Two new dipeptide complexes of the form
H[Pt(digly)Cl] (2)
(H2digly = glycylglycine) and
H[Pt(Hdigly)Cl2]
(4) were newly prepared, and
K[Pt(Hdigly)Cl2] (3) was
isolated. Complex 1, K[Pt(digly)Cl],
crystallizes in the
monoclinic space group C2/c with unit cell
dimensions a = 25.77(1) Å, b =
4.09(2) Å, c = 16.432(9) Å, β
=
103.74(4)°, and Z = 8. Complex 3
crystallizes in the monoclinic space group
P21/c with unit cell dimensions
a
= 8.892(5) Å, b = 11.387(4) Å, c
= 9.974(4) Å, β = 105.45(4)°, Z = 4.
Complex 4 crystallizes in the monoclinic
space group P21/c with unit cell
dimensions a = 9.311(6) Å, b =
7.737(8), c = 15.627(4) Å, β =
105.92(3)°, Z
= 4. Complex 4 has the rare iminol type
H2digly coordinating to Pt. The 15N
chemical shifts and the coupling
constants of the deprotonated coordinated amide N were obtained for the
first time for these complexes. These
amide peaks showed almost no coordination shift compared with the large
coordination shift of the amine nitrogen.
The coupling constants between Pt and deprotonated nitrogen for
K[Pt(Hdipep)Cl2] were larger than those
for
K[Pt(dipep)Cl]. The growth inhibition assays of
K[Pt(digly)Cl], K[Pt(Hdigly)Cl2],
and cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) (cisplatin) against methylcholanthrene-induced Meth A
fibrosarcoma (Meth A) solid tumor transplanted
in BALB/c mice were measured. In mice, 35.9% of slight growth
inhibition was observed in the group administered
with K[Pt(digly)Cl] (dose of 26 mg/kg/day), and 40.6% in
the group administered with K[Pt(Hdigly)Cl2]
(dose
of 52 mg/kg/day), and 45.3% cisplatin (dose of 10 mg/kg/day). The
side effects related to the decrease in body
weight are milder than that of cisplatin. Their toxicity against
normal mouse bone marrow cells was measured.
All of them exhibited toxicity against bone marrow cells, but
K[Pt(digly)Cl] and K[Pt(Hdigly)Cl2]
had only 1/10
the toxicity of cisplatin.