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Combining zinc nitrate with 3and/or 4aminocinnamic acid (3-ACA and 4-ACA, respectively) leads to the formation of the 0D complex [Zn(4-AC)2(H2O)2], the 1D coordination polymer [Zn(3-AC)(4-AC)], and the 2D and 3D MOFs [Zn(3AC)2]'2H2O and [Zn(4-AC)2]*H2O, respectively. These compounds result from the deprotonation of the acid molecules, with the resulting 3and 4aminocinnamate anions serving as bidentate terminal or bridging ligands. All solids were fully characterized via single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction and thermal techniques. Given the mild antimicrobial properties of cinnamic acid derivatives and the antibacterial nature of the metal cation, these compounds were assessed and demonstrated very good planktonic cell killing as well as inhibition of biofilm growth against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bismuth(III) complexes have been reported to act as inhibitors of the enzyme urease, ubiquitously present in soils and implicated in the pathogenesis of several microorganisms. The general insolubility of Bi(III) complexes in water at neutral pH, however, is an obstacle to their utilization. In our quest to improve the solubility of Bi(III) complexes, we selected a compound reported to inhibit urease, namely [Bi(HEDTA)]·2H2O, and co-crystallized it with (i) racemic DL -histidine to obtain the conglomerate [Bi2(HEDTA)2(μ- D -His)2]·6H2O + [Bi2(HEDTA)2(μ- L -His)2]·6H2O, (ii) enantiopure L -histidine to yield [Bi2(HEDTA)2(μ- L -His)2]·6H2O, and (iii) cytosine to obtain [Bi(HEDTA)]·Cyt·2H2O. All compounds, synthesised by mechanochemical methods and by slurry, were characterized in the solid state by calorimetric (DSC and TGA) and spectroscopic (IR) methods, and their structures were determined using powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data. All compounds show an appreciable solubility in water, with values ranging from 6.8 mg mL−1 for the starting compound [Bi(HEDTA)]·2H2O to 36 mg mL−1 for [Bi2(HEDTA)2(μ- L -His)2]·6H2O. The three synthesized compounds as well as [Bi(HEDTA)]·2H2O were then tested for inhibition activity against urease. Surprisingly, no enzymatic inhibition was observed during in vitro assays using Canavalia ensiformis urease and in vivo assays using cultures of Helicobacter pylori, raising questions on the efficacy of Bi(III) compounds to counteract the negative effects of urease activity in the agro-environment and in human health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The reactions of the cluster compounds [HIr4(CO)10-n(PPh3 )n(mu-PPh2)] [n = 0, (1); 1, (2) and 2, (3)] with I2 have been investigated. Compound 1 does not react, however, the presence of PPh3 in place of CO ligand(s) activates the cluster. Both compounds 2 and 3 react with I2 under mild conditions to give [HIr4(mu-I)2(CO)7(PPh3)(mu-PPh 2)] (4), as the result of oxidative addition of I2 and dissociation of two CO ligands, or one CO and one PPh3 ligands, respectively. The molecular structure of 4, determined by an X-ray diffraction study, exhibits a butterfly arrangement of iridium atoms with the wings spanned by a mu-PPh2 ligand, the hinge bridged by a mu-H ligand, two hinge to wing tip edges bridged by iodine atoms and all metal atoms bearing two CO ligands, with the exception of one of the hinge atoms that contains a CO and a PPh3 ligands. This cluster exhibits the shortest average Irfraction three-quartersIr bond length [2.698(2) Å] observed so far for a derivative of 1 and this is in accord with the relatively high average oxidation state of its metal atoms (+1) for a carbonyl cluster compound.

Deprotonation of [(mu-H)Ir4(CO)10(mu-PPh2)], 1, gives [Ir4(CO)10(mu-PPh2)]- that reacts with Ph2PCCPh and CH3I to afford [Ir4(CO)8(CH3)(mu4-eta³-Ph2PCCPh)(mu-PPh2)], 2 (34%), besides [Ir4(CO)9(mu3-eta³-Ph2PC(H)CPh)(mu-PPh2)] and [(mu-H)Ir4(CO)9(Ph2PCºCPh)(mu-PPh2)]. Compound 2 was characterised by a single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and exhibits a flat butterfly of metal atoms, with the Ph2PCCPh ligand interacting with all four Ir atoms and the methyl group bonded terminally to a wingtip Ir atom. Carbonylation of 2 yields initially (25 °C, 20 min) a CO addition product that, according to VT 31P{¹H} and 13C{¹H} studies, exists in solution in the form of two isomers 4A and 4B (8:1), and then (40 °C, 7 h), the CO insertion product [Ir4(CO)8{C(O)CH3}(mu4-eta³-Ph2PCCPh)(mu-PPh2)], 5. The molecular structure of 5, established by an X-ray analysis, is similar to that of 2, except for the acyl group that remains bound to the same Ir atom. The process is reversible at both stages. Treatment of 2 with PPh3 and P(OMe)3 affords the CO substitution products [Ir4(CO)7L(CH3)(mu4-eta³-Ph2PCCPh)(mu-PPh2)] (L = PPh3, 6 and P(OMe)3, 7), instead of the expected CO inserted products. According to the ¹H and 31P{¹H} NMR studies, the PPh3 derivative 6 exists in the form of two isomers (1:1) that differ with respect to the position of this ligand.