The effects of dredging and environmental conditions on concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the water column.

Sediment dredging can cause damage to the marine environment due to mobilization of sediments and contaminants. The effects of dredging and boundary environmental conditions on the concentration of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water were evaluated during dredging of the Oil Port of Genoa-Multedo (Italy). Results showed that turbidity and PAH concentrations increased in the water during dredging.

Oxalosis in primary hyperoxaluria in infancy : Report of a case in a 3-month-old baby. Follow-up for 3 years and review of literature.

Primary hyperoxaluria (PH1) is a rare inborn autosomal recessive metabolic disorder due to the deficiency of hepatic alanine-glyoxylate-aminotransferase. This deficiency results in excessive synthesis and urinary excretion of oxalate, inducing renal stone formation and deposition of calcium oxalate in the kidney, bone, myocardium, and vessels (systemic oxalosis, SO) in the most severely affected individuals. We report renal and skeletal changes in a 3-month-old girl with PH1 and SO.

Rhodium(I) and rhodium(III) complexes formed by coordination and C-H activation of bulky functionalized phosphanes.

The reaction of [[RhCl(C(8)H(14))(2)](2)] (2) with iPr(2)PCH(2)CH(2)C(6)H(5) (L(1)) led, via the isolated dimer [[RhCl(C(8)H(14))(L(1))](2)] (3), to a mixture of three products 4 a-c, of which the dinuclear complex [[RhCl(L(1))(2)](2)] (4 a) was characterized by Xray crystallography. The mixture of 4a-c reacts with CO, ethene, and phenylacetylene to give the square-planar compounds trans-[RhCl(L)(L(1))(2)] (L=CO (5), C(2)H(4) (6), C=CHPh (9)). The corresponding allenylidene(chloro) complex trans-[RhCl(=C=C=CPh(2))(L(1))(2)] (11), obtained from 4 a-c and HC triple bond CC(OH)Ph(2) via trans-[RhCl[=C=CHC(OH)Ph(2)](L(1))(2)] (10), could be converted stepwise to the related hydroxo, cationic aqua, and cationic acetone derivatives 12-14, respectively.

An unprecedented dinuclear alkylrhodium(III) complex built up by two 14-electron [RhCl2(alkyl)(PR3)] units.

Reaction of HCl with [RhCl(C2H4)(PR3)]2 affords the dinuclear alkylrhodium(III) complex [RhCl2(C2H5)(PR3)]2, the structure of which has been determined crystallographically. PR3 is the formerly unknown trialkyl phosphine tBu2PCH2CH2C6H3-2,6-Me2, prepared in three steps from tBuPCl2. Treatment of the title compound with CO gives the mononuclear rhodium dicarbonyl cis-[RhCl(CO)2(PR3)], being the first fully characterized complex of this type.