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We reported that the cis-(dichloro)tetrammineruthenium (III) chloride compound has cytotoxic effects on murine sarcoma 180 (S-180) cells. In an effort to understand the mechanism responsible for their cytotoxicity, study we investigated the genotoxicity, cell cycle distribution and induction of apop...
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PMID: 20826946
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We have successfully developed a new photocatalytic system using Ru-MeCN(2+) with 2 M of NEt(3) as a reductant, which could reduce more than 59 equivalent amounts of an NAD(P)(+) model, 1-benzyl-N,N-diethylnicotinamidium cation, selectively to the corresponding 1,4-dihydro form in a 6 x 10(-4) quant...
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PMID: 20662527
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A new ligand DBHIP and its two ruthenium(II) complexes [Ru(dmb)(2)(DBHIP)](ClO(4))(2) (1) and [Ru(dmp)(2)(DBHIP)](ClO(4))(2) (2) have been synthesized and characterized. The cytotoxicity of DBHIP and complexes 1 and 2 has been assessed by MTT assay. The apoptosis studies were carried out with acridi...
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PMID: 20422275
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A Cu(2)O-doped RuO(2) sensing electrode (SE) for potentiometric detection of dissolved oxygen (DO) was prepared and its structure and electrochemical properties were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron microscopy (XPS) and ener...
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PMID: 20602927
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The effects of addition of F(-), Cl(-), Br(-), I(-), NO(3)(-), H(2)PO(4)(-), and OAc(-) on the UV-vis and emission spectra of Ru(II) complex [Ru(bpy)(2)(H(2)iip)](ClO(4))(2) {bpy=2,2'-bipyridyl, H(2)iip=2-indole-3-yl-imidazole[4,5-f][1,10]-phenanthroline} in dimethyl sulfone were studied. The Ru(II)...
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PMID: 20378395
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We further tested why complexes 2 and 3 exhibit modest cytotoxicity. Gel electrophoresis analysis demonstrates that complex 3 has the ability to cleave double-stranded DNAs in a dose-dependent manner. In contrast, complex 2 does not have detectable DNA cleavage activity. Additionally, real-time PCR...
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PMID: 20428784
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In this study, headspace single-drop microextraction (HS-SDME) coupled with gas chromatography-flame ionization detection (GC-FID), was employed to determine short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) in ruthenium tetroxide (RuO(4)) oxidation products of asphaltenes. Several significant parameters, such as dro...
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PMID: 20382393
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The aim of present study was to verify the in vitro antitumor activity of a ruthenium complex, cis-(dichloro)tetraammineruthenium(III) chloride (cis-[RuCl(2)(NH(3))(4)]Cl) toward different tumor cell lines. The antitumor studies showed that ruthenium(III) complex presents a relevant cytotoxic activi...
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PMID: 19727575
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Since the discovery of cis-platinum, many transition metal complexes have been synthesized and assayed for antineoplastic activity. In recent years, ruthenium-based molecules have emerged as promising antitumor and antimetastatic agents with potential uses in platinum-resistant tumors or as alternat...
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PMID: 20213076
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The closed- and open-tethered Ru(II) eta(6)-arene complexes [Ru(II)(eta(6):eta(1)-C(6)H(5)(C(6)H(4))NH(2))(en)]Cl(2) (2) and [Ru(II)(eta(6)-C(6)H(5)(C(6)H(4))NH(2))Cl(en)]Cl (3), where en is ethylenediamine, have been synthesized and their X-ray structures determined. Interconversion between 2 and 3...
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PMID: 20205442
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We demonstrated an electrochemical microscopy technique based on the detection of variations in local electrochemical current from optical signals arising from surface plasmon resonance. It enables local electrochemical measurements (such as voltammetry and amperometry) with high spatial resolution...
