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Self-assembled dendrimers with uniform structure
2008
Calix[4]arenes substituted at their wide rim by four aryl urea residues (1) form hydrogen-bonded dimers in apolar solvents. Replacement of one urea residue by an acetamido moiety leads to calix[4]arene derivatives (5) which form hydrogen-bonded tetramers under the same conditions. Both self-assembly processes occur independently. Therefore, molecules have been prepared in which a tetra-urea calix[4]arene and a tri-urea mono acetamide derivative are covalently connected between their narrow rims by a long, mainly aliphatic chain [-O-(CH(2))(n)-C(O)-NH-(CH(2))(m)-O-] (7). In the presence of an equimolar amount of tetra-tosyl urea calix[4]arene () they form dendritic assemblies since the well …
Palladium(II)–Copper(II) Assembling with Bis(2-pyridylcarbonyl)amidate and Bis(oxamate) Type Ligands
2015
Five new complexes of formula K4[Pd2(mpba)2] · 4H2O (1), {[K4(H2O)(dmso)][Pd2(mpba)2]} (2), {[Cu(bpca)]4[Pd2(mpba)2]} · 6H2O (3), {[Cu(bpca)]2[Pd(opba)]} · 1.75dmso · 0.25H2O (4), {[Cu(bpca)]2[Pd(opba)]}n · ndmso (5) [H4mpba =1,3-phenylenebis(oxamic acid), H4opba = 1,2-phenylenebis(oxamic acid), Hbpca = bis(2-pyridylcarbonyl)amide, and dmso = dimethyl sulfoxide] have been prepared and investigated by infrared spectroscopy, thermal analysis, single crystal X-ray diffraction, and magnetic susceptibility techniques. The structure of 2 consists of a [Pd2(mpba)2]4– anionic entity in which the palladium(II) cations are coordinated by two mpba ligands resulting in a dipalladium(II) unit that acts …
Mono-, di- and trinuclear 2,3,5,6-tetrakis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine (tppz)-containing copper(II) complexes: syntheses, crystal structures and magnetic prop…
2004
Three new copper(ii) complexes of formula [Cu(tppz)(NCO)(2)].0.4H(2)O (1), [Cu(2)(tppz)Br(4)](2) and [Cu(3)(tppz)(C(5)O(5))(3)(H(2)O)(3)].7H(2)O (3)[tppz = 2,3,5,6-tetrakis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine; C(5)O(5)(2-) = croconate, dianion of 4,5-dihydroxycyclopent-4-ene-1,2,3-trione] have been synthesised and structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction methods. The structure of complex is made up of neutral [Cu(tppz)(NCO)(2)] mononuclear units and uncoordinated water molecules. The mononuclear units are grouped by pairs to give a rather short copper-copper distance of 3.9244(4) angstroms. The structure of complex 1 consists of neutral tppz-bridged [Cu(2)(tppz)Br(4)] dinuclear units, the copper-copp…
Hydrogen and Halogen Bond Mediated Coordination Polymers of Chloro-Substituted Pyrazin-2-Amine Copper(I) Bromide Complexes
2020
A new class of six mono- (1
Biomimetic Mn-catalases based on dimeric manganese complexes in mesoporous silica for potential antioxidant agent
2015
Two new structural and functional models of the Mn-catalase with formula [{Mn(III)(bpy)(H2O)}(μ-2-MeOC6H4CO2)2(μ-O){Mn(III)(bpy)(X)}]X, where X = NO3 (1) and ClO4 (2) and bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, were synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction. In both cases, a water molecule and an X ion occupy the monodentate positions. The magnetic properties of these compounds reveal a weak antiferromagnetic behavior (2J = -2.2 cm(-1) for 1 and -0.7 cm(-1) for 2, using the spin Hamiltonian H = -2J S1·S2) and negative zero-field splitting parameter DMn (-4.6 cm(-1) and -3.0 cm(-1) for 1 and 2, respectively). This fact, together with the nearly orthogonal orientation of the Jahn-Teller axes of the M…
Rational synthetic design of well-defined Pt(bisethynyl)/Zn(porphyrin) oligomers for potential applications in photonics
2011
