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Manganosalen complexes are a class of catalytic antioxidants with beneficial effects against different neurological disorders according to various in vitro and in vivo studies. The interest in the factors that determine their antioxidant activity is based on the fact that they are key to achieving more efficient models. In this work, we report a set of new manganosalen complexes, thoroughly characterized in the solid state and in solution by different techniques. The chelating Schiff base ligands used were prepared from condensation of different substituted hydroxybenzaldehydes with 1,2-diaminoethane and 1,3-diaminopropane. The antioxidant activity of the new models was tested through superoxide dismutase and catalase probes in conjunction with the studies about their neuroprotective effects in human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells in an oxidative stress model. The ability to scavenge excess reactive oxygen species (ROS) varied depending on the manganosalen models, which also yielded different improvements in cell survival. An assessment of the different factors that affect the oxidant activity for these complexes, and others previously reported, revealed the major influence of the structural factors versus the redox properties of the manganosalen complexes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the present work, we report a neutral dinuclear copper(II) complex, [Cu2(L1)(OH)], derived from a new [N,O] donor Schiff base ligand L1 that was formed after the endogenous hydroxylation of an initial carbamate Schiff base H2L coordinated with copper ions in an electrochemical cell. The copper(II) complex has been fully characterized using different techniques, including X-ray diffraction. Direct current (DC) magnetic susceptibility measurements were also performed at variable temperatures, showing evidence of antiferromagnetic behavior. Its catalase-like activity was also tested, demonstrating that this activity is affected by temperature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The design of artificial helicoidal molecules derived from metal ions with biological properties is one of the objectives within metallosupramolecular chemistry. Herein, we report three zinc helicates derived from a family of bisthiosemicarbazone ligands with different terminal groups, Zn2(LMe)2∙2H2O 1, Zn2(LPh)2∙2H2O 2 and Zn2(LPhNO2)23, obtained by an electrochemical methodology. These helicates have been fully characterized by different techniques, including X-ray diffraction. Biological studies of the zinc(II) helicates such as toxicity assays with erythrocytes and interaction studies with proteins and oligonucleotides were performed, demonstrating in all cases low toxicity and an absence of covalent interaction with the proteins and oligonucleotides. The in vitro cytotoxicity of the helicates was tested against MCF-7 (human breast carcinoma), A2780 (human ovarian carcinoma cells), NCI-H460 (human lung carcinoma cells) and MRC-5 (normal human lung fibroblasts), comparing the IC50 values with cisplatin. We will try to demonstrate if the terminal substituent of the ligand precursor exerts any effect in toxicity or in the antitumor activity of the zinc helicates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) is the native enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of water in natural photosynthesis. Two new classes of manganese cluster complexes of formula Ba2Mn2L¹2(H3L¹)2(CH3OH)41 and Mn4L²6Cl2 2 were prepared (H4L¹ = N,N0-(ethane-1,2-diyl)bis (2-hydroxybenzamide); L² = methyl picolinimidate) and characterized by standard techniques including microanalysis, IR spectroscopy, ESI spectrometry, and magnetic susceptibility measurements. X-ray diffraction studies of these complexes revealed (i) a box-type structure for 1 formed by two redox-active manganese(III) ions and two barium(II) ions connected by two bridging bisamido-bisphenoxy ligand molecules; and (ii) a planar-diamond array for Mn4N6 cluster 2 where the picolinimidates act as chelating ligands through the two nitrogen atoms. The ability of 1 and 2 to split water has been studied by means of water photolysis experiments. In these experiments, the oxygen evolution was measured in aqueous media in the presence of p-benzoquinone (acting as the hydrogen acceptor), the reduction of which was followed by UV-spectroscopy. The relevant photolytic activity found for 1 is in contrast to the inactivity of 2 in the photolytic experiments. This different behavior is discussed on the basis of the structure of the biomimetic models and the proposed reaction mechanism for this process supported by DFT calculations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]