Advances in Inorganic Chemistry : volume 61: metal Ion controlled reactivity /
edited by Rudi van Eldik and Colin D. Hubbard
- xii, 655 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- 61 .
Front cover; Advances in Inorganic Chemistry; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Controlling platinum, ruthenium, and osmium reactivity for anticancer drug design; I. Introduction; II. Platinum Anticancer Prodrugs: A Photoactivation Strategy; III. Ruthenium-Arene Anticancer Drugs; IV. Osmium(II)-Arenes: A Cytotoxic Family of the Heavier Congener; V. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2. Design and function of metal complexes as contrast agents in MRI; I. Introduction; II. Relaxivity of GdIII Complexes: Optimization of the Relaxivity III. Stability AspectsIV. Paramagnetic CEST Agents; V. Responsive Imaging Probes; VI. MnII Complexes in the Context of MRI; VII. Non-Classical GdIII-Based MRI Contrast Agents; VIII. Conclusions and Outlook; References; Chapter 3. Design considerations towards simultaneously radiolabeled and fluorescent imaging probes incorporating metallic species; I. Introduction; II. Small-Molecule Metal-Based Probes and Their Biomedical Imaging Capabilities; III. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References Chapter 4 .Iron sequestration by small molecules: Thermodynamic and kinetic studies of natural siderophores and synthetic model compoundsI. Chemistry of Iron and Siderophores; II. Siderophore Structure; III. Thermodynamics of Iron-Siderophore Interactions; IV. Chelation Kinetics of Iron-Siderophore Systems; V. Siderophore Recognition and Cellular Uptake; VI. Applications and Future Directions in Siderophore Research; List of Structure Numbers, Figures, and Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. Calcium in biological systems; I. Introduction; II. The Ca2plus Aqua-Cation III. Calcium-Binding MetalloproteinsIV. Ca2plus in Ionophores, Channels, and Pumps; V. Carbohydrates and Carboxylates; VI. Phosphates, Phosphonates, Nucleosides, and Nucleotides; VII. Stability Constants: An Overview; VIII. Calcium-Containing Rigid Materials; Ligand Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; References; Appendix: The Term Ligand; Chapter 6. New developments in synthetic nitrogen fixation with molybdenum and tungsten phosphine complexes; I. Introduction; II. Mechanism of the Chatt Cycle: Experimental Investigations; III. Mechanism of the Chatt Cycle: Theoretical Investigations IV. Molybdenum Dinitrogen Complexes with Polydentate Phosphine and Mixed PsolN LigandsV. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 7. Chemistry of metalated container molecules; I. Introduction; II. Metalated Container Molecules: Host Systems and Complex Types; II. Metalated Container Molecules of Binucleating Polyaza-Dithiophenolate Macrocycles; IV. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 8. Mechanistic considerations on the reactivity of green FeIII-TAML activators of peroxides; I. Introduction II. Speciation of Tetraamide Iron(III) Macrocycles in Solution and the Solid State
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