Fang-Lin Li, Hai-bin Song, B. Dai
Oct 1, 2010
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Applied Organometallic Chemistry
Abstract
Three pyridyl functionalized bis(pyrazol-1-yl)methanes, namely 2-[(4-pyridyl)methoxyphenyl] bis(pyrazol-1-yl)methane (L1), 2-[(4-pyridyl)methoxyphenyl]bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)methane (L2) and 2-[(3-pyridyl)methoxyphenyl]bis(pyrazol-1-yl)methane (L3) have been synthesized by the reactions of (2-hydroxyphenyl)bis(pyrazol-1-yl)methanes with chloromethylpyridine. Treatment of these three ligands with R2SnCl2 (R = Et, n-Bu or Ph) yields a series of symmetric 2:1 adducts of (L)2SnR2Cl2 (L = L1, L2 or L3), which have been confirmed by elemental analysis and NMR spectroscopy. The crystal structures of (L2)2Sn(n-Bu)2Cl2·0.5C6H14 and (L3)2SnEt2Cl2 determined by X-ray crystallography show that the functionalized bis(pyrazol-1-yl)methane acts as a monodentate ligand through the pyridyl nitrogen atom, and the pyrazolyl nitrogen atoms do not coordinate to the tin atom. The cytotoxic activity of these complexes for Hela cells in vitro was tested. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.