The discovery of cisplatin's antitumor activity in 1969 prompted the search for novel metal-
containing complexes as potential anticancer drugs. Among these novel complexes, metal N …

Silver coordination compounds with a number of different ligands (N-heterocyclic carbenes,
phosphines, N-heterocycles and others) possess several properties, ranging from …

Ofele and Wanzlick reported the synthesis of the first N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-metal
complexes in 1968. 1, 2 The isolation of the first free carbene by Arduengo in 1991 set the …

Silver has been used for numerous medical conditions for centuries, however, most of the
current clinical silver agents all have their own disadvantages limiting the clinical …

Silver is proving to have a number of medicinal applications; as an antiseptic, an
antibacterial, and an anti-inflammatory, while any biological role for it is currently unknown …

Assembly of semiconducting organic molecules with multiple aryl–metal covalent bonds into
stable one-and two-dimensional (1D and 2D) metal–organic frameworks represents a …

New weapons to fight cancer are constantly needed. Among chemotherapeutics, anti-cancer
metal-drugs have enjoyed a long and successful history since the discovery of the …

The supramolecular chemistry of Ag (i) coordination assemblies continues to attract attention
due to their versatile structural diversity and potential physical and chemical functions. This …

From the reaction of 1-methylimidazole (1a), 4, 5-dichloro-1 H-imidazole (1bII) and 1-
methylbenzimidazole (1c) with p-cyanobenzyl bromide (2a), non-symmetrically substituted N …

A class of Ag (I) N‐heterocyclic carbene silver complexes, 1–3, derived from 4, 5‐dichloro‐
1H‐imidazole has been evaluated for their anticancer activity against the human cancer cell …