Cyclometalated Pt Complexes of CNC Pincer Ligands: Luminescence and Cytotoxic Evaluation

2020 
In the framework of our attempts to develop cyclometalated Pt(II) complexes toward bifunctional targeting inhibitors or agents for photodynamic therapy, diagnostics, and bioimaging, a series of bis-cyclometalated Pt(II) complexes [Pt(CNC)(L)] (L = DMSO, MeCN) containing various (CNC)2– ligands based on 2,6-diphenylpyridine were synthesized and characterized analytically and spectroscopically, focusing on their electrochemical, luminescence, and antiproliferative properties. Electrochemical experiments and UV–vis absorption spectroscopy suggest ligand-centered LUMOs and metal-centered HOMOs in line with DFT calculations. Extension of the ancillary phenyl to naphthyl cores and a central 4-phenylpyridine group instead of pyridine results in bathochromic shifts of the long-wavelength absorption bands ranging from 420 to 440 nm, with the latter shift being more pronounced. The complexes of the fused CNC heterocyclic systems dba (H2dba = dibenzo[c,h]acridine), db(ph)a (H2db(ph)a = 7-phenyldibenzo[c,h]acridine),...
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