Publications de Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani

The constitutional dynamic chemistry of Au3(pyrazolate)3 complexes

Kay Severin, Rosario Scopelliti, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Noga Eren

Trinuclear Au3(Pz)3 complexes (Pz = pyrazolate) have been used extensively as components in molecular and polymeric nanostructures. However, the constitutional dynamic chemistry of Au3(Pz)3 complexes remains largely unexplored. We have investigated exchang ...

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)2025

Ambiphilic Reactivity of Iridium Complexes with N-Heterocyclic Vinylidene Ligands

Kay Severin, Rosario Scopelliti, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Paul Varava, Tak Hin Wong

Room-temperature stable diazoolefins provide access to a unique class of carbon-donor ligands: N-heterocyclic vinylidenes. Herein, we describe iridium complexes with terminal N-heterocyclic vinylidene ligands. Cationic complexes of type [Cp*IrClL]X (X = Sb ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2025

Ruthenium(ii)-bisdemethoxycurcumin conjugate complexes as potent antitumour agents through simultaneous inhibition of 20S proteasome and HMG-CoA reductase

Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani

The synthesis of new conjugated bisdemethoxycurcumin ligands, each incorporating a distinct acyl substituent—cyclic, aliphatic, heteroaromatic, or branched—in place of the native hydroxyl groups, has been reported. These ligands were employed to prepare th ...

2025

Selective Recognition and Extraction of Short‐Chain Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylates by a Supramolecular Receptor

Kay Severin, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Damien Wen Chen

A supramolecular receptor for short‐chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylates was developed. The receptor displays a cage‐like geometry, with a defined binding site for the carboxylate head groups and an opening for the perfluoroalkyl side chains. The anionic gues ...

Wiley2025

Half-Sandwich Ruthenium and Osmium Complexes with Hydrazinocurcuminoid-like Ligands

Paul Joseph Dyson, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani

Ruthenium and osmium half-sandwich complexes with hydrazinocurcuminoid ligands, 4,4′-((1E,1′E)-(1-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole-3,5-diyl)bis(ethene-2,1-diyl))bis-(2-methoxyphenol) (HZPcurc) and 4,4′-((1E,1′E)-(1-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole-3,5-diyl)bis(ethene- ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2025

Azide as a photolabile ligand in gold(I) therapeutics

Rosario Scopelliti, Paul Joseph Dyson, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Kedar Ashok Abhyankar

Gold-based compounds are gaining attention as potential alternatives to platinum-based chemotherapeutics due to their high antiproliferative activity and unique mechanisms of action. However, challenges remain in enhancing their selectivity and reducing si ...

2025

1,2‐Bis‐Triazenylarenes Enable Vicinal Sandmeyer‐Type Reactions

Kay Severin, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Anastasia Gitlina, Christeena Mathew

The introduction of two nucleophiles in the vicinal position of arenes via Sandmeyer‐type reactions is compromised by the problematic diazotization of ortho‐diaminoarenes. Herein, it is shown that vicinal substitution reactions are facilitated by the use ...

Wiley2025

Structure and Magnetic Properties of a Series of Uranium Bis-Siloxide Complexes

Marinella Mazzanti, Ivica Zivkovic, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Luciano Barluzzi

Despite their synthetic interest and potential attractive properties, the preparation of heteroleptic U(III) complexes containing monodentate ligands remains challenging. Here we report the synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of three heteroleptic ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2025

Ru(II)-Arene Complexes of Curcumin and Bisdesmethoxycurcumin Metabolites

Paul Joseph Dyson, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Mouna Hadiji

Curcuminoids and their complexes continue to attract attention in medicinal chemistry, but little attention has been given to their metabolic derivatives. Here, the first examples of (arene)Ru(II) complexes with curcuminoid metabolites, tetrahydrocurcumin ...

Amer Chemical Soc2024

Dopant-additive synergism enhances perovskite solar modules

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Hiroyuki Kanda, Bin Ding, Yong Ding

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are among the most promising photovoltaic technologies owing to their exceptional optoelectronic properties 1,2 . However, the lower efficiency, poor stability and reproducibility issues of large-area PSCs compared with labora ...

