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Daniel Menia¹, Holger Kopacka¹, Klaus Wurst¹

¹Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry University of Innsbruck Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine Innrain 80-82 6020 Innsbruck Austria.

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We synthesized novel gold complexes with cobaltoceniumselenolate, an air-sensitive compound. These new, stable gold complexes exhibit promising anticancer activity against various cancer cell lines.

Keywords:

Cobalt Cytotoxicity Gold Sandwich complexes Selenium

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Area of Science:

Coordination Chemistry
Organometallic Chemistry
Materials Science

Background:

Cobaltoceniumselenolate is a highly air-sensitive, mesoionic compound with a soft selenium donor.
Exploring its coordination chemistry can lead to novel materials with unique properties.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the coordination chemistry of cobaltoceniumselenolate with Au(I) metal centers.
To synthesize and characterize novel hetero- and homoleptic gold complexes.
To evaluate the anticancer activity of these gold complexes.

Main Methods:

Synthesis of gold complexes.
Characterization using 1H/13C/31P/77Se NMR, IR, UV-Vis, HR-MS, and single crystal XRD.
Cytotoxicity assays against A549, MDA-MB-231, and HT-29 cancer cell lines.

Main Results:

Formation of highly colored, air-stable hetero- and homoleptic gold complexes.
Successful characterization of the synthesized complexes.
Demonstrated good anticancer activity of the gold complexes against tested cancer cell lines.

Conclusions:

Cobaltoceniumselenolate can form stable gold complexes with significant cytotoxic effects.
These novel gold complexes represent potential candidates for anticancer drug development.
The study expands the understanding of coordination chemistry involving mesoionic compounds and soft selenium donors.