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Zinc fingers help read DNA sequences.. Zinc is an essential trace element for humans [1] [2] [3] and other animals, [4] for plants [5] and for microorganisms. [6] Zinc is required for the function of over 300 enzymes and 1000 transcription factors, [3] and is stored and transferred in metallothioneins.
Zinc(I) compounds are very rare. The [Zn 2] 2+ ion is implicated by the formation of a yellow diamagnetic glass by dissolving metallic zinc in molten ZnCl 2. [62] The [Zn 2] 2+ core would be analogous to the [Hg 2] 2+ cation present in mercury(I) compounds. The diamagnetic nature of the ion confirms its dimeric structure.
For example, terpyridine, which is a tridentate ligand forms the complex [Zn(terpy)Cl 2]. Another example would involve a tripodal ligand such as Tris(2-aminoethyl)amine. Square pyramidal 5-coordinate Zinc is found in Tetra(4-pyridyl)porphinatomonopyridinezinc(II) [ 19 ] Solution studies of other 5-coordinate Zinc porphyrins have been reported.
Naturally occurring zinc (30 Zn) is composed of the 5 stable isotopes 64 Zn, 66 Zn, 67 Zn, 68 Zn, and 70 Zn with 64 Zn being the most abundant (48.6% natural abundance).Twenty-eight radioisotopes have been characterised with the most stable being 65 Zn with a half-life of 244.26 days, and then 72 Zn with a half-life of 46.5 hours.
Zinc acetylacetonate is an acetylacetonate complex of zinc, with the chemical formula of Zn(C 5 H 7 O 2) 2. The compound is in fact a trimer, Zn 3 (acac) 6 , in which each Zn ion is coordinated by five oxygen atoms in a distorted trigonal bipyramidal structure.
Bonding in R 2 Zn is described as employing sp-hybridized orbitals on Zn. [2] These structures cause zinc to have two bonding d-orbitals and three low-lying non-bonding d-orbitals (see non-bonding orbital), which are available for binding. When zinc lacks electron donating ligands it is unable to obtain coordination saturation, which is a ...
Zinc nitrate is an inorganic chemical compound with the formula Zn(NO 3) 2. This colorless, crystalline salt is highly deliquescent. It is typically encountered as a hexahydrate Zn(NO 3) 2 ·6H 2 O. It is soluble in both water and alcohol.
The crystal structures of the THF complexes of the Reformatsky reagents tert-butyl bromozincacetate [25] and ethyl bromozincacetate [26] have been determined. Both form cyclic eight-membered dimers in the solid state, but differ in stereochemistry: the eight-membered ring in the ethyl derivative adopts a tub-shaped conformation and has cis bromo groups and cis THF ligands, whereas in the tert ...