63Cu NMR spectroscopy of copper(I) complexes with various tridentate ligands: CO as a useful 63Cu NMR probe for sharpening 63Cu NMR signals and analyzing the electronic donor effect of a ligand

63Cu NMR spectroscopic studies of copper(I) complexes with various N-donor tridentate ligands are reported. As has been previously reported for most copper(I) complexes, 63Cu NMR signals, when acetonitrile is coordinated to copper(I) complexes of these tridentate ligands, are broad or undetectable. However, when CO is bound to tridentate copper(I) complexes, the 63Cu NMR signals become much sharper and show a large downfield shift compared to those for the corresponding acetonitrile complexes. Temperature dependence of 63Cu NMR signals for these copper(I) complexes show that a quadrupole relaxation process is much more significant to their 63Cu NMR line widths than a ligand exchange process. Therefore, an electronic effect of the copper bound CO makes the 63Cu NMR signal sharp and easily detected. The large downfield shift for the copper(I) carbonyl complex can be explained by a paramagnetic shielding effect induced by the copper bound CO, which amplifies small structural and electronic changes that occur around the copper ion to be easily detected in their 63Cu NMR shifts. This is evidenced by the correlation between the 63Cu NMR shifts for the copper(I) carbonyl complexes and their nu(C[triple bond]O) values. Furthermore, the 63Cu NMR shifts for copper(I) carbonyl complexes with imino-type tridentate ligands show a different correlation line with those for amino-type tridentate ligands. On the other hand, 13C NMR shifts for the copper bound 13CO for these copper(I) carbonyl complexes do not correlate with the nu(C[triple bond]O) values. The X-ray crystal structures of these copper(I) carbonyl complexes do not show any evidence of a significant structural change around the Cu-CO moiety. The findings herein indicate that CO complexation makes 63Cu NMR spectroscopy much more useful for Cu(I) chemistry.     

Cyclic voltammetric studies of copper(II) dipeptide complexes. Evidence for copper(I) dipeptide complexes in aqueous media

The reduction of the title complexes was studied by cyclic voltammetry in aqueous media. It proceeds through a one-electron process generating intermediate copper(I) dipeptide complexes. The copper(I) dipeptide complexes are found to be short-lived and undergo transformations eventually generating Cu⁰ at the mercury electrode. The unchanged fraction of the copper(I) species is re-oxidised to the copper(II) complexes. The Cu⁰ generated undergoes a two-electron oxidation at a more anodic potential than the copper(I) complexes. pH-dependence of the title complexes is also investigated by cyclic voltammetry.     

The electrochemical reactions of copper(II) and copper(I) chloride in n,n-dimethylformamide

Polarographic, voltammetric and controlled-potential coulometric studies of copper(II) and copper(I) chloride in dimethylformamide are reported. The two chloride complexes of copper(II) are reduced in a total of three electrochemical steps to two copper(I)-chloride complexes and to copper(0). The two copper(I)-chloride species are reduced to copper(0) and oxidized to copper(II)-chloride complexes. The dissociation constant of the tetrachlorocuprate(II) complex has been polarographically estimated to be 10^-25.     

Formation of Copper(I) mixed-ligand complexes with mercaptopropyl or dipropyl disulfide groups covalently bonded to the silica surface and Michler’s thioketone

Silica chemically modified with mercaptopropyl groups (MPS) is usable in copper(II) recovery from chloride and nitrate solutions, affording a recovery factor of 99%. With silica modified with dipropyl disulfide groups (DPDSS), the largest copper(II) recovery factor is 50% and is attained at pH 6–7. Copper in its mercaptopropyl and dipropyl disulfide complexes on the silica surface is in the oxidation states +1 and +2, respectively. Coordinatively unsaturated copper(I) complexes form on the MPS surface, and their amount depends on the quantity of functional groups grafted to the silica surface. These surface complexes of copper(I) can coordinate with Michler’s thioketone molecules from aqueous ethanol to yield intensely red mixed-ligand copper(I) complexes on the MPS or DPDSS surface (in the latter case, after copper(II) reduction to copper(I) with ascorbic acid). The diffuse reflectance spectrum of the mixed-ligand complexes shows a band at 520 nm.     

