The present invention relates to metal-containing platensimycin analogues as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods for preparing such compounds. The present invention is further directed to the use of these compounds, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the alleviation, prevention and/or treatment of diseases and disorders, such as obesity, cancer, diabetes, fungal infections, bacterial infections, malarial infections and other apicomplexan protozoal diseases.
A series of mononuclear tethered complexes, RuCl2(η1:η6-aminoalkylarene), in which the η6-arene group and the ligated protic amine group are connected by suitable aliphatic carbon chains, were synthesized from RuCl2(η6-PhCO2C2H5)(aminoalkylarene-κ-N) complexes via an intramolecular arene displacement reaction.