Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:34:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2092.pdf: 25701742 bytes, checksum: 780ff1a21d9df6f0d764a7c43de388dc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-12-14 / Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos / In order to find inorganic compounds with biological properties as chemotherapeutic agents that could increase the possibilities in the treatment of some diseases, copper complexes with Schiff base ligands were prepared and characterized. In this work we prepared 63 compounds, being 19 symmetrical tetradentate Schiff base ligands and their respective copper complexes, 16 copper complexes with unsymmetrical tetradentate Schiff base ligands and 9 copper complexes with tridentate Schiff base ligands derived from ethylenediamine, trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane and orto-phenylenediamine, with salicylaldehyde or substituted salicylaldehyde. All were characterized by vibracional spectroscopy (infrared), electronic spectroscopy (ultraviolet-visible) and others methods such as solubility, melting points. Some complexes were studied by cyclic voltammetry and magnetic susceptibility. The structures of [Cu(3-MeOsalen)], [Cu(3- EtOsalen)] and [Cu(4-DEAsalen)], have been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The cytotoxicity of the symmetrical complex [Cu(4-DEAsalen)], was evaluated using HPV-16 and HPV-18 infected cells. Cytotoxicity tests using spleen cells of BALB/c mice were performed using 5 tridentate complexes. The characterization results show that the synthesis had been successful with good yields. The effect of the substitution on the aromatic ring was compared for compounds within a series and between different series. / Em busca de compostos inorgânicos com propriedades biológicas que pudessem, através da atuação como agentes quimioterápicos, contribuir para aumentar as possibilidades no tratamento de algumas doenças, foram sintetizados e caracterizados complexos de cobre com ligantes bases de Schiff do tipo salen, foram estudados no total 63 compostos, sendo 19 complexos tetradentados simétricos com seus respectivos ligantes; 16 complexos tetradentados assimétricos e 9 complexos tridentados. Todos, complexos e ligantes, foram caracterizados pelas técnicas de espectroscopia vibracional (região do infravermelho) e eletrônica (região do ultravioleta-visível) entre outras técnicas como pontos de fusão e solubilidade, foram realizadas medidas de susceptibilidade magnética e estudos eletroquímicos para alguns complexos. Os complexos [Cu(3-MeOsalen)], [Cu(3-EtOsalen)] e [Cu(4-DEAsalen)], tiveram suas estruturas determinadas por difração de raios-x, método de monocristal. Foram realizados testes de toxicidade para o complexo simétrico [Cu(4-DEAsalen)], em relação à células infectadas com dois tipos de HPV e testes de toxicidade em células esplênicas com alguns complexos tridentados. Os meios de caracterização empregados indicam que as sínteses foram bem sucedidas com rendimentos bastante eficientes, foram feitas comparações com respeito aos efeitos dos substituintes no anel aromático dentro de uma mesma série de compostos e também foram comparados os resultados obtidos para as diferentes séries de trabalho.

