Homoleptic Ti[ONO]2 type complexes of amino-acid-tethered phenolato Schiff-base ligands: Synthesis, characterization, time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy, and cytotoxicity against ovarian and colon cancer cells

Zohar Shpilt, Rajesh Manne, Mostofa Ataur Rohman, Sivaprasad Mitra, Edward R.T. Tiekink*, Tushar S. Basu Baul, Edit Y. Tshuva

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Abstract

Six homoleptic Ti (IV) compounds of dianionic tridentate ONO Schiff base ligands with various substitutions were prepared from chiral amino acids, 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde, which were generated in situ, and Ti (OiPr)4. The compounds were spectroscopically characterized and the molecular geometries of five complexes were established by X-ray crystallography; for two structures, two independent molecules compose the asymmetric units. The di-anionic, tridentate ligands coordinate the titanium centers via the carboxylate-O-, imine-N- and phenoxide-O atoms to form five- and six-membered chelate rings. The molecules are based on a trans-N2O4 donor with each carboxylate-O atom trans to a phenoxide-O atom. For the smallest derivative with Me substitution, racemization occurs during repeated recrystallization. Photophysical profiles of the titanium compounds in the solid phase and in solution are discussed. Marked cytotoxicities were recorded toward human ovarian A2780 and colon HT-29 cancer cells with IC50 values ranging between 23 ± 2 and 103 ± 3 μM. Comparative hydrolytic stability of the complexes were studied by NMR in 10% D2O solutions which provided t1/2 values of up to 15 ± 2 hr.

Original languageAmerican English
Article numbere5309
JournalApplied Organometallic Chemistry
Volume34
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2020

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Funding Information:
Funding was received from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement 681243). Additionally, financial support from the University Grants Commission, India (Grant No. 42-396/2013 (SR), 2013, TSBB) and the University Grants Commission, India through SAP-CAS, Phase-I (Grant No. F 540/21/CAS/2013 (SAP-I) are gratefully acknowledged. TSBB and RM acknowledge DST-PURSE for the diffractometer facility.

Funding Information:
Funding was received from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement 681243). Additionally, financial support from the University Grants Commission, India (Grant No. 42‐396/2013 (SR), 2013, TSBB) and the University Grants Commission, India through SAP‐CAS, Phase‐I (Grant No. F 540/21/CAS/2013 (SAP‐I) are gratefully acknowledged. TSBB and RM acknowledge DST‐PURSE for the diffractometer facility.

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© 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Keywords

  • SCXRD structure elucidation
  • Schiff-base ligands
  • cytotoxicity
  • titanium (IV)

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