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Coupling Photodriven Multielectron Reduction Of Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes With Hydrogen Evolving Co-catalysts
McAlister, Cale (Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2007-09-17)With energy demands continuing to increase, the importance of finding a means of converting solar energy into a usable form of chemical energy continues to escalate. Photocatalysis provides a viable approach to harnessing ... -
Cytotoxicty, Cellular Localization And Fluorescent Microscopy Of Malignant Cells Treated With Ruthenium (II) Complexes Of The Tetraazatetrapyridopentacene Ligand
Dayoub, Adam S.The ruthenium (II) polypyridyl complexes [(phen)2Ru(tatpp)Ru(phen)2]4+, (P) and [(phen)2Ru(tatpp)]2+, (MP) are promising anticancer activity candidates due to their observed cytotoxic effect against multiple cancer cell ... -
Design And Synthesis Of A High Potential Ruthenium (II) Tetraazatetrapyridopentaphene Complex Capable Of Two-electron Reduction
Diaz, Nancy Ruth G. (Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2010-03-03)We report the synthesis of a complex, [(phen)₂Ru(tatpph)Ru(phen)₂]⁴⁺ (Ph⁴⁺), which like its predecessor compound, [(phen)₂Ru(tatppc)Ru(phen)₂]⁴⁺ (Pc ⁴⁺), can undergo two sequential 1-electron photoreductions in MeCN in ... -
Effect Of Structure And Stereochemistry On Cytotoxicity Of Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes
Krishnan, Arthi (Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2007-08-23)Efforts to develop novel non-platinum, metal-based antitumor drugs have been pursued by many groups and ruthenium complexes have drawn a lot of attention as prospective transition metal-based antineoplastic agents. Recently, ... -
ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF AN ANTICANCER RUTHENIUM POLYPYRIDYL COMPLEX (RPC) AND INFLUENCE OF CHIRAL SELECTIVITY ON DNA PHOTOCLEAVAGE
Ferdous, Shomita (2017-12-08)Ruthenium polypyridyl complexes (RPCs) represent a promising therapeiutic class of drugs for transition-metal based anticancer drug development. The complex [(phen)2Ru(tatpp)Ru(phen)2] (44+) is a RPC which has shown success ... -
Increasing Lipophilicity Of Redox Active Ruthenium Complexes As A Means To Enhance Cytotoxicity And Reduce Animal Toxicity
Alatrash, Nagham (Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2013-03-20)The dinuclear and monomeric ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes [(phen)2Ru(tatpp)Ru(phen)2]Cl4 (P) and monomer [(phen)2Ru(tatpp)]Cl2 (MP) are promising candidates for anticancer drug development in terms of the observed ... -
Investigation Of The Suitability Of The Biscatecholborate Anion As A Reductive Quencher For Photoexcited Ruthenium Polyphyridyl Complexes
Yarasik, Alper (Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2007-08-23)Ruthenium polypyridyl complexes [Ru(L-L)3]2+, (L-L = 1,10 - phenanthroline or 2,2'- bipyridine) which covalently linked to electron donor or acceptor units are frequently used in artificial photosystems because of their ... -
Investigations Of The Mechanism Of DNA Cleavage Using Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes
Ongeri, Fiona (Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2007-08-23)We have synthesized a ruthenium complex, [(phen)2Ru(tatpp)Ru(phen)2]4+ (P4+), which has been shown to undergo various redox and protonation steps to form different species that can be monitored by UV-Vis spectroscopy. In ... -
Light Driven Reduction Of Carbon Dioxide Via Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes In The Presence Of A Pyridinium Cocatalyst
West, MatthewThe rapid increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide since the industrial revolution is now beginning to cause global climate changes which could adversely affect our planets ecosystem. Nonetheless, our ability to sustain the ... -
Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes As Potential Anticancer Drugs: Synthesis, Characterization, Cell Permeability And Localization
Chen, Yanling (Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2013-07-22)Research on biological activities of ruthenium polypyridyl complexes (RPCs) continues to attract interest as these complexes have shown promising anticancer activity both in vitro and in vivo.¹⁻³ The mononuclear ... -
Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes As Potential Anticancer Drugs: Synthesis, Characterization, Cell Permeability And Investigation Of Their Hypoxia-selectivity
Chen, Yanling (Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2013-03-20)Research on biological activity of ruthenium polypyridyl complexes (RPCs) continues to attract interest as these complexes have shown promising anti-cancer activity both in vitro and in vivo. The mononuclear RPC, ... -
Structure-Activity Relationships of Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes with Redox-Active Intercalating Ligands: Correlation between Redox Activity, DNA Cleavage Capability and Cytotoxicity
Narh, Eugenia Soyo; 0000-0001-7511-7893 (2015-12-10)The investigation and development of transition metal complexes as cancer chemotherapeutics has gained a lot of interest in the past few decades and has become a promising area of research. Metal complexes of platinum and ... -
The Effects of the Stereochemistry of Ruthenium (II) Polypyridyl Complexes on Microtubules as Targets for Chemotherapy
Himawan, Radhiyah; 0000-0002-0338-2927 (2019-05-16)Ruthenium polypyridyl complexes (RPCs) are promising anticancer agents due to their robustness and tunability of their polypyridyl ligands. Their axial chirality generally allows for more selective binding to biological ... -
Towards Establishing The Mechanism Of DNA Cleavage By Redox-active Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes
Griffith, Cynthia AnnIn earlier reports, it was established that ruthenium (II) polypyridyl complexes RPCs, [Ru(tatpp)]²⁺ (3²⁺) and [Ru(tatpp)Ru]⁴⁺ (4⁴⁺) show potent antitumor properties in vivo in nude mouse lung cancer models.² These RPC's ...