Synthesis and structures of dinuclear palladium complexes with 1,3-benzimidazolidine-2-thione and 1,3-imidazoline-2-thione

The synthesis and structures of dinuclear palladium complexes with 1,3-benz-imidazolidine-2-thione (bzimtH) and 1,3-imidazoline-2-thione (imtH) are reported, namely, bis-(μ-1H-benzimidazole-2-thiol-ato)-κ2 N 3:S;κ2 S:N 3-bis-[cyanido(tri-phenyl-phosphine-κP)palladium(II)], [Pd2(C7H5N2S)2(CN)2(C18H15P)2] or [Pd2(μ-N,S-bzimtH)2(CN)2(PPh3)2] (1), and bis-(μ-1H-imidazole-2-thiol-ato)-κ2 N 3:S;κ2 S:N 3-bis-[cyanido(tri-phenyl-phosphine-κP)palladium(II)] aceto-nitrile 0.58-solvate, [Pd2(C3H3N2S)2(CN)2(C18H15P)2]·0.58C2H3N or [Pd2(μ-N,S-imtH)2(CN)2(PPh3)2]·0.58C2H3N (2). The compound [Pd2(μ-N,S-bzimtH)2(CN)2(PPh3)2] is located on a crystallographic twofold axis while [Pd2(μ-N,S-imtH)2(CN)2(PPh3)2]. 0.58(C2H3N) contains two partially occupied aceto-nitrile solvent mol-ecules with occupancies of 0.25 and 0.33. In both of these compounds, the anionic bzimtH- and imtH- ligands coordinate through N,S-donor atoms in a bridging mode, covering four coordination sites of two metal centers and other two sites are occupied by two PPh3 ligand mol-ecules. Finally, the remaining two sites of two metal centers are occupied by cyano groups, abstracted by the metals from the solvent during reaction. In the packing of the 1,3-benzimidazolidine- 2-thione and 1,3-imidazoline-2-thione complexes, there are intra-molecular π-π inter-actions involving the thione moiety as well as an N-H⋯N hydrogen bond linking the thione and cyano ligands. In addition, in 2, as well as the π-π inter-action involving the thione moieties, there is an additional π-π inter-action involving one of the thione moieties and an adjacent phenyl ring from the tri-phenyl-phosphine ligand. There are also C-H⋯N inter-actions between the imidazoline rings and the aceto-nitrile N atoms.

Developments in Platinum-Group Metals as Dual Antibacterial and Anticancer Agents

Platinum-group (PG) complexes have been used as antibacterial and anticancer agents since the discovery of cisplatin. The science world still requires improvement on these complexes because of multidrug and antineoplastic resistances. This review observes discoverers and history of these platinum-group metals (PGMs), as well as their beneficial applications. The focus of this study was biological applications of PGMs in relation to human health. Sandwich and half-sandwich PGM coordination compounds and their metal nanoparticles give improved results for biological activities by enhancing efficient delivery of both antibacterial and anticancer drugs, as well as luminescent bioimaging (biomarkers) for biological identifications.