“…1 They are known for their various uses: dental (tooth pastes and mouthwashes) [2][3][4] and medical applications (against rheumatoid arthritis, 5,6 for the inhibition of bone resorptive processes such osteoporosis and Paget's disease, 2,[7][8][9] skeletal scintigraphy when combined with 99 Tc, [10][11][12] breast cancer therapy, 13 antiviral, 14,15 anti-inflammatory 16,17 and anti-rheumatismal agents, 18 pain-easing activities, 16 antimoebic 15 ), antibacterial agents, 19 plant growth regulators, 20 herbicides, [21][22][23] pesticides, 19 in the nuclear industry, [24][25][26] flame retardants 21 and 2 chelators in water treatment, 21 etc… Gem-bisphosphonates and gem-bisphosphonic acids can readily form complexes with calcium and magnesium and this behavior is one of the principles sustaining their use as drugs. 3,15 Recently, amino-gem-bisphosphonates have been involved in the conformational study of pyrrolinoxyl radicals 27 and they also work as spin trapping agents relevant to biology.…”