铜(Ⅰ，Ⅱ)配合物的合成、结构与性质

在室温、有关配体存在下,利用金属铜粉和过氧化苯甲酰的氧化加成配位反应合成了四种铜(Ⅱ)配合物(配体分别为联吡啶、双二苯基膦乙烷、2-氨基吡啶、苯并咪唑)。同时又利用双齿有机膦配体(dppm=双二苯基膦甲烷,dppe=双二苯基膦乙烷,dppp=双二苯基膦丙烷,dppb=双二苯基膦丁烷)和金属铜盐的还原取代反应合成了四种一价铜(Ⅱ)配合物。通过元素分析确定了配合物的组成,经X射线四圆单晶衍射确定了配合物的分子结构,配合物的晶体结构由直接法和Fourier合成方法解出。利用电子光谱等手段研究了氧化加成配位和还原取代配位反应的机理。初步建立了一套简单有效的合成铜(Ⅰ,Ⅱ)配合物的新方法。     

铜(II)/明胶(酶解明胶)络合物的制备及其络合形态的探讨

许多金属元素对于生物体是必需的,Ｎａ、Ｋ、Ｍｇ、Ｃａ、Ｍｎ、Ｆｅ、Ｃｏ、Ｃｕ、Ｍｏ和Ｚｎ在人体中的含量约３％;各种金属离子在生物体中具有不同的作用,其功能是很复杂的．铜在生物体内主要是进行氧化还原反应,起输送氧气和电子载体的作用．如果人体内缺乏铜,则...     

Kupfer(II)-Komplexe mit monofunktionellen dreizähnigenSchiffbasen mit O,N,O-Sequenzen

A few complexes of copper(II) have been prepared by reacting copper(II) acetate with salicylidene methyl anthranilates in alcohol medium. Analytical data indicate 1 : 2 stoichiometry. These copper(II) complexes show normal magnetic moments indicating no spin interactions. With the help of electronic and infrared spectral evidences it has been suggested that in these complexes copper(II) exhibits coordination number six.     

Interaction with DNA and different effect on the nucleus of cancer cells for copper(II) complexes of N-benzyl di(pyridylmethyl)amine

Three new copper(II) complexes of N-benzyl di(pyridylmethyl)amine (phdpa) were synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic methods. The interaction between CT-DNA and the complexes was studied by UV and fluorescence titration methods. It was found that the complex [(phdpa)Cu(H(2)O)Ac)](Ac), with the non-planar aromatic heterocyclic ring ligand (phdpa), showed good anticancer properties and could cause the fragmentation of the nucleus, although its interaction with CT-DNA was weaker than that of 1,10-phenanthroline (phen)-based copper(II) complexes. The anticancer activities of copper(II) complexes with phdpa and phen based ligands are correlated to their binding constants with DNA, but phen-based copper(II) complexes did not cause the nucleus fragmentation of HeLa cells. [(phdpa)Cu(H(2)O)Ac)](Ac) can noticeably decrease the oxygen content of a culture solution and of HeLa cells, which make it a new nucleus and oxygen related anticancer copper(II) complex. Information obtained here would be helpful in the design of new antitumor complexes in oxidative therapy.     

Cyclic voltammetric studies of copper(II) amino acid complexes: electrochemical evidence for the generation of copper(I) complex as an intermediate

The reduction of the title complexes is studied by cyclic voltammetry in aqueous media. It proceeds through a one-electron process generating the corresponding copper(I) amino acid complexes. The reduced copper(I) species undergo chemical reactions generating Cu(O) at the mercury electrode. The unreacted fraction of the copper(I) species is re-oxidised to the copper(II) complexes. The Cu(O) generated undergo a two-electron oxidation to Cu²⁺ at less cathodic potentials which get reduced to Cu(O) subsequently. pH-dependence of these complexes is also investigated.     

