Triggered by the resounding success of cisplatin, the past decades have seen tremendous efforts to produce clinically beneficial analogues. The recent achievement of oxaliplatin for the treatment of colon cancer should, however, not belie the imbalance between a plethora of investigated complexes and a very small number of clinically approved platinum drugs. Strategies opening up new avenues are increasingly being sought using complexes of metals other than platinum such as ruthenium or gallium. Based on the chemical differences between these metals, the spectrum of molecular mechanisms of action and potential indications can be broadened substantially. Other approaches focus on complexes with tumour-targeting properties, thereby maximizing the impact on cancer cells and minimizing the problem of adverse side effects, and complexes with biologically active ligands.

Antitumour metal compounds: more than theme and variations

Graphene incorporation should be one effective strategy to develop advanced electrode materials for a sodium-ion battery (SIB). Herein, the micro/nanostructural Sb/graphene composite (Sb-O-G) is successfully prepared with the uniform Sb nanospheres (∼100 nm) bound on the graphene via oxygen bonds. It is revealed that the in-situ-constructed oxygen bonds play a significant role on enhancing Na-storage properties, especially the ultrafast charge/discharge capability. The oxygen-bond-enhanced Sb-O-G composite can deliver a high capacity of 220 mAh/g at an ultrahigh current density of 12 A/g, which is obviously superior to the similar Sb/G composite (130 mAh/g at 10 A/g) just without Sb–O–C bonds. It also exhibits the highest Na-storage capacity compared to Sb/G and pure Sb nanoparticles as well as the best cycling performance. More importantly, this Sb-O-G anode achieves ultrafast (120 C) energy storage in SIB full cells, which have already been shown to power a 26-bulb array and calculator. All of these sup...

In Situ Binding Sb Nanospheres on Graphene via Oxygen Bonds as Superior Anode for Ultrafast Sodium-Ion Batteries

The gas-phase-optimized geometry of newly synthesized and characterized diorganotin(IV) 2-chloridophenylacetohydroxamate complexes of composition [Me2 Sn(HL)2 ] (I) and [n-Bu2 Sn(HL)2 ] (II) (where KHL = potassium 2-chloridophenylacetohydroxamate (2-ClPhAHK); [Me2 Sn(2-ClC6 H4 CH2 CONHO)2 ] (I) and [n-Bu2 Sn(2-ClC6 H4 CH2 CONHO)2 ] (II) computed by B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) method has shown these to be distorted octahedral. Bonding through carbonyl and hydroxamic oxygen atoms (O, O coordination) has been inferred from a comparison of computed important bond lengths (CO, CN, and NO) of complexes with that of free ligand. The SnO bond lengths in complexes are suggestive of weak coordinate (through carbonyl CO) and strong covalent (through hydroxamic NO) bonding of the ligand. The magnitude of CSnC bond angles involving two methyl/n-butyl groups is suggestive of cis-conformation at tin metal. The thermodynamic parameters (G, H, S, E, Cv, and U) of complexes have been computed. From the energies of frontier molecular orbitals (HOMO-LUMO), the reactivity descriptors, namely, ionization potential, electron affinity, chemical potential (μ), hardness (η), softness (S), electronegativity (χ), and electrophilicity index (ω) have been calculated. The computed vibrational frequencies and 1 H NMR chemical shifts have substantiated the molecular structure of complexes. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

DFT calculations on molecular structures, HOMO–LUMO study, reactivity descriptors and spectral analyses of newly synthesized diorganotin(IV) 2‐chloridophenylacetohydroxamate complexes

In the present study, we focused on a quick and green method to fabricate Ag, Au and Ag/Au alloy nanoparticles (NPs) using the bark extract of Guazuma ulmifolia L. Green synthesized metal NPs were characterized using different techniques, including UV-Vis spectroscopy, FT-IR, XRD, AFM and HR-TEM analyses. The production of Ag, Au and Ag/Au alloy NPs was observed monitoring color change from colorless to brown, followed by pink and dark brown, as confirmed by UV-Vis spectroscopy characteristic peaks at 436, 522 and 510nm, respectively. TEM shed light on the spherical shapes of NPs with size ranges of 10-15, 20-25 and 10-20nm. Biosynthesized NPs showed good catalytic activity reducing two organic dyes, 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) and Congo red (CR). UV-vis spectroscopy, fluorescence, circular dichroism spectroscopy and viscosity analyses were used to investigate the NP binding with calf thymus DNA. The binding constant of NPs with DNA calculated in UV-Vis absorption studies were 1.18×104, 1.83×104 and 2.91×104M-1, respectively, indicating that NPs were able to bind DNA with variable binding affinity: Ag/Au alloy NPs>Ag NPs>Au NPs. Ag/Au alloy NPs also showed binding activity to bovine serum albumin (BSA) over the other NPs. Ag and Ag/Au alloy NPs exhibited good antimicrobial activity on 14 species of microbial pathogens. In addition, the cytotoxic effects of Ag/Au alloy NPs were studied on human cervical cancer cells (HeLa) using MTT assay. Overall, our work showed the promising potential of bark-synthesized Ag and Ag/Au alloy NPs as cheap sources to develop novel and safer photocatalytic, antimicrobial and anticancer agents.

Guazuma ulmifolia bark-synthesized Ag, Au and Ag/Au alloy nanoparticles: Photocatalytic potential, DNA/protein interactions, anticancer activity and toxicity against 14 species of microbial pathogens.

Organotin(IV) complexes derived from Schiff base N'-[(1E)-(2-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)methylidene]pyridine-4-carbohydrazone: synthesis, in vitro cytotoxicities and DNA/BSA interaction.

Organotin(IV) complexes derived from Schiff base N’-[(1E)-(2-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)methylidene]pyridine-3-carbohydrazone: Synthesis, in vitro cytotoxicities and DNA/BSA interaction

Synthesis, structural characterization, in vitro cytotoxicities, DNA-binding and BSA interaction of diorganotin (IV) complexes derived from hydrazone Schiff base

Weakly-bridged dimeric diorganotin(IV) compounds derived from pyruvic acid hydrazone Schiff base ligands: Synthesis, characterization and crystal structures

Jichun Cui

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Organotin(IV) complexes derived from Schiff base N’-[(1E)-(2-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)methylidene]pyridine-3-carbohydrazone: Synthesis, in vitro cytotoxicities and DNA/BSA interaction

Synthesis, structural characterization, in vitro cytotoxicities, DNA-binding and BSA interaction of diorganotin (IV) complexes derived from hydrazone Schiff base

Weakly-bridged dimeric diorganotin(IV) compounds derived from pyruvic acid hydrazone Schiff base ligands: Synthesis, characterization and crystal structures

Synthesis, characterization and crystal structures of tri- and tetraphenylantimony(V) compounds containing arylcarbonyloxy moiety

Synthesis, structural characterization and in vitro cytotoxicity of diorganotin (IV) diimido complexes