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The preparation and isomerization of platinum metronidazole complexes: X-ray crystal and molecular structures of cis- and trans-dichlorobis[1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-methyl-5-nitroimidazole]-platinum(II)
Bales,Coulson,Gilmour,et al.
, p. 432 - 433 (1983)
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Synthesis, crystal structure, and enhancement of the efficacy of metronidazole against Entamoeba histolytica by complexation with palladium(II), platinum(II), or copper(II)
Bharti, Neelam,Shailendra,Coles, Simon J.,Hursthouse, Michael B.,Mayer, Thomas A.,Gonzalez Garza,Cruz-Vega, Delia E.,Mata-Cardenas, Benito D.,Naqvi, Fehmida,Maurya, Mannar R.,Azam, Amir
, p. 2704 - 2712 (2007/10/03)
Reaction of trans-[PdCl2(DMSO)2], cis-[PtCl2(DMSO)2], and [Cu(OAc)2]·H2O with metronidazole (mnz) leads to the formation of new complexes, i.e., trans-[PdCl2(mnz)2] (1), trans-[PtCl2(mnz)2], (2), and trans-[Cu2(OAc)4(mnz)2] (3), respectively. Complexes 1-3 crystallize all in the centrosymmetric monoclinic space group P21/c with Z=8. Unit-cell parameters for these complexes are: 1, a=7.1328(14) A, b=20.699(4) A, c= 7.1455(14) A, and β=116.17(3)°; 2, a=6.9169(14) A, b=21.853(4) A, c=6.7218(13) A, and β=110.79(3)°; 3, a=9.1663(18) A, b=19.129(4) A, c=8.9446(18) A, and β=116.44(3)°. The complexes 1 and 2 maintain an ideal square-planar geometry. In complex 3, the H2O molecules of the starting complex are replaced by metronidazole while maintaining a dimeric structure of [Cu(OAc)2]. Each Cu ion has an ideal octahedral structure, though distortion occurs in the equatorial position where the acetato ligands are attached. The Cu-Cu separation of 2.6343(8) A indicates considerable metal-metal interaction. The testing of the antiamoebic activity of these complexes against the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica suggests that compound 1-3 might be endowed with important antiamoebic properties since they showed IC50 values in a μM range better than metronidazole (Table 2). Thus, compound 1 displayed more effective amoebicidal activity than metronidazole (IC50 values of 0.103 μM vs. 1.50 μM, resp.).