Assessing cytotoxic activities, theoretical and molecular docking calculations of phthalocyanines bearing cinnamyloxy-groups.

Cancer has been recognized as one of the deadliest diseases in the world in recent years. By chemically tailoring specific properties, anticancer agents can be prepared very effectively for the treatment of various cancer types. In this manner, as anticancer agents, a series of soluble metal-free and metallophthalocyanines carrying cinnamyloxy-groups at peripheral β-positions have been prepared.

Novel Fluorinated Biphenyl Compounds Synthesized via Pd(0)-Catalyzed Reactions: Experimental and Computational Studies.

Five new difluorinated biphenyl compounds, 4'-(tert-butyl)-3,4-difluoro-1,1'-biphenyl , 1-(3',4'-difluoro-[1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl)ethanone , 3',4'-difluoro-2,5-dimethoxy-1,1'-biphenyl , 3,4-difluoro-3'-nitro-1,1'-biphenyl , and (3',4'-difluoro-[1,1'-biphenyl]-3-yl)(methyl)sulfane , have been successfully synthesized by the well-known Suzuki-Miyaura coupling with excellent yields averaging 78%. UV-visible, Fourier transform infrared ,and C NMR and H NMR spectroscopies along with single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SC-XRD) analysis (for were used for the structure elucidation of the synthesized compounds. The SC-XRD results demonstrated the crystal systems of the studied compounds, and , to be monoclinic, and their space groups were found to be 2/.

Preparation, Crystal Structure, Supramolecular Assembly, and DFT Studies of Two Organic Salts Bearing Pyridine and Pyrimidine.

The effective preparation of two new pyrimidine- and pyridine-based organic crystalline salts with substituted acidic moieties (i.e., ()-4-(naphthalen-2-ylamino)-4-oxobut-2-enoic acid () and 2-hydroxy-3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid ()) using methanol as a solvent has been reported.

Computational pharmacology and computational chemistry of 4-hydroxyisoleucine: Physicochemical, pharmacokinetic, and DFT-based approaches.

Computational pharmacology and chemistry of drug-like properties along with pharmacokinetic studies have made it more amenable to decide or predict a potential drug candidate. 4-Hydroxyisoleucine is a pharmacologically active natural product with prominent antidiabetic properties. In this study, ADMETLab 2.

Gold nanoparticle design for RNA compaction.

RNA-based therapeutics hold a great promise in treating a variety of diseases. However, double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) are inherently unstable, highly charged, and stiff macromolecules that require a delivery vehicle. Cationic ligand functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are able to compact nucleic acids and assist in RNA delivery.

Ultrasound versus Light: Exploring Photophysicochemical and Sonochemical Properties of Phthalocyanine-Based Therapeutics, Theoretical Study, and In Vitro Evaluations.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) applications carried out with the assistance of ultrasound have attracted significant attention in recent years. The use of phthalocyanines, which are an important component as photosensitizers in PDT, is becoming more important day by day. In therapeutic applications, phthalocyanines can promote the production of reactive oxygen species.

DFT Investigation of the η ⇌ η-Inter-ring Haptotropic Rearrangement of the Group 8 Metals Complexes [(graphene)MCp] (M = Fe, Ru, Os).

Metalcyclopentadienyl complexes (MCp) (M = Fe, Ru, Os) bound to the large polyaromatic hydrogenated hydrocarbon (PAH) CH used as a model for pristine graphene have been studied using a density functional theory (DFT) generalized gradient approximation (PBE functional) to reveal their structural features and dynamic behavior. The inter-ring haptotropic rearrangements (IRHRs) for these complexes were shown to occur via two transition states and one intermediate. The energy barriers of the η ⇌ η IRHRs of the (MCp) unit were found to be 30, 27, and 29 kcal/mol for M = Fe, Ru, and Os, respectively.

Stacks of Metalloporphyrins: Comparison of Experimental and Computational Results.

Numerous metalloporphyrin stacks have been synthesized and studied. Electronic interactions between constituent metalloporphyrins are able to determine the structures and properties of porphyrin arrays. In 2016, Co(II)-, Cu(II)-, Pt(II)-, and Zn(II)-porphyrins were shown to pack to form as well as .

Computational investigations into the structural and electronic properties of Cd Te ( = 1-17) quantum dots.

