Seventeen novel osmium cymene complexes with O,O′- and P,P′-chelating ligands as well as N- and P-monodentate ligands are reported. The osmium cymene complexes were synthesised and characterised by spectroscopic techniques (NMR, IR and Raman), elemental analysis, thermal analysis, conductivity studies and X-ray crystallography. The molecular structures of complexes 1(b), 2, 4, 6, 7(a)-(d) and 11 in this study are reported. The cymene rings of these complexes show different conformations due to loss of planarity influenced by the ancillary ligands as a result of ML back bonding.
Osmium cymene complexes of the type [Os(η6-p-cymene)BrL2]+ (where L2 = chelating P,P′ ligand) and binuclear [{Os(η6-p-cymene)Br2}2 L2] (where L2 = bridging P,P′ ligand) were evaluated for anticancer activity against renal, melanoma, breast and HeLa cancer cells. The chelated-diphosphine osmium cymene complexes exhibited significant anticancer activities relative to the bridged-diphosphine osmium analogues. A series of O,O′-chelated osmium complexes exhibited moderate and poor anticancer activities. / Chemistry / M. Sc. (Chemistry)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/23370 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Tapala, Kgaugelo Cornelius |
| Contributors | Clayton, Hadley S. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (xii, 152 leaves) : illustrations (some color) |
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