TY - JOUR A1 - Siebold, Matthias A1 - Korabik, Maria A1 - Schilde, Uwe A1 - Mrozinski, Jerzy A1 - Strauch, Peter T1 - Pentanuclear heterobimetallic 3d-4f complexes of Ln2M3-type - structure and magnetism N2 - From a series of pentanuclear, heterobimetallic complexes of the general composition [{Ln(H2O)n}2{Ni(dto)2}3] · xH2O, four complexes (Ln = Gd(III) with n = 4; Ln = Dy(III), Ho(III), or Er(III), with n = 5; x = 9-12; dto = 1,2- dithiooxalate) were studied due to their large magnetic moments (up to 14.65 B.M.). The magnetic properties of these complete series were measured at room temperature and the temperature dependent magnetic properties of the complexes Gd2Ni3, Dy2Ni3, Ho2Ni3, and Er2Ni3 were studied at room temperature down to 1.8 K. Whereas the intramolecular metal- metal distances were rather long (Ni1-Ni2: 11.0-11.5 Å; Ln-Ni: 6.0-6.3 Å), relatively short intermolecular metal-metal distances (Ni1-Ni2;: 3.5 Å; Er-Er;: 6.0 Å) were found in the crystal lattice, giving rise to weak intermolecular metal-metal interactions. These weak spin interactions were also supported by the EPR spectrum of a powdered sample of the diamagnetically undiluted Gd2Ni3 complex. Y1 - 2008 UR - http://www.springerlink.com/content/3773jwk773704175/ SN - 0366-6352 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Awad, Duha Jawad A1 - Conrad, Franziska A1 - Koch, Andreas A1 - Friedrich, Alwin A1 - Poeppl, Andreas A1 - Strauch, Peter T1 - 2,2'-Bipyridin-1,2-dithiolat Gemischtligand-Komplexe : Systhese, Charakterisierung und EPR-Spektroskopie N2 - A series of new 2 2'-bipyridine/1 2-dithiolate transition metal complexes has been synthesised and characterised As 1,2-dithiolate ligands 1,2 dithiooxalate (dto) and 1 2-dithiosquarate (dtsq) were used It follows from the IR spectra that the multidentate dithiolate ligands coordinate exclusively via their sulfur atoms forming an MN2S2 coordination sphere The central metal ions (M) are Cu2+ Ni2+ Pd2+ Pt2+, and Zn2+ The complex [Cu-II(bpy)(dto)] could be studied by EPR spectroscopy and was measured as powder diamagnetically diluted in the isostructural [Ni-II(bpy)(dto)] host structure The spin density contribution calculated from the experimental parameters is compared with the electronic situation in the frontier orbitals namely in the semi occupied SOMO of the copper complex derived from quantum chemical calculations on different levels (EHT and DFT) Y1 - 2010 UR - http://www.znaturforsch.com/b.htm SN - 0932-0776 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Awad, Duha Jawad A1 - Conrad, Franziska A1 - Koch, Andreas A1 - Schilde, Uwe A1 - Poeppl, Andreas A1 - Strauch, Peter T1 - 1,10-phenanthroline-dithiolate mixed ligand transition metal complexes : synthesis, characterization and EPR spectroscopy N2 - A series of new N2S2 mixed ligand transition metal complexes, where N-2 is phenanthroline and S-2 is 1,2- dithiooxalate (dto) or 1,2-dithiosquarate (dtsq), has been synthesized and characterized. IR spectra reveal that the 1,2- dithiolate ligands are coordinated via the sulfur atoms forming a N2S2 coordination sphere. The copper(II) complex [Cu(phen)(dto)] was studied by EPR spectroscopy as a diamagnetically diluted powder. The diamagnetic dilution resulted from doping of the copper complex into the isostructural host lattice of the nickel complex [Ni(phen)(dto)]. The electronic situation in the frontier orbitals of the copper complex calculated from the experimental data is compared to the results of EHT and DFT calculations. Furthermore, one side product, chlorobis(1,10-phenanthroline)copper(I) ethanol solvate hydrate [(phen)(2)CuCl]center dot C2H5OH center dot H2O, was formed by a reduction process and characterized by X-ray diffraction. In the crystal packing one-dimensional columns of dimers are formed, stabilized by significant pi-pi interactions. