The anticancer activity of an air-stable Pd(I)-NHC (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) dimer
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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
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Thomas Scattolin1, Enrica Bortolamiol2, Stefano Palazzolo3
1Department of Chemistry and Center for Sustainable Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 (S-3), Ghent, 9000, Belgium.
Abstract:
A new dinuclear Pd(i) complex coordinating two bis(NHC) ligands revealed an unsuspected stability despite the unsaturation of the two metal centres. Even more surprisingly, the compound showed high and selective antiproliferative activity against different cancer cell lines and ovarian cancer tumoroids, and the mechanism of action was different from that of cisplatin.

