Weibin Chen,Qianghui Zheng,Wanqing Zhang,Fengfu Fu,Mei-Jin Li
{"title":"Mitochondria-Localized and Aggregation-Induced Near-Infrared Emission Iridium(III) Complexes for Photodynamic Therapy.","authors":"Weibin Chen,Qianghui Zheng,Wanqing Zhang,Fengfu Fu,Mei-Jin Li","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c01814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c01814","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, the optical functional materials of iridium(III) complexes have attracted much attention due to their excellent photophysical properties and potential biomedical applications. Among them, aggregation-induced emission (AIE) properties have shown significant advantages in photodynamic therapy (PDT). In this work, three new iridium(III) complexes with near-infrared emission were designed and synthesized, and their crystal structures were determined. All complexes exhibited significant AIE phenomena. Especially, Ir-1 containing an -NH2 functional group exhibited a unique hollow nanoparticle morphology, excellent mitochondrial targeting ability, and high reactive oxygen species (ROS) efficiency, which is expected to play an important role as a new type of nanoprobe in the field of PDT. The complex has the ability to generate both type I and type II ROS, which makes it a potent photosensitizer for the efficient phototherapy of hypoxic tumors. What is more, the complex has dual functions of PDT and chemotherapy, and their synergistic effect greatly enhances the antineoplastic effects of the reagent.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144533434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew T Baldwin,Nicholas A Zosel,Aaron H Shoemaker,Michael W Mara,Tyler N Haddock,Lin X Chen,Bryan M Hunter
{"title":"Ambient Synthesis for Fe(II) Polypyridyl Complexes with an Order of Magnitude Increase in Charge-Transfer Excited-State Lifetimes over [Fe(bpy)3]2.","authors":"Matthew T Baldwin,Nicholas A Zosel,Aaron H Shoemaker,Michael W Mara,Tyler N Haddock,Lin X Chen,Bryan M Hunter","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c01300","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c01300","url":null,"abstract":"Replacing precious metals with abundant metals is an important research focus in photochemical energy conversion and storage to meet global energy demands. However, transition metal complexes (TMCs) based on abundant 3d metals typically possess photochemical disadvantages─such as short charge-transfer excited-state lifetimes─and molecular modifications have focused on optimizing the interplay of structure, dynamics, and energetics to overcome their limitations. One strategy to do so is the use of bespoke ligands that can extend the lifetimes of chemically useful excited states. Here, we report the synthesis and characterization of novel Fe(II) complexes featuring lengthy polypyridyl ligands that can be readily synthesized. Steady-state and transient absorption spectroscopies indicate that these complexes have desirable properties and their excited metal-to-ligand charge-transfer states live an order of magnitude longer than in the benchmark [Fe(bpy)3]2+. This lifetime is largely preserved in the heteroleptic complexes, thereby enabling the preparation of asymmetric complexes. Additionally, we apply nonradiative transition theory to explain the long-time decay kinetics. In light of their ease of preparation and reasonable excited-state lifetimes, we suggest the use of these complexes in Fe(II) dye-sensitized solar cells, where the rate of charge injection would be competitive with increased lifetime.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144533484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shuaifeng Li,Mengru Liu,Peng Zhao,Huijian Zhao,Ning Ye,Zhanggui Hu,Conggang Li
{"title":"A Promising Short-Wave UV NLO Crystal with an Optimized KBBF-like Structure and Well-Balanced Properties Achieved via a Chemical Substitution Strategy.","authors":"Shuaifeng Li,Mengru Liu,Peng Zhao,Huijian Zhao,Ning Ye,Zhanggui Hu,Conggang Li","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02281","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02281","url":null,"abstract":"Balancing a short ultraviolet (UV) cutoff edge, a sufficient birefringence, and a strong second-harmonic generation (SHG) response is crucial yet challenging in the quest for beryllium-free deep-UV nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals. Herein, we present the synthesis of an optimized KBe2BO3F2 (KBBF)-like fluorinated borate crystal, Rb3Sr3Li2Al4B6O20F (RSLABOF), through a chemical substitution strategy achieved by substituting Be2+ cations in the KBBF structure with Al3+ and Li+ cations. RSALBOF crystallizes in R32 (No. 155), inheriting the structural merits of KBBF and achieving a well-balanced property, including a strong SHG efficiency equivalent to 1.4 times that of KDP, a short UV absorption cutoff edge (<200 nm), and a favorable birefringence value of 0.064 at 1064 nm. Moreover, the layered structure of RSLABOF features a reinforced interlayer bonding facilitated by Sr-O bonds, which is approximately 4.7 times stronger than that in KBBF, alleviating the propensity for layering growth. Theoretical calculations revealed that the significant SHG intensity primarily originates from the in-layer uniformly aligned [BO3] groups in RSLABOF. These observations highlight the potential of RSLABOF crystals as beryllium-free short-wave UV NLO crystals.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144533438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jack H Lin,Alexis K Bauer,Samuel T Hugie,Michael L Neidig,Datong Song
