Nickel(II)-Based Building Blocks with Schiff Base Derivatives: Experimental Insights and DFT Calculations.

We have recently reported a series of neutral square planar tridentate Schiff base (L) complexes of the general formula [(L)M(py)], showing relatively high first-order hyperpolarizabilities and NLO redox switching behavior. In the present study, new members of this family of compounds have been prepared with the objective to investigate their potential as building blocks in the on-demand construction of D-π-A push-pull systems. Namely, ternary nickel(II) building blocks of general formula [(LA/D)Ni(4-pyX)] (4-7), where LA/D stands for an electron accepting or donating dianionic O,N,O-tridentate Schiff base ligand resulting from the monocondensation of 2-aminophenol or its 4-substituted nitro derivative and ß-diketones R-C(=O)CH2C(=O)CH3 (R = methyl, anisyl, ferrocenyl), and 4-pyX is 4-iodopyridine or 4-ethynylpyridine, were synthesized and isolated in 60-78% yields. Unexpectedly, the Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction between the 4-iodopyridine derivative 6 and 4-ethynylpyridine led to the formation of the bis(4-pyridyl) acetylene bridged centrosymmetric dimer [{(LD)Ni}2(µ2-py-C≡C-py)] (8). Complexes 4-8 were characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR and NMR spectroscopy, single crystal X-ray diffraction and computational methods. In each compound, the four-coordinate Ni(II) metal ion adopts a square planar geometry with two nitrogen and two oxygen atoms as donors occupying trans positions. In 8, the Ni…Ni separation is of 13.62(14) Å. Experimental results were proved and explained theoretically exploiting Density Functional Theory calculations.

Spectroscopy, molecular structure, and electropolymerization of Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexes containing a thiophene-appending fluorinated Schiff base ligand.

In this contribution, we describe the preparation, characterization, and electrochemical behavior of a series of four new mononuclear M(II) complexes featuring a symmetric substituted N2O2-tetradentate Schiff base ligand, bearing either trifluoromethyl and p-bromophenyl (M = Ni, 3; Cu, 4) or trifluoromethyl and the π-extended p-(2-thienyl)phenylene (M = Ni, 5; Cu, 6) substituents. Complexes 3 and 4 were readily synthesized by reacting the diprotic fluorinated Schiff base proligand 2 with the appropriate hydrated metal(II) acetates, whereas 5 and 6 were obtained upon Stille cross-coupling reaction of 3 and 4 with 2-(tributylstannyl)-thiophene, respectively. Compounds 3-6 were isolated as neutral, air, and thermally stable-coloured solids, with yields ranging from 60 to 80%. The four complexes, the diimine precursor 1 and its trifluoroacetylated derivative 2, were identified using analytical (EA, ESI-MS), spectroscopic (IR, 1H, 13C, and 19F NMR), and X-ray crystallographic methods. X-ray crystal structure determination of complexes 3-5 revealed that both four-coordinate Ni(II) and Cu(II) metal ions adopt a square planar geometry. The magnetic properties of powdered samples of the Cu(II) derivatives 4 and 6 have been investigated (2-300 K) and found consistent in both cases with a single isolated copper(II) ion (s = 1/2). DFT calculations were used to examine the optimal geometries of complexes 5 and 6, allowing for a consistent perspective of their structure and characteristics. The primary aspects of the UV-vis spectra were interpreted using TD-DFT computations. Finally, electrochemical data indicate that complexes 5 and 6 polymerize at high anodic potentials in acetonitrile (greater than 2.0 V vs. Ag/AgCl). Cyclic voltammetry, scanning electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) analyses were used to characterize the obtained films poly-5 and poly-6.

Synthesis, spectral, structural, second-order nonlinear optical properties and theoretical studies on new organometallic donor-acceptor substituted nickel(II) and copper(II) unsymmetrical Schiff-base complexes.

