“…1,3,[10][11][12][13][14][15] It has been appreciated for at least 140 years that characteristic colour reactions may occur when hydrogen peroxide is added to solutions of transition metal derivatives. 16 Among the various d o transition metal peroxo systems, V(V), Mo(VI) and W(VI), which have clear structural and isoelectronic relationships, attract continuous research attention because of their versatility and selectivity as stoichiometric or catalytic oxidizing or oxo-transfer agent in a variety of organic oxidations such as epoxidation of alkenes, [17][18][19][20] oxidation of sulfides and sulfoxides, [21][22][23][24][25][26] primary and secondary alcohols, 27,28 as well as halide oxidation. [29][30][31][32] Besides these, the active involvement or relevance of these peroxometallates in haloperoxidase, 29,31,32 their insulino-mimetic, [33][34][35][36] anti-neoplastic 37 and enzyme inhibitory activity 38,39 have been well documented.…”