Nickel(0)-catalyzed cross-coupling of heteroaryl-containing diarylmethanes with both aryl bromides and chlorides has been achieved. The success of this reaction relies on the introduction of a unique nickel/NIXANTPHOS-based catalyst system, which provides a direct route to triarylmethanes from heteroaryl-containing diarylmethanes. Reactivity studies indicate the Ni(NIXANTPHOS)-based catalyst ex...

The novel chelating PNP pincer ligand 2,5-bis((diphenylphosphino)methyl)-1H-pyrrole (1) was prepared and its nickel coordination chemistry explored. The reaction with Ni(COD)(2) led to a diamagnetic dinuclear nickel(I) complex (4) which was also obtained by the reaction of the square planar Ni(II) complexes [(PNP-Ph(2))NiX] (X = Cl (2), X = I (3)) with Li(Et(3)BH).

A V-shaped ligand Bis(2-benzimidazolymethyl)amine (bba) and its nickel(II) picrate (pic) complex, with composition [Ni(bba)(2)](pic)(2)·3MeOH, have been synthesized and characterized on the basis of elemental analyses, molar conductivities, IR spectra, and UV/vis measurements. In the complex, the Ni(II) ion is six-coordinated with a N(2)O(4) ligand set, resulting in a distorted octahedron coord...

Free-living Bradyrhizobiumjaponicum grown heterotrophically with 1 ,uM 63Ni2' accumulated label. Strain SR470, a Hupc mutant, accumulated almost 10-fold more 63Ni2+ on a per-cell basis than did strain SR, the wild type. Nongrowing cells were also able to accumulate nickel over a 2-h period, with the Hupc mutant strain SR470 again accumulating significantly more 63Ni2+ than strain SR. These resu...

The partial oxidation of methane to syngas was studied in this work over Ni-containing ceria catalysts with nickel content of 5, 10 and 20 at.% at atmospheric pressure. All catalysts, in the as prepared state, showed similar activity and CO selectivity at T ≥ 550◦C. Catalyst pre-reduction was not required. Reaction mixtures were dilute, containing 3 mol% CH4 and 1.5 mol% O2. Methane conversion ...

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a widespread human pathogen causing peptic ulcers and chronic gastritis. Maintaining nickel homeostasis is crucial for the establishment of H. pylori infection in humans. We used immobilized-nickel affinity chromatography to isolate Ni-related proteins from H. pylori cell extracts. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry were employed to sepa...

Nickel atoms were inserted into nine-atom deltahedral Zintl ions of E(9)(4-) (E = Ge, Sn) via reactions with Ni(cod)(2) (cod = cyclooctadiene), and [Ni@Sn(9)](3-) was structurally characterized. Both the empty and the Ni-centered clusters react with TlCp (Cp = cyclopentadienyl anion) and add a thallium vertex to form the deltahedral ten-atom closo-species [E(9)Tl](3-) and [Ni@E(9)Tl](3-), respe...

Nickel is an essential metal for Helicobacter pylori, as it is the co-factor of two enzymes crucial for colonization, urease and hydrogenase. Nickel is taken up by specific transporters and its intracellular homeostasis depends on nickel-binding proteins to avoid toxicity. Nickel trafficking is controlled by the Ni(II)-dependent transcriptional regulator NikR. In contrast to other NikR proteins...

We demonstrate a novel, simple synthetic method for metal (Ni) NPs in a MOF using the partial thermal decomposition of nickel(II) 2,5-dihydroxyterephthalate (Ni-MOF-74). The Ni NPs inside the Ni-MOF-74 are several nanometers in size, and the size can be precisely controlled by the heating conditions.

In the title azide-bridged dinuclear centrosymmetric nickel(II) complex, [Ni(2)(N(3))(4)(C(12)H(12)N(2))(2)], the Ni(II) atom is five-coordinated by two N atoms of the 5,5'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine ligand and three N atoms from three azide ligands in a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry. The Ni⋯Ni distance is 3.2398 (12) Å.