Dyson, Paul J.2011-12-162011-12-162011-12-16201110.2533/chimia.2011.730https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/73449WOS:000295811300023A summary of our on-going research on organometallic chemistry is provided with an emphasis on the function, reactivity and mechanisms of organometallic compounds in water, ionic liquids and in living systems. The role of organometallic compounds in both catalysis and medicinal chemistry are briefly described.Biphasic catalysisBioorganometallic chemistryCatalysisOrganometallic chemistryReaction mechanismsFunctionalized Ionic LiquidsPhosphine Ruthenium(Ii)-Arene CompoundsCompound Rapta-CCatalytic-ActivityIn-VitroNanoparticle CatalystsAnticancer ComplexesRuthenium ComplexesCoupling ReactionsPta Complexestext::journal::journal article::research article