New class of non-symmetrical homo-dibenzimidazolium salts and their dinuclear Silver(I) di-NHC complexes was written by Haziz, Umie F. M.;Haque, Rosenani A.;Amirul, A. A.;Aidda, O. Noor;Razali, Mohd. R.. And the article was included in Journal of Organometallic Chemistry in 2019.Electric Literature of C8H8N2 This article mentions the following:
This work describes the synthesis of an uncommon non-sym. dibenzimidazolium salts as a precursor for the dinuclear Ag(I) di-NHC complexes with a formula of [Ag2L2]·2PF6 (L = NHC = bis-N-heterocyclic carbene). Through the reaction of 3-(2-bromoethyl)-1-butylbenzimidazole bromide with n-alkylbenzimidazole (alkyl = Me, Et, Pr, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, benzyl), seven non-sym. dibenzimidazolium bromide salts, 1–3 and 5–8 were obtained. The sym. dibenzimidazolium bromide salt 4 was obtained either as a minor product or through the reaction between n-butylbenzimidazole with 1,2-dibromoethane in 2:1 M ratio. Salts 1–8 were then reacted with Ag2O via in-situ deprotonation method to facilitate the formation of dinuclear Ag(I) di-NHC complexes, 9–16. The formation of these complexes is confirmed by the disappearance of both H2′ peaks in 1H NMR and the presence of carbene peaks in the range of 187-191 ppm in the 13C NMR of the complexes. From single crystal X-ray diffraction study, complex 16 is determined to be a dinuclear complex bearing dicarbene ligands which is further stabilized by significant argentophilic interaction with the separation of Ag···Ag being 3.358(5) Å. All the bis-benzimidazolium salts 1–8 show no activities while all dinuclear Ag(I) di-NHC complexes, 9–16 show medium to higher activities against E. coli (ATCC 25922) and S. aureus (ATCC 12600) compared to the standard antibiotic drug, Ampicillin. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 1-Methylbenzimidazole (cas: 1632-83-3Electric Literature of C8H8N2).
1-Methylbenzimidazole (cas: 1632-83-3) belongs to imidazole derivatives. Many natural products, especially alkaloids, contain the imidazole ring. These imidazoles share the 1,3-C3N2 ring but feature varied substituents. Imidazole has been usedin the lysis, wash and elution buffer for the purification of histidine tagged Sonic Hedgehog(shh-N) protein, in elution buffer in stepwise gradient for the purification of histidine tagged aldo keto reductases using nickel affinity chromatography, as a component of homogenization buffer for the purification of phagosomal compartments from dendritic cells.Electric Literature of C8H8N2
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