Description
Book SynopsisVanadium is one of the more abundant elements in the Earth’s crust and exhibits a wide range of oxidation states in its compounds making it potentially a more sustainable and more economical choice as a catalyst than the noble metals. A wide variety of reactions have been found to be catalysed by homogeneous, supported and heterogeneous vanadium complexes and the number of applications is growing fast. Bringing together the research on the catalytic uses of this element into one essential resource, including theoretical perspectives on proposed mechanisms for vanadium catalysis and an overview of its relevance in biological processes, this book is a useful reference for industrial and academic chemists alike.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Amavadin and related complexes as oxidation catalysts (alkane carboxylation, electrocatalytic oxidation of thiols, oxidation of water); Activating peroxides by vanadium(V) compounds; The vanadate/pyrazinecarboxylic acid/hydrogen peroxide reagent and similar systems for efficient oxidations with peroxides; Peroxido-vanadium complexes as sustainable catalysts in oxidations, halogenations and other organic transformations; Vanadium-scorpionate catalyzed oxidations; Vanadium-carbohydrazones catalyzed oxidations; Polyoxidovanadate catalysts in nonaqeuous solution; Polyoxidometalates and soft-oxidometalates in catalysis; Use of vanadium catalysts in epoxidation and sulfoxidation reactions with Green Chemistry criteria; Vanadium-based catalysts: heterogeneous molecular complexes, supramolecular compounds, and their applications; Carbon-supported vanadium catalysis; Structure, characterization and applications of VOx supported materials; Vanadium oxides in photocatalysis, including bare oxides and VOx based organic-inorganic nanocomposites; Theoretical mechanistic analysis on vanadium oxidation catalysis; Vanadium catalyzed olefin oligomerization, polymerization and copolymerization; Vanadium catalyzed olefin metathesis and related chemistry; Vanadium catalyzed enantioselective C-C bond forming reactions; Vanadium-induced oxidative and reductive coupling; Vanadium-catalyzed transformations of selected functional groups; Catalysis exerted by cells on polyoxidometalate anions; Dioxygen activation by biomimetic vanadium complexes; Vanadium in catalytically proceeding natural processes; Vanadium chloroperoxidases as versatile biocatalysts; Vanadium catalysis relevant to nitrogenase
