Showing papers in "Coordination Chemistry Reviews in 2001"

TL;DR: In this article, the design and structure of coordination polymers derived from Ag(I) with N-donor ligands and their role in the investigation of weak non-covalent interactions in the solid state are discussed.

TL;DR: A review article highlighting advances made in abiotic anion coordination chemistry in 1999 is presented in this article, where the authors highlight the role of anions in directing the self-assembly of complex molecular architectures.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of recent research on transition metal complexes of quinone ligands that exhibit reversible shifts in charge distribution under equilibrium conditions, which has been considered as an example of valence tautomerism.

TL;DR: In this article, the basic photophysical phenomena together with representative examples such as nitroprusside derivatives, relevant spin crossover complexes, stilbenoid complexes and finally Prussian blue analogues are discussed.

TL;DR: Guanidines have attracted increasing attention as electronically and sterically flexible ligands as mentioned in this paper, exhibiting a variety of coordination modes and a range of donor properties leading to compatibility with a remarkably wide range of metal ions from all parts of the periodic table.

TL;DR: In this paper, blue luminescent complexes of aluminum, boron, beryllium, and zinc using ligands that contain only nitrogen donor atoms are presented, and the ligands in these complexes are based on di-2-pyridylamine and 7-azaindole.

TL;DR: The interesting effect of the “molecular switch” for DNA was observed for several Ru(II) complexes and the possible mechanism involved in the effect is discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the investigations carried out in the Bologna group on Ru(bpy)32+ (bpy=2,2′-bipyridine) and related systems are reviewed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on d-f heteronuclear complexes, focusing on recent progress in their synthesis, stereochemistry, magnetism, some other physicochemical properties, and potential use as new materials.

TL;DR: In this paper, the structural chemistry of first and second-sphere alkali metal cation complexes of crown ethers is examined with an emphasis on the role played by hydrogen bonding interactions to counter anions and other co-ligands such as water.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new class of spherical clusters with icosahedral symmetry of the type (pentagon 12, linker 30)-called keplerates is proposed, where the centers of the 12 pentagons span an icosahedron and the centres of the 30 linkers an icosidodecahedron.

TL;DR: The main focus of as discussed by the authors is the self-assembly in aqueous solutions of bowl-shaped sodium p-sulfonatocalix[4,5]arenes with main group, transition metal and lanthanoid species, and with various organic molecules as additional supramolecular building components, for example 18-crown-6, and other macrocycles, pyridine Noxide, amino-acids, and more.

TL;DR: The transition metal complexes of boron have become established as the fourth class of compounds involving direct metal-boron interactions over the past decade, and a variety of different co-ordination modes have been realized, allowing for a systematic classification of those compounds into borane, boryl, and borylene complexes.

TL;DR: In this article, transition metal complexes of ligands derived from o -benzoquinones have been shown to exhibit unique versatility in their electronic, structural and magnetic properties, such as temperature dependent magnetic properties and equilibria between M I (SQ)/M II (Cat) redox isomers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the most recent developments in the coordination chemistry of vanadium(III, (IV) and (V) as related to development of these compounds for pharmaceutical use are discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive review on organotin(IV) complexes of the amino acids and peptides is presented with special reference to their methods of synthesis, structural and thermal properties as well as their solution studies and biological activity.

TL;DR: In this article, the design consideration in producing useful sensors and probes is discussed, and applications of inorganic complexes to a variety of sensor technologies are discussed in addition to problem areas such as sensor-support interactions.

TL;DR: Heterocyclic thioamides usually occurring in their thioketo form are referred to as thiones and their corresponding anions as ‘thionates’.

TL;DR: In this paper, a series of relatively hydrophilic N-alkyl-N′- and N,N-di(2-hydroxylethyl)-n′-benzoyl-thiourea (H2L8) ligands have been developed for the reverse-phase HPLC determination of traces of these metal ions in real effluent streams.

TL;DR: The photophysical properties of neutral adducts of CuI and the N-bound ligands pyridine (py) and piperidine (pip) of the type Cu n X n L m were studied as a function of the concentrations of the ligand L.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison of complexing properties of cyclen and cyclam derivatives containing acetic acid pendant arms was made mainly with complexes of copper and lanthanides due to their applications in medicine.

TL;DR: In this article, an overview of optical limiting processes in phthalocyanines is given, and the synthesis and the linear and nonlinear optical properties of a series of highly soluble axially substituted indium(III) phthalo- and naphthalocynine are described.

TL;DR: A review of photoactive dendrimers with metal complexes can be found in this paper, where the authors show that the effect of metal complexes on [Ru(bpy)3]2+-type luminescence can be improved.

TL;DR: In this paper, Schiff-based pyridine, bipy and phenanthroline (phen), naphthyridine (naphthy), terpyridine and terpy ligands are used to construct metallo-helicates.

TL;DR: A personal view is given in this article on the synthesis of macromolecules containing linear gold(I) centres, which range from conjugated, rigid-rod polymers to macrocyclic compounds.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the major damaging species responsible for the genotoxicity include Cr(V), Cr(IV) and/or reactive organic intermediates.

TL;DR: The use of transition metals with low coordination numbers or blocked bonding positions in combination with nitrogen heterocyclic ligands of different geometries (e.g. pyrazole, imidazole, bipyrazine, pyrimidine or purine) leads to formation of both discrete supramolecular assemblies and 1D polymers as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The structure/activity rules emerged from the initial studies by Rosenberg and Cleare and Hoeschele have now been questioned as mentioned in this paper, and some exceptions to the first of these rules will be the subject of this article.

TL;DR: In this paper, the shape and properties of 30 Zintl ions [E9] are analyzed and a close relationship exists between the compounds with anionic nine-atom clusters of elements of the carbon group and the superconducting fulleride salts, which contain negatively charged polyhedra of the lightest element in this group.

TL;DR: Isocyanides ligating medium to high-valent electron-poor metal centers can undergo activation toward α-nucleophilic addition to afford a variety of aminocarbene complexes with either heterocyclic or acyclic ligands.