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Abstract: The bis(silylated) alkenes Z-(PhSCH2)Me2SiC(H)2(CH2SPh) (2) and Z-(PhSCH2)Me2SiC(H))SiMe2(CH2SPh) (3) have been prepared by Pd-catalyzed double silylation of ethynylferrocene and 4-ethynyl-1,1′-biphenyl in the presence of 1,1,2,2-tetramethyl-1,2-bis(phenylthiomethyl)disilane (1). A reinvestigation on the interaction of 1 with [PdCl2(PhCN)2] in technical-grade CH2Cl2 as solvent revealed competition between reduction to elemental palladium (due to oxidative addition of the Si–Si bond across Pd(II) and subsequent reductive elimination) and formation of an unusual eight-membered chelate complex cis-[PdCl2{(PhSCH2SiMe2)2O}] (4), which is fluxional in solution. Based on GC–MS analyses revealing both formation of chlorosilane ClSiMe2CH2SPh and the disiloxane (PhSCH2SiMe2)2O, residual water contained in CH2Cl2 is supposed to be the source for the oxygen atom of the siloxane function. The mechanism of the formation of 4 is discussed. The molecular structures of 1 and 4 were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. The energies of several conformational isomers of 4 were computed by means of DFT calculations, the coexistence of a species featuring a weak dative Pd–O interaction due to a hemi-labile coordination of ligand 1 was evidenced. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: The biological evaluation of half-sandwich 99mTc-complexes that surrogate iodobenzamide with a high affinity for melanin tumor tissue is described. We have synthesized via retro Diels–Alder reaction two models of 99mTc complexes which possess the piano stool [Cp99mTc(CO)3] motif instead of a phenyl ring as in the original iodobenzamide 123I-N-(N-benzylpiperidin-4-yl)-2-iodobenzamide (2-IBP) and N-(2-diethylaminoethyl)-4-iodobenzamide (BZA). Diels–Alder products – (HCp-CONHR)2 (, R=2-diethylaminoethyl; , R=benzylpiperidin-4-yl) were prepared and reacted with fac-[99mTc(H2O)3(CO)3)]+ 1 in water to produce the corresponding 99mTc complexes [()99mTc(CO)3)] and [()99mTc(CO)3)] . The structures of the 99mTc complexes on the no-carrier-added level have been confirmed by chromatographic comparison with the corresponding rhenium complexes and , macroscopically characterized by IR, NMR, ESI-MS and X-ray crystallography for [triclinic, P-1, a=7.3518(1) Å, b=8.0309(2) Å, c=17.5536(3) Å, α=99.1260(5)°, β=90.4215(14)°, γ=117.0187(11)°]. The radioconjugate showed good in vitro stability. In murine melanoma B16F1 cells, significant cellular uptake (43.9% of the total applied activity) was attained after 4 h at 37°C with about 50% of the cell-associated radioactivity being internalized in the cells (22% of the applied activity). Furthermore, in melanoma-bearing C57BL6 mice, tumor uptake values of 3.39±0.50 %ID g−1 and 3.21±0.26 %ID g−1 at 1 and 4 h postinjection, respectively, were observed indicating a good retention of in the tumor. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Five cymantrene (CpMn(CO)3) bioconjugates of enkephalin (ENK), neurotensin (NT), pseudoneurotensin (pNT), NLS, and TAT were prepared by automated solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) under microwave irradiation in all steps, including peptide chain elongation, incorporation of the cymantrene moiety, final deprotection, and cleavage from the resin. The compounds were obtained in pure form with minimal work-up procedures and characterized by RP-HPLC, ESI-MS, and IR spectroscopy. They are efficiently internalized in HT-29 human colon cancer cells (0.22 to 0.48nmol Mn/mg cell protein) and non-cytotoxic at up to 100μM. With the carbonyl Clearly detectable even in the presence of an octapeptide chain as in the cymantrene–NLS conjugate, these compounds will be useful as IR spectroscopic probes in peptide biodistribution studies. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]