General equation for determining the dissociation constants of polyprotic acids and bases from additive properties. Part II. Applications

Dissociation constants of some polyprotic acids and bases are determined from spectrophotometric and reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatographic data. A general equation relating additive properties of acids and bases to the pH of the solution is used for this purpose. The method is tested by applying it to the calculation of overlapping pK_as without the prerequisite of measuring the limiting values of the property for the individual species that result from the dissociation of the solute. The possibility of applying the same method to hyperpolarizability measurements is pointed out, and a procedure, based on the general equation, for obtaining the activity coefficients of the ionic species as a function of the ionic strength is also suggested.     

Synthesis,characterization and anticancer activity of 3-aminopyrazine-2-carboxylic acid transition metal complexes

Synthetic procedures are described that allow access to the new complexes cis-[Mo₂O₅(apc)₂], cis-[WO₂(apc)₂], trans-[UO₂(apc)₂], [Ru(apc)₂(H₂O)₂], [Ru(PPh₃)₂(apc)₂], [Rh(apc)₃], [Rh(PPh₃)₂(apc)₂]ClO₄, [M(apc)₂], [M(PPh₃)₂(apc)]Cl, [M(bpy)(apc)]Cl (M(II) = Pd, Pt), [Pd(bpy)(apc)Cl], [Ag(apc)(H₂O)₂] and [Ir(bpy)(Hapc)₂]Cl₃, where Hapc, is 3-aminopyrazine-2-carboxylic acid. These complexes were characterized by physico-chemical and spectroscopic techniques. Both Hapc and several of its complexes display significant anticancer activity against Ehrlich ascites tumour cells (EAC) in albino mice.     

Synthesis and nonlinear optical properties of polyester containing 4‐di‐(2′‐hydroxyethoxy)‐4‐diphenyl‐hydrazonomethyl chromophore

The nonlinear optical property of new polyester has been studied via second harmonic generation (SHG). The values of electro‐optic coefficients, d₃₃ and d₃₁, of the poled polymer film were 3.15 × 10 ^?7 and 1.5 × 10^?7 esu, respectively. Thermal behavior of this polyester was studied through thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). 4‐di‐(2′‐hydroxyethoxy)‐4‐diphenyl‐hydrazonomethyl was synthesized from the reaction of 3,4‐dihydroxy‐4‐diphenyl‐hydrazonomethyl with 2–chloro–1‐ethanol in a 1:2 mole ratio and subsequently reacted with terephthaloyl chloride (TPC) in the presence of pyridine, as catalyst, to produce the new nonlinear polyester. The chemical structures of the resulting monomers and polymer were characterized by CHN analysis, ¹H‐NMR, FT‐IR, and UV–Vis spectroscopy. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Metal complexes of 2-acetylpyridine N(4)-dihexyl- and N(4)-dicyclohexylthiosemicarbazones

Summary 2-Acetylpyridine N(4)-dihexyl- and N(4)-dicyclohexylthiosemicarbazone, HAc4DHex and HAc4DCHex, respectively, and Fe^III, Co^II, Co^III, Ni^II, Cu^II and Zn^II complexes have been prepared and characterized by molar conductivities, magnetic susceptibilities and spectroscopic techniques. For many of the complexes, loss of the N(2)H hydrogen occurs, and the ligands coordinate to the metal centres as NNS monoanionic, tridentate ligands, e.g., [M(NNS)X] (M = Co^II, Ni^II, Cu^II, NNS = Ac4DHex or Ac4DCHex and X = Cl or Br), [Fe(NNS)₂]ClO₄, [Co(NNS)₂]BF₄, [Cu(NNS)NO₃] and [Zn(NNS)OAc]. Zn^II ion is also chelated by neutral ligands in [Zn(HNNS)X₂] (X = Cl, Br). In addition, [Ni(Ac4DHex)-(HAc4DHex)]X (X = BF₄, ClO₄) and [Ni(HAc4DCHex)₂]-(BF₄)₂ are reported where the neutral thiosemicarbazone is coordinated via the pyridyl nitrogen, azomethine nitrogen and thione sulfur. Crystal structure determinations of HAc4DCHex and [Cu(Ac4DHex)Br] show the former to contain the bifurcated hydrogen bonded form and the latter to be planar with no significant interaction between neighbouring centres.     

Copper(II) and nickel(II) complexes of the bis{N(3)-substituted thiosemicarbazones} of phenylglyoxal and 1-phenylpropane-1,2-dione

Copper(II) and nickel(II) complexes of phenylglyoxal and phenylpropane-1,2-dione bis{N(3)-methyl-, bis{N(3)-dimethyl-, bis{piperidylthiosemicarbazone} have been prepared and studied spectroscopically. The six bis(thiosemicarbazones) have been characterized by their melting points, as well as i.r., electronic and 1H-n.m.r. spectra. The four-coordinate copper(II) complexes have been studied by e.s.r. spectroscopy, and the copper(II) and nickel(II) complexes by spectroscopic techniques mentioned above. Upon formation of these complexes, the loss of protons from each thiosemicarbazone moiety occurs, and the bis(thiosemicarbazones) coordinate to the metal centres as dianionic, tetradentate N2S2 ligands.