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    Pseudo electron-deficient organometallics: limited reactivity towards electron-donating ligands

    Pitto-Barry, Anaïs; Lupan, A.; Zegke, Markus; Swift, Thomas; Attia, A.A.A.; Lord, Rianne M.; Barry, Nicolas P.E. (2017)
    Half-sandwich metal complexes are of considerable interest in medicine, material, and nanomaterial chemistry. The design of libraries of such complexes with particular reactivity and properties is therefore a major quest. Here, we report the unique and peculiar reactivity of eight apparently 16-electron half-sandwich metal (ruthenium, osmium, rhodium, and iridium) complexes based on benzene-1,2-dithiolato and 3,6-dichlorobenzene-1,2-dithiolato chelating ligands. These electron-deficient complexes do not react with electron-donor pyridine derivatives, even with the strong σ-donor 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) ligand. The Ru, Rh, and Ir complexes accept electrons from the triphenylphosphine ligand (σ-donor, π-acceptor), whilst the Os complexes were found to be the first examples of non-electron-acceptor electron-deficient metal complexes. We rationalized these unique properties by a combination of experimental techniques and DFT/TDFT calculations. The synthetic versatility offered by this family of complexes, the low reactivity at the metal center, and the facile functionalization of the non-innocent benzene ligands is expected to allow the synthesis of libraries of pseudo electron-deficient half-sandwich complexes with unusual properties for a large range of applications.
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    Controlled Release of Carbon Monoxide from a Pseudo Electron- Deficient Organometallic Complex

    Pitto-Barry, Anaïs; Barry, Nicolas P.E. (2018-11-16)
    A 16-electron iridium organometallic is reacted with carbon monoxide to form an 18-electron CO-adduct. This CO-adduct is stable for weeks in the solid state, but quickly reverts to its parent 16-e complex in tetrahydrofuran solution, releasing CO(g). Using a simple methodology, we show that this gas can subsequently be used to perform a carbonylation reaction on another molecule.
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    Tuning the aggregation behavior of pH-responsive micelles by copolymerization

    Wright, D.B.; Patterson, J.P.; Pitto-Barry, Anaïs; Cotenda, P.; Chassenieux, C.; Colombani, O.; O'Reilly, R.K. (2015-04-14)
    Amphiphilic diblock copolymers, poly(2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate-co-2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate)-b-poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate), P(DEAEMA-co-DMAEMA)-b-PDMAEMA with various amounts of DEAEMA have been synthesized by RAFT polymerization. Their micellization in water has been investigated by scattering measurements over a wide pH range. It appeared that the polymers self-assembled into pH sensitive star like micelles. For a given composition, when the pH is varied the extent of aggregation can be tuned reversibly by orders of magnitude. By varying the copolymer composition in the hydrophobic block, the onset and extent of aggregation were shifted with respect to pH. This class of diblock copolymer offers the possibility to select the range of stimuli-responsiveness that is useful for a given application, which can rarely be achieved with conventional diblock copolymers consisting of homopolymeric blocks.
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    The synthesis and unexpected solution chemistry of thermochromic carborane-containing osmium half-sandwich complexes

    Pitto-Barry, Anaïs; South, A.; Rodger, A.; Barry, Nicolas P.E. (2016)
    The functionalisation of the 16-electron complex [Os(η6-p-cymene)(1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecarborane- 1,2-dithiolato)] (1) with a series of Lewis bases to give the 18-electron complexes of general formula [Os(η6-p-cymene)(1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecarborane-1,2-dithiolato)(L)] (L = pyridine (2), 4-dimethylaminopyridine (3), 4-cyanopyridine (4), 4-methoxypyridine (5), pyrazine (6), pyridazine (7), 4,4’-bipyridine (8) and triphenylphosphine (9)) is reported. All 18-electron complexes are in equilibrium in solution with the 16-electron precursor, and thermochromic properties are observed in some cases (2, 3, 5, 8, and 9). The binding constants and Gibbs free energies of the equilibria are determined using UV-visible titrations and their stabilities investigated. Synthetic routes for forcing the formation of the 18-electron species are proposed, and analytical methods to characterise the equilibria are described.
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    Synthesis and controlled growth of osmium nanoparticles by electron irradiation

    Pitto-Barry, Anaïs; Perdigao, L.M.A.; Walker, M.; Lawrence, J.; Constantini, G.; Sadler, P.J.; Barry, Nicolas P.E. (2015)
    We have synthesised osmium nanoparticles of defined size (1.5–50 nm) on a B- and S-doped turbostratic graphitic structure by electron-beam irradiation of an organometallic osmium complex encapsulated in self-spreading polymer micelles, and characterised them by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution TEM (HRTEM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM) on the same grid. Oxidation of the osmium nanoparticles after exposure to air was detected by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
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    Electron deficient organometallics as anti-inflamatory drug candidates

