A new series of vanadyl(IV), manganese(II), iron(II), nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes of N-[phenyl(pyrrolidin-1-yl)methyl]benzamide(PBB) have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, molar conductance, IR, electronic, EPR spectra and magnetic measurements. Conductance measurements indicate that the above complexes are non-electrolytes. The spectral data show that, the ligan...

We previously reported a preliminary mechanistic study of aerobic Cu(OAc)(2)-catalyzed methoxylation of 4-tolylboronic ester (King, et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 5044-5045), which revealed that aryl transmetalation from the boronic ester to Cu(II) is the turnover-limiting step. In the present study, more-thorough kinetic and spectroscopic studies provide additional insights into transmet...

We propose three basis screening methods for state space restriction in Liouville space simulations of large densely coupled spin systems encountered in electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and spin chemistry. The methods are based on conservation law analysis, symmetry factorization, and the analysis of state space connectivity graphs. A reduction in matrix dimensions by several ...

We study the X -band EPR spectra of Co in single crystalline Zn1 xCoxO (x = 0.001–0.075) thin films grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. By analyzing the EPR linewidth behavior we argue that the exchange-narrowing model, usually applied to Mn-based II-VI DMS, fails here and that a combined effect of exchange and dipolar broadening can explain the linewidth variation with Co content ...

This article reports the syntheses, characterization, structural description, together with magnetic and spectroscopic properties of two isostructural molecular magnets based on chiral ligand N,N′-bis((1,2-diphenyl-(pyridine-2-yl)methylene)-(R,R/S,S)-ethane-1,2-diamine), L1, general formula [Ln2(RR-L1)2(Cl6)]·MeOH·1.5H2O, (Ln = Ce (1) or Nd (2)). Multifrequency electron paramagnetic resonance (...

Objective The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of varicocelectomy on serum testosterone levels and semen quality in infertile men who suffer from varicocele. MaterialsAndMethods This prospective study enrolled 115 subjects with clinical varicocele grades II and III and 240 fertile men as the control group. Total volume of testosterone serum level (ng/dl) and semen quality w...

A new one dimensional coordination polymer of copper(II), [Cu4(L)2(μ2-1,1-OAc)2(μ2-1,3-OAc)4]n (1), has been synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic methods and single crystal X-ray analysis [HL = (E)-N'-(phenyl(pyridin-2-yl)methylene)isonicotinhydrazide, OAc = acetate anion]. The coordination polymer contains two kinds of Cu(II) dimers which are connected by two types of acetate (μ2-1,1...

Following our interest in reaching for a molded rubber article with possible detergent contact applications, durable silver nanopowder (AgNP) is synthesized by arc discharge, then mixed with varying ratios of ethylene propylene rubber (EPR), affording novel AgNP@EPR nanocomposites. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of AgNP as well as AgNP@EPR show no trace of impurity, while scanning electron mi...