Elena E. Bardina

Gold(iii) complexes containing (non)protonated oligopyridines—unexpected results in cancer drug research† Two novel gold(III) complexes with doubly protonated forms of phenanthrolines, (neocH2)[AuCl4]·Cl (1) and (1,7-phenH2)[AuCl4]·NO3 (2), were synthesized using the oligopyridines 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (neocuproine, neoc) and 1,7-phenanthroline (1,7-phen). The structures of the compounds were established using single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.

Dinuclear gold(I) complexes with pyrimidine- and m-carborane-based bisphosphine ligands: synthesis, structure, photoluminescence and cytotoxicity against malignant pleural mesothelioma Dinuclear Au(I) complexes with bisphosphine ligands, namely [Au2Cl2(L)], where L = 4,6-bis(diphenylphosphino)pyrimidine (Au1) or 1,7-bis(di-o-tolylphosphinyl)-m-carborane (Au2) have been synthesized.

Gold(i) complexes with redox active BIAN and MIAN ligands: synthesis, structure and electrochemistry† A series of cationic Au(I)-BIAN/MIAN complexes, namely [(PPh3)Au(L)]OTf, where L = dpp-bian (1), dpp-mian (2), 2-Me-Ph-bian (3) and 4-Me-Ph-bian (4), has been prepared. All complexes were characterized by analytical and spectroscopic methods and their crystal structures were determined by X-ray diffraction analysis.