The bimetallic M20 and M21 compounds, {[Cu3Ag17{S2P(OiPr)2}12]0.5 [Cu4Ag16{S2P(OiPr)2}12]0.5} ({[1a]0.5[1b]0.5}) [Cu4Ag17{S2P(OiPr)2}12](PF6) (2), have been structurally characterized, in which the Cu(I) ions are randomly distributed on eight outer positions capping eight-electron [Ag13]5+ core. DFT calculations show that statistical disorder results from nearly neutral preference of copper to ...

Solution precursor plasma spraying is used to produce catalytic trimetallic coatings containing Ni, Fe and Mo directly onto stainless-steel mesh, Ni foam carbon paper. The resulting material mostly comprised of face centered cubic FeNi3 alloy forming a highly porous coating with nanostructured features. addition (up ≈14 at%) generates no new crystal phases but only an increase in the lattice pa...

The metal chloride of LaCl3 was chosen to modify the Au-Cu/AC to decrease the noble metal of gold and enhance the catalytic performances. Then a mercury-free catalyst of Au-Cu-La/AC was prepared by the impregnation method, and the fresh Au-Cu-La/AC and Au-Cu/AC catalysts were also characteri...

Cyclometallated iridium complexes comprised of two terdentate cyclometallating ligands, of the form [Ir(Ninsertion markCinsertion markN)(Ninsertion markNinsertion markC)](+), have been explored for the preparation of multimetallic systems by palladium-catalysed cross-coupling reactions. An Ninsertion markNinsertion markC-coordinating ligand carrying a boronate ester group has been prepared and ...

In the title compound, [Ni(3)(C(10)H(22)N(2)S(2))(2)](ClO(4))(2), the complex cation consists of a nickel(II) ion and two [Ni(C(10)H(22)N(2)S(2))] units with an N(2)S(2) tetra-dentate ligand, 3,3'-[1,2-ethane-diylbis(methyl-imino)]bis-(1-propane-thiol-ate). The central Ni(II) ion is located on a crystallographic inversion centre and is bound to the four S atoms of the two [Ni(C(10)H(22)N(2)S(2)...

The worrying appearance of microbial resistance to antibiotics is a worldwide problem which needs to be tackled urgently. Microbial resistance to the common classes of antibiotics involving purely organic compounds unfortunately develops very rapidly and in most cases, resistance was detected soon after or even before release of the antibiotic to the market. Therefore, novel concepts for antibi...

The recent discovery of trimetallic deltahedral Zintl ions based on Sn, Ge, and Bi revealed the possibility to obtain such clusters with a variety of different Sn/Ge/Bi ratios. Although only the dimer [(BiSn(6)Ge(2))-(Ge(2)Sn(6)Bi)](4-) was structurally characterized, a number of other nine-atom clusters with various stoichiometries were detected by electrospray mass spectrometry. The lack of s...