Nature Portfolio2024

New melphalan derivatives for the treatment of retinoblastoma in combination with thermotherapy

Paul Joseph Dyson, Aurélien Bornet, Daniel Ortiz Trujillo, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani

Of the different modalities used to treat retinoblastoma, a chemothermotherapeutic regimen combining carboplatin and thermotherapy (also termed focal therapy), and the application of melphalan as a monotherapy, are particularly successful. Some studies ind ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2024

Dopant-Free Pyrene-Based Hole Transporting Material Enables Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Bin Ding, Yong Ding

Dopant-free hole transporting materials (HTMs) is significant to the stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Here, we developed a novel star-shape arylamine HTM, termed Py-DB, with a pyrene core and carbon-carbon double bonds as the bridge units. Compa ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2024

Nano onions based on an amphiphilic Au3(pyrazolate)3 complex

Kay Severin, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Atena-Bianca Solea

Multilayer vesicles with an onion-like architecture can form by self-assembly of organic amphiphiles such as dendrimers, small-molecule surfactants, and block copolymers. Thus far, there are limited reports about multilayer vesicles based on coordination c ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2024

Enantiospecific Synthesis of Planar Chiral Rhodium and Iridium Cyclopentadienyl Complexes: Enabling Streamlined and Computer-Guided Access to Highly Selective Catalysts for Asymmetric C-H Functionalizations

Rosario Scopelliti, Anne-Clémence Corminboeuf, Matthew Wodrich, Nicolai Cramer, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Aragorn Nathan Laverny, Rubén Laplaza Solanas

Chiral cyclopentadienyl (CpX) metal complexes are frequently used in asymmetric catalysis by virtue of their high reactivity and selectivity. Planar-chiral-only rhodium and iridium cyclopentadienyl complexes are particularly promising due to unrestricted c ...

2024

Stepwise synthesis of heterotrimetallic FeII/PdII/AuI coordination cages

Kay Severin, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Noga Eren

The synthesis of heterotrimetallic molecular cages is reported. The assemblies contain three types of coordination compounds: FeII clathrochelate complexes, AuI3(pyrazolate)3 complexes, and [PdII(pyridine)4]2+ complexes. The cages were obtained in a stepwi ...

2024

A score and nine years of irbesartan

Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani

Irbesartan is a non-peptide antagonist of the angiotensin-II-AT1 receptor and is used for the treatment of hypertension. Here, the history, achievements and open questions related to irbesartan are examined. Tautomery of the tetrazole moiety leads to two d ...

2024

Orientational Self-Sorting in Octahedral Palladium Cages: Scope and Limitations of the “cis Rule”

Kay Severin, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Atena-Bianca Solea, Damien Wen Chen, Jean Charles Edouard de Montmollin

Octahedral coordination cages of the general formula Pd6L1212 were obtained by combining Pd(CH3CN)42 with heteroditopic N-donor ligands. Four different ligands were employed. These ligands have 3-pyridyl donor groups at one end and 4-pyridyl, ...

2024

A trinuclear metallasilsesquioxane of uranium(III)

Rosario Scopelliti, Marinella Mazzanti, Ivica Zivkovic, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Nadir Jori

The silsesquioxane ligand (Bu-i)(7)Si7O9(OH)(3) ((POSSH3)-P-iBu) is revealed as an attractive system for the assembly of robust polynuclear complexes of uranium(III) and allowed the isolation of the first example of a trinuclear U(III) complex ([U-3((POSS) ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2024

Molecular imine cages with π-basic Au3(pyrazolate) faces

Kay Severin, Rosario Scopelliti, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Noga Eren

One tetrahedral and two trigonal prismatic cages with π-basic Au3(pyrazolate)3 faces were obtained by connection of pre-formed gold complexes via dynamic covalent imine chemistry. The parallel arrangement of the Au3(pyrazolate)3 complexes in the prismatic ...

2024

Shallow-level defect passivation by 6H perovskite polytype for highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Hiroyuki Kanda, Hobeom Kim, So-Min Yoo, Yong Ding

The power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells continues to increase. However, defects in perovskite materials are detrimental to their carrier dynamics and structural stability, ultimately limiting the photovoltaic characteristics and stability ...

Nature Research2024