The synthesis, spectroscopic and structural characterization, linear and nonlinear optical properties, as well as the electrochemical behavior of a series of robust neutral binuclear M[Fc-C(O)CH=C(CH(3))N-X-N=CH-(2-O,5-R-C(6)H(3))] (M = Ni (4), Cu (5), X = o-C(6)H(4), R = H; M = Ni (9), X = CH(2)CH(2), R = OH), and their corresponding ionic trinuclear [M{Fc-C(O)CH=C(CH(3))N-X-N=CH-(eta(6)-2-O,5-R-C(6)H(3))RuCp*}][PF(6)] (6, 7, 10), M[ONNO]-type unsymmetrical Salophen and salen complexes featuring ferrocenyl (Fc) donor and the mixed sandwich acceptor [Cp*Ru(eta(6)- salicylidene)](+) as a push-pull moiety are reported in this paper (Fc = CpFe(eta(5)-C(5)H(4)); Cp = eta(5)-C(5)H(5); Cp* = eta(5)-C(5)Me(5)). The single-crystal X-ray structure of the bimetallic iron-nickel derivative 4 indicates a bowed structure of the unsymmetrical Schiff base skeleton. The Ni(II) ion is tetracoordinated in a square planar environment, with two nitrogen atoms and two oxygen atoms as donors. The new metalloligand [Fc-C(O)CH=C(CH(3))N(H)CH(2)CH(2)N=CH-(2,5-(OH)(2)C(6)H(3))] (8) obtained from the Schiff base condensation of 2,5-dihydroxobenzaldehyde with the half-unit precursor, Fc-C(O)CH=C(CH(3))N(H)CH(2)CH(2)NH(2) (2), is reported with its crystal structure showing partial delocalization of the heteroconjugated [O-C-C-C-N] frameworks with a dihedral angle between the respective planes of 60.76 degrees. Second order nonlinear optical (NLO) measurements were achieved using the Harmonic Light Scattering technique to probe the role of the M[ONNO] chromophores and of the pi-complexation of the salicylidene ring in the nonlinearity. All the complexes exhibit a second-order nonlinear response increasing with the nuclearity, the hyperpolarizability (beta) value of the trinuclear complex 10 being 1.5 time larger than that of the metalloligand 8 (beta = 155 x 10(-30) esu). A rationalization of the structural, electronic, and redox properties of the title compounds is provided, based on a theoretical investigation at the density functional theory (DFT) level. Their UV-visible spectra has been assigned with the help of time-dependent (TD) DFT calculations. They are dominated by LMCT, MLCT, and pi-pi* transitions.

Transmisión vertical del virus linfotrópico humano en el Hospital del Niño Manuel Ascensio Villarroel de Cochabamba estudio exploratorio

Los virus Linfotrópicos de células T humanas tipo I y II (HTLV) son retrovirus que se encuentran distribuidos a nivel mundial, se caracterizan por la infección de células TCD4+ y se asocian a dos tipos de enfermedades importantes como la leucemia/linfoma de células T adultas (ATLL) y la enfermedad neurológica, paraparesia espástica tropical (PET) o mielopatía. Una de las principales vías de transmisión es la denominada transmisión vertical, de madre a hijo a través de la lactancia materna, cuya tasa de transmisión es de 5,7 a 35,5 %. Objetivos: explorar la transmisión vertical del Virus HTLV en niños de 8 meses a 6 años de edad, que fueron atendidos en el Hospital del Niño Manuel Ascencio Villarroel, en el periodo 2020 -2021. Métodos: estudio cuantitativo, transversal, descriptivo, exploratorio. Resultados: de los 67 pacientes estudiados, una mayoría tiene origen étnico quechua, procedentes del área rural. Al estudio clínico, todos los pacientes presentan un estado nutricional conservado eutrófico (n=55), el promedio de lactancia materna de los mismos es de 17,2 meses. Al estudio laboratorial, un paciente dio positivo para HTLV por la técnica de ELISA, prueba realizada por duplicado en tiempos distintos, el cual corresponde al 1,5 % de los pacientes estudiados. Conclusiones: este estudio exploratorio demuestra fundamentalmente que este virus se encuentra circulando en nuestro medio, en el 1,5 % de la muestra estudiada, lo que hace necesario profundizar el estudio con un mayor número de muestras.

The human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I and II (HTLV) are retroviruses that are distributed worldwide, are characterized by the infection of TCD4+ cells and are associated with two types of important diseases such as adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and the neurological disease, tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) or myelopathy. One of the main routes of transmission is the so-called vertical transmission, from mother to child through breastfeeding, whose transmission rate is 5.7 to 35.5%. Objectives: to explore the vertical transmission of the HTLV Virus in children from 8 months to 6 years of age, who were treated at the Manuel Ascencio Villarroel Children's Hospital, in the period 2020 -2021. Methods: quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive, exploratory study. Results: of the 67 patients studied, a large part has Quechua ethnic origin, coming from the rural area. Clinically, they present a preserved eutrophic nutritional status (n=55), with an average of 17.2 months of breastfeeding. Of the total number of patients, one tested positive for HTLV by the ELISA technique, which corresponds to 1.5% of the patients studied. Conclusions: this exploratory study basically demonstrates that this virus is circulating in our environment, in 1.5% of the sample studied, which makes it necessary to deepen the study with a greater number of samples.

Four-coordinate nickel(II) and copper(II) complex based ONO tridentate Schiff base ligands: synthesis, molecular structure, electrochemical, linear and nonlinear properties, and computational study.

