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Ligand Field Theoretical Considerations
The phenomenon of the thermal spin transition, as observed for octahedral transition metal complexes having a d...
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Special Classes of Iron(II) Azole Spin Crossover Compounds
In this chapter, selected results obtained so far on Fe(II) spin crossover compounds of 1,2,4-triazole, isoxazole and tetrazole derivatives are...
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Angular momentum and spectral decomposition of ring currents: aromaticity and the annulene model
By a widely accepted criterion, an aromatic (anti-aromatic) π-conjugated system is one that sustains a global diatropic (paratropic) ring current...
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On the Prebiotic Synthesis of Nucleobases, Nucleotides, Oligonucleotides, Pre-RNA and Pre-DNA Molecules
All the strategies for the prebiotic syntheses of RNA and DNA assume the adequate availability of the presumptive precursors such as purine and...
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Materials Chemistry of Group 13 Nitrides
The OMVPE process has been used to grow thin films of group 13 nitrides, namely GaN, InN, and AlN. In recent years there has been a great deal of...
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Chitosan Chemistry: Relevance to the Biomedical Sciences
Chitin is well characterized in terms of analytical chemistry, is purified from accompanying compounds, and derivatized in a variety of fashions....
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From the Prebiotic Synthesis of α-Amino Acids Towards a Primitive Translation Apparatus for the Synthesis of Peptides
The demonstration that ribosomal peptide synthesis is a ribozyme-catalyzed reaction does not establish that amino acids and peptides have been...
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State of the Art. Chemical Synthesis of Biophosphates and their Analogues via PIII Derivatives
This chapter is concerned with preparation and applications of tricoordinate phosphorus compounds in synthesis of biophosphates and their structural...
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Complexes with a Metal-Phosphorus Triple Bond
A survey of the existing complexes containing a transition metal-phosphorus triple bond is presented. Based on the different types of these...
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Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
The theoretical principles of the ESR technique and its application in the field of molecular sieve science are reviewed. The first part of this...
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DNA Electron Transfer Processes: Some Theoretical Notions
Charge motion within DNA stacks, probed by measurements of electric conductivity and by time-resolved and steady-state damage yield measurements, is...
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Polarons and Transport in DNA
It has been widely considered that the wavefunction of an extra electron or hole on the base stack of a DNA molecule is confined to a single site,...
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Heat Capacity Studies of Spin Crossover Systems
As the spin crossover phenomena occurring in Oh symmetry involve a transfer of electrons between the eg and t2g orbitals, the metal-to-ligand bond...
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Isokinetic and Isoequilibrium Relationships in Spin Crossover Systems
A thorough statistical mechanical analysis of sources of variations and correlations in ΔE 0 and ΔS 0 of spin crossover...
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Comparative modeling of giant annelid hemoglobins
The information provided by small-angle X-ray scattering, electron microscopy and hydrodynamics for the giant hemoglobins from different annelid...
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Characterization of bovine serum albumin/chlorogenic acid solution mixtures by analytical ultracentrifugation
The aim of this work was to investigate a possible interaction between bovine serum albumin (BSA) and chlorogenic acid (CGA) in KH2PO4/K2HPO4 buffer...
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Octahedral Zirconium Complexes as Polymerization Catalysts
The synthesis and X-ray structure of various octahedral zirconium complexes and their catalytic properties in the polymerization of α-olefins are...
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Metal Carbene Reactions from Dirhodium(II) Catalysts
The dirhodium(II) core is a template onto which both achiral and chiral ligands are placed so that four exist in a paddle wheel fashion around the...
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Gels as Templates for Nanotubes
The design of artificial models for “biomineralization” processes that utilize sol-gel polycondensation has led to a merging of inorganic materials...