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Abstract
Seven new transition metal complexes formulated as [M2(1,4-tpbd)(diimine)2(H2O)2]4+ [M = Zn, Co, Ni, Cd; 1,4-tpbd = N,N,N′,N′-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)benzene-1,4-diamine; diimine is a N,N-donor heterocyclic base like 1,10-phenanthroline (phen), 2,2′-bipyridine (bpy), 4,5-diazafluoren-9-one (dafo)] have been synthesized and structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography: [Zn2(1,4-tpbd)(phen)2(H2O)2]4+ (1), [Zn2(1,4-tpbd)(bpy)2(H2O)2]4+ (2), [Co2(1,4-tpbd)(phen)2(H2O)2]4+ (3), [Ni2(1,4-tpbd)(phen)2(H2O)2]4+ (4), [Ni2(1,4-tpbd)(bpy)2(H2O)2]4+ (5), [Ni2(1,4-tpbd)(dafo)2(H2O)2]4+ (6) and [Cd2(1,4-tpbd)(phen)2(H2O)2]4+ (7). Single crystal diffraction reveals that the metals in the complexes are all in a distorted octahedral geometry. The interactions of the seven complexes with calf thymus DNA (CT-DNA) have been investigated by UV absorption, fluorescence, circular dichroism spectroscopy and viscosity measurements. The apparent binding constants (Kapp) are calculated to be 5.2 × 105 M−1 for 1, 1.05 × 105 M−1 for 2, 5.76 × 105 M−1 for 3, 4.57 × 105 M−1 for 4, 1.29 × 105 M−1 for 5, 1.7 × 105 M−1 for 6, 2.53 × 105 M−1 for 7, the binding propensity to the calf thymus DNA in the order: 3 (Co-phen) > 1 (Zn-phen) > 4 (Ni-phen) > 7 (Cd-phen) > 6 (Ni-dafo) > 5 (Ni-bpy) > 2 (Zn-bpy). Furthermore, these complexes display efficient oxidative cleavage of supercoiled DNA; the Zn(II)/H2O2 and Cd(II)/H2O2 systems efficiently cleave DNA attributed to the peroxide ion coordinated to the Zn(II) and Cd(II), which enhanced their nucleophilicity, this is rare.
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Project supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [number 2011M500526].
