Wei Liu,Qianshui Yu,Jialing Bian,Qin Jiang,Pengfei Shi
{"title":"Five cyclometalated Ir(III) complexes of purine-terpyridine ligands and study on their luminescence, cytotoxicity and DNA binding performance","authors":"Wei Liu,Qianshui Yu,Jialing Bian,Qin Jiang,Pengfei Shi","doi":"10.1039/d6dt02272c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6dt02272c","url":null,"abstract":"Five mono-(Iratpy and Irstpy)/bi-(Ir2sbtpy and Ir2bstpy)/trinuclear (Ir3bsttpy) cyclometalated Ir(III) complexe based on purine-terpyridine were synthesized and characterized. All the Ir(III) complexes exhibited strong sharp ILCT absorption peak at about 270nm and extremely weak MLCT band at about 400-450 nm. The Ir(III) complexes display dual one-photon excited phosphorescence: the sharp peak at 350nm arises from 3ILCT, while the broad band around 600nm is assigned to 3MLCT excited state. Z-scan results revealed that Ir(III) complexes possess certain two-photon absorption (TPA) properties and mononuclear Iratpy affords highest TPA cross section values of 50 GM at 700nm. Upon excition using 700-850nm femtosecond laser, all five Ir(III) complexes produce broad TPEP (two-photon excited phosphorescence) signals centered near 600nm. These complexes exhibited enhanced photocytotoxicity toward 4T1 mouse mammary carcinoma cell line under light irradiation compared with their dark toxicity, among which Ir2bstpy delivers the highest PI value of 65. The reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation pathways and efficiencies differ across the series: Ir3bsttpy is more effcient in producing 1O2, whereas Ir2sbtpy preferentially produces O2˙ . UV-vis titration results indicate that the Ir(III) complexes interact with DNA molecules to form DNA-complex adduct. Nevertheless, DNA binding affinity exerts a negligible effect on the structure of Ir(III) coordination units. The adenine and mercaptopurine group in mononuclear Ir(III) complexes (Iratpy and Irstpy) form hydrogen bonds with DNA bases. Owing to steric hindrance and molecular orientation, dinuclear complexes (Ir2sbtpy and Ir2bstpy) bind within DNA grooves, whereas the trinuclear Ir3bsttpy only associates with the DNA surface. Overall, the photogenerated ROS and DNA-binding behavior of these Ir(III) complexes collectively govern their cytotoxicity against tumour cells.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2026-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149368151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Air Stable High-Spin Ni(II)Porphyrin Diradical with Conformation Controlled Singlet-Triplet Interconversion","authors":"Arya Roychowdhury,Nidhi Awasthi,Syed Jehanger Shah,Eugenio Garribba,Carlos J. Gomez Garcia,Hiroyuki Furuta,Sankar Prasad Rath","doi":"10.1039/d6dt02338j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6dt02338j","url":null,"abstract":"An air-stable neutral open-shell triplet diradical Ni(II) complex was isolated via visible-light irradiation, featuring nearly orthogonal porphyrin units. Halogenation or oxidation induces conversion to a singlet state through conformational reorganization. A direct magneto-structural correlation was established, providing a new strategy for singlet–triplet interconversion through control of the inter-ring orientation.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":"87 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2026-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149368160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elvin J. Ahmadov,Dunya M. Babanly,Abbas A. Qurbanov,Aytan I. Aghazade,Isfandiyar J. Alverdiyev,Afet M. Kerimova,Zakir A. Jahangirli,Nadir A. Abdullayev,Philippe Turek,Mahammad B. Babanly
{"title":"Phase diagram of the BiS–BiSe–BiI ternary system and the physical properties of the BiSSeI solid solutions: advanced experiments and first-principles calculations","authors":"Elvin J. Ahmadov,Dunya M. Babanly,Abbas A. Qurbanov,Aytan I. Aghazade,Isfandiyar J. Alverdiyev,Afet M. Kerimova,Zakir A. Jahangirli,Nadir A. Abdullayev,Philippe Turek,Mahammad B. Babanly","doi":"10.1039/d6dt02226j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6dt02226j","url":null,"abstract":"Chalcohalides of group 15 elements, due to their valuable functional properties, such as ferroelectric, thermoelectric, photovoltaic, optical, etc., are considered promising materials for new generation technologies. The modification and improvement of the functional properties of these compounds are significantly related to the production of various solid solutions on their basis. This work is devoted to the study of phase relationships in the quasi-ternary system Bi2S3–Bi2Se3–BiI3 in the entire range of compositions and the phonon and electronic properties of BiS1−xSexI