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Synthesis, Characterization and in Vitro Biological Evaluation of Ru(Eta(6)-Arene)(N,N)Cl Pf6 Compounds Using the Natural Products Arenes Methylisoeugenol and Anethole

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Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, (2015)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2014.09.005

Abstract

Five new organometallic Ru(II) compounds (VI-X) with the general formula Ru(eta(6)-arene)(N,N)CIPF6, where arene-N,N correspond to methylisoeugenol-bipyridine (VI); anethole-bipyridine (VII); methylisoeugenol-ethylenediamine (VIII); anethole-ethylenediamine (IX) and methylisoeugenol-1,2-diaminobenzene (X), have been synthesized, fully characterized and biologically evaluated in vitro. The reaction conditions based on the reduction of Ru(1,5-COD)Cl-2(n) in situ with methyleugenol and estragole, which are natural ligands, induced an alkene isomerization on the allylic substituent of coordinated arenes. The Ru(II)-arene bond formation and isomerization of the C=C bond on the allyl substituent was confirmed using 1H NMR spectroscopy; this result was validated for compound VIII by X-ray diffraction. An XRD analysis revealed the presence of both enantiomers of the complex in the single-crystal. Compounds IX and X exhibited a better cytotoxic activity in vitro than carboplatin, which is a commercial drug, against three human tumor cell lines (MCF-7, PC-3 and HT-29).

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