Reactivity of the Peroxo Complexes of Copper(II) Hydroxide

In the interaction with H₂O₂ in an alkaline medium, Cu(OH)₂ forms terminal Cu–OOH and bridging peroxo complexes with the -1,1 and -²:² structures. It was found that the terminal peroxide is active in the reactions of H₂O₂ decomposition, diphenol oxidation, and nitrile conversion into acid amides. The promoting effect of ammonia on these reactions was found. A possible mechanism is discussed.     

Mechanistic Insight into the Nitric Oxide Dioxygenation Reaction of Nonheme Iron(III)–Superoxo and Manganese(IV)–Peroxo Complexes

Reactions of nonheme Fe^III–superoxo and Mn^IV–peroxo complexes bearing a common tetraamido macrocyclic ligand (TAML), namely [(TAML)Fe^III(O₂)]^2? and [(TAML)Mn^IV(O₂)]^2?, with nitric oxide (NO) afford the Fe^III–NO₃ complex [(TAML)Fe^III(NO₃)]^2? and the Mn^V–oxo complex [(TAML)Mn^V(O)]^? plus NO₂^?, respectively. Mechanistic studies, including density functional theory (DFT) calculations, reveal that M^III–peroxynitrite (M=Fe and Mn) species, generated in the reactions of [(TAML)Fe^III(O₂)]^2? and [(TAML)Mn^IV(O₂)]^2? with NO, are converted into M^IV(O) and ^.NO₂ species through O?O bond homolysis of the peroxynitrite ligand. Then, a rebound of Fe^IV(O) with ^.NO₂ affords [(TAML)Fe^III(NO₃)]^2?, whereas electron transfer from Mn^IV(O) to ^.NO₂ yields [(TAML)Mn^V(O)]^? plus NO₂^?.     

Studies on Dioxygen Adducts of Cobalt(II) Complexes with Salen-Analogs Containing A Pendant Group

Abstract

New cobalt(II) complexes ([Co(sal-P)]) with pentadentate salen-analogs possessing a pendant group capable of axial coordination have been synthesized and discussed with respect to coordination behavior of the pendant groups.     

Mechanistic Studies on the Oxidation of Hydroquinone by an Oxo-bridged Diiron(III,III) Complex in Weakly Acidic Aqueous Media

The kinetics of oxidation of hydroquinone (H₂Q) by a μ-oxo-bridged diiron(III,III) complex, Fe₂(μ-O)(phen)₄(H₂O)₂]⁴⁺ (1) has been investigated in aqueous media at 25.0 °C in presence of an excess of 1,10-phenanthroline (phen). The overall redox rate increases with increase in [H⁺]. The title complex (1) and its conjugate bases, [Fe₂(μ-O)(phen)₄(OH)₂]³⁺(2) and [Fe₂(μ-O)(phen)₄(OH)₂]²⁺ (3), participate in the reaction with H₂Q as the only kinetically reactive reducing species. Rate constants (in dm³ mol⁻¹ s⁻¹) for the parallel reactions (1) + H₂Q → Products, (2) + H₂Q → Products and that for (3) + H₂Q → Products are, respectively, 500 ± 40, 100 ± 6 and 30 ± 2. Substantial rate retardation in D₂O media in comparison to that in H₂O media suggests that electron transfer is coupled with proton movements in the rate-determining step.     

锌、镉及汞卟啉生成反应动力学研究

对四－间甲基－苯基卟啉Ｈ２Ｔ，ＰＰ与Ｚｎ，Ｃｄ，Ｈｇ在丙酮中，四苯基卟啉Ｈ２ＴＰＰ与Ｚｎ在丙酮和ＤＭＦ中的生成反应动力学进行研究。根据我们的实验结果和对前人工作的总结，提出了较为合理的反应机理，用非线性拟合的方法求得各基元步骤的动力学参数。     

Dioxygen Activation by Siloxide Complexes of Chromium(II) and Chromium(IV)

