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D Menia1, F R Neururer1, K Wurst1
1Department of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Stephan.Hohloch@uibk.ac.at.
Abstract:
We report the facile synthesis of new gold(I) carbene complexes based on a mesoionic cobaltocenylidene metallocarbene via a fluorinative desilylation reaction. The carbene has been characterized by a variety of spectroscopic methods, revealing that it has the highest HEP value reported for a MIC so far, suggesting that the carbene is highly electron donating. The properties of the new class of metallo-mesoionic carbenes is further investigated, revealing also exceptionally low TEP values. Electrochemical studies also suggest the cobaltocenium moiety to be further reducible. In addition, the cell growth inhibitory effects of the new metallocarbene complexes were explored in cancer cells and bacteria. The combination of electrochemical activity, exceptional electron donating properties and their putative application in medicinal chemistry makes these new metallo-MICs a highly interesting new class of ligands.
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