Materials based on the cationic copper(II) hexanuclear 18-membered metallacrown [18-MCCuII-N(2ph)-6](6+) (2phH=2-piconyl hydrazide) and tetrafluoroborate, perchlorate, nitrate, sulfate, and perrhenate anions were prepared by an easy method in aqueous medium. Single-crystal X-ray characterization of six members of this new family of complexes showed that the anions are attached to the metallacrown by direct coordination to a copper cation or by hydrogen-bonding interaction with the center of the hexamer. The stable cationic nature of the complexes and their ability to bind different anions allows them to adsorb and immobilize environmentally relevant anions such as MO4(-) (M=Tc, Re). The MO4(-) trapping capacities suggest that these materials would be useful in the treatment of oxoanionic contaminants in water.

Aim: Obtain radioimages of amyloid-β fibers using 99mTc-complexes. Methodology: Tridentate thiosemicarbazone and thiocarbonohydrazone ligands containing fragments (stilbene, azobenzene, benzothiazole or benzoxazole) with affinity for amyloid-ß fibers and its Re(I) complexes have been prepared. The molecular structures of several ligands and complexes were determined by x-ray diffraction. Binding affinity studies toward Aß1-42 fibers were performed for the ligands and Re(I) complexes. The ability of formation of some 99mTc(I) complexes, their biodistribution and in vivo stability have been established. Results & conclusion: Complexes of stilbene and benzothiazole thiosemicarbazonates show similar affinity for amyloid-β fibers to the free ligand. These 99mTc complexes present a reasonable in vivo stability and a low capability to cross the blood–brain barrier although not sufficient to brain amyloid imaging.

Thiosemicarbazone form mononuclear and dinuclear complexes as bidentate ligands with {Re(CO)3}+ and a tetranuclear complex with unusual bideprotonated thiosemicarbazonate.