Abuskhuna, Suaad and Briody, John and McCann, Malachy and Devereux, Michael and Kavanagh, Kevin and Fontecha, Julia Barreira and McKee, Vickie (2004) Synthesis, structure and anti-fungal activity of dimeric Ag(I) complexes containing bis-imidazole ligands. Polyhedron, 23. pp. 1249-1255.

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Abstract

Five Ag(I) complexes containing the ligands bis(imidazol-2-yl)methane (2-BIM) and its derivatives were prepared and [Ag2(2-BIM)2](ClO4)2 and [Ag2(2-BIM(Bz)OH)2](ClO4)2 EtOH were characterised using X-ray crystallography. In each dimer the two Ag(I) ions are two-coordinate and there are small but definite argentophilic Ag-Ag (d10-d10) interactions. All of the complexes display anti-fungal activity when tested in vitro against the fungal pathogen Candida albicans.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Bis-imidazole; Bis(imidazol-2-yl)methane; X-ray structures; Silver(I); Argentophilicity; Anti-fungal; Candida albicans;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Biology
Item ID:	303
Depositing User:	Dr. Kevin Kavanagh
Date Deposited:	17 May 2006
Journal or Publication Title:	Polyhedron
Publisher:	Elsevier
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://www.elsevier.com/locate/poly
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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