The effect of fertilization in the first growing season on early survival and growth of narrow-leaved ash (NLA) (Fraxinus angustifolia ssp. oxycarpa) was evaluated throughout the first 3 years of growth in Adapazari, Turkey. A randomized complete block design with four replications was established to investigate fertilization effects. Granular N urea [46%, (NH2)2CO, NH2-N] and NPK (15/15/15%; N...

The class of [NiFe]-hydrogenases is characterized by a bimetallic cofactor comprising low-spin nickel and iron ions, the latter of which is modified with a single carbon monoxide (CO) and two cyanide (CN-) molecules. Generation of these ligands in vivo requires a complex maturation apparatus in which the HypC-HypD complex acts as a 'construction site' for the Fe-(CN)2CO portion of the cofactor....

Substituted Internal Alkene Complex Kerry A. Pickin, Cynthia S. Day, Marcus W. Wright, and Mark E. Welker* Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, P.O. Box 7486, Winston-Salem, NC 27109 An unusual cobaloxime substituted terminal alkene has been isolated and characterized by X-ray crystallography. The double bond in the alkene readily isomerizes but the title compound could be isolated ...

A fundamental problem in astrochemistry concerns the synthesis and survival of complex organic molecules (COMs) throughout the process of star and planet formation. While it is generally accepted that most complex molecules and prebiotic species form in the solid phase on icy grain particles, a complete understanding of the formation pathways is still largely lacking. To take full advantage of ...

Time-resolved kinetic studies of the reaction of silylene, SiH2, with SO2 have been carried out in the gas phase over the temperature range 297-609 K, using laser flash photolysis to generate and monitor SiH2. The second order rate coefficients at 1.3 kPa (SF6 bath gas) fitted the Arrhenius equation: log(k/cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1)) = (-10.10 ± 0.06) + (3.46 ± 0.45 kJ mol(-1))/RT ln 10 where the...

Carbon deposition due to the inverse Boudouard reaction (2CO → CO2 + C) has been studied on yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), Y2O3, and ZrO2 in comparison to CH4 by a variety of different chemical, structural, and spectroscopic characterization techniques, including electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and imaging, Raman spectroscopy, and...

The luminescence characteristics of six osmium carbonyl complexes with phenanthroline (phen) or bipyridine (bpy) and pyridine (py), 4-phenylpyridine (4-phpy), or triphenylphosphine (PPh3) complexes in the presence of polyanion heparin were studied in both ethanol and aqueous solutions. The influence of heparin on the luminescence of the complexes is heavily dependent on the type of ligands in t...