Growth Response and Metal Accumulation of Sedum alfredii to Cd/Zn Complex-Polluted Ion Levels

Sedum alfredii Hance has been identified as a new Zn-hyperaccumulator native to China. In this study, responses and metal accumulation of S alfredii were examined under Zn/Cd complex polluted conditions. The results showed that optimal growth of S alfredii in terms of the maximum dry matter yield was observed at Zn/Cd complex level of 500/100 mumol/L. Plant cadmium (Cd) or zinc (Zn) concentrations increased with increasing Cd or Zn supply. During the 20 d treatment, the highest Cd concentration in the leaves reached 12.1 g/kg at Zn/Cd level of 50/400 mumol/L and that of Zn in the stems was 23.2 g/kg at Zn/Cd level of 1000/50 mumol/L. The distribution of Cd in different plant parts decreased in the order: leaf > stem greater than or equal to root, whereas that of Zn was: stem > leaf greater than or equal to root. The accumulation of Cd and Zn in the shoots and roots of S. alfredii increased with the increasing of Zn/Cd supply levels, peaked at Zn/Cd levels of 250/400 and 500/100 mumol/L, respectively. The highest Cd and Zn uptake by the shoots was approximately 5 and 11 mg/plant, and was over 20 and 10 times higher than those in the roots, respectively. Zn supply at levels less than or equal to 500 mumol/L increased plant Cd concentrations, whereas high Zn supply decreased root Cd but did not affect leaf Cd concentrations in S alfredii Low Cd supply increased Zn concentration in the leaves, but Cd supply higher than 50 mumol/L considerably reduced root Zn concentrations, especially at low Zn level. These results indicate that S. alfredii can tolerate high Zn/Cd complex levels and has an extraordinary ability to hyperaccumulate not only Zn but also Cd. It could provide a new valuable plant material for understanding the mechanisms responsible for co-hyperaccumulation of Zn and Cd as well as for phytoremediation of the Cd/Zn complex polluted soils.

Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Calculated β Value of a Tetrahedral Zinc (II) Complex——Zn(2-NH_2py)_2Br_2

A new zinc(II) complex, Zn(2-NH2py)2Br2 (py=pyridine), has been synthesized, and its molecular structure has been confirmed by IR, elemental analysis and -ray crystal structure analysis. Its space group is P21/n with Mr=413.43 (C10H12Br2N4Zn), a=7.435(2), b=12.865(3), c=14.186(4)? b=94.08(2)? V=1353.5(5) 3, Z=4, Dc=2.029 g/cm3, F(000)=328, ?2.378mm－1, R=0.0283, wR=0.0501. The total observed reflections with I≥2?I) were 5314, of which the independent reflections were 3106. The complex structure contains a distorted tetrahedron formed by four atoms coordinated to zinc atom, namely two bromide atoms and two nitrogen atoms. The two ZnBr bond lengths within one molecule, 2.3763(6) and 2.4002(5)? respectively, are not equal; and so are the two ZnN bond lengths, which are 2.031(2) and 2.044(2)?respectively. The calculation results using PM3 method through MOPAC software package in Chem 3D show that its first molecular hyperpolarizability b value is 5.210－30esu, which is comparable with that of p-nitroaniline. No bulk SHG effect has been detected due to the centrosymmetric space group.

Modulating the zinc ion flux and electric field intensity by multifunctional metal-organic complex interface layer for highly stable Zn anode

