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trans-Dichloridopalladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes with 2-(hydroxymethyl)pyridine and
Ceyda Icsel1, Veysel T Yilmaz, Ferda Ari
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Uludag University, Gorukle, 16059 Bursa, Turkey.
Abstract:
Four trans-palladium(II)- and trans-platinum(II)-chlorido complexes, trans-[PdCl(2)(2-hmpy)(2)] (1), trans-[PtCl(2)(2-hmpy)(2)] (2), trans-[PdCl(2)(2-hepy)(2)] (3) and trans-[PtCl(2)(2-hepy)(2)] (4) (2-hmpy = 2-(hydroxymethyl)pyridine and 2-hepy = 2-(2-hydroxyethyl)pyridine), have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, NMR, and X-ray diffraction. The binding properties of these complexes with fish sperm DNA (FS-DNA) were investigated by UV titration, viscosity, thermal denaturation and electrophoresis measurements. The complexes can bind to FS-DNA and complex 4 exhibits the highest binding constant. Gel electrophoresis assay demonstrates that all the complexes can cleave the pCMV-βgal plasmid DNA to a different degree. The cytotoxic activities of the complexes were tested against four different cancer cell lines. In general, the platinum(II) complexes are more effective than the isostructural palladium(II) complexes. Complex 4 shows high anticancer activity, compared to transplatin, cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin.
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