Biomimetic Chemistry

Preface 1. Adjusting the Lock and Adjusting the Key in Cyclodextrin Chemistry: An Introduction, R. Breslow 2. Models for Enzymic Systems: An Introduction, F.H. Westheimer 3. Studies on the Mechanism of Action and Stereochemical Behavior of Semisynthetic Model Enzymes, E.T. Kaiser, et al. 4. Asymmetric Transformation of a-Substituted Carbonyl Compounds Via Enamine or Iminazoline Formation, S. Yoshikawa, H. Matsushita, and S. Shibata 5. Model Studies and the Biochemical Function of Coenzymes, D. Dolphin 6. Carbon Acid Oxidations and Oxygen Activation by Flavins, T.C. Bruice 7. Flavin Coenzyme Analogs as Probes of Flavoenzyme Reaction Mechanisms, C. Walsh, F. Jacobson, and C.C. Ryerson 8. Structure-Function Relationship of Vitamin B12 Coenzyme (Adenosylcobalamin) in the Diol-Dehydrase System, T. Toraya and S. Fukui 9. Some Mechanistic Aspects of Coenzyme B12-Dependent Rearrangements, J. Halpern 10. Vitamin B12 Models with Macrocyclic Ligands, Y. Murakami 11. Nature of the Iron-Oxygen Bond and Control of Oxygen Affinity of the Heme by the Structure of the Globin in Hemoglobin, M.F. Perutz 12. The Chemical Basis of Variations in Hemoglobin Reactivity, T.G. Traylor, et al 13. Evidence Regarding Mechanisms for Protein Control of Heme Reactivity, B.M. Hoffman, et al. 14. Activation of Dioxygen Using Group VIII Metal Complexes, B.R. James 15. Studies of the Mechanism of Oxygen Activation and Transfer Catalyzed by Cytochrome P-450, J.T. Groves, et al. 16. Oxygen Activation: Participation of Metalloenzymes and Related Metal Complexes, I. Tabushi and N. Koga 17. Oxygen Activation in Oxygenase Systems: Model Approach Using Iron-Porphyrin 18. Intermediate Spin States of Iron Porphyrins, H. Kobayashi, Y. Kaizu and K. Eguchi 19. The Active Site of Sepioteuthis lessoniani Hemocyanin, A. Nakahara, et al. 20. Chemical Approaches to Nitrogen Fixation, W.E. Newton 21. A Possible Mimic of the Nitrogenase Reaction, J. Chatt 22. Molybdothiol and Molybdoselenol Complex Catalysts: Acetylene Reduction and Electron Spin Resonance Characteristics, Y. Sugiura, T. Kikuchi, and H. Tanaka 23. Metal Ion Effects in the Reactions of Phosphosulfate, W. Tagaki and T. Eiki Index