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Coordination compounds in biology

The chemistry of vitamin B12 and model compounds

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Vitamin B12 is an important coordination compound in biology. It is an interesting biomolecule in the sense that no other vitamin contains a metal ion. This is the only naturally occurring organometallic compound found in biology. An intriguing aspect of vitamin B12 is the great stability of the metal-carbon bond. A great deal of new and interesting inorganic chemistry has been uncovered while studying systems pertinent to B12. In this article some salient features of this unique molecule (B12) and its model compounds are presented.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, 515 003, Andhra Pradesh, India

    K. Hussain Reddy

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K Hussain Reddy is Reader in Chemistry at Sri Krishnadevaraya University where he has been teaching since 1983. He teaches bioinorganic chemistry and structural inorganic chemistry. His research interests are in the chemistry of model compounds of biochemical relevance. He did postdoctoral research in the University of California at San Diego during 1989–90.

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Hussain Reddy, K. Coordination compounds in biology. Reson 16, 1273–1283 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-011-0143-8

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