Antiviral agents other metal complexes

Although there has heen a great deal of research concerning how platinum(II) complexes hind to biological molecules and the hkely mechanism of antitumor activity of these platinum-containing species, far less attention has heen paid to the properties of other metal complexes in this arena. Recent attention has fallen on cohalt(II)-Schiff hase complexes, as several have heen discovered to have promise as antiviral agents. A review of recent work has appeared elsewhere [64], so the topic will not he covered here however, in addition to focusing on recent developments, emphasis is placed on the introduction of the new head unit, 3,6-diformylpyridazine (13), into Schiff-hase macrocyclic electrochemistry. 

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