The uncontrollable growth of Zn dendrites accompanied by side reactions severely impedes the industrialized process of zinc ion electrochemical energy storage devices.Herein,we propose a practical metalorganic complex interface layer to manipulate the zinc ion flux and electric field intensity,enabling highly homogeneous zinc electrodeposition.The zinc-terephthalic acid complex(ZnPTA)with lower adsorption energy for zinc ion(-1.3 eV)builds a zincophilic interface favoring the ordered nucleation and growth of Zn.Moreover,the ZnPTA layer can serve as physical barrier to protect the newly deposited Zn from corrosion in the aqueous electrolyte.The modified Zn anode with the ZnPTA layer(ZnPTA@Zn)demonstrates excellent cycling stability more than 3000 h at 1 mA/cm^(2).Besides,the zinc-ion battery and zinc-ion hybrid capacitor using the ZnPTA@Zn electrode deliver outstanding cycle performance(up to 5500 cycles with high residual capacity ratio of 77.9%).This work provides a promising metal-organic complex interface design on enhancing the performance of Zn metal anode.

Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of a New Zn(II)-Nitronyl Nitroxide Complex

A new complex [Zn（NIT-1′-MeBzlm）Cl2（H2O）] （NIT-1′-MeBzlm = 2-{2′-[（1′- methyl）benzimidazolyl]}-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide） has been prepared and structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction method. Crystal data： monoclinic, space group P21/n, Z = 4, C15H21Cl2N4O3Zn, Mr = 441.63, a = 7.2225（10）, b = 30.849（4）, c = 8.8758（13）A, β = 103.904（2）°, V = 1919.6（5）A^3, Dc = 1.528 g/cm^3, μ（MoKα） = 1.579 mm^-1, F（000） = 908, R = 0.0436 and wR = 0.1029 for 2456 observed reflections with I〉 2σ（I）. X-ray analysis reveals that the Zn（Ⅱ） ion is four-coordinated with a distorted tetrahedron. There also exist H-bonds, π-π piling interactions and weak intermolecular contacts between the NO groups which form a mutual stagger 3-D network configuration. Magnetic investigation reveals that there exists intermolecular antiferro- and ferromagnetic interactions in the title complex.

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of an Azide Bridged Binuclear Zinc(II) Complex Including the Reduced Derivative of Nitronyl Nitroxide, [Zn(Him2Py)(N_3)_2]_2

The title compound [Zn(Him2Py)(N3)2]2 (Zn2C26H38N18O2, Mr = 765.48) has been prepared and structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction methods. It crystallizes in monoclinic, space group P21/n with a = 10.989(3), b = 11.519(3), c = 13.812(4) ? b = 101.700(5), V = 1711.9(9) ?, Z = 2, Dc = 1.485 g/cm3, m(MoKa) = 1.456 mm～1, F(000) = 792, the final R = 0.0401 and wR = 0.0861 for 2054 observed reflections with I>2s(I). The imino nitroxide 2-(3- methyl-2-pyridyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazolyl-1-oxyl (im2Py) was reduced to obtain 2-(3-methyl -2-pyridyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole-1-ydroxy (Him2Py) coordinating to the zinc (II) ion, around which the coordination geometry is a square-based pyramid with a terminal nitrogen atom located at the apical position. The four basal sites are occupied by two m1,1 nitrogen atoms from two different bridging azide ions and two nitrogen atoms from Him2Py. The units of [Zn(Him2Py)(N3)2]2 were connected as two dimension planes by intermolecular hydrogen bonds.

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Zn(II) Complex with Tridentate Ligand N-(2-Hydroxy-1-naphthylidene)-L-serine

A new Zn（Ⅱ） complex, [Zn（L）2（H2O）2], where H2L = N-（2-hydroxy-1-naphthyli- dene）-L-sedne, has been synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal belongs to monoclinic system, space group C2/c with a = 13.669（2）, b = 6.4657（9）, c = 31.463（5） A, β = 98.010（2）°, V = 2753.6（7） A^3, Z = 8, Mr = 358.64, Dc = 1.730 g/cm^3, F（000） = 1472,μ（MoKa） = 1.814 mm^-1, the final R = 0.0355 and wR = 0.0706. The Zn（Ⅱ） atom adopts a square-pyramidal geometry coordinated by the tridentate ligand and two water molecules. Intermolecular hydrogen bonds link the complex molecules into a two-dimensional layer.

