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New Class of Half-Sandwich Ruthenium(II) Arene Complexes Bearing the Water-Soluble CAP Ligand as an in Vitro
Antonella Guerriero1, Werner Oberhauser1, Tina Riedel2
1Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organometallici, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
Abstract:
Ruthenium(II) arene complexes of 1,4,7-triaza-9-phosphatricyclo[5.3.2.1]tridecane (CAP) were obtained. Cytotoxicity studies against cancer cell lines reveal higher activity than the corresponding PTA analogues and, in comparison to the effects on noncancerous cells, the complexes are endowed with a reasonable degree of cancer cell selectivity.
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