Development of a novel highly anti-proliferative family of gold complexes: Au(i)-phosphonium-phosphines.
Dalton Trans
; 50(14): 4880-4889, 2021 Apr 14.
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ABSTRACT
A family of gold(i)-phosphonium-phosphine complexes was synthesized thanks to an efficient 5-step strategy, which involves a phospha-Fries rearrangement. It enables the facile variation of the phosphonium moiety. All the complexes along with a synthetic intermediate were fully characterized (a crystal structure was obtained for two of them). The antiproliferative properties of the six novel complexes were evaluated on three human cancer cell lines (A549, MDA-MB-231, and SW480) and compared to those of three benchmark anticancer drugs used in clinics (oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and paclitaxel) and to a phosphonium-free gold(i) complex [Au(PPh3)Br]. All the gold(i) complexes, containing a phosphonium, displayed strong anti-proliferative properties. They were more efficient than oxaliplatin and 5-fluorouracil, and one of the complexes was even more efficient than paclitaxel.
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En
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Dalton Trans
Journal subject:
QUIMICA
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2021
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