α-Glucosidase Inhibition by New Schiff Base Complexes of Zn(II)

There are many reports that divalent alkaline earth, first-row transition metals, and Zn(II) ions have α-glucosidase inhibitory effects. Cu(II) and Zn(II) ions, in particular, have strong α-glucosidase inhibitory effects. Several Schiff bases also display α-glucosidase inhibitory effects. In this study, we focused on safe and highly effective complexes including Zn(II) ion. We prepared and characterized the Zn(II) complexes with four different Schiff bases (N-salicylidene-β-alanine (N-sβ), N-N’-bis (salicylidene) ethylenediamine (N-bsE), N, N’-bis (salicylidene)-phenylenediamine (N-bsP), and 1-[(2-dimethylaminoethylimino) methyl]naphtholate (DMN)) and investigated their α-glucosidase inhibitory effects in vitro, using α-glycosidases from Saccharomyces sp. and rat small intestine, and in vivo, using a sucrose tolerance test. The Zn(II) complexes with DMN showed the highest in vitro and in vivo α-glucosidase inhibitory effects in this study.

Some Hybrid Systems of Chiral Schiff Base Zn(II) Complexes and Photochromic Spiropyrans for Environmental Ion Sensing

This is a review article including our recent results and some previous photo functional hybrid system having potential applications for environmental ion sensing. We have prepared several new and known chiral Schiff base Zn(II) complexes and measured (and also calculated) absorption and fluorescence spectra for sole complexes. After assembling hybrid systems with 1,3,3-trime- thylindolino-6’-nitrobenzopyrylospiran (SP) in methanol solutions, we measured spectral changes before and after alternate irradiation of UV and visible light. Intensity of fluorescence spectra for pale yellow Zn(II) complexes (λem = 450 nm, λex = 270 and 360 nm) was quenched by colorless SP (λem = 533 nm, λex = 612 nm). After UV light irradiation to form purple merocyanine (MC), photoisomerization resulted in changes of the intensity of absorption spectra as well as fluorescence spectra. Thus the hybrid systems could successfully act as molecular logic circuit by input (excitation by light) and output (intensity of fluorescence peaks). Moreover, we investigated concentration dependence of doped Zn(II) and Cu(II) ions to confirm quenching of intensity of fluorescence peaks by Zn(II) and Cu(II) MC complexes for metal ion sensing in solutions.

Kinetic parameters and thermal decomposition for Novel 1,1-Malonyl-bis(4-p-Chlorophenylthiosemicarbazide) and Cu(II), Co(II), Zn(II) and Sn(II) complexes(H₄pClMaTS) synthesized by electrochemical method

Anodic oxidation of Co, Cu, Zn, and Sn metals in an acetone solution of 1,1-malonayl-bis(4-p- Chlorophenylthiosemicarbazide) yields complexes of composition with general formula [Co2(pClMaTS)(H2O)6]·2H2O, [Cu2(pClMaTS)(H2O)6], [Zn2(pClMaTS)(H2O)6] and [Sn2(pClMaTS)(H2O)6]·2H2O. Chelation was investigated based on elemental analysis, conductivity, magnetic moment, spectral (UV-Vis, IR, Raman, 1HNMR, mass), thermal, and ESR studies. The Raman and infrared spectral studies suggests the tridentate behavior of the ligand from each tail. Since the ligand has two thiose- micarbazide groups, it may acts in an SNO tridentate fashion from each side with one of the two metal ions forming a polynuclear complex coordinating through both of the lone pair of electrons the enolic oxygen of the carbonyl group (C=O), the azomethine nitrogen (C=N) and the thioenol form of the thiocarbonyl group (C=S). The differential thermogravimetric analysis (DTG) curves were used to study the decomposition steps of the isolated complexes using Horowitz-Metzger (HM) and Coats-Redfern (CR) methods. The kinetic thermodynamic parameters such as: E*, ΔH*, ΔS*and ΔG* are calculated from the DTG curves.

