The new compound (Na0.4,Li0.6)(Fe,Li2)(MoO4)3 was synthesized by cooling from the melt. Its anionic framework is built up from two distinct MO6 octa-hedra, each containing disordered Li(+) and Fe(3+) ions in 0.6:0.4 and 0.7:0.3 ratios, and two MoO4 tetra-hedra, which link by vertex-sharing of their O atoms. These tetra-meric units are further linked by sharing edges between octa-hedra and by fo...

In the title organic-inorganic hybrid compound, (C5H7N2)2[ReVW4O19]·7H2O, the Lindqvist-type polyoxido anion has crystallographically imposed mm2 symmetry and is built up by six MO6 (M = W, V, Re) edge-sharing distorted octa-hedra. The Re and V atoms share the same crystallographic site in a 0.5:0.5 ratio. The 4-amino-pyridinium cations lie on a mirror plane. Three of the four independent water...

We have previously shown that PKD1, the gene encoding Polycystin-1 (or TRPP1) is expressed in human odontoblasts and that this protein is localized at the primary cilium of the cell. Nevertheless, its function remain unclear in this cell even if studies on osteoblasts, osteocytes and chondrocytes give TRPP1 as a promising candidate for mechanotransduction in response to mechanical stress. Conse...

Analysis of electronic, structural and mechanistic parameters of the enzyme-substrate reaction of xanthine oxidase, a member of the xanthine dehydrogenase class of mono-molybdopterin oxidoreductive enzymes, shows that the molybdenum center in the enzyme active site acts as a reversible chiral switch. The metal center cycles from the (S)-absolute configuration, SPY-5-42-A, in the fully oxidized ...

In the present work, we investigated the multielemental elution behavior of metal ions absorbed on iminodiacetic acid (IDA) chelating resin by using hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) as an eluent. As a result, V(V), Mo(VI), W(VI), Nb(V) and Ta(V) were efficiently eluted by H(2)O(2). In contrast, other metal ions were rarely recovered. The oxidation states of V(V), Mo(VI), and W(VI) were not changed ...

We report the photoluminescence (PL) and cathodoluminescence (CL) properties of face-capped [Mo6Xi8La6]2- (X = Cl, Br, I; L = organic or inorganic ligands) cluster units. We show that the emission of Mo6 metal atom clusters depends not only on the nature of X and L ligands bound to the cluster and counter-cations, but also on the excitation source. Seven members of the AxMo6Xi8La6 series (A = C...

Powder samples and single crystals of the new ternary compound BaMo6Te6 were obtained by solid state reaction. The structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. BaMo6Te6 crystallizes in the hexagonal space group P63/m (No. 176) with unitcell parameters a = 9.3941 (2) Å, c = 4.5848 (1) Å and Z = 1. Full-matrix least-squares refinement on F using 452 independent reflections for 17...