Molybdenum is widely available to biological systems due to the solubility of its high-valent
oxides in water and is found in two basic forms: as an integral component of the multinuclear …

Enzymes containing molybdenum or tungsten at their active sites appear to be present in all
forms of life, from ancient archaea to man. These enzymes catalyze a wide range of …

Reductive amination is an important tool for synthetic organic chemists in the construction of
carbon‐nitrogen bonds. This reaction, also termed reductive alkylation, involves …

The fundamental chemistry of which transition element has been most rapidly and
extensively advanced in the last decade? Such a question can provoke a number of …

Publisher Summary This chapter presents a discussion on the bioinorganic chemistry of
pterin-containing molybdenum and tungsten enzymes. The chapter focuses on the current …

The ligand 2-mercapto-3, 5-di-tert-butylaniline, H [LAP], an o-aminothiophenol, reacts with
metal (II) salts of Ni and Pd in CH3CN or C2H5OH in the presence of NEt3 under strictly …

Formate dehydrogenase H, FDH (Se), from Escherichia coli contains a molybdopterin
guanine dinucleotide cofactor and a selenocysteine residue in the polypeptide. Oxidation of …

A new oxo transfer reaction system of relevance to the molybdenum oxotransferase group of
enzymes has been developed. A set of ligands and their sterically hindered Movi02 …

Hydroxylation reactions are ubiquitous in the metabolic pathways of living organisms, from
the degradation of aromatic compounds by microorganisms to the biosynthesis of …

Molybednum-containing enzymes (Coughlan, 1980; Spiro, 1985) occupy a significant place
in the development of the field now termed inorganic biochemistry. The importance of the …