there has been a considerable interest in platinum group metal complexes of thiaoxa-donor macrocycles because of their unusual properties. 1 As an extension of our studies involving mixed-donor cyclic 2a and acyclic 2b ligands incorporating thiaoxa mixed-donors, we became interested in exploring their coordination chemistry of platinum group metal ions. The S2O-donor macrocycle of the title com...

A series of new ethylenediamine (en) platinum(IV) complexes of the type Pt((IV))enX(2)A(2), with X(2) = cyclobutane-1,1-dicarboxylato (CBDCA), dichloro or bis(decanoato) and A = acetato, dodecanoato, tetradecanoato, hexadecanoato, octadecanoato, adamantanecarboxylato (Ad) or 3alpha, 12alpha-diformoxy-5beta-cholato (DFCA) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, infrared and NMR...

Severalcis-platinum coordination complexesweretested for their carcinogenic and mutagenic potencies in view of the known electrophilic reactivities of antitumor platinum complexes toward cellular nucleophiles and the mutagen icities of some of these complexes. cis-Dichlorodiammineplatinum(Il) (total dose, 32.5 mg/kg) administered i.p. over 10 to 19 weeks increased the lung adenoma multiplicity ...

The butyl and isopropyl derivatives (4I, 5Br) of chiral pool derived bis-imidazolium dehydrohexitol salts have been prepared. The ditopic N-heterocyclic carbenes 4 and 5 form dinuclear Ag(I) and Pt(II) complexes. All compounds were fully characterised by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy. The bis-imidazolium salt 4I and platinum complexes cis-[Pt(2)(μ-2)(dmso)(2)Cl(4)] and cis-[Pt(2)(μ-4)(dmso)(2)C...

One of two Pt(IV)-activated propanenitriles in trans-[PtCl4(EtCN)2] is involved in platinum(IV)-mediated nitrile-imine coupling with the platinum(II)-based metallacycles [PtCl2{NH=C(NR2)N(Ph)C(=NH)N(Ph)C(NR2)=NH}] [R2 = Me2 (1a), C5H10 (1b)] yielding diplatinum products, whose structures depend on molar ratios between the reactants. At a 1 : 1 ratio, the mixed-valence platinum(II)/platinum(IV) ...

The effect of platinum(II) complexes on RNA polymerase II was studied. (D-Glucuronato)(1R,2R-cyclohexanediamine)platinum(II) nitrate (II-GHP) preferentially inhibited RNA synthesis in the presence of S-II, an essential component of eukaryotic transcription. When DNA was pretreated with I-GHP, its template activity decreased significantly, especially when assayed in the presence of S-II. The tar...

A series of platinum(II) complexes bearing Delta (4)-1,2,4-oxadiazoline ligands have been synthesized and characterized. Their in vitro antitumor activity has been assessed in platinum-sensitive and -resistant human ovarian cancer cell lines (PEO1, PEOCisR, PEOCarboR, and SK-OV3), as well as in colon cancer (SW948) and testicular cancer cell lines (N-TERA). All compounds tested showed potent cy...

The synthesis of four novel platinum complexes, bearing N6-(6-amino-hexyl)adenosine or a 1,6-di(adenosin-N6-yl)-hexane respectively, as ligands of mono-functional cisplatin or monochloro(ethylendiamine)platinum(II), is reported. The chemistry exploits the high affinity of the charged platinum centres towards the N7 position of the adenosine base system and a primary amine of an alkyl chain inst...

The treatment of cis-[PtCl2(XylNC)2] with thiazol-2-amines in a 2:1 ratio leads to regioisomeric mixture two binuclear complexes. These regioisomers are products kinetic and thermodynamic control capable regioisomerization. When the same reaction is carried out 5-fold excess thiazol-2-amine, nucleophile able react situ-formed platinum(II) complexes, yielding new type bis-carbene platinum specie...

The encapsulation of cisplatin by cucurbit[7]uril (Q[7]) and multinuclear platinum complexes linked via a 4,4'-dipyrazolylmethane (dpzm) ligand by Q[7] and cucurbit[8]uril (Q[8]) has been studied by NMR spectroscopy and molecular modelling. The NMR studies suggest that some cisplatin binds in the cucurbituril cavity, while cis-[PtCl(NH3)2(H2O)]+ only binds at the portals. Alternatively, the dpz...