Two new binuclear O-bridged copper(II) carboxylates with chemical formulas [Cu 2 (3-ClC 6 H 4 CH 2 COO) 4 (phen) 2 ] (1) and [Cu 2 (3-ClC 6 H 4 CH 2 COO) 4 (bipy) 2 ] (2) where phen = 1,10-phenanthroline and bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine have been synthesized and characterized by FT-IR, UV-Visible spectroscopy, CHN analysis and single crystal XRD. The results revealed distorted square pyramidal geometry around each copper atom of 1 and 2. The DNA interaction studies showed strong binding with K b = 5.07 × 10 3 and 4.62 × 10 3 M -1 for 1 and 2, respectively. Both complexes showed strong enzyme inhibition, i.e., 70% and 90% for α-glucosidase with IC 50 = 34.6 and 30.1 μM for 1 and 2, respectively, where acarbose was employed as control. However, both the complexes were found inactive against α-amylase. Using galantamine hydrobromide as control, 1 showed moderate inhibition activity (47%) with IC 50 = 179.4 μM for acetylcholine esterase whereas 2 showed strong inhibition activity (76%) with IC 50 = 95.8 μM for butyrylcholine esterase. The data reflects active anti-diabetic and anti-Alzheimer's nature of the synthesized complexes.
A dinuclear centrosymmetric copper(II) complex has been prepared and characterized via FT-IR, UV-Visible and electron spin resonance spectroscopy, electrochemical method, and powder and single crystal XRD techniques. The two copper(II) ions are connected by two μ-1,1-O atoms belonging to para-fluorophenyl acetate ligands. Each copper(II) ion is coordinated by two other carboxylate ligands in monodentate and a 2,2ʹ-bipyridine molecule in bidentate manner. Thus the geometry around each penta-coordinated copper(II) ion is square pyramidal with distortion factor τ = 0.04. Purity and uniform crystalline nature of the complex was assessed from powder XRD spectrum. ESR signal consisted of partially resolved hyperfine splitting pattern while electrochemical studies revealed diffusion controlled electron transfer processes with diffusion coefficient of 1.628 × 10-7 cm 2 s-1. The results of all spectroscopic experiments support each other. The complex afforded mixed binding mode with DNA yielding DNA-binding constant values of 3.667 × 10 4 and 1.438 × 10 4 M-1 using cyclic voltammetry and absorption spectroscopy, respectively. The preliminary studies heralded good structural and biological importance of the synthesized complex.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.