Tethered N‑Heterocyclic Carbene-Carboranyl Silver Complexes for Cancer Therapy

Silver complexes of tethered N-heterocyclic carbene-carboranyl ligands have been prepared and fully characterized. The first example of silver bonded directly to the cage of o-carborane has been identified in the solid state. The presence of a carboranyl N substituent on the N-heterocyclic carbene s...

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Published in:	Organometallics Vol. 38; no. 12; pp. 2530 - 2538
Main Authors:	Holmes, Jordan, Kearsey, Rachel J, Paske, Katie A, Singer, Frances N, Atallah, Suliman, Pask, Christopher M, Phillips, Roger M, Willans, Charlotte E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Chemical Society 24-06-2019
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Summary:	Silver complexes of tethered N-heterocyclic carbene-carboranyl ligands have been prepared and fully characterized. The first example of silver bonded directly to the cage of o-carborane has been identified in the solid state. The presence of a carboranyl N substituent on the N-heterocyclic carbene significantly enhances the in vitro cytotoxicity of the silver complex against HCT116 p53+/+ and HCT116 p53–/– colon cancer cells in comparison to a phenyl derivative. Conversely, the presence of a carboranyl on the backbone of a xanthine-derived N-heterocyclic carbene decreases the in vitro cytotoxicity of the silver complex in comparison to its phenyl derivative. Stability studies on the xanthine-derived ligands and complexes show that decomposition via deboronation occurs in hydrous dimethyl sulfoxide, which may attribute to the contrasting in vitro behaviors of the carborane-containing complexes.
ISSN:	0276-7333 1520-6041
DOI:	10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00228