Potassium tetracyanonickelate(II) reacts with molten sulfur at 200°C to give, after work-up of the reaction mixture and treatment with tetramethylammonium chloride, tetramethylammonium hexathiocyanato-N-nickelate(II) as the major product. At 140°C, the nickel(II) cyano complex does not react w...

The tetracyanoplatinate(II) (TCP) ion forms insoluble fluorescent compounds with many metal ions. This property has not hitherto been exploited for analytical use. The soluble sodium TCP salt has been applied as a reagent for metal ion detection. Fluorescent precipitates useful for detection of ...

Prudent analysis of the solid state 13C MAS NMR spectra of polycrystalline K2Pt(CN)4·3H2O (KTCP)− reveals that in crystals of this compound there are two types of carbon nuclei with slightly different 13C chemical shift tensors, contrary to what is found for the solution NMR spectrum and previo...

As a further extension of our research work focusing on the development of gold(III)-dithiocarbamato dtc derivatives of oligopeptides as potential anticancer agents, complexes [AuIIIX2(dtc-Sar-l-Ser(t-Bu)-O(t-Bu))] (X = Br (1a)/Cl (1b)), [AuIIIX2(dtc-AA-Aib2-O(t-Bu))] (AA = Sar (sarcosine, N-met...

As a further extension of our research work focusing on the development of gold(III)-dithiocarbamato derivatives as potential anticancer agents, the new complexes [AuIIIX2(dtc-Sar-O(t-Bu))] (X = Cl (1)/Br (2)) are here reported. The compounds were characterized by means of FT-IR, ESI mass, and m...

The nuclear quadrupole resonance of halogens in a variety of anhydrous and hydrated tetrahaloaurates(III) was observed between 77 and 400°K. From the number of resonance lines, the number of different kinds of crystallographically nonequivalent halogen atoms was determined. The ionic character ...

A new series of benzyl pyridinium-2,4-dioxochroman derivatives 7a-o was synthesized and evaluated as new anti-Alzheimer agents. Among the synthesized compounds, the compounds 7f and 7i exhibited the most potent anti-AChE and anti-BuChE activities, respectively. The kinetic study of the compound ...

Synthesis of new 2-amino-2-C-d-glycosyl-acetonitriles in a Strecker reaction from various C-glycosyl aldehydes, chiral amines, and HCN was carried out. While aminonitriles from glycal and 2-deoxy-β-d-glycosyl aldehydes were prepared in satisfactory yields, lower yields were obtained with C-glyc...

A new catalytic system for the anaerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohols using a tetrazole-amino-saccharin organocatalyst has been established. In a solvent-free and microwave assisted process comprising aqueous tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as oxidant, a variety of benzyl alcohols has been effic...

Trimellitimides 6–21 were prepared and investigated in vivo for anti-inflammatory and ulcerogenic effects and in vitro for cytotoxicity. They were subjected to in vitro cyclooxygenase (COX-1/2) and carbonic anhydrase inhibition protocols. Compounds 6–11 and 18 exhibited anti-inflammatory activ...

Boron compounds importance have been raising due to the development of its synthesis and remarkable biological activities, so in this manner the study here presented is focused on the synthesis of novel isoindolinylphenylboronic anhydrides (2a, 2c and 2e) and bis-isoindolinylphenylboronic anhydr...

Vanadium containing MCM-41(V-MCM-41) was synthesized by one pot synthesis and characterized by spectroscopic techniques. The oxidation of olefins such as 1-hexene, cyclohexene, cyclopentene, norbornene and trans-2-hexene-1-ol with tertiary butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) in the presence of V-MCM-41 a...

The development of solution-processed and dopant-free hole transporting materials (HTMs) are important for the future large-scale application of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Here, a tetra-methoxyltriphenylamine substituted zinc phthalocyanine (OTPA-ZnPc) has been synthesized and utilized as a ...

Monomeric zinc phthalocyanine has been studied as a promising active photosensitizer in photodynamic therapy against cancer, in which its aggregate form is non-active. This paper aimed to describe the monomer/aggregates equilibrium of zinc phthalocyanine in binary water/DMSO mixtures. To reach t...

Asymmetrically substituted zinc phthalocyanine (Pc) derivatives bearing quaternized triazolyl moieties for water solubility and iodine as a heavy metal atom have been investigated as singlet oxygen generators in aqueous media. In addition to the heavy atom effect exerted by iodine covalently bon...

In this study, the novel 3-(1H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triazol-1-yl)methoxy substituted novel phthalonitrile compounds (2 and 6) were synthesized. Their non-peripheral and peripheral zinc (II) (3 and 7), manganese (III) (4 and 8) and copper (II) (5 and 9) phthalocyanine complexes were synthesized for the...

In this work, the photodynamic therapy (PDT) activities (using human carcinoma adherent MCF-7 cells) of zinc phthalocyanine derivatives: complexes 1 (Zn mono cinnamic acid phthalocyanine) and 2 (zinc mono carboxyphenoxy phthalocyanine) when covalently linked to folic acid (FA) and amine function...

Terpene-macrocycle conjugates, consisting of thymol or carvacrol and phthalocyanine were synthesized, characterized, and subjected to detailed optical and biological studies. The macrocyclization reactions of terpene-substituted o-phthalonitrile derivatives were performed in a microwave reactor ...

phthalocyanine-based anthracene (AnPc) and phthalocyanine-based triazole anthracene (AnPc-Tr) were characterized to emphasize the effect of adding spacer existing in AnPc-Tr on electronic, optical and electrical properties of AnPc. The structures of both molecules were confirmed by infrared spec...

Neutral zinc phthalocyanine bearing 4-phenylazopohenoxy group at the periphery (ZnPc-4) has been synthesized from zinc acetate dihydrate Zn(CH3COO)2·2H2O and 4-(phenylazophenoxy)phthalonitrile. The synthesized zinc phthalocyanine ZnPc-4 was characterized using UV–visible, FTIR, 1H NMR and MALD...