Salan vs. salen metal complexes in catalysis and medicinal applications: Virtues and pitfalls

JC Pessoa, I Correia - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Salen complexes are widely employed in catalysis and biomedical science and chiral salen
complexes are among the most important catalysts for asymmetric synthesis. Their reduced …

The chemistry and biology of vanadium compounds in cancer therapeutics

E Kioseoglou, S Petanidis, C Gabriel… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2015 - Elsevier
A diverse spectrum of vanadium compounds have arisen, over the past years, as potential
therapeutic agents for the treatment of malignancies. Poised to delineate the role of that …

Hydrolysis, Ligand Exchange, and Redox Properties of Vanadium Compounds: Implications of Solution Transformation on Biological, Therapeutic, and Environmental …

R Dinda, E Garribba, D Sanna, DC Crans… - Chemical …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Vanadium is a transition metal with important industrial, technological, biological, and
biomedical applications widespread in the environment and in living beings. The different …

Thirty years through vanadium chemistry

JC Pessoa - Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
The relevance of vanadium in biological systems is known for many years and vanadium-
based catalysts have important industrial applications, however, till the beginning of the 80s …

Hydroxyquinoline derived vanadium (IV and V) and copper (II) complexes as potential anti-tuberculosis and anti-tumor agents

I Correia, P Adao, S Roy, M Wahba, C Matos… - Journal of inorganic …, 2014 - Elsevier
Several mixed ligand vanadium and copper complexes were synthesized containing 8-
hydroxyquinoline (8HQ) and a ligand such as picolinato (pic−), dipicolinato (dipic 2−) or a …

Synthesis, characterization, and application of vanadium− salan complexes in oxygen transfer reactions

P Adão, J Costa Pessoa, RT Henriques… - Inorganic …, 2009 - ACS Publications
We report the synthesis and characterization of several chiral salen-and salan-type ligands
and their vanadium complexes, which are derived from salicylaldehyde or salicylaldehyde …

[HTML][HTML] Misinterpretations in evaluating interactions of vanadium complexes with proteins and other biological targets

JC Pessoa, I Correia - Inorganics, 2021 - mdpi.com
In aqueous media, VIV-and VV-ions and compounds undergo chemical changes such as
hydrolysis, ligand exchange and redox reactions that depend on pH and concentration of …

Copper (II) and oxidovanadium (IV) complexes of chromone Schiff bases as potential anticancer agents

P Nunes, Y Yildizhan, Z Adiguzel, F Marques… - JBIC Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
We report the synthesis, characterization and biological screening of new chromone Schiff
bases derived from the condensation of three 6-substituted-3-formyl-chromones with …

Metal complexes with the quinolone antibacterial agent N-propyl-norfloxacin: synthesis, structure and bioactivity

EK Efthimiadou, G Psomas, Y Sanakis… - Journal of Inorganic …, 2007 - Elsevier
Nine new metal complexes of the quinolone antibacterial agent N-propyl-norfloxacin, pr-
norfloxacin, with VO2+, Mn2+, Fe3+, Co2+, Ni2+, Zn2+, MoO22+, Cd2+ and UO22+ have …

Polymer-bound oxidovanadium (IV) and dioxidovanadium (V) complexes as catalysts for the oxidative desulfurization of model fuel diesel

MR Maurya, A Arya, A Kumar, ML Kuznetsov… - Inorganic …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The Schiff base (Hfsal-dmen) derived from 3-formylsalicylic acid and N, N-dimethyl
ethylenediamine has been covalently bonded to chloromethylated polystyrene to give the …