Electron transfer from K atoms to oriented CH3CN, CH3NC, and CCl3CN is studied in crossed beams at energies near the threshold for forming an ion pair. For the methyl compounds, the dominant ions are K+ and CN-; the steric asymmetry is very small and energy-independent, characteristic of sideways attack with the electron apparently entering the π*CN antibonding orbital. Migration of the electro...

The adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate reductase (AprAB) is the enzyme responsible for the reduction of adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (APS) to sulfite in the biological process of dissimilatory sulfate reduction, which is carried out by a ubiquitous group of sulfate reducing prokaryotes. The electron donor for AprAB has not been clearly identified, but was proposed to be the QmoABC membrane complex, sin...

The 351 nm photoelectron spectra of the ortho, meta, and para isomers of the fluorobenzyl, chlorobenzyl, and bromobenzyl anions all exhibit resolved, analyzable vibrational structure. For a given isomer, the electron affinity increases with increasing halide atomic number, while for a given halogen substituent, the meta isomer has the largest electron affinity and the para isomer has the lowest...

unmodified zeolites show little affinity for anions due to the fact that their surfaces are negatively charged. however modification of zeolites with amines turns their negative surface charge to positive and creating higher adsorption capacity for anions. in this study, polyaniline-clinoptilolite composite was prepared by polymerization of anilinium on the surface of zeolite. the composite was...