Novel triarylazoimidazoles containing strong electron donors (p-NEt2) or acceptors (p-NO2) by the azoaryl group, and their group 12 metal complexes were synthesized fully characterized, including X-ray analysis for several complexes. exhibit red photo-luminescence emission (Φ up to 0.21) in a solution. Moreover, antibacterial activity of was tested against Gram-positive microorganism S. aureus ...

The ditopic molecule 3-(1,3,5-trimethyl-4-1H-pyrazolyl)acetylacetone (HacacMePz) combines an acetylacetone group suitable for deprotonation and O,O? coordination to a Pearson hard cation with softer N-donor site. Both binding modes were employed individually: the pyrazolyl moiety was coordinated ZnII, HgII, AgI, trivalent iron tris-chelating complex [Fe(acacMePz)3] isolated. CuII derivative sho...

The mercury(II) complex of 2,2'-(5-tert-butyl-1,3-phenyl-ene)bis-(1-pentyl-1H-benz-imidazole), namely catena-poly[[dihalogenido-mercury(II)]-μ-2,2'-(5-tert-butyl-1,3-phenyl-ene)bis-(1-pentyl-1H-benzimidazole)-κ2N3:N3'], [HgBr1.52Cl0.48(C34H42N4)], 2, has a polymeric structure bridging via the N atoms from the benzimidazole moieties of the ligand. The compound crystallizes in the ortho-rhom-bic ...

HgII interacting with a naturally ZnII-containing Rad50 protein interface yields HgS4 species, the strongest metal–protein interaction known to date. It also introduces novel manifestation of mechanism prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Furthermore, substitution occurring ZnII possibly has an impact on quaternary structure assembly process, thus disrupting DNA-repair mechanisms that engage Mre11...

By combining the information from 19F, 1H-HOESY and PGSE NMR methodologies, unprecedented direct evidence has been obtained for the formation of supramolecular assemblies in solution between the trinuclear cyclic AuI basic compounds ([Au(mu-C2,N3-bzim)]3 (bzim = 1-benzylimidazolate), 1, and [Au(mu-C,N-C(OEt)=N-p-C6H4-CH3)]3, 2, on one hand, and the trinuclear cyclic HgII acid complex [Hg(mu-C,C...

Global models of atmospheric mercury generally assume that gas-phase OH and ozone are the main oxidants converting Hg0 to HgII and thus driving mercury deposition to ecosystems. However, thermodynamic considerations argue against the importance of these reactions. We demonstrate here the viability of atomic bromine (Br) as an alternative Hg0 oxidant. We conduct a global 3-D simulation with the ...

A simple, rapid and reliable method was developed for the determination of total mercury in biological samples. Samples were solubilized using tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH). The organically bound mercury was cleaved and converted to inorganic mercury by on-line addition of KMnO4. The decomposed mercury together with inorganic mercury originally present in samples was determined by flow i...