We report the synthesis, characterization, crystal structures, nonlinear-optical (NLO) properties, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations of nickel(ii) and copper(ii) complex based ONO tridentate Schiff base ligands: two mononuclear compounds, [Ni(An-ONO)(NC5H5)] (5) and [Cu(An-ONO)(4-NC5H4C(CH3)3)] (6), and two heterobimetallic species, [M(Fc-ONO)(NC5H5)] (M = Ni, 7; Cu, 8), where An-ONOH2 (3) and Fc-ONOH2 (4) are the 1 : 1 condensation products of 2-aminophenol and p-anisoylacetone and ferrocenoylacetone, respectively. These compounds were characterised by microanalysis, FT-IR and X-ray crystallography in the solid state and in solution by UV-vis and (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopy. The crystal structures of 3-5, 7 and 8 have been determined and show for Schiff base complexes 5, 7 and 8 a four-coordinated square-planar environment for nickel and copper ions. The electrochemical behavior of all derivatives 3-8 was investigated by cyclic voltammetry in dichloromethane, and discussed on the basis of DFT-computed electronic structures of the neutral and oxidized forms of the compounds. The second-order NLO responses of 3-8 have been determined by harmonic light scattering measurements using a 10(-2) M solution of dichloromethane and working with a 1.91 µm incident wavelength, giving rather high ß1.91 values of 350 and 290 × 10(-30) esu for the mononuclear species 5 and 6, respectively. The assignment and the nature of the electronic transitions observed in the UV-vis spectra were analyzed using time-dependent (TD) DFT calculations. They are dominated by LMCT, MLCT and π-π* transitions.

Theoretical and electrochemical studies on organometallic symmetrical schiff base complexes of Zn(II), Cu(II), Ni(II) and Co(II).

The electronic communication between two redox centres through a Schiff base complex has been investigated in a series of ethylenediimine-bis(1-ferrocenyl-1,3-butanedionate) complexes of Zn(II) 1, Cu(II) 2, Ni(II) 3 and Co(II) 4. Cyclic voltammetry experiments of 1 and 2 exhibit a unique two-electron reversible oxidation wave, whereas in the case of 3 and 4 two and three one-electron oxidation processes are, respectively, observed. These results suggest some electronic interaction between the iron atoms of the ferrocenyl groups. DFT calculations carried out on model complexes show that for all the studied compounds the removal of the first two electrons corresponds to the oxidation processes of the iron centres in the weakly coupled ferrocenyl termini. The electronic communication between the two iron centres increases on going from 1 to 4. Finally, a re-indexation of the bands observed in the UV-Visible spectra has been carried out using TDDFT calculations.

Iron-molybdenum charge-transfer hybrids containing organometallic and inorganic fragments bridged by aryldiazenido ligands in a mu-eta(6):eta(1) coordination mode: syntheses, characterization, X-ray structures, electrochemistry, and theoretical investigation.

Representative members of a new family of covalently bonded charge-transfer molecular hybrids, of general formula [(eta5-C5H5)Fe(mu,eta6:eta1-p-RC6H4NN)Mo(eta2-S2CNEt2)3] +PF6- (R: H, 5+PF6-; Me, 6+PF6-; MeO, 7+PF6-) and [(eta5-C5Me5)Fe(mu,eta6:eta1-C6H5NN)Mo(eta2-S2CNEt2)3]+PF6-, 8+PF6-, have been synthesized by reaction of the corresponding mixed-sandwich organometallic hydrazines [(eta5-C5H5)Fe(eta6-p-RC6H4NHNH2)]+PF6- (R: H, 1+PF6-; Me, 2+PF6-; MeO, 3+PF6-) and [(eta5-C5Me5)Fe(eta6-C6H5NHNH2)]+PF6-, 4+PF6-, with cis-dioxomolybdenum(VI) bis(diethyldithiocarbamato) complex, [MoO2(S2CNEt2)2], in the presence of sodium diethyldithiocarbamato trihydrate, NaSC(=S)NEt2.3H2O, in refluxing methanol. These iron-molybdenum complexes consist of organometallic and inorganic fragments linked each other through a pi-conjugated aryldiazenido bridge coordinated in eta6 and eta1 modes, respectively. These complexes were fully characterized by FT-IR, UV-visible, and 1H NMR spectroscopies and, in the case of complex 7+PF6-, by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Likewise, the electrochemical and solvatochromic properties were studied by cyclic voltammetry and UV-visible spectroscopy, respectively. The electronic spectra of these hybrids show an absorption band in the 462-489 and 447-470 nm regions in CH2Cl2 and DMSO, respectively, indicating the existence of a charge-transfer transition from the inorganic donor to the organometallic acceptor fragments through the aryldiazenido spacer. A rationalization of the properties of 5+PF6--8+PF6- is provided through DFT calculations on a simplified model of 7+PF6-. Besides the heterodinuclear complexes 5+PF6--8+PF6-, the mononuclear molybdenum diazenido derivatives, [(eta1-p-RC6H4NN)Mo(eta2-S2CNEt2)3] (R: H, 9; Me, 10; MeO, 11), resulting from the decoordination of the [(eta5-C5H5)Fe]+ moiety of complexes 5+PF6--7+PF6-, were also isolated. For comparative studies, the crystalline and molecular structure of complex 10.Et2O was also determined by X-ray diffraction analysis and its electronic structure computed.