title: Self-assembly of Cationic, Hetero- or Homo-nuclear Ru(II) Macrocyclic Rectangles and their Photophysical, Electrochemical and Biological Studies.
abstract: A series of supramolecular rectangles, including two mixed-metal Ru/Pt complexes, have been formed by the coordination-driven self-assembly of a range of arene-Ru "molecular clip" acceptors (1a-1d) with rigid dipyridyl-based ligands (2a-2d) over the course of 10 hours in solution. The isolated products were characterized by multinuclear NMR ((1)H and (13)C or (31)P), HR-ESI-MS and an X-ray diffraction study to support the ascribed two-component rectangular structures. The rectangles were further characterized by UV-Vis and fluorescence studies. The redox behaviors of rectangles 3ca and 3da were also determined using cyclic voltammetry. Additionally, the antitumor activities of the suite of rectangles were determined against various human cancer cell lines and significant activity was shown by complexes 3ca, 3da, 3cb, 3cc and 3cd, with IC(50) values as low as 2.65 μM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Vaishali
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authors.forename: Young Ho
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authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Yoon Jung
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authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Se Chan
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authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Timothy R
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authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Dong Wook
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authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myoung Soo
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authors.lastname: Stang
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