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PMID: 20223983
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A series of Ru(II) and Os(II) tris-chelate complexes with new bidentate 2-pyridylquinoline ligands have been synthesized and fully characterized by EA,1H-NMR and FAB-MS techniques. The new ligands are: L1 = 4-p-methoxyphenyl-6-bromo-2-(2'- pyridyl)quinoline (mphbr-pq) and L2 = 4-p-hydroxyphenyl-6-br...
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PMID: 20335984
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I clinical trials. An important component of this success has been associated with targeted delivery of the complexes to cancer cells by serum proteins. In this study, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements, combined with incubation under physiological conditions, and separation of prote...
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PMID: 19707803
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Thermal treatment of indenyl-functionalized imidazolium salts and N-heterocyclic carbenes with Ru3(CO)12 gave different products. The normal mononuclear metal complexes (2a, 2b) were obtained via direct reaction of indenyl-functionalized imidazolium salts (1a, 1b) with Ru3(CO)12. Unexpected intramol...
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PMID: 20449167
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Asymmetric reductive amination of beta-keto amides catalyzed by the chiral catalyst Ru(OAc)(2)((R)-dm-segphos) produces unprotected beta-amino amides with high yields and high enantioselectivities (94.7-99.5% ee). This "one-pot" methodology is general in substrate scope and has been successfully emp...
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PMID: 19637921
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Ruthenium(II) complexes having pterins of redox-active heteroaromatic coenzymes as ligands were demonstrated to perform multistep proton transfer (PT), electron transfer (ET), and proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) processes. Thermodynamic parameters including pK(a) and bond dissociation energy...
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PMID: 19722655
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Five ruthenium(II) complexes, [Ru(II)(tpy)(dppz)(py-R)](2+) (tpy = 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine; dppz = dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine; py-R = 4-substituted pyridine; R = N(CH(3))(2), NH(2), OCH(3), H, NO(2)), were synthesized; and the substituent effects on the photophysical property, electrochemical...
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PMID: 19601613
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Cultured hippocampal neurons expressing mitochondrially-targeted enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (mito-eYFP) were used to quantitatively examine mitochondrial remodelling in response to excitotoxic glutamate. Mitochondrial morphology was evaluated using laser spinning-disk confocal microscopy fo...
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PMID: 19409612
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Our observations illustrate that a structural change from a ferrocene unit to a carboxyl group could lead to high selectivity toward cancer cells and facilitate the efficient inhibition of the proliferation of target cells, indicating that the tuning of the overall properties of the ruthenium(II) ar...
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PMID: 19220049
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I and pharmacokinetic study was carried out with the new ruthenium complex indazolium trans-[tetrachlorobis(1H-indazole)ruthenate(III)] (KP1019, FFC14A). Seven patients with various types of solid tumours refractory to standard therapy were treated with escalating doses of KP1019 (25-600 mg) twice w...
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PMID: 19209025
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Chandima S K Rajapakse,
Alberto Martínez,
Becky Naoulou,
Andrzej A Jarzecki,
Liliana Suárez,
Christiane Deregnaucourt,
Véronique Sinou,
Joseph Schrével,
Elgilda Musi,
Grazia Ambrosini,
Gary K Schwartz and
Roberto A Sánchez-Delgado
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The new Ru(II) chloroquine complexes [Ru(eta(6)-arene)(CQ)Cl2] (CQ = chloroquine; arene = p-cymene 1, benzene 2), [Ru(eta(6)-p-cymene)(CQ)(H2O)2][BF4]2 (3), [Ru(eta(6)-p-cymene)(CQ)(en)][PF6]2 (en = ethylenediamine) (4), and [Ru(eta(6)-p-cymene)(eta(6)-CQDP)][BF4]2 (5, CQDP = chloroquine diphosphate...
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PMID: 19119867
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Magnetic attraction not filtration: A magnetic nanoparticle-supported ruthenium hydroxide catalyst (see figure) was readily prepared from inexpensive starting materials and shown to catalyze the hydration of nitriles with excellent yield in a benign aqueous medium. Catalyst recovery using an externa...
