Synthesis and Characterization of Complexes of Copper(II), Nickel(II) and Cobalt(II) with vic-Dioximes Bearing N''-p-Aminobenzoyl Benzaldehyde Hydrazone

Six different arylhydrazone derivatives of p-aminobenzoic hydrazide of vic-dioximes were synthesized by reaction of chloroglyoxime and dichloroglyoxime with N＇-p-aminobenzoyl benzaldehyde, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde and 4-methoxybenzaldehyde hydrazones, respectively. Metal-ligand （1 ： 2） complexes of vic-dioxime derivatives with Cu（Ⅱ）, Ni（Ⅱ） and Co（Ⅱ） were prepared from corresponding metal acetates. The ligands and their complexes were characterized on the basis of elemental analyses and spectral data. The complexing abilities of these new vic-dioximes toward transition metals of Co（Ⅱ）, Cu（Ⅱ）, Ni（Ⅱ）, Zn（Ⅱ）, Cd（Ⅱ）, Mn（Ⅱ） and Cr（Ⅲ） were determined by solid-liquid extraction studies.     

Removal of Cd（ Ⅱ ） from Aqueous Solutions by Natural Freshwater Surface Coatings

Natural freshwater surface coatings (biofilms and associated minerals), which were developed in the Nanhu Lake, Changchun, P. R. China, were used as an efficient biosorbent for the removal of Cd(Ⅱ) from aqueous solutions. The batch experiments were carried out to determine the adsorption properties of Cd(Ⅱ) onto the natural surface coatings. The classical Langmuir adsorption isotherm was applied to estimating the equilibrium coefficients of Cd(Ⅱ) adsorbed on the surface coatings. The results show that the maximum adsorption capacity of the surface coatings is 434. 78μmol Cd/m^2 (being equal to 0. 17mmol Cd/g of surface coatings or 10. 38mmol Cd/g Fe) and the Cd(Ⅱ) remnoval from solution media by the natural surface coatings was shown to be strongly affected by solution pH and ion strength. The resulted information also indicates that the maximum Cd removal efficiency(CRE) was determined to be approximately 90% at initial Cd mass concentration of 0. 1mg/L (the concentration limit of Cd (Ⅱ) in wastewaters for discharge in aquatic media in Chinese legislation), and the kinetic adsorption of Cd (Ⅱ) onto the surface coatings is fast with around 70% of the total adsorption-taking place in 150min in solution under the controlied laboratory conditions (mineral salts solution with defined speciation, ionic strength 0. 05mol/L, and 25℃). With the advantage of high Cd adsorption capacity, the natural surface coatings appear to be a potentially effective biosorbent for the removal and recovery of Cd(Ⅱ) from polluted water.     

Novel Isatin-Schiff Base Cu （Ⅱ） and Ni（Ⅱ） Complexes. X-ray Crystal Structure of Bis[3-（4-hexylphenylimino）-1H-indol-2（3H）-one]- dichlorocopper（Ⅱ） Complex

Schiff base ligand （HL） derived from 4-hexylaniline with isatin （1H-indole-2,3-dione） and its complexes with Cu（Ⅱ）, Ni（Ⅱ） were prepared and characterized by analytical, spectroscopic （IR, UV-Vis, Mass） techniques, electrical conductivity, magnetic and thermal measurements. The crystal and molecular structure of [Cu（HL）2Cl2] was determined by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study. The molecular structure of the title compound has an inversion center on the Cu atom.     

Studies on PNPP Hydrolysis Catalyzed by Schiff Base Cobalt（Ⅱ） Complexes

Two cobalt（Ⅱ） complexes of the Schiff base with morpholino or aza-crown ether pendants, CoL^1 and CoL^2, as mimic hydrolytic metalloenzyme, were used in catalytic hydrolysis of carboxylic ester （PNPP）. The analysis of specific absorption spectra of the hydrolytic reaction systems indicates that key intermediates, made up of PNPP and Co（Ⅱ） complexes, have been formed in reaction processes of the PNPP catalytic hydrolysis. The mechanism of PNPP catalytic hydrolysis has been proposed based on the analytic result of specific absorption spectrum. A kinetic mathematical model, applied to the calculation of the kinetic parameter of PNPP catalytic hydrolysis, has been established based on the mechanism proposed. The acid effect of buffer solution, structural effect of the complexes, and effect of temperature on the rate of PNPP hydrolysis catalyzed by the complexes have been also discussed.     