Synthesis of Various Water Soluble and Stable Copper Complexes Bearing N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands and Their Activity in DNA Alkylation

We report here the synthesis and catalytic evaluation in DNA alkylation of a series of water‐soluble copper complexes bearing N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands. The NHC ligands were chosen to cover the gamut of commonly used scaffold variations, but in many cases, copper complexes could not be obtained or were unstable. Nevertheless, we identified several complexes that were both stable and catalytically active. Our studies provide guidance and starting scaffolds for any researchers interested in aqueous copper(I) catalysis. A key practical aspect of our findings is that azide‐bearing copper‐NHC complexes are excellent substrates for the azide‐alkyne cycloaddition, which allows late‐stage tailoring of the copper complexes.     

A sugar's choice: coordination to a mononuclear or a dinuclear copper(II) complex?

We proposed a decisive role of the number of metal ions at the sugar binding site for carbohydrate-coordinating copper(II) complexes. To verify this hypothesis, we studied the binding of the representatively chosen carbohydrates D-ribose (7), D-mannose (8), D-glucose (9), and D-maltose (10) to structurally related mono- and dinuclear copper(II) complexes in alkaline solution. All carbohydrates coordinate to the metal complexes in a 1:1 molar ratio. Coordination of 7 or 8 to the dinuclear copper(II) complex 1 is about 0.5 order of magnitude stronger than the complex formation with related mononuclear complexes. On contrast, 9, which is an epimer of 8, coordinates stronger to either one of the mononuclear copper(II) complexes in alkaline aqueous solution.     

Specificity of complex formation of benzoin (phthalazin-1-yl)hydrazone with copper(II) and nickel(II): Physicochemical study and quantum-chemical simulation

Benzoin (phthalazin-1-yl)hydrazone and its complexes with copper(I), copper(II), and nickel(II) were synthesized. Acid-base properties of benzoin (phthalazin-1-yl)hydrazone were studied, and its ionization constants and energies of possible conformers were calculated by quantum-chemical methods. The structure of the isolated complexes was determined on the basis of their elemental compositions, IR spectra, and data of thermogravimetric, conductometric, and magnetochemical measurements. Copper(II) acetate with benzoin (phthalazin-1-yl)hydrazone forms dinuclear complex, nickel(II) acetate and chloride produce mononuclear octahedral complexes, and copper(II) halides give rise to copper(I) complexes with the oxidized hydrazone.

     

Reaction of carboxamide with Cu2Oisonitrile complex; formation of a new chelated copper(I) complex

Reaction of carboxamides with Cu₂O in the presence of t-butyl isocyanide gave new chelated copper(I) complexes, which probably are formed by the insertion of t-butyl isocyanide into the coppernitrogen bond of copper(I) amide isonitrile complexes, which were initially produced from the carboxamides and Cu₂Ot-butyl isocyanide complex. The same chelated copper(I) complexes were prepared more readily by the reaction of the corresponding N-trimethylsilyl-carboxamides with Cu₂Ot-butyl isocyanide complex. Reactions of the copper(I) complexes thus obtained with alkylating agents, such as alkyl halides, alkyl tosylates and triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate, also were described.     

Active Site Models for the Cu(A) Site of Peptidylglycine α-Hydroxylating Monooxygenase and Dopamine β-Monooxygenase

