A new thiol-specific reagent introduces a small bis(methylamino)terephthalic acid fluorophore into proteins. The noninvasive probe with distinct spectroscopic properties offers many advantages for protein labeling, purification, and mechanistic work promising to serve as a powerful tool in studies of protein folding and heme redox reactions.

A series of Schiff Bases of Ni(II) and Cu(II) using acetylacetone (acac), salicylaldehyde (sal), ethylenediamine (en), and o-phenylendiarnine (dabe) were prepared and characterized. The electronic spectra of some copper chelates in various organic solvents depend strongly on the solvent used and the d-d band of Cu(II) shifts to red with the increase of the Donor Number (DN) of solvent. The ...

The cathodic polarographic wave observed for solutions of AlCl, in pyridine is due not to reduction of Al(III), but to reduction of the solvent, in which process Al(II1) plays an essential role, apparently by polarizing the pyridine through the formation of a Lewis acid-base adduct with the pyridine nitrogen. Macroscale electrolysis of pyridine solutions of AlCl, at a mercury cathode results in...

BACKGROUND Dietary exposure to the cyanotoxin BMAA is suspected to be the cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the Western Pacific Islands. In Europe and North America, this toxin has been identified in the marine environment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis clusters but, to date, only few dietary exposures have been described. OBJECTIVES We aimed at identifying cluster(s) of amyotrophic...

A new iridium catalyst containing an imine-diphosphine ligand has been developed, which showed high efficiency for the hydrogenation of CO2 to formate (yield up to 99%, TON up to 450 000). A possible catalytic mechanism is proposed, in which the imine group of the catalyst plays a key role in the cleavage of H2 and the activation of CO2.

The complex molecule in the title compound, [NiBr2(C36H40N2)], has mirror symmetry. The Ni(II) atom and two Br atoms are located on the mirror plane. The Ni(II) atom is four-coordinated by the two Br atoms and two N atoms from an N,N'-bis(2,6-diethyl-4-phenyl-phen-yl)butane-2,3-di-imine ligand in a distorted tetra-hedral geometry. The dihedral angle formed between the two adjacent benzene rings...

The title co-crystal, C(9)H(9)NO(2)·C(6)H(6)O(2), is composed of one 2,6-diacetyl-pyridine mol-ecule and one resorcinol mol-ecule as the asymmetric unit. In the 2,6-diacetyl-pyridine mol-ecule, the two carbonyl groups are anti-periplanar to the pyridine N atom. In the crystal, the 2,6-diacetyl-pyridine and resorcinol mol-ecules are connected by two O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming planar chains of...

Polymer-supported oxidic osmium catalysts based on cross-linked poly(4-vinyl pyridine) were synthesized by various routes and characterized by a number of physical techniques (Raman, IR, XPS, “C and 15N solid-state NMR spectroscopy). Model compounds of type Os,O,L, (L = pyridine, 4-iso-propyl pyridine, and 4-tert-butyl pyridine) were obtained under the conditions of the catalyst synthesis. The ...

Dopamine (DA) D3 and D2 receptor mechanisms are implicated in cocaine's abuse-related behavioral effects, but the relative contribution of the two receptor subtypes is only partially characterized. This study investigated the role of D3 and D2 subtype mechanisms by determining the degree to which the D3-preferring antagonist PG01037 [N-{4-[4-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-piperazin- 1-yl]-trans-but-2-eny...