Au-delà de son importance dans l’industrie nucléaire, la chimie d’oxydoréduction de l’uraniumretient de plus en plus l’attention des chercheurs. En effet, la capacité toute particulière descomplexes d’uranium à bas degré d’oxydation à promouvoir des réductions originales par desvoies inhabituelles suscite actuellement un grand intérêt, tout particulièrement leur aptitude àactiver dans des conditions douces des petites molécules telles CO, CO2, N2, ou encore descomposés aromatiques et des azotures. Les composés d’uranium, de part leurs propriétés decoordination tout à fait uniques pourraient offrir une alternative aux métaux de transitionclassiques pour la conception de catalyseurs. Cependant, comparativement aux métaux du bloc d,les processus polyélectroniques sont rares dans la chimie de l’uranium à bas degré d’oxidation quiest dominée par les transferts monoélectroniques. C’est pourquoi le développement de nouveauxcomplexes d’uranium capables de réaliser des réductions poly-électroniques est particulièrementintéressant. Le premier objectif de ce travail était d’associer à l’uranium des ligands non-innocentsservant de réservoir d’électrons. Ainsi nous avons utilisé des bases de Schiff p-conjuguées pourexplorer la chimie de cet élément à bas degree d’oxydation. Cela nous a permis d’isoler descomplexes riches en électrons dans lesquels des électrons sont stockés sur le ligand via laformation de liaisons C-C. Ces mêmes liaisons sont rompues en présence d’agent oxydant, et lesélectrons sont libérés pour réaliser des transformations polyélectroniques. Ce procédé a étéobservé pour plusieurs bases de Schiff, permettant de moduler les propriétés des composés. Dansune seconde approche, nous nous sommes intéressés à la synthèse et à l’étude de la réactivité denouveaux complexes d’uranium trivalent supportés par des ligands silanolates. De nouveauxcomposés dinucléaires d’uranium à basse valence ont été obtenus. Ces composés très réactifsdécomposent spontanément en clivant des groupements tertiobutyls des ligands, conduisant à laformation de complexes d’uranium(IV). En parallèle, un complexe monoanionique mononucléaired’U(III) a été isolé, nous permettant de comparer la réactivité de l’uranium trivalent dans différentsenvironnements stériques et électroniques. Ces études de réactivité ont permis de stabiliser unexemple rare de dimère d’uranium ponté par un groupement CS22- et ont mis en évidence lacapacité de l’uranium trivalent à promouvoir la dismutation de CO2 en carbonate et CO. La réactionde ces composés d’uranium trivalent vis-à-vis d’azotures organiques et inorganiques a produit denouveaux nitrures et nitrènes d’uranium originaux. Enfin, la capacité de ces agents réducteurspuissants à transférer des électrons au toluène a permis d’isoler une famille de complexessandwiches inversés où deux cations uranium sont liés de part et d’autre d’un cycle aromatique. / Beyond its importance in nuclear industry the redox chemistry uranium is attracting increasinginterest because complexes of low-valent uranium can promote unusual reductive chemistrythrough unusual reaction pathways, including attractive examples of CO, CO2, N2, arenes andazides activation in mild condition. Due to the unique coordination and bonding properties ofuranium, its compounds could provide an attractive alternative to transition metals for thecatalytic transformation of small molecules. However, metal-based multi-electron processesremain uncommon in uranium chemistry especially in comparison with the d-block metals, thechemistry of low-valent uranium being dominated by single-electron transfers. In this context, thefirst aim of this project was to investigate the association of low-valent uranium to a non-innocentligand acting as an independent electron reservoir at a same molecule. Accordingly, weinterrogated the use of highly p-delocalized Schiff bases ligands for supporting low-valent uraniumchemistry. This led to the isolation of electron-rich complexes which are stabilized by storingelectrons on the ligands through the formation of C-C bonds. Interestingly, these C-C bonds can becleaved by oxidizing agents and the electrons released to participate in multi-electron redoxreactions. This process was observed within different Schiff-base ligand scaffolds, allowing atuning of the properties of the compounds. The second part of this work was dedicated to thesynthesis of novel trivalent uranium complexes supported by siloxy ligands and the study of theirredox reactivity and coordination properties. Novel dinuclear highly-reactive low-valent uraniumassemblies were developed. The study of their limited stability revealed that these compounds arespontaneously decomposing through the cleavage of tBu groups from the supporting ligandsresulting in the formation of U(IV) species. In parallel, a mononuclear trivalent uranium atecomplex was obtained, allowing to compare the reactivity of U(III) in different steric and electronicenvironements. Hence we became interested in studying the redox reactivity of these compoundswith different substrates including CO2, CS2, azides and arenes. These investigations led to thestabilization of a rare CS22- sandwich complex of uranium, and highlited the ability of U(III) topromote reductive disproportionation of CO2 to carbonate and CO. The reaction of these trivalenturanium siloxide species with organic and inorganic azides produced original uranium imidos andnitridos compounds with original topologies. Finally the capacity of these strongly reducing agentsto transfer electrons to the toluene fragment lead to the isolation of a family of arenes invertedsandwich complexes.

