Copper(II) Phenanthroline-Based Complexes as Potential AntiCancer Drugs: A Walkthrough on the Mechanisms of Action

Copper is an endogenous metal ion that has been studied to prepare a new antitumoral agent with less side-effects. Copper is involved as a cofactor in several enzymes, in ROS production, in the promotion of tumor progression, metastasis, and angiogenesis, and has been found at high levels in serum and tissues of several types of human cancers. Under these circumstances, two strategies are commonly followed in the development of novel anticancer Copper-based drugs: the sequestration of free Copper ions and the synthesis of Copper complexes that trigger cell death. The latter strategy has been followed in the last 40 years and many reviews have covered the anticancer properties of a broad spectrum of Copper complexes, showing that the activity of these compounds is often multi factored. In this work, we would like to focus on the anticancer properties of mixed Cu(II) complexes bearing substituted or unsubstituted 1,10-phenanthroline based ligands and different classes of inorganic and organic auxiliary ligands. For each metal complex, information regarding the tested cell lines and the mechanistic studies will be reported and discussed. The exerted action mechanisms were presented according to the auxiliary ligand/s, the metallic centers, and the increasing complexity of the compound structures.

PH Controlled the Supramolecular Assemblies of Two Guanosine Monophosphate Cadmium Metal Coordination Complexes: Structure and Chirality

In biological systems Chirality is important property from small molecules to macromolecules. The construction of homochiral coordination supramolecules in crystal and helical delivers the connection of molecular and macromolecular chirality. Complexity and properties in the presence of cadmium ion and bpe auxiliary ligand for bio-molecular guanosine-5- monophosphate disodium salt (GMP) was studied. The two Complexes 1 and 2 have been investigated the impact of auxiliary ligand bpe, hydroxy group on the sugar motif and pH for coordination of GMP ligands. The interaction of mixed ligands for growth and advancement of chiral complexes was controlled by the alteration of pH values for coordination of guanosine-5-monophosphate nucleotide with cadmium Cd (II) metal. The chirality of complexes 1 and 2 was studied with solid circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, including supramolecular chirality and extended auxiliary ligand (EAC) combining with the crystal structure analysis. The various hydrogen bonding and auxiliary ligand are the special means of transporting chirality from isolated molecules to dynamic supramolecular three-dimensional designs of GMP nucleotide crystals. The research results will be benefit to the controlling supramolecular assembly with well-defined structure and properties.

Tuning metal to metal charge transfer properties in cyanidometal-bridged complexes by changing the auxiliary ligand on the bridge

This work shows that the energy of MMCT in cyanidometal-bridged complexes can be tuned systematically by changing the auxiliary ligand of the cyanidometal bridge.

Synthesis and characterization of N-heterocyclic carbene–M⋯OEt2 complexes (M = Cu, Ag, Au). Analysis of solvated auxiliary-ligand free [(NHC)M]+ species

We report the synthesis, characterization and computational analysis of coinage metal-ether and related –OH2 complexes supported by N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC), SIPr and Et2CAAC.