Significance of grafting in curing processes initiated by UV, excimer and ionising radiation sources

The grafting of a typical methacrylate monomer (MMA) to polypropylene (PPE) and cellulose initiated by UV and ionising radiation is reported. The effect of additives which constitute components in radiation curing on the grafting process is examined. Additives studied include photoinitiators (PIs), multifunctional acrylates and methacrylates and acrylate oligomers. Synergistic effects when these additives are combined in the same solution are reported. The photografting studies have been extended to include grafting with charge transfer (CT) complexes involving donor/acceptor (DA) monomers to PPE, cellulose and wool. The importance of this work in conventional and PI free curing is discussed, particularly the significance of concurrent grafting during curing.     

Transition metal complexes of N,N-dimethylthreonine: Stability and UV/Vis spectra

Summary Acidity (dehydronation) constants of N,N-dimethylthreonine (DMT) and stability constants of its complexes with Cu⁺², Ni⁺², and Co⁺² were determined in aqueous solution by means of potentiometric titration. UV/Vis spectra were also taken during the titration. It is suggested thatDMT acts as a bidentate ligand toward copper(II) by engaging either (a) amino and carboxyl groups (in [Cu(DMT)] and [Cu(DMT)₂]), or, (b) upon dehydronation, amino and hydroxyl groups (in [Cu(DMT)H_–1], [Cu(DMT)₂H_–1], and [Cu(DMT)₂H_–2]). It is suggested that the coordination in threoninato andallo-threoninato complexes is similar to that described under (a).Based upon Master of Science thesis submitted to the University of Zagreb, Croatia byB. Blagovi     

Synthesis, spectroscopic and electrochemical studies of a series of transition metal complexes with amino- or bis(bromomethyl)-substituted dppz-ligands: Building blocks for fullerene-based donor-bridge-acceptor dyads

Transition metal complexes with ligands based on dipyrido[3,2-a:2′,3′-c]phenazine (dppz) have been synthesized. As metal fragments the [Ru(bpy)₂]⁺, Re(CO)₃Cl and the [Cu(PPh₃)₂]⁺ moieties have been used. The complexes containing amino- or bis(bromomethyl) substituted dppz ligands can be used for fullerene-based donor-bridge-acceptor dyads. The electronic absorption spectra of these complexes and of the dppz ligands were investigated. The dppz ligands show strong absorptions in the 300 and 390 nm region. An additional absorption band in the visible region (∼440 nm) is observed for the amino-substituted dppz-ligands. Ruthenium complexes exhibited broad absorption bands at 350-500 nm arising from intraligand-based transitions and the MLCT transition. MLCT transitions of the Re(I) and Cu(I) complexes are observed as shoulders of the stronger ligand-based absorption band tailing out to 400-500 nm. The electrochemically active complexes and ligands were studied by cyclic voltammetry and square-wave voltammetry. All ligands show one first reversible one-electron reduction located at the phenazine portion. These reductions are shifted to more positive redox potentials upon complexation. Oxidation potentials for reversible processes could be determined for the Ru²⁺/Ru³⁺ couple. For rhenium(I) and copper(I) complexes one irreversible oxidation process is observed.     

基于CT评估脑出血征象和血肿体积、高低密度差预测血肿增大及软化灶的价值研究

选取30例脑出血血肿增大患者为血肿增大组,另选30例脑出血无血肿增大患者为无血肿增大组,均行脑CT检查.采用Logistic回归方程分析血肿增大的相关影响因素,用受试者工作特征曲线(ROC)分析脑出血征象、血肿体积、高低密度差预测血肿增大及软化灶的效能.结果显示,初诊血肿体积、高低密度差与血肿增大显著相关(P＜0.05...     

Synthesis of 2-aminobenzophenone-based Schiff base Pd(II) complexes: Investigation on crystal structure,biological behavior of DNA/protein-binding,molecular docking,and in vitro anticancer activities

Two new monobasic bidentate ligands and their Pd(II) complexes have been synthesized and characterized by analytical and spectroscopic methods. The structures of the complexes were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The bimolecular binding of the ligands and complexes has been carried out and described. Interestingly, both the bidentate chelating ligands replaced all the triphenyl arsine and chloride ions from the metal precursor in the formation of new complexes and were found to be approximately square planar. The interaction of the ligands and the complexes with calf thymus DNA and bovine serum albumin was studied by electronic and emission spectroscopy techniques, which suggested an intercalation mode of binding. It is well-known that the viscosity of a DNA solution increases if any compound added binds to it through intercalation because this process lengthens the DNA helix due to the increased separation of the DNA base pairs when the compound slides in between, whereas a partial, nonclassical intercalation could bend (or kink) the DNA helix, which leads to a reduction in length and thereby reducing its viscosity. By contrast, there will be no change in the viscosity when the compounds bind with DNA grooves or by partial intercalation, which was further confirmed by viscosity measurements and molecular docking studies. It has been found that the compounds cleaved supercoiled DNA into nicked DNA without any external agent. The in vitro cytotoxicity studies of the ligands and complexes against human lung (A549) and breast (MCF7) cancer cell lines showed significant activity for both species.     

