Vol 44, No 3 (2018)

A novel samarium compound, [Sm(Phen)₂(H₂O)₅]₂(Phen)₂(Bipy)Cl₆ · 7H₂O (I) (Phen = 1,10-phenanthroline and Bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine), was prepared by a solvothermal reaction. The crystal structure of I was characterized by X-ray single-crystal diffraction method (CIF file CCDC no. 1025736). Compound I is an isolated structure with the samarium ions possessing a nine-coordinated distorted monocapped square antiprism geometry. There are abundant hydrogen bonding and π–π stacking interactions which connect the molecules together to yield a three-dimensional (3D) supramolecular structure. The fluorescence spectra data reveals that I can display the characteristic emission ⁴G_5/2 → ⁶H_J transitions (J = 5/2, 7/2, 9/2 and 11/2, respectively) of Sm³⁺ ions.

A new cyanide-bridged neutral centrosymmetric cluster [Cu(En)₂][(PzTp)Fe(CN)₃]₂ (I), where En = ethylenediamine, PzTp = tetra(pyrazol-1-yl)borate) was synthesized by a programmed self-assembly of preformed building blocks. Characterization with single crystal X-ray diffraction (CIF file CCDC no. 1555334) showed that the Cu²⁺ center was located in a large distorted octahedral environment due to the obvious Jahn–Teller effect, which was demonstrated by continuous shape measures with the SHAPE program. Furthermore, no coordinated or free solvent molecules existed in the clusters, showing good roomtemperature stability. In addition, in vitro anticancer activity of compound I on three human cancer cells (SKOV3, A2780, and OVCAR) was further determined.

Two new complexes of substituted phenyl acetic acids with CuSO₄ · 5H₂O and 2,2′-bipyridine (Bipy) with formula [CuL(Bipy)₂]L · nH₂O, where L = 2-ClC₆H₄CH₂COO^– (I), 2-CH₃-3-NO₂C₆H₃CH₂COO^– (II) and n = 3 (I); 4 (II), have been synthesized. These complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR and X-ray crystal diffraction (CIF file CCDC nos. 1487707 (I), 1487708 (II)). Both complexes are mononuclear and crystallize in the triclinic space group P1̅. In both complexes two molecules of Bipy bind equatorially with metal atom and one molecule of substituted phenyl acetic acid binds at axial position giving rise to a distorted five coordinated geometry around copper atom, while the second oxygen atom of carboxylate ligand appears to occupy the sixth position resulting in highly distorted six coordination environments around metal center in both complexes. However, another molecule of substituted phenyl acetic acid along with water molecules lies as co-crystal within the crystal lattice. Two bipyridine molecules in both complexes are lying in different planes and are oriented at dihedral angle of 63.89(8)° and 74.99(11)° in complexes I and II, respectively. Extensive hydrogen bonding because of water molecules present in crystal lattice plays a vital role in the formation of the 3D structure. Additionally, other weak interactions such as π–π interactions markedly influence the supramolecular structure. An investigation of DNA binding ability of both complexes using UV-visible spectroscopy and anti-diabetic capacity is also presented. Results revealed that synthesized complexes bind with SSDNA through intercalation as well as groove binding mode with K_b values of 2.45 × 10⁴ and 7.72 × 10³ M^–1 for complex I and II, respectively. Complex II strongly inhibits in-vitro α-glucosidase with IC₅₀ value of 30.4 μM, while complex I moderately inhibits in-vitro α-amylase with IC₅₀ value of 69.9 μM. Acarbose was employed as standard in both assays.

A one-dimensional zinc(II) polymer, {[Zn₂((p-FPhHIDC)(p-FPhH₂IDC)₂)(Phen)₂] · H₂O}_n (I) (p-FPhH₃IDC = 2-(p-fluorophenyl)-1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylicacid (Phen = 1,10-phenanthroline), has been solvothermally synthesized and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (CIF file CCDC no. 1063532), elemental analyses, and IR spectra. In polymer I, these 1D wave chains were joined through the π–π interactions and intermolecular hydrogen bonds to give a 2D architecture. The thermal properties of I have been determined in air.

The formation conditions and luminescence of Tb(III) complexes with synthesized copolymers of unsaturated acetylacetone derivatives with styrene and methyl methacrylate were studied. The luminescence intensity of these Tb(III) complexes was found to depend on the β-diketone substituent nature (CH₃, CF₃, C₆H₅) and structure (linear, branched) and the β-diketone to monomer ratio in the polymerizing mixture.