Synthesis and Chemotherapy Applications of Platinum Group Metal Organometallic Compounds
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Organic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 253
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Interests: macrocyclic; organometallic chemistry; macrocyclic ligand; metal complexes; synthesis, structure, and properties of organometallic complexes
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Dear Colleagues,
The C-H activation of an organic ligand that led to the cyclometallation reaction was first reported by Cope and Siekman in 1965. This was the cornerstone facilitated the activation of aromatic C-H bonds by transition metals, an issue which has substantially advanced organometallic chemistry, particularly metallacycles. Many metals, inclusive of main group metals, and ligands have been used to produce this type of compound. Regarding palladium and platinum, the resulting complexes are termed palladacycles and platinacycles. They show interesting features related to their structure and reactivity patterns. However, it is their applications that have given them remarkable importance in modern organometallic chemistry, such as their use as phosphorescent compounds, metallomesogens, catalysts, in synthetic chemistry to functionalize aromatic carbon atoms, and as antineoplastic species. It is the latter aspect that is addressed in this Special Issue by considering the corresponding palladium, platinum metallacycles, and related platinum group metal complexes.
Prof. Dr. José Manuel Vila Abad
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- palladacycles
- platinacycles
- thiosemicarbazones
- iminophosphoranes
- Schiff bases
- crystal structure
- bioactivity assays
- cytostatic activity
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