In the pre
sent paper we report the
synthe
si
s and
structural IR and
1H and
13C NMR characterization offourplatinum(II) and palladium(II) cyclometalated complexe
s ofthe formula[Pd(4-ClC
6H
4N=C(COC
6H
5)C
6H
4)X]
2,where X = OAc (
2) or Cl (
3), and[Pt(4-ClC
6H
4N=C(COC
6H
5)C
6H
4)X]
2,where X = Cl (
4) or OAc (
5).Theacetate-bridged compound
s 2 and
5 have anopen-book
structure. The chloro-bridged compound
s 3 and
4 havean unfolded
structure. Complex
2 cry
stallize
s in thecentro
symmetric triclinic
space group
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Z = 2. Unitcell parameter
s are a
s follow
s:
a = 11.765(3) Å,
b = 12.862(4) Å,
c = 15.022(5) Å,
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s/alpha.gif" BORDER=0> = 84.08(2)
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s/entitie
s/deg.gif">,
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s/deg.gif">,
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s/gamma.gif" BORDER=0 > = 83.13(2)
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s/deg.gif">. All the
se compound
s were
screenedagain
st MDA-MB 468 (brea
st carcinoma) and HL-60(leukemic) tumor cell
s. The low IC
50 value
s ofcompound
5 (1.05
![](/image<font color=)
s/entitie
s/mgr.gif">M) and of compound
4 (1.58
![](/image<font color=)
s/entitie
s/mgr.gif">M) again
stMDA-MB 468 and of 0.82
![](/image<font color=)
s/entitie
s/mgr.gif">M (
5) and 1.37
![](/image<font color=)
s/entitie
s/mgr.gif">M (
4)again
st HL-60 relative to
cis-DDP (2.67 and 2.07
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s/entitie
s/mgr.gif">M,re
spectively) and other cyclometalated compound
s sugge
st that the
synthe
sized compound
s may be regarded a
shaving potential antitumor propertie
s. The data
sugge
st that theantiproliferative activity of compound
5 maycorrelate with it
s covalent binding to DNA and the induction ofimportant modification
s on the helix.