Supplementary data for article: Nikolić, S.; Ćirić, I.; Roller, A.; Lukeš, V.; Arion, V. B.; Grgurić-Šipka, S. Conversion of Hydrazides into: N, N ′-Diacylhydrazines in the Presence of a Ruthenium(II)-Arene Complex. New Journal of Chemistry 2017, 41 (14), 6857–6865. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nj00965h

Supplementary material for: [https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nj00965h]Related to published version: [http://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2485]Related to accepted version: [http://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3124

Supplementary data for article: Nikolić, S.; Ćirić, I.; Roller, A.; Lukeš, V.; Arion, V. B.; Grgurić-Šipka, S. Conversion of Hydrazides into: N, N ′-Diacylhydrazines in the Presence of a Ruthenium(II)-Arene Complex. New Journal of Chemistry 2017, 41 (14), 6857–6865. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nj00965h

Supplementary material for: [https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nj00965h]Related to published version: [http://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2485]Related to accepted version: [http://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3124

Derivatives in Advanced Oxidation Processes: Experimental and Kinetic DFT Stud

Coumarins represent a broad class of compounds with pronounced pharmacological properties and therapeutic potential. The pursuit of the commercialization of these compounds requires the establishment of controlled and highly efficient degradation processes, such as advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). Application of this methodology necessitates a comprehensive understanding of the degradation mechanisms of these compounds. For this reason, possible reaction routes between HO• and recently synthesized aminophenol 4,7-dihydroxycoumarin derivatives, as model systems, were examined using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and a quantum mechanical approach (a QM-ORSA methodology) based on density functional theory (DFT). The EPR results indicated that all compounds had significantly reduced amounts of HO• radicals present in the reaction system under physiological conditions. The kinetic DFT study showed that all investigated compounds reacted with HO• via HAT/PCET and SPLET mechanisms. The estimated overall rate constants (koverall) correlated with the EPR results satisfactorily. Unlike HO• radicals, the newly formed radicals did not show (or showed negligible) activity towards biomolecule models representing biological targets. Inactivation of the formed radical species through the synergistic action of O2/NOx or the subsequent reaction with HO• was thermodynamically favored. The ecotoxicity assessment of the starting compounds and oxidation products, formed in multistage reactions with O2/NOx and HO•, indicated that the formed products showed lower acute and chronic toxicity effects on aquatic organisms than the starting compounds, which is a prerequisite for the application of AOPs procedures in the degradation of compounds

TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

Plant traits - the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants - determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem properties and their benefits and detriments to people. Plant trait data thus represent the basis for a vast area of research spanning from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology, to biodiversity conservation, ecosystem and landscape management, restoration, biogeography and earth system modelling. Since its foundation in 2007, the TRY database of plant traits has grown continuously. It now provides unprecedented data coverage under an open access data policy and is the main plant trait database used by the research community worldwide. Increasingly, the TRY database also supports new frontiers of trait‐based plant research, including the identification of data gaps and the subsequent mobilization or measurement of new data. To support this development, in this article we evaluate the extent of the trait data compiled in TRY and analyse emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness. Best species coverage is achieved for categorical traits - almost complete coverage for ‘plant growth form’. However, most traits relevant for ecology and vegetation modelling are characterized by continuous intraspecific variation and trait–environmental relationships. These traits have to be measured on individual plants in their respective environment. Despite unprecedented data coverage, we observe a humbling lack of completeness and representativeness of these continuous traits in many aspects. We, therefore, conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements. This can only be achieved in collaboration with other initiatives

Genetic tool development in marine protists: emerging model organisms for experimental cell biology

Abstract: Diverse microbial ecosystems underpin life in the sea. Among these microbes are many unicellular eukaryotes that span the diversity of the eukaryotic tree of life. However, genetic tractability has been limited to a few species, which do not represent eukaryotic diversity or environmentally relevant taxa. Here, we report on the development of genetic tools in a range of protists primarily from marine environments. We present evidence for foreign DNA delivery and expression in 13 species never before transformed and for advancement of tools for eight other species, as well as potential reasons for why transformation of yet another 17 species tested was not achieved. Our resource in genetic manipulation will provide insights into the ancestral eukaryotic lifeforms, general eukaryote cell biology, protein diversification and the evolution of cellular pathways

Conversion of hydrazides into N,N '-diacylhydrazines in the presence of a ruthenium(II)-arene complex

Mono and dinuclear p-cymene-ruthenium(II) complexes [RuCl(L-1)(eta(6)-p-cymene)]Cl, where L-1 is propionic acid hydrazide (1) and [Ru2Cl2(L-2)(eta(6)-p-cymene)2], where H2L2 is N-1,N-2-dipropionylhydrazine (2), were prepared by a reaction of [RuCl2(eta(6)-p-cymene)](2) with the corresponding ligand precursor. Upon the reaction of [RuCl2(eta(6)-p-cymene)](2) with butyric acid hydrazide and pentanoic acid hydrazide in a 1:1 molar ratio in situ formation of tetradentate bridging ligands, N-1,N-2-dibutanoylhydrazine and N1,N2-dipentanoylhydrazine, respectively, occurred and the dinuclear complexes [Ru2Cl2(L-3)(eta(6)-p-cymene)2] (3) and [Ru2Cl2(L-4)(eta(6)-p-cymene)(2)] (4) were isolated. The compounds were characterised by elemental analysis, ESI-mass spectrometry, IR and 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopies. The structures of all complexes were established using single crystal X-ray crystallography. According to these data in both the mono- and dinuclear complexes the ruthenium atoms adopt the usual three-leg piano-stool geometry which is common for this type of complexes. Combining DFT calculations with the characterisation of the final products using X-ray diffraction, a possible reaction mechanism was discussed.Peer-reviewed manuscript: [http://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3124]Supplementary material: [http://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3125