Microplastic contamination of lettuces grown in urban vegetable gardens in Lisbon (Portugal).

Urban vegetable gardens are very often a feature of cities that want to offer their citizens a more sustainable lifestyle by producing their own food products. However, cities can have significant pollution levels (or pollution hotspots) due to specific sources of pollution, such as traffic. Among the various pollutants, microplastics (MPs) are emerging as a consensual concern due to the awareness of the environmental contamination, their bioaccumulation potential and human intake, and, consequently unknown human health impacts.

Source apportionment of PM before and after COVID-19 lockdown in an urban-industrial area of the Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal.

The lockdowns held due to the COVID-19 pandemic conducted to changes in air quality. This study aimed to understand the variability of PM levels and composition in an urban-industrial area of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area and to identify the contribution of the different sources. The composition of PM was assessed for 24 elements (by PIXE), secondary inorganic ions and black carbon.

Citizens' Perception on Air Quality in Portugal-How Concern Motivates Awareness.

This study aimed to understand the knowledge of Portuguese citizens about air quality and the extent to which the concerns about specific environmental problems can motivate their acquaintance of information. Moreover, this study also allowed to understand which information about air quality needs further dissemination to provide the citizens with all the available tools and the correct knowledge. For this, a national online survey about air quality perception was conducted, where 1131 answers were obtained and two different populations were compared: the general population and a sub-population from an urban-industrial area of Lisbon metropolitan area that had experienced frequent air pollution events in the past.

Spatial Distribution of Air Pollution, Hotspots and Sources in an Urban-Industrial Area in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal-A Biomonitoring Approach.

This study aimed to understand the influence of industries (including steelworks, lime factories, and industry of metal waste management and treatment) on the air quality of the urban-industrial area of Seixal (Portugal), where the local population has often expressed concerns regarding the air quality. The adopted strategy was based on biomonitoring of air pollution using transplanted lichens distributed over a grid to cover the study area. Moreover, the study was conducted during the first period of national lockdown due to COVID-19, whereas local industries kept their normal working schedule.

Intercalation of a molybdenum η3-allyl dicarbonyl complex in a layered double hydroxide and catalytic performance in olefin epoxidation.

A Zn-Al layered double hydroxide (LDH) intercalated by [Mo(η(3)-C3H5)Cl(CO)2(bpdc)](2-) anions (bpdc = 2,2'-bipyridine-5,5'-dicarboxylate) has been prepared by coprecipitation from aqueous solution and characterised by various techniques. The one-pot method gives rise to a highly organised intercalate with an interlayer spacing of 18.3 Å and up to six (00l) basal reflections in the powder X-ray diffraction pattern.

Molybdenum(VI) catalysts obtained from η3-allyl dicarbonyl precursors: synthesis, characterization and catalytic performance in cyclooctene epoxidation.

The oxidative decarbonylation of the η(3)-allyl dicarbonyl complexes [Mo(η(3)-C(3)H(5))Cl(CO)(2)(L)] (L = 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy) (1), 4,4'-di-tert-butyl-2,2'-bipyridine (di-tBu-bipy) (2)) by reaction with aqueous tert-butylhydroperoxide (TBHP) or H(2)O(2) gave the following compounds in good to excellent yields: the oxo-bridged dimers [MoO(2)Cl(L)](2)O (L = bipy (3), di-tBu-bipy (6)) using TBHP(10 equiv.)/CH(3)CN/r.t.

μ-Oxido-bis-[chlorido(4,4'-di-tert-butyl-2,2'-bipyridine-κN,N')dioxido-molybdenum(VI)] 0.2-hydrate.

The title hydrate, [Mo(2)Cl(2)O(5)(C(18)H(24)N(2))(2)]·0.2H(2)O, has been isolated as the oxidation product of [Mo(η(3)-C(3)H(5))Cl(CO)(2)(di-t-Bu-bipy)] (where di-t-Bu-bipy is 4,4'-di-tert-butyl-2,2'-bipyridine). A μ-oxide ligand bridges two similar MoCl(di-t-Bu-bipy)O(2) units, having the terminal oxide ligands mutually cis, and the chloride and μ-oxide trans to each other.

Indenyl ring slippage in crown thioether complexes [IndMo(CO)2L]+ and C-S activation of trithiacyclononane: experimental and theoretical studies.

The macrocycle 1,4,7-trithiacyclononane (ttcn) reacts with [(η(5)-Ind)Mo(CO)(2)(NCMe)(2)](+) (or [(η(5)-Ind)Mo(CO)(2)(κ(2)-dme)](+)) to give [(η(3)-Ind)Mo(CO)(2)(κ(3)-ttcn)](+) as the BF(4)(-) salt (1), but its reaction with [(η(5)-Ind)Mo(CO)(2)(C(3)H(6))(FBF(3))] affords the C-S bond cleavage product [(η(5)-Ind)Mo(CO)(κ(3)-1,4,7-trithiaheptanate)]BF(4) (6), which has been characterised by X-ray crystallography (Ind = C(9)H(7), indenyl). In contrast to ttcn, the macrocycles 1,3,5-trithiane (tt) and 1,4,7,10-tetrathiacyclododecane (ttcd) fail to induce changes in the coordination mode of indenyl: tt and ttcd react with [(η(5)-Ind)Mo(CO)(2)(NCMe)(2)](+) (or [(η(5)-Ind)Mo(CO)(2)(κ(2)-dme)](+)) to give [(η(5)-Ind)Mo(CO)(2)(κ(2)-tt)](+) (2), characterised by X-ray crystallography, and [(η(5)-Ind)Mo(CO)(2)(κ(2)-ttcd)](+) (3), respectively. The cyclopentadienyl (Cp = C(5)H(5)) analogues [(η(5)-CpMo(CO)(2)(κ(2)-tt)](+) (4) and [(η(5)-CpMo(CO)(2)(κ(2)-ttcn)](+) (5) have also been synthesised and 5 characterised by X-ray crystallography.