Activation free energy of Zn（Ⅱ）,Co（Ⅱ） binding to metallo-β-lactamase ImiS

In an effort to understand the recombination of a B2 metallo-β-lactamase（MβL）,the binding of metals to apo-ImiS was studied by isothermal titration calorimetry and fluorescence spectra.The binding of Zn（Ⅱ）,Co（Ⅱ） to apo-lmiS resulted in activation free energies △G_≠~θ values of 93.719 and 92.948 kJ mol~（-1）,respectively,and increasing of fluorescence intensity at maxima emission of 340 nm.     

Structure and Photosynthetic Mimicking of Bis（2,6—bis（benzimidazol—2—yl）pyridine）manganese（Ⅱ）

Mn(bzimpy)2(1)[bzimpy=2,6-bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)pyridine],a mononuclear manganese(Ⅱ）complex,was synthesized by the reaction of Mn(OOCMe)2 with bzimpy in absolute ethanol.The complex was structurally characterized by elemental analysis,cyclic voltammetry,and X-ray crystallography.In the complex,the manganese-nitrogen distances were different,and the geometry and the metal ion environment showed the distortion.The cyclic voltammetric measurements have been performed to assess its redox characteristics.The presence of oxidation wave at 0.62V and 0.081V vs.SCE or 0.8V and 1.0v vs.NHE suggested that this complex could catalyze the oxidation of water,therefore,simulate the water-oxidizing complex(WOC) of photosystem Ⅱ (PS Ⅱ).The measurements of photoreduction of 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol (DCPIP),and oxygen evolution in the manganess-depleted and the comples 1-reconstituted PS Ⅱ preparations just support our conjecture.     

Effect of Mn（Ⅱ） and Ce（Ⅳ） Ions on the Oxidation of Lactic Acid by Chromic Acid

The kinetics and mechanism of lactic acid oxidation in the presence of Mn（Ⅱ） and Ce（Ⅳ） ions by chromic acid were studied spectrophotometrically. The oxidation of lactic acid by Cr（Ⅵ） was found to proceed in two measurable steps, both of which gave pyruvic acid as the primary product in the absence of Mn（Ⅱ）.2Cr（Ⅵ）＋2CH3CHOHCOOH→2CH3COCOOH＋Cr（Ⅴ）＋C（Ⅲ） Cr（V）＋CH3CHOHCOOH→Cr（Ⅲ）＋CH3COCOOHThe observed kinetics was explained due to the catalytic and inhibitory effects of Mn（Ⅱ） and Ce（Ⅳ） on the lactic acid oxidation by Cr（Ⅵ）. The reactivity of lactic acid depends upon the experimental conditions. It acts as a two- or three- equivalent reducing agent in the absence or presence of Mn（Ⅱ）. It was examined that Cr（Ⅲ） products resulting from the direct reduction of Cr（Ⅵ） by three-equivalent reducing agents. The oxidation of lactic acid follows the complex order kinetics with respect to [lactic acid]. The activation parameters Eo, △H^#, and AS^# were calculated and discussed.     

Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Fluorescence Property and Antibacterial Activity of Two Unprecedented One-dimensional Chain Metal organic Coordination Polymers： Zn（H-SSA）（Phen）（H20）2 and Cu（H-SSA） （Phen） （H20）2

The reaction of 5-sulfosalicylic acid(H3-SSA) with o-phenanthroline(Phen),NaOH,and Mcl2(M=Zn,Cu) affords Zn(H-SSA)(Phen)(H2O)2(1) and Cu(H-SSA)(Phen)(H2O)2 (2),respectively ,compounds 1 and 2 are characterized by elemental analysis,IR,fluorescence spectra and single crystal Xray diffraction analysis.The X-ray diffraction analyses reveal that compounds 1 and 2 are isostructure.The 5-sulfosalicylic acid ligand loses two protons at the sulfo-group and carboxylic group during the reaction.The Zn(II) and Cu(II)ions are sixcoordinated and adopt distorted octahedral geometry,which are surrounded by two N atoms from Phen,two O atoms from two water molecules,one O atom from-SO3 group and one oxygen from carboxylic group of the other H-SSA.Compounds 1 and 2 have unprecedented one-dimensional linear chain formed by a repeating mononuclear structureal unit.which is bridged by H-SSA.The fluorescence intensity of 1 and 2 is stronger than that of Phen and H3-SSA at 400nm.The lowest excited single states of these complexes are assigned as mainly Phen localized 1(π π),The antibacterial activity test shows that compounds 1 and 2 strongly inhibit the growth of Streptococcus haemolyticus,Straphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.     

Determination of Pb(II) and Cu(II) by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry after Preconcentration by a Schiff Base Adsorbed on Surfactant Coated Alumina

1,2-Bis（salicylidenamino）ethane loaded onto sodium dodecyl sulfate-coated alumina was used as a new chelating sorbent for the preconcentration of traces of Pb（Ⅱ） and Cu（Ⅱ） prior to atomic absorption spectrometric determination. The influence of pH, flow rates of sample and eluent solutions, and foreign ions on the recovery of Pb（Ⅱ） and Cu（Ⅱ） by this sorbent has been studied. The retained ions were eluted with 4 mol·L nitric acid and determined by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry （ETAAS）. The data of limit of detection （3σ） for Pb（Ⅱ） and Cu（Ⅱ） were found to be 8.57 and 2.69 ng·L^-1 respectively, while the enrichment factor for both ions was 100. The proposed method was successfully applied to determination of lead and copper in different water samples.     

Study of Electrochemical Non-enzyme Glucose Sensor Based on Cu(Ⅱ)Co(Ⅱ) Bimetallic Carbon Nanosheets北大核心CSCD

CuCo-MOF nanofibers are synthesized by one-step solvent blending process at room temperature. Then CuCo-MOF nanofibers are used as the precursors,carbon nanosheets（Cu（Ⅱ）Co（Ⅱ）@C）uniformly loaded with nano-sized copper oxide and cobalt oxide are obtained by calcination at high temperature in air. Cu（Ⅱ）Co（Ⅱ）@C is modified on the glassy carbon electrode to directly catalyze glucose in alkaline solution. Because CuO and CoO are uniformly and firmly embedded on the carbon nanosheets,the agglomeration of catalyst is prevented,which greatly improves the specific surface area,and increases the catalytic active site. Meanwhile,due to the synergistic effect of copper and cobalt bimetals in the carbon nanosheet material,the enzyme free glucose sensor has excellent electrical conductivity and excellent catalytic performance. The detection range of the non-enzymatic electrochemical glucose sensors for glucose is 0. 03 µμmol/L~13. 6 mmol/L, the detection limit is 0. 01 µμmol/L（S/N=3）,and the sensitivity is 10. 56 mA·L/（cm2·mmol）. In addition, the non-enzyme sensor also has good anti-interference and high stability. © 2022, Science Press (China). All rights reserved.     

