Ruthenium(II)-arene complexes with functionalized pyridines: Synthesis, characterization and cytotoxic activity

Author(s)
Sanja Grguric-Sipka, Ivanka Ivanovic, Gordana M. Rakic, Nina M. Todorovic, Nevenka Gligorijevic, Sinisa S. Radulovic, Vladimir Arion, Bernhard Keppler, Zivoslav L. Tesic
Abstract

Ruthenium(II)-arene complexes of general formulae [(?6-p-cymene)Ru(L1-3)Cl2], where L1-3 is 3-acetylpyridine (1), 4-acetylpyridine (2) and 2-amino-5-chloropyridine (3), correspondingly, [(?6-p-cymene)Ru(HL4,5)Cl2], where HL4 and HL5 are respectively isonicotinic acid (4) and nicotinic acid (5) and [(?6-p-cymene)Ru(HL6-9)Cl], where H2L6-9 represent 2,3-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (6), 2,4-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (7), 2,5-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (8) and 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (9), were prepared by the reaction of [(?6-p-cymene)2RuCl2]2 (10) with the corresponding ligand in 1:2 molar ratio in isopropanol. The complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, mass spectrometry, IR and NMR spectroscopies. According to these data the molecules adopt the usual "three-leg piano-stool" geometry which is common for this type of complexes. The structures of 1 and 7 were determined by X-ray crystallography. The complexes revealed low antiproliferative activity in six investigated tumor cell lines (HeLa, B16, FemX, MDA-MB-361, MDA-MB-453 and LS-174). The reaction of 6 with 9-methyladenine was studied by 1H NMR, 1H, 1H COSY and 1H, 1H NOESY spectroscopy.

Organisation(s)
Department of Inorganic Chemistry
External organisation(s)
University of Belgrade, Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia
Journal
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume
45
Pages
1051-1058
No. of pages
8
ISSN
0223-5234
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2009.11.055
Publication date
2010
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
104003 Inorganic chemistry
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/e4ecb5d4-3510-4c8a-a60d-a7ce7f94f993