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00201693 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2010.01.021 SN - 0020-1693 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kozlevcar, Bojan A1 - Odlazek, Darja A1 - Golobic, Amalija A1 - Pevec, Andrej A1 - Strauch, Peter A1 - Segedin, Primoz T1 - Complexes with lignin model compound vanillic acid : two different carboxylate ligands in the same dinuclear tetracarboxylate complex [Cu-2(C8H7O4)(2)(O2CCH3)(2)(CH3OH)(2)] N2 - Two copper(II) coordination compounds with vanillic acid C8H8O4 (1), namely [Cu- 2(C8H7O4)(2)(O2CCH3)(2)(CH3OH)(2)] (2) and [Cu-2(C8H7O4)(4)(H2O2)(2)] (3), were synthesized and characterized. Single crystals of 1-3 were obtained and their crystal structures determined. The structure of 2 shows dinuclear cage structure of copper acetate hydrate type, however with two different carboxylates, acetates and vanillic acid anions,. respectively. Both bridging anions are in pairs in trans orientation. Methanol molecules are apically coordinated (Cu-O7 2.160(2) angstrom), fulfilling square-pyramidal coordination sphere around both copper ions. The compound 2 decomposes outside mother-liquid (yielding [Cu-2(C8H7O4)(2)(O2CCH3)(2)(H2O)(2)] (2a)) with the removal of methanol, but without significant change of the dicopper tetracarboxylate cage structure, as noticed by mu(eff) 1.48 BM for 2a. Similar was found also in the X-band EPR spectra with three signals H-z1, H-perpendicular to 2 and H-z2 in the region from 0 to 600 mT. The structure of free vanillic acid 1 is composed of dimeric units of two molecules, connected by two parallel hydrogen bonds between carboxylate group of each other (O1-H(...)O2 2.642(3) angstrom), while the structure of 3 is of [Cu-2(O2CCH3)(4)(H2O)(2)] type. Interestingly, an additional signal in the EPR spectra of 3 is found at 80 mT (H- perpendicular to 1) at 298 and at 116 K, next to three signals H-z1, H-perpendicular to 2 and H-z2. Y1 - 2006 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02775387 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2005.08.031 SN - 0277-5387 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Awad, Duha Jawad A1 - Koch, Andreas A1 - Mickler, Wulfhard A1 - Schilde, Uwe A1 - Strauch, Peter T1 - EPR spectroscopy of 4, 4 '-Bis(tert-butyl)-2, 2 '-bipyridine-1, 2-dithiolatocuprates(II) in host lattices with different coordination geometries JF - Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie N2 - A series of new heteroleptic MN2S2 transition metal complexes with M = Cu2+ for EPR measurements and as diamagnetic hosts Ni2+, Zn2+, and Pd2+ were synthesized and characterized. The ligands are N2 = 4, 4'-bis(tert-butyl)-2, 2'-bipyridine (tBu2bpy) and S2 =1, 2-dithiooxalate, (dto), 1, 2-dithiosquarate, (dtsq), maleonitrile-1, 2-dithiolate, or 1, 2-dicyanoethene-1, 2-dithiolate, (mnt). The CuII complexes were studied by EPR in solution and as powders, diamagnetically diluted in the isostructural planar [NiII(tBu2bpy)(S2)] or[PdII(tBu2bpy)(S2)] as well as in tetrahedrally coordinated[ZnII(tBu2bpy)(S2)] host structures to put steric stress on the coordination geometry of the central CuN2S2 unit. The spin density contributions for different geometries calculated from experimental parameters are compared with the electronic situation in the frontier orbital, namely in the semi-occupied molecular orbital (SOMO) of the copper complex, derived from quantum chemical calculations on different levels (EHT and DFT). One of the hosts, [NiII(tBu2bpy)(mnt)], is characterized by X-ray structure analysis to prove the coordination geometry. The complex crystallizes in a square-planar coordination mode in the monoclinic space group P21/a with Z = 4 and the unit cell parameters a = 10.4508(10) angstrom, b = 18.266(2) angstrom, c = 12.6566(12) angstrom, beta = 112.095(7)degrees. Oxidation and reductions potentials of one of the host complexes, [Ni(tBu2bpy)(mnt)], were obtained by cyclovoltammetric measurements. KW - 1 KW - 2-Dithiosquarate KW - 1 KW - 2-Dithiooxalate KW - 1 KW - 2-Dicyanoethene-1 KW - 2-dithiolate KW - 4 KW - 4'-Bis(tert-butyl)-2 KW - 2'-bipyridine KW - X-ray structure KW - EPR KW - Copper KW - Nickel KW - Zinc Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.201100517 SN - 0044-2313 VL - 638 IS - 6 SP - 965 EP - 975 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Strehmel, Veronika A1 - Rexhausen, Hans A1 - Strauch, Peter T1 - New spin probes starting from 4-amino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-yloxyl JF - Tetrahedron letters N2 - This Letter describes four new 4-trimethylammonio-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-yloxyls bearing camphorsulfonate, triflate, tosylate, or lactate as counter ions. These spin probes