Halogenation Affects Driving Forces, Reorganization Energies and “Rocking” Motions in Strained [Fe(tpy)2]2+ Complexes

Controlling the energetics of spin crossover (SCO) in Fe(II)-polypyridine complexes is critical for designing new multifunctional materials or tuning the excited-state lifetimes of iron-based photosensitizers. It is well established that...

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Ruthenium Polypyridine Complexes with 18β-Glycyrrhetinic Acid as Antibacterial Agents against Staphylococcus aureus

Four new ruthenium (II) polypyridine complexes bearing 18β-glycyrtinic acid derivatives, [Ru(bpy)2L](PF6)2 (Ru1), [Ru(dmb)2L](PF6)2 (Ru2), [Ru(dtb)2L](PF6)2 (Ru3) and [Ru(phen)2L](PF6)2 (Ru4) (bpy = 2,2-bipyridine, dmb = 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine, dtb = 4,4'-di-tert-butyl-2,2'-bipyridine, phen...

MIL-101(Cr) with incorporated polypyridine zinc complexes for efficient degradation of a nerve agent simulant: spatial isolation of active sites promoting catalysis

To achieve the spatial isolation of active sites, zinc polypyridine complexes were incorporated into MIL-101(Cr). Compared with zinc complex without MOF support, the resulting catalyst was highly active for degradation of a nerve agent simulant.