Stabilisation of the iminooxo tautomer of 1-methylcytosine in PtII complexes: Role of the ancillary ligands
摘要:
Reaction of cis-[L2Pt(mu-OH)](2)(NO3)(2)(L=PPh3) with 1-methylthymine (1-MeTy), in DMF, leads to the formation of the mononuclear neutral adduct cis-L2Pt{1-MeTy(-H)}(ONO2) (1) whose structure in the solid state has been obtained by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The deprotonated nucleobase is bounded at the N(3) site, with the pyrimidinic ring almost perpendicular (78.0(1)degrees) to the metal coordination plane. The fourth ligand is a monodentate nitrate group. Addition of 1 equiv. of 1-methylcytosine (1-MeCy) causes the immediate replacement of the nitrato ligand to form the cationic complex cis-[L2Pt{1-MeTy(- H)}(1-MeCy,N-3)]NO3 (2) in which both the nucleobases are N(3)-platinated. In CD2Cl2 at -40 degrees C 2 exists as a mixture of two conformers (2: 1 molar ratio) arising from the different orientation of the nucleobases with respect to the metal coordination plane.In solution of DMSO, DMF or chlorinated solvents, 2 slowly converts into the isomer cis-[L2Pt{1-MeTy(-H)}(1-MeCy,N-4)]NO3 (3), containing the tautomeric form of the cytosine stabilised through the coordination at the N(4) atom, as a mixture of conformers whose relative abundance is dependent on the solvent and the temperature.In contrast, the analogous complex of 2 containing the phosphine PMe3, cis-[(PMe3)(2)Pt{1-MeTy(-H)}(1-MeCy,N-3)]NO3 (4), also isolated as pure compound, in DMSO solution slowly rearranges leading to the elimination of the neutral 1-MeTy, with the formation of the dinuclear cytosinate complex cis-[(PMe3)(2)Pt{1-MeCy(-H),(NN4)-N-3}](2)(NO3)(2), previously characterised by us. (C) 2008 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.