Comment on “Delivering a photosensitive transplatin prodrug to overcome cisplatin drug resistance” by H. Song, W. Li, R. Qi, L. Yan, X. Jing, M. Zheng and H. Xiao, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 11493

Consistency of literature results with the transformation of trans-diamminedichloridoplatinum(II) (transplatin) into cis-diammine-dichloridoplatinum(II) (cisplatin) under UVA irradiation claimed in the article recently published in this journal is questioned on the basis of previous and new experimental data.