Catalyzed Complex Metal Hydrides

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 712-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Borislav Bogdanović ◽  
Gary Sandrock

AbstractComplex hydrides are mixed ionic–covalent compounds that can serve as reversible H2 storage media only when they are catalyzed by a transition metal such as Ti. As the prime example, the phenomenology of Ti-catalyzed sodium alanate (NaAlH4) is reviewed from a historical perspective. Dehydriding yields a theoretical 5.6 wt% H2 during two-step decomposition, NaAlH4 → Na3AlH6 → NaH + Al, although 100% recovery of that H2 is not currently possible. H2 can be discharged and recharged at practical rates at 125°C. More work is needed on the alanates, in particular, as well as the identification and optimization of the catalytic mechanism and a broad extension of the concept to other than Na-based alanates. The possibility of an even further extension of the concept to other complex hydrides (e.g., the borohydrides and transition-metal complexes) is discussed.

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-144
Author(s):  
Jia-qing Xie ◽  
Shu-lan Cai ◽  
Fa-mei Feng

We report the synthesis, catalytic function and catalytic mechanism of two transition metal complexes (CuL, ZnL) of a diaza-crown ether with two acetylamino side arms [L = 2,2′-(1,4,10,13-tetraoxa-7,16-diazacyclooctadecane-7,16-diyl)diacetamide] in the hydrolysis of DNA. Their nuclease functions on pUC19 DNA cleavage were investigated. The results indicated that the active species might be formed by the deprotonation of the water-coordinated molecules in the complex and the optimum pH is 8.0 for both CuL and ZnL. The catalytic activity of CuL is higher than that of ZnL in DNA hydrolytic cleavage due to the difference in the Lewis acidity of the central metal ions, which is contrary to the result with the Cu and Zn complexes of the parent ligand L0 (1,4,10,13-tetraoxa-7,16-diazacyclooctadecane) as artificial nuclease. Comparison studies of DNA cleavage in the presence and absence of several oxygen scavengers showed that these complexes can promote DNA cleavage by a hydrolytic pathway. Our proposed mechanism suggests that the negative charge on the phosphorus oxygen atom of the substrate molecule is dispersed and the intermediate is formed and stabilised by hydrogen bonding between the DNA molecule and the acetylamino group of the complex.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 786-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingqi Han ◽  
Kin-Man Tang ◽  
Shun-Cheung Cheng ◽  
Chi-On Ng ◽  
Yuen-Kiu Chun ◽  
...  

A new class of luminescent cyclometalated Ir(iii) complexes with readily tunable mechanochromic properties derived from the mechanically induced trans-to-cis isomerization have been developed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-141
Author(s):  
Vinita Prajapati ◽  
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P.L.Verma P.L.Verma ◽  
Dhirendra Prajapati ◽  
B.K.Gupta B.K.Gupta

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (7) ◽  
pp. 1678-1681
Author(s):  
Amina Mumtaz ◽  
Tariq Mahmud ◽  
M. R. J. Elsegood ◽  
G. W. Weaver

New series of copper (II), cobalt (II), zinc (II), nickel (II), manganese (II), iron (II) complexes of a novel Schiff base were prepared by the condensation of sulphadizine and pyridoxal hydrochloride. The ligand and metal complexes were characterized by utilizing different instrumental procedures like microanalysis, thermogravimetric examination and spectroscopy. The integrated ligand and transition metal complexes were screened against various bacteria and fungus. The studies demonstrated the enhanced activity of metal complexes against reported microbes when compared with free ligand.


2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (26) ◽  
pp. 3081-3094 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ashfaq ◽  
T. Najam ◽  
S.S.A. Shah ◽  
M.M. Ahmad ◽  
S. Shaheen ◽  
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