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Neste trabalho inicialmente foi feita uma breve apresentação sobre a utilização de compostos de bases de Schiff e Cobre(II) como catalisadores na reação de oxidação de sulfetos. Foi feita a determinação das estruturas cristalinas dos compostos: N,N\'-bis(3-etoxisalicilideno)-(1,2etileno- diamina) Cu(II), sistema cristalino ortorrômbico grupo espacial Pbcn a = 7.639(5); b= 12.760(5); c= 19.733(5)Å; V = 1923.4(15) (3)Å3; Dcalc = 1.505 Mg/m3; MM = 435.96; e m = 1.170 mm-1, N,N\'-bis (4-dietilaminasalicilideno) - (1,2etilenodiamina) Cu(II), sistema monoclínico, C2/c, a = 19.571(2); b=9.8514(2)=; c=12.4552(4) Å; Beta = 93.705(9)o; V =2396.4(5) Å3; Dcalc=1.358 Mg.m-3; MM= 490.10; e m = 0.944 mm-1, N,N\'-bis(3-metoxisalicilideno)-(1,2etilenodiamina)Cu(II), sistema ortorrômbico, Pna21, a = 7.5140(6); b= 9.2629(9); c= 24.721(3)Å; V =1720.6(3) Å3; Dcalc = 1.575 Mg,m-1; MM = 407.91; e m = 1.302 mm1 e (SALAHE)Cu(II), monoclínico, P21/C, a = 18.3216(2) Å; b=4.804(3) Å; c=19.801(2)Å; Beta = 98.908(6)o; V =2396.4(5) Å3; Dcalc=1.358 Mg.m-3; MM= 490.10; e m = 0.944 mm-1. Os cálculos teóricos para as quatro moléculas foram efetuados partindo-se das coordenadas atômicas cristalográficas. Foram modeladas, para posterior estudo teórico, as moléculas de vinte e seis compostos de bases de Schiff e Cobre(II) análogos. Foram calculadas 104 variáveis para cada composto, e realizado o estudo de correlação estrutura-atividade catalítica através de métodos de Quimiometria. Foi obtido um modelo de correlação utilizando a classe de compostos de atividade catalítica pré-definida. Finalmente foi realizada a tentativa de previsão de atividade dos vinte e quatro compostos com atividade não conhecida, obtendo-se como resultado a probabilidade de vinte deles serem ativos como catalisadores da conversão sulfeto-sulfóxido . / Initially, in this work, a brief presentation about Schiff bases and their applications as catalysist. The crystalline structure determination was made for the compounds: N,N\'-bis(3-etoxysalicylidene)- (1,2ethylenediamine) Cu(II), crystal system orthorhombic spatial group Pbcn a = 7.639(5); b= 12.760(5); c= 19.733(5)Å; V = 1923.4(15) (3)Å3; Dcalc = 1.505 Mg/m3; MM = 435.96; e m = 1.170 mm-1, N,N\'-bis (4- diethylaminesalicilidene) - (1,2ethylenediamine) Cu(II), monoclinic, C2/c, a = 19.571(2); b=9.8514(2)=; c=12.4552(4) Å; B= 93.705(9)o; V =2396.4(5) Å3; Dcalc=1.358 Mg.m-3; MM= 490.10; e m = 0.944 mm-1, N,N\'-bis(3-metoxysalicilidene)- (1,2ethylenediamine) Cu(II), orthorhombic, Pna21, a = 7.5140(6); b= 9.2629(9); c= 24.721(3)Å; V =1720.6(3) Å3; Dcalc = 1.575 Mg,m-1; MM = 407.91; e m = 1.302 mm1 e (SALAHE)Cu(II), monoclinic, P21/C, a = 18.3216(2) Å; b=4.804(3) Å; c=19.801(2)Å; B= 98.908(6)o; V =2396.4(5) Å3; Dcalc=1.358 Mg.m-3; MM= 490.10; e m = 0.944 mm-1. The theoretical calculations for the four molecules had been effected starting of the crystallographic atomic coordinates. Twenty-six molecules without determined crystallographic structure had been shaped for theoretical study. 104 variables for each compound had been calculated, and carried through the correlation study structure-catalyst activity through chemometric methods. A separation model was gotten in one single class. Finally the attempt of forecast of activity of twenty four compounds with activity unknown was carried through, getting itself as resulted the probability of twenty in all to be able to become active.

