Rhenium tetrazolato complexes coordinated to thioalkyl-functionalised phenanthroline ligands: synthesis, photophysical characterisation, and incubation in live HeLa cells

• Published in: Dalton transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry Vol. 44; no. 47; pp. 20636 - 20647
• Main Authors: Werrett, Melissa V, Wright, Phillip J, Simpson, Peter V, Raiteri, Paolo, Skelton, Brian W, Stagni, Stefano, Buckley, Alysia G, Rigby, Paul J, Massi, Massimiliano
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.01.2015
• Subjects: Cell Survival - drug effects; Cellular; Charge transfer; Coordination Complexes - chemistry; Coordination Complexes - pharmacology; Emission; Excitation; HeLa Cells; Humans; Imaging; Ligands; Maxima; Phenanthrolines - chemistry; Phenanthrolines - pharmacology; Rhenium; Rhenium - chemistry; Rhenium - pharmacology

Three new complexes of formulation fac-[Re(CO)3(diim)L], where diim is either 1,10-phenanthroline or 1,10-phenanthroline functionalised at position 5 by a thioalkyl chain, and L is either a chloro or aryltetrazolato ancillary ligand, were synthesised and photophysically characterised. The complexes...