PMID- 36157745 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220928 IS - 2470-1343 (Electronic) IS - 2470-1343 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 37 DP - 2022 Sep 20 TI - Ultrasonic Clusterization Process to Prepare [(NNCO)(6)Co(4)Cl(2)] as a Novel Double-Open-Co(4)O(6) Cubane Cluster: SXRD Interactions, DFT, Physicochemical, Thermal Behaviors, and Biomimicking of Catecholase Activity. PG - 32949-32958 LID - 10.1021/acsomega.1c07032 [doi] AB - A novel double-open-cubane (NNCO)(6)Co(4)Cl(2) cluster with a Co(4)O(6) core was made available under aqua-ultrasonic open atmosphere conditions for the first time. The ultrasonic clusterization of the (3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)methanol (NNCOH) ligand with CoCl(2).6H(2)O salts in ethanol yielded a high-purity and high-yield cluster product. Energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), and ultraviolet (UV)-visible techniques were used to elucidate the clusterization process. The double-open-Co(4)O(6) cubane structure of the (NNCO)(6)Co(4)Cl(2) cluster was solved by synchrotron single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SXRD) and supported by density functional theory (DFT) optimization and thermogravimetric/differential TG (TG/DTG) measurements; moreover, the DFT structural parameters correlated with the ones determined by SXRD. Molecular electrostatic potential (MEP), Mulliken atomic charge/natural population analysis (MAC/NPA), highest occupied molecular orbital/lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (HOMO/LUMO), density of states (DOS), and GRD quantum analyses were computed at the DFT/B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) theory level. The thermal behavior of the cluster was characterized to support the formation of the Co(4)O(6) core as a stable final product. The catalytic property of the (NNCO)(6)Co(4)Cl(2) cluster was predestined for the oxidation process of 3,5-DTBC diol (3,5-di-tert-butylbenzene-1,2-diol) to 3,5-DTBQ dione (3,5-di-tert-butylcyclohexa-3,5-diene-1,2-dione). CI - (c) 2022 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society. FAU - Titi, Abderrahim AU - Titi A AD - Laboratory of Applied and Environmental Chemistry, Mohammed First University, Oujda60000, Morocco. FAU - Touzani, Rachid AU - Touzani R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7333-697X AD - Laboratory of Applied and Environmental Chemistry, Mohammed First University, Oujda60000, Morocco. FAU - Moliterni, Anna AU - Moliterni A AD - Institute of Crystallography, CNR, Via Amendola, 122/O, Bari70126, Italy. FAU - Giacobbe, Carlotta AU - Giacobbe C AD - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue Des Martyrs, Grenoble38040, France. FAU - Baldassarre, Francesco AU - Baldassarre F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9045-3764 AD - Institute of Crystallography, CNR, Via Amendola, 122/O, Bari70126, Italy. FAU - Taleb, Mustapha AU - Taleb M AD - Laboratory of Engineering, Organometallic, Molecular and Environment (LIMOME), Faculty of Science, Universite Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez30000, Morocco. FAU - Al-Zaqri, Nabil AU - Al-Zaqri N AD - Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh11451, Saudi Arabia. FAU - Zarrouk, Abdelkader AU - Zarrouk A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5495-2125 AD - Laboratory of Materials, Nanotechnology, and Environment, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, P.O. Box 1014, Agdal-Rabat11000, Morocco. FAU - Warad, Ismail AU - Warad I AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8853-8961 AD - Department of Chemistry, AN-Najah National University, P.O. Box 7, Nablus P400, Palestine. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220907 PL - United States TA - ACS Omega JT - ACS omega JID - 101691658 PMC - PMC9494679 COIS- The authors declare no competing financial interest. EDAT- 2022/09/27 06:00 MHDA- 2022/09/27 06:01 PMCR- 2022/09/07 CRDT- 2022/09/26 17:12 PHST- 2022/09/26 17:12 [entrez] PHST- 2022/09/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/09/27 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/09/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1021/acsomega.1c07032 [doi] PST - epublish SO - ACS Omega. 2022 Sep 7;7(37):32949-32958. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c07032. eCollection 2022 Sep 20.