Synthesis of new superabsorbent poly(NIPAAm/AA/N-allylisatin)nanohydrogel for effective removal of As(Ⅴ) and Cd(Ⅱ) toxic metal ions

The present studies highlight the effective removal of As（V） and Cd（II） from aqueous solutions by superabsorbent poly （NIPAAm/AA/N-allylisatin） nanohydrogel. Batch removal studies were performed as a function of treatment time, initial metal ion concentration, pH, and adsorbent dose. TEM micrographs confirm the particle size distribution in the range between 5 nm and 10 rim. The simple and metal ions adsorbed nanohydrogels were characterized by FF-IR, TGA, and EDX analysis. Finally, the equilibrium removal efficiency of the nanohydrogel was analyzed according to the Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherm models which showed the removal of As（V） and Cd（II） metal ions fitted to Freundlich and Langmuir isotherms, respectively. Removal efficiency order of the metal ions is As（V） 〉 Cd（II）.     

TDDFT Study on the Electronic Excitations and First Hyperpolarizabilities of Mixed-metal Carbonyl Clusters W2Ir2（μ-L）（CO）8（η^5-C5H4Me）2（L = dppe/dppf）

Mixed-metal carbonyl clusters of W2Ir2（CO）10（η^5-C5H4Me）2 1 and W2Ir2（μ-L）（CO）8（η^5-C5H4Me）2 （L = dppe 2, dppf 3） have been studied by TDDFT method focusing on their electronic and nonlinear optical properties. These three clusters exhibit the first static hyperpolarizabilities of medium magnitude （βtot-10×10^-30 esu）. The origin of β is discussed by the new proposed orbital-pair decomposition scheme by Barandes et al. The result suggests that the β values of the two clusters are mainly originated from d-d electron transition within the metal skeleton, and d-p （π＊） electron transition from metals to carbonyls and phenyl. The additional coordination by the electron donor group, ferrocene, makes cluster 3 own much larger β values, and the relatively longer range charge transfer from d orbitals of ferrocene to d orbirals of Ir and W is responsible for the enhanced β values.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Novel Tetranuclear Zinc（Ⅱ） Coordination Polymer [Zn4（o-bda）4（p-pbim）4]n

A novel tetranuclear zinc（H） coordination polymer [Zn4（o-bda）a（p-pbim）4]n 1 （p-pbim = 4-pyridylbenzimidazole, o-bda2 = o-phenylenediacetic acid dianion） has been synthesized by a hydrothermal method and characterized by elemental analysis, IR and X-ray singlecrystal diffraction. The title complex crystallizes in monoclinic, space group of P21/n with α = 14.231（1）, b = 16.257（1）, c = 16.794（1） ]k, β = 100.26（1）°, V = 3823.1（2）A3, Z = 8, Dc = 1.573 g/cm^3,β = 1.321 mm^-1, F（000） = 1856, R = 0.0420 and wR = 0.111. The Zn（1） atom assumes a distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometry, involving three carboxyl O atoms from two different o-bda ligands and two N atoms from two p-pbim ligands. The Zn（2） atom is coordinated by two oxygens from two distinct bda2- anions and two nitrogen atoms from two p-pbim ligands to form a distorted tetrahedral geometry. The Zn（Ⅱ） atoms are alternately interlinked by o-bda ligands in bis-monodentate or chelating-bidentate and monodentate modes into one-dimensional undulate chains along axis c with the adjacent Zn…Zn distances of 8.32 and 8.47 A. Such neighboring chains are further extended into a 1D bi-chain structure with two different subrings A and B, which are 32- and 14-membered rings through interchain p-pbim ligands. There exists a 2D supramolecular network linked by intermolecular hydrogen-bonding interactions between the uncoordinated carboxylate 0（4） atom or coordinated carboxylate 0（7） atom and the uncoordinated imidazolyl N（2） and N（5） atoms with the O...N distances to be 2.695 and 2.807A.     

