New water-soluble 3,5,6-bicyclophosphite ligands based on glucose modified with uracil, 5-fluorouracil or thymine are reported. The phosphite ligands were subsequently reacted with bis[dichlorido(η6-p-cymene)ruthenium(II)] and trirutheniumdodecacarbonyl to afford monoruthenium analogues of RAPTA-C and triruthenium clusters with 1–3 phosphite ligands, respectively. The influence of ligands on the stability of the compounds and the antiproliferative activity of the compounds was investigated.
Paul Joseph Dyson, Alexey Nazarov