Bioorganometallic Chemistry

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Simonneaux, Gérard (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, 17
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Inorganic chemistry.; Organometallic chemistry.; Medicinal chemistry.; Catalysis.; Biochemistry.; Organometallic Chemistry.; Inorganic Chemistry.; Biochemistry, general.; Medicinal Chemistry.

Bioorganometallic Chemistry has become a mature area of science and is comprehensively covered by leading experts in this book. Naturally occuring bioorganometallic complexes, such as vitamin B12 and recently discovered iron and nickel hydrogenases, including a possible role of the latter in the geo...

Table of Contents:

• Bernhard Kräutler: Biological Organometallic Chemistry of Vitamin B12
• Juan C. Fontecilla-Camps: Bioorganometallic chemistry of iron-nickel clusters in enzymes
• Gérard Simonneaux: Bioorganometallic Chemistry of Metalloporphyrins
• Kay Severin: Synthetic Organometallic Hosts for Biologically Interesting Molecules
• Toshikazu Hirao: Peptide Supramolecular Systems with Metallocene derivatives
• Paul Dyson: Medicinal Properties of Organometallic Compounds.