Ricardo Rodriguez

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is among the most devastating neonatal illnesses of premature infants. Although it is a disease of multifactorial etiology associated with bacterial dysbiosis, several reports of viral and...

This study reveals a novel role of water as a chiral inducer, demonstrating its ability to drive the asymmetric resolution of prochiral silver-nucleobase complexes. During crystallization, helical water columns spontaneously...

The reaction of the 11-vertex rhodathiaborane [8,8,8-(H)(PPh)-3-(NCH)--7,8-RhSBH] () with 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphine)benzene (dppbz) and ()-(-)-2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthyl (binap) affords [1,1-(η-dppbz)-3-(NCH)--1,2-RhSBH] () and [1,1-(η-binap)-3-(NCH)--1,2-RhSBH] (). These 11-vertex -rhodathiaborane chelates result from PPh ligand substitution at...

Chirality at the metal center is a well-established concept, exemplified by numerous four- and six-coordinated complexes. Here, a pioneering example of linear chirality-at-metal is described: [Ag(NHC)] (NHC=N-heterocyclic carbene). In solution,...

The crystal structure of the salt calcium (2R,3R)-tartrate tetrahydrate {systematic name: poly[[diaqua[μ-(2R,3R)-2,3-dihydroxybutanedioato]calcium(II)] dihydrate]}, {[Ca(CHO)(HO)]·2HO}, is reported. The absolute configuration of the crystal was established unambiguously using anomalous dispersion effects in...

Rh(III) and Ru(II) complexes, [RhCl(κ-NN'P-L)][SbF] (1) and [RuCl(κ-NN'P-L)] (2), were synthesised using the tetradentate ligand L (L=N,N-bis[(pyridin-2-yl)methyl]-[2-(diphenylphosphino)phenyl]methanamine). In each case only one diastereomer is detected, featuring cis-disposed pyridine groups. The...

Background: Children with congenital heart disease present a higher frequency of cardiorespiratory arrest (CRA) than the general pediatric population. The epidemiology of CRA is not exactly known in our setting,...

Purpose: To compare the DNA damage in granulosa cells (GCs) of women undergoing ovarian-stimulated cycles with four widely used recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormones (rhFSH) in in vitro fertilization (IVF) protocols...

The unique dynamic configuration of an enantioselective chiral-at-metal catalyst based on Rh(III) and a non-chiral tetradentate ligand is described and resolved. At room temperature, the catalyst undergoes a dynamic configuration...

Objective: The aim of the work described here was to determine the effects of imaging protocol, technique and pleural line depth on measured pleural line thickness (PLT). Methods: Sonograms were...