Practical Approaches to Biological Inorganic Chemistry

Practical Approaches to Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Second Edition, reviews the use of spectroscopic and related analytical techniques to investigate the complex structures and mechanisms of biological inorganic systems that contain metals. Each chapter presents an overview of the technique, including relevant theory, a clear explanation of what it is, how it works, and how the technique is actually used to evaluate biological structures. New chapters cover Raman Spectroscopy and Molecular Magnetochemistry, but all chapters have been updated to reflect the latest developments in discussed techniques. Practical examples, problems and many color figures are also included to illustrate key concepts.

The book is designed for researchers and students who want to learn both the basics and more advanced aspects of key methods in biological inorganic chemistry.

Presents new chapters on Raman Spectroscopy and Molecular Magnetochemistry, as well as updated figures and content throughoutIncludes color images throughout to enable easier visualization of molecular mechanisms and structuresProvides worked examples and problems to help illustrate and test the reader’s understanding of each techniqueWritten by leading experts who use and teach the most important techniques used today to analyze complex biological structures

1. A brief overview of the roles of metals in biological systems 2. Introduction to Ligand field theory and computational chemistry 3. Molecular magnetochemistry 4. EPR spectroscopy 5. Biological NMR spectroscopy and metals 6. Mossbauer Spectroscopy 7. BioXAS 8. Raman Spectroscopy 9. Electrochemical methods 10. X-ray Crystallography 11. Genetic/molecular Biological approaches