Sensitive voltammetric methods using cathodic and anodic differential pulse stripping techniques were applied for determination of trace ions cadmium(II), cobalt(II), copper(II), lead(II), manganese(II), nickel(II), and zinc(II), which are usually found in different grades of common salt as contaminants. The optimal conditions, i.e., deposition time, preconcentration potential, supporting elect...

O-Functionalised salen ligands were employed as bridging ligands in the synthesis of homo- and heterometallic salen complexes with early and late transition metals (H(2)salen: N,N'-bis(salicylidene)ethylenediamine, systematic name: 2,2'-{ethane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilomethylidine)}diphenol). A new type of O-functionalised salen ligand was synthesised, which contains alkyl groups to enhance the solub...

A new iron phosphate, disodium calcium manganese(II) iron(III) tris(phosphate), Na2CaMnFe(PO4)3, has been synthesized as single crystals by the flux technique. This compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c. The structure belongs to the alluaudite structural type and thus, it obeys the X(2)X(1)M(1)M(2)2(PO4)3 general formula. Both the X(2) and X(1) sites are fully occupied by sod...

The effect of cadmium, copper, lead, zinc, manganese and magnesium on entomopathogenic nematodes S. feltiae was tested under laboratory conditions. The mortality of nematode invasive larvae, their pathogenicity expressed as test insect G. mellonella mortality and reproduction from the test insect bodies were investigated. It was revealed that cadmium, copper, lead and zinc affected an increase ...

Reactions of MnX(2) meltsalt (X = Cl and ClO(4)) and a quinquedentate Schiff base ligand together with its coligand azides in MeOH produced the unprecedented assembly of novel octa- and hexadecanuclear manganese clusters containing two and four alternant tetrahedral Mn(III)(3)Mn(II) cores bridged by Schiff base ligands and versatile azides groups. The magnetic measurements on both compounds ind...

Single-crystal X-ray studies of a manganese(II) derivative of guanosine 5'-monophosphate, [Mn(5'-GMP)(H(2)O)(5)],3H(2)O, have shown that it is isostructural with its nickel analogue. The manganese atom therefore is bonded to five water molecules with the remaining octahedral co-ordination site being occupied by N-7 of the nucleotide base. No direct metal-phosphate bonding is involved, but there...

In the crystal structure of the title compound, [Mn(NCSe)(2)(C(4)H(4)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)], the manganese(II) cation is coordinated by two N-bonded pyrimidine ligands, two N-bonded seleno-cyanate anions and two O-bonded water mol-ecules in a distorted octa-hedral coordination mode. The asymmetric unit consists of one manganese(II) cation, located on a centre of inversion, as well as one seleno-cy...

Two new ligands, ammonium 2,6-dimethyl morpholine dithiocarbamate (ADMMDTC) and ammonium 3-methyl piperdine dithiocarbamate (AMP-DTC) were synthesized in the laboratory. The method was based on chelation of manganese(II) with ADMM-DTC/AMP-DTC in the presence of NH4OH at pH 6.2 and 6.8 to produce catalytic hydrogen currents at -0.72 V and -0.62 V vs. SCE respectively and prior detected by D.C po...

The crystal structure of the title compound, {[Mn(NCSe)(2)(C(12)H(10)N(2))(2)]·C(12)H(10)N(2)}(2n), consists of two crystallographically independent Mn cations, four seleno-cyanate anions, four 1,2-di-pyridylethylene (bpe) ligands (two of which are located on centers of inversion) and two bpe solvent molecules. Each manganese(II) cation is coordinated by two terminally N-bonded seleno-cyanate a...

Manganese dioxide nanowhiskers (MDN), prepared by the reduction of potassium permanganate by ethyl alcohol has been investigated as an adsorbent for Hg(II) removal from aqueous medium. Characterization of the as-synthesized material was carried out using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive analysis of X-rays (EDAX), X-ray photoelectron s...