Terpyridine-containing 5-(2-pyridylmethylene)-2-thioimidazolones and their coordination compounds with copper(II) chloride: synthesis and cytotoxicity

Abstract

Methods for the synthesis of new ditopic organic ligands containing coordinating fragments of two types, terpyridine and thiohydantoin, have been developed. The synthesized ligands were studied in complex formation reactions with copper(II) chloride. As a result, two types of coordination compounds were isolated and characterized by electron spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and cyclic voltammetry: bis-ligand tetranuclear mixed-valent complexes of copper(I, II) and a monoligand binuclear complex containing two copper(II) ions. The cytotoxic activity of the obtained coordination compounds with respect to the MCF7, A549, and HEK293 cell lines was studied.