Well-defined oligomers of 1, 2, 3 and 4 units built upon the very soluble bis-1,15-(1,4-ethynylbenzene)-3,7,13,17-tetramethyl-2,8,12,18-tetrakis(n-hexyl) zinc(II) porphyrin ligand and the trans-bis(tri-n-butylphosphine)platinum(II) linker, with acetylene or trimethylsilane as end groups, has been prepared in the presence of a dichloromethane/diethylamine mixture (1 : 1 v/v) and CuX (X = Cl, I) at room temperature, analogue to a Sonogashira coupling. The new monodisperse organometallic oligomers were characterized by 1H, 31P NMR, UV-visible spectroscopies and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The methyl groups placed at the 3,7,13,17-positions induces the locking of the C6H4 fragment in a perpend…
The self-association equilibria of doxorubicin at high concentration and ionic strength characterized by fluorescence spectroscopy and molecular dyna…
2019
Abstract The self-association equilibria of doxorubicin hydrochloride (DX), at high drug and NaCl concentrations, are studied by temperature scan fluorescence spectroscopy, with the support of molecular dynamics (MD) calculations. Even though all anthracyclines show dimerization equilibria, DX only can further associate into long polymeric chains according to DXmon ⇄ DXdim ⇄ DXpol. This is reflected not only in the mechanical properties of DXpol solutions (behaving as thixotropic gels) but also in their spectroscopic behaviour. Fluorescence, in particular, is the technique of election to study this complex set of equilibria. Upon increasing the temperature, DXpol melts into DXdim, which in …
Synthesis, X‐ray Structure, Thermal and Magnetic Behavior of [(bipy) 2 Ni 2 (μ‐Cl) 2 Cl 2 (H 2 O) 2 ]: The First Neutral Ferromagnetically Coupled Si…
2007
NiCl2·6H2O and 2,2′-bipyridine (bipy) (1:1) were allowed to react under ambient conditions in dimethyl sulfoxide in the presence of acetylacetone (Hacac). The resulting green solution was concentrated in vacuo, and a green solid was isolated by precipitation with cold acetone. X-ray quality crystals of [(bipy)2Ni2(μ-Cl)2(Cl)2(H2O)2] (1) were grown by subsequent vapor/liquid diffusion of acetonitrile into a methanolic solution for one week. The structure of 1 consists of a dimeric nickel system with each metal atom in an octahedral geometry. Both equatorial bridging and axial chlorine atoms are present in this neutral species. The nickel–nickel distance (3.441 A) is the shortest reported to …
Dual-affinity avidin molecules
2005
A recently reported dual-chain avidin was modified further to contain two distinct, independent types of ligand-binding sites within a single polypeptide chain. Chicken avidin is normally a tetrameric glycoprotein that binds water-soluble d-biotin with extreme affinity (Kd ≈ 10−15M). Avidin is utilized in various applications and techniques in the life sciences and in the nanosciences. In a recent study, we described a novel avidin monomer-fusion chimera that joins two circularly permuted monomers into a single polypeptide chain. Two of these dual-chain avidins were observed to associate spontaneously to form a dimer equivalent to the wt tetramer. In the present study, we successfully used …
Unfolding a transmembrane helix dimer: A FRET study in mixed micelles
2009
The exact nature of membrane protein folding and assembly is not understood in detail yet. Addition of SDS to a membrane protein dissolved in mild, non-polar detergent results in formation of mixed micelles and in subsequent denaturation of higher ordered membrane protein structures. The exact nature of this denaturation event is, however, enigmatic, and separation of an individual helix pair in mixed micelles has also not been reported yet. Here we followed unfolding of the human glycophorin A transmembrane helix dimer in mixed micelles by fluorescence spectroscopy. Energy transfer between differently labelled glycophorin A transmembrane helices decreased with increasing SDS mole fractions…