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PMID: 19123223
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Applied as single drugs, Ru(tfac)3 showed high cytotoxic activity against HeLa and Femx cell lines, while Ru(acac)3 did not reach the IC50 on any of the cell lines tested. In combinations, Ru(acac)3 with cisplatin gained synergistic interaction, antagonistic with oxaliplatin, and of different kind w...
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PMID: 19650178
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Our system not only solves the basic problem of ruthenium catalyst reuse, but also avoids the use of volatile acetonitrile as solvent....
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PMID: 19783941
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A pyrene-modified beta-cyclodextrin (pyrenecyclodextrin)-decorated single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) field-effect transistor (FET) device was fabricated, which can serve as a tunable photosensor to sense a fluorescent adamantyl-modified Ru complex (ADA-Ru). When the light is on (I = 40 W m(-2) an...
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PMID: 19007219
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A series of ruthenium(II)-arene (RAPTA) compounds were evaluated for their ability to inhibit thioredoxin reductase (either cytosolic or mitochondrial) and cathepsin B, two possible targets for anticancer metallodrugs. In general, inhibition of the thioredoxin reductases was lower than that of cathe...
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PMID: 18834187
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We have previously demonstrated that oxidative stress with hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) evokes a Ca(2+) overload response and inhibition of plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase (PMCA) in rat pancreatic acinar cells (Bruce JI and Elliott AC. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 293: C938-C950, 2007). The aim of the pr...
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PMID: 18787078
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Electrochemical treatment of oleate using RuO2 and IrO2 type dimensionally stable anodes in alkaline medium was performed to develop a feasible anaerobic pre-treatment of fatty effluents. The results showed that the pre-treated solutions over RuO2 were faster degraded by anaerobic consortium than th...
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PMID: 18448332
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When associated with a noncoordinating bulky counteranion, a cationic Cp*Rh(III)-diamine catalyst displayed excellent enantioselectivities in asymmetric hydrogenation of cyclic imines, affording bioactive tetrahydroisoquinolines and tetrahydro-beta-carbolines frequently with 99% ee's.
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PMID: 18783215
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Self-oscillation for the microgel particles ( approximately 200 nm in diameter) was studied by changing initial substrate concentrations (i.e., malonic acid, sodium bromate, and nitric acid) of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction that is used for chemical energy for the self-oscillation. The cros...
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PMID: 18785705
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We have investigated a prototypical shaft including two octahedral ruthenium complexes linked by a conjugated C(14) carbon chain, where the shuttling motion can be triggered by changing the electronic environment of the active complexes with ligand exchange reactions. The computational results also...
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PMID: 18604570
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Interaction of Delta,Delta- and Lambda,Lambda-bis-Ru(II) complexes with native DNA was investigated by isotropic absorption and polarized spectroscopy including circular and linear dichroism (CD and LD). Despite the steric hindrance originating from its four bulky phenanthroline ligands at both ends...
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PMID: 18662830
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The heteroleptic complexes, [(MePhtpy)RuCl(dpp)](PF(6)) and [(tpy)RuCl(dpp)](PF(6)), have been synthesized, characterized, and investigated with respect to their photophysical, redox, and DNA photocleavage properties (where MePhtpy=4'-(4-methylphenyl)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine and dpp=2,3-bis(2-pyridy...
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PMID: 18674819
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The reaction of RuCl(3)(NO).H(2)O with 4-methylpyrimidine (MePYM) and ethylisonicotinate (EINT), in absolute ethanol at 40-55 degrees C afforded crystalline trans-[RuCl(3)(NO)L(2)] complexes. Structural studies via X-ray diffraction, and spectroscopic methods (NMR, IR, UV-visible (UV-Vis)) revealed...
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PMID: 18684509
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The reactions of [RuHCl(CO)(B)(EPh3)2] (B=EPh3 or pyridine; E=P or As) and 2'-hydroxychalcones in 1:2 ratio led to the formation of [Ru(CO)(B)(L)2] (B=PPh3, AsPh3 or Py; L=2'-hydroxychalcones). The new complexes have been characterized by analytical and spectral (IR, electronic and 1H NMR) data. The...
