Advances in the design of organometallic anticancer complexes

Organometallic complexes containing ligands such as CO, carbenes, alkyls, phenyls, π-bound alkynes, alkenes, cyclopentadienyls and arenes possess properties which have often been exploited in areas such as catalysis and materials chemistry. They also offer opportunities for the design of new drugs with novel mechanisms of action. Here we focus on anticancer drugs which might complement successful platinum drugs in the clinic by widening the...