Patent number: 6979681
Abstract: Ruthenium (II) compounds of the formula: wherein: R1 is —CO2CH3; R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 independently represent H, alkyl, cylcoalkyl, —CO2R?, aryl or alkylaryl, which latter two groups are optionally substituted on the aromatic ring; R? represents alkyl, cylcoalkyl, aryl or alkaryl; X is halo, H2O, (R?)(R?)SO, R?CO2? or (R?)(R?)C?O, where R? represents alkyl, cylcoalkyl, aryl or alkaryl; Y is a counterion; m is 0 or 1; q is 1, 2 or 3; C? is C1 to C12 alkylene, optionally substituted in or on the alkylene chain, bound to two A groups; p is 0 or 1 and r is 1 when p is 0 and r is 2 when p is 1; and A and B are: each independently R11—CN, where R? represents alkyl or cycloalkyl; or B is halo and A is 4-substitued pyridine; or p is 0, A is NR7R8 and B is NR9R10wherein R7, R8, R9 and R10 independently represent H, or alkyl, and A and B are linked by an alkylene chain, optionally substituted in or on the alkylene chain; or p is 1, A is NR7 and B is NR9R10, wherein R7, R9 and R10 are as previously defined, and A a
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 18, 2004
Date of Patent:
December 27, 2005
Assignee:
University Court, The University of Edinburgh
Inventors:
Robert Edward Morris, Peter John Sadler, Haimei Chen, Duncan Jodrell
Publication number: 20040220166
Abstract: Compounds which may be used in the treatment and/or prevention of cancer have the formula (I) wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 independently represents H, alkyl, —CO2R′, aryl or alkylaryl, which latter two groups are optionally substituted on the aromatic ring; R′ represent alkyl, aryl or alkaryl; X is halo, H2O, (R′)(R″)SO, R′CO2— or (R′)(R″)C═O, where R″ represents alkyl, aryl or alkaryl; Y is a counterion; m is 0 or 1; q is 1, 2 or 3; C′ is C1 to C12 alkylene, optionally substituted in or on the alkylene chain, bound to two A groups; p is 0 or 1 and r is 1 when p is 0 and r is 2 when p is 1; and A and B are: each independently N-donor nitrile ligands; or B is halo and A is an N-donor pyridine ligand, optionally substituted at one or more of the carbon atoms of the pyridine ring; or p is 0, A is NR7R8 and B is NR9R10, wherein R7, R8, R9 and R10 independently represent H or alkyl, and A and B are linked by an alkylene chain, optionally
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 18, 2004
Publication date:
November 4, 2004
Applicants:
University Court, The University of Edinburgh, a United Kingdom corporation
Inventors:
Robert Edward Morris, Peter John Sadler, Haimei Chen, Duncan Jodrell