chapter 1 Introduction to Bioinorganic Chemistry / chapter 2 Introduction to Homogeneous Catalysis / chapter 3 Relationships Between Enzymatic and Heterogeneous Catalysis / chapter 4 Lewis Acid Properties of Zinc and Its Development to Phosphotriester Detoxifying Agents / chapter 5 Vanadium Haloperoxidases / chapter 6 Molybdenum and Tungsten Enzymes / chapter 7 Catalysis by Nitrogenases and Synthetic Analogs / chapter 8 Biological Iron�Sulfur Clusters with Catalytic Activity / chapter 9 Catalysis by Nickel in Biological Systems / chapter 10 Oxygen Activation at Nonheme Iron Centers / chapter 11 Dioxygen Activation at Heme Centers in Enzymes and Synthetic Analogs / chapter 12 Biological and Biomimetic Catalysis of Manganese Redox Enzymes and Their Inorganic Models / chapter 13 The Two B12 Cofactors: Influence of the trans Nitrogen Ligand on Homolytic and Heterolytic Processes / chapter 14 Formation, Structure, and Reactivity of Copper Dioxygen Complexes / chapter 15 Multielectron Transfer and Catalytic Mechanisms in Oxidative Polymerization / chapter 16 Metalloenzymes with a Quinone Cofactor / chapter 17 Future Developments