Monica Santimaria, Ulderico Mazzi, Stefano Gatto, Alessandro Dolmella, Giuliano Bandoli and Marino Nicolini
The co-ordination of dipeptides modified with a phosphine group to
the ReO3+ core has been studied, and the new
donor sets PN2X (X = O or S) achieved.
N-{N-[3-(Diphenylphosphino)propionyl]glycyl
}-L-S-benzylcysteine
(H3L2) and its methyl ester derivative
(H2L1) have been used for preparing
six-co-ordinated oxorhenium(V) complexes, providing a new
chelating system for targeting 186/188Re to protein bioactive
molecules. The complexes have been characterized by means of UV/VIS, IR,
FAB and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The crystal structures of
[ReO(L2)(OH2)]·H2O·MeOH
and [ReO(L1)Cl] have been established. In both the complexes
the co-ordination geometry is distorted octahedral. The ligands are
tetradentate, co-ordinating the Re
O3+ moiety
through the phosphine phosphorus, the two deprotonated amide nitrogens
and the O or S atom from the carboxylate or thioether groups. When the
cysteine carboxylic moiety is free, it can replace, in organic solvents,
the thioether sulfur to give a stable complex, the fourth donor atom in
the equatorial plane being a carboxylate oxygen. In basic medium
[ReO(L1)Cl] underwent substitution of Cl- by
OH-, evidence for the high stability of the
PN2S donor set.