Vanadium complexes with polypyridyl ligands: Speciation, structure and potential medicinal activity

This review focuses on the interaction between the essential element-vanadium with 1,10-phenanthroline and polypyridyl ligands. It starts with a summary of the prior work on speciation studies for the binary systems vanadium-phenanthroline alongside several hydrolytic studies of the metal ion. It also includes a complete overview on the different X-ray structures known to date with discussions on the potential cytotoxic activity of several vanadium-polypyridyl complexes.

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This review focuses on the interaction between the essential element vanadium and 1,10-phenanthroline and polypyridyl ligands. It summarizes prior work on speciation studies for the vanadium-phenanthroline binary systems and hydrolytic studies of the metal ion. It also provides a comprehensive overview of different X-ray structures known to date and discusses the potential cytotoxic activity of vanadium-polypyridyl complexes.