Synthesis, X-ray crystal structure and cytotoxicity of a new tetranuclear ruthenium arene complex
摘要:
The tetranuclear ruthenium arene compound [(cym)(4)Ru-4(2)Cl-6]Cl-2 (3) (cym = eta(6)-p-cymene, 2 = 1,2-bis (di-N-methylimidazol-2-ylphosphino)ethane) was prepared and characterised by one- and two-dimensional NMR techniques. Its cytotoxicity against four different cell lines was determined and, with an approximate IC50 of > 100 mu M 3 can be regarded as non-toxic. Its partition coefficient in n-octanol/water (log D-7.4) was also determined. The structures of complex 3 as well as of the related compound [(cym)(2)Ru-2(4)Cl-2]Cl-2 (5) (4 = 1,2-bis(di-N-methylimidazol-2-ylphosphino)ethane dioxide) were determined by single crystal structure analysis. Upon oxidation in protic solvents, ligand 2 shows P-C bond cleavage reactions to yield P,P'-bis(N-methylimidazol-2-yl)ethylene diphosphinic acid (6). (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.