solutions. Based on powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), differential thermal analysis (DTA), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) data, a detailed representation of phase equilibria was obtained, including the projection of the liquidus surface, the isothermal section at room temperature and a number of polythermal sections of the phase diagram. The system was found to feature the formation of continuous solid solutions along the BiSI–BiSeI cross-section, as well as wide solid solution areas based on the Bi2S3, Bi2Se3, and Bi19S27I3 compounds. The phonon and electronic spectra of the solid solutions of the BiSI–BiSeI system were computed using first-principles calculations. The contributions of the BiSI–BiSeI solid solution atoms to the phonon and electronic density of states were determined. The characteristic frequencies of Raman-active phonons were analyzed using Raman scattering measurements. Based on the ellipsometric study in the energy range of 0.7–6.5 eV, the imaginary and real parts of the dielectric functions, dispersion of the refractive indices and absorption coefficients were determined. Theoretical calculations were compared with experimental data.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2026-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149368148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mischa Wenisch,Christine Esenwein,Alexander Virovets,Eugenia V. Peresypkina,Hans-Wolfram Lerner,Georg Eickerling,Matthias Wagner
{"title":"Metallocene-based borenium ions: facile synthesis, tunable Lewis acidity, and radical reactivity","authors":"Mischa Wenisch,Christine Esenwein,Alexander Virovets,Eugenia V. Peresypkina,Hans-Wolfram Lerner,Georg Eickerling,Matthias Wagner","doi":"10.1039/d6dt02366e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6dt02366e","url":null,"abstract":"Boron-containing Lewis acids are among the most versatile species in main-group catalysis. We recently introduced a redox-active, triptycene-type variant based on a pyrazabole-bridged ansa-ferrocene with bridgehead B-H and borenium sites. Back then, this compound was accessible from Cp2Fe in a five-step synthesis; we now report a concise one-step route to this compound class: Direct electrophilic borylation of metallocenes with pyrazaboles H2B(μ-pzR2)2BH2 (R = H, Me) and 1eq of [Ph3C][BArF] cleanly affords not only the ferrocene derivatives [1Fe/1FeMe][BArF], but also their Cp2Ru and Cp2Os congeners in yields of 38-84% ([1RuMe][BArF] and [1OsMe][BArF]; [BArF]- = [B(C6F5)4]-). Mechanistic insights were gained through isolation of intermediates and quantum-chemical calculations. SCXRD of [1MMe][BArF] (M = Fe, Ru, Os) reveals planar borenium centers that are remarkably bent out of the Cp planes toward the metal atoms by 40.6° (Fe), 42.0° (Ru), and 44.5° (Os). This direct borylation approach extends to [3]ferrocenophane, furnishing unprecedented substituent patterns and a planar-chiral borenium ion. While attempts to oxidize [1Fe][BArF] to its Fe(III) analogue [1Fe][BArF]2 remained inconclusive, we found that introduction of an adjacent boronium ion by replacing the remaining B-H hydride substituent with a neutral pyridine ligand provides an alternative strategy to boost the fluoride-ion affinity (FIA) of the resulting dication [9Fe][BArF]2 by 12.7 kcal mol-1 relative to the monocation [1Fe][BArF]. Finally, reaction of [1Fe][BArF] with (catalytic) p‑benzoquinone predominantly furnished the ansa-ferrocenium cation [3Fe][BArF] with two bridgehead B-H units, pointing to an intriguing valence tautomerism between a closed shell Fe(II)/B+ and a Fe(III)/B• state in solution.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2026-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149368147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From centrosymmetric to acentric: order-disorder-driven symmetry breaking in a one-dimensional haloantimonate(III) towards lead-free room-temperature piezoelectrics","authors":"Magdalena Rok,Milena Chamera,Marcin Moskwa,Piotr Durlak,Jan Kazimierz Zaręba,Dariusz Kajewski,Ryszard Jakubas,Grazyna Bator,Anna Piecha-Bisiorek","doi":"10.1039/d6dt02155g","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6dt02155g","url":null,"abstract":"Lead-free organic–inorganic hybrids based on Sb(III) provide an alternative route to electromechanically active materials, combining low-temperature solution synthesis, mechanically soft lattices and a high degree of structural tunability. Here we report a new one-dimensional haloantimonate(III), (C6H10N2)[SbBr5] (3AMPSB), built of corner-sharing 〖[\"SbBr5\" ]〗_∞^(2-) zig-zag chains separated by 3-(ammoniomethyl)pyridinium dications. