Abstract
Mononuclear and trinuclear half-sandwich Rh(III) and Ir(III) complexes based on a sulfonated scaffold have been synthesised and characterised using NMR and IR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and elemental analysis. The cytotoxicities of the compounds were evaluated against the WHC01 oesophageal cancer cell line, with a slight increase in activity observed upon coordination of the metal.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 100-104 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Organometallic Chemistry |
| Volume | 846 |
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| State | Published - 2017 |
Funding
Financial support from the University of Cape Town and the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa (Grant Numbers: 90500 and 107856) is gratefully acknowledged.
Keywords
- Antitumour agents
- Bioorganometallic chemistry
- Half-sandwich complexes
- Iridium(III)
- Rhodium(III)
- Sulfonates