The success of platinum-based anticancer agents has motivated the exploration of novel
metal-based drugs for several decades, whereas problems such as drug-resistance and …

Ferrocene derivatives have attracted significant interest as anticancer, antibacterial,
antifungal and antiparasitic drug candidates. Discovered in the 1990s, the two most …

In recent years, para-quinone methides (p-QMs) have emerged as attractive and versatile
synthons in organic synthesis owing to their high reactivity. Consequently, p-QM chemistry …

Despite current developments in therapeutics focusing on biotechnologically-oriented
species, the unflagging utility of small molecules or peptides in medicine is still producing …

Metal complexes have been widely used for applications in the chemical and physical
sciences due to their unique electronic and stereochemical properties. For decades the use …

Metallodrugs offer potential for unique mechanisms of drug action based on the choice of
the metal, its oxidation state, the types and number of coordinated ligands and the …

Organometallic complexes have unique physico-chemical properties, which have been
widely used in homogenous catalysis, for example, for the synthesis of lead compounds and …

para‐Quinone methides (p‐QMs) are naturally occurring molecules that have been finding
increasing synthetic applications in the last few years. The presence of two electronically …

Presented is the first enantioselective copper‐catalyzed 1, 6‐conjugate addition of bis
(pinacolato) diboron to para‐quinone methides. The reaction proceeds with excellent yields …

In the recent years, organometallic compounds have become recognized as promising anti-
cancer drug candidates. While radioactive 186/188Re compounds are already used in …