Issue 64, 2015

Synthesis and structure of new dicopper(ii) complexes bridged by asymmetric N,N′-bis(substituted)oxamides: in vitro anticancer activity and molecular docking studies based on bio-macromolecular interaction

Abstract

Two new dicopper(II) complexes bridged by asymmetric N,N′-bis(substituted)oxamide ligands: N-(5-chloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)-N′-[3-(2-hydroxyethylamino)propyl]oxamide (H3chpoxd) and N-(5-chloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)-N′-[(methylamino)propyl]oxamide (H3chmpoxd), and end-capped with 2,2′-bipyridine (bpy), namely [Cu2(chpoxd)(H2O)(bpy)](NO3)·C2H5OH·H2O (1) and [Cu2(chmpoxd)-(H2O)(bpy)]Cl·3H2O (2), were synthesized and structurally characterized. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that both the copper(II) ions in the two complexes are bridged by the cis-oxamido group, in which the exo-copper ions have square-pyramidal coordination geometries, while the inner ones are in a distorted square-pyramidal and a square-planar environment in complexes 1 and 2, respectively. The three dimensional supramolecular structures are constructed by hydrogen bonding and π–π stacking interactions. The reactivities towards DNA and protein BSA of the two complexes are studied both theoretically and experimentally. In vitro anticancer activities indicated that the two complexes are active against the selected tumor cell lines, and the anticancer activities are consistent with their DNA-binding affinities following the order 1 > 2.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis and structure of new dicopper(ii) complexes bridged by asymmetric N,N′-bis(substituted)oxamides: in vitro anticancer activity and molecular docking studies based on bio-macromolecular interaction

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Apr 2015
Accepted
03 Jun 2015
First published
11 Jun 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 51730-51744

Synthesis and structure of new dicopper(II) complexes bridged by asymmetric N,N′-bis(substituted)oxamides: in vitro anticancer activity and molecular docking studies based on bio-macromolecular interaction

K. Zheng, L. Jiang, Y. Li, Z. Wu and C. Yan, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 51730 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA06357D

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