    Shang, Lijun; Zhang, Jingwen; Pitto-Barry, Anaïs; Barry, Nicolas P.E. (2017)
    Half-sandwich complexes of precious metals are a versatile class of organometallic compounds. Their accessibility, robustness, and air-stability are examples of the unique properties that allow their applications in various fields of chemistry (e.g. catalysis), and as anticancer drug candidates. Half-sandwich complexes generally follow the 18-electron rule, although some stable 16-electron (16-e) complexes have been isolated. The latter are generally coordinatively unsaturated leading to potential applications in catalysis and as precursors for 18-electron (18-e) complexes. Six 16-e complexes [Ru(η6-p-cymene)(1,2-benzene-1,2-dithiolato)] (1), [Os(η6-p-cymene) (1,2-benzene-1,2-dithiolato)] (2), [Ir(η5-pentamethylcyclopentadiene) (1,2-benzene-1,2-dithiolato)] (3), [Ru(η6-p-cymene)(1,2-dicarba-closo- dodecaborane-1,2-dithiolato)] (4), [Os(η6-p-cymene)(1,2-dicarba-closo- dodecaborane-1,2-dithiolato)] (5), and [Ir(η5-pentamethylcyclopentadiene)(1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane-1,2-dithiolato)] (6) were synthesised by reactions between 1,2-benzenedithiol (1, 2, 3) or 1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane-1,2-dithiol (4, 5, 6) and the corresponding metal dimers. In solution (10-4 M) at ambient temperature, the six complexes are stable electron-deficient 16-electron monomers, although the formation of a more electronically stable 18-electron dimer is observed for complex 1 at millimolar concentrations. The six complexes exhibit dramatic differences in reactivity towards electron-donor molecule. The in-vitro anti-inflammatory activities of the 16-e complexes 1 – 6 were investigated on MRC 5-fibroblast and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated RAW 264.7 macrophages. Cells were exposed for 24h to the 16-e complexes 1 – 6 in the concentrations range of 10, 20, 50 and 100uM. After this, drugs were removed and nitric oxide (NO) concentration in the cultured medium was determined by the Griess reaction. Cells were then washed and placed in fresh growth medium for a further 24h as a recovery period. Cell viability was then assessed by MTT assay. Our preliminary data showed that complex 1 – 6 showed some anti-inflammatory effect on both lines, but with slightly differences between them, suggesting that the M-S2C2 scaffold of the electron-deficient complexes is the main structural moiety responsible for such effect. Further studies will focus on the matching these effects with their structures.
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    RAFT dispersion polymerization : a method to tune the morphology of thymine-containing self-assemblies

    Kang, Y.; Pitto-Barry, Anaïs; Maitland, A.; O'Reilly, R.K. (2015-07-21)
    The synthesis and self-assembly of thymine-containing polymers were performed using RAFT dispersion polymerization. A combination of microscopy and scattering techniques was used to analyze the resultant complex morphologies. The primary observation from this study is that the obtained aggregates induced during the polymerization were well-defined despite the constituent copolymers possessing broad dispersities. Moreover, a variety of parameters, including the choice of polymerization solvent, the degree of polymerization of both blocks and the presence of an adenine-containing mediator, were observed to affect the resultant size and shape of the assembly.
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    Retaining individualities : the photodynamics of self-ordering porphyrin assemblies

    Quan, W.-D.; Pitto-Barry, Anaïs; Baker, L.A.; Stulz, E.; Napier, R.; O'Reilly, R.K. (2015-12-07)
    The retention of photochemical properties of individual chromophores is a key feature of biological light harvesting complexes. This is achieved despite extensive aggregation of the chromophores, which in synthetic chromophore assemblies often yields a change in spectral characteristics. As an alternative approach towards mimicking biological light harvesting complexes, we report the synthesis of porphyrin assemblies which retained the photochemical properties of the individual chromophore units despite their substantial aggregation. These new materials highlight a new bottom-up approach towards the design and understanding of more complex biomimetic and naturally occurring biological systems.
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    The Copolymer blending method : a new approach for targeted assembly of micellar nanoparticles

    Wright, D.B.; Patterson, J.P.; Pitto-Barry, Anaïs; Lu, A.; Kirby, N.; Gianneschi, N.C.; Chassenieux, C.; Colombani, O.; O'Reilly, R.K. (2015-09-22)
    Polymer self-assembly in solution is a simple strategy for the preparation of elegant yet complex nanomaterials. However, exhaustive synthesis of the copolymer synthons is often required to access specific assemblies. In this work we show that the blending of just two diblock copolymers with identical block lengths but varying hydrophobic monomer incorporations can be used to access a range of assemblies of intermediate hydrophobic composition. Indeed, the nanostructures produced from blending are identical to those formed with the directly synthesized copolymer of the same composition. This new approach presents researchers with a more efficient and accessible methodology to access precision self-assembled nanostructures, and we highlight its potential by applying it to a demonstrator catalytically active system.
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    Use of complementary nucleobase-containing synthetic polymers to prepare complex self-assembled morphologies in water

    Kang, Y.; Pitto-Barry, Anaïs; Rolph, M.S.; Hua, Z.; Hands-Portman, I.; Kirby, N.; O'Reilly, R.K. (2016-04-28)
    Amphiphilic nucleobase-containing block copolymers with poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate) as the hydrophilic block and nucleobase-containing blocks as the hydrophobic segments were successfully synthesized using RAFT polymerization and then self-assembled via solvent switch in aqueous solutions. Effects of the common solvent on the resultant morphologies of the adenine (A) and thymine (T) homopolymers, and A/T copolymer blocks and blends were investigated. These studies highlighted that depending on the identity of the common solvent, DMF or DMSO, spherical micelles or bicontinuous micelles were obtained. We propose that this is due to the presence of A–T interactions playing a key role in the morphology and stability of the resultant nanoparticles, which resulted in a distinct system compared to individual adenine or thymine polymers. Finally, the effects of annealing on the self-assemblies were explored. It was found that annealing could lead to better-defined spherical micelles and induce a morphology transition from bicontinuous micelles to onion-like vesicles, which was considered to occur due to a structural rearrangement of complementary nucleobase interactions resulting from the annealing process.
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