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Ru(II)-Arene Complexes of Curcumin and Bisdesmethoxycurcumin Metabolites

Paul Joseph Dyson, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Mouna Hadiji

Curcuminoids and their complexes continue to attract attention in medicinal chemistry, but little attention has been given to their metabolic derivatives. Here, the first examples of (arene)Ru(II) complexes with curcuminoid metabolites, tetrahydrocurcumin ...

Amer Chemical Soc2024

Discovery and Development of Hyperthermia-Enhanced Treatments for Malignant Skin and Uveal Melanomas

Mouna Hadiji

Melanomas are among the deadliest cancers, with a high predisposition to metastasis and a bad prognosis in their late stages. The effectiveness of current therapeutic regimens remains suboptimal, and despite initial successes, treatment resistance emerges ...

EPFL2023

Ionic mononuclear [Fe] and heterodinuclear [Fe,Ru] bis (diphenylphosphino)alkane complexes: Synthesis, spectroscopy, DFT structures, cytotoxicity, and biomolecular interactions

Mouna Hadiji

Iron(II) and Ru(II) half-sandwich compounds encompass some promising pre-clinical anticancer agents whose efficacy may be tuned by structural modification of the coordinated ligands. Here, we combine two such bioactive metal centres in cationic bis(dipheny ...

2023

Ruthenium(II)-Arene Complexes with Glycosylated NHC-Carbene Co-Ligands: Synthesis, Hydrolytic Behavior, and Binding to Biological Molecules

Paul Joseph Dyson, Rosario Scopelliti, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Daniel Ortiz Trujillo, Mouna Hadiji

Ruthenium(II) complexes with a three-legged piano-stool structure based on an arene ring, an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-carbene ligand with a peracetylated glucose moiety and two chlorides or one bidentate ligand, were prepared and characterized by spect ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

Steric and Electronic Effects Responsible for N,O- or N,N-Chelating Coordination of Pyrazolones Containing a Pyridine Ring in Ruthenium Arene Systems

Paul Joseph Dyson, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Mouna Hadiji

Structural and electronic factors are crucial to rationalizethedifferent N,O or N,N chelating coordination of pyrazolones containinga pyridine ring. The reactivity of proligand 3-phenyl-1-(pyridin-2-yl)-5-pyrazolone(HLpy,ph) with the (arene)Ru(II) fragment ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

Potent and selective anticancer activity of half-sandwich ruthenium and osmium complexes with modified curcuminoid ligands

Paul Joseph Dyson, Mouna Hadiji

We have recently reported a series of half-sandwich ruthenium(ii) complexes with curcuminoid ligands showing excellent cytotoxic activities (particularly ionic derivatives containing PTA (PTA = 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane). In the present study, new m ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2022

Arene-ruthenium(II) complexes with pyrazole-based ligands bearing a pyridine moiety: Synthesis, structure, DFT calculations, and cytotoxicity

Paul Joseph Dyson, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Mouna Hadiji

Two pyrazole-based ligands bearing a pyridine moiety, 3-methyl-1-(pyridin-2-yl)-5-pyrazolone (HLpy), and 3methyl-1-(pyridin-2-yl)-4-trifluoroacetyl-5-pyrazolone (HQpy,CF3), were prepared and fully characterized in the solid-state and the tautomerism of bot ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2021

Hetero-Bis-Conjugation of Bioactive Molecules to Half-Sandwich Ruthenium(II) and Iridium(III) Complexes Provides Synergic Effects in Cancer Cell Cytotoxicity

Paul Joseph Dyson, Lucinda Kate Batchelor, Mouna Hadiji

Four bipyridine-type ligands variably derivatized with two bioactive groups (taken from ethacrynic acid, flurbiprofen, biotin, and benzylpenicillin) were prepared via sequential esterification steps from commercial 2,2'-bipyridine-4,4'-dicarboxylic acid an ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

A Strategy to Conjugate Bioactive Fragments to Cytotoxic Diiron Bis(cyclopentadienyl) Complexes

Paul Joseph Dyson, Mouna Hadiji, Silvia Schoch, Sarah Alexandra Pais Pereira

A series of bioactive molecules were synthesized from the condensation of aspirin or chlorambucil with terminal alkynes bearing alcohol or amine substituents. Insertion of the resulting alkynes into the iron-carbyne bond of readily accessible diiron bis(cy ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Role of the (pseudo)halido ligand in ruthenium(II) p-cymene alpha-amino acid complexes in speciation, protein reactivity and cytotoxicity

Paul Joseph Dyson, Mouna Hadiji

The reactions of the dimeric complexes RuX2(eta(6)-p-cymene) (X = Br, I, SCN) with L-proline (ProH) and trans-4- hydroxy-L-proline (HypH), in methanol in the presence of NaOH, afforded [RuX(kappa N-2,O-Pro)(eta(6)-p-cymene)] (X = Br, 1b; I, 1c; SCN, 1 ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2021