The reaction of a tripodal trisilanol with n‐butyllithium and CrCl₂ results in a dinuclear Cr^II complex ( 1 ), which is capable of cleaving O₂ to yield in a unique complex ( 2 ) with an asymmetric diamond core composed of two Cr^IV?O units. Magnetic susceptibility data reveal significant exchange coupling of Cr^II (S=2) in 1 and large zero‐field splitting for Cr^IV (S=1) in 2 owing to strong spin–orbit coupling of the ground state. The Cr^IV?O compound can also be generated using PhIO, and evidence was gathered that although it is the stable product isolated after excessive O₂ treatment, it further activates O₂ to yield an intermediate species that oxidizes THF or Me‐THF. By extensive ¹⁸O labeling studies we were able to show, that in the course of this process ¹⁸O₂ exchanges its label with siloxide O atoms of the ligand via terminal oxido ligands.     

Nickel(II) Analogues of Phosphorescent Platinum(II) Complexes with Picosecond Excited-State Decay

Square-planar Ni^II complexes are interesting as cheaper and more sustainable alternatives to Pt^II luminophores widely used in lighting and photocatalysis. We investigated the excited-state behavior of two Ni^II complexes, which are isostructural with two luminescent Pt^II complexes. The initially excited singlet metal-to-ligand charge transfer (¹MLCT) excited states in the Ni^II complexes decay to metal-centered (³MC) excited states within less than 1 picosecond, followed by non-radiative relaxation of the ³MC states to the electronic ground state within 9–21 ps. This contrasts with the population of an emissive triplet ligand-centered (³LC) excited state upon excitation of the Pt^II analogues. Structural distortions of the Ni^II complexes are responsible for this discrepant behavior and lead to dark ³MC states far lower in energy than the luminescent ³LC states of Pt^II compounds. Our findings suggest that if these structural distortions could be restricted by more rigid coordination environments and stronger ligand fields, the excited-state relaxation in four-coordinate Ni^II complexes could be decelerated such that luminescent ³LC or ³MLCT excited states become accessible. These insights are relevant to make Ni^II fit for photophysical and photochemical applications that relied on Pt^II until now.     

Bioinspired Trispyrazolylborato Nickel(II) Flavonolate Complexes and Their Reactivity Toward Dioxygen

Aiming at structural and functional mimics of the active site of the Ni^II containing quercetin‐2,4‐dioxygenase Ni^II flavonolate complexes Tp*NiX [Tp* = hydrotris(3,5‐dimethyl)pyrazolylborate, X = 3‐hydroxy flavonolate (Fla), 3‐hydroxy thioflavonolate (SFla), 3‐hydroxy selenoflavonolate (SeFla)] were synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic methods and X‐ray crystallography. The complex Tp*NiFla reacts with O₂ via dioxygenation of bound flavonolate to benzoic acid and salicylic acid as one should expect for a functional model of the enzyme. Modification of the carbonyl function of the flavonolate to the corresponding C=S and C=Se compounds retained dioxygenase like reactivity, but did not lead to an increase of reaction rate as had been anticipated due to a weaker interaction of S/Se with the central nickel atom.     

Dioxygen Reactivity of Copper(I)/Manganese(II)-Porphyrin Assemblies: Mechanistic Studies and Cooperative Activation of O2

The oxidation of transition metals such as manganese and copper by dioxygen (O₂) is of great interest to chemists and biochemists for fundamental and practical reasons. In this report, the O₂ reactivities of 1:1 and 1:2 mixtures of [(TPP)Mn^II] (1; TPP: Tetraphenylporphyrin) and [(tmpa)Cu^I(MeCN)]⁺ (2; TMPA: Tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine) in 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (MeTHF) are described. Variable-temperature (−110 °C to room temperature) absorption spectroscopic measurements support that, at low temperature, oxygenation of the (TPP)Mn/Cu mixtures leads to rapid formation of a cupric superoxo intermediate, [(tmpa)Cu^II(O₂^•–)]⁺ (3), independent of the presence of the manganese porphyrin complex (1). Complex 3 subsequently reacts with 1 to form a heterobinuclear μ-peroxo species, [(tmpa)Cu^II–(O₂^2–)–Mn^III(TPP)]⁺ (4; λ_max = 443 nm), which thermally converts to a μ-oxo complex, [(tmpa)Cu^II–O–Mn^III(TPP)]⁺ (5; λ_max = 434 and 466 nm), confirmed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. In the 1:2 (TPP)Mn/Cu mixture, 4 is subsequently attacked by a second equivalent of 3, giving a bis-μ-peroxo species, i.e., [(tmpa)Cu^II−(O₂²⁻)−Mn^IV(TPP)−(O₂²⁻)−Cu^II(tmpa)]²⁺ (7; λ_max = 420 nm and δ_pyrrolic = −44.90 ppm). The final decomposition product of the (TPP)Mn/Cu/O₂ chemistry in MeTHF is [(TPP)Mn^III(MeTHF)₂]⁺ (6), whose X-ray structure is also presented and compared to literature analogs.     

