Tracey Alan S., Willsky Gail R., Takeuchi Esther S. Vanadium: Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Practical Applications

Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.Taylor & Francis Group, 2007. — 250 p. — ISBN10: 1-4200-4613-6; ISBN13: 978-1-4200-4613-7.This book has evolved from over a quarter-century of research that concentrated on delineating the aqueous coordination reactions that characterize the vanadium(V) oxidation state. At the beginning of this time period, only a minor amount of research was being done on vanadium aqueous chemistry. However, the basic tenets of ⁵¹V NMR spectroscopy were being elaborated, and some of the influences of ligand properties and coordination geometry on the NMR spectra were being ascertained. The power of NMR spectroscopy for the study of vanadium speciation had been recognized by only one or two laboratories. This would change, and the demonstration of the great value of this technique for determination of speciation, together with the discovery that vanadium in the diet of rats could be used to ameliorate the influence of diabetes, provided the impetus for rapid growth in this area of science. The discovery of the vanadium-dependent haloperoxidases, the enzymes responsible for a host of biological halogenation and oxidation reactions, added even more impetus for understanding vanadium(V) chemistry, in particular that involving hydrogen peroxide.