Showing papers in "Inorganica Chimica Acta in 2012"

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the fluorescent chemosensors for metal ions, which have been recently developed from the laboratory of Cai et al. They classify them by target metal ions and introduce various ligands to core fluorophores, such as, rhodamine, fluorescein, pyrene, anthracene, naphthalimide, coumarin, and BODIPY.

TL;DR: Current knowledge on the biological properties of Rh( III) and Ir(III) compounds is reviewed, with particular emphasis being placed on design strategies and on their solution behaviour, DNA binding preferences, structure–activity relationships and apoptosis induction in both adhesive and non-adhesive cells.

TL;DR: In this paper, the coordination chemistry of thiosemicarbazone ligands with three (tridentate) or four (tetradentate) potential donor atoms is described.

TL;DR: In this paper, three transition metal complexes of the type ML2 (where M = Ni, Co, or Cu(II); HL = N′-[phenyl(pyridin-2-yl)methylidene] furoic acid hydrazide and 2-benzoyl pyridine] have been prepared by treating [NiCl2(PPh3)2], [CoCl2 (PPh 3)2] or [CuCl2[PPh4] with N′]-phenyl-pyrin-two-ylmethyl

TL;DR: This review summarizes the recent developments of bifunctional chelates for two important PET radiometals, copper-64 and gallium-68, and discusses their coordination chemistry in relation to in vivo stability and pharmacokinetics.

TL;DR: The platinum-based chemotherapeutic drug cisplatin is tethered to gold-coated iron oxide nanoparticles to improve its delivery to tumours and increase its efficacy, although the FeNPs appear to have little inherent cytotoxicity, whereas the Au@FeNPs are as active as cis platin in the A2780 and A27 80/cp70 cancer cell lines.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on three broad types of pyrene-based molecular receptors: dipodal molecular receptors, bowl-shaped receptors, and metal-induced self-assembled systems.

TL;DR: In this paper, the synthesis of two Mo(VI) tetradentate Schiff base complexes derived from 2,2′-dimethylpropylenediamine and aromatic aldehydes is reported.

TL;DR: In this paper, a series of [Cu(N)-N)(P-P)]BF4 complexes based on two phosphorous ligands and three 1,10-phenanthrolin derived diimine ligands were experimentally measured and theoretically analyzed by time-dependent density functional theory.

TL;DR: A series of oxovanadium(V) complexes, [VO 2 L 1 ] 2 (1), [VO L 2 ] 2(2), [ VO L 3 ] (3), VO L 4 ] (4), [VO(OCH 3 )L 5 ] (5), and VO L 6 ] (6) have been developed and characterized by physico-chemical methods and X-ray diffraction as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: An overview of the use of gold nanoparticles for diagnostic sensing and therapy applications can be found in this paper, where the authors provide a review of the current state-of-the-art in this area.

TL;DR: A great variety of gallium(III) complexes and their pharmacological applications as anticancer and antimicrobial agents are described together with possible biological targets and modes of action.

TL;DR: In this article, a review focusing on the most relevant efforts carried out to develop ruthenium compounds as potential agents for the treatment of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, a combination of spectroscopic methods (UV-Vis, IR and EPR) was employed to reveal details of the processes following CO release, showing that the manganese centers lose their carbonyl ligands in a stepwise manner.

TL;DR: In this article, a method to determine the critical micelle concentration (CMC) of low molecular weight surfactants and amphiphilic diblock copolymers in water based on the use of the fluorescent dye coumarin 153 (C153) was described.

TL;DR: In this paper, a chemosensor (R )-OH bearing an amino alcohol group was synthesized for the highly selective fluorescent recognition of Al 3+ with low limit of detection (16 ppb ).

TL;DR: A critical review of selected topics relating to the cellular interactions of platinum anticancer drugs is presented in this article, where the authors raise questions and cast doubts about selected topics regarding the approaches taken towards trying to elucidate the event that happens in cancer cells that were exposed to platinum complexes.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on several macrocyclic ligands for Fe(II) including those based on CYCLEN (1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane) and TACN with attached pendent arms containing either benzimidazole, pyridine or amide donor groups.

TL;DR: This review focuses on the biomedical uses of gold nanoparticles based on the research, with an emphasis on cancer applications.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported the syntheses, 1 H NMR spectral and luminescence spectral studies of eight-coordinate Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy and Tm complexes of the type [Ln(hfaa) 3 (phen)] (Hfaa =hexafluoropentanedione and phen = 1,10-phenanthroline).

TL;DR: A simple bidentate ligand, 2-(2′-hydroxyphenyl)-5,6-dihydro-1,3-oxazine, was readily prepared with a two-step synthesis as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The Ni(II)-POCOP pincher complex was used in the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of different para-substituted bromobenzenes as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, two new copper(II) complexes have been synthesized by reacting 2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carbaldehyde(2′-hydroxybenzoyl)hydrazone (H2L) with CuCl2·2H2O or Cu(NO3)2·3H 2O, in order to obtain a clear picture on the role of counter ion in the biological properties of the complexes so obtained.

TL;DR: The dioxomolybdenum and dioxotungsten complexes [MoO2L1] (1-Mo), supported by a diamine bisphenolate ligand (L1-=ME2NCH2CH2N(CH2-2-O-3,5-C6H2tBu2)2) and [WO2Cl2(dme) (2-W) were obtained by single crystal X-ray diffraction as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The results suggest that NOTA is preferable to TETA and DOTA for the preparation of 64 Cu-labeled proteins.

TL;DR: In this article, the synthesis and characterization of compound L1H, 2-di(tert-butyl)phosphinomethyl-6-methylpyridine, and the first dimeric CuI complex 3 with this novel bidentate NPtBu ligand were described.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the latest procedures to synthesise and fabricate foams based on HA/biopolymer systems for these goals paying special attention to their heavy metal capture applications.

TL;DR: In this article, a series of N-(2-alkyl-5,6,7-trihydroquinolin-8-ylidene)arylaminonickel(II) dichloride complexes were synthesized in a one-pot reaction with nickel dichlorides.

TL;DR: In this article, the structures of two new complexes [Pd(L)(PPh 3 )] (1) and [pd(AsPh 3 ] (2) were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction and showed that the Pd atom in both complexes is coordinated by the planar ligand and the P/As atom in square planar fashion.

TL;DR: In this article, three heteronuclear Cu(II)/Na(I) compounds, [Cu(vanpn)Na(NO3)(H2O)] (1), [Cu[vanpn]Na(N3)(CH3OH)] (2) and [Cvanpn(Na(NCS)N)N(3-methoxysalicylideneimine), a well known compartmental Schiff base ligand, have been prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, IR and UV-Vis spectroscopy and single crystal X-