Vanadium, Molybdenum, and Tungsten Complexes for Catalysis and Enzymology
This community focuses on the synthesis and structural characterization of coordination compounds and polyoxometalates involving vanadium, molybdenum, and tungsten, primarily to develop catalysts for selective oxidation and to model the active sites of metalloenzymes.
The work centers on the design of Schiff base ligands and polyoxometalate frameworks to facilitate selective oxidation of sulfides, alcohols, and olefins. A significant portion of the research involves the structural elucidation of these complexes to understand electron transfer mechanisms and catalytic activity. The community also investigates the biological roles of these metals, particularly molybdenum cofactors in enzymes like formate dehydrogenase and vanadium-dependent haloperoxidases. Applications range from heterogeneous catalysis in aqueous solutions to the study of oxidative stress and the environmental biogeochemistry of vanadium and molybdenum.
The largest share of the community's output is found in vanadium research, accounting for 8.8% of all vanadium research, and 6,138 papers here. Molybdenum research contributes 6.7% of its total field, with 5,470 papers in this group.
The community comprises 20,975 papers, publishing most frequently in Inorganic Chemistry, the Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Inorganica Chimica Acta.
Recent work continues to explore the catalytic oxidation of organic substrates using vanadium and molybdenum Schiff base complexes, as well as the environmental dynamics of vanadium in groundwater and molybdenum in soil-plant systems.