were made by anion metathesis of 4-trimethylammonio-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-yloxyl iodide using the corresponding silver salts. The latter is made by the alkylation of 4-amino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-yloxyl. Furthermore, the Letter gives an improved synthetic way to 4-sulfonamido-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-yloxyl using chlorosulfuric acid trimethylsilylester and 4-amino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-yloxyl. All the spin probes are highly interesting for the investigation of ionic liquids. KW - Nitroxides KW - Spin probes KW - ESR spectroscopy KW - Ionic liquids Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.01.063 SN - 0040-4039 VL - 53 IS - 13 SP - 1587 EP - 1591 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kozlevcar, Bojan A1 - Gamez, Patrick A1 - de Gelder, Rene A1 - Jaglicic, Zvonko A1 - Strauch, Peter A1 - Kitanovski, Nives A1 - Reedijk, Jan T1 - Counterion and solvent effects on the primary coordination sphere of copper(II) Bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)acetic acid coordination compounds JF - European journal of inorganic chemistry : a journal of ChemPubSoc Europe N2 - Four copper(II) coordination compounds with the neutral ligand bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)acetic acid (Hbdmpza, C(12)H(16)N(4)O(2)) and its anionic form (bdmpza(-)), namely [Cu(Hbdmpza)(2)](HSO(4))(2) (1), [Cu(Hbdmpza)(2)]Cl(2) (2), [Cu(bdmpza)(2)](CH(3)COOH)(H(2)O) (3), and [Cu(bdmpza)(2)][Cu(2)(O(2)CCH(3))(4)] (4) have been synthesized starting from different metal salts. All the compounds have been fully characterized by physical and analytical methods. In addition, a single-crystal XRD analysis revealed the 3D structure of 1, which exhibits tridentate, vicinal N,N,O-coordination of two symmetry-related Hbdmpza ligands in an elongated octahedral arrangement with four equatorial nitrogen atoms and two axial oxygen atoms. The neutral carboxylic moiety acts as a hydrogen-bond donor to a HSO(4)(-) counterion. The two hydrogensulfates form a unique hydrogen-bonded pair (HSO(4)(-))(2) with very short O center dot center dot center dot O distances (2.59 angstrom) bridged between adjacent [Cu(HL)(2)](2+) coordination units. Also a short O center dot center dot center dot O contact (2.54 angstrom) is present between the C-OH and an 0 of a hydrogensulfate. A characteristic IR C=O vibration is observed at 1700 cm(-1) for 1 and 2, whereas the v(as)(O(2)C) vibration is present at 1650 cm(-1) for 3 and 4. These IR data strongly suggest the presence of Hbdmpza ligands in 1 and 2 and the deprotonated form bdmpza- in 3 and 4. A mononuclear coordination unit [CuL(2)], as proven for 1 by X-ray diffraction, is also proposed for the other compounds 2-4. In compound 4, an additional dinuclear [Cu(2)(O(2)CCH(3))(4)] neutral coordination unit is present, as deduced from the vibration bands v(as)(O(2)C) at 1600 cm(-1) and v(s)(O(2)C) at 1420 cm(-1), which are typical of a carboxylate function, and from the two-species analysis of the chi(M)T(T) curve of the magnetic susceptibility data (2J = -322 cm(-1)). Also, the EPR spectra recorded at different temperatures agree with this structure. KW - Copper KW - Coordination modes KW - Hydrogen bonds KW - Counterions KW - Solvent effects Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201100410 SN - 1434-1948 IS - 24 SP - 3650 EP - 3655 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Malden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vaskova, Zuzana A1 - Kitanovski, Nives A1 - Jaglicic, Zvonko A1 - Strauch, Peter A1 - Ruzickova, Zdenka A1 - Valigura, Dusan A1 - Koman, Marian A1 - Kozlevcar, Bojan A1 - Moncol, Jan T1 - Synthesis and magneto-structural characterization of copper(II) nitrobenzoate complexes containing nicotinamide or methylnicotinamide ligands JF - Polyhedron : the international journal of inorganic and organometallic chemistry N2 - Three new copper(II) 4-nitrobenzoato coordination compounds (4-NO(2)bz(-) = 4-nitrobenzoate anions) with N-methylnicotinamide (mna) [Cu(4-NO(2)bz)(2)(mna)(2)(H2O)] (1), [Cu(4-NO(2)bz)(2)(mu-mna)(H2O)](2) (2) and [Cu(mu-4-NO(2)bz)(2)(mna)](2) (3) were synthesized and characterized. Due to a comparison, additional two