There has been considerable discussion on the nature of the chemical configuration of the primary peroxide complexes of the catalases and peroxidases. The simplest hypothesis (l-5)) namely that peroxide complexes are formed in the reaction, is subject to alternative interpretations. For example, it has been postulated that the spectroscopically identifiable reaction product is not a peroxide co...

Chlorite dismutase (Cld) is a heme b-dependent, O-O bond forming enzyme that transforms toxic chlorite (ClO(2)(-)) into innocuous chloride and molecular oxygen. The mechanism and specificity of the reaction with chlorite and alternate oxidants were investigated. Chlorite is the sole source of dioxygen as determined by oxygen-18 labeling studies. Based on ion chromatography and mass spectrometry...

In current study, nanoparticles and single crystals of a Zn(II) coordination complex, [Zn(dmph)I2](1), {dmph=2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline(neocuproine)}, have been synthesized by the reaction of zinc(II) acetate, KI and neocuproine as ligand in methanol using sonochemical and heat gradient methods, respectively. The nanostructure of 1 was characte...

The first alpha-difluoromethyl sulfoximine compound, 2, was successfully prepared by using the copper(II)-catalyzed nitrene transfer reaction. Compound 2 was found to be a novel and efficient difluoromethylation reagent for transferring the CF(2)H group to S-, N-, and C-nucleophiles. Deuterium-labeling experiments suggest that a difluorocarbene mechanism is involved in the current difluoromethy...

the reaction of barium chloride with 2, 6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid in water led to the formation of a novelpolymeric complex formulated as {[ba2(hpydc)2(pydc)(h20)3].h20.(h2pydc)}.(i). the crystal structure of (i)was characterized by single crystal x-ray diffraction method. the complex was crystallized in the monoclinicsystem with space group p2/c, with four molecule in unit-cell, e.g z=4. the...