Antimony is a regulated contaminant that poses both acute and chronic health effects in drinking water. Previous reports suggest that polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics used for water bottles in Europe and Canada leach antimony, but no studies on bottled water in the United States have previously been conducted. Nine commercially available bottled waters in the southwestern US (Arizona) ...

The title compound, hexa-mu-chloro-1:2kappa(4)Cl;2:3kappa(4)Cl;3:4kappa(4) Cl-hexachlor o-1kappa(2)Cl,2kappaCl,3kappaCl, 4kappa(2)Cl-hexakis(diethylamine)-1kappa(2)N,2kappa N,3kappaN, 4kappa(2)N-tetraindium(III), [(InCl(3))(4)(Et(2)NH)(6)] or [In(4)Cl(12)(C(4)H(11)N)(6)], lies about an inversion centre and consists of four octahedrally coordinated In centres linked by bridging Cl atoms to form ...

OBJECTIVES Raised concentrations of antimony have been found in infants dying of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The presumed source of this antimony is toxic gases generated from fire retardants that are present in cot mattresses. The aim of this study was to determine the role of antimony in SIDS. DESIGN Samples of liver, brain, serum, and urine were collected from all patients dying f...

CONTEXT This minireview describes the health effects of antimony exposure in the workplace and the environment. AIM To collate information on the consequences of occupational and environmental exposure to antimony on physiological function and well-being. METHODS The criteria used in the current minireview for selecting articles were adopted from proposed criteria in The International Class...

Half-metallicity combined with wide half-metallic gap, unique ferromagnetic character and high Curie temperature has become a key driving force to develop next-generation spintronic devices. In previous studies, such half-metallicity always occurred under certain manipulation. Here, we, via examining a series of two-dimensional transition-metal trichlorides, evidenced that TiCl3 and VCl3 sheets...

An efficient synthesis of chromenylphenylpropanone derivatives as warfarine-like analogues was developed by the Michael addition of 4-hydroxycoumarin to α,β-unsaturated compounds in the presence of polyvinylpolypyrrolidone supported antimony(III) chloride (PVPP-SbCl3) as a new polymeric Lewis acid catalyst in chloroform at reflux conditions without formation of 2,4-...

An efficient synthesis of chromenylphenylpropanone derivatives as warfarine-like analogues was developed by the Michael addition of 4-hydroxycoumarin to α,β-unsaturated compounds in the presence of polyvinylpolypyrrolidone supported antimony(III) chloride (PVPP-SbCl3) as a new polymeric Lewis acid catalyst in chloroform at reflux conditions without formation of 2,4-...

The ability of antimony and antimony-containing parasiticidal agents to enhance the rate of heme degradation in liver and kidney was investigated. Trivalent antimony was shown to be an extremely potent inducer of heme oxygenase, the initial and rate-limiting enzyme in heme degradation, in both organs, whereas the pentavalent form was a weak inducer of this enzyme. The ability of antimony to ind...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether antimony may be detected in the urine during infancy and early childhood and its association with passive exposure to tobacco smoke, as assessed by urinary cotinine. DESIGN Analysis of spare aliquots of urine collected from infants participating in studies of respiratory function and passive smoking. Urinary antimony was assayed using inductively coupled plasma ...

TiCl3 and NH3 form octaammine titanium(III) chloride ammonia (1/6), [Ti(NH3)8]Cl3·6NH3, which is the first structurally characterized octaammine complex of a transition metal. An excess of TiCl3 reacts with UF4 in liquid NH3 and forms octaammine fluorido uranium(IV) chloride ammonia (1/3.5), [UF(NH3)8]Cl3·3.5NH3. It shows a distorted threefold-capped trigonal-prismatic coordination sphere aroun...