Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Four New Complexes [Mn(4,4′-bip)_2(OH_2)_4](DBA)·4H_2O and [M(OH_2)(HDPA)_2]·3H_2O (M = Mn,Co,Ni)

1 INTRODUCTION During the past years, dicarboxylic acids have been widely used as one polydentate ligand invo- lved in various metal chelation reactions to form transition or rare earth metal complexes with inter- esting properties in material science[1] and biological systems[2]. For example, Kim Y and his coworkers focused on the synthesis of copper(II) complexes containing malonate and pyrazine ligands to study their magnetic property and electronic conducti- vity[3]. The importance o…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Novel Zinc Complex [Zn(OH_2)(HDPA)_2]·3H_2O

1INTRODUCTION In recent years,dicarboxylic acids have been wide-ly used as poly-dentate ligands involved in various metal chelation reactions to form transition or rare earth metal complexes with interesting properties in material science[1~3]and biological systems[4~7].For example,Kim,Y.and his coworkers focus on the syn-theses of copper(II)complexes containing ligands of malonate and pyrazine to study their electronic con-ductivity and magnetic property[8].The importance of Tr(II)/dic…     

Synthesis and Structure of a Novel Macrocyclic Complex [Cd_2(phen)_4(phth)_2]·4H_2O

1 INTRODUCTION In recent years, extensively attention has been fo- cused on the design and synthesis of d10 metal- based complexes[1, 2]. A series of d10 metal-organic frame- works have been described not only because of their intriguing structures but also due to their ptential ap- plications in photoluminescent fields[3～7]. Although phthalate ligand was successfully used to design and synthesize a wide variety of metal complexes, those containing Cd(II) complex are less considered[8～…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Novel Three-dimensional Cu(II) Compound{[Cu(2,2''''-bipy)(C_7H_4O_5S)(H_2O)_2]·H_2O}_n

1 INTRODUCTION Recently, the design and synthesis of novel inorg-anicorganic supramolecular complexes have been at-tached more and more attention due to their poten-tial applications in many areas[1～3]. Copper complex-es have attracted much attention owing to their intri-guing properties, such as molecular magnetization,absorption, heterogeneous catalysis, etc[4, . A series5]of copper-carboxylate complexes have been reportedand all kinds of coordination models of the car-boxylic group a…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a New Zn(II) Nitronyl Nitroxide Complex [Zn(NIT4Py)(PDA)(H_2O)_3]

1 INTRODUCTION Nitronyl nitroxides, independently or in combina- tion with metal ions, have been one of the most wi- dely studied systems in molecular magnetism for understanding radical-radical or metal-radical inte- ractions as well as for synthesizing organic ferroma- gnets and metal-radical magnetic materials[1～4]. Up to now, lots of metal-radical complexes have been reported[5～8]. On the other hand, cooperative inter- molecular interactions, such as coordination bonds, hydrogen bon…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of [Ni(bdpm)_2(OAc)]_2(N_3)_2·5H_2O(bdpm=Bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)methane,OAc=CH_3COO~-)

1 INTRODUCTION Bis(pyrazol-1-yl)methane has been one of the po- pular polydentate nitrogen donor ligands due to its strong chelating coordination to transition metal ions as capping ligand. Coordination behavior of the li- gand is able to yield stable M-N-N-C-N-N six-mem- bered boat conformation[1, 2]. The complexes con- taining bdpm ligand have been widely synthesized and characterized in recent years, and exhibit the striking properties in catalysis, magnetism and so on[3-10]. For exa…     

Preparation and Crystal Structure of a Charge-transfer Complex between an Organic Substrate and Molybdosilicic Acid [(CH_3)_2NH(CH_2)C_6H_5]_4SiMo_(12)O_(40)·2CH_3CN·H_2O

1 INTRODUCTION Photochromism of intermolecular complexes based on polyoxometalates has received increasing attention due to their potential applications in ma- terial science[1～3]. However, most studies of photo- chromism have been made in solution[4～7], and those in solid state are relatively less and only a few with photosenstivity properties have been studied crystal- lographically. The title compound has a light yellow color in the darkness and turns greenish when exposed to sunligh…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of [Ni(II)(L)(py)_3]·(py)

1 INTRODUCTION Schiff bases and their metal complexes are useful reagents in organic synthesis[1], and they have exhi- bited some biological activities as anticancer and antitumor drugs[2]. The crystal structures and physi- cal and chemical properties of many Schiff bases and their transition metals complexes have been re- ported[3~5]. Further interest in the coordination che- mistry of nickel(II) arises from the role of these complexes in several catalytic reactions, such as electrocat…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a 3-D Hydrogen-bonded Supramolecular Decavanadate Compound [Habo]_6[V_(10)O_(28)]·2C_3H_7OH·2H_2O

1 INTRODUCTION The chemistry of polyoxometalates has been at- tracting much attention due to the richness in their structures, electron and proton storage abilities, ther- mal stability and applications in catalysis, medicine and surface sciences[1～3]. In recent years, the mixed- valence as well as full oxidized vanadium polyoxo- anions have been crystallized with a variety of orga- nic molecules as counteranions[4～8]. However, the guiding principles of the crystal structures of poly- o…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Complex: [Co(cdm)_2(H_2O)_4].2H_2O (cdm=Carbamyldicyanomethanide Anion)

