Metallodrugs are unique: Opportunities and challenges of discovery and development

EJ Anthony, EM Bolitho, HE Bridgewater… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Metals play vital roles in nutrients and medicines and provide chemical functionalities that
are not accessible to purely organic compounds. At least 10 metals are essential for human …

Recent advances in endoplasmic reticulum targeting metal complexes

C Huang, T Li, J Liang, H Huang, P Zhang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the last few years, significant attention has been paid to develop metal complexes for
different cellular organelle specific imaging agents and to achieve organelle targeting …

Mechanistic roles of metal-and ligand-protonated species in hydrogen evolution with [Cp* Rh] complexes

WC Henke, Y Peng, AA Meier, E Fujita… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Protonation reactions involving organometallic complexes are ubiquitous in redox chemistry
and often result in the generation of reactive metal hydrides. However, some organometallic …

Hydroxyquinoline-derived anticancer organometallics: Introduction of amphiphilic PTA as an ancillary ligand increases their aqueous solubility

WDJ Tremlett, KKH Tong, TR Steel… - Journal of Inorganic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Organometallic compounds based on bioactive ligand systems have shown promising
antiproliferative properties. The use of 8-hydroxyquinoline and its derivatives as bioactive …

Elucidation of Structure–Activity Relationships in Indolobenzazepine-Derived Ligands and Their Copper (II) Complexes: the Role of Key Structural Components and …

I Kuznetcova, F Bacher, SM Alfadul… - Inorganic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Indolo [3, 2-d][1] benzazepines (paullones), indolo [3, 2-d][2] benzazepines, and indolo [2, 3-
d][2] benzazepines (latonduines) are isomeric scaffolds of current medicinal interest. Herein …

Identification of anti-cancer organometallic compounds by inhibition of BCL-2/Bax interactions

M Afzal, A Alarifi, NAY Abduh, A Ayub… - Computers in Biology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Apoptosis is regulated by the BCL-2 family, which includes the anti-apoptotic and pro-
apoptotic proteins (Bax, Bok, Bak, etc.). These proteins often interact in dimers and act as …

Half-Sandwich Cyclometalated RhIII Complexes Bearing Thiolate Ligands: Biomolecular Interactions and In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluations

A Nahaei, Z Mandegani, S Chamyani… - Inorganic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A class of cyclometalated RhIII complexes [Cp* Rh (ppy)(SR)] bearing thiolate ligands, Cp*=
pentamethylcyclopentadienyl, ppy= 2-phenylpyridinate, and R= pyridyl (Spy, 2), pyrimidyl …

Cell nucleus localization and high anticancer activity of quinoline–benzopyran rhodium (III) metal complexes as therapeutic and fluorescence imaging agents

ZF Wang, XL Nai, Y Xu, FH Pan, FS Tang, QP Qin… - Dalton …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Four novel rhodium (III) complexes,[RhIII (QB1) Cl3 (DMSO)](RhN1),[RhIII (QB2) Cl3
(CH3OH)]· CH3OH (RhN2),[RhIII (QB3) Cl3 (CH3OH)]· CH3OH (RhS), and [RhIII (QB4) Cl3 …

Activation of H–H, HO–H, C(sp2)–H, C(sp3)–H, and RO–H Bonds by Transition-Metal Frustrated Lewis Pairs Based on M/N (M = Rh, Ir) Couples

M Carmona, R Pérez, J Ferrer, R Rodríguez… - Inorganic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Reaction of the dimers [(Cp* MCl) 2 (μ-Cl) 2](Cp*= η5-C5Me5) with Ph2PCH2CH2NC (NH
(p-Tolyl)) 2 (H2L) in the presence of NaSbF6 affords the chlorido complexes [Cp* MCl (κ2 N …

Host–Guest Interactions of Ruthenium (II) Arene Complexes with Cucurbit [7/8] uril

E Roth, RV Listyarini, TS Hofer… - Inorganic Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cucurbit [n] urils (CB [n] s) have been recognized for their chemical and thermal stability,
and their ability to bind many neutral and cationic guest molecules makes them excellent …