Three new hydrophilic 3-hydroxy-4-pyridinone chelators containing ether-derived substituents were prepared by a more sustainable synthetic protocol that involves the use of microwave heating and commercially available amines, allowing the successful production of highly water soluble chelators with improved reaction yields and reaction times. Compared with parent 3-hydroxy-4-pyridinone ligands, the new compound...
The desulfurization efficiency of various hybrid zinc-substituted polyoxometalates ([PW11Zn(H2O)O39]5−, abbreviated as PW11Zn) was here investigated for the first time and optimized using sustainable systems conciliating successfully the liquid–liquid extraction and the oxidative catalytic process. Initially, the desulfurization studies were performed using a model diesel containing a mixture of the most refrac...
Electrogenerated polymers based on copper salen-type complexes were characterised electrochemically and by in situ UV–vis and ex situ EPR spectroscopy. The films, poly[Cu(salen)] and poly[Cu(saltMe)], exhibit reversible oxidative electrochemical behaviour in a wide potential range (0.0–1.5 V). Different regimes for charge transport behaviour are accessed by manipulation of film thickness and experimental time s...
Eur. J. Biochem. 271, 2361–2369 (2004); The nitrite reductase (Nir) isolated from Pseudomonas chlororaphis DSM 50135 is a blue enzyme, with type 1 and type 2 copper centers, as in all copper-containing Nirs described so far. For the first time, a direct determination of the reduction potentials of both copper centers in a Cu-Nir was performed: type 2 copper (T2Cu), 172 mV and type 1 copper (T1Cu), 298 mV at pH ...
Electrogenerated polymers based on the nickel(II) compIex 2,3-dimetbyl- N,N -bis(salicylidene )butane-2,3- diaminatoniekel(II), poly[Ni(saltMe)], were characterized by in situ FTIR and UV/Vis spectroscopy and ex-situ EPR spectroscopy in order to gain insights into film structure, electronic states and charge conduction. The role of the nickel ions during film oxidation was probed by using EPR to study naturally...
The oxidative chemistry of three Ni(II) complexes with Schiff base ligands derived from salicylaldehyde and diamines with different steric demands, N,N9-2-methylpropane-2,3-diyl-bis(salicylideneiminate)nickel(II) (1), N,N9-1,2-cyclohexyl-1,2-dyil-bis(salicylideneiminate)- nickel(II) (2) and N,N9-2,3-dimethylbutane-2,3-diyl-bis(salicylideneiminate)nickel(II) (3), was studied by cyclic voltammetry and chronoamper...
The nickel(II) complex with H2saltMe, a N2O2 Schiff base ligand derived from salicylaldehyde, was oxidatively electropolymerized on Pt electrodes in CH3CN/0.1 mol dm-3 tetraethylammonium perchlorate (TEAP) to generate polymer films that exhibit reversible oxidative electrochemical behavior in a wide potential range (0.0-1.3 V), high conductivity, and stability/durability.
Oxidative electrochemical polymerization of (N,N'-ethylenebis(salicylideneaminato)) nickel(II), [Ni(salen)], in acetonitrile/TEAP was reinvestigated. The polymers were characterized by in situ FTIR and UV-visible spectroscopies in order to explore film structure and to clarify the electronic states as a function of the electrochemically controlled applied redox potential; oxidized species involved in polymeriza...