Size-tunability of the electronic and optical properties of semiconductor quantum dots and nanoclusters is due to the quantum size effect, which causes variations in the electronic excitations as the particle boundaries are changed. Recently, CdSe and CdTe quantum dots have been used in energy harvesting devices. Despite these promising practical applications, a complete understanding of the electronic transitions associated with the surfaces of the nanoparticles is currently lacking and is difficult to achieve experimentally.

Revealing substituent effects on the electronic structure and planarity of Ni-porphyrins.

Using density functional theory, we have studied the effects on structural and electronic consequences (including HOMO-LUMO energy gaps, vertical ionization potentials (IP), and vertical electron affinities (EA)) of the following two factors: (a) - and β-substituents acting as inductive donors (CH), inductive acceptors that are electron-donating through resonance (Br), inductive electron acceptors (CF), and resonance enabled acceptors (NO); and (b) of pyrrole nitrogens with P-atoms. The principal results of the study are: (1) For the bare Ni-porphyrin, the solvents were found not to affect the HOMO-LUMO gaps but to change the IP and EA noticeably. (2) In the series CH → Br → CF → NO the HOMO-LUMO energy gaps, IP, and EA increase for both - and β-substituents.

A fast soluble carbon-free molecular water oxidation catalyst based on abundant metals.

Traditional homogeneous water oxidation catalysts are plagued by instability under the reaction conditions. We report that the complex [Co4(H2O)2(PW9O34)2]10-, comprising a Co4O4 core stabilized by oxidatively resistant polytungstate ligands, is a hydrolytically and oxidatively stable homogeneous water oxidation catalyst that self-assembles in water from salts of earth-abundant elements (Co, W, and P). With [Ru(bpy)3]3+ (bpy is 2,2'-bipyridine) as the oxidant, we observe catalytic turnover frequencies for O2 production > or = 5 s(-1) at pH = 8.

Does the MgO(100)-support facilitate the reaction of nitrogen and hydrogen molecules catalyzed by Zr2Pd2 clusters? A computational study.

Reactions of the "naked" and MgO(100) supported Zr(2)Pd(2) cluster with nitrogen and four hydrogen molecules were studied at the density functional level using the periodic slab approach (VASP). It was shown that adsorption of the Zr(2)Pd(2) cluster on the MgO(100) surface does not change its gas-phase geometry and electronic structure significantly. In spite of this the N(2) coordination to the MgO(100)-supported Zr(2)Pd(2) cluster, I/MgO, is found to be almost 30 kcal/mol less favorable than for the "naked" one.

Computational studies of the geometry and electronic structure of an all-inorganic and homogeneous tetra-Ru-polyoxotungstate catalyst for water oxidation and its four subsequent one-electron oxidized forms.

Geometry and electronic structure of five species [{Ru(4)O(4)(OH)(2)(H(2)O)(4)}(gamma-SiW(10)O(36))(2)](10-) (1), [{Ru(4)O(4)(OH)(2)(H(2)O)(4)}(gamma-SiW(10)O(36))(2)](9-) (2), [{Ru(4)O(4)(OH)(2)(H(2)O)(4)}(gamma-SiW(10)O(36))(2)](8-) (3), [{Ru(4)O(4)(OH)(2)(H(2)O)(4)}(gamma-SiW(10)O(36))(2)](7-) (4), and [{Ru(4)O(4)(OH)(2)(H(2)O)(4)}(gamma-SiW(10)O(36))(2)](6-) (5) with different oxidation states of Ru centers were studied at the density functional and COSMO levels of theory. These species are expected to be among the possible intermediates of the recently reported 1-catalyzed water oxidation (Geletii, Y. V.

Dioxygen and water activation processes on multi-Ru-substituted polyoxometalates: comparison with the "blue-dimer" water oxidation catalyst.

Dioxygen and water activation on multi-Ru-substituted polyoxometalates were studied using the B3LYP density functional method. It was shown that the reaction of the Ru(2)-substituted gamma-Keggin polyoxotungstate {gamma-[(H(2)O)Ru(III)-(mu-OH)(2)-Ru(III)(H(2)O)][SiW(10)O(36)]}(4-), I(H(2)O), with O(2) is a 4-electron highly exothermic [DeltaE(gas) = 62.5 (DeltaE(gas) + DeltaG(solv(water)) = 24.

