Synthesis, structure, NO donor activity of iron–sulfur nitrosyl complex with 2-aminophenol-2-yl and its antiproliferative activity against human cancer cells

A new tetranitrosyl binuclear iron complex, [Fe2(SC6H6N)2(NO)4] (1), has been synthesized by two methods. Molecular and crystalline structure of 1 were determined by X-ray analysis; the complex is binuclear of “μ-S” type with ~2.7052(4) A between the irons. The compound crystallizes in monoclinic, space group P21/n, Z = 2; parameters of the unit cell: a = 6.6257(2) A, b = 7.9337(2) A, c = 16.7858(4) A, β = 96.742(2)°, V = 876.26(4) A3. Parameters of Mossbauer spectrum for 1 are: isomer shift δFe = 0.096(1) mm/s, quadrupole splitting ΔEQ = 1.122(1) mm/s, line width 0.264(1) mm/s at 293 K. As follows from the electrochemical analysis of aqueous solutions of 1, it generates NO in protonic media without additional activation. NO amount and the rate of its activation are much higher in acidic solutions than in neutral and alkali ones. The constants of hydrolytic decomposition of 1 were calculated. The geometry and electronic structure of isolated 1 were studied using the density functional theory. Differential...