Oxovanadium complexes in catalytic oxidations

This contribution is an overview on recent advances (since 2000) on the application of oxovanadium complexes as catalysts or mediators for oxidations by molecular oxygen, peroxidative oxygenations (both including epoxidations), halogenations and carboxylations of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, and/or olefins, toward the syntheses of a variety of organic compounds, such as alcohols, ketones, epoxides, aldehydes, organohalides and orcarboxylic acids. Some of these systems operate in liquid media, whereas others involve VO-catalysts immobilized on solid supports. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.