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Dalton Trans., 2005, 2827 - 2829, DOI: 10.1039/b508340k

Synthesis and anti-cancer activity of dinuclear platinum(II) complexes containing bis(thioalkyl)dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(12) ligands

Susan L. Woodhouse, Erin J. Ziolkowski and Louis M. Rendina

A series of novel, dinuclear (2,2:6,2-terpyridine)platinum(II) complexes containing bis(thioalkyl)-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(12)(carborane) ligands were prepared and characterised, and their preliminary anti-cancer characteristics have been determined in vitro; the complexes are the first examples of bis-intercalator complexes containing a boron-rich carborane cage.

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