Abstract
Salen-titanium(IV) complexes are introduced as a new family of highly efficient antitumor complexes, being the first cytotoxic titanium(IV) complexes of trans labile ligands, as characterized crystallographically. Four complexes with different aromatic substitutions were analyzed, reveling a meaningful effect of the ligand structure on the complex performance. All complexes exhibit high hydrolytic stability, where the labile OAr ligands hydrolyze in a 10% D 2O solution with t 1/2 ranging from 2 to 11 h. The IC 50 values obtained for three of the salen complexes studied on HT-29 colon and OVCAR-1 ovarian cells demonstrate activity that exceeds those of the known tianium(IV) complexes Cp 2TiCl 2 and (bzac) 2Ti(OiPr) 2 and that of cisplatin, where the most active para-chlorinated complex exhibits activity enhancement relative to cisplatin by 10-fold.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 7946-7948 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Inorganic Chemistry |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 17 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 5 Sep 2011 |