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PMID: 18068426
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Some new organometallics of ruthenium(II) of the type [RuCl2(COD)(CO)L] (1a-f) and [RuCl2(COD)L2] (2a-f) (where L is substituted tertiary phosphines), have been synthesized by using precursors [RuCl2(COD)(CO)(CH3CN)] (1) and [RuCl2(COD)(CH3CN)2] (2) with the substituted tertiary phosphine ligands in...
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PMID: 18160337
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Vesicular glutamate release from astrocytes depends on mobilization of free Ca(2+) from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and extracellular space to elevate cytosolic Ca(2+) (Ca(2+)(cyt)). Although mitochondria in neurons, and other secretory cells, have been shown to sequester free Ca(2+) and have be...
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PMID: 18815254
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The ruthenium tetroxide (RuO(4)) oxidation of cyclic ene-carbamates resulted in the endo-cyclic carbon-carbon double bond cleavage to afford the corresponding omega-(N-formylamino)carboxylic acids in good yields. Substituted cyclic ene-carbamates derived from (3R)-3-hydroxypiperidine hydrochloride w...
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PMID: 18758107
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New Ru-sulfonate catalysts have been synthesized and shown to very rapidly allylate indole and pyrrole compounds using allyl alcohols as substrates. The observed regioselectivity is exceptionally high (up to 100% of the branched isomer). Density functional theory calculations explain these results....
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PMID: 18681436
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Highly enantioselective catalytic intramolecular ortho-alkylation of aromatic imines containing alkenyl groups tethered at the meta position relative to the imine directing group has been achieved using [RhCl(coe)2]2 and chiral phosphoramidite ligands. Cyclization of substrates containing 1,1- and 1...
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PMID: 18681407
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The synthesis, fluorescence properties and NO photolability of [(Me(2)bpb)Ru(NO)(Ds-im)]BF(4), a {Ru-NO}(6) nitrosyl-fluorophore conjugate, have been investigated and its potential as a trackable NO donor has been evaluated.
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PMID: 18726039
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The synthesis of binuclear organometallic ruthenium complexes of an expanded porphyrin-type macrocycle is reported; pyrrolic hydrogen bonding donors were found to interact with ancillary ligands in the primary coordination sphere and to stabilize coordinated dioxygen in an eta(2)-fashion.
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PMID: 18685763
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We show here that the presence of both an iodido ligand and a sigma-donor/pi-acceptor phenylazopyridine ligand confers remarkable inertness toward ligand substitution on the half-sandwich "piano-stool" ruthenium arene complexes [(eta(6)-arene)Ru(azpy)I](+) (where arene = p-cymene or biphenyl, and az...
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PMID: 18687892
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The thermodynamics of the binding of a series of structurally related Ru(II) antitumor complexes, that is, alpha-[Ru(azpy)2Cl2] 1, beta-[Ru(azpy)2Cl2] 2, alpha-[Ru(azpy)(bpy)Cl2] 3, and cis-[Ru(bpy)2Cl2] 4 to DNA purine bases (gunine, adenine at N7 site) has been studied by using the DFT method. The...
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PMID: 18630950
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A novel method for the determination of metoclopramide (MCP) using electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) is presented. A tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)dichlororuthenium(II) (Ru(bpy)3(2+))-doped silica (RuDS) nanoparticle/perfluoinated ion-exchange resin (Nafion) with nanocomposite membrane modified glassy...
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PMID: 18434068
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We investigated the source of Ca(res) and its contribution to posttetanic potentiation (PTP). After TS (100 Hz for 4 s), posttetanic Ca(res) at the calyx of Held was largely abolished by tetraphenylphosphonium (TPP(+)) or Ru360, which inhibit mitochondrial Na(+)-dependent Ca(2+) efflux and Ca(2+) un...