A synthetic breakthrough into an unanticipated stability regime: a series of isolable complexes in which C6, C8, C10, C12, C16, C20, C24, and C28 polyynediyl chains span two platinum atoms

The reaction of trans-[PtCl(p-tol){P(p-tol)3}2] (PtCl) and H(C[triple chemical bond]C)2H (cat. CuI, HNEt2) gives PtC4H (82 %), which can be cross-coupled with excess HC[triple chemical bond]CSiEt3 (acetone, O2, CuCl/TMEDA; Hay conditions) to yield PtC6Si (77 %). The addition of nBu4N+F- in wet acetone gives PtC6H (84 %), and further addition of ClSiMe3 (F- scavenger) and excess HC[triple chemical bond]CSiEt3 (Hay conditions) yields PtC(8)Si (23 %). Similar cross-coupling reactions of PtCxH (generated in situ for x>6) and excess H(C[triple chemical bond]C)2SiEt3 give a) x=4, PtC8Si (29 %), PtC12Si (30 %), and PtC16Si (1 %); b) x=6, PtC10Si (59 %) and PtC14Si (7 %); c) x=8, PtC12Si (42 %); and d) x=10, PtC14Si (20 %). Hay homocoupling reactions of PtC4H, PtC6H, PtC8H, and PtC10H give PtC8Pt, PtC12Pt, PtC16Pt, and PtC20Pt (88-70 %), but PtC12H decomposes too rapidly. However, when PtC12Si and PtC14Si are subjected to Hay conditions, protodesilylation occurs in the presence of the oxidizing agent and PtC24Pt (36 %) and PtC28Pt (51 %) are isolated. Reactions of PtC6H and PtC10H with PtCl (CuI, HNEt2) give PtC6Pt (56 %) and PtC10Pt (84 %). The effect of the chain lengths in PtCxPt upon thermal stabilities (>200 degrees C for x< or =20), IR nu(C[triple chemical bond]C) patterns (progressively more bands), colors (yellow to orange to deep red), UV/Vis spectra (progressively red-shifted and more intense bands with epsilon>400,000 M(-1) cm(-1)), redox properties (progressively more difficult oxidations), and NMR spectra (many monotonic trends) are analyzed, including implications for the sp carbon allotrope carbyne. Whereas all other dodecaynes and tetradecaynes rapidly decompose at room temperature, PtC24Pt and PtC28Pt remain stable at >140 degrees C. Crystal structures of PtCxSi (x=6, 8, 10) and PtCxPt (x=6, 8, 10, 12) have been determined.     

Gas‐phase doubly charged complexes of cyclic peptides with copper in +1, +2 and +3 formal oxidation states: formation,structures and electron capture dissociation

Copper complexes with a cyclic D‐His‐β‐Ala‐L‐His‐L‐Lys and all‐L‐His‐β‐Ala‐His‐Lys peptides were generated by electrospray which were doubly charged ions that had different formal oxidation states of Cu(I), Cu(II) and Cu(III) and different protonation states of the peptide ligands. Electron capture dissociation showed no substantial differences between the D‐His and L‐His complexes. All complexes underwent peptide cross‐ring cleavages upon electron capture. The modes of ring cleavage depended on the formal oxidation state of the Cu ion and peptide protonation. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations, using the B3LYP with an effective core potential at Cu and M06‐2X functionals, identified several precursor ion structures in which the Cu ion was threecoordinated to pentacoordinated by the His and Lys side‐chain groups and the peptide amide or enolimine groups. The electronic structure of the formally Cu(III) complexes pointed to an effective Cu(I) oxidation state with the other charge residing in the peptide ligand. The relative energies of isomeric complexes of the [Cu(c‐HAHK + H)]²⁺ and [Cu(c‐HAHK ? H)]²⁺ type with closed electronic shells followed similar orders when treated by the B3LYP and M06‐2X functionals. Large differences between relative energies calculated by these methods were obtained for open‐shell complexes of the [Cu(c‐HAHK)]²⁺ type. Charge reduction resulted in lowering the coordination numbers for some Cu complexes that depended on the singlet or triplet spin state being formed. For [Cu(c‐HAHK ? H)]²⁺ complexes, solution H/D exchange involved only the N–H protons, resulting in the exchange of up to seven protons, as established by ultra‐high mass resolution measurements. Contrasting the experiments, DFT calculations found the lowest energy structures for the gas‐phase ions that were deprotonated at the peptide C_α positions. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Syntheses,characterization, in vitro antiglycation and DPPH radical scavenging activities of isatin salicylhydrazidehydrazone and its Mn (II), Co (II), Ni (II), Cu (II), and Zn (II) metal complexes

