A Novel Field of Research: Bioorganometallic Chemistry, Origins, and Founding Principles

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Organometallics and Therapy The Founding Father The First Significant Organometallic Drug Arsenic Compounds after Ehrlich Organometallic Mercury Compounds The Current Re‐evaluation: Considerations of Efficacy, Toxicity and Selectivity Toxicology and the Environment Bioanalytical Methods Based on Special Properties of Organometallic Complexes Naturally‐occurring Organometallics and Synthetic Models Organometallic Chemistry and Aqueous Solvents Conclusions Introduction Organometallics and Therapy The Founding Father The First Significant Organometallic Drug Arsenic Compounds after Ehrlich Organometallic Mercury Compounds The Current Re‐evaluation: Considerations of Efficacy, Toxicity and Selectivity The Founding Father The First Significant Organometallic Drug Arsenic Compounds after Ehrlich Organometallic Mercury Compounds The Current Re‐evaluation: Considerations of Efficacy, Toxicity and Selectivity Toxicology and the Environment Bioanalytical Methods Based on Special Properties of Organometallic Complexes Naturally‐occurring Organometallics and Synthetic Models Organometallic Chemistry and Aqueous Solvents Conclusions