4,5-Diphen­oxy­benzene-1,2-dicarbo­nitrile

In the title compound, C20H12N2O2, the phenyl and benzene rings are mutually perpendicular, with the dihedral angle between the phenyl rings being 87.92 (16)° and those formed between the phenyl rings and the benzene rings being 73.68 (15) and 84.65 (15)°. Helical supra­molecular chains along [010], mediated by C—H⋯N inter­actions, are found in the crystal structure

Heterocyclic dithiocarbazate iron chelators: Fe coordination chemistry and biological activity

The iron coordination and biological chemistry of a series of heterocyclic dithiocarbazate Schiff base ligands is reported with regard to their activity as Fe chelators for the treatment of Fe overload and also cancer. The ligands are analogous to tridentate heterocyclic hydrazone and thiosemicarbazone chelators we have studied previously which bear NNO and NNS donor sets. The dithiocarbazate Schiff base ligands in this work also are NNS chelators and form stable low spin ferric and ferrous complexes and both have been isolated. In addition an unusual hydroxylated ligand derivative has been identified via an Fe-induced oxidation reaction. X-ray crystallographic and spectroscopic characterisation of these complexes has been carried out and also the electrochemical properties have been investigated. All Fe complexes exhibit totally reversible Fe couples in mixed aqueous solvents at potentials higher than found in analogous thiosemicarbazone Fe complexes. The ability of the dithiocarbazate Schiff base ligands to mobilise Fe from cells and also to prevent Fe uptake from transferrin was examined and all ligands were effective in chelating intracellular Fe relative to known controls such as the clinically important Fe chelator desferrioxamine. The Schiff base ligands derived from 2-pyridinecarbaldehyde were non-toxic to SK-N-MC neuroepithelioma (cancer) cells but those derived from the ketones 2-acetylpyridine and di-2-pyridyl ketone exhibited significant antiproliferative activity

(1E,2E)-1,2-Bis(2,3,4-trimeth­oxy­benzyl­idene)hydrazine

The title compound, C20H24N2O6, was obtained as an unexpected product by the reaction of hydrazinium dithio­carbazate with 2,3,4-trimeth­oxy­benzaldehyde in refluxing ethanol. The mol­ecule lies on a center of inversion. The crystal packing is stabilized by weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O inter­actions

Biological activity of palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes of the acetone Schiff bases of S-methyl- and S-benzyldithiocarbazate and the X-ray crystal structure of the [Pd(asme)2] (asme=anionic form of the acetone Schiff base of S-methyldithiocarbazate) complex

Palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes of general empirical formula, [M(NS)2] (NS=uninegatively charged acetone Schiff bases of S-methyl- and S-benzyldithiocarbazate; M=PtII and PdII) have been prepared and characterized by a variety of physicochemical techniques. Based on conductance, IR and electronic spectral evidence, a square-planar structure is assigned to these complexes. The crystal and molecular structure of the [Pd(asme)2] complex (asme=anionic form of the acetone Schiff base of S-methyldithiocarbazate) has been determined by X-ray diffraction. The complex has a distorted cis-square planar structure with the ligands coordinated to the palladium(II) ions as uninegatively charged bidentate NS chelating agents via the azomethine nitrogen and the mercaptide sulfur atoms. The distortion from a regular square-planar geometry is attributed to the restricted bite angles of the ligands. Antimicrobial tests indicate that the Schiff bases exhibit strong activities against the pathogenic bacteria, Bacillus subtilis (mutant defective DNA repair), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, B. subtilis (wild type) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the fungi, Candida albicans (CA), Candida lypotica (2075), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (20341) and Aspergillus ochraceous (398)—the activities exhibited by these compounds being greater than that of the standard antibacterial and antifungal drugs, streptomycin and nystatin, respectively. The palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes are inactive against most of these organisms but, the microbe, Pseudomonas aeruginosa shows strong sensitivity to the platinum(II) complexes. Screening of the compounds for their cytotoxicities against T-lymphoblastic leukemia cancer cells has shown that the acetone Schiff base of S-methyldithiocarbazate (Hasme) exhibits a very weak activity, whereas the S-benzyl derivative (Hasbz) is inactive. However, the palladium(II) complexes exhibit strong cytotoxicities against this cancer; their activities being more than that of the standard anticancer drug, tamoxifen. The [Pt(asme)2] complex exhibits a very weak cytotoxicity, whereas [Pt(asbz)2] is inactive against leukemic cells