{"title":"Dinitrogen Binding and Silylation by Bis(ketimino)carbazolide Complexes of Iron and Cobalt.","authors":"Jack H Lin,Alexis K Bauer,Samuel T Hugie,Michael L Neidig,Datong Song","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02069","url":null,"abstract":"We report the coordination chemistry of a bulky 1,8-bis(ketimino)carbazole (HL) ligand and the reactivity of the corresponding iron(II) and cobalt(II) chloride complexes [LFeCl] (1) and [LCoCl] (2). Upon one-electron reduction of 1 and 2 under a dinitrogen atmosphere, N2 binds to the reduced metal centers to generate the corresponding square planar Fe(I) and Co(I) complexes [LFe(N2)] (3) and [LCo(N2)] (4·N2), respectively. While further reduction of 3 generates the formally Fe(0) species [LFe(N2)]-, the reduction of 4·N2 affords a three-coordinate [LCo(0)] complex (7) with the loss of N2 from the metal center. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations suggest noninnocent behavior of the ligand. Both 3 and 4 can catalyze the silylation of N2 using the combination of KC8 and Me3SiCl reagents to produce N(SiMe3)3, where low temperature and batch addition significantly improve the yields to up to 52%.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"86 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144533480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christopher R Tichnell,Patrick Hewitt,Anil Reddy Marri,David A Shultz,Martin L Kirk
{"title":"Radical Elaboration of a Ligand-to-Ligand Charge Transfer Chromophore Yields Emissive Excited State Decay.","authors":"Christopher R Tichnell,Patrick Hewitt,Anil Reddy Marri,David A Shultz,Martin L Kirk","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c01319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c01319","url":null,"abstract":"Spectroscopic and photophysical properties of a radical-substituted ligand-to-ligand charge transfer complex (1-NN) are presented and compared to the parent, diamagnetic complex, 1. Although 1-NN and 1 have identical emission quantum yields, the photoluminescence lifetime of 1-NN is reduced to ∼60% of that observed for 1. This is nominally due to the contribution of additional NN vibrational modes in 1-NN that enhance the competitive nonradiative decay process relative to 1. The observation of photoluminescence in radical-substituted chromophores such as 1-NN points to their potential as highly tunable platforms for the development of new molecular color centers for quantum information science applications.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144533482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chuan-Pin Chen,Oluwafemi Abubakar,Xiaoyin Zhang,Thomas W Hamann
{"title":"Electrocatalytic Ammonia Oxidation with Coordinatively Saturated Ruthenium Catalyst.","authors":"Chuan-Pin Chen,Oluwafemi Abubakar,Xiaoyin Zhang,Thomas W Hamann","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02418","url":null,"abstract":"This communication describes the investigation of a coordinatively saturated complex [Ru(tpy)(dmabpy)Cl]+ ([Ru(Cl)]+) as an ammonia oxidation catalyst. Cyclic voltammetry measurements show an ideal S-shaped wave, indicating total catalysis conditions with a kobs (TOFmax) of 9360 h-1. The reaction was found to be first-order in [Ru(Cl)]+ and third-order in [NH3]. Stoichiometric reactions of the one-electron oxidized species, [Ru(Cl)]2+, were monitored following the addition of 15NH3 using 1H and 15N NMR spectroscopy. These experiments showed that the chloride-coordinated complex rapidly converts NH3 to N2. NMR spectroscopy and electrochemistry results definitively show that NH3 does not substitute the Cl- ligand to form the previously reported [Ru(NH3)]2+ catalyst which operates by a different mechanistic pathway. Taken together these results indicate outersphere electron transfer mediated ammonia oxidation reaction.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144533481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zeming Huang,Xinlei Yi,Rui Pan,Hua Huang,Chencheng Liu,Li Chen,Fenhua Wang,Shaowu Wang
{"title":"Catalytic Ring-Opening Homopolymerization and Copolymerization of rac-Lactide and δ-Valerolactone Utilizing Rare-Earth Metal Complexes with Indol-2-yl-Based Ligands in Tridentate and Tetradentate Bonding Modes.","authors":"Zeming Huang,Xinlei Yi,Rui Pan,Hua Huang,Chencheng Liu,Li Chen,Fenhua Wang,Shaowu Wang","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c00790","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c00790","url":null,"abstract":"The copolymers of rac-lactide (rac-LA) and δ-valerolactone (δ-VL) can improve the properties of the individual polymers in terms of variable mechanical, thermal, permeability, and degradation properties. However, copolymerization of these two monomers catalyzed by metal catalysts faces challenges due to different activities of the intermediates in the propagation processes and lack of understanding the catalytic procedures to realize the copolymerization. Here, a series of novel indol-2-yl-based NNC pincer-type rare-earth metal dialkyl complexes (κ3NNC-L)RE(CH2SiMe3)2 (RE = Lu(1a), Yb(1b), Er(1c), Y(1d), Dy(1e)) (L = 1-(Me2NCH2CH2)-3-((Me2NCH2CH2)MeNCH2)-C8H4N) and carboryne-based rare-earth metallacycles (κ4NNCN-L)RE(η2-C2B10H10) (RE = Lu(2a), Yb(2b), Er(2c), Y(2d), Dy(2e)) were synthesized in good yields. These complexes exhibited high activity in homopolymerization of rac-LA and δ-VL. Notably, highly efficient block copolymerization procedures for the copolymerization of δ-VL and rac-LA initiated by metal complexes were for the first time described by controlling the sequence of feeding the two monomers in the presence of complexes 1 and 2, while the random copolymerization of δ-VL and rac-LA can also be realized by utilization of complexes 1 and 2 as catalysts.