Copper(II) coordination compounds based on bis-hydrazones of 2,6-diacetylpyridine: synthesis, structure, and cytotoxic activity.

By reacting a series of 2,6-diacetylpyridine bis-hydrazones containing pyrimidine (H2L1), benzimidazole (H2L2) and phthalazine (H2L3) heterocyclic fragments with copper(II) chloride and bromide, a variety of pentacoordinated complexes of the composition , and , where X = Cl, Br, are formed. The properties and structure of the compounds were studied by means of NMR, IR, UV-vis, ESR, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry and X-Ray single crystal diffraction methods. It was shown that complexes of the cationic type have an asymmetric structure with a distorted square-pyramidal geometry of the coordination unit.

Field-induced SIM behaviour of a Co(II) complex with a 1,1'-diacetylferrocene-derived ligand.

Herein, we report the synthesis and magnetic properties of the Co(ii) coordination compound with the 1,1'-bis(1-((pyrid-2-ylmethylene)hydrazono)ethyl)ferrocene (L) ligand, having the general formula [CoLCl2]. The static magnetic data analysis supported by the CASSCF/NEVPT2 calculations revealed the presence of the triaxial magnetic anisotropy with Dexp = +35.2 cm-1 and large rhombicity (E/D = 0.

Field-induced single-ion magnet behaviour of a hexacoordinated Co(ii) complex with easy-axis-type magnetic anisotropy.

A coordination compound with the composition [CoLCl2]·H2O (L = bis-condensation product of diacetyl and 2-hydrazinyl-4,6-dimethylpyrimidine) was synthesized, in which the Co(ii) ion was hexacoordinated. Under applied DC fields, this compound exhibited single-ion magnet behavior. Two relaxation processes were observed when increasing the applied magnetic field from 1000 to 3200 Oe.

A novel chelatofore functionalized spiropyran of the 2-oxaindane series.

A novel chelatofore functionalized spiropyran of the 2-oxaindane series, namely 8-formyl-7-hydroxy-3',3'-dimethylspiro[2H-chromene-2,1'(3'H)-2-benzofuran], C(19)H(16)O(4), is reported. In the crystalline state, dimers are formed as a result of the pi-pi stacking of aromatic groups of the 2H-chromene part of the molecule and C-H..