title: Palladium(II) complexes of 2-acetylpyridine N(4)-methyl, N(4)-ethyl and N(4)-phenyl-thiosemicarbazones. Crystal structure of chloro(2-acetylpyridine N(4)-methylthiosemicarbazonato) palladium(II). Synthesis, spectral studies, in vitro and in vivo antitumour activity.
abstract: The reactions of 2-acetylpyridine N(4)-methyl, (HAc4Me) N(4)-ethyl (HAc4Et) and N(4)-Phenyl (HAc4Ph) thiosemicarbazone with palladium(II) were studied. The ligands and the palladium(II) complexes have been characterized by spectroscopic techniques. The structure of [Pd(Ac4Me)Cl] has been determined by single-crystal x-ray diffraction. The protonation constants of HAc4Me and HAc4Et, Ka1 and Ka2, were determined by spectrophotometry. The effect of palladium compounds on DNA synthesis of P388 and L1210 cell cultures is also reported. Some of these compounds increased the life span of mice bearing tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Greece. dkovala@cc.uoi.gr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kovala-Demertzi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Domopoulou
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Demertzis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Valle
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papageorgiou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003460:Crystallization; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010165:Palladium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013882:Thiosemicarbazones / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D013882:Thiosemicarbazones; C108980:chloro(2-acetylpyridine)(N(4)-methylthiosemicarbazonato)palladium(II); D010165:Palladium