Defibrotide Therapy for SARS-CoV-2 ARDS.

Background: SARS-CoV-2-related ARDS is associated with endothelial dysfunction and profound dysregulation of the thrombotic-fibrinolytic pathway. Defibrotide is a polyanionic compound with fibrinolytic, antithrombotic, and antiinflammatory properties.

Research Question: What is the safety and tolerability of defibrotide in patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 infections?

Study Design And Methods: We report a prospective, open-label, single-center safety trial of defibrotide for the management of SARS-CoV-2-related ARDS.

Binuclear Pt-Tl bonded complex with square pyramidal coordination around Pt: a combined multinuclear NMR, EXAFS, UV-Vis, and DFT/TDDFT study in dimethylsulfoxide solution.

The structure and bonding of a new Pt-Tl bonded complex formed in dimethylsulfoxide (dmso), (CN)(4)Pt-Tl(dmso)(5)(+), have been studied by multinuclear NMR and UV-vis spectroscopies, and EXAFS measurements in combination with density functional theory (DFT) and time dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations. This complex is formed following the equilibrium reaction Pt(CN)(4)(2-) + Tl(dmso)(6)(3+) ⇆ (CN)(4)Pt-Tl(dmso)(5)(+) + dmso. The stability constant of the Pt-Tl bonded species, as determined using (13)C NMR spectroscopy, amounts to log K = 2.

Novel polynuclear nickel(II) complex: hydrazine, sulfato, and hydroxo bridging in an unusual metal hexamer. Crystal structure and magnetic properties of [Ni6(N2H4)6(SO4)4(OH)2(H2O)8](SO4)(H2O)10.

A reaction between nickel(II) sulfate and hydrazine in aqueous solution yields blue crystals of [Ni(6)(N(2)H(4))(6)(SO(4))(4)(OH)(2)(H(2)O)(8)](SO(4))(H(2)O)(10). The compound has been characterized by single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, vibrational spectroscopy, as well as variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility. This is the first reported crystal structure of the nickel(II) complex with hydrazine.

Photoinduced electron transfer via nonbuttressed metal-metal bonds. The photochemical study of binuclear complexes with platinum-thallium bonds.

The photochemistry of binuclear metal-metal bonded complexes [(NC) 5Pt-Tl(solv) x ] (solv is water or dimethylsulfoxide) has been studied in aqueous and dimethylsulfoxide solutions. Both stationary and nanosecond laser flash photolysis have been carried out on the species. The metal-metal bonded complexes have been photolyzed by irradiation into the corresponding intense MMCT absorption bands.

Structure of solvated mercury(II) halides in liquid ammonia, triethyl phosphite and tri-n-butylphosphine solution.

Liquid ammonia, trialkyl phosphites, and especially trialkylphosphines, are very powerful electron-pair donor solvents with soft bonding character. The solvent molecules act as strongly coordinating ligands towards mercury(ii), interacting strongly enough to displace halide ligands. In liquid ammonia mercury(ii) chloride solutions separate into two liquid phases; the upper contains tetraamminemercury(ii) complexes, [Hg(NH(3))(4)](2+), and chloride ions in low concentration, while the lower is a dense highly concentrated solution of [Hg(NH(3))(4)](2+) entities, ca.