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Six new diorganotin (IV) complexes, [Ph2Sn(Pr-ACDA)2] 1, [Bu2Sn(Pr-ACDA)2] 2, [Ph2Sn(Bz-ACDA)2] 3, [Bu2Sn(Bz-ACDA)2] 4, [Me2Sn(Bz-ACDA)2] 5, [t-Bu2Sn(Bz-ACDA)2] 6 are reported (where ACDA is the 2-amino-1-cyclopentene-1-carbodithioic anion). The diorganotin complexes were prepared from reactions between sodium N-propyl and N-benzyl-2-amino-1-cyclopentene-1-carbodithioate with R2SnCl2 (R=Ph, Bu, Me, tBu) in a 2:1 ratio. All complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, IR, multinuclear NMR (1H, 13C, and 119Sn), FAB+ mass spectrometry and in the case of 2, 3 and 5 by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Both solution and solid state studies show that dithioacid ligands are coordinated to tin in an aniso-bidentate manner. In all complexes coordination takes place only through the carbodithioate moieties. 119Sn NMR data indicate pentacoordination of tin in solution. The tin coordination geometry, in all three structures is a highly distorted octahedral geometry, where tin is bonded to the four sulfur atoms of the two aniso-bidentate carbodithioate ligands in the equatorial plane and the organic substituents on tin atom in trans-positions. In addition, the crystal structures show the presence of N-H…S hydrogen bonding contacts.

The possibility of using less expensive and nontoxic metals, such as copper, as substitutes for more expensive heavy metals in the synthesis of new transition-metal complexes to be used as sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) has stimulated research in this field. The novel photoluminescent copper(I) complex bis(triphenylphosphane-κP)[trans-(±)-2,4,5-tris(pyridin-2-yl)-2-imidazoline-κ2 N 2,N 3]copper(I) hexafluorophosphate, [CuI(C18H15N5)(C18H15P)2]PF6, has been successfully synthesized and characterized by IR and 1H NMR spectroscopy, as well as by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric analysis. The complex showed interesting photophysical properties, which were studied experimentally in solution and in the solid state by UV–Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations with dichloromethane as solvent reproduced reasonably well the HOMO and LUMO orbitals of the title compound.

An efficient synthesis of enantiomerically-pure β-aryl-γ-lactams is described. The principal feature of this synthesis is the practical resolution of β-aryl-γ-lactams with (S)-Naproxen. The procedure is based on the Michael addition of nitromethane to benzylidenemalonates, which was easily obtained, followed by the reduction of the γ-nitroester in the presence of Raney nickel and the subsequent saponification/decarboxylation reaction. The utility of this methodology was highlighted by the preparation of enantiomerically-pure (R)- and (S)-Baclofen hydrochloride.

In the title compound, C14H10N2O2, the phtalimide and 2-pyridylmethyl units are almost perpendicular, with an interplanar angle of 85.74 (2)°. In the crystal, molecules are linked by weak C—H...O interactions, forming chains running along the b axis. The packing is further stabilized by offset π–π interactions between adjacent pyridine rings, with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.855 (2) Å.