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals a reversible structural phase transition at 334 K from the centrosymmetric Pmcn phase to the non-centrosymmetric P212121 phase, which is stable at and below room temperature. The transition is driven by the ordering of the organic cations and is accompanied by a pronounced displacive distortion of the anionic chains. Temperature-resolved second harmonic generation confirms the acentric character of phase II, with a room-temperature SHG efficiency of 0.85 relative to KDP. Polarised-light birefringence imaging additionally reveals two well-separated orientational states of the optical indicatrix differing in azimuth by approximately 90°, consistent with the presence of orientational domains in the low-temperature phase. Dielectric studies on oriented single crystals reveal strong anisotropy, thermally activated dipolar relaxation and a resonance-type piezoelectric contribution. These results establish 3AMPSB as a promising lead-free platform for piezoelectric applications over a wide temperature range.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2026-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149360105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qingjun Dong,Ziqi Jiang,Peipei Zhang,Yongan Feng,Kun Wang
{"title":"Decoupling metal and oxyanion effects on thermal decomposition and near-infrared response in 2-methyl-5-amino tetrazole energetic complexes","authors":"Qingjun Dong,Ziqi Jiang,Peipei Zhang,Yongan Feng,Kun Wang","doi":"10.1039/d6dt02499h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6dt02499h","url":null,"abstract":"Laser-initiable primary explosives require both strong near-infrared (NIR) absorption and sufficient thermal stability, but how the metal centre and the counter-anion control these two properties is unclear. Here, the decoupled roles of the metal centre and the oxyanion are clarified across six M(2-MAT)4(BrO3)2 (2-MAT = 2-methyl-5-amino tetrazole, M=Mn~Zn) and four Cu(2-MAT)4(X)2 (X= BrO3-/ClO3-/ClO4-/NO3-) complexes derived from NIR-sensitive Cu(2-MAT)4(BrO3)2. The metal sets the framework stabilization and influences the cleavage of trigger bond, and the ring-opening energy correlates with the d-band centre across all nine complexes and rises with electron affinity of oxyanion within the Cu(2-MAT)4X2 series. The oxyanion tunes the initiation and ring-opening energies over a narrower range and switches ligand-to-metal charge-transfer channels that govern NIR absorption. Among the NIR-active complexes, NIR strength generally decreases with increasing trigger-bond stability. Overall, it is the first time to apply the synergistic metal–oxyanion tuning strategy for the design of laser-initiable primary explosives with balanced thermal stabilities.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2026-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149360103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Richard Welter, Christophe Gourlaouen, Baptiste Schehr, Laurent Ruhlmann
{"title":"Light induced photoreduction of Fe<sup>III</sup> complexes in DMF: old chemistry or new challenges?","authors":"Richard Welter, Christophe Gourlaouen, Baptiste Schehr, Laurent Ruhlmann","doi":"10.1039/d6dt01854h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6dt01854h","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The photoreduction of Fe<sup>III</sup> complexes is a longstanding yet underexplored reaction, often lacking detailed structural characterization of the photoproducts. In this study, we investigate the light-induced reduction of Fe<sup>III</sup>Cl<sub>3</sub> in dimethylformamide (DMF). Upon UV-visible irradiation, a colourless solution is obtained, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction unambiguously reveals the formation of the Fe<sup>II</sup> complex <i>trans</i>-[Fe<sup>II</sup>(DMF)<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>] (2), alongside a formate-based Fe<sup>II</sup> perovskite [Fe<sup>II</sup>(HCOO)<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>, C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>8</sub>N<sup>+</sup> (3) upon repeated redox cycling. Electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical analyses confirm a fully reversible Fe<sup>III</sup>/Fe<sup>II</sup> interconversion, while DFT calculations identify the dominant electronic transitions as ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) from chloride, oxo, and DMF donors. This work provides rare crystallographic evidence for a light-driven redox transformation in an iron-based system and highlights the dual role of DMF as both a coordinating solvent and an electron donor.