Repurposing the anticancer drug cisplatin with the aim of developing novel Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection control agents

• Mingjun Yuan,
• Song Lin Chua,
• Yang Liu,
• Daniela I. Drautz-Moses,
• Joey Kuok Hoong Yam,
• Thet Tun Aung,
• Roger W. Beuerman,
• May Margarette Santillan Salido,
• Stephan C. Schuster,
• Choon-Hong Tan,
• Michael Givskov,
• Liang Yang and
• Thomas E. Nielsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3059–3069, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.284

• glucose and 0.4 g/L casamino acids). For marker selection in P. aeruginosa, 30 μg mL−1 gentamycin (Gm), 50 μg mL−1 tetracycline (Tc), 100 μg mL−1 streptomycin (Strep) or 200 μg mL−1 carbenicillin (Cb) were used, as appropriate. Platinum complexes and solution preparation for MIC assay Cisplatin

• , transplatin, cDPCP, oxaliplatin, K2PtCl4 and cis-PtCl2(CH3CN)2 were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich were used as received. Platinum complexes cis-PtCl2(Py)2 [13][14] and cis-PtCl2(PPh3)2 [15] were prepared according to the reported procedure. For minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) assays, cisplatin, cDPCP

Recent advances in phosphorescent platinum complexes for organic light-emitting diodes

• Cristina Cebrián and
• Matteo Mauro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1459–1481, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.124

• square planar platinum(II) complexes bearing π-conjugated chromophoric ligands playing a key role in such respect. In this contribution, the most recent and promising trends in the field of phosphorescent platinum complexes will be reviewed and discussed. In particular, the importance of proper molecular

• ; electroluminescence; OLED; phosphorescence; platinum complexes; Introduction Photoactive TMCs have attracted enormous attention in the last two decades because of their peculiar photophysical and rich redox properties, which make them appealing from both fundamental research and technological applications points of

• of phosphorescent platinum complexes for PhOLEDs with a special emphasis on the most recent advances. It should be noted that this contribution is not indented to be comprehensive and readers are invited to refer elsewhere for previous examples of platinum emitters [15][16][17][18]. In particular, we

Enhanced quantum yields by sterically demanding aryl-substituted β-diketonate ancillary ligands

• Rebecca Pittkowski and
• Thomas Strassner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 664–671, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.54

• groups as substituents in acetylacetonate (acac) auxiliary ligands can have a positive influence on the emission properties of platinum(II) phosphors [35][36][37][38]. The use of mesityl and duryl groups enhanced the quantum yield of platinum complexes with a variety of C^C* cyclometalating ligands [18

• ][39][40][41]. We herein present the synthesis and photophysical properties of two new C^C* cyclometalated platinum complexes. Both are based on the original 3-methyl-1-phenylimidazolium (MPIM) ligand system which together with the acac auxiliary ligand showed only a very low quantum yield of 7%. We

• the platinum complexes were performed under an argon atmosphere and by exclusion of light, using flame-dried Schlenk tubes. Solvents of at least 99.0% purity were used. DMF was dried according to standard methods and stored over molecular sieve (3 Å) under argon atmosphere. Dichloro(1,5-cyclooctadiene

Methylpalladium complexes with pyrimidine-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene ligands

• Dirk Meyer and
• Thomas Strassner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1557–1565, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.150

• “Catalytica” bispyrimidine system, for the biscarbene system the palladium complexes turned out to be more stable than the corresponding platinum complexes under the reaction conditions [31][32], although Peter Hofmann had recently shown the stability and reactivity of the platinum-alkyl complexes with bis

Bi- and trinuclear copper(I) complexes of 1,2,3-triazole-tethered NHC ligands: synthesis, structure, and catalytic properties

• Shaojin Gu,
• Jiehao Du,
• Jingjing Huang,
• Huan Xia,
• Ling Yang,
• Weilin Xu and
• Chunxin Lu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 863–873, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.85

• and platinum complexes containing 1,2,3-triazole-tethered NHC ligands. The obtained palladium complexes displayed high activity in aqueous Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions. We are interested in the synthesis and use of functionalized NHC ligands [20][28][29][30][31]. Herein, the synthesis

Self-assembly of metallosupramolecular rhombi from chiral concave 9,9’-spirobifluorene-derived bis(pyridine) ligands

• Rainer Hovorka,
• Sophie Hytteballe,
• Torsten Piehler,
• Georg Meyer-Eppler,
• Filip Topić,
• Kari Rissanen,
• Marianne Engeser and
• Arne Lützen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 432–441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.40

• heterochiral one in both cases – the palladium and the platinum complexes and independent of the solvents we used. This corresponds to an amplification of the homochiral stereoisomers via self-recognition by a factor of approximately three. Although these NMR spectra already provide a very good proof for the

Supramolecular hydrogels formed from poly(viologen) cross-linked with cyclodextrin dimers and their physical properties

• Yoshinori Takashima,
• Yang Yuting,
• Miyuki Otsubo,
• Hiroyasu Yamaguchi and
• Akira Harada

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1594–1600, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.182

• adding selenium or platinum complexes yields supramolecular assemblies of bis(molecular tube)s cross-linked with the β-CD dimer, which form nanofibers [12][13][14][15]. Moreover, mechanically linked polyrotaxane with the α-CD and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) produces a hydrogel material, which exhibits

Palladium-catalyzed formation of oxazolidinones from biscarbamates: a mechanistic study

• Benan Kilbas and
• Metin Balci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 246–253, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.33

• (0)–olefin complexes add to 5-(methoxycarbonyl)-2-cyclohexenyl chloride and bromide from the syn-side of the leaving group and that the leaving group is capable of coordinating the metal to give the corresponding (η3-allyl)–palladium or –platinum complexes. In order to determine from which side the