Novel microwave synthesis of half‐sandwich [(η6‐C6H6)Ru] complexes and an evaluation of the biological activity and biochemical reactivity
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, Journal Article
Beckford, FA; Stott, A; Gonzalez‐Sarrías, A; Seeram, NP
Published in: Applied Organometallic Chemistry
We have used a novel microwave‐assisted method to synthesize a pair of half‐sandwich ruthenium–arene–thiosemicarbazone complexes of the type [(η‐CHRu(TSC)Cl]PF. The thiosemicarbazone (TSC) ligands are 2‐(anthracen‐9‐ylmethylene)hydrazinecarbothioamide and 2‐(anthracen‐9‐ylmethylene)‐‐ethylhydrazinecarbothioamide derived from 9‐anthraldehyde. The complexes are moderately strong binders of DNA, with binding constants of 10. They are also strong binders of human serum albumin, having binding constants of the order of 10. The complexes show some in anticancer activity against human colon cancer cells, Caco‐2 and HCT‐116, with positive therapeutic indices. They did not show any activity as antibacterial agents against the organisms that were studied. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
