Zinc® ion

Zinc is important biologically there are many zinc-protein complexes, and the human body contains about 2 g. In the human pancreas, zinc ions appear to play an essential part in the storage of insulin. 

The role of activators in the mechanism of vulcanization is as follows. The soluble zinc salt forms a complex with the accelerator and sulfur. This complex then reacts with a diene elastomer to form a mbber—sulfur—accelerator cross-link cursor while also Hberating the zinc ion. The final step involves completion of the sulfur cross-link to another mbber diene segment (18). 

The manganous ion [16397-91 -4] in solution then reacts with higher valent manganese oxide and zinc ions in solution to form a new phase called... 

Substituted tetrazoles readily exchange the 5-hydrogen for deuterium in aqueous solution. A major rate-enhancing effect is observed with copper(II) or zinc ions due to complexation with the heterocycle. The rate of base-induced proton-deuterium exchange of 1-methyltetrazole is 10 times faster than 2-methyltetrazole (77AHC(2l)323). 

This procedure was tested in the analysis of pharmaceutical products Poltava s bishofite (series Elite and Profi ) and a brine of bischofite with rusty precipitate. The data bear out the sufficient accuracy and reproducibility of the proposed procedure which allows to perform the determination magnesium, iron, copper and zinc ions at concentrations above 10 M. It was found that the content of Mg ion in the studied brine decreases in comparison with Poltava s bishofite . The Fe, Cu and Zn ions were not detected in the brine. 

Zincon disodium salt (o-[l-(2-bydroxy-5-sulfo)-3-pbenyl-5-formazono]-benzoic acid di-Na salt) [135-52-4, 56484-13-0] M 484.4, m -250-260 (dec). Zincon soln is prepared by dissolving 0.13g of the powder in aqueous N NaOH (2mL diluted to lOOmL with H2O). This gives a deep red colour which is stable for one week. It is a good reagent for zinc ions but also forms stable complexes with transition metal ions. [UV-VIS Bush and Yoe Anal Chem 26 1345 1954 Hunter and Roberts J Chem Soc 820 1941 Platte and Marcy Anal Chem 31 1226 1959] The free acid has been recrystd from dilute H2SO4. [Fichter and Scheiss Chem Ber 33 751 1900.]... 

U Ryde. Molecular dynamics simulations of alcohol dehydrogenase with a four- or five-coordinate catalytic zinc ion. Proteins 21 40-56, 1995. 

The two zinc ions fulfill important but different functions in the DNA-binding domains. The first zinc ion is important for DNA-bindlng because it properly positions the recognition helix the last two cysteine zinc ligands are part of this helix. The second zinc ion is important for dimerization since the five-residue loop between the first two cysteine zinc ligands is the main component of the dimer interaction area. 

When strips of reactive metals such as zinc are placed in water a potential difference, die electromotive force (emf), is set up die metal becomes negatively charged due to die transfer of zinc ions to die solution and die build-up of electrons on die metal. The metal strips or rods are termed die... 

An active-site zinc ion stabilizes negative charge development on the oxygen atom of acetaldehyde, leading to an induced partial positive charge on the carbonyl C atom. Transfer of the negatively charged hydride ion to this carbon forms ethanol. 

As an example of a different type of oxide, we may consider ZnO. This oxide evolves oxygen and forms cations in interstitial positions (Zn O) or (Zn O), and free electrons (eo). If the interstitial zinc ions are only singly charged, the reaction describing the non-stoichiometry may be written... 

Thesequenceof formulation types may be deduced fromp. 17 21 and may be summarised as high levels of chromate low levels, of chromate, but with polyphosphates further reductions in chromate by the introduction of zinc ions and polyphosphate instability overcome by the use of phosphates and... 

Hydrogen chloride (HCl). May become corrosive at ambient temperature if irradiated with u.v. radiation or in the presence of certain contaminants, e.g. zinc ions Decompose to release HF and p2... 

