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Amide Coupling Reaction for the Synthesis of Bispyridine-based Ligands and Their Complexation to Platinum as Dinuclear Anticancer Agents
Published on: May 28, 2014
Synthesis and characterization of amidate bridged dimeric and oligomeric platinum complexes having short
Fenghui Liu1, Wanzhi Chen, Daqi Wang
1Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Xixi campus, Hangzhou 310028, P. R. China.
Abstract:
A number of pivalamidate bridged dinuclear [PtII2(RNH2)4(NHCOtBu)2]2+, [PtIII2LL (RNH2)4(NHCOtBu)2]n+ (2RNH2 = 2NH3, 1,2-ethylenediamine, 1,2-diaminocyclohexane; L, L' = NO3-, H2O, or ketonate), trinuclear [{PtII(dap)(NHCOtBu)2}2PdIII]3+ (dap = 1,2-diaminopropane), tetranuclear [{PtII2(NH3)2(DACH)(NHCOtBu)2}2]4+ (DACH = 1,2-diaminocyclohexane), pentanuclear [{Pt2(C5H7O)(NH3)2Cl2(NHCOtBu)2}2PtCl4], and hexanuclear [Pt2(NH3)2(en)(NHCOtBu)2Pt(NO2)4]2 platinum complexes containing Pt(II)-Pt(II), Pt(II)-Pt(III), Pt(II)-Pd(III), and Pt(III)-Pt(III) interactions have been prepared and structurally characterized. The Pt-Pt interactions are characteristic of covalent, dative, or orbital symmetric Pt-Pt bonds. The dimeric Pt(III) complexes are able to activate C-H bonds of ketones to afford ketonate platinum(III) complexes. The Pt-Pt bonds are either doubly amidate-bridged or ligand unsupported. Their distances are 2.99-3.22 A for Pt(II)-Pt(II), 2.59-2.72 A for Pt(III)-Pt(III), 2.98 A for Pt(II)-Pt(III), and 2.66 A for Pt(II)-Pd(III) bonds depending on the oxidation states of the two metals and the ancillary ligands.
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