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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
Side-on phosphinoboryl platinum(II) complexes
Anna Ordyszewska1, Antoni Czaplewski1, Tomasz Wojnowski1
1Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Advanced Materials Center, Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland. rafal.grubba@pg.edu.pl.
Abstract:
The oxidative addition of bromo(phosphino)boranes to platinum(0) compounds enabled the formation of platinum(II) complexes with unprecedented side-on coordination of the boryl ligand. The resulting complex underwent a reaction with carbon dioxide, leading to the insertion of a CO2 molecule into the B-P bond of the phosphinoboryl ligand.
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