Publications related to Uranium(IV) Terminal Hydrosulfido and Sulfido Complexes: The Nature of the Uranium–Sulfur Bond

Tuning the reactivity of uranium towards small molecules in multimetallic complexes

One of the main goals of organometallic chemistry in the last decades was the activation of small molecule in mild reaction conditions. Even though multiple examples of catalytic cycles able to produce fine chemicals from cheap and abundant sources using t ...

EPFL2023

Evaluation of materials for iodine and technetium immobilization through sorption and redox-driven processes

Daniel Teav Sun, Wendy Lee Queen

Radioactive iodine-129 (I-129) and technetium-99 (Tc-9(9)) pose a risk to groundwater due to their long half-lives, toxicity, and high environmental mobility. Based on literature reviewed in Moore et al. (2019) and Pearce et aL (2019), natural and engineer ...

ELSEVIER2020

Molecular nanostructures based on polyfunctional clathrochelate complexes

Suzanne Maria Jansze

This thesis describes the design and synthesis of clathrochelate metalloligands for the construction of molecular nanostructures. The low synthetic effort, versatility and stability of the clathrochelate metalloligands makes them particularly suited to the ...

EPFL2019

Tuning the structure, reactivity and magnetic communication of nitride-bridged uranium complexes with the ancillary ligands

Rosario Scopelliti, Marinella Mazzanti, Anne-Clémence Corminboeuf, Ivica Zivkovic, Alberto Fabrizio, Luciano Barluzzi

Molecular uranium nitride complexes were prepared to relate their small molecule reactivity to the nature of the U & xe001;N & xe001;U bonding imposed by the supporting ligand. The U4+-U4+ nitride complexes, [NBu4][{(((BuO)-Bu-t)(3)SiO)(3)U}(2)(mu-N)], [NB ...

2019

Small Molecule Activation by Multimetallic Uranium Complexes

Marta Falcone

The development of new processes for the selective and sustainable transformation of abundant small molecules constitutes one of the major research areas in inorganic and organometallic chemistry. These molecules as CO2, CO, N2 and H2 are abundant reservoi ...

EPFL2019

Synthesis and reactivity of a terminal uranium(IV) sulfide supported by siloxide ligands

Rosario Scopelliti, Marinella Mazzanti, Julie Renée Michelle Andrez

The reactions of the tetrasiloxide U(III) complexes [U(OSi(OtBu)3)4K] and [U(OSi(OtBu)3)4][K18c6] with 0.5 equiv. of triphenylphosphine sulfide led to reductive S-transfer reactions, affording the U(IV) sulfide complexes [SU(OSi(OtBu)3)4K2]2, 1, and [{SU(O ...

2016

Organic-sulfur poisoning of solid oxide fuel cell operated on bio-syngas

Stefan Diethelm, Jan Van Herle, Christian Ludwig, Hossein Madi

This study experimentally analyzes the performance and degradation issues of an anode supported (AS) Ni-YSZ solid oxide fuel cell exposed to thiophene (C4H4S). The impact of this organic sulfur compound on the performance of SOFC Ni-YSZ anodes is reported ...

Elsevier2016

Synthesis, Structure, and Anticancer Activity of Arene-Ruthenium(II) Complexes with Acylpyrazolones Bearing Aliphatic Groups in the Acyl Moiety

Rosario Scopelliti, Paul Joseph Dyson, Tina Riedel

A series of neutral ruthenium(II) arene complexes [(arene)Ru(Q(R))Cl] (arene = p-cymene (cym) or hexamethylbenzene (hmb)) containing 4-acyl-5-pyrazolonate Q(R) ligands with different electronic and steric substituents (R = 4-cyclohexyl, 4-stearoyl, or 4-ad ...

American Chemical Society2016

Sulfur containing organic compounds in the raw producer gas of wood and grass gasification

Christian Ludwig, Tilman J. Schildhauer

The detailed description of gas streams in biomass gasification plants is necessary for the correct design and operation of these units. Sulfur containing compounds are usually present in biomass gasification gas, since sulfur is typically found in the fee ...

Elsevier2014

Synthesis, characterization and in vitro anticancer activity of highly cytotoxic trithiolato diruthenium complexes of the type [(eta(6)-p-(MeC6H4Pr)-Pr-i)(2)Ru-2(mu(2)-SR1)(2)(mu(2)-SR2)](+) containing different thiolato bridges

Paul Joseph Dyson, Catherine Marie Amélie Clavel

A series of cationic dinuclear p-cymene ruthenium complexes containing three thiolato bridges with different substituents at the sulfur atoms, (eta(6)-p-(MeC6H4Pr)-Pr-i)(2)Ru-2(mu(2)-SR1)(2)(mu(2)-SR2) (R-1 = CH2Ph, R-2 = Ph: 4; R-1 = CH2Ph, R-2 = p-( ...