At each interface the interfacial potential will depend upon the chemical potentials of the species involved in the equilibrium. Thus at the Zn/Zn electrode there will be a tendency for zinc ions in the lattice to lose electrons and to pass across the interface and form hydrated ions in solution this tendency is given by the chemical potential of zinc which for pure zinc will be a constant. Similarly, there will be a tendency for hydrated Zn ions in solution to lose their hydration sheaths, to gain electrons and to enter the lattice of the metal this tendency is given by the chemical potential of the Zn ions, which is related to their activity. (See equation 20.155.) Thermodynamically... 

Uncovering of the three dimentional structure of catalytic groups at the active site of an enzyme allows to theorize the catalytic mechanism, and the theory accelerates the designing of model systems. Examples of such enzymes are zinc ion containing carboxypeptidase A 1-5) and carbonic anhydrase6-11. There are many other zinc enzymes with a variety of catalytic functions. For example, alcohol dehydrogenase is also a zinc enzyme and the subject of intensive model studies. However, the topics of this review will be confined to the model studies of the former hydrolytic metallo-enzymes. 

In 1965, Breslow and Chipman discovered that zinc or nickel ion complexes of (E)-2-pyridinecarbaldehyde oxime (5) are remarkably active catalyst for the hydrolysis of 8-acetoxyquinoline 5-sulfonate l2). Some years later, Sigman and Jorgensen showed that the zinc ion complex of N-(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine (3) is very active in the transesterification from p-nitrophenyl picolinate (7)13). In the latter case, noteworthy is a change of the reaction mode at the aminolysis in the absence of zinc ion to the alcoholysis in the presence of zinc ion. Thus, the zinc ion in the complex greatly enhances the nucleophilic activity of the hydroxy group of 3. In search for more powerful complexes for the release of p-nitrophenol from 7, we examined the activities of the metal ion complexes of ligand 2-72 14,15). 

Fig. 12. Plots of pseudo-first-order rate constants for the release of p-nitrophenol from L-52 and D-52 as a function of zinc ion concentration. See Table 9 for other conditions...

The ratios of these slopes for L- and D-esters are shown in Table 12. The kL/kD values of the acylation step in the CTAB micelle are very close to those in Table 9, as they should be. It is interesting to note that the second deacylation step also occurs enantioselectively. Presumably it is due to the deacylation ocurring by the attack of a zinc ion-coordinated hydroxide ion which, in principle, should be enantioselective as in the hydroxyl group of the ligand. Alternatively, the enantioselectivity is also expected when the free hydroxide ion attack the coordinated carbonyl groups of the acyl-intermediate with the zinc ion. At any rate, the rates of both steps of acylation and deacylation for the L-esters are larger than those for the D-esters in the CTAB micelle. However, in the Triton X-100 micelle, the deacylation step for the D-esters become faster than for the L-esters. 

When zinc is dissolved in a strong acid, zinc ions and hydrogen gas are produced. 

Uranium in water decays to form Zn24 and Sm by fission. Uranium has a half-life of 7 X 10s years. The zinc ions complex with water and act as a weak acid according to the following equation ... 

Each zinc atom loses two electrons in changing to a zinc ion, therefore zinc is oxidized. Each hydrogen ion gains an electron, changing to a hydrogen atom, therefore hydrogen is reduced. (After reduction, two hydrogen atoms combine to form molecular H2.) As before, reaction (7) can be separated into two half-reactions ... 

As a third oxidation-reduction example, suppose a strip of metallic zinc is placed in a solution of copper nitrate, Cu(N03)j. The strip becomes coated with reddish metallic copper and the bluish color of the solution disappears. The presence of zinc ion, Zn+2, among the products can be shown when the Cu+2 color is gone. Then if hydrogen sulfide gas is passed into the mixture, white zinc sulfide, ZnS, can be seen. The reaction between metallic zinc and the aqueous copper nitrate is... 

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