The 2-pyridinecarbaldehyde isonicotinoyl hydrazone (HPCIH) family of ligands are typically tridentate N,N,O chelators that exhibit very high in vitro activity in mobilizing intracellular Fe and are promising candidates for the treatment of Fe overload diseases. Complexation of ferrous perchlorate with HPCIH in MeCN solution gives the expected six-coordinate complex FeII(PCIH)2. However, complexation of FeII with 2-pyridinecarbaldehyde picolinoyl hydrazone (HPCPH, an isomer of HPCIH) under the same conditions leads to spontaneous assembly of an unprecedented asymmetric, mixed-ligand dinuclear triple helical complex FeII2(PCPH)2(PPH), where PPH2− is the dianion of bis(picolinoyl)hydrazine. The X-ray crystal structure of this complex shows that each ligand binds simultaneously to both metal centres in a bidentate fashion. The dinuclear complex exhibits two well separated and totally reversible FeIII/II redox couples as shown by cyclic voltammetry in MeCN solution.
                                    2-pyridinecarbaldehyde isonicotinoyl hydrazone (HPCIH) 
配体家族是典型的三叉N,N,O
螯合剂,在体外调动细胞内
铁元素方面表现出极高的活性,是治疗
铁超载疾病的理想候选
配体。
高氯酸亚铁与 HPCIH 在 MeCN 溶液中络合,可得到预期的六配位络合物 FeII(PCIH)2。然而,在相同条件下,FeII 与 2-
吡啶甲醛吡啶酰腙(HPCPH,HPCIH 的异构体)络合时,会自发形成一种前所未有的不对称、混合
配体的双核三螺旋络合物 FeII2(PCPH)2(PPH),其中 PPH2- 是双(
吡啶酰)
肼的二元离子。该复合物的 X 射线晶体结构显示,每个
配体都以双齿方式同时与两个
金属中心结合。在 MeCN 溶液中的循环伏安法显示,该双核复合物具有两个完全分离且完全可逆的 FeIII/II 氧化还原偶。