Synthesis and anticancer mechanisms of zinc(ii)-8-hydroxyquinoline complexes with 1,10-phenanthroline ancillary ligands

Abstract

Twenty new zinc(II) complexes with 8-hydroxyquinoline (H-Q1–H-Q6) in the presence of 1,10-phenanthroline derivatives (D1–D10) were synthesized and formulated as [Zn(Q1)2(D1)] (DQ1), [Zn(Q2)2(D2)]·CH3OH (DQ2), [Zn(Q1)2(D3)] (DQ3), [Zn(Q1)2(D4)] (DQ4), [Zn(Q3)2(D5)] (DQ5), [Zn(Q3)2(D4)]...

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