Jae Elise L Payong, Nadia G Léonard, Lauren M Anderson-Sanchez, Joseph W Ziller, Jenny Y Yang
{"title":"Synthesis and anion binding properties of (thio)urea functionalized Ni(II)-salen complexes.","authors":"Jae Elise L Payong, Nadia G Léonard, Lauren M Anderson-Sanchez, Joseph W Ziller, Jenny Y Yang","doi":"10.1039/d4dt02683g","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dt02683g","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Salen ligands (salen = <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>'-ethylenebis(salicylimine)) are well-known for their versatility and widespread utility in chelating metal complexes. However, installation of hydrogen-bonding units on the salen framework, particularly functional groups that require amine-based precursors such as (thio)ureas, is difficult to achieve without the use of protecting group strategies. In this report, we show that the phenylketone analog of salicyladehyde is a stable alternative that enables the facile installation of hydrogen bonding (thio)urea groups on the salen scaffold, thus imparting anion binding abilities to a metal salen complex. Synthesis of symmetric <i>N</i>-phenyl(thio)urea salen ligands functionalized at the 3,3'-position and an unsymmetric salen ligand with <i>N</i>-phenylurea at the 5-position was achieved. Subsequent metalation with nickel(II) acetate afforded the nickel(II) complexes that were investigated for their anion binding properties towards F<sup>-</sup>, Cl<sup>-</sup>, Br<sup>-</sup>, CH<sub>3</sub>COO<sup>-</sup>, and H<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub><sup>-</sup>. Solid-state structures of the nickel(II) complexes as well as the Cl<sup>-</sup> bound dimer of the symmetric urea complex were obtained. The unusual acidity of the (thio)urea groups is reflected in the p<i>K</i><sub>a</sub>-dependent anion binding behavior of the nickel(II) complexes, as elucidated by <sup>1</sup>H and <sup>19</sup>F Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and Diffusion Ordered Spectroscopy (DOSY) experiments.</p>","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142556586","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":"Accelerating the reaction kinetics of Ni1-xO/Ni(OH)2/NF by defect engineering for urea-assisted water splitting","authors":"Yuan Rui, Zong Li, Miaohui Wang, Yunxia Liu, Haiping Lin, Peipei Huang, Qing Li","doi":"10.1039/d4dt02871f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dt02871f","url":null,"abstract":"Developing electrocatalysts with fast reaction kinetics for urea oxidation reaction (UOR) in the field of sustainable hydrogen production through urea-assisted water splitting remains challenging. Here, Ni1-xO/Ni(OH)2 supported on nickel foam (Ni1-xO/Ni(OH)2/NF) is prepared via a defect engineering strategy by combining Zn doping and acid etching. Doped Zn species are partially removed, facilitating the formation of NiOOH during the acid etching. Residual Zn species modulate the electronic structure of nickel sites, which intrinsically accelerate the reaction kinetics of Ni1-xO/Ni(OH)2/NF. Ni1-xO/Ni(OH)2/NF exhibits excellent performances for UOR with a low potential of 1.346 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode to attain 100 mA cm-2, fast reaction kinetics (18.7 mV dec-1), and excellent stability in the alkaline electrolyte. The enhanced reaction kinetics of Ni1-xO/Ni(OH)2/NF are clearly elucidated by operando electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and in-situ Raman spectra investigations. Our study offers an effective approach to design promising Ni-based UOR catalysts for the practical application of urea-assisted water splitting.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142561797","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}
Daniel Leitner, Florian Rochus Neururer, Stephan Hohloch
{"title":"Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Molybdenum Nitrido Complexes Supported by Redox-Active NHC and MIC Ligands","authors":"Daniel Leitner, Florian Rochus Neururer, Stephan Hohloch","doi":"10.1039/d4dt02405b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dt02405b","url":null,"abstract":"We report the synthesis of a series of molybdenum nitrido complexes supported by bis-phenolate N-heterocyclic and mesoionic carbenes. Reaction between MoN(OtBu)3 and the corresponding azolium salts [H3L1]Cl and [H3L2]Cl (with L1 = bis-phenolate triazolylidene and L2 = bis-phenolate benzimidazolylidene) gives clean access to the corresponding NHC/MIC complexes 1-Cl and 2-Cl. Electrochemical investigations of these