The Design of Organometallic Ruthenium Arene Anticancer Agents by Sarah J. Dougan, Peter J. Sadler

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Development of Organometallic Ruthenium(II) Anticancer (RAPTA) Drugs by Wee Han Ang

“… The systematic development of the RAPTA family of organometallic ruthenium(II) anticancer drugs containing a monodentate 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphatricyclo-[3.3.1.1]decane (pta) ligand and a ?…”
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Systematic Design of a Targeted Organometallic Antitumour Drug in Pre-clinical Development by Paul J. Dyson

“… Organometallic ruthenium compounds that are effective anticancer and antimetastasis agents are currently under intensive investigation (see also the article by Peter Sadler in this issue). …”
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OMCOS 13 – 13th IUPAC International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis by Graham R. Cumming

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A Molecular Approach to Well-defined Metal Sites Supported on Oxides with Oxidation State and Nuclearity Control by Murielle F. Delley

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Thales Technologies AG: Research Services for the Chemical Industries. How to Find the Needle in the Haystack and How to Find it FAST… by Daniel Wehrli, Peter Chen

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Catalytic Activity of bis-Phosphine Ruthenium(II)-Arene Compounds by Adrian B. Chaplin

“…6-arene)]+, carried out in the Laboratory of Organometallic and Medicinal Chemistry at the EPFL. …”
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Exploiting the Second Coordination Sphere: Proteins as Host for Enantioselective Catalysis by Thomas R. Ward, Jérôme Collot, Julieta Gradinaru, Andreas Loosli, Myriem Skander, Christophe Letondor, Edith Joseph, Gérard Klein

“… With the aim of exploring the role of the second coordination sphere in enantioselective catalysis, achiral organometallic catalyst precursors are anchored in proteins via non-covalent interactions. …”
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Biphasic Catalysis in Aqueous and Ionic Liquid Media by Céline Fellay

“… An overview of recent developments from the Laboratory of Organometallic and Medicinal Chemistry at the EPFL in biphasic catalysis, involving aqueous solutions and ionic liquids, and in CO2 reduction is presented. …”
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New Catalysts and Receptors by Self-Assembly and Combinatorial Chemistry by Kay Severin

“…Macrocyclic complexes, formed by self-assembly of organometallic complexes, are shown to act as highly specific receptors for small cations and anions. …”
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In the Footsteps of Alfred Werner: The Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Zurich by Roger Alberto, Greta R. Patzke, Roland K. O. Sigel, Heinz G. Berke

“…The influence of Nobel Prize winner Alfred Werner in coordination, organometallic, and bioinorganic chemistry extends right up to the present day as can be seen in many of the research fields of the current professors and young research scientists. …”
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Ferrocifens and Ferrocifenols as New Potential Weapons against Breast Cancer by Anh Nguyen, Anne Vessières, Elizabeth A. Hillard, Siden Top, Pascal Pigeon, Gérard Jaouen

“…In this way, we have synthesized molecules containing an organometallic moiety (ferrocene), and a biovector (hydroxytamoxifen), yielding compounds which display a new therapeutic spectrum consisting of antiestrogenicity and cytotoxicity. …”
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Rational Design of Organo-Ruthenium Anticancer Compounds by Christian Gossens, Ivano Tavernelli, Ursula Rothlisberger

“… Organometallic ruthenium(II)-arene complexes are currently attracting increasing interest as anticancer compounds with the potential to overcome drawbacks of traditional drugs like cisplatin with respect to resistance, selectivity, and toxicity. …”
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Toward Programmed Molecular Lanthanide Probes and Sensors by Claude Piguet

“…The segmental ligands Li (i=9,10) discriminate Fell and AgI to give the heterodinuclear double helicate [FeAg(L10)2]3+ and the heterotrinuclear organometallic [2]-catenate [FeAg2(L9)2]4+ where each metal ion occupies a coordination site satisfying its stereochemical requirements. …”
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