Highly Selective Salicylate Membrane Electrode Based on N,N＇- （Aminoethyl）ethylenediamide Bis（2-salicylideneimine） Binuclear Copper（Ⅱ） Complex as Neutral Carrier

A new ion selective electrode for salicylate based on N,N＇-（aminoethyl）ethylenediamide bis（2-salicylideneimine） binuclear copper（Ⅱ） complex [Cu（Ⅱ）2-AEBS] as an ionophore was developed. The electrode has a linear range from 1.0 × 10^-1 to 5.0 ×10^-7 mol·L^- 1 with a near-Nemstian slope of （ - 55 ±1 ） mV/decade and a detection limit of 2.0 × 10-7 mol·L^-1 in phosphorate buffer solution of pH 5.0 at 25 ℃. It shows good selectivity for Sal^- and displays anti-Hofmeister selectivity sequence： Sal^-〉SCN^-〉 ClO4^- 〉I^-〉 NO2^- 〉Br^-〉 NO3^- 〉Cl^-〉 SO3^2- 〉 SO4^2- The proposed sensor based on binuclear copper（Ⅱ）complex has a fast response time of 5-10 s and can be used for at least 2 months without any major deviation. The response mechanism is discussed in view of the alternating current （AC） impedance technique and the UV-vis spectroscopy technique. The effect of the electrode membrane compositions and the experimental conditions were studied. The electrode has been successfully used for the determination of salicylate ion in drug pharmaceutical preparations.     

A New Dinuclear Cu（Ⅱ） Complex of a Ligand with Benzimidazole Group - Synthesis and Crystal Structure

A new dinuclear copper complex, [Cu（C9H11N3）Cl2]2（C18H22Cl4Cu2N6）, has been synthesized and characterized by X-ray structure determination. It crystallizes in the triclinic P1^- space group with a = 7.526（3）, b = 9.473（4）, c = 9.535（3）A, α = 117.214（10）, β = 108.251（9）, γ = 91.560（6）°, V = 562.3（4）A^3, Z = 1, Mr = 591.30, F（000） = 298, Dc = 1.746 g/cm^3, μ（MoKα） = 2.385 mm^-1, the final R = 0.0577 and wR = 0.1248 for 2188 unique reflections with 1629 observed ones （Ⅰ〉 2σ（Ⅰ））. In the title complex, each copper（Ⅱ） atom is located at the center of a distorted trigonal bipyramid of five coordination atoms （two nitrogen and three chlorine atoms）. Two copper（Ⅱ） atoms were bridged by two chlorine anions （Cl（2） and Cl（2a）） to form a Cu（Ⅱ）-Cu（Ⅱ） binuclear entity with the distance between two copper（Ⅱ） atoms of 3.398 （A）.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Dissymmetrical Double Schiff Base Cu（Ⅱ） Homobinuclear and Cu（Ⅱ）-Mg（Ⅱ）-Cu（Ⅱ） Heterotrinuclear Complexes

Homobinuclear complex （HCuL）2 （1） （H3L： N-3-carboxylsalicylidene-N＇-salicylaldehyde-1,2-diaminoethane） was obtained from self-organization of the reported complex HCuL, and its crystal structure was determined through X-ray diffraction at room temperature. The crystal of complex 1 belongs to monolinic system, the space group Cc, a=2.5326（5） nm, b=0.88861（18） nm, c=1.3738（3） nm, β=96.95（3）°, Z=4, R1=0.0520, wR2=0.1185. （HCuL）2 is a dimeric molecule and has extended phenolic oxygen-bridged structure. In addition, using mononuclear complex HCuL as building blocks, Cu（Ⅱ）-Mg（Ⅱ）-Cu（Ⅱ） heterotrinuclear complex 2 was synthesized, and its crystal structure also has been determined by X-ray analysis. The crystal of complex 2 is of monoclinic system, space group Pc, a=1.1816（2） nm, b=1.5599（3） nm, c=1.9642 （4） nm, β=98.22°, Z=2, R1=0.0701, wR2=0.1498. Each dissymmetricai cell unit of complex 2 contains two heterotrinucler neutral molecules： {[CuL（H2O）]Mg[CuL（CH3OH）]} and {[CuL]Mg[CuL（H2O）]}.     

