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Published on: May 28, 2014
Hairpin-shaped tetranuclear palladium(II) complex: synthesis, crystal structure, DNA binding and cytotoxicity
En-Jun Gao1, Ke-Hua Wang, Ming-Chang Zhu
1Laboratory of Coordination Chemisty, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China. ejgao@yahoo.com.cn
Abstract:
A novel tetranuclear palladium(II) complex [Pd(4)(phen)(4) (micro-pydc)(4)].10H(2)O (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, pydc = pyridine-3,4-dicarboxylate) has been synthesized and characterized. In the tetranuclear complex, two pairs of dipalladated [Pd(phen)] moieties are bridged together by four pydc, presenting a hairpin molecular shape. The binding of the title complex with fish sperm DNA (FS-DNA) has been investigated by UV spectrum and fluorescence spectrum. All the results indicate that the complex bind to DNA in an intercalative mode and considerating the molecular shape and size, the dipalladated phenanthroline moieties bisintercalate to the base pairs of DNA. Agarose gel electrophoresis assay demonstrates the ability of the complex to cleave the pBR322 plasmid DNA. Cytotoxic activity studies show the complex exhibited good cytotoxic activity against four different cancer cell lines.
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