complexes showed they can be reversible reduced at potentials of -1.13 and -1.01 V vs. Fc/[Fc]+ and the reduced complexes [1-Cl]- and [2-Cl]- can be cleanly isolated after chemical reduction with one equivalent of decamethylcobaltocene. Exchange of the halide atoms is furthermore reported to give a series of nitrido complexes supported by tert-butanolate (1-OtBu & 2-OtBu), perfluoro-tert-butanolate (1-OtBuF9 & 2-OtBuF9), tritylate (1-OCPh3 & 2-OCPh3), mesitylate (1-OMes & 2-OMes), thio-tert-butanolate (1-StBu), thiotritylate (1-SCPh3 & 2-SCPh3) and thiomesitolate complexes (1-SMes). The electrochemical properties of all complexes are evaluated and compared. All complexes isolated are characterized by multinuclear and multidimensional NMR spectroscopy and (if applicable) by EPR spectroscopy. Furthermore, the reactivity of 1-Cl and 2-Cl in the present of protons is investigated, which shows facile extrusion of ammonia in the presence of excess protons and decamethylcobaltocene yielding diamagnetic bis-molybdenum(III) complexes (3 & 4).","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142561975","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}
Xiaoming Su, You Li, Ziqi Chen, Shan Jiang, Jianyu Gong
{"title":"Enhanced Bi/nZVI activated molecular oxygen process for degradation of sulfonamides antibiotics in a citrate buffering system","authors":"Xiaoming Su, You Li, Ziqi Chen, Shan Jiang, Jianyu Gong","doi":"10.1039/d4dt02556c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dt02556c","url":null,"abstract":"Citric acid (CA) and sodium citrate (NaCA) have been effectively employed to synergize with bismuth-doped nanoscale zero-valent iron (Bi/nZVI) to degrade sulfonamide antibiotics (SAs) without the need for additional H2O2. In the integrated Bi/nZVI-CA/NaCA system, the excellent oxidation activity of sulfamethazine (SM2), sulfadiazine (SD) and Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) in the mixed solution was obtained. The bimetallic enhancement alongside ligand complexation significantly promoted Bi/nZVI to catalyze molecular oxygen and was conducive to the spontaneous generation of H2O2. Fe(II)[Cit]− was formed in the CA/NaCA system, and then engage in Fenton-like reaction with spontaneously produced H2O2 to achieve the oxidation of SAs. Long service life was performed by the results of characterization, electrochemical analysis, utilization rate (UR), electronic efficiency (EE) and cyclic degradation experiments. In the Bi/nZVI-CA/NaCA system, two comparable degradation pathways (hydroxylation and SO2 extrusion) for SM2, SMX and SD were obtained, while another degradation pathway for SMX was reflected in the opening of the N-O bond on the benzene ring. Additionally, Post-reactive solution toxicity was assessed to ensure environmental safety. Overall, our findings provide a theoretical research basis for the effective elimination of SAs from contaminated environments.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142561977","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":"Rational Fabrication of Anionic Zinc Carboxylate Framework as Fluorescent Probe of 2,6-Pyridinedicarboxylic Acid","authors":"Hui-Hui Xie, Hao Yu, Xuling Xu, Sifu Tang","doi":"10.1039/d4dt02529f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dt02529f","url":null,"abstract":"The sensitive, rapid and convenient sensing of 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (DPA, Bacillus anthracis biomarker) is crucial to the screen and diagnosis of anthrax. Metal organic framework (MOF) based sensors are very promising in the sensing of DPA, however the design and construction of high-performance sensors with high specificity and sensitivity is still challenging. In this work, a novel luminescent carboxylate MOF (TTCA-Zn) was assembled and employed for the specifically recognition of DPA. It is found that it possesses a three-dimensional anionic framework structure of sqc topology with [NH2(CH3)2]+ as the counter ions. The fluorescence intensity of TTCA-Zn displays a “turn-on” response to the addition of DPA and can function as a high-performance fluorescent senor of DPA in a wide range of 0 to 70 μM with a low detection limit of 14 nM. The sensing mechanism is also systematically investigated. This work not only reports a new fluorescent sensing material for DPA, but also provides a strategy for the structural design, assembly, and application of such sensors.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142555770","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}
