VERDICCHIO , Federico

Molybdenum-catalysed deoxydehydration (DODH) of vicinal diols to alkenes has been investigated using density functional theory (DFT). In particular, the mechanism of DODH of diols using a phosphane as a reductant and a [Mo(O)2(QR)2] complex (QR = acylpyrazolonate ligand) as a catalyst has been studied. This reaction was the first description of...

Hydrazones and their metal derivatives are very important compounds in medicinal chemistry due to their reported variety of biological activities, such as antibacterial, antifungal and anticancer action. Five hydrazone-pyrazolone ligands H2Ln (n = 1–5) were prepared and fully characterized and their tautomerism was investigated in the solid...

Two pyrazolone-based hydrazones H2L′ [in general, H2L′; in detail, H2L1 = 5-methyl-2-phenyl-4-(2-phenyl-1-(2-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)hydrazineyl)ethyl)-2,4-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-one, H2L2 = (Z)-5-methyl-2-phenyl-4-(2-phenyl-1-(2-(pyridin-2-yl)hydrazineyl)ethylidene)-2,4-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-one] were reacted with Zn(II) and Cu(II) acceptors...