Mixed-ligand ternary complexes of potentially pentadentate but functionally tridentate Schiff base chelates

The potentially pentadentate chelate 2,6-diacetylpyridine-bis(N-methyl-S- methyldithiocarbazate) (Nmedapsme) has been synthesized and structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction. Its reactions with nickel(II) salts did not lead to pentadentate coordinated ligand complexes but ternary complexes of general formula, [Ni(Nmedapsme)(nmesme)L]X·HO (L = Br , I; X = I, BF) where Nmedapsme binds as a tridentate and nmesme = N-methyl-S- methyldithiocarbazate. The related ternary nickel(II) complexes of formula, Ni(Nmedapsme)(nmetsc)Br has also been prepared and characterized. X-ray crystal structures of [Ni(Nmedapsme)(nmesme)I]I·HO and [Ni(Nmedapsme)(nmesme)Br]BF·HO revealed that, in these complexes, the Nmedapsme ligand acts as a tridentate NNN donor while the distal S-donors are not coordinated. The bidentate (NS) ligand, nmesme coordinates to the nickel(II) ion via the amino nitrogen and the thione sulfur atoms, the sixth coordination site is occupied by an anion. In both complexes, the nickel(II) ion adopts a distorted octahedral configuration. The complex [Cu(nmesme)(ONO)]NO was obtained from an unsuccessful attempt to complex copper(II) with Nmedapsme. Hydrolysis of the parent Schiff base Nmedapsme occurred during complexation. An X-ray crystallographic structure analysis shows that the complex, [Cu(nmesme) (ONO)]NO has an approximately square-pyramidal geometry with the two nmesme ligands coordinated to the copper(II) ion as NS bidentate chelating agents via the amino nitrogen and thione sulfur atoms and the fifth coordination position of copper(II) is occupied by a monodentate nitrate ligand

Template synthesis and X-ray structural characterization of nickel(II) and zinc(II) complexes of tetradentate SNNS ligands formed by condensation of phthalaldehyde with S-methyldithiocarbazate and N-4-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazide

The reaction of phthalaldehyde (1,2-benzenedialdehyde) with S-methyldithiocarbazate does not lead to the formation of the expected open-chain linear Schiff base, phthalaldehyde bis(S-methyldithiocarbazonate) but a cyclic diazine dithiocarbazate is obtained which has been characterized by spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction. However, if the reaction of phthalaldehyde with S-methyldithiocarbazate is carried out in the presence of nickel(II) and zinc(II) acetate salts, stable metal complexes of empirical formula, [M(phthalsme)] (M = Ni, Zn; phthalsme = doubly deprotonated form of the Schiff base, phthalaldehyde bis(S-methyldithiocarbazonate) are obtained. Likewise, the reaction of N-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazide with phthaladehyde in the presence of nickel(II) acetate also yields a crystalline nickel(II) complex, [Ni(phthaltsc)] (phthaltsc = doubly deprotonated form of the teradentate phthaladehyde bis(N-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazone) ligand. The complexes, [Ni(phthalsme)], [Ni(phthaltsc)] and [Zn(phthalsme)(DMF)] have been characterized by a variety of physico-chemical techniques and their structures have been determined by X-ray diffraction. In these complexes, the ligands are coordinated to the metal ion as dinegatively charged tetradentate chelating agents via the two thiolate sulfur atoms and the azomethine nitrogen atoms. The nickel complexes, [Ni(phthalsme)] and [Ni(phthaltsc)] exhibit a distorted square-planar geometry whereas the zinc complex, [Zn(phthalsme)(DMF)] is five-coordinate and square-pyramidal with the dianionic Schiff base occupying the basal plane of the square-pyramid and the oxygen atom of dimethylformamide in the apical coordination site