Neste trabalho estudamos propriedades estruturais, magnéticas e eletrônicas de complexos de cobre em duas classes de ligantes semelhantes com potenciais aplicações nas áreas de nanotecnologia e farmacologia. A primeira classe de ligantes é do tipo bases de Schiff, conhecidas por sua vasta gama de aplicações em química e biologia, aqui estudadas como miméticos de sítios de proteínas e também como potenciais metalo-fármacos. Procuramos investigar as características estruturais e eletrônicas buscando correlacionar as informações obtidas experimentalmente com as obtidas através de cálculos de estrutura eletrônica. Em especial, no estudo da competição pelo íon Cu entre as bases de Schiff e a proteína albumina, mostramos a influência de diversos fatores como, por exemplo, a geometria dos ligantes e a sua estrutura eletrônica. A segunda classe estudada é constituída de bases modificadas de DNA com a habilidade de complexar metais (espécie [M-DNA]) e formar estruturas com acoplamento ferromagnético. Observamos para as espécies [M-DNA] que o acoplamento ferromagnético é estabilizado através de dois efeitos: a) diferentes estados de carga que podem gerar distorções na coordenação quadrado planar; b) a adição do backbone do DNA. Utilizamos neste estudo o método Projector Augmented Wave (PAW) e também bases locais dentro da Teoria do Funcional da Densidade, atrav´es dos c´odigos computacionais CP-PAW e Gaussian03. / We studied structural, electronic and magnetic properties of copper complexes with two similar classes of ligands with potential applications in nanotechnology or pharmacology. The first class of compounds consists of Schiff bases and corresponding copper complexes. We investigated structural and electronic properties of these complexes searching for correlations among the information obtained experimentally and by electronic structure calculations. In special, in the study of the competition for the Cu ion between Schiff bases and the albumin protein, we show the influence of different factors such as the geometry of the ligands and their electronic structure. The second class of ligands focused in our studies are modified DNA bases coordinated to copper, where EPR studies have shown ferromagnetic interactions among the metal centers. We studied in this case the influence of the charge state and of the backbone in the magnetization of the Cu chain. In all cases presented here, we used ab-initio electronic structure calculations in the framework of the Density Functional Theory (DFT). This has been done using the CP-PAW code and the Gaussian03 code.

Il y a de nos jours un besoin urgent de découvrir de nouveaux médicaments pour relever le défi de la multirésistance dans le traitement des infections bactériennes et le cancer. Dans cette perspective, des bases de Schiff dérivées de dithiocarbazates et leurs complexes métalliques correspondants sont des candidats intéressants puisqu'ils peuvent être facilement synthétisés et permettent une grande diversité de coordination. Dans cette étude, des complexes tetradentes et bidente ont été préparés. Les ligands et complexes synthétisés ont été entièrement caractérisés par différentes méthodes spectroscopiques et physico-chimiques dans le solide et en solution. L'activité antibactérienne de ces complexes a ensuite été étudiée et a permis de sélectionner un complexe " leader " (plus efficace, stable et fonctionnalisable). Ce complexe a alors été modifié afin d'augmenter sa stabilité en milieux biologique, sa solubilité dans l'eau ainsi que son activité. Il a été conjugué avec différentes entités : des peptides pénétrants, un polyéthylène glycol (PEG) et un peptide inhibiteur des pompes d'efflux bactériennes. Ces complexes ont montré une remarquable activité antibactérienne sur neuf souches de bactéries Gram-positives et Gram-négatives et en particulier, ils se sont avérés très efficaces contre S.aureus. L'activité anti-cancéreuse des complexes non-conjugués a également été étudiée et les complexes de cuivre sélectionnés et testés sur des cellules de cancer du sein ont montré une cytotoxicité élevée. Ceci met en évidence la pertinence d'utiliser les complexes métalliques, pour à la fois