摘要:
Symmetrically substituted N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) precursors 1a-e and 3a-e were synthesised by reacting 4,5-bisaryl-1H-imidazole with 2 equivalents of 4-benzyl bromide, 4-methylbenzyl bromide, 4-methoxybenzyl chloride, 4-methoxycarbonylbenzyl bromide or 4-cyanobenzyl bromide to give the 1,3-bis(p-benzyl substituted)-4,5-bisaryl-imidazolium halides. The NHC-silver(I) acetate complexes (1,3-bisbenzyl-4,5-bisphenyl-imidazole-2-ylidene) silver(I) acetate (2a), (1,3-bis(4-methylbenzyl)-4,5-bisphenyl-imidazole-2-ylidene) silver(I) acetate (2b), (1,3-bis(4-methoxybenzyl)-4,5-bisphenyl-imidazole-2-ylidene) silver(I) acetate (2c), (1,3-bis(4-methoxycarbonylbenzyl)-4,5-bisphenyl-imidazole-2-ylidene) silver(I) acetate (2d), (1,3-bis(4-cyanobenzyl)-4,5-bisphenyl-imidazole-2-ylidene) silver(I) acetate (2e), (1,3-bisbenzyl-4,5-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-imidazole-2-ylidene) silver(I) acetate (4a), (1,3-bis(4-methylbenzyl)-4,5-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-imidazole-2-ylidene) silver(I) acetate (4b), (1,3-bis(4-methoxybenzyl)-4,5-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-imidazole-2-ylidene) silver(I) acetate (4c), (1,3-bis(4-methoxycarbonylbenzyl)-4,5-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-imidazole-2-ylidene) silver(I) acetate (4d) and (1,3-bis(4-cyanobenzyl)-4,5-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-imidazole-2-ylidene) silver(I) acetate (4e) were yielded by reacting these NHC precursors with silver(I) acetate. The silver(I) acetate complexes 2d, 2e and 4c were characterised by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Qualitative antibacterial studies against the Gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli and the Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, using the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method were carried out on the ten NHC-silver(I) acetate complexes 2a-e and 4a-e. Also the IC50 values of these ten complexes were determined by an MTT-based assay against the human renal cancer cell line Caki-1 and the human breast cancer cell line MCF-7. The complexes 2a-e and 4a-e revealed the following IC50 values in mu M against Caki-1: 14 (+/- 1), 3.6 (+/- 1.0), 4.2 (+/- 0.5), 33 (+/- 2), 59 (+/- 4), 21 (+/- 1), 21 (+/- 2), 21 (+/- 1), 34 (+/- 2), 46 (+/- 2) and against MCF-7: 5.8 (+/- 0.6), 3.5 (+/- 0.4), 5.4 (+/- 0.3), 28 (+/- 1), 25 (+/- 2), 11 (+/- 2), 5.0 (+/- 0.3), 6.5 (+/- 0.4), 17 (+/- 1), 13 (+/- 1); respectively. (C) 2012 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.