“…Until now there is a large number of NHC frameworks known in the literature, ranging from five-membered to seven-membered rings including, imidazolium (1), imidazolinium (2, 8) [40,41], triazolium (3) [42], oxazolium (4) [43,44], thiazolium (5) [45,46], pyrrolidium (6) [47][48][49][50], benzimidazolium (7) [51,52], bisoxazoline (9) [53], quinoxaline (10a) [54], naphtha annulated imidazolium (10b) [55], diazaphosphetidin amine (11) [56], pyrimidine (12) [57,58], perimidine (13) [59], dibenzo(1,3)diazepine (14) [60], imidazopyridine (15,16) [61], 2,2′-bipyridine derived imidazolium (17) [62], bis-imidazolium with arene backbone (18) [63], etc. as shown in www.future-science.com 1307 future science group N-heterocyclic carbene metal complexes as bio-organometallic antimicrobial & anticancer drugs Review coordination properties.…”