2-Hydroxy salicylhydrazide isatin hydrazone (L) and its Mn (II), Co (II), Ni (II), Cu (II), and Zn (II), metal complexes were synthesized. ¹H NMR, UV–Vis, IR spectroscopy and elemental (CHN/S) analysis techniques were applied for characterization. TG/DTA techniques revealed that all the synthetic compounds are thermally stable up to 300 °C. They were found non-electrolytes in nature. Furthermore, all these complexes were evaluated for antiglycation and DPPH radical scavenging activities. They showed varying degree of activity with IC₅₀ values between 168.23 and 269.0 μM in antiglycation and 29.63–57.71 μM in DPPH radical scavenging activity. Mn (II), Co (II), Ni (II), Cu (II), and Zn (II), metal complexes showed good antiglycation as well as DPPH radical scavenging activity. The IC₅₀ values for antiglycation activity are 168.23 ± 2.37, 234.27 ± 4.33, 257.1 ± 6.43, 267.7 ± 8.43, 269.0 ± 8.56 Ni for Co, Zn, Mn, Cu, and Ni complexes, respectively, while IC₅₀ value were found to be 29.63 ± 2.76, 31.13 ± 1.41, 35.16 ± 2.45, 43.53 ± 3.12, 57.71 ± 2.61 μM for Cu, Zn, Mn, Co and Ni complexes, respectively, for DPPH radical scavenging activity. These synthesized metal complexes were found to be better active than standards Rutin (IC₅₀ = 294.46 μM) for anti-glycation, and tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole (IC₅₀ = 44.7 μM) for DPPH radical scavenging activity.     

Synthesis,structure and in vitro antiproliferative activities of oxamido‐bridged dicopper(II) complexes: A comparative study of experimental evidence and molecular docking of DNA/protein binding

Two μ‐oxamido‐bridged dicopper(II) complexes, namely [Cu₂(hmpoxd)(H₂O)(phen)](ClO₄) ( 1 ) and [Cu₂(papo)(H₂O)(phen)](ClO₄)·2H₂O ( 2 ), where H₃hmpoxd and H₃papo represent N‐(2‐hydroxy‐5‐methylphenyl)‐N′‐[3‐(dimethylamino)propyl]oxamide and N‐(2‐hydroxylphenyl)‐N′‐(3‐aminopropyl)oxamide, respectively, and phen represents 1,10‐phenanthroline, were synthesized. Single‐crystal X‐ray crystallography and other methods revealed that the two copper(II) ions in complex 1 are bridged by the cis‐hmpoxd^3? with Cu···Cu separation of 5.1896(7) Å, in which the inner (Cu1) and outer (Cu2) copper(II) atoms are located in square‐planar and square‐pyramidal geometries, respectively. To evaluate the effects of bridging ligand hydrophobicity on DNA/protein binding and potential anticancer activities, comparative studies of the reactivity towards herring sperm DNA and protein bovine serum albumin (BSA) as well as cytotoxicity of complex 1 with our previously reported complex 2 were conducted theoretically and experimentally. The results indicate that the two complexes can interact interactively with DNA, and bind to BSA via the binding sites Trp213 for 1 and Trp134 for 2 . Interestingly, the in vitro anticancer activities and DNA/protein binding affinities consistently follow the order of 1 > 2 .     

Solvent‐assisted formation of ruthenium(II)/copper(I) complexes containing thiourea derivatives: Synthesis,crystal structure,density functional theory,enzyme mimetics and in vitro biological perspectives

