Geochemical, microbiological, and molecular analyses of alkaline saline groundwater at 2.8 kilometers depth in Archaean metabasalt revealed a microbial biome dominated by a single phylotype affiliated with thermophilic sulfate reducers belonging to Firmicutes. These sulfate reducers were sustained by geologically produced sulfate and hydrogen at concentrations sufficient to maintain activities ...

A furan-based hexaazamacrocycle encapsulates a sulfate anion in its cavity showing strong affinity and selectivity for sulfate in water over a wide range of inorganic anions. The DFT calculations demonstrate that the receptor provides binding sites as hydrogen bonding donors and electrostatic positive charges for the strong binding of sulfate.

In the title salt, C6H14NO(+)·C2H5SO4 (-), the C-N bond lengths in the cation are 1.2981 (14), 1.4658 (14) and 1.4707 (15) Å, indicating double- and single-bond character, respectively. The C-O bond length of 1.3157 (13) Å shows double-bond character, indicating charge delocalization within the NCO plane of the iminium ion. In the crystal, C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds between H atoms of the cations and...

The title salt, C(12)H(9)N(2) (+)·CH(3)O(4)S(-), contains an almost planar phenazinium cation [largest deviation from the least-squares plane = 0.040 (3) Å] and a methyl sulfate anion. The sulfate moiety of the latter is disordered over two sets of sites in a 0.853 (5):0.147 (5) ratio. In the crystal, the cations and anions are arranged alternately in layers parallel to (010). The cations pack ...

Pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives were synthesized regioselectivly in good to high yields by one-pot three-component condensation of 6-amino-2-(methylthio)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one, aromatic aldehydes and ethylcyanoacetate or meldrum's acid using 1,2-dimethyl-N-butanesulfonic acid imidazolium hydrogen sulfate ([DMBSI]HSO4) Brønsted-acidic ionic liquid as catalyst. Solvent-free mild reaction conditi...

In the title complex, [Mn(SO(4))(C(10)H(9)N(5))(H(2)O)(4)]·2H(2)O, the Mn(2+) cation is six-coordinated by one N atom from a 1-[(1H-1,2,3-benzotriazol-1-yl)meth-yl]-1H-imidazole ligand and five O atoms from one monodentate sulfate ligand and four water mol-ecules in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. In the crystal, adjacent mol-ecules are linked through O-H⋯O and O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds into a thr...

In the centrosymmetric dinuclear title compound, [Co(2)(SO(4))(2)(C(13)H(8)N(4))(2)(H(2)O)(4)]·2H(2)O, the Co(II) atom is coord-in-ated by two N atoms from two 1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline ligands, two O atoms from two sulfate anions and two O atoms from water mol-ecules in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The Co⋯Co separation is 5.1167 (7) Å. The coordinated and uncoordinated water m...

Structural characterization of a sulfate complex with an azamacrocycle suggests that one sulfate is encapsulated in the macrocyclic cavity with eight hydrogen bonds; a significant selectivity of the host was observed for sulfate over halides, nitrate and perchlorate as evaluated by (1)H NMR studies in water.

The title compound, C(10)H(13)ClN(2)O, was obtained as a by-product in the reaction of 2-chloro-methyl-1H-benzimidazole, dimethyl sulfate and toluene to synthesise 2-chloro-methyl-1-methyl-benzimidazole. The dihedral angle between the benzene ring and the acetamide group is 89.72  (6)° while that between the aromatic ring and the chloracetyl group is 84.40 (4)°. In the crystal, adjacent mol-ecu...