The present study examined the effect of three methods of preparation on the properties and catalytic performance of Cu-Mn/SiO2 catalysts for the water gas shift reaction (WGSR). Impregnation and coprecipitation and the new approach of thermal decomposition of [Cu(H2O)6][Mn(dipic)2].2H2O/SiO2 inorganic precursor complex were used for the synthesis of the silica-supported copper-manganese mixed ...

Decomposition of protected hydrazine diol (1) hemi-oxalate, a key intermediate of the potent indolocarbazole-based DNA topoisomerase I inhibitor (2), was investigated. Spectroscopic analysis revealed that the main decomposition compounds of the hydrazine derivative were a peroxide (3) and an alcohol derivative (4). The peroxide derivative (3) was proposed to form in the presence of oxygen- and/...

A purified and electrophoretically homogeneous blue laccase from the litter-decaying basidiomycete Stropharia rugosoannulata with a molecular mass of approximately 66 kDa oxidized Mn(2+) to Mn(3+), as assessed in the presence of the Mn chelators oxalate, malonate, and pyrophosphate. At rate-saturating concentrations (100 mM) of these chelators and at pH 5.0, Mn(3+) complexes were produced at 0....

A new tetradentate N2O2 Schiff base ligand (MeO-bph)2bn = N,N¢-bis(2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone)-1,4-butanediamine was prepared from the condensation of butane-1,4-diamine with 4-methoxy-2-hydroxybenzophenone and characterized by 1H-NMR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Its nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes characterized usin...

Sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles (SRV)' isolated from skeletal muscle retain a highly efficient ATP-dependent Ca t+ transport system (10, 12) . This system plays a key role in the process of excitation-contraction coupling in muscle cells (18) . Oxalate ions strongly enhance active Ca 2+ transport by the formation of calcium oxalate precipitates within the vesicles (10, 12) . In negatively stain...