Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 – Solving Some of the World’s Problems with Ruthenium Complexes: Their Role in Imaging and Biomedical Applications (pp. 1-60)
Jimmie L. Bullock, Michael J. Celestine and Alvin A. Holder (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA)

Chapter 2 – Solving Some of the World’s Problems with Ruthenium Complexes: Their Use in Solar Energy Capture and Production of Hydrogen (pp. 61-90)
Michael J. Celestine, Jimmie L. Bullock and Alvin A. Holder (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA)

Chapter 3 – Advances in the Use of Ruthenium Complexes for Medicinal Applications (pp. 91-104)
Sarah Weisner and Shawn Swavey (University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, USA)

Chapter 4 – “RuCp” a Versatile Moiety: From NLO to Antitumor Properties (pp. 105-164)
Tiago J. L. Silva, Paulo J. Mendes, Tânia S. Morais, Andreia Valente, M. Paula Robalo and M. Helena Garcia (Centro de Ciências Moleculares e Materiais, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal, and others)

Chapter 5 – Ruthenium-Catalyzed Isomerization of Allylic and Propargylic Alcohols in Non-Conventional Solvents (pp. 165-206)
Noel Nebra, and Joaquín García-Álvarez (ICIQ (Institut Català d’Investigació Química), Tarragona, Spain, and others)

Chapter 6 – Voltammetric and Spectroscopic Methods for the Ruthenium Determination in the Environment at Ultra-Trace Concentration Level: Critical Comparison and Application to Airborne Particulate Matter, Vegetables, Superficial Waters, Mussels, Clams and Soils (pp. 207-234)
Clinio Locatelli and Dora Melucci (Department of Chemistry «G. Ciamician», University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, and others)

Chapter 7 – Design and Mechanistic Insight into Molecular Ruthenium-Based Water Oxidation Catalysts (pp. 235-268)
Markus D. Kärkäs and Björn Åkermark (Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden)
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Chapter 8 – Ruthenium Compounds with Schiff Bases: Design and Promising Applications of Salicylideneimine Complexes (pp. 269-284)
Emira Kahrović (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Chapter 9 – Polymeric Ruthenium Compounds: Synthesis and Employment As Synthons (pp. 285-320)
Frederick P. Malan, Eric Singleton and Reinout Meijboom (Department of Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa)

Index