《Heteroleptic NiII complexes: Synthesis, structural characterization, computational studies and amoebicidal activity evaluation》 was written by Hernandez-Ayala, Luis Felipe; Toledano-Magana, Yanis; Ortiz-Frade, Luis; Flores-Alamo, Marcos; Galindo-Murillo, Rodrigo; Reina, Miguel; Garcia-Ramos, Juan Carlos; Ruiz-Azuara, Lena. Synthetic Route of C12H12N2 And the article was included in Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry in 2020. The article conveys some information:
In this work, we present the synthesis, characterization, electrochem. studies, DFT calculations, and in vitro amoebicidal effect of seven new heteroleptic NiII coordination compounds The crystal structures of [H2(pdto)](NO3)2 and [Ni(pdto)(NO3)]PF6 are presented, pdto = 2,2′-[1,2-ethanediylbis-(sulfanediyl-2,1-ethanediyl)]dipyridine. The rest of the compounds have general formulas: [Ni(pdto)(N-N)](PF6) where N-N = 2,2′-bipyridine (bpy), 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine (44dmbpy), 5,5′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine (55dmbpy), 1,10-phenanthroline (phen), 4,7-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (47dmphen) and 5,6-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (56dmphen). The size of N-N ligand and its substituents modulate the compound electronic features and influence their antiproliferative efficiency against Entamoeba histolytica, 56dmphen derivative, shows the biggest molar volume and presents a powerful amoebicidal activity (IC50 = 1.2μM), being seven times more effective than the first-line drug for human amoebiasis metronidazole. Also, increases the reactive oxygen species concentration within the trophozoites. This could be the trigger of the E. histolytica growth inhibition. The antiparasitic effect is described using NiII electron d., molar volume, estimated by DFT, as well as the exptl. redox potential and diffusion coefficients In general, amoebicidal efficiency is directly proportional to the increment of the molar volume and decreases when the redox potential becomes more pos. The experimental part of the paper was very detailed, including the reaction process of 4,4′-Dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine(cas: 1134-35-6Synthetic Route of C12H12N2)
4,4′-Dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine(cas: 1134-35-6) is used as a chemical Intermediate. It can be used for the determination of ferrous and cyanide compounds.Synthetic Route of C12H12N2 Furthermore, 4,4′-Dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine is used in the synthesis of a series of o-phenanthroline-substituted ruthenium(II) complexes.