State-of-the-Art Inorganic Chemistry in Italy

A special issue of Inorganics (ISSN 2304-6740).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 664

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Dear Colleagues,

This regional Special Issue focuses on new frontiers of inorganic chemistry in Italy. You are cordially invited to submit original articles, communications, and critical reviews. Submissions from across the full scope of inorganic chemistry research are most welcome.

Topics include, but are not limited to, the following research areas:

  • Coordination chemistry;
  • Organometallic chemistry;
  • Bioinorganic chemistry;
  • Solid-state chemistry;
  • Inorganic materials;
  • MOFs (metal–organic frameworks);
  • Energy;
  • Catalysis (including photo- and electro-catalysis);
  • Photochemistry;
  • Theory and computation.

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Dr. Iolinda Aiello
Dr. Maurizio Peruzzini
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Keywords

  • synthesis
  • structure
  • reactivity
  • activity
  • chemical properties
  • physical properties
  • applications
  • inorganic compounds
  • inorganic complexes
  • inorganic materials

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Studies on the Effect of Diamine Elongation in Copper(II) Complexes with NNO Tridentate Schiff Base Ligands
by Chiara Canovi, Francesco Genua, Kevin D’Addazio, Lara Gigli, Alessandra Forni, Petr Michálek, Mauro Carcelli, Dominga Rogolino and Luca Rigamonti
Inorganics 2025, 13(3), 94; https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics13030094 - 19 Mar 2025
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The copper(II) complexes of general formula [Cu(GL2H,H)(Cl)] (A4A6, G = NO2, H and OMe, respectively), bearing NNO tridentate Schiff base ligands (GL2H,H) derived from the mono-condensation of 1,3-diaminopropane [...] Read more.
The copper(II) complexes of general formula [Cu(GL2H,H)(Cl)] (A4A6, G = NO2, H and OMe, respectively), bearing NNO tridentate Schiff base ligands (GL2H,H) derived from the mono-condensation of 1,3-diaminopropane and G-substituted salicylaldehydes, are here reported. The elongation of the diamine with one additional carbon atom with respect to the triad derived from ethylenediamine [Cu(GL1H,H)(Cl)] (A1A3, G = NO2, H and OMe, respectively) led to different synthetic procedures, with the difficult isolation of A6 that could be obtained only in few crystals suitable for X-ray diffractions. Operating in acidic conditions to promote the coordination of chloride and expulsion of pyridine from the complex [Cu(GL2H,H)(py)](ClO4) (G = NO2) allows for obtaining A4. On the other hand, structural rearrangement occurs when G = H, yielding the dinuclear species [Cu2(μ-saltn)(HL2H,H)](ClO4)⋅0.5MeOH (D5⋅0.5MeOH) instead of the desired A5, which can be obtained by avoiding the use of HCl and operating in the excess of LiCl. Finally, A4 and A5 were investigated as cytotoxic agents against malignant (MDA-MB-231 and 22-Rv1) and healthy (HaCaT) cell lines, and the ability of the most promising A5 to be internalized and interact with cellular targets was studied. Full article
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