N,O,S-Donor Ligands and Metal Complexes: From Structural Characterization to Biological and Catalytic Applications
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2026 | Viewed by 1840
Special Issue Editor
Interests: coordination chemistry; structural chemistry; spectroscopy, in particular vibrational spectroscopy; computational chemistry; heterocycles as ligands
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, there has been significant progress in research on N,O,S-donor ligands and their metal complexes. Due to their unique coordinating properties, these ligands have broad applications in coordination chemistry, catalysis, and biomimetics. Metal complexes with N,O,S-donor ligands play a key role in fundamental research and industrial and biomedical applications.
The goal of this Special Issue is to gather the latest research findings in the following areas:
- Synthesis and modification of N,O,S-donor ligands.
- Structural and spectroscopic characterization of metal complexes.
- Theoretical modeling and DFT calculations.
- Applications in catalysis and industrial processes.
- Biomedical and biological applications of metal complexes with N,O,S-donor ligands.
Dr. Barbara Morzyk-Ociepa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- N,O,S-donor ligands
- metal complexes
- catalysis
- coordination chemistry
- biomimetics
- structural characterization
- spectroscopy
- DFT
- theoretical modeling
- biomedical applications
- industrial processes
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