Five copper(II) complexes, [Cu(sal-Gly)(bipy)](1), [Cu(sal-Gly)(phen)] (2), [Cu(sal-l-Ala)(phen)] (3), [Cu(sal-D-Ala)(phen)] (4), [Cu(sal-l-Phe)(phen)] (5) and five oxidovanadium(IV) complexes, [V(IV)O(sal-Gly)(bipy)] (6), [V(IV)O(sal-Gly)(phen)] (7), [V(IV)O(sal-l-Phe)(H2O)] (8), [V(IV)O(sal-l-Phe)(bipy)] (9), [V(IV)O(sal-l-Phe)(phen)] (10) (sal=salicylaldehyde, bipy=2,2'-bipyridine, phen=1,10...

The biochemical activity and morphology of control and streptozotocin-diabetic rat liver Golgi complexes were previously investigated by us under influence of some vanadium [V(IV)] compounds. The effectiveness of these derivatives depends on the kind of complexing ligands. This paper presents the investigation of the effect of bipyridyl, the ligand of a new vanadium compound, tested by us with ...

Vanadium K-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) was used to examine whole blood preparations from the tunicates Ascidia nigra and Ascidia ceratodes. Each XAS spectrum exhibits a rising edge inflection near 5480 eV characteristic of vanadium(III) and an intensity maximum at 5484.0 eV. In A. ceratodes blood cells, intrinsic aquo-VSO4+ complex ion is indicated by an inflection feature at 5476 ...

We have observed that the superoxide anion reacts with VO(salen), but not with VO(saldpt), where H2(salen) and H2(saldpt) are Schiff base ligands derived from salicylaldehyde and ethylenediamine or dipropylenetriamine, respectively. Based on the electrochemical, ESR, and UV spectroscopic studies of the reaction mixture, it was concluded that the superox­ ide anion reacts with VO(salen) to oxidi...

In this study, different samples of Niobium and Vanadium co-doped titania  thin films (5-10-15 mol% Nb and 5-10-15 mol% V) were prepared via sol−gel dip coating method, using niobium chloride as niobium precursor, ammonium metavanadate as vanadium precursor, and titanium (IV) butoxide (TBT) as titanium precursor. The effects of doping amount on the structural, optical, and photo-catalytic prope...

The oxovanadium(IV) complex of formula [VOCl(H2biim)2]Cl (H2biim=2,2%-biimidazole) has been prepared and characterized by chemical analysis, single crystal X-ray diffraction, and IR and electronic spectroscopies. The crystal structure consists of chains of alternating [VOCl(H2biim)2] + cations and Cl anions, linked together by N H···Cl···H N hydrogen bonds. The vanadium atom lies in a very dist...

The title compound, C(4)H(3)BrO(4), was obtained from a solution of meso-2,3-dibromo-succinic acid and vanadium(IV) oxide. The crystals are isostructural with chloro-maleic acid and the mol-ecule has two geometrically different carboxyl groups, one of which has delocalized C-O bonds and is essentially coplanar with the olefinic bond plane [give dihedral angle 15.08 (16)°], whereas the other has...

A low-cost, a high-yielding of vanadium oxide nanobelts 2 was simply synthesized by hydrothermal treatment of our (NH4)2V3O8, 1, with deionized water at 200 °C for 3 days. The SEM observations show that ribbon-like nanobelts are about 150300 nm wide and thousands of nanometers long. The XRD pattern reveals a set of the paper form reflections, characteristic of (00l) reflections for layered phas...

There is an urgent medical need for orally effective drugs to replace insulin injections for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Vanadium complexes with insulin-mimetic activities have recently been proposed as candidates as new antidiabetic drugs. Following in vitro and in vivo studies on a group of bis(3-hydroxy-4-pyronato)oxovanadium(IV) (1) complexes with VO(O4) coordination mode, bis(allix...