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A special issue of Inorganics (ISSN 2304-6740). This special issue belongs to the section "Coordination Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 4053

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Prof. Dr. Debbie C. Crans

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Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Colllins, CO 80523, USA
Interests: vanadium; metals in medicine; drugs and biologically active compounds; lipid and lipid model interfaces; pharmaceutically active compounds; cancer; diabetes; tuberculosis; hydrophobic compounds; spectroscopy; transition metals; reverse micelles; chemistry in confined spaces
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Dear Colleagues,

Ligands are at the core of both coordination and organometallic chemistry. They provide the proper environment, both steric and electronic, for metal centers to function either as a selective catalyst or as a highly efficient metallodrug—sometimes even by being part of the different processes where the whole complexes are involved, being not only spectators but assuming the non-innocent role of being a true protagonist in a given process. Thus, this Special Issue, although ultimately devoted to coordination and organometallic compounds and their applications, will cover both the design and participation of ligands in the performance of their corresponding complexes.

Prof. Dr. Debbie C. Crans
Prof. Dr. David Morales-Morales
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design and synthesis of ligands
non-innocent ligands
privileged ligand platforms

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Novel Sulfone 2-Aminobenzimidazole Derivatives and Their Coordination Compounds: Contribution of the Ethyl and Phenyl Substituents on Non-Covalent Molecular Interactions; Biological Antiproliferative Activity

David Colorado-Solís

Rodrigo Castro-Ramírez

Francisco Sánchez-Bartéz

Isabel Gracia-Mora

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Norah Barba-Behrens

Inorganics 2023, 11(10), 392; https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics11100392 (registering DOI) - 03 Oct 2023

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New sulfone 2-aminobenzimidazole derivatives were designed and synthesized. Their nickel(II), copper(II), zinc(II), cadmium(II) and mercury(II) compounds were obtained and fully characterized by spectroscopic and analytical techniques. Single crystal X-ray structural analysis was performed in order to study the relevant intra and inter non-covalent interactions, mainly H···π, lone pair···π, and π···π, highlighting the difference between the terminal ethyl and phenyl groups in such interactions. Dimeric and trimeric supramolecular syntons were found for some of these compounds. Additionally, their antiproliferative activity was investigated, finding that the copper(II) compounds with the sulfone phenyl derivative were the most active. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series in “Featuring Ligands and Their Applications in Coordination Chemistry”)

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Coupling Pyrazine to Dithiocarbonates for Molybdopterin Model Ligands—Indispensable Tin

Siva Sankar Murthy Bandaru

Claudia Schindler

Felix Wenzek

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Carola Schulzke

Inorganics 2023, 11(5), 188; https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics11050188 - 26 Apr 2023

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Several synthetic cross-coupling procedures were (re-)evaluated for the tethering of pyrazine to dithiocarbonates. The resultant species constitute pro-ligands and can be converted by removal of the C=O moiety into ene-dithiolate ligand systems that model molybdopterin. The coupling of 2-iodopyrazine with the stannylated dithiocarbonate units mediated by copper(I)-thiophene-2-carboxylate in stoichiometric equivalents proved to be the most efficient and the only reliable route to the targeted compounds. Single-crystal X-ray structural analysis confirmed the final structures of two pursued pyrazine-derived dithiocarbonates and those of two intermediates. Full article

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Structural, Spectroscopic, and Thermal Decomposition Features of [Carbonatotetraamminecobalt(III)] Iodide—Insight into the Simultaneous Solid-Phase Quasi-Intramolecular Redox Reactions

Vladimir M. Petruševski

Attila Farkas

Niloofar Bayat

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László Kótai

Inorganics 2023, 11(2), 68; https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics11020068 - 01 Feb 2023

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[κ²-O,O′-Carbonatotetraamminecobalt(III)] iodide, or [Co(NH₃)₄CO₃]I, named in this paper as compound 1, was prepared and characterized comprehensively with spectroscopic (IR, Raman and UV) and single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods. Compound 1 was orthorhombic, and isomorphous with the analogous bromide. The four ammonia ligands and the carbonate anion were coordinated to the central cobalt cation in a distorted octahedral geometry. The carbonate ion formed a four-membered symmetric planar chelate ring. The complex cations were bound to each other by N-H···O hydrogen bonds and formed zigzag sheets via an extended 2D hydrogen bond network. The complex cations and iodide ions were arranged into ion pairs and each cation bound its iodide pair through three hydrogen bonds. The thermal decomposition started with the oxidation of the iodide ion by Co^III in the solid phase resulting in [Co(NH₃)₄CO₃] and I₂. This intermediate Co^II-complex in situ decomposed into Co₃O₄ and C-N bond containing intermediates. In inert atmosphere, CO or C-N bond containing compounds, and also, due to the in situ decomposition of CoCO₃ intermediate, Co₃O₄ was formed. The quasi-intramolecular solid-phase redox reaction of [Co(NH₃)₄CO₃] might have resulted in the formation of C-N bond containing compounds with substoichiometric release of ammonia and CO₂ from compound 1. The C-N bond containing intermediates reduced Co₃O₄ into CoO and Co, whereas in oxygen-containing atmosphere, the end-product was Co₃O₄, even at 200 °C, and the endothermic ligand loss reaction coincided with the consecutive exothermic oxidation processes. Full article

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Copper-Coordinated Thiazoles and Benzothiazoles: A Perfect Alliance in the Search for Compounds with Antibacterial and Antifungal Activity

Raúl Colorado-Peralta

José Luis Olivares-Romero

Sharon Rosete-Luna

Oscar García-Barradas

Viviana Reyes-Márquez

Delia Hernández-Romero

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David Morales-Morales

Inorganics 2023, 11(5), 185; https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics11050185 - 25 Apr 2023

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Throughout human history, bacteria and fungi have caused infections that are difficult to combat. For this reason, countless research groups have developed novel compounds to solve this problem. Thiazole and benzothiazole are present in different structures with interesting biological effects and are used to develop new effective antimicrobial agents. Moreover, nitrogen atoms that are present in this heterocycle allow for coordination with various metals, forming metal complexes that enhance the biological activity of organic ligands that are often used as commercial drugs. This bibliographical review summarizes the copper complexes that use thiazole and benzothiazole as ligands and that report efficient antimicrobial activity against different bacteria and fungi. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series in “Featuring Ligands and Their Applications in Coordination Chemistry”)

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