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O'Connell-Danes JG, Ngwenya BT, Morrison CA, Love JB. Challenges and Applications of Supramolecular Metalate Chemistry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024:e202409834. [PMID: 39022891 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202409834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2024] [Revised: 07/17/2024] [Accepted: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
Abstract
While the supramolecular chemistry of simple anions is ubiquitous, the targeting and exploitation of their metal-containing relatives, the metalates, is less well understood. This mini review highlights the latest advances in this emergent area by discussing the supramolecular chemistry of metalates thematically, with a focus on the exploitation of metalates in a diversity of applications, including medical imaging and therapy, environmental remediation, molecular magnetism, catalysis, perovskite materials, and metal separations. The unifying features of these systems are identified with a view to allow the supramolecular chemist to target the unique material properties of the metalates, even in areas that are currently relatively immature.
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- School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, UK
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK
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O’Connell-Danes J, Ngwenya BT, Morrison CA, Nichol GS, Delmau LH, Love JB. Shape-Selective Supramolecular Capsules for Actinide Precipitation and Separation. JACS AU 2024; 4:798-806. [PMID: 38425904 PMCID: PMC10900489 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Improving actinide separations is key to reducing barriers to medical and industrial actinide isotope production and to addressing the challenges associated with the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. Here, we report the first example of a supramolecular anion recognition process that can achieve this goal. We have designed a preorganized triamidoarene receptor that induces quantitative precipitation of the early actinides Th(IV), Np(IV), and Pu(IV) from industrially relevant conditions through the formation of self-assembled hydrogen-bonded capsules. Selectivity over the later An(III) elements is shown through modulation of the nitric acid concentration, and no precipitation of actinyl or transition-metal ions occurs. The Np, Pu, and Am precipitates were characterized structurally by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and reveal shape specificity of the internal hydrogen-bonding array for the encapsulated hexanitratometalates. This work complements ion-exchange resins for 5f-element separations and illustrates the significant potential of supramolecular separation methods that target anionic actinide species.
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Affiliation(s)
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- School
of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FE, U.K.
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- EaStCHEM
School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K.
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- EaStCHEM
School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K.
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- Radioisotope
Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- EaStCHEM
School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K.
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Summers TJ, Sobrinho JA, de Bettencourt-Dias A, Kelly SD, Fulton JL, Cantu DC. Solution Structures of Europium Terpyridyl Complexes with Nitrate and Triflate Counterions in Acetonitrile. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:5207-5218. [PMID: 36940386 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/22/2023]
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Lanthanide-ligand complexes are key components of technological applications, and their properties depend on their structures in the solution phase, which are challenging to resolve experimentally or computationally. The coordination structure of the Eu3+ ion in different coordination environments in acetonitrile is examined using ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy. AIMD simulations are conducted for the solvated Eu3+ ion in acetonitrile, both with or without a terpyridyl ligand, and in the presence of either triflate or nitrate counterions. EXAFS spectra are calculated directly from AIMD simulations and then compared to experimentally measured EXAFS spectra. In acetonitrile solution, both nitrate and triflate anions are shown to coordinate directly to the Eu3+ ion forming either ten- or eight-coordinate solvent complexes where the counterions are binding as bidentate or monodentate structures, respectively. Coordination of a terpyridyl ligand to the Eu3+ ion limits the available binding sites for the solvent and anions. In certain cases, the terpyridyl ligand excludes any solvent binding and limits the number of coordinated anions. The solution structure of the Eu-terpyridyl complex with nitrate counterions is shown to have a similar arrangement of Eu3+ coordinating molecules as the crystal structure. This study illustrates how a combination of AIMD and EXAFS can be used to determine how ligands, solvent, and counterions coordinate with the lanthanide ions in solution.
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- Thomas J Summers
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557-0388, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557-0705, United States
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- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439-4801, United States
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- Physical Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557-0388, United States
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O'Connell-Danes JG, Ngwenya BT, Morrison CA, Love JB. Selective separation of light rare-earth elements by supramolecular encapsulation and precipitation. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4497. [PMID: 35922415 PMCID: PMC9349306 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32178-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Supramolecular chemical strategies for Rare Earth (RE) element separations are emerging which amplify the small changes in properties across the series to bias selectivity in extraction or precipitation. These advances are important as the REs are crucial to modern technologies yet their extraction, separation, and recycling using conventional techniques remain challenging. We report here a pre-organised triamidoarene platform which, under acidic, biphasic conditions, uniquely and selectively precipitates light RE nitratometalates as supramolecular capsules. The capsules exhibit both intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonds that dictate selectivity, promote precipitation, and facilitate the straightforward release of the RE and recycling of the receptor. This work provides a self-assembly route to metal separations that exploits size and shape complementarity and has the potential to integrate into conventional processes due to its compatibility with acidic metal feed streams.
