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Some Aromatic Schiff Bases and Their Metal Complexes
Schiff bases represent a widely studied group of compounds, interesting from the synthetic and structural, but also applicational point of view. Among these, aromatic Schiff bases stand out due to their stability and possible application as safer therapeutic agents. Since the presence of the phenolic group and the heteroatom in the benzene ring seems to be of interest for the biological activity of Schiff bases, imine derivatives of some dihydroxybenzaldehydes, 2-acetylpyridine, and 2,6-diacetylpyridine are chosen to be described here. The syntheses, structural features, as well as investigations of possible application of Schiff bases themselves, but also their metal complexes are described. The Cambridge Structural Database has been searched to obtain a better knowledge of the structures of these Schiff bases and their metal complexes, structural changes upon coordination, and the most common and interesting modes of coordination. The main accent is given to those compounds that are promising candidates for medicinal and pharmaceutical use, but some of the described complexes are good as catalysts, optical materials, sensors, analytical reagents, etc.
Part of the book: Schiff Base in Organic, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
Schiff Bases and Their Metal Complexes in Solar Cells
Schiff bases represent a large group of organic compounds interesting for many different profiles of researchers due to their easy synthesis, versatile coordination behavior, and structural properties of their metal complexes, but primarily due to different application possibilities. Besides the promising biological activities, Schiff bases and their metal complexes often show high photoluminescence, thus making good candidates for use in optical materials. Among these, the use of Schiff base metal complexes in different types of solar cells stands out. With the aim to make this more attractive for more coordination chemists, in this chapter, we highlight the main findings from this field to establish a better understanding of the structure-properties linkage and enable the design of new materials with enhanced characteristics.
Part of the book: Advances in Analytical and Coordination Chemistry - Applications and Innovations [Working title]