Role of Vanadium Complexes in Biological Systems & Oxidation Reactions: Model of vanadium haloperoxidases and vanadium complexes with special reference to antiamoebic activities - Softcover

Kumar, Amit

Softcover

ISBN 10: 384654955X ISBN 13: 9783846549551

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Vanadium has been reported to be an essential bio-element for certain organisms, including tunicates, bacteria and some fungi. This book aimed to describe the coordination chemistry of vanadium with biologically relevant ligands and presents synthesis of oxo, dioxo and oxoperoxovanadium(V) complexes. Most common oxidation states are +IV and +V and generally stabilized through V–O bond. Oxocations [VO]2+, [VO]3+ and [VO2]+ are most common for biological systems. The development of structural and functional model complexes of vanadium haloperoxidases is the key motive of vanadium chemistry and some of the complexes can be considered to be structural models of haloperoxidases. The model character also extends to functional similarities, in that they catalyse the oxidation, by oxidant, of sulfoxide, styrene, cyclohexene, phenol, trans-stilbene etc. Vanadium complexes have also been found to catalyze the oxidation and epoxidation of various organic substrates. Some of the complexes have also been tested for their antiamoebic activity.

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About the Author

Amit Kumar was born on 1978 in Bijnor, India. He completed his MSc. in 2002 and Ph.D.(chemistry) in 2006 from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee India. His research interests are in synthetic inorganic chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, biological and medicinal aspects of vanadium metal complexes.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 384654955X
• ISBN 13: 9783846549551
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156