The potential of a new anionic octahedral metal complex [Ru(III)(acac)2(pz)2](-) ((-)) (pzH = pyrazole) as a ligand with a scorpionate coordination behaviour like tris(pyrazolyl)borate (tp) and reversible redox activity is presented. Trinuclear metal complexes, [Ru(III)2Zn(II)(acac)4(pz)4] () and [Ru(II)Ru(III)2(acac)4(pz)4] (), were each synthesized by the reaction of ZnCl2 or Ru3(CO)12 with [...

Treatment of the 2,5-bis(2'-pyridyl)pyrrolato (PDP-) anion with {Ru(COD)Cl2}n in THF readily yielded [Ru(PDP)(COD)Cl] (1) in almost quantitative yield. Anion metathesis of 1 in organic solvent by NO3- and OTf- (OTf- = triflato) gave [Ru(PDP)(COD)(NO3)] (2) and [Ru(PDP)(COD)(OTf)] (3), and in aqueous solution by BF4- and PF6- afforded aqueous complexes [Ru(PDP)(COD)(H2O)](BF4) (4+·BF4-) and [Ru(...

Pt-Ru supported on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) (single-walled nanotubes, double-walled nanotubes (DWNTs), and multi-walled nanotubes) catalysts are prepared by an ethylene glycol reduction method. Pt-Ru nanoparticles with a diameter of 2-3 nm and narrow particle size distributions are uniformly deposited onto the CNTs. A simple and fast filtration method followed by a hot-press film transfer is emp...

The present article deals with a newer class of ligand bridged asymmetric complexes incorporating ancillary ligands (AL) with varying electronic characteristics: [(bpy)2Ru(II)(μ-HL(2-)) Ru(II)(bpy)2](ClO4)2·([1](ClO4)2); [(pap)2Ru(II)(μ-HL(2-))Ru(II)(pap)2](ClO4)2 ([2](ClO4)2); [(bpy)2Ru(II)(μ-HL(2-))Ru(II)(pap)2](ClO4)2 ([3](ClO4)2); [(acac)2Ru(III)(μ-HL(2-))Ru(III)(acac)2] (4) and [(bpy)2Ru(I...

In this data article we describe synthetic and characterisation data for four members of the 5-acyl-6,7-dihydrothieno[3,2-c]pyridine (termed "RU-SKI") class of inhibitors of Hedgehog acyltransferase, including associated NMR spectra for final compounds. RU-SKI compounds were selected for synthesis based on their published high potencies against the enzyme target. RU-SKI 41 (9a), RU-SKI 43 (9b),...

The asymmetric unit of the title triangulo-triruthenium compound, Ru(3)(CO)(9)(μ-Ph(2)AsCH(2)AsPh(2))(P[OCH(CH(3))(2)](3)) or [Ru(3)(C(25)H(22)As(2))(C(9)H(21)O(3)P)(CO)(9)], contains two mol-ecules of the triangulo-triruthenium complex. The bis-(diphenyl-arsanyl)methane ligand bridges an Ru-Ru bond and the monodentate phosphite ligand binds to the third Ru atom. Both the arsine and phosphite l...

By use of poly(dA-dT) as template and Escherichia coli RNA polymerase, several metal ions were tested for their effect on the efficiency of transcription and on the misincorporation of CMP into the poly(rA-rU) product. In the presence of 10 mM MgCl2, Mn2+ has a stimulatory effect on the transcription, Co2+ has very little effect on the reaction, Cu2+ and Zn2+ are strongly inhibitory, and Cd2+ a...

AIM Stress and glucocorticoids can influence movement performance and pathologies of the motor system. The classic notion assumes that the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) mediates the majority of stress-induced behavioral changes. Nevertheless, recent findings have attributed a more prominent role to the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) in modulating behavior. The purpose of this study was to disso...

A high-temperature and high-pressure flow-reactor system was applied to the synthesis of monometallic ruthenium (Ru) nanoparticles and platinum/ruthenium (Pt/Ru) bimetallic nanoparticles using the thermal reduction of ruthenium ion (Ru(III)) and the mixture of platinum (Pt(IV)) and ruthenium ions in water and ethanol mixture in the presence of poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone). Monometallic Ru nanopa...

Tendencies toward local atomic ordering in (A,A′)(B,B′)O3−δ mixed composition perovskites are modeled to explore their influence on thermodynamic, transport, and electronic properties. In particular, dopants and defects within lanthanum chromate perovskites are studied under various simulated redox environments. (La1−x ,Srx)(Cr1−y ,Fey)O3−δ (LSCF) and (La1−x ,Srx)(Cr1−y ,Ruy)O3−δ (LSCR) are mod...