4,5-二氮芴-9-酮Cu(II),Zn(II)配合物的合成、晶体结构、热分析及理论计算

合成了 4,5 二氮芴 9 酮 (dafo)的Cu(II) ,Zn(II)配合物 [Cu(dafo) 2 (H2 O) 2 ] (NO3 ) 2 和 [Zn(dafo) 2 (H2 O) 2 ] (NO3 ) 2 ,通过单晶X射线衍射法确定了它们的结构 .晶体结构分析表明 ,配合物分子中Cu(II) ,Zn(II)分别和来自两配体的四个氮原子及两个水分子中的氧原子配位 ,处于六配位的配位环境中 ,两配体基本处于同一平面 ,两水分子垂直于两配体所在平面 ,Cu(II)处于畸变八面体中心 ,Zn(II)处于正常八面体中心 ,对两种配合物进行了元素分析、红外和热分析表征 ,在实验的基础上 ,采用Gaussian 98w中的DFT

改性累托石对水溶液中Zn(II)吸附作用的研究

采用天然累托石粘土,经十二烷基二甲基苄基氯化胺(1227)有机改性后对水溶液中Zn(II)进行了吸附研究。考察了pH值、吸附剂用量、吸附平衡时间等因素对Zn(II)吸附效果的影响。结果表明,吸附最佳条件是:pH为8,吸附剂用量8g/L,吸附平衡时间40min。从吸附等量线和吸附等温线得知,该吸附满足Freundlich吸附机理,在常温下可自发进行,温度升高对吸附不利。

Zn(II)-NH_4·HCO_3-NH_3-H_2O体系雾化干燥机理研究

以Zn(II)-NH4·HCO3-NH3-H2O溶液为原料,通过雾化干燥、煅烧获得超细氧化锌。试验表明,雾化溶液中游离氨浓度对干燥过程的固体形貌影响较大,随着溶液中游离氨浓度的降低,干燥产物由针状颗粒按照针状颗粒与球形颗粒混合物、球形颗粒顺序演变。对干燥机理进行分析,干燥过程按照氨与水的挥发、前躯体析出、水分蒸发及前躯体分解四个环节依次进行。NH3分子在干燥过程中,先后起Zn2+配体、传递Zn2+及控制Zn的析出方向等作用。液滴与热空气接触后,雾滴与热空气基本保持同步运动,干燥产品基本为碱式碳酸锌。

新型手性双核Salen Zn(II)配合物的分子识别研究

采用新型Salen中间体合成了新型SalenZn(II)配合物.用紫外-可见光谱滴定法研究了主体双核SalenZn(II)与咪唑、二胺类等含氮小分子的分子识别行为,测定了它们的缔合常数.对咪唑类客体的缔合常数顺序为K(Im)>K(2?MeIm)>K(EMeIm);对二胺类客体缔合常数顺序为K(DAP)>K(DAE).主体与咪唑类和二胺类客体的配位数分别是2和1.主体与这些客体的识别过程为放热、熵减的焓驱动反应.利用圆二色光谱研究了识别过程的Cotton效应.用分子力学方法研究了主客体体系的最低能量构型,通过量化计算对实验事实做了进一步解释.

Interactions Between Anticancer Pt(II) complexes and Human Erythrocyte Spectrin *

