Chelating Phosphine-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Platinum Complexes via Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrophosphination and Their Cytotoxicity Toward MKN74 and MCF7 Cancer Cell Lines

Jeffery Wee Kiong Seah, Jeannie Xue Ting Lee, Yongxin Li, Sumod A. Pullarkat, Nguan Soon Tan*, Pak Hing Leung*

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Abstract

A series of activated vinyl azoles was hydrophosphinated in the presence of a chiral palladacycle catalyst under mild conditions to give enantioenriched phosphine azoles with moderate enantioselectivities and yields. The racemic phosphine azoles were transformed into eleven novel chelating phosphine-N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) platinum complexes. The drug efficacies of nine selected phosphine-NHC platinum(II) chlorides in two cancer cell lines (MKN74 and MCF7) were evaluated, and two were found to exhibit activities comparable to that of cisplatin.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)17276-17287
Number of pages12
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume60
Issue number22
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 15 2021
Externally publishedYes

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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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