Micronutrients, such as zinc (Zn), are essential for the growth and development of a wide range crops. To overcome Zn deficiency in soil, Zn-solubilizing bacteria (ZSB) have recently been employed. In present study, samples from rice fields state Selangor, Malaysia, were collected to isolate, characterize, identify ZSB. A total 88 strains isolated, only 9 able solubilize insoluble on oxide (ZnO...

Two isostructural transition-metal (TM) triphosphonates decorated with neutral rigid N-containing ligands 1,3,5-tris(1-imidazolyl)benzene (tib), [Zn3(L1)(tib)]·8H2O (1) and [Co3(L1)(tib)]·9H2O (2) (H6L1 = N(CH2PO3H2)3), nitrilotris(methylenephosphonic acid), have been solvothermally prepared and structurally characterized by infrared spectroscopy, elemental analysis, thermogravimetric analysis ...

The rational design of heterometallic compounds bearing s-block metal ions have been a difficult task for chemists owing to their lack preferential geometries. However, some strategies, such as the coordinating pockets with different sizes and/or donor atoms, offered great results. In this work, strategy has tested using Ca(II) an ion and compound previously obtained by our group formula [Zn3(μ...

The title compound, [Zn3(C2H5)2(C6H5O3)4]·2C7H8, crystallizes with one complex mol-ecule solvated by two mol-ecules of toluene in the asymmetric unit. The Zn(II) ions are coordinated by two terminal ethyl (Et) groups and four maltolate ligands, which act as μ3- and μ2-bridges. The metal atoms are arranged in an incomplete cubane Zn3O4 core structure, derived from one EtZnO3 tetra-hedron, one Et...

Interactions of neutral pyridine ligands and anionic benzoate with the metalloporphyrin walls M6L3 nanocages (M = [(tmeda)Pt]2+, L tetra(3-pyridyl)porphyrin-M′, M′ CoII, Co3-1; ZnII, Zn3-1) were evaluated in CD3CN. The binding to simple tetra(N-methyl-3-pyridinium)porphyrin-M′ complexes Co-2 Zn-2 was also evaluated. It found that bind generally similar strength monomeric porphyrins as outer fac...

The hydrothermal reaction of M(NO3)2.6H2O (M = Ni and Zn) with benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid (H3btc) and 1,2-bis(1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)ethane (btre) produced the mixed-ligand coordination polymers (MOFs) 3 infinity{[Ni3(mu3-btc)2(mu(4)-btre)2(mu-H2O)2]. approximately 22H2O} (1) and 3 infinity{[Zn3(mu4-btc)2(mu4-btre)(H2O)2].2H2O} (3). The compounds, characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffrac...

In this study, a metal–organic framework, namely, Zn3(BTC)2 (BTC = 1,3,5-benzenetricaboxylic acid), was solvothermally synthesized and employed as catalyst for biodiesel production from degummed vegetable oil via one-step transesterification esterification reaction. The resulting particles exhibit well-defined triclinic structure with an average size of about 1.2 ?m, high specific surface area ...