Neutral penta- and hexacoordinate silicon(IV) complexes containing two bidentate ligands derived from the alpha-amino acids (S)-alanine, (S)-phenylalanine, and (S)-tert-leucine.

The neutral hexacoordinate silicon(IV) complex 6 (SiO(2)N(4) skeleton) and the neutral pentacoordinate silicon(IV) complexes 7-11 (SiO(2)N(2)C skeletons) were synthesized from Si(NCO)(4) and RSi(NCO)(3) (R = Me, Ph), respectively. The compounds were structurally characterized by solid-state NMR spectroscopy (6-11), solution NMR spectroscopy (6 and 10), and single-crystal X-ray diffraction (8 and 11 were studied as the solvates 8 x CH(3)CN and 11 x C(5)H(12) x 0.5 CH(3)CN, respectively).

Raman, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, and DFT calculations: a powerful approach for the identification and characterization of 5-fluorouracil anticarcinogenic drug species.

The normal Raman and SERS spectra of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in water solution and attached to a biological artificial model (a silver colloid) at different pH values were recorded and discussed. The DFT calculation results helped us to establish for the first time the most stable resonance structure for each of the tautomeric forms (i.e.