Dalton Transactions

Reduction of copper (II) complexes of tridentate ligands by nitric oxide and fluorescent detection of NO in methanol and water media

P Kumar, A Kalita, B Mondal

Index: Kumar, Pankaj; Kalita, Apurba; Mondal, Biplab Dalton Transactions, 2011 , vol. 40, # 34 p. 8656 - 8663

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Abstract

Two copper complexes, 1 and 2, with tridentate N-donor ligands, L1 and L2 [L1=(1-methyl- 1H-imidazol-2-ylmethyl)-(2-pyridin-2-yl-ethyl) amine, L2=(2-pyridin-2-yl-ethyl)-pyridin-2 yl- methylamine] respectively, have been synthesized and characterized. On exposure to nitric oxide, the copper (II) centers in complexes 1 and 2 were found to undergo reduction in various solvents. In acetonitrile solvent the reduction was accompanied by a simultaneous ...