N ,N ‐[(diethylamino)(thiocarbonyl)]‐substituted benzamidine ligands have been synthesized from the reaction of N ,N ‐[(diethylamino)(thiocarbonyl)]benzimidoyl chloride with functionalized amines such as 2‐aminophenol and 2‐picolylamine. The reaction of N ,N ‐[(diethylamino)(thiocarbonyl)]‐2‐hydroxyphenylbenzamidine ( H ₂ L ₁ ) with ruthenium(II) precursor [RuHCl(CO)(PPh₃)₃] afforded complex 1 of the type [Ru(L₁)(CO)(PPh₃)₂] in which the ligand coordinated in tridentate ONS mode. The reaction of H ₂ L ₁ with copper precursor [Cu(CH₃COO)(PPh₃)₂] induced C═N bond cleavage of the ligand and afforded complex 3 of the type [Cu(1,1‐DT)(Cl)(PPh₃)₂] (1,1‐DT = 1,1‐diethylthiourea) in which the ligand coordinated in a monodentate fashion. The ligand N ,N ‐[(diethylamino)(thiocarbonyl)]‐2‐picolylbenzamidine ( HL ₂ ) reacted with ruthenium(II) and copper(I) precursors to form complex 2 of the type [Ru(1,1‐DT)(Cl₂)(CO)(PPh₃)₂] and complex 3 , respectively, in which the ligand underwent C═N cleavage and coordinated in a monodentate fashion via C═S group. In complexes 1 and 2 , the two triphenylphosphine co‐ligands coordinated in trans position whereas, in complex 3 , the two triphenylphosphine co‐ligands coordinated in cis position. All the compounds were characterized using infrared, UV–visible, (¹H, ¹³C, ³¹P) NMR, ESI‐MS and elemental analyses. The molecular structures of ligand H ₂ L ₁ and complexes 1 – 3 were determined using X‐ray crystallography, which confirmed the coordination mode of the ligands with metals. The crystal structure of complexes 1 and 2 revealed a distorted octahedral geometry around the ruthenium ion and the structure of complex 3 indicated a tetrahedral geometry around the copper ion. With the X‐ray structures, density functional theory computations were carried out to determine the electronic structure of the compounds. The interactions of complexes 1 – 3 with calf thymus DNA and bovine serum albumin protein were investigated using UV–visible and fluorescence spectroscopic and viscometric methods. Catecholase‐ and phosphatase‐like activities promoted by complexes 1 – 3 under physiological conditions have been studied. In vitro anticancer activities have been demonstrated by MTT assay, acridine orange/ethidium bromide and diamidino‐2‐phenylindole staining against various cancerous cell lines.     

Synthesis,characterization and theoretical and fluorescence emission microscopy studies of new Pd/Pt–cyclopropa[60]fullerene complexes: Application of Taguchi method for optimization of parameters in Suzuki–Miyaura reaction

The reactions of unsymmetric phosphorus ylides of the type [Ph₂P(CH₂)_nPPh₂?C(H)C(O)C₆H₄‐p‐CN] (n = 1 (Y¹); n = 2 (Y²)) with C₆₀ and M(dba)₂ (M = Pd or Pt; dba = dibenzylideneacetone) are reported. Based on the various coordination modes of these ylides in complexation, the following new Pd/Pt–cyclopropa[60]fullerene complexes were obtained: P,C‐coordinated [(η²‐C₆₀)Pd(κ²‐Y¹)] ( 1 ) and [(η²‐C₆₀)Pt(κ²‐Y¹)] ( 2 ) complexes and P‐coordinated [(η²‐C₆₀)Pd(Y²)₂] ( 3 ) and [(η²‐C₆₀)Pt(Y²)₂] ( 4 ) complexes. These compounds were characterized using Fourier transform infrared, UV–visible and NMR (¹H, ¹³C and ³¹P) spectroscopies and scanning electron microscopy. Furthermore, cytotoxicity studies showed that nanoparticles of these complexes can be used as non‐toxic labels for cellular imaging application. Also energy decomposition analysis results revealed that the percentage contribution of ΔE_elec in total interaction energy is considerably larger than that of ΔE_orb. Thus, in all complexes the (η²‐C₆₀)M? (Y¹) bond is considerably more electrostatic in nature than the (η²‐C₆₀)? M(Y¹) bond. Finally, by application of the Taguchi method for optimization of parameters in Suzuki–Miyaura reaction, the catalytic activity of Pd complexes 1 and 3 was investigated in the cross‐coupling reaction of various aryl chlorides with phenylboronic acid. According to analysis of variance results, solvent has the highest F value and it has high contribution percentage (36.75%) to the yield of Suzuki–Miyaura reaction.     

Anomalous coordination behaviour of 6‐methyl‐2‐oxo‐1,2‐dihydroquinoline‐3‐carboxaldehyde‐4(N)‐substituted Schiff bases in Cu(II) complexes: Studies of structure,biomolecular interactions and cytotoxicity

A series of copper(II) complexes containing 6‐methyl‐2‐oxo‐1,2‐dihydroquinoline‐3‐carboxaldehyde‐derived Schiff bases have been synthesized and characterised using various analytical and spectroscopic techniques. X‐ray crystallographic analysis confirmed the true coordinating nature of ligands with copper ion. The ligands exhibited ONS tridentate neutral and monobasic coordination. The spectroscopic results evidenced the interaction of the ligands and their copper(II) complexes with nucleic acid/serum albumin. Further, the complexes showed significant activity against human skin cancer cell line (A431) and less toxicity against human keratinocyte cell line (HaCaT). Acridine orange/propidium iodide dual staining studies indicated that the major cause of A431 cell death was through necrosis. By comparing the biological activity of all the ligands, Cu(II) complexes and standard (cisplatin), complex [Cu(H‐6MOQtsc‐Ph)(H₂O)]?NO₃ ( 4 ) exhibited better activity than others, the activity being arranged as follows: 4  >  1  > cisplatin >  3  >  2 .