The aim of this study was to investigate the oxido-reductive reactions of human hemoglobin with pyrogallol and the metabolism of pyrogallol by the protein, which contains a protoporphyrin IX like cytochrome P-450. Pyrogallol, having three hydroxy groups at the adjacent positions in the benzene ring, oxidized human oxyhemoglobin to methemoglobin and reduced human methemoglobin to oxyhemoglobin. ...

Correction for 'Two types of nitrito support for μ4-oxido-bridged [Cu4] complexes: synthesis, crystal structures, magnetic properties and DFT analysis' by Moumita Pait, et al., Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 6107-6117.

In the title complex, [V(C(18)H(11)ClN(2)O(2))(CH(3)O)O(CH(3)OH)], the V(V) ion is coordinated by a tridendate 3-chloro-N'-(2-oxidonaphthalen-1-ylmethylidene)benzohydrazidate ligand, one oxido ligand and by O atoms from a methanol and a methoxide ligand, forming a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The dihedral angle between the benzene ring and the naphthyl-ene ring system is 6.4 (3)°. The deviat...

Nature utilizes oxido-reductases to cater to the energy demands of most biochemical processes in respiratory species. Oxido-reductases are capable of meeting this challenge by utilizing redox active sites, often containing transition metal ions, which facilitate movement and relocation of electrons/protons to create a potential gradient that is used to energize redox reactions. There has been a...

The title compound, [Mo(2)(C(5)H(10)NS(2))(2)O(4)]·C(4)H(8)O, can be readily prepared in tetra-hydro-furan (THF) by an oxidation reaction between the Mo(IV) precursor [MoO(S(2)CNEt(2))(2)] with [ReMeO(3)]. The compound is an axially symmetric Mo(V) dimer (2 symmetry), in which the metal atoms exhibit a distorted square-pyramidal coordination environment. A THF mol-ecule was found to be equally ...

The reaction of MoO(3) with 2-(3-pyrid-yl)benzoimidazole and water in the presence of MnSO(4)·5H(2)O at 453 K under hydro-thermal conditions afforded the title compound, {(C(12)H(11)N(2))[Mo(4)O(13)]}(n), in which infinite molybdenum oxide anionic chains are charge-balanced by diprotonated 2-(3-pyrid-yl)benzoimidazole (H(2)3-PBIM(2+)) cations. Eight [MoO(6)] octa-hedra are edge-shared, forming ...