Synthesis of azulenyl-substituted gold(I)-carbene complexes and investigation of their anticancer activity

The direct and atom economic synthesis of azulenyl-substituted gold(I) carbene complexes, based on the modular template synthesis using gold(I) isonitrile complexes and amine nucleophiles, is presented. First, two azulenyl-substituted isonitriles as ligands were synthesized from a functionalizable a...

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Main Authors: Dietl, Martin C. (Author) , Hüßler, Christopher (Author) , Scherr, Matthias (Author) , Frederiksen, Zoé M. (Author) , Graf, Jürgen (Author) , Rominger, Frank (Author) , Rudolph, Matthias (Author) , Caligiuri, Isabella (Author) , Tripodi, Laura (Author) , Rizzolio, Flavio (Author) , Scattolin, Thomas (Author) , Hashmi, A. Stephen K. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: RSC Advances
Year: 2025, Volume: 15, Issue: 49, Pages: 41260-41269
ISSN:2046-2069
DOI:10.1039/D5RA07020A
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5RA07020A
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/ra/d5ra07020a
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Author Notes:Martin C. Dietl, Christopher Hüßler, Matthias Scherr, Zoé M. Frederiksen, Jürgen Graf, Frank Rominger, Matthias Rudolph, Isabella Caligiuri, Laura Tripodi, Flavio Rizzolio, Thomas Scattolin and A. Stephen K. Hashmi

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