DFT simulations for the [6-p-cymene)RuCl2(apy)] complex
Anticarcinogen compounds are extensively investigated in current days. Among the potential alternatives to develop effective drugs for this purpose, stands out the ruthenium (II) complex presents satisfactory anti-tumor activity. In particular, this kind of compounds has been investigated as a possible substitute for Platinum-based drugs. However, Ru (II) complexes need more investigation to understand the ligands' effect on biological environments, such as cytotoxicity, metabolism, accumulation on tumor issues, and others. Therefore, in this work, a robust DFT/B3LYP theoretical investigation was performed using GAUSSIAN09 in order to investigate the effects of the +1 and -1 charges on structural and electronic properties of the (6-p-cymene)Ru(II)Cl2(apy) complex. The structure evaluation indicates that +1 charged complex has a slight reduction on the Ru – cymene, Ru – Cl and Ru – apy bond lengths regarding the neutral complex. On the other hand, -1 charged complex shows bond lengths very similar to the neutral compound, except by a very large distance between Ru and one Cl atom, indicating that such atoms were expelled.