stabiliser les ligands et générer des composés plus actifs. / There is an urgent need to discover new drugs with novel mechanisms of action, higher activity and improved selectivity to address the severe challenge of multidrug resistance in treating bacterial infections and cancer. In view of this, Schiff bases derived from S-substituted dithiocarbazate and their corresponding metal complexes with a plethora of potentially exciting biological activities and coordination chemistry are attractive candidates. Metal complexes of tetradentate NNSS and bidentate NS ligands have been prepared. The compounds were fully characterized with various physico-chemical and spectroscopic methods in solution and solid state. Conjugation of the most promising antimicrobial compound to various moities (polyarginine, polyethylene glycol (PEG) and an bacterial efflux pump inhibitor) was achieved to prepare improved therapeutic agents. The nanoarginines (R9) derivatives showed the most encouraging synergistic effect upon conjugation and complexation to copper ion with enhanced water solubility, bacteria cell membrane permeability and bioactivity. The Cu(II) R9 derivatives possess remarkable antibacterial activity against a wide spectrum of bacteria and in particular, highly efficacious against S. aureus. This show that the conjugation of polyarginine to dithiocarbazate compounds can greatly influence their therapeutic potential. Cytotoxic assay was also carried out for selected non-conjugated compounds. All the selected Cu(II) complexes assayed against breast cancer cells lines exhibited good cytotoxicity. This work highlights the relevance of the strategy that consists of using metal complexes to stabilize the ligands and improve their bioactivity.

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A series of five, tetradentate Schiff-base ligands were synthesised and chelated to vanadyl to form oxovanadium(IV) complexes. The ligands, 4,4’-{benzene-1,2-diylbis[nitrilo(1E)phen-1-yl-1ylidene]}- dibenzene-1,3-diol (H2L1), 4,4’-{ethane-1,2-diylbis[nitrilo(1E)phenyl-1-yl-1-ylidene]}dibenzene-1,3-diol (H2L2), 4,4’-{propane-1,2-diylbis[nitrilo(1E)phen-1-yl-1-ylidene]}dibenzene-1,3-diol (H2L3), 4,4’-{(2- hydroxypropane-1,3-diyl)bis[nitrilo(1E)phen-1-yl-1-ylidene]}dibenzene-1,3-diol (H2L4) and 4,4’-{2,2- dimethylpropane-1,3-diyl)bis-[nitrilo(1E)phen-1-yl-1-ylidene]}-dibenzene-1,3-diol (H2L5), characterised by TOF-MS, IR, electronic absorption, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. The ligand H2L5 was also characterised by XRD. The ligands were shown to have a bis-zwitterionic structure in the solid state, and possibly also in solution. Complexes were characterised by Elemental Analysis, TOF-MS, IR, electronic absorption spectra, EPR and 51V NMR spectroscopy. They form mononuclear complexes, with one ligand binding a single vanadyl ion. EPR spectroscopy was performed on both the powdered form and solutions of the complexes. All the complexes displayed axial symmetry, with increasing distortion from an ideal square pyramidal geometry as the size and bulk of the central chelate ring was increased. Isotropic g0 values suggest solvent interaction with the vanadium ion for the coordinating solvent DMSO. Additional distortion on the coordination geometry, presumably from the benzyl groups of the compounds, causes the isotropic hyperfine coupling constants to be greater than expected. Furthermore, the ability of the complexes to bind peroxide species was investigated by following the addition of H2O2 to the complexes using 51V NMR spectroscopy to observe shielding changes at the vanadium nucleus, and 1H NMR spectroscopy to monitor the bulk magnetic susceptibility, via a modified Evan’s NMR method. Similar experiments were done with sodium hydroxide for comparison. As expected, the oxoperoxovanadium(V) complexes were more stable than their progenitor oxovanadium(IV) complexes. Additionally, increasing the distortion from the ideal pseudo square-pyramidal coordination geometry for the vanadyl ion resulted in a greater increase in the apparent stability of the peroxocomplexes. This latter effect is further enhanced by the addition of a hydrogen-bonding