Syntheses and biological activity of platinum(II) and palladium(II) complexes with phenyl-oxadiazole-ethylenediamine ligands

Abstract

This work describes the synthesis, characterization, cytotoxicity and antibacterial activity of three ligands derived from phenyl-oxadiazole-ethylenediamine and their platinum(II) and palladium(II) complexes. These compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, and Raman, IR, and NMR spectroscopies. We have prepared complexes with different substituents on the aromatic ring to provide influence in the antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity. The antibacterial activity was evaluated against Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25213), Staphylococcus epidermidis (ATCC 12228) and Gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli (ATCC 11229) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 27853). The cytotoxicity was evaluated in two different tumor cell lines: mouse metastatic mammary adenocarcinoma (4T1), and murine colon cancer cells (CT26WT), and a non-tumor cell Baby Hamster Kidney (BHK-21). Based on the results obtained for the antibacterial and the cytotoxic activity it is possible to conclude that the presence of metal and groups NO₂ and CF₃ contributed to antibacterial activity with low cytotoxicity.

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Keywords:

• Metal complexes
• oxadiazole
• antibacterial activity
• cytotoxic activity
• tumor cell

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to CNPq, FAPEMIG, CAPES for the financial support and fellowships.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001.