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The Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Series of Ruthenium N-triphosPh Complexes
Published on: April 10, 2015
New dinuclear ruthenium arene complexes containing thiosemicarbazone ligands: synthesis, structure and cytotoxic
Wei Su1, Zhaofeng Tang1, Peiyuan Li2
1Key Laboratory of Environment Change and Resources Use in Beibu Gulf (Guangxi Teachers Education University), Ministry of Education, China.
Abstract:
A series of mononuclear ruthenium arene complexes with thiosemicarbazone (TSC) ligands (A-type, 1-8) and their corresponding di-nuclear analogues (B-type, 9-16) were synthesized and characterized by NMR, elemental analysis and HR-ESI-mass spectrometry. The molecular structures of 1, 2, 6, 9-11 and 13-16 were determined using single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The Gibbs free energy of the two examples of the two types of complexes (1 and 9) and the bonding order in their single-crystals were studied using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The compounds were further evaluated for their in vitro antiproliferative activities against CNE-2 human nasopharyngeal carcinoma, KB human oral epithelial carcinoma, SGC-7901 human gastric carcinoma, HepG2 human liver carcinoma, HeLa human cervical carcinoma and HEK-293T noncancerous cell lines. Furthermore, the interactions between the compounds and DNA were studied by electrophoretic mobility spectrometry studies.