A mononuclear copper(II) superoxo species has been invoked as the key reactive intermediate in aliphatic substrate hydroxylation by copper monooxygenases such as peptidylglycine α-hydroxylating monooxygenase (PHM), dopamine β-monooxygenase (DβM), and tyramine β-monooxygenase (TβM). We have recently developed a mononuclear copper(II) end-on superoxo complex using a N-[2-(2-pyridyl)ethyl]-1,5-diazacyclooctane tridentate ligand, the structure of which is similar to the four-coordinate distorted tetrahedral geometry of the copper-dioxygen adduct found in the oxy-form of PHM (Prigge, S. T.; Eipper, B. A.; Mains, R. E.; Amzel, L. M. Science2004, 304, 864-867). In this study, structures and physicochemical properties as well as reactivity of the copper(I) and copper(II) complexes supported by a series of tridentate ligands having the same N-[2-(2-pyridyl)ethyl]-1,5-diazacyclooctane framework have been examined in detail to shed light on the chemistry dictated in the active sites of mononuclear copper monooxygenases. The ligand exhibits unique feature to stabilize the copper(I) complexes in a T-shape geometry and the copper(II) complexes in a distorted tetrahedral geometry. Low temperature oxygenation of the copper(I) complexes generated the mononuclear copper(II) end-on superoxo complexes, the structure and spin state of which have been further characterized by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Detailed kinetic analysis on the O(2)-adduct formation reaction gave the kinetic and thermodynamic parameters providing mechanistic insights into the association and dissociation processes of O(2) to the copper complexes. The copper(II) end-on superoxo complex thus generated gradually decomposed to induce aliphatic ligand hydroxylation. Kinetic and DFT studies on the decomposition reaction have suggested that C-H bond abstraction occurs unimolecularly from the superoxo complex with subsequent rebound of the copper hydroperoxo species to generate the oxygenated product. The present results have indicated that a superoxo species having a four-coordinate distorted tetrahedral geometry could be reactive enough to induce the direct C-H bond activation of aliphatic substrates in the enzymatic systems.     

Electrochemical generation of Cu(I) complexes in aqueous solutions studied by on-line mass spectrometry

Taking advantage of the electrochemical aspects of electrospray ionization (ESI) sources in positive ionization mode mass spectrometry (MS), aqueous copper complexes are electrogenerated using sacrificial copper electrodes. When using 8-hydroxyquinoline or bathocuproine, two chelating agents for Cu²⁺ and Cu⁺ ions, respectively, the electrodissolution of copper leads to the formation of the respective complexes that are then analyzed by MS. This electrochemical generation of copper(I) complexes offers a direct route to synthesize Cu⁺ complexes in aqueous solutions.     

Synthesis and characterization of iron(III), manganese(II), cobalt(II), nickel(II), copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes of salicylidene-N-anilinoacetohydrazone (H2L1) and 2-hydroxy-1-naphthylidene-N-anilinoacetohydrazone (H2L2)

Salicylidene-N-anilinoacetohydrazone (H(2)L(1)) and 2-hydroxy-1-naphthylidene-N-anilinoacetohydrazone (H(2)L(2)) and their iron(III), manganese(II), cobalt(II), nickel(II), copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes have been synthesized and characterized by IR, electronic spectra, molar conductivities, magnetic susceptibilities and ESR. Mononuclear complexes are formed with molar ratios of 1:1, 1:2 and 1:3 (M:L). The IR studies reveal various modes of chelation. The electronic absorption spectra and magnetic susceptibility measurements show that the iron(III), nickel(II) and cobalt(II) complexes of H(2)L(1) have octahedral geometry. While the cobalt(II) complexes of H(2)L(2) were separated as tetrahedral structure. The copper(II) complexes have square planar stereochemistry. The ESR parameters of the copper(II) complexes at room temperature were calculated. The g values for copper(II) complexes proved that the Cu-O and Cu-N bonds are of high covalency.     

Cu(II)-氨基酸-核苷酸三元配合物 II: Cu(II)-L-组氨酸、L-赖氨酸－5'-嘌呤核苷酸三元配合物

合成和表征了新的三元配合物: [Cu(L-His)(5'-AMP)]Cl2.4H2O,[Cu(L-His)(5'-GMP)]Cl2, [Cu(L-His)(5'-IMP)]Cl2.2H2O,[Cu(l-Lys)2(5'-GMP)]Cl2.6H2O, Na2[Cu(L-Lys)2(5'-GMPH_2)].6H2O,Na2[Cu(L-Lys)2(5'-GTPH_2)].6H2O, Na2[Cu(L-Lys)2(5'-IMPH_2)].10H2O. IR及NMR谱表明, 5'-嘌呤核苷酸以嘌呤碱基上的7-N原子与Cu(II)配位。在5'-嘌呤核苷酸形成的配合物中, 磷酸根不参与配位, 但是Na2.5'-GMPH-2和Na.5'-GTPH-2的磷酸根参与配位, 而Na2.5'-IMPH-2的磷酸根不参与配位。     

