Self-assembled Transition Metal Coordination Frameworks of ...

CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
Introduction to carbohydrazones, thiocarbohydrazones and selfassembled
transition metal coordination frameworks
1 .1 . General introduction
1.2. Coordination frameworks - A brief introduction
1.2.1. The method of self-assembly
1.2.2. Metallosupramolecular squares
1.2.2.1 Characterization of molecular squares
1.3. A preface on carbohydrazones and thiocarbohydrazones
1.3.1. Applications of carbohydrazones and thiocarbohydrazones
1.3.1.1. Anticancer drugs - A brief report
1.4. Importance of carbohydrazones and thiocarbohydrazones
1.5. Objectives of the present work
1.6. Physico-chemical techniques
1.6.1. Elemental analyses and conductivity measurements
1.6.2. NMR spectra
1.6.3. Electronic spectra
1.6.4. IR spectra
1.6.5. Single crystal X-ray crystallography
1.6.6. MALDI MS spectrometry
1.6.7. EPR spectroscopy
1 .6.8. Magnetochemistry
References
CHAPTER 2
Carbohydrazone, thiocarbohydrazone and thiosemicarbazone
ligands: Structural, spectral and anticancer properties
2.1 . Introduction
2.2. Experimental
2.3. Results and discussion
2.3.1. IR spectral studies
2.3.2. Electronic spectral studies
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