Bioinorganic Catalysis

List of contents

Introduction to bioinorganic chemistry; introduction to homogeneous catalysis; relationships between enzymatic and heterogeneous catalysis; Lewis acid properties of zinc and its development to phosphotriester detoxifying agents; vanadiumhaloperoxidases; molybdenum and tungsten enzymes; catalysis by nitrogenases and synthetic analogues; biological iron-sulfur clusters with catalytic activity; catalysis by nickel in biological systems; oxygen activation at Nonheme iron centres; dioxygenactivation at Heme centres in enzymes and synthetic analogues; biological and biomimetric catalysis of manganese redox enzymes and their inorganic models; the two B12 cofactors - influence of the trans nitrogen ligand on homolytic and heterolyticprocesses; formation, structure, and reactivity of copper dioxygen complexes; multielectron transfer and catalytic mechanisms in oxidative polymerization; metalloenzymes with a quinone cofactor; future developments.

Product details

• Assisted by: Elisabeth Bouwman (Editor), Bouwman Elisabeth (Editor), Jan Reedijk (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.1999
• EAN: 9780824702410
• ISBN: 978-0-8247-0241-0
• No. of pages: 628
• Weight: 952 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > Inorganic chemistry; SCIENCE / Chemistry / Inorganic, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Organic, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical, biochemistry, Catalysis, Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical biology