Nikolay Gerasimchuk obtained his first Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Kiev State University, Ukraine, and his second Ph.D. in Bioinorganic Chemistry from the University of Kansas, USA. He is currently a Distinguished Professor at Missouri State University, USA, where over 22 years he teaches several classes of inorganic chemistry curriculum. His research interests are synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and medical-biological applications of oxime-based ligands and their metal complexes for which he acquired 9 patents. His publications include 138 papers, two book chapters, a laboratory manual book and three editorials in special edition issues of Current Inorganic Chemistry and Molecules.

• 1. PART 1.1.1. Oximes: intermediate compounds between amines and nitro-compounds1.2. Types of oximes1.3. Currently known and studied cyanoximes1.3.1. Methods of syntheses of cyanoximes1.3.2. Selected examples of syntheses of several cyanoximes, their identification and characterization1.3.3. Crystallographically identified products of side reactions during syntheses of cyanoximes1.3.4. Chemical modifications of cyanoximes leading to other useful compounds1.4. Stereochemistry of cyanoximes1.4.1. Re-isomerization of cyanoximes: thermodynamic aspects.1.4.2. Co-crystallization of syn-/anti-diastereomers of cyanoximes: structural and spectroscopic evidence1.5. Deprotonation of cyanoximes and formation of colored anions1.6. UV-visible spectra of anionic cyanoximes: solvatochromism.1.7. Solid state structures of ionic salts of cyanoximes1.8. Formation of unique acid-salts of monoprotic cyanoximes: structural aspects.1.9. Cyanoxime anions are unique ampolidentate ligands for coordination and organometallic chemistry!2. PART 2: Werner-type complexes.2.1. Rationale and motivation for the synthesis of metal-containing cyanoximates.2.2. Preparation of Werner-type coordination compounds involving oximes.2.2.1. Selected examples of syntheses of several complexes, their isolation and characterization.2.3. Structural chemistry of thallium(I) cyanoximates2.4. Chemistry of lead(II) cyanoximates2.5. Transition metals cyanoximates2.5.1. Silver(I) cyanoximates: structures and properties2.5.2. Complexes of Zn2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Co3+ and their properties2.5.3. Intensely colored complexes of Fe2+ and in solid state and solutions3. PART 3: organometallic cyanoximates.3.1. Purpose for synthesis and characterization of series of organometallic compounds3.2. Organotin(IV) cyanoximates3.3. Organoantimony(V) cyanoximates3.4. Organotellurium(IV) compounds.4. PART 4: developed applications and potential usefulness of cyanoximes and their metal complexes.4.1. Biomedical field.4.1.1 Halo-aryl-cyanoximes as enzymes inhibitors4.1.2. Antimicrobial properties of Ni2+ and Cu2+ cyanoximates4.1.3. Visible light insensitive silver(I) cyanoximates4.1.4. New non-antibiotic antimicrobial organoantimony(V) compounds4.1.5. Novel cytotoxic organotin(IV) compounds4.1.6. In vitro cytotoxic Pd and Pt cyanoximates with minimal side effects in vivo4.2. Technological areas.4.2.1 New conducting Pt-based molecular NIR emitters4.2.2 Catalytic function of some Zn2+cyanoximates4.2.3 Potentially high-energy compounds of cyanoximates of Ni, Cu and Pb4.2.4 Visible light insensitive silver(I) cyanoximates5. Afterward6. Acknowledgment