The interactions between human erythrocyte spectrin(SP) and Pt(II) complexes with different composition and configuration were studied by fluorescence and circular dichroism spectra. The results showed that there are 4.7×10 2 binding sites of cisplatin(CDDP) in a spectrin tetramer(SPT). Among them, about 70 sites with apparent binding constant K 1】3.47×10 6 were of highest affinity, 1.8×10 2 sites with K 2 = 3.47×10 6 were of high affinity, and other 2.2×10 2 sites with K 3 = 8.77×10 5 were of low affinity. The conformation change of spectrin, depending on the concentration of Pt(II) complex and molar ratio(R) of Pt(II) complex to spectrin, was induced by the binding of Pt(II) complexes. It indicated that the interaction of both CDDP and cis diaquodiamine platinum(DADP) with SP followed a two step first order kinetic process in the first stage (1 h), and the kinetic constants were determined. In the second stage, the induced conformation change, polymerization and depolymerization of SP were probably involved. It was noticed that in the reaction of SP and Pt(II) complexes with 1,2 cyclohexanediammine isomers as chiral carrier ligand, stereo matching played a more important role than the affinity of Pt(II) to thiol groups of SP.

Preparation of Platinum(II) Complexes with 1-β-D-Ribofuranosyl-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide and its Deoxy-analogue

The platinum (II) complexes of the [Pt (N4,N7-Ribavirin) (DMSO) Cl], [Pt (N4,N7-De-oxyribavirin) (DMSO) Cl] were obtained by the reactions of cis-[Pt (DMSO)2 Cl2] and K[Pt (DMSO) Cl3] with 1-??-D-ribofuranosyl-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide (Ribavirin) and its deoxy-analogue (deoxyribavirin). The preparation of 1-(2'-deoxy-?-D-ribofuranosyl) -1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide was also performed through a four-step procedure, protection of 3', 5'-dihydroxyl group of Ribavirin with 1,3-dichloro-1,1,3,3-tetraisopropyldisiloxane (TPDS-Cl), phenoxythio-carbonylation of the 2'-hydroxyl group of 3', 5'-O-TPDS-Ribavirin with phenoxythiocarbonyl-chloride (PTC-Cl), reduction of 2′-O-phenoxythiocarbonyl ester of 3', 5'-O-TPDS-Ribavirin with tri-n-butyltin hydride and AIBN, deprotection of 3', 5'-O-TPDS-Ribavirin with tetrabutylammon-ium fluoride in THF.

Synthesis, Structure and Physical Properties of a Barium(II) Complex with 5-Sulfoisophthalic Acid Sodium

An alkaline earth metal-organic framework [Ba（Hsip）（H2O）4]n （1, NaH2sip = 5-sulfoisophthalic acid sodium） has been constructed, and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. In complex 1, each Ba（II） atom coordinates to one ligand Hsip3- and four water molecules with a distorted nine-coordinated monocapped tetragonal antiprism geometry. Each Hsip2- anion acts as a μ3-bridging ligand, in which two carboxylate groups adopt the same bidentate chelating coordinating model and the sulfonate group takes a monodentate coordinating model, resulting in a wave-like two-dimensional network with a （6, 3） topological structure. The two-dimensional networks are further linked by O–H···O to form a three-dimensional structure. Luminescent property and thermal stability of complex 1 are investigated. 1 belongs to the orthorhombic system, space group Pna21 with a = 7.3333（2）, b = 16.7044（3）, c = 10.4817（2）, Z = 4, V = 1283.99（5）3, Mr = 453.58, Dc = 2.346 g/cm3, F（000） = 880, μ = 3.314 mm–1, the final R = 0.0261 and wR = 0.0592 for 2425 observed reflections with I 2σ（I）.

Dioxygen Affinity and Catalytic Performance of Bis-(furaldehyde) Schiff Bases Co(II) Complexes in Cyclohexene Oxidation

Oxygenation constants and thermodynamic parameters DeltaH degrees and DeltaS degrees of cobalt (II) complexes with bis-(furaldehyde) Schiff bases (1, 2, 3, 4)were obtained by mearsuring saturated dioxygen uptake of these complexes in pyridine at different temperature. These complexes could activate molecular oxygen and were used as catalysts in cyclohexene oxidation. The influence of ligand structure on the dioxygen affinity and catalytic activity of the complexes were discussed.