Sofie Stampe Leiszner, Mauro Perfetti, Emil Damgaard-Møller, Yu-Sheng Chen, Bo Brummerstedt Iversen
{"title":"The Effect of Second Coordination Sphere Interactions on the Magnetic Anisotropy of Transition Metals","authors":"Sofie Stampe Leiszner, Mauro Perfetti, Emil Damgaard-Møller, Yu-Sheng Chen, Bo Brummerstedt Iversen","doi":"10.1039/d4dt02873b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dt02873b","url":null,"abstract":"In the study of mononuclear transition metal Single Molecule Magnets (SMMs), extensive research has concentrated on identifying optimal coordination geometries around the central metal ion to enhance SMM properties. However, the role of non-covalent interactions in the second coordination sphere has been relatively underexplored. Here, we study the impact of non-covalent Cl---H interactions on the magnetic anisotropy of the central Co(II) ion in the distorted axially compressed octahedral complex CoCl<small><sub>2</sub></small>(tu)<small><sub>4</sub></small> (<strong>1</strong>) (tu = S=C(NH<small><sub>2</sub></small>)<small><sub>2</sub></small>). By performing Cantilever Torque Magnetometry on <strong>1</strong>, the orientation of the magnetic easy axis is found to deviate by almost 40° from the axial Co−Cl bond. Theoretical modelling on structural modifications of the structure of <strong>1</strong>, quantifies how the distance between the Cl ligand and the nearest H-atom significantly influences the orientation of the magnetic easy axis and the <em>D</em>-value. Experimental chemical bonding analysis based on multipole modelling of synchrotron X-ray diffraction data on <strong>1</strong> reveal that the nearby H-atoms polarize the electron density of the Cl-ligands. This polarization results in reduced electron density in the axial positions on the Co octahedra, explaining the calculated increase in the magnitude of the <em>D</em>-value, when the H-atoms are moved away from Cl <em>in silico</em>. Topological analysis of theoretical electron densities on modified structures of <strong>1</strong> corroborates an increase in the electron density in the Co−Cl bond critical point, as the nearby H-atoms are moved further from Cl. These findings demonstrate the significant influence that non-covalent interactions have on the magnetic anisotropy of mononuclear transition metals and opens the possibility of utilizing these interactions in the design of transition metal based SMMs.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142555705","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}
joy Onwumere, Rong Hua, Guojun Zhou, Haoquan Zheng, Zhehao Huang
{"title":"Bismuth Oxybromide Nanosheet as an Efficient Photocatalyst for Dye Degradation","authors":"joy Onwumere, Rong Hua, Guojun Zhou, Haoquan Zheng, Zhehao Huang","doi":"10.1039/d4dt02180k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dt02180k","url":null,"abstract":"The contamination of water resources by organic pollutants presents significant environmental and health challenges. Therefore, it is urgent to develop highly efficient and green approach for treating organic water pollutants. Bismuth oxybromide (BiOBr) has gained attention due to its high photoactivity. In this work, we report a modification to improve its photocatalytic activity. BiOBr were prepared using a capping agent, benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid, to tune the morphology of the compound. The resulting BiOBr shows nanosheet morphology, which provides a high surface-to-volume ratio and a larger conduction band compared to bulk BiOBr. As a result, the BiOBr nanosheets show the highest efficiency for photodegradation of Rhodamine B, compared to benchmark TiO2 and bulk BiOBr catalysts.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142555716","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}
Rongdeng Lu, Tinghui Xuan, Alexander S Goloveshkin, Dmitry Kopytov, Kseniia Orekhova, Ivan Khanbekov, Valentina V. Utochnikova
{"title":"What is the key factor affecting the cathodoluminescence intensity of europium complexes?","authors":"Rongdeng Lu, Tinghui Xuan, Alexander S Goloveshkin, Dmitry Kopytov, Kseniia Orekhova, Ivan Khanbekov, Valentina V. Utochnikova","doi":"10.1039/d4dt02501f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dt02501f","url":null,"abstract":"In order to substitute well-studied, but hard-to-deposit inorganic cathodoluminescent (CL) compounds with coordination compounds with organic ligands, its is primarily important to establish CL correlation to photoluminescence, as well as to increase the CL intensity. In the present paper it was studied for homo- and mixed-ligand 1,4-terephthalates and naphthalene-2,6-carboxylates of europium, including novel, for one of which (Eu2(nda)3(BPhen)2) the crystal structure was determined. They were found to display luminescence of various intensities under excitation by fast electrons, characteristic for Eu3+. CL intensity correlated with PLQY, when saturation regime was not reached, and with PLQY/τ in saturation regime.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142555703","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}
