Organometallic Compounds for Biomedical and Environmental Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Since the discovery of Zeise's salt by William Christopher Zeise in 1830, organometallic compounds, characterized by metal–carbon bonds, have attracted significant research interest across different disciplines. Recently, their applications in biomedicine and environmental remediation have surged. In biomedicine, their unique reactivity and adaptable properties have led to breakthroughs in drug development, imaging, and cancer therapy. These compounds play pivotal roles, from metal-based anticancer agents to advanced diagnostics as radiopharmaceuticals. They are also instrumental in creating innovative implantable devices and drug delivery systems.

Similarly, organometallic compounds offer valuable tools for addressing environmental challenges. With pollution and degradation threatening ecosystems and human health, organometallic catalysts show promise in catalytic applications. They efficiently remove contaminants from air, water, and soil, addressing issues such as greenhouse gas capture and hazardous waste transformation.

This Special Issue aims to highlight recent advancements in areas including the design and synthesis of novel organometallic compounds for biological applications, catalytic roles in environmental remediation, sustainable and green chemistry with metal-based catalysts, pollution monitoring and sensing, assessment of the environmental fate and impact of organometallic species, and investigation of the toxicity of these compounds.

This Special Issue aims to cover the most recent advances in topics that include but are not limited to:

• Design and synthesis of novel organometallic compounds for biological applications.
• Catalytic applications of organometallic compounds in environmental remediation.
• Metal-based catalysts for sustainable and green chemistry.
• Organometallic materials for pollution monitoring and sensing.
• Environmental fate and impact assessment of organometallic species.
• Toxicological studies of organometallic compounds.

Prof. Dr. Damian C. Onwudiwe
Dr. Jerry O. Adeyemi
Guest Editors

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• organometallic compounds
• coordination compounds
• biological activities
• environmental remediation
• catalysis
• toxicity