Mechanism of the divanadium-substituted polyoxotungstate [gamma-1,2-H2SiV2W10O40]4- catalyzed olefin epoxidation by H2O2: a computational study.

The mechanisms of olefin epoxidation by hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by [gamma-1,2-H(2)SiV(2)W(10)O(40)](4-), 1, were studied using the density functional (B3LYP) approach in conjunction with large basis sets. The role of solvent is taken into account via both including an explicit water molecule into the calculations and using the polarizable continuum model (PCM) with acetonitrile as a solvent (numbers given in parentheses). The countercation effect (using one molecule of Me(4)N(+) as a countercation (1CC)) is also taken into account (numbers given in brackets).

Multiple aromaticity and antiaromaticity in silicon clusters.

A series of silicon clusters containing four atoms but with different charge states (Si4(2+), Si4, Si4(2-), and NaSi4-) were studied by photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. Structure evolution and chemical bonding in this series were interpreted in terms of aromaticity and antiaromaticity, which allowed the prediction of how structures of the four-atom silicon clusters change upon addition or removal of two electrons. It is shown that Si4(2+) is square-planar, analogous to the recently discovered aromatic Al4(2-) cluster.

All-metal antiaromatic molecule: rectangular Al4(4-) in the Li3Al4(-) anion.

We report the experimental and theoretical characterization of antiaromaticity in an all-metal system, Li3Al4(-), which we produced by laser vaporization and studied with the use of photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. The most stable structure of Li3Al4(-) found theoretically contained a rectangular Al4(4-) tetraanion stabilized by the three Li+ ions in a capped octahedral arrangement. Molecular orbital analyses reveal that the rectangular Al4(4-) tetraanion has four pi electrons, consistent with the 4n Hückel rule for antiaromaticity.

Peculiar antiaromatic inorganic molecules of tetrapnictogen in Na+Pn4- (Pn = P, As, Sb) and important consequences for hydrocarbons.

Although aromaticity has been observed in inorganic and all-metal species, the concept of antiaromaticity has not been extended beyond organic molecules. Here, we present theoretical and experimental evidence that the 6 -electron tetrapnictogen dianions in Na+Pn42- (Pn = P, As, Sb) undergo a transition from being aromatic to antiaromatic upon electron detachment, yielding the first inorganic antiaromatic Na+Pn4- molecules. Two types of antiaromatic structures were characterized, the conventional rectangular species and a new peculiar quasiplanar rhombus species.

Al(6)(2-) - fusion of two aromatic Al(3)(-) units. A combined photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio study of M(+)[Al(6)(2-)] (M = Li, Na, K, Cu, and Au).

Photoelectron spectroscopy is combined with ab initio calculations to elucidate the structure and chemical bonding of a series of MAl(6)(-) (M = Li, Na, K, Cu, and Au) bimetallic clusters. Well-resolved photoelectron spectra were obtained for MAl(6)(-) (M = Li, Na, Cu, and Au) at several photon energies. The ab initio calculations showed that all of the MAl(6)(-) clusters can be viewed as an M(+) cation interacting with an Al(6)(2-) dianion.

Peculiar transformation of a nonaromatic Al(4)Cl(4)(NH(3))(4) into an aromatic Na(2)Al(4)Cl(4)(NH(3))(4).

We analyzed the molecular orbitals for a Al(4)Cl(4)(NH(3))(4) compound, which is a model of the (AlBr x NEt(3))(4) crystal structure recently reported by Schnöckel and co-workers. We found that even though Al(4)Cl(4)(NH(3))(4) contains a planar square Al(4) cluster it is not an aromatic compound. However, the addition of two sodium atoms to Al(4)Cl(4)(NH(3))(4) yields a new Na(2)Al(4)Cl(4)(NH(3))(4) compound which is a pi-aromatic molecule.

On the resonance energy in new all-metal aromatic molecules.

We have recently advanced the aromaticity concept into all-metal molecules containing Al(4)(2-), XAl(3)(-), Ga(4)(2-), In(4)(2-), Hg(4)(6-), Al(3)(-), and Ga(3)(-) aromatic units. All these systems are electron deficient species compared to the corresponding aromatic hydrocarbons. The electron deficiency results in an interesting new feature in all-metal aromatic systems, which should be considered as having both pi- and sigma-aromaticity, and that should result in their additional stability.