Two new dipeptide complexes of the formH[Pt(digly)Cl]
(2)(H
2digly = glycylglycine) andH[Pt(Hdigly)Cl
2]
(4) were newly prepared, andK[Pt(Hdigly)Cl
2]
(3) wasisolated. Complex
1, K[Pt(digly)Cl],crystallizes in themonoclinic space group
C2/
c with unit celldimensions
a = 25.77(1) Å,
b =4.09(2) Å,
c = 16.432(9) Å,
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=103.74(4)
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, and
Z = 8. Complex
3crystallizes in the monoclinic space group
P2
1/
c with unit cell dimensions
a= 8.892(5) Å,
b = 11.387(4) Å,
c= 9.974(4) Å,
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= 105.45(4)
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,
Z = 4.Complex
4 crystallizes in the monoclinicspace group
P2
1/
c with unit celldimensions
a = 9.311(6) Å,
b =7.737(8),
c = 15.627(4) Å,
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=105.92(3)
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,
Z= 4. Complex
4 has the rare iminol typeH
2digly coordinating to Pt. The
15Nchemical shifts and the couplingconstants of the deprotonated coordinated amide N were obtained for thefirst time for these complexes. Theseamide peaks showed almost no coordination shift compared with the largecoordination shift of the amine nitrogen.The coupling constants between Pt and deprotonated nitrogen forK[Pt(Hdipep)Cl
2] were larger than thoseforK[Pt(dipep)Cl]. The growth inhibition
assays ofK[Pt(digly)Cl], K[Pt(Hdigly)Cl
2],and
cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) (cisplatin) against methylcholanthrene-induced Meth Afibrosarcoma (Meth A) solid tumor transplantedin BALB/c mice were measured. In mice, 35.9% of slight growthinhibition was observed in the group administeredwith K[Pt(digly)Cl] (dose of 26 mg/kg/day), and 40.6% inthe group administered with K[Pt(Hdigly)Cl
2](doseof 52 mg/kg/day), and 45.3% cisplatin (dose of 10 mg/kg/day). Theside effects related to the decrease in bodyweight are milder than that of cisplatin. Their toxicity againstnormal mouse bone marrow cells was measured.All of them exhibited toxicity against bone marrow cells, butK[Pt(digly)Cl] and K[Pt(Hdigly)Cl
2]had only
1/
10the toxicity of cisplatin.