Dioxygen Affinities and Catalytic Oxidation Performance of Cobalt (II)Complexes with N-Aryl Hydroxamic Acid

It is well known that the study on biomimetic oxygen carriers not only has important theoretic significance to discover the mechanism of reversible bonding, activating oxygen as well as the oxidation reaction in organism, but also has potential application in separating oxygen from air and realizing the high efficiency and selectivity of catalytic oxidation reaction under a mild condition1. Metal- porphyrin and metal- phthalol- gaunine have been extensively used as biomimetic oxygen carriers u…     

Magnetic Properties and Mössbauer Spectra of Binuclear Copper(II) and Tetranuclear Diiron(III)-porphyrin-dicopper(II) Complexes with Schiff-Base Ligands of 2-lmidazolealdehyde and Acetylpyrazine

The binuclear copper(II) and tetranuclear diiron(III)-porphyrin-dicopper(II) complexes with the Schiff-base ligands of N,N′-bis(2-imidazolaldehyde)ethylenediimine, N,N′-bis(2-imidazolaldehyde)-p-phenyldiimine, N,N-bis(acetylpyrazine)-ethylenediimine and N,N′-bis(acetylpyrazine)-p-phenyldiimine have been prepared and characterized. The magnetic data indicated that the spin ground states and the magneic interaction between Cu(II)-Cu(II) or Fe(III)-Cu(II) are dependent on the nature of the bridging ligands. A weak antiferromagnetic interaction between Fe(III) and Cu(II) is evident from the temperature-dependent magnetic measurements. The Mössbauer spectra of iron(III) -porphyrin sites showed an asymmetric quadrupole doublet consistent with high-spin iron(III) S = 5/2.     

Cellular Mechanistic Considerations on Cytotoxic Mode of Action of Phosphino Ru(II) and Ir(III) Complexes

Two piano-stool ruthenium(II) complexes Ru(η⁶-p-cymene)Cl₂PPh₂CH₂OH ( RuPOH ) and Ru(η⁶-p-cymene)Cl₂P(p-OCH₃Ph)₂CH₂OH ( RuMPOH ) and two half-sandwich iridium(III) complexes Ir(η ⁵-Cp*)Cl₂PPh₂CH₂OH ( IrPOH ) and Ir(η ⁵-Cp*)Cl₂P(p-OCH₃Ph)₂CH₂OH ( IrMPOH ) have been studied in terms of potential anticancer activity on previously selected cell line (human lung adenocarcinoma). Based on experimental results obtained in monoculture in vitro model mechanistic considerations on the possible cellular modes of action have been carried out. ICP-MS analysis revealed the higher cellular uptake for less hydrophobic Ir(III) complexes in comparison to the corresponding Ru(II) compounds. Cytometric analysis showed a predominance of apoptosis over the other types of cell death for all complexes. The apoptotic pathway was confirmed by a decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential and the activation of caspases-3/9 for both Ru(II) and Ir(III) complexes. It was concluded that in the case of Ru(II) complexes the intense ROS generation is mainly responsible for the resulting cytotoxicity. The corresponding Ir(III) complexes trigger simultaneously at least three different cytotoxic pathways i. e., depletion of mitochondrial potential, activation of caspases-dependent apoptosis, and ROS-associated oxidation. Thus, it can be assumed that the final accumulation of toxic effects over time via parallel activation of different pathways results in the highest cytotoxicity in vitro exhibited by Ir(III) complexes when compared with Ru(II) complexes.     

