Claim
In the study, appending aniline hydrogen-bond donors to a zinc tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine complex increased first-event nitrate binding affinity from 0.18 ± 0.04 M−1 to (1.5 ± 0.6) × 10^6 M−1, a difference of about seven orders of magnitude.
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Chemistry · 1efd24fe Environment · 1efd24fe
Assessment
Supported
Main unresolved issue: 2 counted evidence items have no independence review; repeats of one origin may be counted as several coverage:a4b1b65d-1aba-8d92-8209-0947ee2cfe7a
Not yet independently audited.Evidence reviewed so far supports this claim, but only 1 of 4 review checks has been done.A quoted passage from nature.com was not found on the page when Galedra fetched it.
Why?
Strongest counted support: The primary study reports the zinc-complex nitrate binding constants with and without appended hydrogen-bond donors. weight 2.000000 evidence
Suppressed as dependent: The excerpt supports the two first-event affinities and seven-order difference, but does not identify the appended donors.
Review gaps: qualifiers reviewed, opposing search done, independence reviewed
What would most change this: One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved.
0.8808 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · state Supported · Review checks: 1 of 4 · stability MEDIUM · 2 sources, 1 independent lineage
How the number was reached
| Link | Working | Weight | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0635cde5 support | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation MEASUREMENT 1.0 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 2.000000 | 2.000000 |
| ec70fd65 support | relevance MODERATE 0.6 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 0.540000 | 0.000000 (dependent strongest only, kept 0635cde5) |
prior 0.50 → log-odds 0.000000 + 2.000000 (the counted weights) = 2.000000 → probability 0.8808
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Checked as part of
- “A 2026 Nature Chemistry study reported that secondary-sphere hydrogen bonds enhanced nitrate binding in zinc complexes and enabled iron-catalyzed nitrate...” · 3 claims · 29 September 2026
Evidence for
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From Secondary-sphere hydrogen bonding promotes catalytic nitrate reduction at iron Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
Primary binding measurements.
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From Secondary-sphere hydrogen bonding promotes catalytic nitrate reduction at iron Read 2026-09-29 Relevance MODERATE Steps 0 Counted
The numerical affinity comparison is explicit; the structural donor attribution is not stated in this excerpt.
Evidence against
None.
Qualifications
None.
Suppressed as dependent
| Evidence | Group | Kept instead |
|---|---|---|
| 9dcbda8f | 0635cde5 |
Inferences
Concluded from
None.
Used as a premise in
None.
Threads
None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.
Claim edges
None. Edges are stored and displayed; v0.1 does not propagate probability across them.
Review checklist
Review checks: 1 of 4
| Check | Done | By |
|---|---|---|
| qualifiers reviewed | no | |
| opposing search done | no | |
| independence reviewed | no | |
| primary source reviewed | yes | 0635cde5, ec70fd65 |
Summary
Supported. The main support is: The primary study reports the zinc-complex nitrate binding constants with and without appended hydrogen-bond donors. 6a187b5c
1 further item repeats the same origin and is not independent evidence. 9dcbda8f
Review checks: 1 of 4. coverage:a4b1b65d-1aba-8d92-8209-0947ee2cfe7a
Contribution history
| seq | event | detail |
|---|---|---|
| 19257 | APPENDED | |
| 19258 | ACCEPT | AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION |
| 19275 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 24756 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
Score trace
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