1 INTRODUCTION Crystal engineering and the design of solid-state architectures have recently become areas of increasing interest[1, 2]. Such crystal engineering may afford new materials with useful properties such as catalytic activity, micro-porosity, nonlinear optical activity, cooperative magnetic behavior and so on. Polynitrile-ligand is one of the ideal multi-functional ligands for crystal engineering and many complexes with polynitriles as ligands have been found to show the spe…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Bridging Complex [Cu_2(bipy)_2·OAc·Cl·OH]·TsTausH·3H_2O

1 INTRODUCTION The binuclear complexes have been widely studied in many fields, such as catalysis, semi- conductor and bioinorganic chemistry because of their rich physical and chemical properties[1～4]. The complexes with N-P-tolysulonyl--amino acids ha…     

Synthesis and Structure of anti-Configuration Complex [Cu(tssb)_2]·2[(H_3O)Cl]·4H_2O

1 INTRODUCTION The complexes of amino acid Schiff base have attracted considerable attention because of their bio- activities[1, 2]. Taurine is a special amino acid in be- ings, and recently the complexes of taurine conden- sation salicylaldehyde Schiff …     

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Mononuclear Mn~(II) Picolilato Complex Mn(2-C_5H_4NCOO)_2(H_2O)_2.1/2CH_3CN

1 INTRODUCTION Manganese has been implicated as an essential part of the active center in various manganese enzymes. Various nuclearities have been observed from mononuclear atom in superoxide dismutase [1] to the tetranuclear atom of oxygen evolution in photosystem II[2]. The manganese active centers in biological systems are surrounded by O and N coordination sphere[3, 4]. Synthetic efforts have produced a great variety of Mn clusters with varying nuclearity and oxidation states. Si…     

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a Novel 2D Supramolecular Complex {[Dy_2Zn(dinic)_4(H_2O)_8]·H_2O}n (H_2dinic = 2,5-Pyridinedicaboxylic Acid)

1INTRODUCTION Studies on the syntheses,structures,and proper-ties of lanthanide-transition metal complexes are currently of great interest not only due to their beha-viors as good models to investigate the nature of magnetic exchange interactions between3d and4f metal ions in magnetic materials but also to the fascinating coordination properties of Ln(III)[1～6].Although some infinite lanthanide(III)-transition metal compounds have been obtained by the con-ventional self-assembly reacti…     

Synthesis, Spectroscopic Properties and Crystal Structure of (C_4N_2H_(12))_2Zr(C_2O_4)_4·H_2O

1 INTRODUCTION The researches on transition metal coordination complexes have been rapidly expanded because of their fascinating structural diversity and potential applications[1～4]. As we know, zirconium oxalates can be used as precursors in the synth…     

Hydrothermal Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Iron Molybdophosphate Fe[Mo_6O_(12)(OH)_3(H_2PO_4)(HPO_4)_2(PO_4)]_2- [Fe(2,2′-bipy)(H_2O)_2]_2[Fe(2,2′-bipy)_3]_2·6H_2O

1 INTRODUCTION Organic-inorganic hybrid materials and polyoxo-metalates have received much attention because of their intriguing structural diversity and potential applications in molecular adsorption, ion exchange, heterogeneous catalysis and nanotech nology as well as in electrical, magnetic and photochemical areas[1, 2]. One of the important ad- vances in the design of new organic-inorganic hybrid materials is utilizing poly- oxometalates’ coordination ability to produce poly- oxoanio…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Co(DMSO)_2(H_2O)_2(SCN)_2 with One-dimensional Hydrogen-bonded Structure (DMSO = Dimethylsulfoxide)

1 INTRODUCTION The development of supramolecular complexes has recently attracted considerable attention due to the fundamental interest in self-assembly processes of transition-metal complexes, supramolecular che- mistry and crystal engineering[1]. The ultimate goal is to gain control in order to direct their function[2]. Self-assembly through coordination and nonco- valent interactions such as hydrogen bonds, aromatic π···π stacking, steric repulsion and Van der Waals forces leads …     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of cis-Bis(3-hydroxy2-ethyl-4-pyranonato)dioxomolybdenum(Ⅵ)

1 INTRODUCTION 3-Hydroxy-2-methyl-4-pyranone (maltol) and 3-hydroxy-2-ethyl-4-pyranone (ethylmaltol) are nontoxic compounds that have been applied to bio- inorganic chemistry over several decades[1, 2]. Their iron(III) complexes are relevant to the control of iron levels in the human body. Such complexes have been assessed for the amelioration of anaemia[3] and their respective ligands have been tested for the removal of excess burdens of iron in diseases such as siderosis, haemochroma…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Hydrogen-bonded Supramolecular Compound [(C_6H_5N_2O)_3·Cu_1._5]·6H_2O

1 INTRODUCTION The binding of metal ions by proteins and pep- tides is of fundamental interest due to the impor- tance of metal ions in biological systems. Metals may be part of the active sites of enzymes, stabilize the macromolecular structure of proteins and affect enzymes or membranes to control cell metabolism[1]. Therefore, for many years there has been a great in- terest in the study of complexes able to mimic these active sites of metalloproteins. In this case, metal complexes of…     

Synthesis, Structure Characterization and Biological Activity of Layered Vanadium Oxides [ NH3 （ CH2 ）2 NH （ CH2 ）2 NH3 ] [ V6 O14 ]

Introduction Over the past decades, polyoxometalates(POMs)have been attracting extensive interestowing to the widerange of their topological properties and potential appli-cations in catalysis, photochemistry, electrochromism,and magnetism[1,2]. Meanwhile, owing to the potentialapplication of polyoxometalaes as anticancer and antivi-ral drugs, their complexes have attracted increasing in-terest of both inorganic chemists and biochemists[3]. Itis well known that polyoxometalates are excellent …