Manganese divalent

Divalent copper, cobalt, nickel, and vanadyl ions promote chemiluminescence from the luminol—hydrogen peroxide reaction, which can be used to determine these metals to concentrations of 1—10 ppb (272,273). The light intensity is generally linear with metal concentration of 10 to 10 M range (272). Manganese(II) can also be determined when an amine is added to increase its reduction potential by stabili2ing Mn (ITT) (272). Since all of these ions are active, ion exchange must be used for deterrnination of a particular metal in mixtures (274). 

Divalent manganese compounds are stable in acidic solutions but are readily oxidized under alkaline conditions. Most soluble forms of manganese that occur in nature are of the divalent state. Manganese(Il) compounds are characteristically pink to colorless, with the exception of MnO and MnS which are green, and Mn(OH)2, which is white. The physical properties of selected manganese(Il) compounds are given in Table 6. 

Under acidic conditions, pH < 3.5, and in the presence of certain reducing agents, the permanganate ion can undergo a five-electron exchange resulting in the divalent manganese ion. 

Other Transition Element Perchlorates. Both divalent and trivalent manganese perchlorate compounds [13770-16-6 13498-03-8] are known. Perchlorates of Fe, Co, Ni, Rh, and Pd have been produced as colored crystals (70—72). 

Discernible associative character is operative for divalent 3t5 ions through manganese and the trivalent ions through iron, as is evident from the volumes of activation in Table 4. However, deprotonation of a water molecule enhances the reaction rates by utilising a conjugate base 7T- donation dissociative pathway. As can be seen from Table 4, there is a change in sign of the volume of activation AH. Four-coordinate square-planar molecules also show associative behavior in their reactions. 

NE is unstable in light and air, especially at neutral and alkaline pH. Oxidation to noradrenochrome occurs in the presence of oxygen and such divalent metal ions as copper, manganese, and nickel. 

The set of all intermediate steps is called the reaction pathway. A given reaction (involving the same reactants and products) may occur by a single pathway or by several parallel pathways. In the case of invertible reactions, the pathway followed in the reverse direction (e.g., the cathodic) may or may not coincide with that of the forward direction (in this example, the anodic). For instance, the relatively simple anodic oxidation of divalent manganese ions which in acidic solutions yields tetrava-lent manganese ions Mn +— Mn -l-2e , can follow these two pathways ... 

Cobaltites with spinel stractnre have compositions MC02O4, where M is a metal forming divalent cations, snch as zinc, cadminm, magnesinm, nickel, manganese, and divalent cobalt. In contrast to the perovskites, the cobaltites have a rather high catalytic activity already at room temperatnre. Experiments show that the activity increases with increasing spinel structure content (i.e., increasing number of Co ions) of the catalyst snrface. The trivalent cobalt ions promote the withdrawal of... 

Manganese compounds, 15 566-629 analytical chemistry of, 15 611-613 divalent, 15 571-576 economic aspects of, 15 610-611 health and safety factors related to,... 

Ribozymes are a class of metallo-enzymes based on RNA rather than proteins. They have potential in clinical medicine, for example, as potential anti-HIV agents (568, 569) and as possible new tools for the treatment of cancer (570). The active structures of ribozymes contain domains of stacked helices which pack together through tertiary contacts. Divalent metal ions such as Mg(II), Zn(II), and Mn(II) can tune the reactivity and shape the structures of ribozymes (571). Manganese(II) and Mg(II) have similar hexacoordinate ionic radii (0.86 and 0.97 A, respectively) (572) and octahedral geometry ( )Ka of hydrates Ca(II), 12.7 Mg(II), 11.4 Mn(II), 10.7 Zn2+, 9.6) (571). There are several potential oxygen donors on the ribose sugar moiety. 

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