Cyclic voltammetry and spectroelectrochemistry (e.p.r.) were used to investigate the mechanisms implied in electrocarboxylation of chloroacetonitrile (Cl-CH2-CN, noted RCl) mediated by [Ni(II)(terpy)2]2+. The oxidative addition on electrogenerated [Ni(I)(terpy)]+ yields an alkyl-nickel R-Ni(III) complex which is reduced into alkyl-nickel(II). E.p.r study shows that homolytic nickel-carbon bond ...

Nickel(II) complex of [NiL2](ClO4)2, where L is an unsymmetrical tridentate ligand of 2-(2-aminoethyl)imino-3-butanone oximehas been synthesized by a template condensation reaction. The complex was characterized on the basis of microanalytical, spectroscopic, and other physicochemical properties. X-ray diffraction study of the complex revea...

Nickel is one of the essential trace elements found in biological systems. It is mostly found in nickel-based enzymes as an essential cofactor. It forms coordination complexes with amino acids within enzymes. Nickel is also present in nucleic acids, though its function in DNA or RNA is still not clearly understood. In this study, complex formation tendencies of Ni(II) with adenine and certain L...

The tolerance, sorption of nickel(II) ions, and changes in the production and composition of exopolymers of eight yeast strains grown under nickel presence with/without NaCl were studied. Strains of Pichia anomala and Candida maltosa known as the most resistant yeasts against nickel tolerated up to 3 mM Ni2+. NaCl addition decreased both the resistance of the yeast strains toward nickel ions an...

Nickel hexacyauoferrate films have been deposited on the surface of a microbaud gold electrode by cyclic voltammetry. Cyclic voltammograms of the resulting nickel hexacyauoferrate films indicate the presence of a couple of redox peaks which correspond to the hexacyanoferrate(II/III) redox couple. The nickel hexacyanoferrate modified microband gold electrode shows an excellent electrocatalytic a...

The carcinogenicity of certain nickel compounds is well known. We have previously shown that human kidney epithelial cells were immortalized by treatment with Ni(II) and in cooperation with the v-Ha-ras oncogene transformed the cells to acquire tumorigenicity in athymic nude mice. Immunocytochemistry and sequence analysis of DNA from the nickel-immortalized cells revealed abnormal p53 expressio...