Actinide metal centers are of fundamental interest as they have electronic structures that are distinct from those of transition metals and lanthanides. Indeed, the combination of increased spin–orbit coupling relative to transition metals and enhanced ligand field effects relative to lanthanides renders modeling the magnetic behavior of actinide-containing molecules particularly challenging. S...

Molecular nitrogen (N(2)) and carbon monoxide (CO) have the two strongest bonds in chemistry and present significant challenges in developing new transformations that exploit these two abundant feedstocks. At the core of this objective is the discovery of transition-metal compounds that promote the six-electron reductive cleavage of N(2) at ambient temperature and pressure and also promote new ...

Background: Parthenogenetic activation of mammalian oocytes using artificial stimuli is commonly used in various reproductive bio-techniques. Calcium ionophore is known to elevate intracellular calcium levels in the cytoplasm of oocytes through the influx of calcium from extracellular spaces. Ethanol promotes a single intracellular Ca2+ increase of greater and longer amplitude than the initial ...

BACKGROUND Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by inflammation, filling of the lung with fluid and the collapse of lung units. Mechanical ventilation (MV) is used to treat ARDS using positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) to recruit and retain lung units, thus increasing pulmonary volume and dynamic functional residual capacity (dFRC) at the end of expiration. However, ...

The addition of CO to [((R3N)BH2)2(μ-H)][B(C6F5)4] leads to formation of trimethylboroxine ((MeBO)3) and [(R3N)2BH2][B(C6F5)4]. When R = Et, [(Et3N)H2B(μ-O)B(CH3)NEt3][B(C6F5)4], is isolated and demonstrated to be an intermediate in the formation of (MeBO)3.

The glutathione-insulin transhydrogenase from beef liver haa been found to promote the reductive cleavage of the disulfide bonds of insulin by simple sulfhydryl compounds such as glutathione (2). The properties of this enzyme are of interest not only because of its probable involvement in the biological regulation of the level of insulin but also because, at present, it is the only isolated mam...