The first part of the review summarizes more than three decades of research on cyclen
complexes, with a particular focus on complexes that exhibit hydrolytic (or transesterification) …

Many elegant dinuclear transition metal and lathanide complexes that efficiently hydrolyze
phosphate esters including RNA and DNA have been reported recently. In most cases, the …

More and more frequently, catalytic systems based around two metal ions are reported in
chemistry (eg, Sharpless epoxidation, Corey's chemzyme) and in biology (eg, methane …

The development of synthetic agents able to hydrolytically cleave DNA with high efficiency
and selectivity is still a fascinating challenge. Over the years, many examples have been …

The mechanism of copper (II) 1, 4, 7-triazacyclononane dichloride [Cu ([9] aneN3) Cl2]-
catalyzed hydrolysis of activated phosphodiesters has been established. We now report that …

A series of ligands containing linked 1, 4, 7-triazacyclononane macrocycles are studied for
the preparation of dinuclear Zn (II) complexes including 1, 3-bis (1, 4, 7-triazacyclonon-1-yl) …

In order to explore the role of labile metal complexes in promoting phosphodiester
hydrolysis, detailed kinetic and mechanistic studies with Cu [9] aneN3Cl2 (1) were …

A series of dinuclear cobalt (II) complexes has been prepared and characterized to generate
functional and spectroscopic models for cobalt (II) substituted phosphoesterase enzymes …

Hydrolysis of four substituted phenyl phosphate monoesters, each coordinated to a
dinuclear Co (III) complex, was studied ([Co2 (tacn) 2 (OH) 2 {O3P (OAr)}] 2+; tacn= 1, 4, 7 …

An oxido-and acetato-bridged tetranuclear iron (III) cluster,[Fe 4 III (µ-O) 2 (µ-OAc) 6 (phen) 2
(H 2 O) 2](NO 3) 2·(H 2 O) 3 (1),[OAc= acetate; phen= 1, 10-phenanthroline] has been …