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Water‐Soluble C‐Scorpionate Complexes – Catalytic and Biological Applications
Author(s) -
Martins Luísa M. D. R. S.,
Pombeiro Armando J. L.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.201600053
Subject(s) - chemistry , catalysis , methane , tris , combinatorial chemistry , water soluble , antimicrobial , metal , organic chemistry , biochemistry
Recent advances in the synthesis of water‐soluble homoscorpionates of the tris(pyrazol‐1‐yl)methane type as well as of their water‐soluble metal complexes are reviewed. Moreover, the application of these tris(pyrazol‐1‐yl)methane metal complexes as catalysts for the oxidative functionalization of inexpensive and abundant alkanes to value‐added products and other industrially significant reactions is addressed. We also focus on the main biological (antiproliferative and antimicrobial) applications of such C‐scorpionate‐type complexes.