Synthesis, crystal structures, DNA binding and oxidative cleavage studies of copper(II) complexes of N2S2 tetradentate ligands
摘要:
Two new copper(II) complexes with aminothioether ligands, [Cu(L-1)(ClO4)](ClO4) center dot 0.5H(2)O (1) and [Cu(L-2)(H2O)](ClO4)(2) center dot H2O (2) (L-1 = 2-benzyl-1,3-bis(aminoethylthio)propane and L? = 2-(4-butylbenzyl)-1,3-bis(aminoethylthio)propane), have been synthesized and characterized. The single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that both I and 2 adopt distorted square pyramidal geometries. The binding modes of both complexes with calf thymus DNA were investigated by UV-Vis and CD spectroscopies. The results show that both complexes mainly adopt an electrostatic attraction binding mode with DNA and the binding constants are (1.62 +/- 0.02) x 10(3) and (2.02 +/- 0.02) x 10(3) M-1, respectively. Both complexes are able to cleave pBR322 plasmid DNA efficiently in the presence of ascorbic acid and the activity of 2 is higher than that of 1. The DNA cleavage by I and 2 were inhibited strongly in the presence of DMSO and tert-butyl alcohol, which suggests that hydroxyl radicals are the reactive oxygen species for the cleavage. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.