-Heterocyclic Carbene-Platinum Complexes Featuring an Anthracenyl Moiety: Anti-Cancer Activity and DNA Interaction.

A platinum (II) complex stabilized by a pyridine and an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand featuring an anthracenyl moiety was prepared. The compound was fully characterized and its molecular structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The compound demonstrated high in vitro antiproliferative activities against cancer cell lines with IC ranging from 10 to 80 nM.

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Polyethylenimine Platinum Complexes with Potent in Vitro and in Vivo Antitumor Efficacy.

The current interest for platinum N-heterocyclic carbene complexes in cancer research stems from their impressive toxicity reported against a range of different human cancer cells. To date, the demonstration of their in vivo efficacy relative to that of established platinum-based drugs has not been specifically addressed. Here, we introduce an innovative approach to increase the NHC-Pt complex potency whereby multiple NHC-Pt(II) complexes are coordinated along a polyethylenimine polymer (PEI) chain.

Exploring nitrogen ligand diversity in trans-N-heterocyclic carbene-amine platinum complexes: synthesis, characterization, and application to fluorescence.

Expand and diversify your Ptfolio: N-Heterocyclic carbene-Pt-pyridine complexes have been used to generate an expanded and diversified set of trans NHC-Pt complexes with various amines, polyamines, hydroxylamines, or hydrazine as ligands. Attachment of a fluorophore moiety has also been successfully achieved.

Direct functionalisation of group 10 N-heterocyclic carbene complexes for diversity enhancement.

The synthesis of alkyne-substituted N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of Pd(II) and Pt(II) is reported. Catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with azides has been applied as a modular way of functionalisation of group 10 transition metal NHC complexes to generate potentially new metallodrugs.