Water-soluble superbulky (η⁶-p-cymene) ruthenium(ii) amine: an active catalyst in the oxidative homocoupling of arylboronic acids and the hydration of organonitriles

Abstract

Water-soluble superbulky (η6-p-cymene) ruthenium(ii) amine complex mediated oxidative homocoupling of arylboronic acids and the hydration of organonitriles are reported.

Recognition and mechanistic investigation of anion sensing by ruthenium(ii) arene complexes and bio-imaging application

“…Thus, this ruthenium( ii )–arene scaffold provides an interesting template for the development of various compounds, with diversities in stability, lipophilicity, solubility and accessibility to modulate synthetic routes. 10–12…”

“…Thus, this ruthenium(II)-arene scaffold pro-vides an interesting template for the development of various compounds, with diversities in stability, lipophilicity, solubility and accessibility to modulate synthetic routes. [10][11][12] Herein, the advantages of substituted amino acid ligands which are reported to be fluorescent in nature have been combined with ruthenium(II)-arene scaffolds to determine their activity and effect on anion sensing and bio-imaging studies. 4 In our continuous effort to develop ruthenium based anticancer compounds, [13][14][15] in this work, substituted amino acid ligands [HL1-HL4; HL1 = (2-cyanophenyl) glycine, HL2 = (5-chloro-2-cyanophenyl) glycine, HL3 = (4-chloro-2-cyanophenyl)glycine, and HL4 = (2-cyano-3-fluorophenyl)glycine] have been used to form ruthenium-arene complexes.…”