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Description: Reactions of 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) and 2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)acetic acid (dcaH) with Mn (CO3) (M = LiI, NaI and MgII; n = 1 and 2) in MeOH yield the mononuclear lithium complex aqua[2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)acetato-κO](1,10-phenanthroline-κ2 N,N′)lithium(I), [Li(C8H5Cl2O2)(C12H8N2)(H2O)] or [Li(dca)(phen)(H2O)] (1), the dinuclear sodium complex di-μ-aqua-bis{[2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)acetato-κO](1,10-phenanthroline-κ2 N,N′)sodium(I)}, [Na2(C8H5Cl2O2)2(C12H8N2)2(H2O)2] or [Na2(dca)2(phen)2(H2O)2] (2), and the one-dimensional chain magnesium complex catena-poly[[[diaqua(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2 N,N′)magnesium]-μ-2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)acetato-κ2 O:O′] 2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)acetate monohydrate], {[Mg(C8H5Cl2O2)(C12H8N2)(H2O)2](C8H5Cl2O2)·H2O} n or {[Mg(dca)(phen)(H2O)2](dca)·H2O} n (3). In these complexes, phen binds via an N,N′-chelate pocket, while the deprotonated dca− ligands coordinate either in a monodentate (in 1 and 2) or bidentate (in 3) fashion. The remaining coordination sites around the metal ions are occupied by water molecules in all three complexes. Complex 1 crystallizes in the triclinic space group Poverline{1} with one molecule in the asymmetric unit. The Li+ ion adopts a four-coordinated distorted seesaw geometry comprising an [N2O2] donor set. Complex 2 crystallizes in the triclinic space group Poverline{1} with half a molecule in the asymmetric unit, in which the Na+ ion adopts a five-coordinated distorted spherical square-pyramidal geometry, with an [N2O3] donor set. Complex 3 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P212121, with one Mg2+ ion, one phen ligand, two dca− ligands and three water molecules in the asymmetric unit. Both dcaH ligands are deprotonated, however, one dca− anion is not coordinated, whereas the second dca− anion coordinates in a bidentate fashion bridging two Mg2+ ions, resulting in a one-dimensional chain structure for 3. The Mg2+ ion adopts a distorted octahedral geometry, with an [N2O4] donor set. Complexes 1–3 were evaluated against urease and α-glucosidase enzymes for their inhibition potential and were found to be inactive.

Description: Teucrium is one of the most economically and ecologically important genera in the Lamiaceae family; however, it is currently the least well understood at the plastome level. In the current study, we sequenced the complete chloroplast (cp) genomes of T. stocksianum subsp. stenophyllum R.A.King (TSS), T. stocksianum subsp. stocksianum Boiss. (TS) and T. mascatense Boiss. (TM) through next-generation sequencing and compared them with the cp genomes of related species in Lamiaceae (Ajuga reptans L., Caryopteris mongholica Bunge, Lamium album L., Lamium galeobdolon (L.) Crantz, and Stachys byzantina K.Koch). The results revealed that the TSS, TS and TM cp genomes have sizes of 150,087, 150,076 and 150,499 bp, respectively. Similarly, the large single-copy (LSC) regions of TSS, TS and TM had sizes of 81,707, 81,682 and 82,075 bp, respectively. The gene contents and orders of these genomes were similar to those of other angiosperm species. However, various differences were observed at the inverted repeat (IR) junctions, and the extent of the IR expansion into ψrps19 was 58 bp, 23 bp and 61 bp in TSS, TS and TM, respectively. Similarly, in all genomes, the pbsA gene was present in the LSC at varying distances from the JLA (IRa-LSC) junction. Furthermore, 89, 72, and 92 repeats were identified in the TSS, TM and TS cp genomes, respectively. The highest number of simple sequence repeats was found in TSS (128), followed by TS (127) and TM (121). Pairwise alignments of the TSS cp genome with related cp genomes showed a high degree of synteny. However, relatively lower sequence identity was observed when various coding regions were compared to those of related cp genomes. The average pairwise divergence among the complete cp genomes showed that TSS was more divergent from TM (0.018) than from TS (0.006). The current study provides valuable genomic insight into the genus Teucrium and its subspecies that may be applied to a more comprehensive study.