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Conventional C–H⋯π(aryl) and unconventional C–H⋯π(chelate) interactions are explored in detail.

The diglycidyl ether of bisphenol‐A (DGEBA) resin was modified with amine functional aniline acetaldehyde condensate (AFAAC) and cured with an ambient temperature curing agent triethylene tetramine. The resulting networks displayed significantly improved fracture toughness. The AFAAC was synthesized by the condensation reaction of aniline and acetaldehyde in the acid medium (pH 4) and characterized by FTIR and NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, viscosity measurements, and mole of primary and secondary amine analysis. The DGEBA and AFAAC were molecularly miscible but developed a two‐phase microstructure upon network formation. Epoxy/AFAAC compositions were systematically varied to study the effect of AFAAC concentration on the impact, adhesive, tensile, and flexural properties of modified networks. The dynamic mechanical analysis and scanning electron microscopy studies showed two phase morphology in the cured networks, where AFAAC particles were dispersed. The AFAAC modified epoxy network was thermally stable up to around 280°C. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 47:1695–1702, 2007. © 2007 Society of Plastics Engineers

Two new metal complexes namely [Zn2(LH)2(N3)4] (1) and [Cu(L)(N3)] (2) have been derived from a Schiff base ligand, (E)-2-(((2-(piperidine-2-yl)ethyl)imino)methyl)phenol (HL) employing azide as the secondary anionic residue. Single crystal structural...

In the present study, a dinuclear bis­(μ-acetate) dicopper­(II) complex [Cu2L2(μ1.1-CH3COO–)2] has been synthesized from a tridentate NNO Schiff Base ligand L (L = 2,4-dibromo-6-((3-(methylamino)­propylimino)­methyl)­phenol) and characterized by elemental, ultraviolet–visible (UV–vis), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), 1H NMR, and electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) spectroscopic studies. The single-crystal X-ray structure, different noncovalent interactions, Hirshfeld surface analysis, and density functional theory (DFT) studies of the dinuclear complex were determined by crystallographic computational studies. The structural study exposed that the complex consists of the penta-coordinated double μ1.1-acetato-bridged dinuclear units of Cu­(II), and it is a centrosymmetric dimer in which the center of inversion lies at the midpoint of two Cu­(II) ions. Hirshfeld surface and DFT studies pointed out the probable potentiality of the crystal in prospective binding with the protein. This was experimentally verified by carrying out the binding interaction studies against bovine serum albumin (BSA) protein using various spectroscopic methods. It was observed that the copper­(II) complex could strongly bind to BSA and could quench the intrinsic fluorescence of BSA. Further, the studied complex was appraised for cell viability studies against SiHa cancer cells. It is observed that cell viability increases with time, demonstrating the biocompatible nature of the complex.