In typical catalytic organic transformations, transition metals in catalytically active complexes are present in their most stable valence states, such as palladium(0) and (II). However, some dimeric monovalent metal complexes can be stabilized by auxiliary ligands to form diamagnetic compounds with metal-metal bonding interactions. These diamagnetic compounds can act as catalysts while retaini...

From the metal ions and metal compounds that are known to bind to DNA, many anticancer Pt(II) and Ru(II)Ru(III) compounds are known to have ligand-exchange kinetics in the same order of magnitude as the division of tumor cells. The present article discusses this process in detail with special attention to cisplatin and related compounds and the cellular binding sites and processes of such compo...

ABSTR,6CT. The development of topological rules for hydrido-metal cluster compounds, similar to those proposed by Lipscomb for boron hydrides, is shown to be a direct consequence of the multicentre bonding in bridged hydrido-metal bonds. Evidence for this localised view of the bonding has been obtained from U.V. photoelectron spectral studies of the hydridocarbonyl cluster compounds Re3(CO)12H3...

The Cu(II), Fe(II), Mn(II) and Zn(II) metal complexes of Schiff base 2-(salicylimino)-3-hydroxypyridine (SIHP) were prepared and characterized by various analytical techniques such as FTIR, UV-Visible spectroscopy and elemental analyses. The magnetic moment values suggested octahedral geometry for these transition metal complexes. Thermal stability of the compounds synthesized was also studied....

This short review describes various types of anti-corrosion additives of water-soluble metal working fluids for aluminum alloy materials. It is concerned with synthetic additives classified according to their functional groups; silicone compounds, carboxylic acids and dibasic acids, esters, Diels-Alder adducts, various polymers, nitrogen compounds, phosphoric esters, phosphonic acids, and other...