“…Although most DNA-cleaving compounds are metal complexes, a significant number of research publications are devoted to organic molecules, also referred to as artificial "metalfree nucleases", aiming to identify differentiated mechanisms of action. Such compounds exhibit very diversified molecular structures, including, among the recent ones, simple oximes and hydroxylamines [5], coumarin oxime ethers [6], imidazo-phenanthrolines [7] and their carbohydrate conjugates [8], indolo-pyrimidines [9], pyridine [10] and naphthoquinone thiazole hybrids [11] and benzothiazole derivatives [12,13], bis-and tetrakis-1,2,3-triazole derivatives [14], naphthalenophanes [15], selenylated oxadiazoles [16], 2styryl-4-aminoquinazoline [17], calixarene-benzazole [18] and indolyl derivatives [19], azaenedienes [20], and the natural product Shishjimicin A [21].…”