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PMID: 18685020
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The synthetic, spectroscopic, structural, and biological studies of a bis(arylimino)pyridine Ru(III) chloride compound containing the ligand, 2,6-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyliminomethyl)pyridine are reported. The bis(arylimino)pyridine ligand, with three donor nitrogen atoms, was synthesized by condens...
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PMID: 18593112
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A sequential injection analysis procedure with dual-reagent chemiluminescence detection was applied to the screening of street drug seizure samples for the presence of heroin. The chemiluminescence reagents (acidic potassium permanganate and tris(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(III)) were aspirated from e...
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PMID: 18585338
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[RuIII(edta)(OH2/OH)]1-/2- (edta = ethylenediaminetetraacetate) inhibits protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) at physiological pH values in a mechanism that involves binding of the Cys residue of the catalytic domain of the enzyme and similar interactions may be important in the anti-cancer properties...
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PMID: 18566706
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By using a self-made carbon/polytetrafluoroethylene (C/PTFE) O2-fed as the cathode and Ti/IrO2/RuO2 as the anode, the degradation of three organic compounds (phenol, 4-chlorophenol, and 2,4-dichlorophenol) was investigated in the diaphragm (with terylene as diaphragm material) electrolysis device by...
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PMID: 17996367
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Carbonylruthenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin Ru(TPFPP)(CO) was utilized for the aerobic oxidation of alcohols. The in situ activation of the catalyst with mCPBA provided a species capable of catalyzing the oxidation of alcohols with molecular oxygen. The choice of solvent and additive was...
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PMID: 18480911
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Varying the counter-ion is a highly supportive practice in tackling the problem of poor water-solubility of metal complexes of pharmaceutical importance. As a matter of fact, the relevant structural modification may alter the metabolic pathways and possibly the mode of action of a drug. To prove tha...
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PMID: 18433763
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An immunoliposome (80 nm in diameter) encapsulating a Ru complex with two aminobutyl moieties was prepared to detect the presence of hemagglutinin molecules, which play an important role in influenza virus infection. The highly sensitive detection was accomplished by electrochemiluminescence (ECL) f...
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PMID: 18447321
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The character and dynamics of the low-lying excited states of [Ru(X)(X')(CO)2(iPr-dab)] (X=X'=Cl or I; X=Me, X'=I; X=SnPh3, X'=Cl; iPr-dab=N, N'-diisopropyl-1,4-diazabutadiene) were studied experimentally by pico- and nanosecond time-resolved IR spectroscopy (TRIR) and (for X=X'=Cl or I) computation...
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PMID: 18416548
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New fullerene-ferrocene arrays, [Ru(C(60)Me(5))(C(4)H(6)Fc)(CO)(2)] (Fc=ferrocenyl) and [Ru(C(60)Me(5))(CCFc)(CO)(2)], in which the ruthenium complex functions as a conjugative bridge, were synthesized by the reaction of [Ru(C(60)Me(5))Cl(CO)(2)] with FcC(6)H(4)MgBr and FcCCLi, respectively. These c...
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PMID: 18401864
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The development of metal-based chemotherapeutics lacks methods which are capable of providing early indication on the potential of new metal complexes as future anticancer drugs. Since most of these compounds are administered intravenously, serum proteins are the first available biological binding p...
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PMID: 18512673
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The possibility to use the photoluminescence of Ru(II) tris(4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenathroline) dichloride, immobilized in sol-gel produced SiO2-based matrix for the determination of dissolved oxygen concentration in beer is studied. Organically-modified silane (octyltriethoxysilane) and mixtures from...
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PMID: 17976732
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The reduction of prochiral ketones catalyzed by Ru(diphosphine)(diamine) complexes has been studied at the DFT-PBE level of theory. Calculations have been conducted on real size systems [trans-Ru(H)2(S, S-dpen)(S-xylbinap) + acetophenone], [trans-Ru(H)2(S, S-dpen)(S-tolbinap) + acetophenone] and [tr...
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PMID: 18318476
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