Elsevier2013

Electronic Elements Governing the Binding of Small Molecules to a [Fe]-hydrogenase Mimic

Matthew Wodrich, Xile Hu

[Fe]-hydrogenase, one of three types of hydrogenases, activates molecular hydrogen. Here, using DFT computations, we examine the electronic elements governing the binding of small ligands to a recently synthesized [Fe]-hydrogenase biomimic. Computed reacti ...

Wiley-Blackwell2013

Synthesis of [Ru-II(eta(6)-p-cymene)(PPh3)(L)Cl]PF6 complexes with carbohydrate-derived phosphites, imidazole or indazole co-ligands

Christian Hartinger, Alexey Nazarov, Muhammad Hanif

Ru-II(arene) complexes of the general formula [Ru-II(eta(6)-p-cymene)(PPh3)(L)Cl]PF6 with L = P- or N-donor systems have been synthesized and characterized. Carbohydrate-derived phosphites, imidazole or indazole have been chosen as co-ligands and different ...

Elsevier2012

Synthesis and Characterization of a Series of Model Complexes of the Active Site of [Fe]-Hydrogenase (Hmd)

Rosario Scopelliti, Xile Hu, Dafa Chen

A series of Fe complexes were synthesized and characterized as small molecule mimics for the active site of [Fe]-hydrogenase (Hmd). The collection includes both structurally new compounds and analogues of previously reported models. These complexes contain ...

2011

Synthesis of D- and L-erythro 1,5-dithiopent-1-enopyranoside sulfonium salts and their evaluation as glycosidase inhibitors

Pierre Vogel, Claudia Bello

A series of sulfonium salts derived from 1,5-dithiopent-1-enopyranosides was prepared in a three-step sequence from protected D- and L-erythrofuranoses. The key step is the nucleophilic displacement of a leaving group by a sulfur atom of carbohydrate-deriv ...

2009

Studying sulfur functional groups in Norway spruce year rings using S L-edge total electron yield spectroscopy

Christian Ludwig, Rudolf Paul Wilhelm Jozef Struis

Profiles of the major sulfur functional groups in mature Norway spruce wood tissue have been established for the first time. The big challenge was the development of a method suitable for sulfur speciation in samples with very low sulfur content (

Elsevier2008

Water-soluble arene ruthenium complexes containing pyridinethiolato ligands: Synthesis, molecular structure, redox properties and anticancer activity of the cations [(η6-arene)Ru(p-SC5H4NH)3]2+

Paul Joseph Dyson, Anna Katherine Renfrew

The cationic complexes [(η6-arene)Ru(SC5H4NH)3]2+, arene being C6H6 (1), MeC6H5 (2), p-iPrC6H4Me (3) or C6Me6 (4), have been synthesized from the reaction of 4-pyridinethiol with the corresponding precursor (η6-arene)2Ru2(μ2-Cl)2Cl2 and isolated as the chl ...

2008

Chemistry and climate interactions : development and evaluation of a coupled chemistry-aerosol-climate model

Luca Pozzoli

Atmospheric trace gases and aerosols and climate interact in many ways. A quantitative assessment of the influence of trace gases and aerosols on climate can only be achieved if the interactions and feedbacks among these three major components are accounte ...

EPFL2007

Structure, dynamics and catalytic activity of ruthenium(II)-arene phosphine complexes

This thesis encompasses work on the coordination chemistry and catalytic activity of half sandwich ruthenium(II)-arene phosphine complexes. The investigation of phosphine dissociation and association reactions of these complexes represents the unifying the ...

EPFL2007

Novel strategies for overcoming drug resistance in transition metal-based anticancer compounds

Wee Han Ang

Cisplatin is one of the most important and widely used anticancer drug in clinical use. However, its effectiveness is limited by its high toxicity and incidence of drug resistance. This has provided motivation for the search for transition metal-based drug ...

EPFL2007

Development of Organometallic Ruthenium-Arene Anticancer Drugs That Resist Hydrolysis

Rosario Scopelliti, Paul Joseph Dyson, Elisa Daldini, Claudine Scolaro, Wee Han Ang

With a view to develop drugs that could resist hydrolysis in aq. media,organometallic arene-capped ruthenium(II) 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphatricyclo[3.3.1.1]decane (RAPTA) complexes bearing chelating carboxylate ligands have been prepd. and studied. The new com ...

2006