The stability constants and species distributions of complexes of two lanthanide ions, Eu（Ⅲ） and Tb（Ⅲ）, with a macrocyclic ligand, BDBPH, in 1：1 and 2：lsystem, were determined potentiometrically at 25.0 ℃ and I=0.100 mol L^-l. The two metal ions could form deprotonated mono- or dinuclear complexes with BDBPH after the first two protons of the ligand completely neutralized. At higher pH values, Eu（Ⅲ） could not form hydroxy complexes with BDBPH, while Tb（Ⅲ） could form hydroxy complexes in the type of M2L（OH）, M2L（OH）2, and M2L（OH）3.     

New Copper（Ⅱ） and Nickel（Ⅱ） Complexes of 4-Morpholinoacetophenone Thiosemicarbazone： Structural, Electrochemical and Antimicrobial Studies

4-Morpholinoacetophenone thiosemicarbazone, MAPT, and its nickel（Ⅱ） and copper（Ⅱ） complexes have been prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, magnetic susceptibility, spectral methods （FT-IR, ^1H NMR） and cyclic voltammetry. Electrochemical behaviors of the complexes have been studied by cyclic voltammetry in DMF media showing metal centered reduction processes for both of them. The redox properties, nature of the electrode processes and the stability of the complexes were discussed. [Cu（MAPT）2]Cl2 complex shows Cu（Ⅱ）/Cu（Ⅰ） couple and quasi-reversible wave associated with the Cu（Ⅲ）/Cu（Ⅱ） process. The reduction/oxidation potential values depend on the structures of complexes. Also, the antimicrobial activities of these complexes were determined against S. aureus, E. coli and B. subtilis.     

Tetrahydrosalen backboned gadolinium complex as initiator for the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone

Tetrahydrosalen ligand was employed in the synthesis of gadolinium complex. The ligand was deprotoned by LiBu, and the afforded lithium salt was reacted with anhydrous GdCl3 to produce the gadolinium complex through salt metathesis. This complex was successfully used to initiate the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone. The initiation conditions in different temperature, monomer-to-initiator ratio and time were investigated. Under the condition： [ε-caprolactone]：[catalyst] = 600, 56 ℃, toluene： 2 ml, poly（ε-caprolactone） （PCL） with Mw = 11,2782 and PDI = 1.96 was achieved.     

Copolymerization of Ethylene with lO-Undecen-l-ol Using Highly Active Vanadium（III） Precatalysts Bearing Bis（imino）pyrrolyl Ligands

The copolymerizations of ethylene with 10-undecen-1-ol have been investigated using vanadium precatalysts, bis（imino）pyrrolyl vanadium（Ⅲ） complexes 1-3, 2,5-C4H2N（CH=NR）2VCl2（THF）2 [R = C6H5 （1）, 2,6-iPr2C6H3 （2）, C6F5 （3）], and the iminopyrrolyl and b-diketiminate ones for comparison. The polar monomer was pretreated by diethylaluminium chloride （present also as the cocatalyst） before the copolymerization. The monomer reactivity ratios were evaluated using the Fineman-Ross method. The ligand structure considerably influenced the catalytic activity and tolerance towards the polar monomer, the polar monomer incorporation and the molecular weights of the resultant copolymers. The bis（imino）pyrrolyl vanadium complexes exhibited promising catalytic performance for the copolymerization, and a high catalytic activity up to 3.84 kg/mmolv·h with a high comonomer incorporation of 14.0 mol% was achieved by complex 3 under mild conditions.     

Studies of the Intramolecular Aromatic-ring Stacking Interactions in the Ternary Platinum（Ⅱ） Complexes

The stability constants of some ternary mixed-ligand complexes, Pt (Phen)(CA) , where Phen-1,10-phenanthroline and CA^-=carboxylate, were determined by means of potentiometric pH titration in aqueous solutions (I=0. 1mol/L, KNO3; 25℃), and the stability of them was compared with that of the corresponding binary complexes. It was revealed that the ternary complexes containing phenylalkane carboxylates ligands (PCA-) are much more stable than those formed with formate and acetate. The results indicate that there exist the intramolecular aromatic-ring interactions between the phenanthroline ring of Phen and the phenyl moiety of ligand PCA- in the ternary mixed-ligand Pt(Phen) (PCA)^- complexes. The extent of the stacking interactions, which depends on the number of methylene groups between the phenyl moieties and the coordinated phenylalkane carboxylate groups, was calculated. The best-fitted stack was obtained for the complexes with 2-phenylacetate and 3-phenylpropionate as the ligands.     

Biomimetic Decarboxylation of Carboxylic Acids with PhI（OAc）2 Catalyzed by Manganese Porphyrin [Mn（TPP）OAc]

Manganese（Ⅲ） meso-tetraphenylporphyrin acetate [Mn（TPP）OAc] served as an effective catalyst for the oxidative decarboxylation of carboxylic acids with （diacetoxyiodo）benzene [PhI（OAc）2] in CH2CI2-H2O（95：5, volume ratio）. The aryl substituted acetic acids are more reactive than the less electron rich linear carboxylic acids in the presence of catalyst Mn（TPP）OAc. In the former case, the formation of carbonyl products was complete within just a few minutes with 〉97% selectivities, and no further oxidation of the produced aldehydes was achieved under these catalytic conditions. This method provides a benign procedure owing to the utilization of low toxic（diacetoxyiodo） benzene, biologically relevant manganese porphyrins, and carboxylic acids.     

Simultaneous analysis of Cu and Pb as ABEDTA complexes in Rhizoma coptidis by capillary electrophoresis coupled with solid phase extraction

A novel capillary electrophoresis method for simultaneous determination of Cu and Pb has been developed in this paper.Cu（Ⅱ） and Pb（Ⅱ） ions were reacted with ABEDTA to form complex to achieve an ideal sensitivity of heavy metal complexes.The digestion solution of Rhizoma coptidis drug sample was purified by neutral Al₂O₃ column chromatography and the chromatographic behavior of metal-L complexes was investigated.The calibration curve was linear in the range of 5-60μg/mL for Cu²⁺ and 5-25μg/mL for Pb²⁺ with the correlation coefficients 0.9970 and 0.9972 for each（n = 5）.The average recoveries were 86.2%for Pb and 90.1%for Cu,while the relative standard deviations were 5.1%and 3.6%respectively.The method was successfully applied to determine Cu and Pb in R.coptidis drug samples.     

Transformation of Structure and Properties of Vesicles Induced by Transition Metal Ions

This paper proved that octodecyl propylenediamine could form vesicles in pure water and aqueous solution of CuCl2 or Cu（NO3）2. The structure and morphology of vesicles were different when the copper （Ⅱ） salt was added to the solution. The results showed that both the counterions and the ligands had strong influence on the configuration of coordinated structures and packing model in bilayer membrane of vesicles.     

3-（Diphenylphosphino）propanoic acid： An efficient ligand for the Cu-catalyzed N-arylation of imidazoles and 1H-pyrazole with aryl halides

3-(Diphenylphosphino)propanoic acid(L2) has proved to be an efficient ligand for the copper-catalyzed C–N coupling reactions.N-arylation of imidazoles with aryl iodides catalyzed by CuCl/L2 was smoothly carried out in DMSO at 100 8C with a yield up to 98%.N-arylation of 1H-pyrazole with aryl iodides and bromides catalyzed by Cu(OAc)2/L2 in 1 4-dioxane also gave the corresponding products with yields of40%–98%.