group in close proximity to the vanadium nucleus. DFT calculations of the optimized geometries, natural bond orbitals, electronic absorption and infra-red frequencies were performed for both the ligands and the complexes; nuclear magnetic resonance calculations were performed for the ligands as well. The B3LYP/6-311G (d,p) and B3LYP/LANL2DZ level of theories were used for the ligands and complexes respectively, except for electronic transitions, which were calculated using TD-SCF methods for both ligands and complexes. Calculated and experimental results were compared where possible, and showed reasonable agreement for all calculations performed. The exception to this was for the NMR calculations for the ligands, which were poorly simulated. Finally, the in vitro biological activity of the complexes was evaluated for cytotoxicity against the human tumour cell lines: A549, U251, TK-10 and HT29, via an MTT assay. All complexes showed promising anticancer activity, as evidenced by their low IC50 values for the cell lines A549, U251 and TK-10, which are in general, lower than that observed for cisplatin. They did, however, express negligible activity against the HT29 colon adenocarcinoma cell line; showing an apparent selectivity for certain cell lines. These oxovanadium(IV) complexes, thus warrant further evaluation as chemotherapeutic agents. / Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2012.

Orientador: Marcos Fernando de Souza Teixeira / Coorientador: Sergio Antônio Marques de Lima / Banca: Heberth Juliano Vieira / Banca: Patrícia lexandra Antunes / Resumo: Os ligantes do tipo base de Schiff apresentam grandes sistemas π-conjugados e geralmente exibem alta intensidade de fluorescência com ou sem a incorporação de íons metálicos, o que possibilita o estudo desta classe de ligantes como sensores químicos ópticos. Assim, este trabalho, consiste no desenvolvimento de um quimiossensor óptico (optodo) baseado no ligante binuclear base de Schiff N,N',N',N'-(1,2,4,5-benzenotetrailtetranitrilo)tetrafenol (BTF) imobilizado em membranas poliméricas de PVC para determinação de íons metálicos. O ligante BTF foi sintetizado e a confirmação da estrutura obtida foi realizada através das técnicas de Espectroscopia de Absorção na Região do Ultravioleta-visível (UV-Vis) e Espectroscopia na Região do Infravermelho com Transformada de Fourier (FT-IR). As membranas de PVC contendo o ligante BTF também foram caracterizadas por Espectroscopia de UV-Vis e Luminescência. Posteriormente, verificou-se a interação do ligante imobilizado nessas membranas na detecção dos íons metálicos Al3+, Ba2+, Cd2+, Co2+, Cr3+, Cu2+, Fe3+, Li+, Mg2+, Mn2+, Ni2+, Sr2+ e Zn2+ por meio do espectro de emissão de luminescência. Com os resultados obtidos foi possível classificar o ligante BTF como um quimiossensor do tipo turn-off para os íons de Cu2+, uma vez que a interação do ligante apenas com este cátion metálico resultou na supressão da luminescência do BTF. A detecção dos íons cobre não foi afetada pela presença de outros metais e adicionalmente, o limite de detecção... / Abstract: The ligands of the Schiff base type feature large conjugated π-systems and generally exhibit high fluorescence intensity with or without the incorporation of metal ions, which makes the study of this class of ligands such as optical chemical sensors. Thus, this work consist in the development of an optical chemosensor (optode) based on binuclear Schiff base ligand N, N', N', N'-(1, 2, 4, 5-benzenetetrailtetranitrile) tetrafenol (BTF) immobilized in PVC polymeric membranes for determination of metal ions. The BTF ligand was synthesized and the confirmation of the structure obtained was performed through the techniques of absorption Spectroscopy in the ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) and spectroscopy in the Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR). PVC membranes containing the BTF ligand were also characterized by UVVis spectroscopy and Luminescence. Later, it was found the immobilized ligand interaction in these membranes in the detection of metallic ion Al3+, Ba2 +, Cd2+, Co2+, Cr3+, Cu2+, Fe3+, Li+, Mg2+, Mn2+, Ni2+, Sr2+ and Zn2+ through the