The preparation of two Ru
III polyaminocarboxylate complexes, AMD6245 and AMD6221, and their nitrosyl analogues,AMD6204, AMD6263, and AMD3689, is described. The compounds are characterized by IR, ES-MS, and
13C and
15N NMR spectroscopy where appropriate and cyclic voltammetry. The crystal structures for AMD6245, AMD6263,and AMD3689 are presented. AMD6245 (C
10H
14N
2O
9Ru) crystallized in the
P2
1/
c space group with
a = 8.4382(2)Å,
b = 8.8304(2) Å,
c = 17.6321(4) Å,
= 99.603
,
V = 1295.3(2) Å
3, and
Z = 4. AMD6263 (C
10H
14N
3O
10Ru)crystallized in the
P2
1/
c space group with
a = 9.9043(4) Å,
b = 13.1144(3) Å,
c = 12.0914(4) Å,
= 100.191
,
V = 1545.8(5) Å
3, and
Z = 4. AMD3689 (C
14H
24.56N
4O
13.28Ru) crystallized in the
P space group with
a = 8.838(2) Å,
b = 9.452(3) Å,
c = 13.419(4) Å,
= 78.413(6)
,
= 75.804(6)
,
= 73.562(6)
,
V = 1031.8(5) Å
3,and
Z = 2. The reaction of AMD6245 and AMD6221 with nitric oxide is investigated using EPR spectroscopy andstopped flow kinetics. Upon reaction with NO, a linear, diamagnetic {RuNO}
6 complex is formed. The substitutionreaction of AMD6245 with NO proceeds with a second-order rate constant of 2.24 × 10
7 M
-1 s
-1 at 7.3
C (pH= 7.4; 50 mM phosphate buffer). The substitution reaction of AMD6221 with NO proceeds with a second-orderrate constant of 3 × 10
5 M
-1 s
-1 at 20
C (pH = 7.4; 50 mM phosphate buffered saline). The NO scavengingability was assessed using a RAW264 murine macrophage assay by measuring the difference in nitrite producedbetween untreated control cells and treated cells. At 100
M AMD6245 has [NO
2-] = 12.5
M less than theuntreated cells and AMD6221 has [NO
2-] = 37.6
M less than the untreated cells. There is an insignificantdifference in the amount of nitrite produced between AMD6263 or AMD3689 treated cells and untreated cells.