Brief Mindfulness Meditation Improves Mental State Attribution and Empathizing

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A third polymorph of N,N′-bis­(pyridin-2-yl)benzene-1,4-diamine

A third polymorph of the title compound, C16H14N4, has been obtained. The mol­ecule adopts a non-planar conformation with an E configuration at the two partially double exo C N bonds of the 2-pyridyl­amine units. Like in the triclinic form [Bensemann et al. (2002 ▶). New J. Chem. 26, 448–456], the recognition process between 2-pyridyl­amine units takes place through formation of a cyclic R 2 2(8) hydrogen-bond motif, leading to the creation of tapes parallel to [001]

Brief Mindfulness Meditation Improves Mental State Attribution and Empathizing

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How Should the Health Community Respond to Violent Political Conflict?

Violent political conflict is on the front pages, in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Sudan. This provocative piece discusses lessons we can learn from past conflicts in dealing with future one

Chlorido(ethyl­diphenyl­phosphine-κP)(1-pyrrolidinecarbodithio­ato-κ2 S,S′)nickel(II)

In the crystal structure of the title complex, [Ni(C5H8NS2)Cl(C14H15P)], the Ni atom is coordinated by an S,S′-chelating dithio­carbamate, a chloride and a diphenyl­ethyl­phosphine ligand in a distorted square-planar arrangement

Tetra-n-butyl­ammonium iodido(pyrrolidine-1-carbodithio­ato-κ2 S,S′)(tris-tert-butoxy­silanethiol­ato-κS)cadmate(II)

In the anion of the title compound, (C16H36N)[Cd(C5H8NS2)(C12H27O3SSi)I], the Cd atom is four-coordinated by S,S′-chelating dithio­carbamate, S–donating silanethiol­ate and iodide ligands in a distorted tetrahedral environment . Inter­molecular C—H⋯ S and C—H⋯I inter­actions between cations and anions are present. Two C atoms of a tert-butyl group are disordered over two positions; the site occupancies are ca 0.65 and 0.35

Redetermination of bis­(O,O′-diethyl dithio­phosphato-κ2 S,S′)nickel(II)

The centrosymmetric title complex, [Ni{S2P(OC2H5)2}2], has been redetermined using area-detector data. The central Ni(S2P)2 core is essentially planar and confirms the early results of McConnell & Kastalsky [Acta Cryst. (1967), 22, 853–859] based on multiple film technique data. In the title structure, the standard uncertainty values are approximately seven times lower and all H-atom positions are calculated. A pair of short symmetry-related H⋯H contacts with distances of 2.33 Å is observed in the crystal structure