Université de Fribourg

Solid-state structure and anti­microbial and cytotoxicity studies of a cucurbit[6]uril-like Cu6L4 constructed from 3,5-bis­[(1H-tetra­zol-5-yl)meth­yl]-4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-amine

Vasylevskyi, Serhii ; Holzheu, Anja ; Fromm, Katharina M.

In: Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry, 2018, vol. 74, no. 11, p. 1413–1419

3,5-Bis[(1H-tetra­zol-5-yl)meth­yl]-4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-amine (H2L) associates under deprotonation with CuSO4 in aqueous medium to form a new waisted barrel-shaped M6L4 cluster, namely hexa­aqua­tetra­kis­{μ4-3,5-bis­[(1H-tetra­zol-5-yl)meth­yl]-4H-1,2,4- triazol-4-amine}-μ4-sulfato-hexa­copper(II) sulfate hydrate, [Cu6(SO4) (C6H6N12)4(H2O)6]SO4·nH2O (n = ∼23) (1). Cluster 1...

Université de Fribourg

Heptacoordinate Coii complex: a new architecture for photochemical hydrogen production

Lucarini, Fiorella ; Pastore, Mariachiara ; Vasylevskyi, Serhii ; Varisco, Massimo ; Solari, Euro ; Crochet, Aurélien ; Fromm, Katharina M. ; Zobi, Fabio ; Ruggi, Albert

In: Chemistry - A European Journal, 2017, vol. 23, no. 28, p. 6768-6771

The first heptacoordinate cobalt catalyst for light-driven hydrogen production in water has been synthesized and characterized. Photochemical experiments using [Ru(bpy)₃]²⁺ as photosensitizer gave a turnover number (TON) of 16300 mol H₂ (mol cat.)⁻¹ achieved in 2 hours of irradiation with visible (475 nm) light. This promising result provides a path forward in the...