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Urease catalyzes the decomposition of urea into ammonia, which has harmful effects on both human health and fertile soil. Aiming at exploring novel urease inhibitors, a series of hydrazone compounds and their CoIII, CuII, NiII, and ZnII complexes were prepared from 4-methoxy-N'-(pyridin-2-ylmethylene)benzohydrazide (HL). They are [CoClL(NCS)] (1), [CoL2]·Cl·CH3OH·H2O (2), [CuL(NCNCN)]n·nCH3OH (3), [NiL(HL)]·ClO4·CH3OH (4) and [ZnClL(OH2)]·CH3OH (5). The compounds were characterized by physico-chemical methods. Structures of the complexes were further confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The metal ions in 1, 3, and 5 display square pyramidal coordination and 2 and 4 display octahedral coordination. The inhibitory effects of the compounds on Jack bean urease were evaluated. The results showed that 3 has effective urease inhibitory activity, with IC50 value of (7.3 ± 1.0) μmol L−1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Two Schiff-base copper(II) complexes, bis(N-n-butyl-5-chlorosalicylaldiminato) copper(II) (1) and bis(N-n-butyl-4-methoxysalicylaldiminato) copper(II) (2), were synthesized and their solid-state structures were determined by X-ray crystallography. Complex 1 displays a distorted square-planar geometry, while 2 possesses square-planar geometry. Copper(II) complexes 1 and 2 showed strong inhibitory activity against jack bean urease (IC50 = 2.7, 3.5 µmol L−1), compared with acetohydroxamic acid (IC50 = 63.00 µmol L−1). A molecular modeling study was carried out via the DOCK program to gain understanding of the potent inhibitory activity of these copper species against jack bean urease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The complex salt [Cu3(TFSSB)2(bpy)4][Cu(TFSSB)2] · 2H2O (TFSSB = the Schiff base formed by 5-formylsalicylaldehyde and taurine, bpy = 2,2′-bipyridyl) was synthesized by reaction of Cu(CH3COO)2 · 2H2O, TFSSB and 2,2′-bipy in aqueous methanol (1 : 1, v/v). The complex is triclinic, space group P, with a = 11.2433(5), b = 13.6717(2), c = 14.4022(11) Å, α = 83.588(10), β = 87.919(12), γ = 69.059(9)°, V = 2054.66(18) Å3, Z = 1. The asymmetric unit is comprised of a trinuclear coordinaton cation together with a mononuclear coordination anion and two water molecules, all of which are linked by hydrogen bonding and π–π interactions into a three-dimensional framework. The sulfonate group of the TFSSB ligand coordinates to copper(II) in the cation but not in the anion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]