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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
Evolution of 1, 3, 5-trisubstituted bipyrazole scaffold based platinum(II) complexes as a biological active agent
Miral V Lunagariya1, Khyati P Thakor1, Bharat H Pursuwani1
1a Department of Chemistry , Sardar Patel University , Gujarat , India.
Abstract:
Square planar mononuclear platinum(II) complexes having general formula [Pt(Ln)Cl2], (where, Ln = L1-4) were synthesized with neutral bidentate heterocyclic 1,3,5-trisubstituted bipyrazole based ligands. The synthesized compounds were characterized by physicochemical method such as TGA, molar conductance, micro-elemental analysis and magnetic moment, and spectroscopic method such as, FT-IR, UV-vis, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and mass spectrometry. Biological applications of the compounds were carried out using in vitro brine shrimp lethality bioassay, in vitro antimicrobial study against five different pathogens, and cellular level cytotoxicity against Schizosaccharomyces pombe (S. Pombe) cells. Pt(II) complexes were tested for DNA interaction activities using electronic absorption titration, viscosity measurements study, fluorescence quenching technique and molecular docking assay. Binding constants (Kb) of ligands and complexes were observed in the range of 0.23-1.07 × 105 M-1 and 0.51-3.13 × 105 M-1, respectively. Pt(II) complexes (I-IV) display an excellent binding tendency to biomolecule (DNA) and possess comparatively high binding constant (Kb) values than the ligands. The DNA binding study indicate partial intercalative mode of binding in complex-DNA. The gel electrophoresis activity was carried out to examine DNA nuclease property of pUC19 plasmid DNA.
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