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CoIILnIII dinuclear complexes (LnIII = Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho and Er) as platforms for 1,5-dicyanamide-bridged tetranuclear CoII2LnIII2 complexes: A magneto-…

2012

Five acetate-diphenoxo triply-bridged Co-II-Ln(III) complexes (Ln(I) = Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er) of formula [Co(mu-L)(mu-Ac)Ln(NO3)(2)] and two diphenoxo doubly-bridged Co-II-Ln(III) complexes (Ln(III) = Gd, Tb) of formula [Co(H2O)(mu-L)Ln(NO3)(3)]center dot S (S = H2O or MeOH), were prepared in one pot reaction from the compartmental ligand N,N',N ''-trimethyl-N,N ''-bis(2-hydroxy3-methoxy-5-methylbenzyl)diethylene triamine (H2L). The diphenoxo doubly-bridged Co-II-Ln(III) complexes were used as platforms to obtain 1,5-dicyanamide-bridged tetranuclear Co-II-Ln(III) complexes (Ln(III) = Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er). All exhibit ferromagnetic interactions between the Co-II and Ln(III) ions and in the case …

Energy landscapes of ligand-receptor couples probed by dynamic force spectroscopy.

2013

Playing a dominant role in many biochemical processes are the dynamic properties of molecular linkages; examples include cell adhesion, enzyme-catalyzed reactions, and molecular recognition by antibodies. Dynamic force spectroscopy, namely separating molecular bonds under external force ramps has rapidly become a powerful tool to study the rugged energy landscape of noncovalent ligand-receptor bonds. The picture shows a surface and tip-bound pair being pulled apart and the derived potential energy diagram.

Current trends in affinity-based monoliths in microextraction approaches: A review

2019

Abstract This article reviews the research contributions along the past five years concerning to monolithic materials for the development of affinity-based sorbents in the field of microextraction techniques. The first part of this paper includes an introduction regarding monolithic affinity media and information of different binding agents (such as immunoglobulin-binding proteins, enzymes, lectins, antibodies, aptamers, dyes and immobilized metal ions and nanoparticles, among others) that can act as affinity ligands. Then, the preparation of monoliths and ligand immobilization strategies as well as the different available formats (syringes, pipette tips, spin columns, capillaries, disks an…

Quantum size effects in ambient CO oxidation catalysed by ligand-protected gold clusters

2009

Finely dispersed nanometre-scale gold particles are known to catalyse several oxidation reactions in aerobic, ambient conditions. The catalytic activity has been explained by various complementary mechanisms, including support effects, particle-size-dependent metal-insulator transition, charging effects, frontier orbital interactions and geometric fluxionality. We show, by considering a series of robust and structurally well-characterized ligand-protected gold clusters with diameters between 1.2 and 2.4 nm, that electronic quantum size effects, particularly the magnitude of the so-called HOMO-LUMO energy gap, has a decisive role in binding oxygen to the nano-catalyst in an activated form. T…

Ligand Effects in Grignard Additions

1992

Yttrium Hydrido Complexes that Contain a Less “Constrained Geometry” Ligand:  Synthesis, Structure, and Efficient Hydrosilylation Catalysis

2001

σ-Bond metathesis of the new linked amino-cyclopentadiene (C5Me4H)CH2SiMe2NHCMe3 with Y(CH2SiMe3)3(THF)2 gave the alkyl-yttrium complex [Y(η5:η1-C5Me4CH2SiMe2NCMe3)(CH2SiMe3)(THF)] (1) in 66% yield. Compound 1 was characterized by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystal structure analysis. By hydrogenolysis, 1 was quantitatively converted into the dimeric hydride [Y(η5:η1-C5Me4CH2SiMe2NCMe3)(THF)(μ-H)]2 (2). X-ray crystal structure analysis revealed a Y2H2 core connected to two [Y(η5:η1-C5Me4CH2SiMe2NCMe3)(THF)] fragments in a skewed manner, with a relatively long yttrium−yttrium distance of 3.7085(8) A. In solution, two diastereomers were observed by 1H NMR spectroscopy at −78 °C. Dimer 2 was s…

Malonic acid: A multi-modal bridging ligand for new architectures and properties on molecule-based magnets

2003

Abstract In this work, we show how the design of one-, two- and three-dimensional materials can strongly benefit from the use of crystal engineering techniques, which can give rise to structures of different shapes, and how these differences can give rise to different properties. We will focus on the networks constructed by assembling malonate ligands and metal centres. The idea of using malonate (dianion of propanedioic acid, H 2 mal) is that they can give rise to different coordination modes with the metal ions bind. Extended magnetic networks of dimensionalities 1 (1D), 2 (2D) and 3 (3D) can be chemically constructed from malonato-bridged metallic complexes. These coordination polymers b…

Coordinating and hydrogen bonding ability of a bifunctional 2D paddle-wheel copper(II) coordination polymer

2015

abstract A new copper(II) complex of formula {[Cu 2 (H 2 btc) 2 (dmf) 2 ] 4dmf} n (1)[H 4 btc = 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarb-oxylic acid, dmf = dimethylformamide] has been synthesised and its structure determined by X-raydiffraction. The structure displays a new square grid of ‘‘paddle-wheel’’ tetracarboxylate-bridgeddicopper(II) units with an intradimer copper–copper separation of 2.619(2) A. The dmf molecules areretained through weak axial coordinative bonds and hydrogen bonding interactions with the carboxylicgroups of the porous neutral network of 4 4 net topology. The magnetic behaviour of 1 corresponds to astrong antiferromagnetic coupling within each dicopper(II) unit (J = 343 cm 1 with …

An ab Initio MO Study of Silver Triflate Complexation in [2.2.1]Cyclophane π-Prismands

2002

Ab initio Hartree-Fock and DFT MO calculations have been used to study the conformations of six [2.2.1]cyclophane π-prismands and the formation of their π-complexes with silver triflate (AgSO 3 CF 3 ). The lowest energy cyclophane conformations and their silver triflate π-complexes have been calculated with HF/3-21G* and B3LYP/3-21G* levels of theory. The nature of bonding in silver triflate π-complexes has been studied with natural bond orbital analysis (NBO). Energies of the calculated cyclophanes and complexes, together with the formation energies of those complexes, have also been discussed. The results have been compared to available X-ray crystal structures and also to results of the …

Building-block process for the synthesis of new chromium(iii) malonate complexes

2010

We describe the crystal structures of two bimetallic compounds with the malonate and an exo-polydentate N-donor ligand {[Cu(tren)]4[Cr2(mal)4(OH)2]}(ClO4)4·8H2O (3) and [Ni(Htren)2][Cr2(mal)4(OH)2]·8H2O (4) which are prepared from the dinuclear K4[Cr2(mal)4(OH)2]·6H2O precursor (2) [tren = tris(2-aminoethyl)amine and H2mal = malonic acid]. Their crystal packing and supramolecular structures are analyzed in the context of the influence of the dichromium(III) [Cr2(mal)4(OH)2]4− unit, which acts as a building-block. Different supramolecular motifs built up from hydrogen bonds are discussed, and their self-assembly to yield a 3D arrangement is described. The magnetic properties of the compounds…