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MotW 15: Promising Ruthenium Complexes as Anticancer Drugs
Submitted by on September 3, 2010 – 3:24 pm | No Comment
MotW 15: Promising Ruthenium Complexes as Anticancer Drugs

Organoruthenium complexes, of the form of [(η6-arene)RuII(YZ)X]+ (Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 11470–11486, DOI: 10.1021/ic801361m), are increasingly being studied for use in medicine. The arene is usually a phenyl derivative, YZ is usually a chelating ligand, …

If you are struggling with your Molecule of the Week topics…
Submitted by on September 1, 2010 – 6:08 pm | No Comment

Updated F 09.03.10 – As a reminder, you need to find three examples from the chemical literature (full papers, 2009 to present) that minimally include a molecular metal-ligand complex and a crystal structure. Send me …