Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Two Cyano-bridged Bimetallic Complexes [Ce(DMSO)_4(H_2O)_3Fe(CN)_6]·H_2O and [La(DMSO)_4(H_2O)_3Co(CN)_6]·H_2O(DMSO = Dimethylsulfoxide)

1INTRODUCTION Recently,cyano-bridged lanthanide-transition me-tal complexes have been extensively investigateddue to their potential applications as precursors in the preparation of rare earth orthoferrites,fluores-cent and magnetic materials[1].Various complexes of this system have been obtained in order to ex-plore the relations between structures and pro-perties by using different ligands,such as DMF,4,4?-bipy,and so on,to fill the coordination sites of lanthanide ions[2～9].But up to…     

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 Structure of a New Copper(II) Complex Cu(C_(13)H_9N_3O_2Br)_2.H_2O

1 INTRODUCTION Owing to their biological activities and chemical/industrial versalities, considerable attention has been continually attracted to metal-hydrazine complexes. For instance, Schiff base hydrazine and its analogues have been well studied in order to better understand the action mechanism of Vitamin B6-containing enzymes[1~3]. Six-coordinated copper(Ⅱ) complexes are of considerable interest, mainly due to their coordination geometry and spectroscopic properties[4]. Due to th…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Binuclear Silver(I) Complex with 2-nitro-(2-pyridylsulfanylmethyl)benzene

1 INTRODUCTION Metallosupramolecular species with metal-metal interactions have been designed and synthesized due to their potential applications as functional materi- als[1]. For Ag(I) coordination compounds, short Ag(I) –Ag(I) separations have been found in many bi- and polynuclear complexes[2~4], and these short metal- metal distances have been attributed to the ligand ar- chitecture[5, 6]. Thus, the rational design of bi- and polynuclear Ag(I) complexes must recognize the in- here…     

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 Zn(II) Complex with Tridentate Ligand N-(2-Hydroxy-1-naphthylidene)-L-serine

1 INTRODUCTION As the basic building blocks of proteins or enzy- mes, amino acids are versatile ligands showing flexi- ble coordination modes[1]. Recently, researchers have synthesized some metal complexes with amino acids and their derivatives[2～6]. Considerable efforts have been devoted to the preparation and structure of amino acid Schiff base complexes with transition metals[6～11]. In such cases, some Zn(II) complexes have been reported. However, most of them have been carried out…     

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 a Heterotrinuclear Compound [PdCu_2(tdt)(μ-dppm)_2(MeCN)_4]-(ClO_4)_2·2/3H_2O (tdt = 3,4-Toluenedithiolate, dppm =Bis(diphenylphosphino)methane)

1 INTRODUCTION Great attention has been attracted to design novel heterometallic molecular materials with phosphorus- and sulfur-containing ligands, owing to their abundant optical and opto-electronic properties[1～4]. Self-assembly is an efficient ap- proach to obtain heterometallic assembly by the Incorporation of two different metal components[5, 6]. We are interested in investigating the reaction between Pd(diimine)(dithiolate) and metal dip- hosphine Cu2(μ-dppm)2(MeCN)42 , the fo…     

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…     

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 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…     

Hydrothermal Synthesis,Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of a Cobalt(II) Coordination Polymer Assembled by 4-Sulfophthalate and 4,4'-Bipyridine

1 INTRUDUCTION The rational design and synthesis of metal-direc- ted supramolecular framework have received much attention in coordination chemistry because of their potential applications in catalysis, molecular selec- tion, non-linear optics, ion exchange and microelec- tronics[1～4]. During the lastdecade, many high-di- mensional coordination complexes have been de- signed and prepared through molecular self-as- sembly process[5～10]. The construction of open metal organic framework, s…     

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 Tri(4-(3-hydroxy2-ethyl-4-pyridinone-1-yl)-aniline Condensation Salicylaldehydato) Monohydratotricopper(II)Dimethylformamide Monohydrate Solvate

1 INTRODUCTION Synthesis of transition-metal complexes with Schiff-base has been a subject of considerable im- portance[1, 2]. These complexes are not only good coordination agents for Schiff-base, but also good bactericide and antitumour agent[3, 4]. A number of hydroxypyridinones are nontoxic compounds that have been applied in bioinorganic chemistry over many years[5], and their iron(III) complexes have been assessed for the amelioration of anaemia[6]. They have also been examined …     

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 [Er4（μ3—OH）4（Hpro）4（Pro）2（H2O）7]（ClO4）6.7H2O

1 INTRODUCTION The design and synthesis of polynuclear com- plexes have attracted chemists?attention in the contemporary chemistry, since their clusters maybe lead to novel materials with magnetic, optical, electronic and catalytic properties of the constituent metals[1～3]. It is also prevalently interesting to synthesize high-nuclearity metal complexes for their nanoscopic dimensions[3, 4]. Spectroscopic properties of the lanthanides are widely used in the study of biological systems. …     

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a Ni(Ⅱ) Complex [Ni(H_2O)_4(4,4'-bipy)_2](hca)_2

1 INTRODUCTION The rational design and synthesis of new metal- organic frameworks have generated considerable interest in supramolecular chemistry and materials science owing to their intriguing structural diver- sities and potential applications as functional mate- rials[1～6]. Carboxylate-containing ligands have attrac- ted considerable attention because of the various coordination modes of carboxylate group, the ability to form hydrogen bonds and the potential applica- tions as functio…     

Hydrothermal Synthesis and Structure of a Novel Molybdenum Phosphate: Na_4(H_3O) [Na(HPO_4)_2(PO_4)_4Mo_(18)O_(49)]·16H_2O

1 INTRODUCTION The design synthesis of metal oxide heterpoly compounds have been the subject due to their diverse structures and potential applications in catalysis, sorption, electrical conductivity, ion exchange and anti-virus[1]. Molybdenum phosphates with microporous framework serve as a new kind of inorganic microporous materials. In the course of our investigation on the synthesis of Molybdenum phosphates, we have hydrothermally synthesized an organically templated solid material[…     

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…