The subject of acid-base balance has become one of increasing complexity over the past two decades. Along with better understanding of the processes involved has come an array of confusing terms and ideas that leaves most physicians completely bewildered. For example, in a recent article on acid-base balance, the author listed six commonly used chemical definitions of the words "base" and "acid...

douala metropolitan city loated in the littoral province of cameroon,has experienced a rapid urbaniation and industralisation. the city depends heavily on groundwater as a resource. due to ubiquitous sources of pollution, groundwater quality and contamination has become an imprtant issue for this urban groundwater supply. this study uses the major ion chemistry of groundwater together with t...

DNA charge transport (CT) chemistry has received considerable attention by scientific researchers over the past 15 years since our first provocative publication on long range CT in a DNA assembly.1,2 This interest, shared by physicists, chemists and biologists, reflects the potential of DNA CT to provide a sensitive route for signaling, whether in the construction of nanoscale biosensors or as ...

What is the strongest Brønsted acid, base, oxidizing agent? If not understood in an absolute, once-and-forever sense, answers to such questions may help at extending and reinforcing meaning of simple concepts first-year chemistry courses. Moreover, they serve purpose introducing research aspects linking them general chemistry.

A new triple-decker dinuclear sandwich-type dysprosium complex based on both the phthalocyanine ligand and the tetradentate Schiff base ligand was synthesized, which is of interest for synthetic chemistry and also shows single-molecule magnetic behaviour.

DNA-methyltransferases catalyze the sequence-specific transfer of the methyl group of S-adenosylmethionine to target bases in genomic DNA. For gaining access to their target embedded within a double-helical structure, DNA-methyltransferases (DNA-MTases) rotate the target base out of the DNA helix. This base-flipping leads to the formation of an apparent abasic site. MTases such as cytosine-spec...

INTRODUCTION Phase-transfer catalysis (PTC) involves the use of environmentally benign organocatalysts, mild reaction conditions, and simple experimental procedures that are insensitive to air/moisture and amenable to large-scale processes. Furthermore, the use of inexpensive inorganic bases such as NaOH in place of expensive moisture-sensitive hydride, alkoxide and amide bases makes PTC an att...