Thiolate-Bridged Diiron(III) Complex with Spin-Crossover Behaviour

The reaction of the ligand HL · (HCl)₂ (HL = 2,6-di(aminomethyl)-4-tert-butyl-thiophenol) with MCl₂ in methanol in the presence of sodium methanolate and air affords the dinuclear complexes [L₃M₂][ClO₄]₃ (M = Fe: 2 , Co: 3 ) in 85% and 68% yield, respectively. Both complexes were characterized by infrared spectroscopy, magnetic susceptibility measurements, and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. By temperature-variable ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy diamagnetic 2 is shown to exhibit a gradual spin transition between the species [L₃(low-spin-Fe)₂]³⁺ ((ls,ls)- 2 ) and [L₃(high-spin-Fe)₂]³⁺ ((hs,hs)- 2 ). At room temperature the relative concentrations of both species are nearly equal. Well resolved quadrupole doublets at all temperatures for both (ls,ls)- 2 (γ in the range 0.22(1)–0.28(1) mm s^–1) and (hs,hs)- 2 (γ in the range 0.48(1)–0.53(2) mm s^–1) are indicative of a spin conversion time longer than the half-life of the I = ³/₂ state of ⁵⁷Fe. Cyclic voltammetry and square wave voltammetry of 2 in CH₃CN solution reveal four quasi-reversible one-electron transfer processes. The first two processes were assigned to metal-centered reductions of (hs,hs)- 2 and (ls,ls)- 2 , respectively, to yield the mixed-valent species [L₃Fe^IIFe^III]³⁺.     

Formation and transformation of Amminecarbonatocobalt(III) Complexes

The preparation is described of [CoCO₃(NH₃)₅]ClO₄ · H₂O, trans-[CoCO₃(NH₃)₄(¹⁵NH₃)]ClO₄, and trans-[CoCO₃(NH₃)₄(NH₂CH₃)]ClO₄. The transformation reactions of these complexes, in which a chelate carbonate ligand is formed and one NH₃ is eliminated, were studied in solution and in the solid state. ¹H NMR spectroscopy is used for the identification of the products. It is shown that the transformation reactions are not stereospecific.     

Synthesis,Characterization, and Reaction Studies of Pd(II) Tripeptide Complexes

The aqueous synthesis of Pd(II) complexes with alkylated tripeptides led to the hydrolysis of the peptides at low pH values and mixtures of complexed peptides were formed. A non-aqueous synthetic route allowed the formation and isolation of single products and their characterization. Pd(II) complexes with α-Asp(OR)AlaGly(OR), β-Asp(OR)AlaGly(OR), and TrpAlaGly(OR) (R = H or alkyl) as tri and tetradentate chelates were characterized. The tridentate coordination mode was accompanied by a fourth monodentate ligand that was shown to participate in both ligand exchange reactions and a direct removal to form the tetradentate coordination mode. The tetradentate coordination revealed a rare a hemi labile carbonyl goup coordination mode to Pd(II). Reactivity with small molecules such as ethylene, acids, formate, and episulfide was investigated. Under acidic conditions and in the presence of ethylene; acetaldehyde was formed. The Pd(II) is a soft Lewis acid and thiophilic and the complexes abstract sulfur from episulfide at apparent modest catalytic rates. The complexes adopt a square planar geometry according to a spectroscopic analysis and DFT calculations that were employed to evaluate the most energetically favorable coordination geometry and compared with the observed infrared and NMR data.     

Electrocatalytic Reduction of Dioxygen at Co(II) Complexes Supported Carbon Electrode

Phthalocyanines or porphyrins of cobalt and iron are known as effective catalysts of oxygen reduction. Carbon based electrodes are modified by.the adsorption of these macromolecular compounds, which mediate the electron transfer. Oxygen is reduced to hydrogen peroxide and/or water at these modified electrodes via a two- or four- electron transfer reaction.