spectrum of UV-Vis absorption and fluorescence. With the obtained results it was possible to classify the BTF ligand as a chemosensor of type turn-off to the ions Cu2+, since the only ligand interaction with this metallic cation resulted in the suppression of the luminescence of the BTF. The detection of copper ions was not affected by the presence of other and additionally, the limit of detection for the chemosensor was approximately 2.86 x 10-12 mol L -1 however the analytical parameters were determined for the quimiossensor solution, since the studies with the BTF immobilized on membrane did not submit results reproducibility. A research on the morphology and PVC membrane affinity with the ligand became important and some results obtained by means of Scanning Electron Microscopy and Confocal Microscopy showed that membrane produced was ... / Mestre

Resumo Complexos organometálicos de paládio(II) são obtidos, caracterizados e estudados há algumas décadas devido às suas inusitadas propriedades das quais podem ser citadas: Química supramolecular, catalisadores em fase homogênea, metalomesogêneos na obtenção de materiais líquido-cristalinos, como agentes anti-neoplásicos e anti-reumáticos, dentre outras. Inseridos nesta classe de complexos tem-se os compostos conhecidos como ciclometalados e são assim designados por apresentarem uma conformação em anel contendo um metal. Ligantes nitrogenados próprios para a ciclometalação devem ser capazes de formar, com o metal, um anel estável de cinco membros, como, por exemplo, o anel da N,N-dimetilbenzilamina (dmba). Em nossos recentes trabalhos, verificou-se que espécies organometálicas de paládio(II), ciclometaladas ou não, contendo ligantes nitrogenados e difosfínicos apresentaram potencialidades antitumorais significativas e estas merecem ser exploradas. Somente nos últimos anos, ocorreu um aumento no número de compostos metálicos utilizados para fins terapêuticos, na área da pesquisa científica, com base em possíveis interações desses íons metálicos com diversas biomoléculas. Este trabalho mostrou novos compostos metálicos de Pd(II) mediante reação de adição do metal ou ciclometalação dos ligantes. Pode-se, então, interagir os novos ligantes nitrogenados sintetizados com metais como, por exemplo, o paládio(II), o níquel(II) e a platina(II) e com isso modelar novas espécies ciclometaladas ou não, com potencialidades antitumorais e, ou, anti-leishmaniose. No presente trabalho, procurou-se sintetizar e caracterizar via técnicas espectroscópicas ligantes imínicos e complexos de paládio(II). / Organometallic complexes of palladium(II) are obtained, characterized and studied for several decades due to their unusual properties which may be quoted: Supramolecular chemistry, catalysts in homogeneous phase, precursors to obtain liquid crystalline materials, such as anti-neoplastic agents and antirheumatic, among others. Included in this class of complex compounds has been known as cyclometallated and are so called because they have a conformation containing a metal ring. Nitrogen ligands suitable for cyclometallation should be able to form, with the metal, a stable five-membered ring, for example, the ring of N,Ndimetilbenzilamina (dmba). In our recent work showed that organometallic species of palladium(II), cyclometallated or not, containing nitrogen ligands and diphosphines showed significant antitumor potential and they deserve to be explored. Only in recent years, an increase in the number of metal compounds used for therapeutic purposes in the area of scientific research, based on potential interactions of these metal ions with various biomolecules. This new study showed metallic compounds of Pd(II) by addition reaction of metal or cyclometallated ligands. You can then interact the new ligands synthesized with metals such as nitrogen, for example, palladium(II), nickel(II) and platinum(II) and with this model cyclometallated new species or not, with potential antitumor and or anti-leishmaniasis. In this study, we attempted to synthesize and characterize imine ligands and complexes of palladium(II) through of spectroscopic techniques. / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES