In the centrosymmetric polymeric title compound, {[CoGd(2)(C(14)H(8)N(2)O(5))(4)(H(2)O)(4)]·4H(2)O}(n), the Gd(III) cation is coordinated by one water mol-ecule and four pyridine-4-carboxamido-isophthalate (L) anions in a distorted square-anti-prismatic arrangement, while the Co(II) cation, located on an inversion center, is coordinated by two pyridyl-N atoms, two carboxyl-ate-O atoms and two w...

In the title compound, {[Ce(C(14)H(9)N(2)O(5))(C(14)H(8)N(2)O(5))(H(2)O)(2)]·H(2)O}(n), three carboxyl groups of two independent isophthalate anions are deprotonated and they bridge the Ce(III) cations, forming a two-dimensional polymeric structure parallel to (001); another carboxyl group is not deprotonated and links with the adjacent pyridine ring via an O-H⋯N hydrogen bond. The Ce(III) cati...

Carboxyl-terminated single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were successfully immobilized from solution phases onto the apexes of gold tips for scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Gold STM tips were first modified with self-assembled monolayers of 4-mercaptobenzoic acid, and its carboxyl groups were used to anchor carboxylated SWNTs through Zn2+ ion-bridged coordination. These SWNT tips gave hi...

In the title complex, [Cu(C9H4O6)(H2O)3] n , the Cu(II) cation exhibits a distorted square-pyramidal coordination geometry involving five O atoms from two monodentate 5-carb-oxy-benzene-1,3-di-carboxyl-ate anions and three water mol-ecules. The 5-carb-oxy-benzene-1,3-di-carboxyl-ate anions bridge Cu(II) cations into zigzag polymeric chains running along the b-axis direction. These chains are fu...

Carboxyls are inherent functional groups of thin-film composite polyamide nanofiltration (NF) membranes, which may play a role in membrane performance and fouling. Their surface presence is attributed to incomplete reaction of acyl chloride monomers during the membrane active layer synthesis by interfacial polymerization. In order to unravel the effect of carboxyl group density on organic fouli...

The interaction of the tertiary amine drugs chlorpromazine and dibucaine in their cationic form with carboxyl groups at the membrane surface is studied at concentrations relevant to anesthesia. Spin-labeled stearic acid is used both to provide the carboxyl groups and to monitor binding and ionization behavior in egg lecithin liposomes. Membrane anesthetic concentrations are spectrophotometrical...

The Ru(II) complexes [Ru(bpp)(dcbpy)Cl](+) (1), [Ru(tcbpp)(bpy)Cl](+) (2), and [Ru(tc'bpp)(bpy)Cl](+) (3) (bpp = 2,6-bis(N-pyrazolyl)pyridine, dcbpy = 4,4'-dicarboxyl-bipyridine, bpy = bipyridine, tcbpp = 4-carboxyl-2,6-bis(2-carboxyl-N-pyrazolyl)pyridine, tc'bpp = 4-carboxyl-2,6-bis(4-carboxyl-N-pyrazolyl)pyridine) are studied theoretically using density functional theory (DFT) techniques to e...

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Nd(2)(C(6)H(5)COO)(5)Cl(C(4)H(8)O(2))]·2.5C(4)H(8)O(2), consists of two Nd(III) ions bridged by one Cl(-) ion, five benzoate ions and one coordinating 1,4-dioxane mol-ecule. One Nd(III) ion is nine-coordinate, with a very distorted monocapped square-anti-prismatic geometry. It is coordinated by two chelating carboxyl-ate groups, three monodentate carb...

By chemically modifying carboxyl groups we have investigated the role of the highly acidic COOH-terminal domains of alpha- and beta-tubulin in regulating microtubule assembly. Using a carbodiimide-promoted amidation reaction, as many as 25 carboxyl groups were modified by the addition of 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide and an amine nucleophile, [14C] glycine ethyl ester or [3H]met...

The functional groups of the amino acids are the tools of catalysis in those enzymes which operate without coenzymes and cofactors [ 1,2]. Among the functional groups of proteins the imidazole, thiol and carboxyl groups are the most interesting ones with respect to their possible role in enzyme catalysis. While the mechanism of action of these groups in monofunctional catalysis has been thoroug...