</p>","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149339937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Activation of CO and (COCl) by (TMS)N(1-Cp*)Si=Si(1-Cp*)N(TMS)","authors":"Prachi Gothe,Vikash Kushwaha,Shabana Khan","doi":"10.1039/d6dt02621d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6dt02621d","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, we report the reactivity of disilene [(TMS)₂N(η¹-Cp*Si═Si(η¹-Cp*N(TMS)₂] (1) towards CO₂ and oxalyl chloride (COCl)2. Reaction of 1 with CO₂ produced a highly strained disilaoxirane (2) via CO extrusion, while oxalyl chloride yielded oxidative addition products (3a) and (3b). Both products were characterised using multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray crystallography.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2026-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149360208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Construction and microwave absorption behavior of hollow Co/Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@NC composites derived from ZIF-67@PDA.","authors":"Qian Li, Ruobing Feng, Xiyu Li, Qin Dai, Nan Wang, Yuxiang Dai, Bowen Zhang","doi":"10.1039/d6dt02134d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6dt02134d","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The development of lightweight, high-efficiency microwave absorbers with a broad effective frequency range is critical for addressing electromagnetic pollution. In this work, a hollow Co/Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@NC composite is successfully derived from a ZIF-67@PDA precursor <i>via</i> controlled pyrolysis. The influence of annealing temperature from 500 °C to 800 °C and polydopamine coating time from 8 h to 20 h on the crystal structure, chemical composition, graphitization degree, and electromagnetic parameters is systematically investigated. The Co/Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@NC composite annealed at 600 °C achieves an optimal balance between graphitization and defect density, exhibiting a minimum reflection loss of -45.76 dB at a thickness of 7.0 mm and an effective absorption bandwidth of 3.5 GHz. Further tuning of the outer nitrogen-doped carbon shell thickness by adjusting polydopamine coating time to 16 h yields superior performance, with a minimum reflection loss of -54.81 dB at a thickness of 4.6 mm and an effective absorption bandwidth of 4.8 GHz covering 80% of the Ku band. Comprehensive analysis reveals that the excellent microwave absorption arises from synergistic effects including conduction loss, dipolar and interfacial polarization, natural and exchange resonance, eddy current loss, and optimized impedance matching, together with multiple reflections within the hollow architecture. This work provides a novel interface and component engineering strategy for designing high-performance metal-organic framework derived microwave absorbing materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149339923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Léo Boivin, Adrien Schlachter, Vincent Dorcet, Christophe Lescop, Pierre D Harvey
{"title":"Design-dependent properties and applications of copper(I) bromide and fluorenylidene malononitrile coordination polymers.","authors":"Léo Boivin, Adrien Schlachter, Vincent Dorcet, Christophe Lescop, Pierre D Harvey","doi":"10.1039/d6dt01974a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6dt01974a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Depending on the synthetic approach of the incorporation of fluorenylidenemalononitrile (L2) into a coordination polymer (CP), two different outcomes can be attained. In one case (UDS-6, [Cu<sub>2</sub>Br<sub>2</sub>(L2)<sub>2</sub>]<sub><i>n</i></sub>), the material turns out to be a photo-redox-active system with competing photophysical processes (<sup>1</sup>M/XLCT NIR emission, exciton migration and electron transfer), leading to tentative photovoltaic applications. In the other case, the hereby synthesized CP1 using a mono-cationic preassembly [Cu<sub>3</sub>(L1)<sub>2</sub>(Br)<sub>2</sub>]<sup>+</sup> (L1 = bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)phenylphosphine) turns out to be a visible <sup>3</sup>M/XLCT emitter, as confirmed by extensive photophysical studies and theoretical investigations (DFT, TD-DFT, PW-DFT). Concurrently, this CP is found to be useful towards the photosensitization of singlet oxygen (<sup>1</sup>Δ<sub>g</sub>), as confirmed by the observation of the latter's intense phosphorescence signal at 1275 nm at the solid-gas interface. The dye degradation (rhodamine-6G) ability of CP1 was assessed but is limited by the rationalized instability of the material towards water.</p>","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149339924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}