Steffan D James, Christopher E Elgar, Dandan Chen, Matthew I Lewis, Elias T. L. Ash, Dominic S Conway, Benjamin J. Tuckley, Leigh E Phillips, Natália Kolozsvári, Xiaohe Tian, Martin R Gill
{"title":"CyreneTM as a green alternative to N,N’-dimethylformamide (DMF) in the synthesis of MLCT-emissive ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes for biological applications†","authors":"Steffan D James, Christopher E Elgar, Dandan Chen, Matthew I Lewis, Elias T. L. Ash, Dominic S Conway, Benjamin J. Tuckley, Leigh E Phillips, Natália Kolozsvári, Xiaohe Tian, Martin R Gill","doi":"10.1039/d4dt02676d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dt02676d","url":null,"abstract":"Ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes (RPCs) that emit from triplet metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT) states find a wide variety of uses ranging from luminophores to potential anti-cancer or anti-bacterial therapeutics. Herein we describe a greener, microwave-assisted synthetic pathway for the preparation of homoleptic [Ru(N^N)3]2+ and bis-heteroleptic [Ru(N^N)2(N^N)]2+ type complexes. This employs the bio-renewable solvent CyreneTM, dihydrolevoglucosenone, as a green alternative to N,N’-dimethylformamide (DMF) in the synthesis of Ru(N^N)2Cl2 intermediate complexes, obtaining comparable yields for N^N = 2,2’-bipyridine, 1,10-phenanthroline and methylated derivatives. Employing these intermediates, a range of RPCs were prepared and we verify that the ubiquitous luminophore [Ru(bpy)3]2+ (bpy = 2,2’-bipyridine) can be prepared by this two-step green pathway where it is virtually indistinguishable from a commercial reference. Furthermore, the novel complexes [Ru(bpy)2(10,11-dmdppz)]2+ (10,11-dmdppz = 10,11-dimethyl-dipyridophenazine) and [Ru(5,5’-dmbpy)2(10,11-dmdppz)]2+ (5,5’-dmbpy = 5,5’-dimethyl-bpy) intercalate duplex DNA with high affinity (DNA binding constants, Kb = 5.7 x107 and 1.0x107 M-1, respectively) and function as plasma membrane and nuclear DNA dyes for confocal and STED microscopies courtesy of their long-lived MLCT luminescence.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142556009","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":"Design and theoretical analysis of a tunable bifunctional metasurface absorber based on vanadium dioxide and photoconductive silicon","authors":"Changfeng Fu, Xinke Wang, Yicheng Zhang, Jiaxin Ju, Wei Fan, Xiaobo Yan, Han lianfu","doi":"10.1039/d4dt02563f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dt02563f","url":null,"abstract":"A tunable bifunctional metasurface absorber based on vanadium dioxide (VO2) and photoconductive silicon (PSi) is proposed in terahertz (THz) band. When the conductivities of VO2 (vo2) and PSi (PSi) are 10 S/m and 1×105 S/m, the designed absorber has a function of dual-broadband absorption. The absorptivity over 90% is in the dual-broadband of 2.47-3.71 THz and 8.90-10.62 THz, corresponding relative bandwidths (RBs) are 40.13% and 17.62%, respectively. When vo2 and PSi are equal to 2×105 S/m and 1×105 S/m, the proposed design has a function of single-broadband absorption. More than 90% absorptivity is achieved in 4.69-7.72 THz (RB=48.83%). Furthermore, the absorptivity under dual- and single-broadband is manipulated by changing PSi. Impedance matching theory, equivalent transmission-line (TL) model and electric field distribution are used to reveal the tunable bifunctional absorption mechanism. The influences of structure parameters, polarization mode and incidence angle on the dual- and single-broadband absorption are investigated. The dual- and single-broadband absorption performance is maintained within the incident angles of 55° and 60°, which also possesses polarization insensitivity. The proposed absorber has a potential application value in multifunctional devices such as modulation, sensing and electromagnetic (EM) stealth.","PeriodicalId":71,"journal":{"name":"Dalton Transactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142556010","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}