Basudev Maity et al.
European journal of medicinal chemistry, 57, 250-258 (2012-10-16)
Polypyridyl platinum(II) complexes (1-5), viz., [Pt(pyphen)Cl]Cl (1), [Pt(pyphen)(C≡CFc)]Cl (2), [Pt(pydppz)Cl]Cl (3), [Pt(pydppz)(C≡CPh)]Cl (4) and [Pt(pydppz)(C≡CFc)]Cl (5), where pyphen is 6-(2-pyridyl)-1,10-phenanthroline, pydppz is 6-(2-pyridyl)-dipyrido-[3,2-a:2',3'-c]-phenazine, FcC≡CH is ferrocenyl acetylene and PhC≡CH is phenyl acetylene, were synthesized, characterized and their DNA binding and