Lewis acidic zinc(II) salen-type Schiff-base complexes: sensing properties and responsive nanostructures

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santo Di Bella

In this frontier article some peculiar characteristics of Zn(salen)-type Schiff-base complexes are reviewed. The paper is mainly focused on the most recent and relevant achievements on responsive supramolecular nanostructures and...

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (13) ◽  
pp. 2514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Consiglio ◽  
Oliveri ◽  
Failla ◽  
Di Bella

The zinc(II) ion forms stable complexes with a wide variety of ligands, but those related to Schiff-bases are among the most largely investigated. This review deals with the peculiar aggregation characteristics of Zn(II) Schiff-base complexes from tetradentate N2O2 salen-type ligands, L, derivatives from salicylaldehydes and 1,2-diamines, and is mostly focused on their spectroscopic properties in solution. Thanks to their Lewis acidic character, ZnL complexes show interesting structural, nanostructural, and aggregation/deaggregation properties in relation to the absence/presence of a Lewis base. Deaggregation of these complexes is accompanied by relevant changes of their spectroscopic properties that can appropriately be exploited for sensing Lewis bases. Thus, ZnL complexes have been investigated as chromogenic and fluorogenic chemosensors of charged and neutral Lewis bases, including cell imaging, and have shown to be selective and sensitive to the Lewis basicity of the involved species. From these studies emerges that these popular, Lewis acidic bis(salicylaldiminato)Zn(II) Schiff-base complexes represent classical coordination compounds for modern applications.


2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 749-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmut Ulusoy ◽  
Hasan Karabıyık ◽  
Rafet Kılınçarslan ◽  
Muhittin Aygün ◽  
Bekir Çetinkaya ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 1232 ◽  
pp. 129975
Author(s):  
Murat Tuna ◽  
Salih Zeki Yildiz ◽  
Gulnur Arabaci ◽  
Zeynep Denli ◽  
Nagihan Çaylak Delibaş ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 772-784
Author(s):  
Moamen S. Refat ◽  
Ahmed Gaber ◽  
Walaa F. Alsanie ◽  
Mohamed I. Kobeasy ◽  
Rozan Zakaria ◽  
...  

Abstract This article aimed at the synthesis and molecular docking assessment of new diimine Schiff base ligand, namely 2-((E)-(2-((Z)-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-hydroxyvinyl)hydrazono) methyl)-6-methoxyphenol (methoxy-diim), via the condensation of 1-(4-chloro-phenyl)-2-hydrazino-ethenol compound with 2-((E)-(2-((Z)-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-hydroxy vinyl) hydrazono)methyl)-6-methoxyphenol in acetic acid as well as the preparation of new binuclear complexes of Co(ii), Ni(ii), Cu(ii), and Zn(ii). The following synthesized complexes were prepared in a ratio of 2:1 (metal/ligand). The 1H-NMR, UV-Vis, and FTIR spectroscopic data; molar conductivity measurements; and microanalytical, XRD, TGA/DTG, and biological studies were carried out to determine the molecular structure of these complexes. According to the spectroscopic analysis, the two central metal ions were coordinated with the diamine ligand via the nitrogen of the hydrazine and oxygen of the hydroxyl groups for the first metal ions and via the nitrogen of the hydrazine and oxygen of the phenol group for the second metal ions. Molecular docking for the free ligand was carried out against the breast cancer 3hb5-oxidoreductase and the 4o1v-protein binding kidney cancer and COVID-19 protease, and good results were obtained.


CrystEngComm ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shouvik Chattopadhyay ◽  
Tanmoy Basak ◽  
Antonio Frontera

Two mononuclear iron(III) complexes, [FeL1Cl]∙CH3CN (1) and [FeL2(N3)] (2) {H2L1= N,N′-bis(5-chlorosalicylidene)diethylenetriamine and H2L2= N,N′-bis(5-bromosalicylidene)diethylenetriamine}, have been synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallographic studies. In the solid state, there are strong...


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