Search

Four organotin(iv) complexes have been designed and synthesized from the reactions of R2SnO (R = Me, Ph) with the corresponding ligands norfloxacin and levofloxacin. And the cytostatic and antifungal activity test have been done.

The active sites of [FeFe]-hydrogenase promoted by Fe/E (E = S, Se) clusters have attracted considerable interest due to their significance in understanding the interconversion of hydrogen with protons and electrons. As an extension of the study on Fe/Se clusters related to H-cluster model compounds of [FeFe]-hydrogenase, a series of tertiary phosphine substituted Fe/Se carbonyls were successfully prepared. The treatment of Fe

Four novel homochiral organotin phosphonates, namely, (R)-, (S)-[(Me3Sn)2(pemp)(H2O)]n (1, 2) and (R) -, (S)-[(Ph3Sn)2(pemp)2]n (3, 4) [pempH2 = (R)- or (S)-(1-phenylethylamino) methylphosphonic acid], were synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis, elemental analysis, FT-IR, NMR (1H, 13C, 31P and 119Sn), TGA (thermogravimetric analysis) and CD (circular dichroism spectra). The structure analysis indicates that complex 1 displays 1D left-handed helical chain and complex 2 shows right-handed helical chain. These 1D chains are further linked into a 2D supramolecular network architecture through the intermolecular O–H⋯O interactions. Complexes 3 and 4 are isostructural that showing 1D infinite zig-zag chain structure. In addition, the molecules of complexes 3 and 4 are further linked through intermolecular C–H···π interactions into a 2D supramolecular structure. Furthermore, we preliminarily estimated in vitro cytostatic activity of complexes 1–4 against the human cervix tumor cells (HeLa) and the human hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HepG-2).

Five new organotin(IV) hydroxycinnamates, [(Me3Sn)HL1]n (1), [(Ph3Sn)2L1]n (2), (n-Bu2Sn)(HL1)2 (3), [(Me3Sn)HL2]n (4), [(Ph3Sn)2L2]n (5), have been synthesized by the reactions of R3SnCl (R = Me, Ph) or n-Bu2SnO with the corresponding hydroxycinnamic acid proligands [H2L1 = 4-OH-3-CH3OC6H3CH=CHCOOH, ferulic acid; H2L2 = 4-OH-3,5-(CH3O)2C6H2CH=CHCOOH, sinapic acid]. All the complexes have been characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis, elemental analysis, NMR (1H, 13C and 119Sn), FT-IR, and PXRD (Powder X-ray diffraction). The structural analyses reveal that complexes 1, 2 and 5 display 1D infinite zig-zag chain structure, in which the 1D chains are further linked into a 3D supramolecular structure through intermolecular O-H···O interactions (for complex 1) or C-H···O interactions (for complex 5). Complex 3 presents mononuclear tin monomer and further constructs 2D planar supramolecular structure through intermolecular O-H···O interactions. Complex 4 displays 1D right-handed helical chain and further connects into a 3D supramolecular architecture through intermolecular O-H···O interactions. Furthermore, the in vitro cytostatic activity of complexes 1-5 was preliminarily evaluated by MTT method, and the results showed that complexes 2, 3 and 5 exhibited high cytostatic activity. The protein-binding properties of complexes 2, 3 and 5 were also investigated, which indicated these complexes could quench the intrinsic fluorescence of BSA in a static way.

Six novel organotin phosphonate complexes, [(Me3Sn)4(HL1)4]n 1, [(Me3Sn)2(HL2)2]n 2, [(Me3Sn)2L3(H2O)]n 3, [(Ph3Sn)(HL1)]6 4, [(Ph3Sn)2L2]n 5 and [(Ph3Sn)2L3]6 6, derived from phosphonic acid ligands [NaHL1 = 1-C10H7OPO2(OH)Na, H2L2 = 1-C10H7PO(OH)2, H2L3 = 2-C10H7PO(OH)2], have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, NMR (1H, 13C, 31P and 119Sn) spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. The structural analysis reveals that complexes 1 and 5 display 1D infinite zig-zag chain structures, and complex 2 shows 1D right-handed helical chain structure, while complex 3 displays 1D left-handed helical chain structure. Complexes 4 and 6 are 24-membered macrocyclic rings interconnected by P, O and Sn atoms. Additionally, the molecules of complexes 1 and 3 are further linked through intermolecular π···π and O-H···O interaction into supramolecular structures, respectively. Furthermore, we preliminarily estimated in vitro cytostatic activity of complexes 1–6 against the human cervix tumor cells (HeLa), human hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HepG-2) and human normal breast cells (HBL-100). Importantly, the anti-proliferative properties and possible pathway of complex 6 are investigated, and the results demonstrate that complex 6 could induce apoptotic cell death via an overload of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels and the dysfunctional depolarization of mitochondrial membranes.

Seven organotin(IV) complexes, [(R3Sn)2L]n (R = Me 1, R = n-Bu 2), [(Ph3Sn)2L] (3), [(R2Sn)2L(μ3-O)]n (R = Me 4, R = n-Bu 5), [R2SnL(1,10-phen)]n (R = Me 6), [(R2SnCl)2L(1,10-phen)2] (R = n-Bu 7) derived from 1,4-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid (H2L) have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, PXRD, NMR and X-ray crystallography. The single crystal diffraction reveals that complexes 1 and 2 represent 2D network structures, which both contain tetranuclear 26-membered macrocycles. Complexes 3 and 7 display dinuclear tin monomers, which can form 1D infinite chain by C-H···O and C-H···π interactions. Meanwhile, complexes 4 and 5 display 2D network containing tetraorganodistannoxane unit, while complex 6 adopts a 1D infinite chain structure, which further constructs 2D supramolecular architecture through C-H···O intermolecular interactions. What's more, in vitro cytostatic activity of the complexes 1-3 against cervical carcinoma cell lines (HeLa), hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines (HepG-2) and human normal breast cell lines (HBL-100) have been investigated, and the results show that organotin derivatives with n-butyl and phenyl group (2 and 3) exhibit significantly higher anticancer activity than complex 1 with methyl group. Meanwhile, organotin(IV) complexes (1-3) display lower cytotoxicity than corresponding organotin(IV) precursors [trimethyltin chloride, bis(tri-n-butyltin) oxide and triphenyltin chloride] in HBL-100 cells. Furthermore, cytostatic assessments of complex 3 against HepG-2 cells reveal that the effect of cytostatic and apoptotic may through ROS-mediated pathway.

In this paper, we synthesized a series of curcumin analogs and evaluated their cytotoxicity against HepG2 cells. The results exhibited that the hydroxyl group at 3,3'-position play an essential role in enhancing their anti-proliferation activity. More importantly, 3,3'-hydroxy curcumin (1b) caused apoptosis in HepG2 cells with the ROS generation, which may be mainly composed of hydroxyl radicals (HO) and H2O2. The more cytotoxic activity and ROS-generating ability of 1b may be due to the more stable in (RPMI)-1640 medium and more massive uptake than curcumin. Then the generation of ROS can disrupt the intracellular redox balance, induce lipid peroxidation, cause the collapse of the mitochondrial membrane potential and ultimately lead to apoptosis. The results not only suggest that 3,3'-hydroxy curcumin (1b) may cause HepG2 cells apoptosis through ROS-mediated pathway, but also offer an important information for design of curcumin analog.