Microlensing as a probe of the Galactic structure; 20 years of microlensing optical depth studies

Microlensing is now a very popular observational astronomical technique. The investigations accessible through this effect range from the dark matter problem to the search for extra-solar planets. In this review, the techniques to search for microlensing effects and to determine optical depths through the monitoring of large samples of stars will be described. The consequences of the published results on the knowledge of the Milky-Way structure and its dark matter component will be discussed. The difficulties and limitations of the ongoing programs and the perspectives of the microlensing optical depth technique as a probe of the Galaxy structure will also be detailed.Comment: Accepted for publication in General Relativity and Gravitation. General Relativity and Gravitation in press (2010) 0

Preparation and molecular structure of bridged tetra-aza macrocyclic ligands

Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 281186-119

Cruck construction An introduction and catalogue

12.50LD:7761.149(CBA-RR--42). / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreSIGLEGBUnited Kingdo

Crystal and molecular structures of two complexes of diphenyl(2-pyridyl)phosphine (L): [AuClL] and [Ag2Cl2L3]

10.1039/DT9820000207Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions1207-21

Carbene or zwitterion? Competition in organoplatinum complexes

The reaction of a known dimeric dicarbene complex of platinum with a number of ligands results in four new platinum complexes. The structure of the new complexes is described: one complex must exist as a neutral complex with no charge separation, and the other three are assigned a charge-separated (zwitterionic) structure, rather than a carbene form, on the basis of comparative 13C NMR shifts

Doubly cyclometalated pyridazines: Contrasting behavior with palladium and platinum

The cyclometalation of 3,6-diphenylpyridazines with palladium and platinum has been studied. When palladium acetate is used as the metal source, two sequential cyclometalations are observed, with the first cyclometalation deactivating the system toward a second cyclometalation. Both monocyclopalladated and dicyclopalladated species have been isolated and characterized as their acetylacetonate derivatives. When potassium tetrachloroplatinate is used as the metal source, only double cycloplatination is observed:  the first cycloplatination activates the system toward a second cycloplatination through a combination of nitrogen coordination and a chloride bridging two platinums. A doubly cycloplatinated compound has been isolated as its triphenylphosphine derivative, which has been fully characterized:  the single-crystal X-ray structure shows that the two platinums are bridged by a chloride

Reactivity of a triamidoamine complex of trivalent uranium

Reduction of [U(NN'(3))I] [NN'(3) = N(CH2CH2NSiMe2But)(3)] with potassium in pentane gives the purple trivalent monomer [U(NN'(3))] in good yield, this compound having previously been synthesised via fractional vacuum sublimation of mixed-valent [{U(NN'(3))}(2)(mu-Cl)]. The magnetic susceptibility of this compound is consistent with the presence of U(III) centres, and this is confirmed by a characteristic near IR spectrum. Its reactions with Lewis bases to give e.g. [U(NN'(3))(Py)] and [U(NN'(3))(HMPA)] are reported, along with the molecular structure of the latter. The complex [U(NN'3)] is readily oxidised, imido and hydrazido complexes being formed readily by reaction with trimethylsilyl-azide and -diazomethane, respectively. The reaction with methylene trimethylphosproane however led to the formation of an addition compound [U(NN'(3))(CH2PMe3)]. Reaction of this latter complex with air gave a few crystals of the unusual hydroxo complex [U(NN'(3))(OH)(CH2PMe3)] which was structurally characterised. Reaction of [U(NN'(3))(CH2PMe3)] with trimethylamine N-oxide gave pentavalent [U(NN'(3))(O)], or perhaps a dimer thereof. The latter complex reacted with [U(NN'(3))] to give the bridging oxo complex [{U(NN'(3))}(2)(mu-O)] which could also be prepared directly by reaction of trimethylamine N-oxide with [U(NN'(3))]

CCDC 189699: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures