The halide-bridge cleavage reaction of the [Pd(C2 ,N-bzox)(µ-Cl)]2 compound (bzox = benzaldehydeoxime) with ethylenethiourea (L) in the 1:2 molar ratio at room temperature yielded the cyclopalladated compound [Pd(C2 ,N-bzox)(Cl)(L)] (1) whose replacement of the halide group by the addition of suitable salts afforded compounds of general formulae [Pd(C2 ,N-bzox)(X)(L)] {X = Br- (2), I- (3)}. All compounds were characterized by melting point, elemental analyses, infrared and 1H- and 13C{1H}-NMR spectroscopies revealing the complexes formation with the oxime coordinated to Pd(II) as C,N-chelating and the ethylenethiourea as a monodentate ligand via the sulfur atom. The cytotoxicity of cyclopalladated compounds has been evaluated in vitro against murine mammary tumor cell (LM3) showing cytotoxic activity similar to cisplatin.

A reação entre Cu(NO3)2.3H2O e 1,3-propanodiamina (pn), na presença de NaN3, conduziu à obtenção de um co-cristal 1:1 formado por [Cu(NO3)2(pn)2] e [Cu(N3)(NO3)(pn)2] (1 e 2), os quais foram caracterizados por análise elementar, espectroscopia no IV e difração de raios X por monocristal. Em ambos os compostos, os átomos de cobre(II) encontram-se em um ambiente octaédrico distorcido, com quatro ligações no plano basal formadas por quatro átomos de N de dois ligantes pn bidentados enquanto que as ligações axiais são formadas por dois átomos de O do ligante nitrato em 1 e por um átomo de O do ligante nitrato e um átomo de N do íon azida em 2. A estrutura cristalina consiste em dois complexos (1 e 2) cristalograficamente independentes, que se unem por uma série de ligações de hidrogênio do tipo N-H···O e N-H···N bem como interações por C-H···O. Novos synthons supramoleculares foram identificados pela ocorrência de dois modos geometricamente distintos de reconhecimento molecular envolvendo o íon NO3- e grupos amino dos ligantes pn.

The reaction of Cu(NO3)2.3H2O with 1,3-propanediamine (pn), in the presence of NaN3, afforded a 1:1 co-crystal formed by [Cu(NO3)2(pn)2] and [Cu(N3)(NO3)(pn)2 ] (1 and 2), which were characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy and single crystal X-ray diffraction. In both compounds, the copper(II) centers are in a distorted octahedral environment, formed by four N atoms of two bidentate pn ligands in the basal plane, whereas the axial bonds are formed by two O atoms from the nitrate ligands in 1 and one O atom from the nitrate ligand and one N atom from the azide ion in 2. The asymmetric unit of the crystal consists of two crystallographically independent 1 and 2 complexes, which are held together in a 3D network by a series of N-H···O and N-H···N hydrogen bonds, as well C-H···O interactions. New supramolecular synthons are identified by the occurrence of two geometrically distinct molecular recognition patterns involving the NO3- ion and amino groups from pn ligands.