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The electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (ESI FT-ICR MS) using collision-induced dissociation (CID) method was applied to investigate the characteristic fragment ions of metalla-aromatic complexes for the first time. The fragmentation process of osmapentalyne, which contained metal-carbon triple bond in a five-membered ring, was discussed in detail. The ESI FT-ICR MS CID experimental results at high resolution mass spectra (HRMS) demonstrated the elemental composition of fragment ions unambiguously, thus a reasonable fragmentation pathway of osmapentalyne was proposed. In addition, the characteristic fragment ions have been investigated, which were specific and useful for the identification of some osmapentalynes complexes. These characteristic fragmentation pathways were helpful to analyze and interpret the stability and property of the parent ion. Also, this method could be used for the characterization of other organometallic complexes, especially containing characteristic isotopic peaks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) can induce apoptosis in cancer cells without toxicity to normal cells. However, the efficiency is greatly limited by its short half-life and wild resistance in various cancer cells. In this study, we reported a micellar hybrid nanoparticle to carry TRAIL ligand (denoted as IPN@TRAIL) for a novel photo-excited TRAIL therapy. These IPN@TRAIL offered increased TRAIL stability, prolonged half-life and enhanced tumor accumulation, monitored by dual mode imaging. Furthermore, IPN@TRAIL nanocomposites enhanced wrapped TRAIL therapeutic efficiency greatly towards resistant cancer cells by TRAIL nanovectorization. More importantly, when upon external laser, these nanocomposites not only triggered tumor photothermal therapy (PTT), but also upregulated the expression of death receptors (DR4 and DR5), resulting in a greater apoptosis mediated by co-delivered TRAIL ligand. Such photo/TRAIL synergistic effect showed its great killing effects in a controllable manner on TRAIL-resistant A549 tumor model bearing mice. Finally, these nanocomposites exhibited rapid clearance without obvious systemic toxicity. All these features rendered our nanocomposites a promising theranostic platform in cancer therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Metal-ligand multiple bonds have received significant attention in the past few decades. A series of novel species with lanthanide-ligand multiple bonds have recently been isolated. This short review summarizes the synthesis and reactivity of these novel complexes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

[Display omitted] Metal-metal bonds in complexes with d -block transition metals are common; but those with metal–metal bonds involving both p -, d -, and f -block metals are extremely rare. Here, we report two examples of heterotrimetallic clusters featuring U-Ni-Ge and U-Ni-Sn units. The heterotrimetallic clusters [(CH 2 OCH 2 CH 2 NP i Pr 2) 2 U(µ-Ni)(GePh 3)(µ-Cl)] 2 (2) and [(CH 2 OCH 2 CH 2 NP i Pr 2) 2 U(µ-Ni)(SnPh 3)(µ-Cl)] 2 (3) were synthesized by the salt elimination reactions of [(CH 2 OCH 2 CH 2 NP i Pr 2) 2 UCl(µ-Ni)(µ-Cl)] n (1) with Ph 3 SnK or Ph 3 GeLi, respectively. Complexes 2 and 3 were fully characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis, UV–Vis-NIR and SQUID. Theoretical studies at the DFT level showed that the Ni-Ge and Ni-Sn bonding interactions are polarized toward Ge and Sn. In both cases, the covalent part of the bonding is controlled by the atomic orbital overlap rather than by the energy difference. This study provides a new opportunity to explore the property of heterometallic clusters with diversified metal–metal bonds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]