Synthesis of New Ruthenium（Ⅱ）Bipyridyl Complexes and Studies on Their Photophysical and Photoelectrochemical Properties

Two new mixed-ligand ruthenium(Ⅱ） complexes,Ru(dcbpy)-(LL)NCS)2[where dcbpy=4,4‘-dicarboxyl-2,2‘‘-bipyridine,LL=4,4‘-bis(N-methyl-anilinomethyl)-2,2‘‘-bipyridine(2)],were synthesized,and the tphotophysical properties of these complexes were studied.The metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) transitions of these complexes exhibited solvatochromic effect due to the existence of NCS ligands.The MLCT energies also strongly depend on the pH values of the solutions because of protonation and deprotonation of the carboxyl groups.The pKa values of the ground state,4.0 for 1 and 3.8 for 2,were obtained from the titration curves.The photoelectrochemical properties of 1 and 2 as sensitizers in sandwich-type solar cells have been studied.Complex 1 exhibited better photoelectrochemical behavior than complex 2 as expected.It was proved that the design of mixed-ligand complex by introducing electron donating group in one of the ligands should be a promising approach.     

PREPARATION OF LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLY（GLYCIDYL METHACRYLATE） BY PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION

Low molecular weight poly（glycidyl methacrylate）s （PGMAs） were prepared by photopolymerization in ethyl acetate, with benzophenone （BP） as photoinitiator, and triethylamine （TEA） as hydrogen donor. The existence of semipinacol dormant end groups in PGMA was confirmed by FT-IR and ^1H-NMR, and the content of the semipinacol dormant groups was determined quantitatively by ^1H-NMR measurement. The effects of various thctors, such as reaction time, BP concentration and monomer concentration on the synthesis of the polymers were investigated systematically. The molecular weights of the polymers were also investigated with GPC. It is shown that increasing BP concentration and decreasing irradiation time and monomer concentration led to a significant decrease of the molecular weights.     

Synthesis and Single-crystal Structure of a One-dimensional Zinc（Ⅱ） Phosphonate： [Zn3（PhPO3）2（PhPO3H）2（Phen）2]n

A new Zn（II） phosphonate complex, [Zn3（PhPO3）2（PhPO3H）2（Phen）2]n （Phen = 1,10-phenanthroline）, has been synthesized and structurally determined by X-ray single-crystal diffraction. The complex crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group C2/c with a = 14.997（3）, b = 18.108（4）, c = 17.237（3） A, β = 96.61（3）°, V = 4649.9（16） A3, Z = 4, C48H38N4O12P4Zn3, Mr = 1182.87, Dc = 1.690 g/cm3^,μ = 1.743 mm^-1, F（000） = 2400, the final R = 0.0363 and wR = 0.0963. In the structure, the connectivity between two 5-coordinated Zn（II） atoms and four phosphonates as well as two Phen ligands form a Zn2（PhPO3H）2（PhPO3）2（Phen）2 unit, and such a neighboring unit is bridged by 4-coordinated Zn（II） to give rise to a 1D chain along the c axis. The π-π stacking interactions between Phen rings assemble adjacent chains packed together to form a 3D supermolecular architecture.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of [Mn（DPMT）2Cl2（H2O）2]

The title compound [Mn(DPMT)2Cl2(H2O)2] (DPMT = 1-[[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)- 1,3-dioxolan-2-yl]methyl]-1H-1,2,4-triazole) was synthesized by the reaction of MnCl2·4H2O and DPMT in ethanol solution and its structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal belongs to monoclinic, space group P21/c with a = 23.913(4), b = 7.8883(13), c = 8.6291(14) , β = 95.816(3)o, V = 1619.4(5) 3, Z = 2, C24H26Cl6MnN6O6, Mr = 762.15, Dc = 1.563 g/cm3, μ = 0.950 mm-1, S = 1.045, F(000) = 774, R = 0.0462 and wR = 0.0981. The molecular structure is a centrosymmetric conformation, and two ligands are symmetrically located on both sides of the Mn atom. The manganese atom is surrounded by two nitrogen atoms from ligands, two chlorine atoms and two oxygen atoms from water molecules to form a slightly distorted octahedral geometry.