Synthesis, spectral and electrochemical studies of Cu(II) and Ni(II) complexes with new N2O2 ligands: a new precursor capable of depositing copper nanoparticles using thermal reduction

Cu(II) and Ni(II) complexes of the general type [M(N2O2)] are described. The N2O2 ligands used are [N,N'-bis(2-hydroxy-6-methoxybenzylidene)propane-1,3-diamine] (HOMeSalpn) and [N,N'-bis(2-hydroxy-6-methoxybenzylidene)propane-1,2-diamine (HOMeSalpr). These complexes have been characterized by IR, UV-vis, CV, TG-DTA and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The electrochemical behavior of these complexes at a glassy carbon electrode in acetonitrile solution indicates that the first reduction process corresponding to Cu(II)-Cu(I) and Ni(II)-Ni(I) is electrochemically irreversible. The new copper complexes have been applied for the preparation of copper nanoparticles using non-ionic surfactant (Triton X-100) by thermal reduction. The copper nanoparticles with average size of 48nm were formed by thermal reduction of [N,N'-bis(2-hydroxy-6-methoxybenzylidene)propane-1,3-diamine]copper(II) in the presence of triphenylphosphine thus releasing the reduced copper and affording the high-purity copper nanoparticles.     

Reaction of beta-diketiminate copper(II) complexes and Na2S2

Reaction of beta-diketiminate copper(II) complexes and Na2S2 resulted in formation of (mu-eta2:eta2-disulfido)dicopper(II) complexes (adduct formation) or beta-diketiminate copper(I) complexes (reduction of copper(II)) depending on the substituents of the supporting ligands. In the case of sterically less demanding ligands, adduct formation occurred to provide the (mu-eta2:eta2-disulfido)dicopper(II) complexes, whereas reduction of copper(II) took place to give the corresponding copper(I) complexes with sterically more demanding beta-diketiminate ligands. Spectroscopic examinations of the reactions at low temperature using UV-vis and ESR as well as kinetic analysis have suggested that a 1 : 1 adduct LCuII-S-SNa with an end-on binding mode is initially formed as a common intermediate, from which different reaction pathways exist depending on the steric environment of the metal-coordination sphere provided by the ligands. Thus, with the sterically less demanding ligands, rearrangement of the disulfide adduct from end-on to side-on followed by self-dimerisation occurs to give the (mu-eta2:eta2-disulfido)dicopper(II) complexes, whereas such an intramolecular rearrangement of the disulfide co-ligand does not take place with the sterically more demanding ligands. In this case, homolytic cleavage of the CuII-S bond occurs to give the reduced copper(I) product. The steric effects of the supporting ligands have been discussed on the basis of detailed analysis of the crystal structures of the copper(II) starting materials.     

Mutual enhancement of the complexing properties of components in tertiary systems containing copper nanoparticles, poly(acrylic acid), and poly(ethylene glycol)

It is shown that nonstoichiometric interpolymer complexes composed of high-molecular-mass poly( acrylic acid) and PEG of various molecular masses are more efficient stabilizers of copper sols than each component of the complex taken separately. This conclusion is based on comparison of dimensions of copper nanoparticles in sols formed via reduction of copper(II) ions in solutions of poly (acrylic acid), PEG, and their blends and on the enhanced stability of sols protected by the interpolymer complex against aggregation and oxidation of metal particles. Much shorter PEG chains than those necessary for formation of corresponding interpolymer complexes in the absence of nanoparticles can be involved in formation of tertiary complexes including copper nanoparticles, poly(acrylic acid), and PEG. On the basis of the experimental data, it is inferred that the mutual enhancement of the complexing behavior of components occurs in tertiary complexes containing copper nanoparticles and both polymers.