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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
Crystal structures of two platinum(II) complexes containing ethyl eugenoxyacetate and 2-amino-pyridine
Hai Le Thi Hong1, Thao Nguyen Thu1, Hien Nguyen1
1Department of Chemistry, Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Abstract:
In the title complexes, trans-(2-amino-pyridine-κN)di-chlorido-{4-eth-oxy-carbonyl-meth-oxy-3-meth-oxy-1-[(2,3-η)-prop-2-en-1-yl]benzene}-platinum(II), [PtCl2(C5H6N2)(C14H18O4)], (I), and (2-amino-pyridine-κN)chlorido{5-eth-oxy-car-bon-yl-meth-oxy-4-meth-oxy-1-[(2,3-η)-prop-2-en-1-yl]phenyl-κC1}-platinum(II), [Pt(C14H17O4)Cl(C5H6N2)], (II), the central PtII metal atom displays a distorted square-planar coordination, with the PtII atom coordinated by the pyridine N atom, the C=C double bond of the eugenol ligand and two Cl atoms for (I) or one Cl atom and a C atom of the phenyl ring for (II). The allyl fragment in (I) is disordered, with population parameters 0.614 (14) and 0.386 (14) for the two positions of the central C atom. The least-squares planes through the two aromatic ring systems make a dihedral angle of 51.10 (13)° for (I) and 78.5 (2)° for (II). Intra-molecular N-H⋯O and N-H⋯π inter-actions occur in (I). In (I), inversion dimers formed by C-H⋯Cl inter-actions are further linked into chains parallel to the b axis by C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. Both aromatic rings are involved in π-π inter-actions, with centroid-to-centroid distances of 3.508 (3) and 3.791 (3) Å. In (II), inversion dimers form chains parallel to the b axis by C-H⋯O inter-actions.
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