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- School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, UK
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.
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Amphlett JM, Lee Y, Yang W, Kang D, Sung NE, Park J, Jung EC, Choi S. Spectroscopic Study into Lanthanide Speciation in Deep Eutectic Solvents. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:921-932. [PMID: 35036756 PMCID: PMC8756809 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Deep eutectic solvents are a new class of green solvents that are being explored as an alternative for used nuclear fuel and critical material recycling. However, there is a paucity of knowledge regarding metal behavior in them. This paper explores the underlying chemistry of rare-earth elements in choline chloride-based deep eutectic solvents by using a multi-technique spectroscopic methodology. Results show that speciation is highly dependent on the choice of the hydrogen-bond donor. Collected EXAFS data showed Ln3+ coordination with ethylene glycol and urea in their respective solvents and coordination with chloride in the lactic acid system. Generalized coordination environments were determined to be [LnL4-5], [LnL7-10], and [LnL5-6] in the ethylene glycol, urea, and lactic acid systems, respectively. Collected UV/vis spectra for Nd3+ and Er3+ showed variations with changing solvents, showing that Ln-Cl interactions do not dominate in these systems. Luminescence studies were consistent, showing varying emission spectra with varying solvent systems. The shortest luminescent lifetimes were observed in the choline chloride-ethylene glycol deep eutectic solvent, suggesting coordination through O-H groups. Combining all collected data allowed Eu3+ coordination geometries to be assigned.
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- James
T. M. Amphlett
- Nuclear
and Quantum Engineering Department, Korea
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Nuclear
and Quantum Engineering Department, Korea
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Nuclear
and Quantum Engineering Department, Korea
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Nuclear
and Quantum Engineering Department, Korea
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Pohang
Accelerator Laboratory, POSTECH, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- School
of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50 UNIST-gil, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, Republic
of Korea
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- Nuclear
Chemistry Research Team, Korea Atomic Energy
Research Institute, 111 Daedeok-daero 989 beon-gil, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34057, Republic
of Korea
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- Department
of Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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Ren J, Niu Z, Ye Y, Tsai C, Liu S, Liu Q, Huang X, Nafady A, Ma S. Second‐Sphere Interaction Promoted Turn‐On Fluorescence for Selective Sensing of Organic Amines in a Tb
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‐based Macrocyclic Framework. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202107436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Junyu Ren
- Department of Chemistry University of North Texas Denton TX 76203-5070 USA
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Department of Chemistry University of North Texas Denton TX 76203-5070 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Chinese Culture University Taipei Taiwan
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- School of Chemical Science and Technology Yunnan University 2 North Road of Green Lake Kunming 650091 Yunnan China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science Qingdao Agriculture University No. 700 Changcheng Road Qingdao City 266109 China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Energy Storage and Novel Cell Technology School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Liaocheng University Liaocheng 252059 China
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- Department of Chemistry College of Science King Saud University Riyadh 11451 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry University of North Texas Denton TX 76203-5070 USA
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Ren J, Niu Z, Ye Y, Tsai CY, Liu S, Liu Q, Huang X, Nafady A, Ma S. Second-Sphere Interaction Promoted Turn-On Fluorescence for Selective Sensing of Organic Amines in a Tb III -based Macrocyclic Framework. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:23705-23712. [PMID: 34428857 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202107436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Guided by a second-sphere interaction strategy, we fabricated a Tb(III)-based metal-organic framework (MMCF-4) for turn-on sensing of methyl amine with ultra-low detection limit and high turn-on efficiency. MMCF-4 features lanthanide nodes shielded in a nonacoordinate geometry along with secondary coordination spheres that are densely populated with H-bond interacting sites. Nonradiative routes were inhibited by binding-induced rigidification of the ligand on the second coordination sphere, resulting in luminescence amplification. Such remote interacting mechanism involved in the turn-on sensing event was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and molecular dynamic simulation studies. The design of both primary and secondary coordination spheres of Tb(III) enabled the first turn-on sensing of organic amines in aqueous conditions. Our work suggests a promising strategy for high-performance turn-on sensing for Ln-MOFs and luminous materials driven by other metal chromophores.