Synthesis, Structure and Fluorescence of a Copper(II) Complex [Cu_2(bipy)_2(Hpht)_2Cl](Hpht)(bipy=2,2'-Bipyridine,H_2pht=o-Phthalic Acid)

The title complex [Cu2(bipy)2(Hpht)2Cl](Hpht) (bipy = 2,2?-bipyridine, H2pht = o-phthalic acid) has been synthesized in the NaOH aqueous solution of CuCl2, Gd(NO3)3, bipy and H2pht, and its crystal structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction method. It crys- tallizes in triclinic, space group P1, C44H31ClCu2N4O12, Mr = 970.26, a = 8.175(2), b = 16.254(4), c = 16.946(4) ?, α = 62.966(6), β = 84.833(8), γ = 84.348(8)°, V = 1993.4(8) ?3, Z = 2, Dc = 1.616 g/cm3, F(000) = 988 and μ = 1.207 mm-1. The final R = 0.0429 and wR = 0.0843 for 5682 observed reflections with I > 2σ(I). Each copper(II) atom displays a distorted square-pyramidal geometry with two nitrogen atoms of one chelate 2,2?-bipy molecule, two oxygen atoms from two different bridging carboxylate groups of Hpht- and one bridging chloride atom occupying the apical position. The two copper(II) atoms are connected by a μ2-Cl atom and two bridging Hpht- ligands in a syn-syn coordination mode to form an isolated dinuclear unit. The molecular structure is extended to a one-dimensional wavy chain through hydrogen bonds. The title complex exhibits blue fluorescent emission at 443 nm (λex = 372 nm) in the solid state at room temperature.

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Zinc(II) Complex with 2-(4′-Chlorine-benzoyl)-benzoic Acid and 1,10-Phenanthroline

A new metal-organic complex Zn2（cbba）4（phen）2 （Hcbba = 2-（4＇chlorine-ben- zoyl）benzoic acid, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline） 1 has been hydrothermally synthesized and structurally characterized by elemental analysis, IR, fluorescence spectrum and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The compound crystallizes in orthorhombic, space group Pbcn with a = 12.0821（II）, b = 18.3140（17）, c = 30.961（3） A, V= 6850.7（11） A^3, C80H48C14N4O12Zn2, Mr= 1529.76, Dc = 1.483 g/cm^3,μ（MoKa） = 0.925 mm^-1, F（000） = 3120, Z = 4, the final R = 0.0559 and wR = 0.1146 for 3963 observed reflections （I〉 2σ（I））. In the crystal structure, the zinc atom is five-coordinated with three carboxylate oxygen atoms from three different cbba ligands and two nitrogen atoms from the phen ligand, showing a distorted square-pyramidal geometry. Furthermore, it exhibits a 3D supramolecular network through π-π interactions and shows yellow photoluminescent property at room temperature.

Synthesis, Crystal Structure and DNA Binding Studies of a Nickel(II) Complex with 2-Aminomethylbenzimidazole and Demethylcantharate

A new mixed-ligand nickel（Ⅱ） complex, [Ni（L）（DCA）（H2O）]·2H2O （L = C8H9N3, 2-aminomethyl-benzimidazole, DCA2- = 7-oxabicyclo[2,2,1]heptane-2,3-dicarboxylate, demethylcantharate, C8H8O5）, has been synthesized and characterized. The structure of the complex was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. It is of monoclinic system, space group P21/c with a = 7.7211（7）, b = 12.0799（12）, c = 19.7867（19）, β = 100.390（6）°, V = 1815.2（3） nm3, Dc = 1.625 g·cm-3, Ζ = 4, F（000） = 928, R = 0.0314 and wR = 0.0822. In addition, the interaction between the complex and DNA was studied by means of fluorescence spectra and viscosity. The results indicate that the complex binds to DNA by the mode of partial intercalation with the Stern-Volmer constants Ksv of 3.81 × 104 mol·L-1.