The asymmetric unit of the title complex, [Zn(C10H11O2)2(C6H6N2O)2(H2O)], contains one half of the complex mol-ecule, and the ZnII cation and the water O atom lie on a twofold rotation axis. The ZnII cation is coordinated by two carboxyl-ate O atoms of the two symmetry-related 2,4,6-tri-methyl-benzoate (TMB) anions and by the water O atom at distances of 2.0311 (16) and 2.076 (2) Å to form a sl...

FeIII(μ-OH)ZnII Complex that Mimics the Structural and Functional Properties of Purple Acid Phosphatases Ademir Neves,*,† Mauricio Lanznaster,† Adailton J. Bortoluzzi,† Rosely A. Peralta,† Annelise Casellato,†,§ Eduardo Ernesto Castellano,‡ Paul Herrald,§ Mark J. Riley,§ and Gerhard Schenk§ LABINC, Departamento de Quı́mica, UniVersidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Bra...

We have determined the column densities of UV absorption lines in 4 Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) optical transients, using the curve of growth analysis. From a direct comparison with the column densities of the same elements observed in damped Lyman–α (DLA) systems along QSO sight lines, we unambiguously find that 3 GRB–DLAs are characterized by much higher column densities of ZnII with respect to QSO...

Functional porphyrins have attracted intense attention due to their remarkably high extinction coefficients in the visible region and potential for optical and energy-related applications. Two new routes to functionalised SWNTs have been established using a bulky ZnII -porphyrin featuring thiolate groups at the periphery. We probed the optical properties of this zinc(II)-substituted, bulky aryl...

This report describes the dimerisation of glutathione, and by extension, other cysteine-containing peptides or protein fragments, with a 5, 5'-disubstituted-2, 2'-bipyridine or 6, 6"-disubstituted-2, 2':6',2"-terpyridine unit. The resulting bipy-GS2 and terpy-GS2 were investigated as potential metal ion dependent switches in aqueous solution, and were found to predominantly adopt the transoïd c...

A dehydroabietyl derivative 2 bearing a 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)benzimidazole unit was synthesized and its sensing behaviors toward metal ions were investigated by UV-Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy methods. In THF solution, compound 2 exhibited excellent selectivity for CuII over miscellaneous other metal ions including CrII, MnII, CoII, NiII, ZnII, CdII, AlIII, MgII, PbII, HgII, NaI, LiI and KI...

The title ZnII complex, [Zn(C18H18N3S)2], (I), features two independent but chemically equivalent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. In each, the thio-semicarbazonate monoanion coordinates the ZnII atom via the thiol-ate-S and imine-N atoms, with the resulting N2S2 donor set defining a distorted tetra-hedral geometry. The five-membered ZnSCN2 chelate rings adopt distinct conformations in each i...

Coconut water (Cocos Nucifera) is shown to be a source of essential elements present in the form low-molecular weight stable complexes known for their bio-availability. The total element concentrations were range 0.2–2.7, 0.3–1, 3–14 and 0.5–2 ppm Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, respectively, varied as function origin nut its maturity. Speciation was investigated by size-exclusion chromatography - inductively ...