related compounds [Cu(3,5-(NO2)(2)bz)(2)(mna)(2)(H2O)] (4) (nia = nicotinamide, 3,5-(NO2)(2)bz(-) = 3,5-dinitrobenzoate anions) and [Cu(mu-2-NO(2)bz)(2)(mna)](2) (5) (2-NO(2)bz(-) = 2-nitrobenzoate anions) were isolated. The mononuclear compounds with mna 1 and nia 4 show CuO2N2O chromophores with the water molecule placed at the apex of the square pyramid. The square-pyramidal coordination sphere CuO3NO in 2 differs to CuO2N2O in 1 and 4. Differently, the water molecule is in 2 at the basal-plane, while two mna molecules serve also as bridges via N-py and 0-amido enabling a dinuclear molecular structure 1, 2 and 4 are paramagnetic though a dinuclear structure is seen in 2, while a clear-cut strong antiferromagnetic (AFM) coupling (2J -300 cm(-1)) is found for the compounds 3 and 5. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. KW - Copper(II) KW - Nicotinamide KW - N-methylnicotinamide KW - Crystal structure KW - Magnetic properties Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2014.07.017 SN - 0277-5387 VL - 81 SP - 555 EP - 563 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Baumgartner, Jens A1 - Lesevic, Paul A1 - Kumari, Monika A1 - Halbmair, Karin A1 - Bennet, Mathieu A1 - Koernig, Andre A1 - Widdrat, Marc A1 - Andert, Janet A1 - Wollgarten, Markus A1 - Bertinetti, Luca A1 - Strauch, Peter A1 - Hirt, Ann A1 - Faivre, Damien T1 - From magnetotactic bacteria to hollow spirilla-shaped silica containing a magnetic chain JF - RSC Advances N2 - Magnetotactic bacteria produce chains of magnetite nanoparticles, which are called magnetosomes and are used for navigational purposes. We use these cells as a biological template to prepare a hollow hybrid material based on silica and magnetite, and show that the synthetic route is nondestructive as the material conserves the cell morphology as well as the alignment of the magnetic particles. The hybrid material can be resuspended in aqueous solution, and can be shown to orient itself in an external magnetic field. We anticipate that chemical modification of the silica can be used to functionalize the material surface in order to obtain multifunctional materials with specialized applications, e.g. targeted drug delivery. Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1039/c2ra20911j SN - 2046-2069 VL - 2 IS - 21 SP - 8007 EP - 8009 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - Cambridge ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Najafpour, Mohammad Mahdi A1 - Hillier, Warwick A1 - Shamkhali, Amir Nasser A1 - Amini, Mojtaba A1 - Beckmann, Katrin A1 - Jaglicic, Zvonko A1 - Jagodic, Marko A1 - Strauch, Peter A1 - Moghaddam, Atefeh Nemati A1 - Beretta, Giangiacomo A1 - Bagherzadeh, Mojtaba T1 - Synthesis, characterization, DFT studies and catalytic activities of manganese(II) complex with 1,4-bis(2,2 ':6,2 ''-terpyridin-4 '-yl) benzene JF - Dalton transactions : a journal of inorganic chemistry, including bioinorganic, organometallic, and solid-state chemistry N2 - A new di-manganese complex with "back-to-back" 1,4-bis(2,2':6,2 ''-terpyridin-4'-yl) benzene ligation has been synthesized and characterised by a variety of techniques. The back-to-back ligation presents a novel new mononuclear manganese catalytic centre that functions as a heterogeneous catalysis for the evolution of oxygen in the presence of an exogenous oxidant. We discuss the synthesis and spectroscopic characterizations of this complex and propose a mechanism for oxygen evolution activity of the compound in the presence of oxone. The di-manganese complex also shows efficient and selective catalytic oxidation of sulfides in the presence of H2O2. Density functional theory calculations were used to assess the structural optimization of the complex and a proposed reaction pathway with oxone. The calculations show that middle benzene ring is distorted respect to both of metallic centers, and this in turn leads to negligible resonance of electrons between two sides of complex. The calculations also indicate the unpaired electron located on oxyl-ligand emphasizes the radical mechanism of water oxidation for the system. Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1039/c2dt31544k SN - 1477-9226 VL - 41 IS - 39 SP - 12282 EP - 12288 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - Cambridge ER -