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- Junyu Ren
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76203-5070, USA
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76203-5070, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, 2 North Road of Green Lake, Kunming, 650091, Yunnan, China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science, Qingdao Agriculture University, No. 700 Changcheng Road, Qingdao City, 266109, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Energy Storage and Novel Cell Technology, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76203-5070, USA
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Mahmudov KT, Huseynov FE, Aliyeva VA, Guedes da Silva MFC, Pombeiro AJL. Noncovalent Interactions at Lanthanide Complexes. Chemistry 2021; 27:14370-14389. [PMID: 34363268 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Lanthanide complexes have attracted a widespread attention due to their structural diversity, as well as multifunctional and tunable properties. The development of lanthanide based functional materials has often relied on the design of the secondary coordination sphere of the corresponding lanthanide complexes. For instance, usually simple lanthanide salts (solvento complexes) do not catalyze effectively organic reactions or provide low yield of the expected product, whereas the presence of a suitable organic ligand with a noncovalent bond donor or acceptor centre (secondary coordination sphere) modifies the symmetry around the metal centre in lanthanide complexes which then successfully can act as catalysts in both homogenous and heterogenous catalysis. In this minireview, we discuss several relevant examples, based on X-ray crystal structure analyses, in which the hydrogen, halogen, chalcogen, pnictogen, tetrel and rare-earth bonds, as well as cation-π, anion-π, lone pair-π, π-π and pancake interactions, are used as a synthon in the decoration of the secondary coordination sphere of lanthanide complexes.
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- Kamran T Mahmudov
- University of Lisbon Higher Technical Institute: Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Tecnico, CQE, R., 1009 - 001, Lisbon, PORTUGAL
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- Baku State University, Department of Ecology and Soil Sciences, AZERBAIJAN
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Sharma P, Sarma P, Frontera A, Hussain S, Verma AK, Bhattacharyya MK. Energetically significant anti-parallel π-stacking and unconventional anion-π interactions in phenanthroline based Ni(II) and Cu(II) coordination compounds: Antiproliferative evaluation and theoretical studies. Inorganica Chim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2020.120082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Dutta D, Sharma P, Frontera A, Gogoi A, Verma AK, Dutta D, Sarma B, Bhattacharyya MK. Oxalato bridged coordination polymer of manganese( iii) involving unconventional O⋯π-hole(nitrile) and antiparallel nitrile⋯nitrile contacts: antiproliferative evaluation and theoretical studies. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj03712e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Unconventional O⋯π-hole(nitrile) and antiparallel nitrile⋯nitrile contacts have been theoretically investigated for a Mn(iii) coordination polymer considering cytotoxicity, apoptosis, ROS generation, molecular docking and pharmacophore features.
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- Debajit Dutta
- Department of Chemistry
- Cotton University
- Guwahati-781001
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Cotton University
- Guwahati-781001
- India
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- Departament de Química
- Universitat de les Illes Balears
- 07122 Palma de Mallorca (Baleares)
- Spain
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- Department of Chemistry
- Cotton University
- Guwahati-781001
- India
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- Department of Zoology
- Cell & Biochemical Technology Laboratory
- Cotton University
- Guwahati 781001
- India
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- Department of Zoology
- Cell & Biochemical Technology Laboratory
- Cotton University
- Guwahati 781001
- India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences
- Tezpur University
- Tezpur 784028
- India
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Bhattacharyya MK, Saha U, Dutta D, Frontera A, Verma AK, Sharma P, Das A. Unconventional DNA-relevant π-stacked hydrogen bonded arrays involving supramolecular guest benzoate dimers and cooperative anion–π/π–π/π–anion contacts in coordination compounds of Co(ii) and Zn(ii) phenanthroline: experimental and theoretical studies. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj05727g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Antiproliferative evaluation and supramolecular assemblies of Co(ii) and Zn(ii) coordination compounds involving cooperative anion–π and unconventional DNA-relevant π-stacked hydrogen bonded arrays.
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- Department of Chemistry
- Cotton University
- Guwahati 781001
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Cotton University
- Guwahati 781001
- India
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- Departament de Química
- Universitat de les Illes Balears
- Crta de Valldemossa km 7.7
- 07122 Palma de Mallorca (Baleares)
- Spain
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- Department of Zoology
- Cell & Biochemical Technology Laboratory
- Cotton University
- Guwahati-781001
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Cotton University
- Guwahati 781001
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Cotton University
- Guwahati 781001
- India
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