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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
Supramolecular self-assembly of amphiphilic anionic platinum(II) complexes: a correlation between spectroscopic and
Charlotte Po1, Anthony Yiu-Yan Tam, Keith Man-Chung Wong
1Institute of Molecular Functional Materials (Areas of Excellence Scheme, University Grants Committee (Hong Kong)), The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
Abstract:
A new class of amphiphilic anionic platinum(II) bzimpy complexes has been demonstrated to show aggregation in water through Pt···Pt and π-π stacking interactions. An interesting aggregation-partial deaggregation-aggregation process and a morphological transformation from vesicles to nanofibers have been demonstrated. These changes can be systematically controlled by the variation of solvent composition and could readily be probed by UV-vis absorption, emission, NMR, transmission electron microscopy, and even with our naked eyes.

