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Research has been conducted on the metalated polystannides. The synthesis, structures, properties and the solution dynamics of these complexes have been investigated and the detail are described.

Research has been conducted on the RNA oligomer mimicking hammerhead ribozyme metal ion-binding motif. Results indicate that this oligomer folds into a confirmation which possess metal ion binding property identical to that of the intact ribozyme.

Research has been conducted on the ion-dependent folding unit within the hepatitis C IRES. The effect of the metal ions on the structure and stability of this region has been investigated via the use of the circular dichroism and the details are discussed.

Research has been conducted on vinylene carbonate. The role of this compound as a solvent additive in organic polar solutions for lithium-ion batteries has been investigated via its reductive decomposition along with ethylene carbonate molecules in gas and in solution and the details are reported.

Research has been conducted on the solid C (sub)60. The investigation of the electron paramagnetic resonance signal observed in solid C (sub)60 and of the C (sub)60 (super)n- fullerene ions' electron paramagnetic resonance spectra has been carried out and the details are reported.

Research has been conducted on the perovskites LaMnO (sub)3 and CaFeO (sub)3 which consist of high-spin d (super)4 transition metal ions. The effect of charge disproportionation and Jahn-Teller distortion on these perovskites has been investigated and the result are presented.

Research has been conducted on the adducts formed via the N-arylnitrenium ion reaction with 2'-deoxyguanosine and DNA guanosine residues. The determination of the hydrolysis kinetics has been carried out under acidic, neutral and mildly alkaline conditions and the results are presented.

Research has been conducted on spirobenzopyrans which bear monoazathiacrown ethers and noncyclic analogues. The synthesis of these spirobenzopyrans has been carried out and their ion-responsive photochromism has been investigated via the use of alkali and alkaline-earth metal ions.

The authors discuss the publications on metal ion coordination chemistry and interactions of these metal ions with different nitric oxide species. The topics of interest include metalloenzyme reactivity with nitric oxide and the inorganic coordination complex reactivity with nitric oxide.

Research has been conducted on the quinol cycle for the cytochrome b (sub)6 f complex which incorporates 'Rieske' iron-sulfur protein domain movements. Results indicate that metal ions inhibit cytochrome b (sub)6 f complex turnover by restraining normal 'Rieske' iron-sulfur protein domain movements.

Research has been conducted on the intron substrate functional groups coordinating metal ions. The results of the single and double sulfur atomic substitution experiments conducted to test the effect of these functional groups on the catalytic metal ion binding are presented.

Research has been conducted on the molecular architectures containing lanthanide ions. The synthesis, crystal structures and luminescent and magnetic properties of lanthanide(III) coordination polymers consisting of 1,4-bis(phenyl-sulfinyl)butane with the lamellar square array are reported.

Research has been conducted on the O,N-coordinated o-aminophenolate ligands. The results of the synthesis and molecular and structural characterization of the related complexes with the manganese ion are presented.

Research has been conducted on the polyoxometallates.The efforts to synthesize and structurally characterize some transition metal substitutes tangstoarsenates(III) with the Krebs structure are described.

Research has been conducted on the vanadyl ions. The factors controlling the basicity of these ions and the changes in vanadyl coordination geometry have been investigated and the results are discussed.

Research has been conducted on the outer-sphere electron transfer between cation in aqueous solution. The kinetic parameters for the cation-independent self-exchange reaction have been investigated and the results are reported.

Research has been conducted on the multidentate hexaprotic ligands. The acidity constants of H (sub)6 [TETA-(PO) (sub)2] and its aqueous complexation with the trivalent lanthanide ions have been investigated and the complexes' structures and dynamic processes in solution have been discussed.

Research has been conducted on the 1,3-alternate calix[4]arenes. The synthesis of these compounds has been carried out and the results of their alternate conformations confirmed via the X-ray crystal structure are presented.

Research has been conducted on the heterodinuclear complexes. The synthesis of the d-f heterodinuclear Gd(III)-Ni(II) cryptate has been carried out and the results indicate that Gd(III)-Ni(II) interact ferromagnetically.

Research has been conducted on the metal ions supported by carboxylate and histidine residues. The synthesis and characterization of the carboxylate-bridges dimetallic complexes have been carried out and the results indicate that the double activation of the water molecules by a Lewis acidic metal center may facilitate metallohydrolase reactivity.

Research has been conducted on the supramolecules containing transition metal ions. The synthesis of the trinuclear complexes has been carried out via the reaction of [M(bpca) (sub)2] and [M'(hfac) (sub)2], their structures and magnetic properties have been investigated and the results demonstrate that the metal ion sigma-spin orbitals have different symmetry.

Research has been conducted on the nucleobases which affect interaction with metal ions, nucleic acid base-pairing, self-association and molecular recognition by proteins. The proton-transfer equilibria of the natural and synthetic nucleos(t)ides and the ATP derivatives' pK (sub)a values and protonation sites have been investigated and discussed.

Research has been conducted on the DNA hydrolysis. The artificial nucleases for this hydrolysis have been developed via tethering the metal-coordinating peptides to the DNA-intercalating rhodium complex in delivering metal ions to the sugar-phosphate backbone and the details are presented.

The authors review the publications on hepatitis delta virus ribozymes. The topics of interest include the use of metal ions, acid-base catalysis with cytosine side chain and intrinsic binding energy in hepatitis delta virus ribozyme catalysis.

Research has been conducted on the M (super)+ (sub)g transition metal ions. The reactions of these ions with phosphane investigated via the use of the Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance spectrometry are described.

Research has been conducted on the alkaline earth metals. The synthesis and isolation of the 2,2'-dithiobis(benzoic acid)-group 2 metal ion complexes in the solid state have been carried our and the results of the thermal behavior analysis, spectroscopic characterization and single-crystal X-ray molecular structural determinations of the calcium, barium and strontium complexes are presented.