Advances in Inorganic Chemistry

The Advances in Inorganic Chemistry series present timely and informative summaries of the current progress in a variety of subject areas within inorganic chemistry, ranging from bio-inorganic to solid state studies. This acclaimed serial features reviews written by experts in the field and serves as an indispensable reference to advanced researchers. Each volume contains an index, and each chapter is fully referenced.

* Features comprehensive reviews on the latest developments

* Includes contributions from leading experts in the field

* Serves as an indispensable reference to advanced researchers

1.Controlling platinum, ruthenium and osmium reactivity for anticancer drug design

Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx and Peter J. Sadler

2. Design and function of metal complexes as contrast agents in MRI

Vojtěch Kubíček and Éva Tóth

3. Design considerations towards simultaneously radiolabelled and fluorescent imaging probes incorporating metallic species

Sofia I. Pascu, Philip A. Waghorn, Timothy Conry, Bonita Lin, Catrin James and Jameel Zayed

4. Iron sequestration by small molecules: Thermodynamic and kinetic studies of natural siderophores and synthetic model compounds

Alvin L. Crumbliss and James M. Harrington

5. Calcium in biological systems

John Burgess and Emma Raven

6. New developments in synthetic nitrogen fixation with molybdenum and tungsten phosphine complexes

Ameli Dreher, Gerald Stephan and Felix Tuczek

7.Chemistry of metalated container molecules

Berthold Kersting and Ulrike Lehmann

8. Mechanistic considerations on the reactivity of green Fe^III-TAML activators of peroxides

Alexander D. Ryabov and Terrence J. Collins

9. Ligand exchange processes on the smallest solvated alkali and alkaline earth metal cations. An experimental and theoretical approach

Ralph Puchta, Ewa Pasgreta and Rudi van Eldik

10. Spin-state changes and reactivity in transition metal chemistry. Reactivity of iron tetracarbonyl

Maria Besora, José-Luis Carreón-Macedo, Álvaro Cimas and Jeremy N. Harvey