“…In addition, many promising coordination compounds are now in clinical use to cure numerous tumors. 14–24 Apart from this, dirhodium( ii , ii )–tetracarboxylate complexes are of great interest due to their proven antitumor activity and minimal side effects. 17,25–31 Interest in this type of metal–metal complexes began in the 1970s when Bear and coworkers first demonstrated the potential cytostatic activity of complexes of the formula [Rh 2 (μ-OOCR) 4 ] (R = Me, Et, Pr).…”