Chiral copper(II) complex based on natural product rosin derivative as promising antitumour agent.

To evaluate the biological preference of chiral drug candidates for molecular target DNA, the synthesis and characterization of a chiral copper(II) complex (2) of a chiral ligand N,N'-(pyridin-2-ylmethylene) dehydroabietylamine (1) was carried out. The interactions of 1 and 2 with salmon sperm DNA were investigated by viscosity measurements, UV, fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopic techniques. Absorption spectral, emission spectral and viscosity analysis reveal that 1 and 2 interacted with DNA through intercalation and 2 exhibited a higher DNA binding ability.

DNA binding and cytotoxicity activity of a chiral iron(III) triangle complex based on a natural rosin product.

The first chiral trinuclear iron(III) complex [Fe3(μ3-O)(L)6(CH3OH)2(CH3O)]⋅H2O (2) of a natural rosin product dehydroabietic acid (HL, 1) was synthesized and fully characterized. The interactions of 1 and 2 with salmon sperm DNA were investigated by viscosity measurements, UV, fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopic techniques. Absorption spectral (Kb=1.