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144533479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Structures and Properties of the C6v Symmetric Mn2Ge12 Cluster and Its One-Dimensional Nanostructure.","authors":"Li-Juan Zhao,Xi-Ling Xu,Wei-Jun Zheng,Hong-Guang Xu","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c00382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c00382","url":null,"abstract":"Symmetric clusters with high stability are potential building blocks for one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures. In this study, we report a stable C6v symmetric Mn2Ge12 cluster which can serve as potential building blocks to construct a novel 1D nanostructure. Combined anion photoelectron spectroscopic and theoretical studies show that the anionic Mn2Ge12- has a Cs symmetric cage structure with an 6A″ electronic state, while the neutral Mn2Ge12 adopts a C6v symmetric Mn-capped hexagonal antiprism structure with a 3A1 electronic state. Chemical bonding analysis reveals that the Mn 3dσ/π orbitals interact with the Ge12 unit forming two 14c-1e σ bonds and four 14c-2e σ bonds, while the Mn 3dπ/δ orbitals interact with the Ge12 unit forming three 14c-2e π bonds. Mn2Ge12 exhibits σ and π aromaticities, with a total of 18 σ and 10 π electrons. Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation results indicate its high structural stability at 300 K. First-principles calculations predict that the constructed 1D [Mn2Ge12]∞ nanostructure based on the Mn2Ge12 cluster has metallic and antiferromagnetic properties.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"648 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144533483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Axial Nitrogen Coordination Engineering of Fe Single-Atom Catalyst for Enhanced Peroxidase-like Activity.","authors":"Xu Liu,Jianping Guan,Nianhui Zhou,Jinhua Hu,Tianyu Tao,Yi Zhang,Tao Gan,Shibin Wang,Yu Xiong","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02515","url":null,"abstract":"Mimicking the hierarchical structure as well as the asymmetric Fe-N5 sites in natural horseradish peroxidase (HRP) is of great importance in developing Fe1/CN with high peroxidase-like (POD-like) activity. In this work, Fe1/CN with an asymmetric FeN5 moiety and ordered porous structure (FeN5/CN) is fabricated by an ammonia-assisted redispersion strategy, which shows high structural similarity with HRP. Therefore, FeN5/CN shows an excellent catalytic efficiency (specific activity = 117.9 U/mg, kcat/Km = 2185 mM-1 s-1) and selectivity (Km = 0.059 mM) in a POD-like reaction. Based on the high catalytic properties of FeN5/CN, a sensor for the detection of carbosulfan with a low limit of detection of 3.1 nM is assembled. Interestingly, FeN5/CN activates H2O2 via a superoxide pathway, while ·OH, 1O2, and ·O2- can all be detected in the FeN4/CN involved catalytic system. Mechanistic study by density functional theory calculations combined with experimental results illustrates that Fe-N5 sites provide moderate adsorption of *OH, enlarging and decreasing the reaction energy to form ·OH and ·O2-, respectively, while Fe-N4 sites exhibited higher affinity toward the OH* intermediate, resulting in the facile O-O bond cleavage from H2O2 molecule and prohibited the process of *OH desorption to ·OH.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144533383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Structure and Bond Dissociation Variations in Dialumenes: A Comparative DFT Study on N,P- versus N,N-Bidentate Ligand Effects.","authors":"Weiyi Li,Cai-Qin Li,Ying-Kun Yan,Lei Sun,Wang Guan","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02012","url":null,"abstract":"Herein, we report a comprehensive density functional theory (DFT) calculation to investigate the distinct dissociation behaviors of dialumenes supported by amidophosphine, amidinate, and β-diketiminate (BDI) ligands. Calculations reveal that amidophosphine and amidinate ligands stabilize the Al═Al double bond via a dynamic equilibrium with their aluminyl monomers. Conversely, the BDI ligand preferentially stabilizes mononuclear Al(I) species over dimerization. According to energy decomposition analysis (EDA) and charge decomposition analysis (CDA), this distinct behavior is attributed to the enhanced Pauli's repulsion and diminished orbital interaction between the BDI-stabilized aluminyl fragments. Notably, despite the constrained N-Al-N bite angle imposed by the amidinate ligand, the enhanced stability of the Al═Al bond emerges through limited aluminyl monomer deformation and effective ligand-metal conjugation. A systematic comparison with the hydrogenated amidophosphine ligand systems further demonstrates that the ligand-metal conjugation critically modulates Al═Al bond dissociation, primarily through steric repulsion between the amino lone pairs and Al-Al cores. These key ligand parameters derived from specific ligand systems in this study provide a theoretical foundation for future dialumene design.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144533478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}